Who we Are

The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation dedicated to achieving extraordinary improvements in human and animal health.

We support the brightest minds in biomedical research and the medical humanities. Our breadth of support includes public engagement, education and the application of research to improve health.

We are independent of both political and commercial interests.

Project team

Web editor

Amy Olson

Bookshelf editor

Dr Jon Turney

Contributing writers

Dr Richard Twyman
Deirdre Janson-Smith

Quotes

Duncan Hull

Site design

Daniel Atkinson

Illustrations

Blink Studio

Wellcome Trust Advisory Group

Dr Audrey Duncanson
Dr Michael Dunn
Dr Ruth Jamieson
Bronwyn Terrill

Expert advisors

Professor Peter Harper, University of Wales College of Medicine
Dr Alison Stewart, Public Health Genetics Unit
Professor Mike Stratton, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

[Expert advisors provide strategic advice for the site, and are not responsible for content.]