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Wellcome directors share their priorities and predictions for 2023, across discovery research, mental health, climate and health, infectious diseases, and strategy.

Wellcome statement in response to the World Health Organization Global Tuberculosis Report 2023. 

Find out how Wellcome performed in 2022/23, with commentaries from our Chair and Director, reports on what we did last year and reviews of our finances and investments.

Wellcome statement in response to the 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change

Wellcome Director Dr Jeremy Farrar will take up the position of Chief Scientist of the World Health Organization after leaving Wellcome next year.

Wellcome statement in response to the 2023 report of the Lancet Pathfinder Commission

Detailed pictures published today reveal how a new type of experimental antibiotic can kill bacteria that are resistant to existing treatments. The findings could ultimately…

A new Head of the Wellcome Library - which is part of Wellcome Collection in central London - has been appointed. Dr Simon Chaplin started his new position at the beginning…

Discovering and then bringing new antibiotics to market is a tricky challenge – but one we need to solve if we want to be better protected against the growing threat of drug-…

A potential new treatment for schizophrenia – backed by Wellcome-funded research – may change the lives of millions of people living with the condition globally.

Wellcome statement in response the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) annual ‘State of Climate Services’ report with this year’s edition focusing on health

Wellcome Data Labs is applying a new method to solving data science problems to identify potential negative consequences of algorithms early on.

As we publish our annual report, Julia Gillard, Chair of Wellcome, shares her outlook on the critical role for science in solving urgent health challenges facing everyone.

Ambitious plans for a major new gallery at the Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester, will now be realised thanks to a £1.8 million grant from the Wellcome Trust.

Our new Open Research Fund supports innovative approaches that enable data, code or other research outputs to be discovered, accessed and reused.

Hamburg, 8 July 2017 – G20 leaders have announced a new global body to oversee discovery and development of urgently needed new antimicrobials to tackle the rising threat of…

The Wellcome Trust has given the Science Museum in London £10 million for its landmark new Medicine Galleries. The £24m project will create a new home for the world-renowned…

Cheryl Moore, who is currently the President and Chief Operating Officer of the New York Genome Center, is to become Wellcome’s new Director, Research…

The Wellcome Trust today announces the latest recipients of its New and Senior Investigator Awards, given to outstanding researchers asking the most challenging research…

Wellcome responds to the new COP28 deal to transition away from fossil fuels.