Public Health Research Institute

The Public Health Research Institute[1][2] (PHRI) was founded in 1942[3] by New York City's mayor, Fiorello La Guardia, who appointed David M. Heyman to lead it as an independent not-for-profit research organization. In the late 1980s it was referred to as Public Health Research Institute – New York In 2002, they moved to Newark, New Jersey. PHRI became part of the New Jersey Medical School in 2006 and since 2013 it has been part at Rutgers University.[4][5]

Their mission is still, as stated in the institute's first annual report, to serve "pressing demands of a large population" as "a vast manufacturing and dignostic enterprise."[6] Dr. Ralph Muckenfuss, director of the Bureau of Laboratories of the Department of Health, was designated as director of the Institute during the war[7] period.

  1. ^ Howard A. Rusk, M. D. (May 16, 1948). "Health Research Institute Sets Pattern for Future; Studies Financed by City and Supported by Officials to Protect the Public". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 28, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference PHRI.NYT89MargolinObit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "For Health Research". The New York Times. April 21, 1952. Archived from the original on August 28, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2021. tenth anniversary of the Public Health Research Institute of the City of New York
  4. ^ "PHRI". PHRI. Archived from the original on April 30, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  5. ^ "Welcome to PHRI". Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  6. ^ Heyman, D. M. (1942). "Annual Report of the Public Health Research Institute of the City of New York, Inc.: July 1, 1941 - June 30, 1942". Public Health Research Institute. Archived from the original on January 30, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2021. PHRI's First Annual Report 1941-1942{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ World War II