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Read about the career journeys of some of our researchers. Find out what makes research a rewarding career for them and the challenges they met along the way.

A new study has been published looking at the experiences of ordinary people and their opinions of their care over the first 60 years of the National Health Service.

Ben has always had a strong sense of what he wants to do. But as a clinician, he had to find ways to balance research with medical training and clinical practice.

Few careers are straightforward. Lucy took two years' break from academia, changed disciplines to return – and became a new parent just as she started her postdoc.

The Wellcome Image Awards 2011, celebrating the most striking and technically excellent images acquired by the Wellcome Images picture library in the past 18 months, were…

The papers of the pioneers of modern genetics - including Francis Crick, James D Watson, Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin - have been collected together for the first…

To get into social science research, where his real interest lay, Upul had to do three Master's, find a supportive mentor and gain experience in different disciplines.

Albert always knew the type of research he wanted to do. But to find the right research environment he had to move from industry to academia, and to a new country.

Moving between industry and academia has made Emilie a better thinker, researcher and practitioner. But to do a PhD, she has had to learn how to shift her skills and embrace…

Wellcome has commissioned leading photojournalist Adrienne Surprenant to create a new photography series focusing on the mosquito-borne tropical disease dengue.

Wellcome has commissioned award-winning photographer Siân Davey to produce a new photography series on the theme of the Wellcome Photography Prize 2020 – mental health.

Dr Charlotte Summers and Professor Rashida Ferrand have spent more than 18 months tackling Covid-19 at the frontline – in the UK and Zimbabwe. We speak to them about their…

For Stephen, setting up a lab meant dealing with some predictable challenges, like building a team, but also some unpredictable ones.

As a world-renowned scientist, Liz had to navigate plenty of obstacles throughout her career – from getting support for early-stage research ideas to influencing…

How do you go about building all the skills you need at the start of your research career? Cherry found a mentor to guide her through this journey.

Patricia wants younger researchers to have better support than she had around challenges like setbacks with research and balancing career and parenthood.

Wellcome Photography Prize, a new international photography prize celebrating compelling imagery that captures stories of health, medicine and science launches today.

Wellcome Collection’s first digital story, ‘Mindcraft: A century of madness, murder and mental healing’, publishes online today.

What does it mean to say eating red meat may increase your risk of cancer by 11 per cent? When is a ‘positive’ result in a medical test probably not a positive? And are there…