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McCoy directed the NIH for more than twenty years, during which the agency expanded significantly. Apart from his administrative role, he continued to conduct major medical studies on a variety of diseases, and advocated a combined field and laboratory approach to public health research. He resigned
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312:After completing his internship, McCoy joined the
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390:"George Walter McCoy, 1876-1952"
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431:"George W. McCoy, M.D."
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460:"Tularemia"
354:Delta Omega
338:New Orleans
111:Preceded by
937:Categories
871:NIH Record
799:Rolla Dyer
572:Institutes
368:References
766:Directors
364:in 1931.
322:tularemia
74:President
65:In office
734:Programs
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