In Jan. 1955, a special committee on medical research was appointed to examine programs relating to the latter in the Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare. The committee was composed of C.N.H. Long, chairman, Edward A. Doisy, Earnest W. Goodpasture, A. Baird Hastings, Charles B. Huggins, Colin M. MacLeod, C. Phillip Miller, and W.M. Stanley, with Joseph M. Pisani, executive secretary. The committee investigated medical research programs, which included the research activities of the Children's Bureau of the Social Security Administration, the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Bureau of State Services of the Public Health Service. The major portion of investigation involved the National Institutes of Health.
From the description of National Science Foundation Special Committee on Medical Research records, 1948-1975. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 50124641
