Now we are 30: 10 more years of MASCC.

This paper chronicles the third decade of MASCC from 2010. There was a generational change in this decade, building on the solid foundation of the founders. It included the first female President, and a new Executive Director with a background in strategy and business development and operations as applied to healthcare. The headquarters moved from Copenhagen to Toronto. The first meeting to be held outside of Europe or North America was held in Adelaide, Australia, and the membership in the Asia Pacific region expanded. A program of international affiliates saw national supportive care organisations formally link with MASCC. In cancer supportive care, there was a raft of new toxicities to manage as immunotherapies were added to conventional cytotoxic treatment. There was also a greater emphasis on the psychosocial needs of patients and families. New MASCC groups were formed to respond to this evolution in cancer management. The MASCC journal, Supportive Care in Cancer, continued to grow in impact, and MASCC published two editions of a textbook of supportive care and survivorship. The decade ended with the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that served to highlight the importance of good supportive care to patients with cancer.

Memoirs of the First 50 Years of the European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC).

These memoirs span the first fifty years of the European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC). They are the personal observations and remembrance of Prof. Henk Timmerman, who witnessed how the EFMC developed since its inception in December 1969, and are published at the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the EFMC. They include, with permission from the EFMC, material that was previously published in EFMC newsletters. These texts are for the first time united and completed, to tell the history of an organization that has accompanied and shaped the development of medicinal chemistry in Europe. They also highlight, through facts and anecdotes, the role of the men and women who are the scientific leaders and drivers of this extended scientific community.

50 Years European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC) - The Ascent of Medicinal Chemistry in Europe.

A historical overview of key events that led, 50 years ago, to the foundation of the European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC), and the impact this had on promoting and structuring medicinal chemistry as a discipline in Europe. EFMC, together with the growing number of newly established national medicinal chemistry societies or divisions, created the framework for networking and knowledge exchange. This includes organizing conferences, in particular its biennial 'International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC-ISMC)'. Several interesting trends can be identified from EFMC meetings, EFMC governing bodies, or the federation's recognition of scientific excellence, that highlight changes in the medicinal chemistry community over the last decades, related to affiliation, gender, young scientists, communication tools, and embracing scientific advances.

Diez años de la Alianza Latinoamericana de Salud Global: una iniciativa pionera / Ten years of the latin american global health alliance: a pioneering initiative

Este artículo presenta una síntesis sinóptica de los fundamentos teóricos y la praxis de la Alianza Latinoamericana de Salud Global ­ALASAG­ al cumplir 10 años desde su creación. En él se expone tanto los antecedentes como las diversas actividades realizadas de manera colaborativa e integrada por esta Alianza conformada por 10 instituciones académicas líderes en salud pública que realizan programas de docencia, investigación y relaciones con los entornos nacionales e internacional en Salud Global. Una iniciativa prioritaria a partir del año 2010 ha sido la realización de 6 congresos de alcance e impacto internacional en diferentes países, docencia tanto de pre como de postgrado y recientemente la ejecución de proyectos en temas prioritarios. Igualmente, ALASAG ha participado en congresos y reuniones internacionaes y establecido valiosas colaboraciones con organismos de Naciones Unidas tales como OMS y OPS, multilaterales latinoamericanos y bilaterales a nivel global. El artículo plantea igualmente, según opinión de los autores, las fortalezas y debilidades experimentadas por esta Alianza durante sus 10 años de existencia, y concluye señalando los desafíos en término de las políticas, programas, innovación, investigación y formación de recursos humano, frente a la nueva realidad de salud, social, política y económica que enfrentan nuestros países durante esta pandemia y en la post pandemia. (AU)

This article gives a synoptic synthesis of the theoretical foundations and praxis of the Latin American Alliance for Global Health, or ALASAG - an acronym based on the name of the group in Spanish ­ to mark its 10th anniversary. The authors present the context of the Alliance's creation and the various collaborati-ve and integrative activities carried out by ALASAG, which is made up of ten leading academic public health institution that are dedicated to teaching, researching, and forging relationships with both national and international entities to promote the field of Global Health.Since 2010, Alliance's priorities have included organizing six international global health conferences in different countries, teaching undergraduate and postgradua-te students, and mosty recently, conducting research on priority issues. Similarly, ALASAG has participated in international congresses and meetings and has establi-shed valuable collaborations with United Nations organizations, such as WHO and PAHO, as well as multilateral Latin American and global bilteral partnerships.Finally, the article explores ALASAG's strengths and weaknesses that have been iden-tifed over the past decade, and in light of the new health, social, political, and eco-nomic realities brought on by the pandemic, the article concludes by pointing out the challenges, in the areas of policy-making, program implementation, innovation, research, and capacity building, that our countries will face going foward. (AU)

ISDE Presidential Biography: David B. Skinner, MD.

Dr. David Skinner, the 4th President of the ISDE, was a world-renowned surgeon, educator, scholar, and leader. He participated in the formation of the ISDE, hosted two international congresses in 1983 and 1989, and made important advances in the ISDE during his presidential tenure 1992-1995.

Destiny ot the Gabonese international center of medical research.

In 2009, the Franceville International Medical Research Center (CIRMF) celebrated its 30th anniversary, at the same time as the Republic of Gabon celebrated the 50th anniversary of its independence. The CIRMF went into operation in 1979 when the president of the Republic, M. Omar Bongo Ondimba, decided to establish it in partnership with the Elf-Aquitaine corporation. Three decades later, it was time to assess its work. The day of this 30th anniversary, more than 300 people were working at the Center. To convince the authorities to make a major investment, the Directorate-General of the CIRMF presented the successful results obtained for science, the projects underway and planned, and its international outreach. Mission accomplished: in 2009 a renovation of the CIRMF began. It has worked successfully in the following fields of research: antiretroviral agents, hepatitis viruses, the diversity of plasmodium, emerging viral diseases, and still topics such as neonatal diagnosis of sickle-cell anemia and an exhaustive inventory of the fauna and flora of the tropical forest. The CIRMF has achieved success and can be proud of its 30th anniversary of international biomedical research in the natural environment of Gabon.

A history of pharmacoepidemiology.

Pharmacoepidemiology, in the sense of the study of the reciprocal interactions between drugs and populations, was probably conceived far before being named so. However, the modern era started in 1985 with the birth of the International society of pharmacoepidemiology and the development of specific methodological approaches and large databases. This advent of pharmacoepidemiology resulted from a long period where the actual target of medicines, i.e., patients in real-life settings, was not considered, the truth being provided solely by pre-approval or peri-approval clinical trials. The methodological advances made during the last three decades are unprecedented. The challenge is now to avoid focusing excessively on the method to the detriment of pharmacological and public health objectives.

Daniel Stufflebeam and The World Bank.

Circa 2000 when The Evaluation Center on the campus of Western Michigan University was undergoing a renovation, staff were encouraged to clean out their filing cabinets. One of the authors rescued two manila files from the garbage dealing with a presentation that Daniel Stufflebeam made to The World Bank on 13 December 1993 and a subsequent World Bank conference on evaluation and development in which he participated 5-6 December 1994. In these documents, Dan set out some of his early thinking on international evaluation and other topics. The authors used these materials to write a tribute article to Dan publishing some of these ideas for the historical record.

Professor Glyn O. Phillip's legacy within the IAEA programme on radiation and tissue banking.

Professor Phillips began his involvement in the implementation of this important IAEA programme, insisting that there were advantages to be gained by using the ionizing radiation technique to sterilize human and animal tissues, based on the IAEA experience gained in the sterilization of medical products. The outcome of the implementation of the IAEA programme on radiation and tissue banking demonstrated that Professor Phillips was right in his opinion.

Tissue banking, biovigilance and the notify library.

This issue is dedicated to the contributions of Professor Glyn O. Phillips to the field of tissue banking and the advancement of science in general. The use of ionizing radiation to sterilize medical products drew the interest of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). A meeting in 1976 in Athens Greece to present work on the effects of sterilizing radiation doses upon the antigenic properties of proteins and biologic tissues was my first introduction of Professor Phillips and the role that he was to play in Tissue Banking (Friedlaender, in Phillips GO, Tallentine AN (eds) Radiation sterilization. Irradiated tissues and their potential clinical use. The North E. Wales Institute, Clwyd, p 128, 1978). The IAEA sponsored subsequent meetings in the Republic of Korea, Czechoslovakia and Rangoon, the later including a visit to the tissue bank by Professor Phillips. His advocacy resulted in multiple workshops and teaching opportunities in a variety of countries, one of which led to the establishment of the Asia Pacific Surgical Tissue Banking Association in 1989 (Phillips and Strong, in Phillips GO, Strong DM, von Versen R, Nather A (eds) Advances in tissue banking, vol 3. World Scientific, Singapore, pp 403-417, 1999).

A History of the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection.

Concern about health risks from exposure to non-ionizing radiation (NIR) commenced in the 1950s after tracking radars were first introduced during the Second World War. Soon after, research on possible biological effects of microwave radiation in the former Soviet Union and the U.S. led to public and worker exposure limits being much lower in Eastern European than in Western countries, mainly because of different protection philosophies. As public concern increased, national authorities began introducing legislation to limit NIR exposures from domestic microwave ovens and workplace devices such as visual display units. The International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA) was formed in 1966 to represent national radiation protection societies. To address NIR protection issues, IRPA established a Working Group in 1974, then a Study Group in 1975, and finally the International NIR Committee (INIRC) in 1977. INIRC's publications quickly became accepted worldwide, and it was logical that it should become an independent commission. IRPA finally established the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), chartering its remit in 1992, and defining NIR as electromagnetic radiation (ultraviolet, visible, infrared), electromagnetic waves and fields, and infra- and ultrasound. ICNIRP's guidelines have been incorporated into legislation or adopted as standards in many countries. While ICNIRP has been subjected to criticism and close scrutiny by the public, media, and activists, it has continued to issue well-received, independent, science-based protection advice. This paper summarizes events leading to the formation of ICNIRP, its key activities up to 2017, ICNIRP's 25th anniversary year, and its future challenges.

Determining Nuclear Fingerprints: Glove Boxes, Radiation Protection, and the International Atomic Energy Agency.

In a nuclear laboratory, a glove box is a windowed, sealed container equipped with two flexible gloves that allow the user to manipulate nuclear materials from the outside in an ostensibly safe environment. As a routine laboratory device, it invites neglect from historians and storytellers of science. Yet, since especially the Gulf War, glove boxes have put the interdependence of science, diplomacy, and politics into clear relief. Standing at the intersection of history of science and international history, technological materials and devices such as the glove box can provide penetrating insight into the role of international diplomatic organizations to the global circulation and control of scientific knowledge. The focus here is on the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Conservation Compromises: The MAB and the Legacy of the International Biological Program, 1964-1974.

This article looks at the International Biological Program (IBP) as the predecessor of UNESCO's well-known and highly successful Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB). It argues that international conservation efforts of the 1970s, such as the MAB, must in fact be understood as a compound of two opposing attempts to reform international conservation in the 1960s. The scientific framework of the MAB has its origins in disputes between high-level conservationists affiliated with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) about what the IBP meant for the future of conservation. Their respective visions entailed different ecological philosophies as much as diverging sets of political ideologies regarding the global implementation of conservation. Within the IBP's Conservation Section, one group propagated a universal systems approach to conservation with a centralized, technocratic management of nature and society by an elite group of independent scientific experts. Within IUCN, a second group based their notion of environmental expert roles on a more descriptive and local ecology of resource mapping as practiced by UNESCO. When the IBP came to an end in 1974, both groups' ecological philosophies played into the scientific framework underlying the MAB's World Network or Biosphere Reserves. The article argues that it is impossible to understand the course of conservation within the MAB without studying the dynamics and discourses between the two underlying expert groups and their respective visions for reforming conservation.