The House That John Built
On June 4, 2025, CAIHR opened its museum, The House that John Built, at the Tropical Metabolism Research Unit (TMRU), so named after the book on the work of the Unit from 1956-2006. The John is John Waterlow, the inspired physiologist sent to the then British West Indies in 1945 to investigate the tragic toll of malnutrition among Caribbean infants, and whose submissions resulted in the formation of TMRU in 1956. The museum is the brainchild of Professor Marshall Tulloch-Reid. Reflections were brought by Suzanne Francis-Brown (PhD), Founding Curator of the UWI Museum.
CAIHR’s Museum, within the original TMRU space – indeed, centred within the original Director’s office, with irreplaceable artefacts that would have been on the cutting edge in the 1950s, 60s and 70s – many of them custom designed for specific experiments – is about celebrating a stellar history. The larger aim is to inspire those now doing research and those considering research; to show what has been done and encourage others to live that legacy – Suzanne Francis-Brown
The museum was officially opened by Professors Susan Walker and Sally Grantham-McGregor.
