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In 1960, the Scientific Research Council (SRC) was established, with a mandate to "collect, collate and review information concerning scientific research schemes or programmes relevant to the development of the resources of Jamaica (and) to establish and maintain a scientific information centre for collection and dissemination of scientific and ...
National Council on Drug Abuse. Councils of the Ministry of Health. Medical Council of Jamaica. Nursing Council of Jamaica. Dental Council of Jamaica. Pharmacy Council of Jamaica. Council of Professions Supplementary to Medicine. Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries[ 5] Anti- Dumping and Subsidies Commission.
Karen E. Nelson. Karen Nelson is a Jamaican -born American microbiologist (specializing in human microbiome research) who was formerly president of the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI). [ 1] On July 6, 2021 she joined Thermo Fisher Scientific as Chief Scientific Officer.
Computing. Lingo programming language used in Adobe Director, invented by John Henry Thompson. [ 12] Methods and apparatus for managing mobile content, co-invented by John Henry Thompson. [ 13][ 14] Walt W. Braithwaite led the development of CAD/CAM systems at Boeing, enabling airplanes to be designed and manufactured digitally.
Alan Eyre. Lawrence Alan Eyre (born Leeds, 1930 – 3 June 2020) was a British-born Jamaican geographer and environmentalist. [1] He was also a member of the Christadelphian church. [2] Alan Eyre was co-founder of the Department of Geography of the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. His academic work has focused on the political ...
The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is a US-based, independent, international nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing research in the social sciences and related disciplines. Established in Manhattan in 1923, it maintains a headquarters in Brooklyn Heights [ 2 ] with a staff of approximately 70, and small regional offices in other ...
The university was founded as the Jamaica Institute of Technology in 1958. The following year it was incorporated as the College of Arts, Science and Technology (CAST), and was formally recognised by an Act of Parliament in 1964. It was granted degree awarding powers in 1986 and a governing council and academic board were established.
The International Council for Science ( ICSU, after its former name, International Council of Scientific Unions) was an international non-governmental organization devoted to international cooperation in the advancement of science. Its members were national scientific bodies and international scientific unions.