Dr. Picking is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Caribbean Centre for Research in Bioscience, UWI, Mona. He earned his Ph.D. in Biotechnology from UWI, Mona through a Commonwealth Scholarship. His life in Jamaica in 2008 having completed 5 years training as medical herbalist & naturopath at the School of Integrated Health, University of Westminster, in central London. His research to date has focused on the contemporary use of medicinal plants by Jamaicans with completion of a TRAMIL (Traditional Medicines in the Islands) survey and a recent survey in collaboration with Dr. Ina Vandebroek formerly of The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG). The TRAMIL network studies, validates and expands medicinal plant use in primary healthcare across the Caribbean. Through the work undertaken, UWI was able to fulfil Jamaica’s commitment, contributing to the TRAMIL database and online pharmacopeia, and adding to the body of knowledge from over 50 surveys, completed across the Caribbean region to date. Our collaboration with NYBG, to date, has led to the documentation and distribution of a community book detailing both the traditional knowledge and scientific data for 25 commonly used medicinal plants.
Dr. David Picking
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Biotechnology
Research Fellow, CCRIB, UWI, Mona
United Kingdom
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