Scientific diasporas

Science

Volumn 312, Issue 5780, 2006, Pages 1602-1603

  Séguin, Béatrice ^a   Singer, Peter A ^a,b   Daar, Abdallah S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; SCIENTIFIC DIASPORAS; UNDERUTILIZED RESOURCES;

PERSONNEL;

BRAIN DRAIN; DEVELOPING WORLD; MIGRANT WORKER; RESOURCE USE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CANADA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GOVERNMENT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INTERNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPONSIBILITY; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERVIEW; MIGRATION; PERSONNEL;

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CANADA; COMMERCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERVIEWS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 33745125009     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1126325     Document Type: Short Survey

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20. We are grateful to our participants for sharing their views and experiences. The Canadian Program on Genomics and Global Health is primarily supported by Genome Canada through the Ontario Genomics Institute and the Ontario Research and Development Challenge Fund. Matching partners are listed at (19). A.S.D. is supported by the McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine. P.A.S. is supported by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Distinguished Investigator award. We thank A. Dabu for her comments on earlier versions of this manuscript. D. B. Watters and D. Brook have helped to develop the concept of the National Scientific Disapora Initiatives, Disapora Business Initiatives, and National Science Corps.