Dr. Basil Burke is a natural products chemist with a focus initially on improving agricultural products but now additionally on improving medical treatment for people. He was born in St. Andrew in 1943 and attended St. Aloysius Boys' and Greenwich Town Primary Schools. Later at St. George's College, he excelled at cricket and chemistry being at one time both the Vice President of the Science Society and Captain of the cricket team. At the University of the West Indies his studied chemistry receiving his Ph.D. in 1970 after which he went to Canada and taught and researched at the University of British Colombia. He returned to The UWI in 1972 as a lecturer and researcher in natural products particularly from agricultural plants such as pepper and citrus. He became a Senior Fulbright Scholar at Stanford University and in 1982 joined the Plant Cell Research Institute in California, where he directed and pioneered new research technologies and chemical discoveries with potential uses in medicine and agriculture including for pest control. Since 1991 he has worked in the private sector developing pharmaceutical and agrochemical products and more recently tools to assist patients in evaluating their ailments at home and then transmitting the information to doctors electronically for diagnosis and treatment. Dr. Burke was awarded the Jamaica Centennial Medal and the Gold Musgrave Medal . He is an active member of the Caribbean Diaspora in the USA And maintains strong ties with The UWI through its consulting arm.
Dr. Basil Burke
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