Sunday, September 14, 2014 Jamaica Observer
SIR George Alleyne, chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), has commended the work being done at UWI Solutions for Developing Countries (UWI SODECO), a trans-discipline research entity pursuing solutions to medical and broader socio-economic problems affecting small and developing countries.
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| UWI Chancellor Sir George Alleyne (left) greets Sandra Boyne, manager UWI SODECO while Professor Terrence Forrester looks on |
The chancellor was on his first official visit to the newest medical research facility at UWI, Mona recently, when he was briefed about its research progamme by Professor Terrence Forrester, chief scientist of UWI SODECO.
"I am impressed by the scope of the work being done and the practical application of some of it in the short and medium term," Alleyne remarked.
He toured the UWI SODECO Basic Science Laboratories where he discussed the details of human muscle cell culture techniques, which are a key element of the cell biology research in UWI SODECO.
Forrester stated that UWI SODECO carries out research through its two main divisions, 'Solutions for Society', which provides the socio-economic problem solving component, along with 'Solutions for Medicine'.
"Our medical research focuses on one big issue," Forrester said. "We look at the biological mechanisms underlying obesity and cardio-metabolic diseases which affect populations that have emerged from generations of under-nutrition. We position our research questions so that the answers are proximate to solutions, providing information to industry and health sectors to formulate new treatments or preventive measures." more
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