"Sustaining Biomedical Science: Government Funding, Private Foundations, and the Lives of Scientists in the Late Twentieth Century"

Time: 12:-00 - 1:00 p.m.

Place: 6th Floor Conference Room, Chemical Heritage Foundation

The science of biomedicine in the United States has been heavily impacted by waxing and waning governmental funding; private foundations have provided much needed support for budding scientists in the late twentieth century. This talk will explore some of the issues surrounding the changes in biomedical science by looking more closely at the lives and practices of the recipients of Pew Biomedical Scholar Awards from 1985 to 2001.