Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 19:36:32 +0100 From: "Tansey ,Dr Tilli" <[log in to unmask]> School of History, University of East Anglia RESEARCH ASSISTANT This one year appointment is funded by the Wellcome Trust and is available beginning 1 October 2000 or as soon as possible thereafter. The person appointed will assist Professor Roy Church and Dr Tilli Tansey in building up a database of oral history material relating to the research activities of the Wellcome Foundation pharmaceutical company from 1940 to 1995, and will principally be involved in interviewing leading scientists associated with the company. Ideally candidates should have completed a PhD in pharmacology or a related science, or in the history of modern medical science. An interest in, and experience of, the pharmaceutical industry, would be an advantage. Training in oral history will be provided. The successful candidate will join the School of History and, within that, the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, and will also be a research associate of the Wellcome Centre for the History of Medicine, University College, London. It is envisaged that the successful candidate will be based in London, and will also conduct some interviews in the United States. Salary will be on the Research and Analogous 1A scale, #16,775 to #25,213 per annum, under review (London weighting where appropriate). Applications in the form of a current Curriculum Vitae, letter of application, and the names and addresses of three referees should be sent to Rebecca Fitt, Administrator, Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, School of History, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ. The closing date for applications is 15th September 2000. Informal enquiries can be directed to Dr Tilli Tansey, Wellcome Centre for the History of Medicine, The Wellcome Trust, 183 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BE, tel 020 7611 8553, e-mail [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------- Dr Tilli Tansey Historian of Modern Medical Science/Convenor of History of Twentieth Century Medicine Group Wellcome Trust,183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE