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The Exchange Programme of the Belgian American Educational Foundation: An Institutional Perspective on Scientific Persona Formation (1920-1940)

open access: diamondBMGN: Low Countries Historical Review, 2016
In this article we propose an institutional perspective on persona formation. Not unlike individual scientists, institutions such as funding bodies took an active interest in shaping the scientific persona.
Pieter Huistra, Kaat Wils
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The domestic uses of Belgian–American ‘mutual understanding’: the commission for relief in Belgium educational foundation, 1920–1940

open access: greenJournal of Transatlantic Studies, 2015
An offspring of a precocious large-scale humanitarian enterprise to save occupied Belgium from starvation during the First World War, the Commission for Relief in Belgium (CRB) Educational Foundation was established in 1919 as an exchange programme for Belgian and American university students. The CRB Educational Foundation was originally designed as a
Kenneth Bertrams
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Global Health Needs Modernized Containment Strategies to Prepare for the Next Pandemic

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2022
COVID-19 continues to be a public health crisis, while severely impacting global financial markets causing significant economic and social hardship. As with any emerging disease, pharmaceutical interventions required time, emphasizing the initial and ...
Krish Seetah   +12 more
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Length of secondary schooling and risk of HIV infection in Botswana: evidence from a natural experiment

open access: yesThe Lancet Global Health, 2015
Background: An estimated 2·1 million individuals are newly infected with HIV every year. Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies have reported conflicting evidence for the association between education and HIV risk, and no randomised trial has ...
Jan-Walter De Neve, MD   +4 more
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The Exchange Program of the Belgian American Educational Foundation 1920-1940

open access: yesBijdragen en Mededelingen Betreffende de Geschiedenis der Nederlanden, 2016
In this article we propose an institutional perspective on persona formation. Not unlike individual scientists, institutions such as funding bodies took an active interest in shaping the scientific persona. As a case in point, we discuss the Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF) that sent hundreds of aspiring Belgian scientists to the United ...
Huistra, P.A., Wils, Kaat
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