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]

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Dr Tilli Tansey
Historian of Modern Medical Science/Convenor of History of Twentieth
Century Medicine Group
Wellcome Trust,183 Euston Road,  London NW1 2BE