Standard Research Grant: Drug Discovery for Neglected Infectious Disease

Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta GA

Investigators

Abstract

This is a multi-sited ethnographic study of a small startup pharmaceutical company with an elite international scientific board, which focuses on drug discovery for neglected infectious diseases. The focus is on the global networks engaged in the training of African scientists, specifically in the US and UK. The ethnography will include extended oral histories, observation at lab meetings and at scientific advisory board meetings. Results of this study should offer suggestions on how to best train, support, and enable an emerging cadre of well-trained scientists working in this area. Results will be disseminated via a book and a web-based interactive narrative for high school and undergraduate students in the US and Africa.