The Wellcome Trust Eighteenth Report (1988-1989)

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B TROPICAL MEDICINE AND ~NFECTIOUS DISEASES
WELLCOMETRUSTTROPICAL MEDICINE AND 1NFECTIOUS DISEASESTROPICAL MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES PANELI)r C E Gordon Siiiirli. CIL blD, I’IICI’. FIICl’nth (Clisiriixni. \Vcllcoiiie Triistcc)I’rofcrsor II M Atidcr~~ii. 1’1i13, FIIS. Iiiipcrinl Callcge of Science, Tcclinology and Mediciiic,LondoilI’rofcssor II E tloa~clls. I’lill. FIUiol. Liverpool Scliool ofTropic.il McdiciiicDr II I’ Lnnc, IJ1i13. ARCS. IXC. London Scliool ofliygieiic aiid Tropical Mcdiciiic#I’rofessor K I’ \V J McAd:iiii. MU. UCliir. FIICI’. Loiidoii Scliool of Hygiene aiid TropicnlMrdiciiicI’rofcssor E II Moson. MU. FIICP. University ofOxfordI’rofcssor EH O Parry, OUE. b1D. FIICI’, \Vcllconic’rropical Iiisiitiitc. London#I>r I> A J Tyrrcll. CUE. MI). FIICI’. FIICl’arli. HIS. MRC Coiiiiiiriii Cold Unit. SalisbiiryIlr \V E Giitteridgc. 1Jh1). \Vcllcoiiic plc. UcckciiliaiiiStaffmembers responsibleIlrJ C How;ird, MI). I’lill. FIUiol. FlIS (Scientific Sccrcrary)C DJ Saint?. UA(Ecoii). (Adiiiinistntire Secretary)+Elizabeth Shaw, USc. (Adiiiiiiisrratirc Secretary)# Until Scprcnibcr WWl?om I Jaiiiiaiy IOWTROPICAL MEDICINE AN0 INFECTIOUS DISEASESIlecoiiiiiiciidntioiis for awards in tropical nicdicinc and iiifectioiis diseases are niade to tlicTmstenby aii advisory panel consisting of ciglit scientists. representing the niaiiy aiid diverse subjectscovcred by this scctioii of the Trust. In addition to their csscntinl role in the assessment of grantrequests, p:iiicl iiiciiibers provide valiiablc advice on policy issues and rescarcli fields requiringspecial nttciirioii. Diiriiig tlie period of this report, jj per cent of grant applintioiis receivediiipport at lew in part, rcpreseiitiiig 34 per cent of tlie total suni applied for. Funds available fortlircc-year project grants were rcduccd by I5 per cent to provide increased support for longerteriiiawards in coiiforiiiity with Trust policy. TlicTiist’s ovcrylns rcsearcli units accounted for26per cc~it of tlic hinds distribiircd.I>aiicl iiieiiibcrs continue to eiiipliasise four areas wliicli need greater research effort orrecruitinciit. These are:I Uiocliciiiical aspects of parasites rclevniit to possible cliciiiotlierapeiiric control.2 Medical bacrcriology. in particiilnr, iiioleciilar npproaclics to pathogenicity.3 Eiiroiiiology iiivolviiig new tccliiiological considerations.4 Tlic continuing iiccd for clinicians to iiiidcrtake research careers in tropical niedicinc.Tlie Trust was awarded a plaque by the Iiitcniational Societies of 13crniatology andIlcrniatopatliology to iiiark tlic Trust’s continued support iii tlic field of niedical and scientificresearch aiid its iiiinieiisc coiirribiitioii IO thcoiitrol of tropical diseases worldwide.Tlic Trustces were pleased to Iiear tliar Ilr I V I) Wcller. wliu is currently in receipt offuiidiiigfor Iiis Sciiior Lectureship in Iiifecrioiis Discases, was awarded a Ilcadcrsliip in Gcnito-UrinaryMrdiciiic at the Middlesex Hospital. London.Wellcome Trust Unit, KenyaUNITSTlic Trust iiiaintaiiis its own Iaborarories in Nairobi as \vcllas running collaborative prograninin,vitIl [ I I ~ Kciiya Medin) IIcsearch Iiistitutc (KEMRI) in Nairobi and at Kilifi on thecoast. Ilr W MWatkiiis lias OYCT.~IJ adiiiiiiisrntive responsibility for all die Tmst’s r~scarcli activities in Kctiya.~i~ owil research progrniiinic concertis drug pliariiiacokiiierics and parasite rcsistance in theclieniotlicrapy arid propliylasis of I?jIripnniiii iiialaria. This involves close collabontion withI’rofcssors A M Ureckciiridge and Il E Howclls (Liverpool Scliool ofliopical Mediciiic).A IICW collaborative progniiiiiie on iiialaria was init~arcd at tlie bqiiiiiizig of 1%‘) 3t Kilifimllere coa51a1 rcscarcli liiiit is bciiig expanded. ïliis is a study ofscvcrc i‘jifriynnirn nialana illcliildrcii led by a groiip from Oxford (Profcssor I3 A ivarrcll, I3r K Manli and Dr G I’asvol) incollaboratioii with KEMIII.T~~~ ~ 1 1 prograiiiiiies ) ~ arc now iiiidcrway in Nairobi. The first is ai1 indcptli clinicaldcliiieatioii oftlie disease (I)r C F Gilks aiid I’rofcssor 13 A Warrell). nie second concerns theitlipact of HIV ~lifcction tuhcrculosis (Dr I’ Nuiiii. I3r II J Brindle and I’rofesror K I’ W JMcAdam).7273
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