Arctic Health Research Center, U.S. Public Health Service
A program of research in Alaska was initiated by the United States Public Health Service in 1948, with the establishment of a field station in temporary facilities located at Anchorage. This station, officially designated the Arctic Health Research Center in May 1950, was founded largely as the resu...
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DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln
1964
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| Online Access: | https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/parasitologyfacpubs/350 https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/parasitologyfacpubs/article/1359/viewcontent/Rausch_1964_BIOSCIENCE_Arctic_Health_Research_Center_US_Public_Health_Service.pdf |
| Summary: | A program of research in Alaska was initiated by the United States Public Health Service in 1948, with the establishment of a field station in temporary facilities located at Anchorage. This station, officially designated the Arctic Health Research Center in May 1950, was founded largely as the result of surveys of health conditions in Alaska conducted during 1946 and 1947 by two committees representing the American Medical Association. The reports of these committees led Congress to pass a special appropriation bill to support the investigation of health problems in Alaska. Six research sections were set up within the first year. The first investigations began as early as January 1949, and all of the sections had become operational by 1950. |
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