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

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

We monitor compliance with our clinical trials policy and publish the cumulative results annually. Read our latest findings.

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

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

This is our analysis of Wellcome grants involving animal research between October 2022 and September 2023.

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

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

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.

Created by poet Koleka Putuma and illustrator Ivvy Chen, this animation beautifully captures young people’s approach to dealing with the challenges of Covid-19 lockdowns.

Alexander Pym, an infectious disease expert with experience across academia, clinical settings and industry, will lead Wellcome’s work on infectious disease, supporting…

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 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…

Following on from the sell out success of last year’s event, Wellcome Collection is delighted to be returning with Quacks and Cures - an unusual, quirky and entertaining…

Gabriel Leung, University of Hong Kong, and Arup K. Chakraborty, Massachusetts Institute for Technology, will join Wellcome's Board of Governors in May 2021.

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 treatment for schizophrenia – backed by Wellcome-funded research – has been approved by the FDA and has the potential to change the lives of millions of people living…

A major funding opportunity will support the development of evidence to advance practical solutions to mitigate the urgent climate crisis and lessen its effect on human…

The Wellcome Trust is today pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Stephen Caddick as Director of the Innovations division.