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On March 31st the Wellcome Trust and UCL announced the closure of the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine. This decision came in the middle of negotiations concerning the normal quinquennial review of funding for the Centre. The proposal to close the Centre was made by a handful of persons within the Wellcome Trust without, as far as is known, the involvement of any historian of medicine. We call upon the Trust to reconsider its decision, reinstate the independent peer review process, and permit any subsequent Centre to remain within the Wellcome building. We call upon UCL to maintain the history of medicine as a visible entity within College serving both historians and medics.

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  • Vivian Nutton
    • Name
    • Vivian Nutton
    • Title
    • Professor emeritus
    • Institutional Affliation
    • UCL
    • Country
    • UK
  • William Bynum
    • Name
    • William Bynum
    • Title
    • Professor Emeritus
    • Institutional Affliation
    • University College London
    • Country
    • UK
  • Janet Browne
    • Name
    • Janet Browne
    • Title
    • Aramont Professor of the History of Science
    • Institutional Affliation
    • Harvard University
    • Country
    • USA
  • Julie Tetlow
    • Name
    • Julie Tetlow
    • Title
    • Miss
    • Institutional Affliation
    • Kingston University
    • Country
    • UK
  • Annmarie Adams
    • Name
    • Annmarie Adams
    • Title
    • Professor
    • Institutional Affliation
    • McGill University
    • Country
    • Canada
  • Catherine Draycott
    • Name
    • Catherine Draycott
    • Title
    • Dr
    • Institutional Affliation
    • Somerville College, Oxford
    • Country
    • UK
  • Gary Li
    • Name
    • Gary Li
    • Title
    • Mr
    • Institutional Affliation
    • International Institute for Strategic Studies
    • Country
    • UK
  • Martin Edwards
    • Name
    • Martin Edwards
    • Title
    • Dr
    • Country
    • UK
  • David Aickin
    • Name
    • David Aickin
    • Title
    • Dr.
  • Chris Lawrence
    • Name
    • Chris Lawrence
    • Title
    • Professor Emeritus
    • Institutional Affliation
    • UCL
  • Paola Barbuzzi
    • Name
    • Paola Barbuzzi
  • Carin Berkowitz
    • Name
    • Carin Berkowitz
    • Institutional Affliation
    • Cornell University
    • Country
    • USA
  • Sun-Young Park
    • Name
    • Sun-Young Park
    • Institutional Affliation
    • Harvard University
  • Leigh Ann Craig
    • Name
    • Leigh Ann Craig
    • Title
    • Assistant Professor of History
    • Institutional Affliation
    • Virginia Commonwealth university
    • Country
    • USA
  • Jennifer Evans
    • Name
    • Jennifer
    • Institutional Affliation
    • University of Exeter
    • Country
    • Uk
  • Angela Turner
    • Name
    • Angela Turner
  • Flavia Bruni
    • Name
    • Flavia Bruni
    • Title
    • Dr
    • Institutional Affliation
    • University of St Andrews
    • Country
    • UK
  • Keir Waddington
    • Name
    • Keir Waddington
    • Title
    • Dr
    • Institutional Affliation
    • Cardiff University
    • Country
    • UK
  • Jakob
    • Name
    • Bek-Thomsen
    • Title
    • BA, MA
    • Institutional Affliation
    • Department of Philosophy and History of Ideas, Aarhus University
    • Country
    • Denmark
  • Sarah Bakewell
    • Name
    • Sarah Bakewell
    • Country
    • U.K.
  • Elaine Kirsopp
    • Name
    • Elaine Kirsopp
    • Title
    • Ms
    • Country
    • United Kingdom
  • Catherine Crawford
    • Name
    • Catherine Crawford
    • Title
    • Dr
    • Institutional Affliation
    • Dept of History, University of Essex
    • Country
    • UK
  • Caroline
    • Name
    • Michaud
    • Country
    • Canada
  • Jennifer Keelan
    • Name
    • Jennifer Keelan
    • Title
    • Professor
    • Institutional Affliation
    • University of Toronto
    • Country
    • Canada
  • Michelle Garceau
    • Name
    • Michelle Garceau
    • Title
    • Professor
    • Institutional Affliation
    • College of Charleston
    • Country
    • USA
  • George J. Makari, M.D
    • Name
    • George J. Makari, M.D
    • Title
    • Professor of Psychiatry
    • Institutional Affliation
    • Weill Medical College of Cornell University
    • Country
    • U.S.A
  • R.A.A. Vonk
    • Name
    • R.A.A. Vonk
    • Title
    • MA
    • Institutional Affliation
    • Metamedica, VU university medical center, Amsterdam
    • Country
    • the Netherlands
  • Peter Dear
    • Name
    • Peter Dear
    • Title
    • Professor
    • Institutional Affliation
    • Cornell University
    • Country
    • USA
  • Alan Rocke
    • Name
    • Alan Rocke
    • Title
    • Professor of History
    • Institutional Affliation
    • Case Western Reserve University
    • Country
    • Cleveland OH USA
  • Paul Holmes
    • Name
    • Paul Holmes
    • Institutional Affliation
    • UCL
  • Professor Helen King
    • Name
    • Professor Helen King
    • Title
    • Professor
    • Institutional Affliation
    • University of Reading
    • Country
    • UK
  • Lissa Roberts
    • Name
    • Lissa Roberts
    • Title
    • Professor
    • Institutional Affliation
    • University of Twente
    • Country
    • Netherlands
  • Tom Blaen
    • Name
    • Tom Blaen
    • Title
    • Dr
    • Institutional Affliation
    • University of Exeter
    • Country
    • UK
  • Kiheung Kim
    • Name
    • Kiheung Kim
    • Title
    • Dr
    • Institutional Affliation
    • Imperial College London
    • Country
    • UK
  • German Elias
    • Name
    • Berrios
    • Title
    • Professor
    • Institutional Affliation
    • University of Cambridge
    • Country
    • UK
  • Louisa Sutton
    • Name
    • Louisa Sutton
    • Title
    • Mrs.
    • Institutional Affliation
    • Durham University
    • Country
    • UK
  • Adam Ganz
    • Name
    • Adam Ganz
    • Title
    • Lecturer
    • Institutional Affliation
    • Royal Holloway University of London
    • Country
    • UK
  • Anthony Cerulli
    • Name
    • Anthony Cerulli
    • Title
    • Assistant Professor of Religion and Asian Studies
    • Institutional Affliation
    • Hobart and William Smith Colleges
    • Country
    • USA
  • Nick Cambridge
    • Name
    • Nicholas Cambridge
    • Title
    • Research Associate
    • Institutional Affliation
    • Wellcome Trsut Centre FHOM at UCL
    • Country
    • UK
  • Laura
    • Name
    • McMinn
    • Institutional Affliation
    • ICL
  • Dr Suzanne Dow
    • Name
    • Suzanne Dow
    • Title
    • Dr
    • Institutional Affliation
    • University of Nottingham
    • Country
    • United Kingdom
  • Kathleen
    • Name
    • Brian
    • Institutional Affliation
    • George Washington University
    • Country
    • United States
  • Lucy
    • Name
    • Havard
    • Institutional Affliation
    • BSc student
    • Country
    • England
  • Sarah Restarick
    • Name
    • Sarah Restarick
  • Brian Long
    • Name
    • Brian Long
    • Title
    • В
    • Institutional Affliation
    • University of Notre Dame
    • Country
    • United States
  • Louise M Bishop
    • Name
    • Louise M Bishop
    • Title
    • Associate Professor
    • Institutional Affliation
    • University of Oregon
    • Country
    • USA
  • SebastiГ Giralt
    • Name
    • SebastiГ Giralt
    • Title
    • Assistant Professor
    • Institutional Affliation
    • Universitat AutГІnoma de Barcelona
    • Country
    • В
  • Rodo Pfister
    • Name
    • Rudolf Pfister
    • Title
    • Dr
    • Institutional Affliation
    • University of Basel
    • Country
    • Switzerland
  • Sarah Marks
    • Name
    • Sarah Marks
    • Institutional Affliation
    • UCL
    • Country
    • UK
  • Bob H. Reinhardt
    • Name
    • Bob
    • Title
    • PhD Candidate
    • Institutional Affliation
    • University of California, Davis
    • Country
    • USA