title: Funding scientific discovery: an interview with Sir Mark Walport. Interviewed by Kristin H. Kain.
abstract: Sir Mark Walport was appointed as Director of the Wellcome Trust in 2003. Before joining the trust, he was Head of the Division of Medicine at Imperial College London.
authors.affiliation: m.walport@wellcome.ac.uk
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walport
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000191:economics* / Q000266:history*; D014943:Global Health; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000191:economics*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014495:Universities / Q000191:economics