Centers for disease control: the Rockefeller Foundation and the yellow fever laboratories in the United States, South America and Africa

• Grant number: 14/01561-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: January 12, 2015
• End date: July 11, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - History of Science
• Principal Investigator: Cristina de Campos
• Grantee: Aleidys Hernandez Tasco
• Supervisor: Cristina Mehrtens
• Host Institution: Instituto de Geociências (IG). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Toronto (U of T), Canada
• Associated to the scholarship: 13/13033-4 - International scientific relations: The yellow fever laboratories program of the Rockefeller Foundation in the United States, South America and Africa (1935-1947), BP.DR

Abstract

Strategic plans for yellow fever control were addressed by the Rockefeller Foundation in 1935 by means of cooperation activities with the governments of Brazil, Colombia and British colonies of Nigeria and Uganda by establishing new laboratories of fieldwork and central laboratory work, which were responsible for studying this disease during 1935-1947. The research project ( Process n° 2013/13033-4) sponsored by FAPESP aims to analyze the dynamic of the medical-scientist program that there was established in those yellow fever laboratories of Rockefeller Foundation, in order to understand the international scientific relationships that arose from the study of this disease. The purpose of this research internship abroad is to gather and examine the documentation preserved by Rockefeller Archive Center in New York, especially those sources to analyze the course of laboratories in Africa, since all of the primary documentation obtained so far has been on the laboratories in South America. This documentation includes field diaries, correspondence, reports, among others documents that will allow us to bring together empirical data to analyze the relationships between laboratories and their scientists as well as the production of this scientific knowledge. This work will be developed under the supervision of Professor Anne-­Emanuelle Birn, who has wide expertise on history of Rockefeller International Health, and is currently associate researcher in The Dalla Lana School of Public Health at University of Toronto, localized in Toronto, Canada. (AU)