OUR IDENTITY
UWI SODECO is an international research charity within The University of the West Indies. UWI SODECO is physically located on the UWI Mona Campus in Jamaica.
It is comprised of two parts; Solutions for Medicine (SFM) which focuses on medical research and Solutions for Society (SFS) which is oriented towards solving socioeconomic problems.
UWI SODECO is international in its outlook, strategies, networking and operations and leverages its global network to focus on research priorities in developing and poor countries in order to inform better treatments for major health problems, as well as providing solutions to socio-economic problems.
OUR VISION
By 2025, UWI SODECO has used global scientific leadership within its network to inform new strategies to prevent and treat health problems arising from a poor start to life as well as to increase environmental resilience.
OUR MISSION
UWI SODECO through SFM uses scientific discoveries to prevent, cure or mitigate chronic cardio-metabolic and neuropsychological impairment caused by early life adversity arising from malnutrition, and through SFS, applies the scientific method to solve significant socio economic problems.
OUR VALUES
UWI SODECO is peopled by professionals who are best in class internationally in scientific research, who work to discover the causes and remedies of early life origin, cardio- metabolic and neuropsychological ill health as well as environmental problems. The UWI SODECO team collaborates to achieve research excellence through attention to training, mentorship and career development, drawing on resources within and from our international research network.
