TONO-BUNGAY AND BURROUGHS WELLCOME: BRANDING IMPERIAL POPULAR MEDICINE

The Wellcome Trust/Burroughs Wellcome Fund joint program in infectious diseases of the tropical developing world.

564 The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is a U.S.-based, private, independent foundation whose mission is to advance the medical sciences by supporting research and other scientific and educational activities. As a medium-sized foundation with assets of approximately $730 million, the fund invests $30 to $35 million in research each year, primarily in the United States and Canada. The foundation has be...

The Fundamental Differences between Iranian Traditional Medicine and Popular Medicine

The complete system of Iranian traditional medicine, which is distinct from conventional medicine, is one of the significant systems of traditional medicine that developed at the birthplace of human civilizations. This article presents a logical and philosophical analysis of the distinctions between Iranian traditional medicine and conventional medicine. In this analytical-descriptive review s...

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine

Wellcome witnesses to twentieth-century medicine

of the book). This does not always make for easy reading, especially since the heavy referencing is not accompanied by a bibliography. On the other hand, he covers a wide canvas and is very good at highlighting the dilemmas always present for industrial health researchers and physicians: without industry the profession can hardly exist, yet working with industry nearly always involves compromis...

Bridging postdoctoral training and a faculty position: initial outcomes of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards in the Biomedical Siences.

PURPOSE To describe the experiences of recipients of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund's Career Awards in the Biomedical Sciences Program (CABS) and highlight selected outcomes of the award's first set of graduates. METHOD Since 1999, all active CABS recipients have been surveyed with the goal of assessing the program's implementation and the career progress of award recipients. Data were collected...