Volume 32. 'Superbugs and Superdrugs: A History of MRSA'

Series consists of papers, correspondence, photographs, cassette tapes and digital material related to the seminar on "Superbugs and Superdrugs: A History of MRSA", which was held at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, on 11 July 2006. The seminar was part of the Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine meetings also known as the Witness Seminars. The transcript of this seminar was published as Volume 32 of the Witness Seminar series, L.A. Reynolds and E.M. Tansey (editors), Superbugs and Superdrugs: A History of MRSA, (London: Wellcome Trust, 2008).

The participants for the seminar were; Professor Graham Ayliffe; Dr Robert Bud (Chair); Professor Mark Casewell; Dr Bilwanath Chattopadhyay; Dr Stephanie Dancer; Dr Bernhard Dixon; Dr Georgia Duckworth; Professor Brian Duerden; Professor Michael Emmerson; Professor Gary French; Professor Curtis Gemmell; Professor Alan Glynn; Dr Ian Gould; Professor David Greenwood; Professor Jeremy Hamilton-Miller; Dr Angela Kearns; Dr Bill Newsom; Professor Ian Phillips; Dr Tyrone Pitt; Dr Elizabeth Price; Professor Sir Mark Richmond; Dr Geoffrey Scott; Dr Joe Selkon; Dr David Shanson; Dr Norman Simmons; Professor Dale Smith; Professor Brian Spratt; Professor Gordon Stewart; Dr Robert Sutherland; and Professor John West.

The editors of the published transcript were L.A. Reynolds and E.M. Tansey with an introduction by David Greenwood.

The meeting advisers and organisers were Professor Gordon Stewart and Dr Daphne Christie.

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Others present at the meeting included; Dr Helene Joffe; Professor Ian McDonald; Professor Anne Murcott; Dr Brigitte Nerlich; Dr Sujatha Raman; Dr Judith Richardson; and Peter Washer.

Apologies sent by; Professor Sir Roy Anderson; Dr F.R. Batchelor; Christine Beasley; Professor Sir Christopher Booth; Professor Bill Brumfitt; Professor James Burnie; Dr Rosa Coello; Dr Martin Cole; Professor Mary Cooke; Dr Barry Cookson; Dr Natasha Crowcroft; Professor Naomi Datta; Professor Susanna Eykyn; Professor Leon Fine; Dr Harold Gaya; Professor Harold Lambert; Dr Owen Lidwell; Professor Edward Lowbury; Professor John Macfarlane; Dr Graham Marshall; Professor Richard Novick; Professor Francis O'Grady; Professor Hugh Pennington; Professor Richard Proctor; Dr Richard B. Roberts; Dr George Rolinson; Dr Christian Ruef; Dr David Self; Professor Reginald Shooter; Sir Richard Sykes; Dr Morag Timbury; Rami Tzabar; and Dr Diana Walford.