Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Oswaldo Cruz Foundation The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Portuguese Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, also known as FIOCRUZ) is a scientific institution for research and development in biological sciences located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, it is considered one of the world's main public health research institutions. It was founded by Dr. Oswaldo Cruz, a noted physician and epidemiologist. The organization started in 1898 as the Federal SeroTherapy Institute with the objective of developing serum and vaccines against the bubonic plague. It was located outside of Rio de Janeiro. The institute’s activities, however, changed from simple production into research and experimental medicine, especially
The Institute of American and Talmudic Law sponsors conferences. The Institute of American and Talmudic Law The Institute of American and Talmudic Law (IAT Law) is a non-profit organization that provides accredited Continuing Legal Education (CLE) to attorneys and other professionals. The organization was founded in 2002 by rabbis Shlomo Yaffe, Noach Heber, and Joshua Metzger of "Chabad Lubavitch of Midtown Manhattan", and Yisroel Schulman, founder and president of the New York Legal Assistance Group. IAT Law is an approved CLE/MCLE provider in New York, California, Florida, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois and Pennsylvania. IAT Law provides programs on a wide range of topics comparing American and Talmudic Law.