To date, 9 Nobel prize winners have signed the Philadelphia Consensus Statement which calls on universities to take action by adopting policies that:

• Promote equal access to research.
• Promote research and development for neglected diseases.
• Measure research success according to impact on human welfare.

You can join with thousands of students, professor, global health luminaries and Nobel laureates by adding your voice to the call for universities to take action. Sign on now to the Philadelphia Consensus Statement.

Nobel Prize winners who have joined in UAEM’s call for university action:

Peter Agre, 2003 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Vice Chancellor for Science and Technology, James B. Duke Professor of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center

Kenneth Arrow, PhD, 1972 Nobel Laureate in Economics, 2004 National Medal of Science, Professor of Economics (Emeritus), Stanford University

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), 1999 Nobel Laureate in Peace, Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines

Craig Mello, PhD, 2006 Nobel Laureate in Medicine, Professor of Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School

John Polanyi, PhD, DSc, 1986 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Professor, University of Toronto

Oliver Smithies, PhD, 2007 Nobel Laureate in Medicine, Excellence Professor, UNC-Chapel Hill.

Jack Steinberger, PhD, 1988 Nobel Laureate in Physics

Sir John Sulston, PhD, FRS, 2002 Nobel Laureate in Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester

Harold Varmus, MD, 1989 Nobel Laureate in Medicine; Co-founder of Public Library of Science (PLoS); Chairman of the Scientific Board of Grand Challenges in Global Health, President and chief executive officer of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City