Trudeau Institute

{{Short description|Research center in Saranac Lake, New York}} {{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox institute | name = Trudeau Institute | founder = Edward Livingston Trudeau | established = 1884 | focus = tuberculosis treatment | location = Saranac Lake, New York | website = {{URL|https://www.trudeauinstitute.org/|trudeauinstitute.org}} }} [[Image:Trudeau Institute Campus from Saranac Lake.jpg|thumb|Campus of the Trudeau Institute from Lower Saranac Lake.]] [[Image:Saranac Lake - Trudeau Lab.jpg|thumb|Saranac Laboratory, precursor to the Trudeau Institute. Presently the home of Historic Saranac Lake, a local nonprofit, historic preservation organization]] The '''Trudeau Institute''' is an independent, not-for-profit, biomedical research center located on a {{convert|42|acre|m2}} campus in Saranac Lake, New York. Its scientific mission is to make breakthrough discoveries that lead to improved human health.<ref name="seven2015">{{cite news|url=http://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/saranac-lake-researchers-continue-fight-against-disease/Content?oid=2684002|title=Saranac Lake Researchers Continue Fight Against Disease|last=Picard|first=Ken|date=June 24, 2015|work=Seven Days|accessdate=July 24, 2016|location=Burlington, Vermont}}</ref> Its current president is Bill Reiley. As of 2024, the institute employed 64 staff.<ref name="Marbone">{{cite news |last1=Marbone|first1=Aaron |title=Trudeau Institute taps Reiley as new president |url=https://www.pressrepublican.com/news/trudeau-institute-taps-reiley-as-new-president/article_afafd9e2-b82c-11ee-bb4d-2fd481985dc3.html |access-date=15 October 2024 |work=Press-Republican |date=22 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

==History==

Trudeau Institute is named for tuberculosis researcher Edward Livingston Trudeau, who founded the Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium in 1884 in Saranac Lake, New York, to serve as a tuberculosis treatment and research facility.<ref name="Baldwin">{{cite journal |last1=Baldwin |first1=Edward R. |title=Saranac Lake and the Saranac Laboratory for the Study of Tuberculosis |journal=The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly Bulletin |date=1932 |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=1–16 |doi=10.2307/3347491 |jstor=3347491 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3347491 |access-date=15 October 2024 |issn=0276-5187|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Trudeau, who had himself survived a tuberculosis infection during a stay at Paul Smith's Hotel in the Adirondacks, believed that the clean air in the region would improve health outcomes. Several other cure cottages opened in the town after the sanitarium.<ref name="Rowland" /> In 1894, after a fire destroyed his small laboratory, Trudeau built the Saranac Laboratory for the Study of Tuberculosis, the first laboratory in the United States dedicated to the study of tuberculosis.<ref name="Baldwin" /> He was later elected the first president of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, the predecessor of the American Lung Association.<ref>{{cite web |title=The American Lung Association |url=https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/america%E2%80%99s-mailing-industry-industry-segments-nonprofit-organizations/the-american-lung |website=postalmuseum.si.edu |publisher=National Postal Museum |access-date=15 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=American Lung Association History |url=http://www.lung.org/about-us/our-history/ |website=lung.org |publisher=American Lung Association |access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref> He died in 1915 at age 67.<ref name="nytimes18150916">{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/11/16/119030641.pdf|title=Dr. E.L. Trudeau Dead at Saranac|date=November 16, 1915|work=The New York Times|accessdate=July 24, 2016}}</ref>

Following Trudeau's death, the sanitarium's name was changed to the Trudeau Sanatorium, and a foundation and school were established to train physicians and healthcare professionals in the latest tuberculosis treatment methods. By 1947, more than 15,000 patients had received treatment there.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} The sanatorium closed in 1954, after the discovery of effective antibiotic treatments for tuberculosis.<ref name="NRHP">{{Cite report |title=National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form: Cure Industry Resources in the Village of Saranac Lake, Essex and Franklin Co., NY |date=1992-11-06 |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/64500466_text |last1=Bonafide |first1=John A. |last2=Hotaling |first2=Mary |publisher=United States Department of the Interior |pages=38–39 |last3=Bliven |first3=Rachel D.}}</ref> In 1957 Trudeau's grandson, Francis B. Trudeau Jr., sold the property to the American Management Association.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Altman |first1=Lawrence K. |title=Francis B. Trudeau, 75, Founder Of Biological Research Institute |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/27/obituaries/francis-b-trudeau-75-founder-of-biological-research-institute.html |access-date=15 October 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=27 April 1995}}</ref> The proceeds were invested in a new medical research facility built on Lower Saranac Lake, which became the Trudeau Institute and opened in 1964.<ref name="NRHP" /> Trudeau's Saranac Laboratory has been restored by Historic Saranac Lake and now serves as its headquarters and a museum.

Trudeau Institute was traditionally reliant on research grants from the National Institutes of Health to fund research, but following declines in grants, the institution lost staff and received offers to relocate out of New York. Beginning in 2016, the institute was revitalized under the leadership of Atsuo Kuki, who reoriented projects from pure research to applied science, a strategy he labeled "Trudeau 3.0".<ref name="Rowland">{{cite news |last1=Rowland |first1=Tim |title=Adirondack researchers aid the fight against COVID-19 |url=https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/stories/trudeau-institute-3-0-builds-on-history |access-date=15 October 2024 |work=Adirondack Explorer |date=13 July 2020}}</ref> The institute hosted a summit on infectious disease in 2018. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the institute collaborated with several academic institutions and bio-pharma companies on research projects related to the disease, including vaccine development as part of Operation Warp Speed.<ref name="Rowland" /><ref name="Cerbone">{{cite news |last1=Cerbone |first1=Aaron |title='Universal' vaccine work at Trudeau Institute |url=https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2022/05/universal-vaccine-work-at-trudeau-institute/ |access-date=15 October 2024 |work=Adirondack Daily Enterprise |date=23 May 2022}}</ref> In July 2020, due to their role in assisting the regional community during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Saranac Lake Chamber of Commerce honored Adirondack Health and the Trudeau Institute as joint partners of the year.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=29 July 2020|title=Trudeau Institute President Discusses Global COVID-19 Vaccine Research|url=https://www.wamc.org/post/trudeau-institute-president-discusses-global-covid-19-vaccine-research|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=1 August 2020|website=wamc}}</ref> The institute also partnered with the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research to develop a vaccine for the Zika virus.<ref name="Marbone" /><ref name="Cerbone" />

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==External links== *[http://www.trudeauinstitute.org Official site] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080922045403/http://www.historicsaranaclake.org/Saranac%20Laboratory/lab_history.html Historic Saranac Lake - the Saranac Laboratory]

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