THE LIBRARY
MONA
Year ending July 31, 2006
Norma Amenu-Kpodo, BA Sask, BLS Tor – Campus Librarian
Overview
The year under review started off on an auspicious note as major rainscoincided with roof repairs and caused flooding in the technical
services areas. This resulted in disruptions which saw the relocation of the
Acquisitions and Cataloguing sections to the World Bank Caribbean
Public Information Centre and the Cataloguing Section to the Academic
Staff Room and to the West Indies and Special Collections for the period
August 2005 to January 2006.  Only minimal work could be carried out as
lack of some tools and facilities, space, movement of materials to various
locations and general coordination of the Sections resulted in lower
production. The number of Student Assistants that were employed was
also adversely affected by these developments. 
Despite this setback and some resource constraints, the Library managed
to achieve many of the targets that had been set and, except in a few areas
where lack of staffing presented a challenge, had a creditable record for the 
period. Among notable and far reaching achievements was the creation of
the Mona Online Research Database (MORD) which, for the first
time, made Campus research for the period 1993-2005 available globally
through the internet. This resulted from collaboration with Mona
Information Technology Services (MITS) and Human Resource
Management Division (HRMD).  It also published Research for
Development - volume 3, 2002-2005 which, along MORD was launched 
on Research Day, 2006.
Highlights
Among the highlights were the following:
• Introduction of Fast track service for postgraduate students
• New cash management procedure introduced as a result of
Management Audit
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• Improved access to electronic resources with subscriptions to the 
JSTOR database and Net Library e-books.
• Launching of the web-based Mona Online Research Database to
make research globally accessible.
• Publication of Research for Development Volume 3, 2002-2005
• Funding of the first visit of the Distance Librarian to the
University Centres in Bahamas and Belize
• Significant increase by 21,716 in visits made to the Library
• Organisation of three major workshops
• Receipt of prestigious award by CARDIN
Targets
For the coming year emphasis will be placed on:
• Full implementation of all modules of ALEPH – the New
Integrated System
• Seeking to increase funding base for ongoing development of
facilities and services
• Strengthening the AV collection to support teaching programmes
• Acquisition of key Scientific databases – Scifinder and, IEEE
• Increasing the number of students offered IL training courses by
including DE and BSc Nursing students
• Acquiring more RBC texts for undergraduate and postgraduate
students
• Adding higher portion of unpublished research on t he Mona
Online Research
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT 
The Library consists of the Main Library and the Science and Medical
Branch Libraries and the reports from the various sections are given
below:
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Acquisitions 
A total of 361 new titles and 707 volumes of West Indian material in the
print format were acquired. This compares to 750 titles and 1306 volumes
for the previous year.  Some significant non-print material was purchased
viz. The House of Commons Sessional Papers 1852 – 1856; The Richard
Hart Collection and two sets of Estate Papers dating from 1784 – 1793
and 1739 –1769 respectively.
There was no significant increase in the collection due to the disruptions
described above, as well as a lack of funds. Below is a summary of the
books accessioned during the year.
2005/06              2004/05       2003/04    2002/03               2001/02
NT Vols. NT Vols. NT Vols.NT Vols. NT Vols.
2544 3846 2798 4330 4546 6858 5486 8130 4826 8197
However, a major milestone was reached with the addition of a number of
electronic books to the collection, viz, 32 reference books and 3398
textbooks.
Gifts 
Gifts accounted for a high proportion of the material added to the
collection. Of the total of 3846 volumes added, 1908 were gifts. Some of
the larger donations came from the Brazilian Embassy, Mr. Samuel
Bandara, Mrs. Judy Rao and Father Jim Webb. Professor John Rickford of 
Stanford University made a donation of several linguistics books as a
follow-up to his assessment of the Department of Languages, Linguistics
and Philosophy. A handing- over ceremony was arranged for this latter
donation.
The Library received a gift of $5000 from the Vice Chancellor which was
used to acquire microfilm of the Richard Hart Collection and to replace
British Sessional  Papers which were lost in the Hurricane Ivan Flood
2004. Two lists of desiderata were prepared in response to offers of
material – one from the Research Institute for the Study of Man and
the other from the Department of Modern Languages and
Literatures.
THE BINDERY
The Bindery continued to make improvements in it operations. Every
effort was made to continue the focus on a customer-service driven
environment by completing requests for text in the shortest possible time
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and facilitating the smooth transaction between Units and Sections.  In
addition, the book repair process introduced last year significantly aided
the number of items returned to circulation in a much shorter time than it
had previously taken. 
CATALOGUING 
Cataloguing and OPAC Enhancement
The cataloguing output was drastically reduced this year for reasons
outlined earlier. Only 2584 monographic volumes were processed
compared to 3670 last year. In addition, 32 electronic resources were also
added to the OPAC. Statistics provided by the Systems Unit show that
bibliographic records on the OPAC now stands at 212,215, up from
205,502 at the end of July 2005, while 293,043 items now exist. 
Retrospective Conversion
The retrospective conversion exercise continued.  To date, the bar-coding
of materials in both the Science and Medical Libraries has been completed. 
In the Medical Library, approximately 95% conversion of the items has
been completed, while conversion in the Science Library is at 85%.
Conversion “on the fly” continues for the circulating materials from the
open shelf in the Main Library.
Distance Library Services
The Unit realized an increase in the number of students exposed to
information literacy instruction at the UWIDEC sites by partnering with
the coordinator of the FD10A courses (for Distance students). The
schedule of the information literacy classes was posted in the learning
management system, Moodle, and students were instructed to attend. The
attendance at the sites increased by about 50%.  The coordinator and the
Distance Librarian have agreed to continue working together as feedback
from the students was positive, and improvements were observed in the
way students cited reference materials.
For the first time, facilities were put in place for the Distance Librarian to
travel to the School of Continuing Studies (SCS) - Belize and the Bahamas, 
between February 16 and 22, 2006, for the purpose of conducting
information literacy classes for students in the Masters and Bachelors
programmes facilitated by UWIDEC. However, students in School of
Continuing studies courses were also allowed to attend the sessions and
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expressed great appreciation for the information they received.
Government Serials
Online Government Documents
So as to enhance access to government documents, the Section began
compiling links to government sites which will likely be of interest to
researchers of government information. 
Usage by all categories of users declined significantly.  This could be
attributed to the fact that much government statistical information is
available on the Internet and easy access to many United Nations
publications and data via the Internet.
Loans and Reference
Cash Management
In response to a management audit recommendation that the library
streamline its cash collection, at  cash collection points , new procedures
were developed and  have been in operation in the Main Library since May
2006. Although these procedures facilitate accountability, they are very
time consuming and have affected services at the Circulation Desk.
Efforts are being made to explore more efficient electronic solutions
either through new modules of the new integrated library system or
through initiatives being pursued by the University Bursary
Electronic Resources
Students increasingly depend on the Internet and technology for learning
and communication and over the last eight years or more the library has
provided access to electronic journals and databases. This year the library  
introduced access to e-books through a subscription to OCLC Net
Library which provides access to 32 electronic reference books and over
3398 e-books.  It continued to explore the possibility of increased
provision of digitized material for items on students’ reading lists.
However a survey of costing to gain copyright clearance for items of
interest resulted in a decision to put the matter on hold at this time
Exhibitions
During the year there was a busy schedule of exhibitions. Of the 21which
were mounted in the Loan and Reference area, five were significant titles.
These were: Tourism, and a series honouring Professor Barry Chevannes,
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The Most Honourable Hugh Lawson Shearer, His Excellency Professor
Kenneth Hall and the Honourable Dr Richard Hart. 
Circulation Statistics
Annual statistics show that the number of   visits to the Main Library
increased by 22,716 (from 300,843 in 2005 to   323,569 in   2006). This
could be explained by the increase in the student intake. The busiest
month, November, saw   the combined total of persons entering the
Library and Overnight Reading Room was 52,147 i.e. an average of 2000
person daily. The increase in library traffic was also reflected in the
increase of 4,300 loans. Despite the increases in traffic, with the use of
stanchions which were received as a gift from the Bank of Nova Scotia,
there was a noticeable lessening of  congestion at the Circulation Desk.
VISTAS
VISTAS continued to provide a welcoming space in the Library for our
visually impaired users which numbered 8 of the 18 special needs students. 
Once again the facility was used for examination sessions. 
Mona Information Literacy Unit (MILU)
On Friday November 4, 2005, Professor Velma Newton, Law Librarian
(Cave Hill Campus) conducted a training session on Online Legal
Resources: “Locating materials for legal research in the
Commonwealth Caribbean.” Eighteen undergraduate law students
attended. Professor Newton demonstrated searches using the CARILAW
database. 
Thesis Scrutiny Report
Over 20 theses received by MILU were dispatched to Liaison Librarians
for scrutiny. Librarians reported that the majority of postgraduate
candidates do not follow consistently the citation style recommended for
their Faculty. As a result of a follow meeting with the Office of Graduate
Studies efforts will be made by MILU to work directly with Deans and  
other faculty members and through Library representatives to Faculty
Boards to offer assistance in improving the information Literacy skills of
Post Graduates
Summer Information Literacy High School Project
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A very successful workshop at the end of the year, “Learning for Life:
Information Skills for Today and Tomorrow” sought to increase information
literacy skills among high school students and improve research readiness
among incoming UWI Mona students. Twenty-three students, from
twelve schools in Kingston and the rural areas and  two teachers were
invited to attend the sessions. The workshop provided hands-on
experience in analyzing an information need and identifying, locating,
evaluating and using information resources to fill the need.
MILU Statistics 
The number of students reached by MILU increased this academic year.
Below are summary statistics:
In the academic Year 2002 – 2003 over 310 sessions were delivered to
approximately 3,600 users. This year, over 160 sessions (tours, subject-
oriented sessions and foundation-course modules) were held. The
sessions, totaling approximately 252 hours, were delivered to over 5,093
users. Faculty gave positive feedback regarding the MILU teaching
programme.
Medical Library
The Medical Library continued its drive to improve access to health
science information, maintain and update internet resources linked to the
curriculum and improve staff performance.
It also endeavoured to have in the holdings, all the printed and electronic
format copies of items listed in MEDCARIB and exceeded the 300 target
set up to physically identify these items.
A draft compilation of Guidelines for locating journal articles without
cost for the use of faculty was produced and this was well received   In
addition, it organized a MEDLINE training course with emphasis on
searching, in an effort to improve staff helpfulness to patrons. Staff also
received training in better use of Excel spreadsheets to maintain and
produce statistics.
Periodicals Section
Databases
The highlight of the year was the acquisition of two new databases - Web
of Science and JSTOR. These databases were acquired through funding
support recommended   by the Strategic Transformation Team. The
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amount allocated for databases acquisitions was J$2,620,000.00; the
expenditure for the two databases was J$1,963,033.46 which resulted in a
surplus of J$656,966.54. These surplus funds will be carried over and will
be sufficient to pay the subscription for a second year. 
Additionally the acquisition of these two databases was done in
conjunction with the other two campuses. This cross-campus co-
operation, while not without its own difficulties, resulted in significant
savings. 
Perhaps the most disappointing and frustrating event of the year was the
non-acquisition of SciFinder Scholar due to the lack of funds.
Science Library
During the year under review the collections housed in the basement were
again seriously affected by two floodings due to faulty plumbing and
clogged drains. Periodicals and books stored in the basement were
damaged and replacements will be difficult in the printed format. Some of
the roof repair work carried out by maintenance during the year and
efforts made to keep drains unclogged should improve this vulnerability to 
flooding.
Accommodation for Energy Conservation Project
Since January 1, 2006, the Library has been temporarily housing the office
of the Energy Conservation Project under the direction of Mr Walling.
This is located on the second floor, and it is hoped that their presence will
help to encourage a quieter Reading Room and that on their departure the
physical structure will be used as a faculty/ postgraduate reading area.
CARDIN Secretariat
Mr. Robert Routh, CUSO volunteer, revamped the Caribbean Disaster
Information Network (CARDIN) website during a short assignment to
the project.  Descriptors were created for the website allowing greater
visibility on the internet. With a revamped website, CARDIN now offers
an updated newsletter, a “What’s New” section and a country profile page. 
Mr Routh also further developed The Caribbean Disaster Virtual
Library.  The website of which was posted and later launched in January, 
by Professor Ronald Young, Dean of the Faculty of Pure and Applied
Sciences, as part of Research Day activities.  A student assistant assigned
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to the project, helped to digitize one hundred and ninety seven documents
and convert to portable document format (PDF),. All documents are
currently available on the world-wide web.
The virtual library currently has 148 records in full text as well as
presentations, maps, audio and video clips related specifically to the
Caribbean region.  It includes a special collection of the Unit for Disaster
Studies, (Department of Geography and Geology) and documents from
other disaster-related agencies. 
CARDIN received the Albertina Perez de Rosa Information Units Alliances and
Collaborative Projects in the Caribbean award which recognizes and honors the
excellent performance of alliance and collaborative efforts of local or
regional information units.
Information Literacy
The assignment of a Librarian dedicated to Information Literacy for the
community served by the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences continues
to be heartily welcomed. Two new courses, Research Methods in Science
(BL60E) and MSc Computer Science, received Information Literacy
sessions for the first time in the year under review. 
Greater effort will   need to be made to bring other courses on board in the 
coming year as despite the addition of two new courses, there was a
decrease in the number of sessions offered.
Gifts
Gifts were received from Dr Samuel Wray formerly of the Faculty of Pure
and Applied Sciences. Professor Emeritus, Ivan Goodbody, formerly of
the Department of Life Sciences, again offered much of his personal
library, mainly periodical issues, to the Library.  Again, as in the previous
year, from this gift, the Library was able to fill gaps in holdings from the
journal titles donated. 
Exhibitions
Four exhibitions were mounted during the year under review.  Of
particular interest were those mounted by the Jamaica Intellectual
Property  Office in April on Intellectual Property. An exhibition  
specifically mounted for Research Day activities focused on the then
newly launched Caribbean Disaster Virtual Library was on display from
January 26 – February 24, 2006.
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Systems 
The Systems Section continued to provide technical support for all other
services and projects of the Library.  A significant project undertaken by
the Systems Section was the support for the publication Research for
Development Vol. 3 2003-2005, and the subsequent development of the
Mona Online Research Database (MORD) in conjunction with MITS.
The main area of focus was the implementation of the Library’s New
Integrated System, Aleph from ExLibris.  After lengthy contract
negotiations the contract was finally signed on December 22, 2005. 
Implementation began in January 2006 with a switch to production date
set for January 3, 2007.
Weekly one-hour project management meetings via UWIDITE
teleconferences   were held between ExLibris, and the campus project
coordinators in the Libraries at St Augustine and Cave Hill campuses.  A
joint UWI initial project meeting was held in Trinidad on May 8 and 9,
followed by a conversion and project analysis visits by an ExLibris
representative to Mona Campus on May 25 and 26.  Three training
sessions by staff trainers were held as follows:  April 21 and 24, and June
12 to 16.  The final training sessions are scheduled for August and
September 2006. 
The Library acquired Content Dm software to start its digitization
projects. 
West Indies and Special Collections
Audio-Visual Material for Teaching
There was a large increase in the use of audiovisual material with the
introduction of courses in film and the use of film to support teaching,
mainly in Faculty of Humanities and Education. The Library did not own
most of the items and had to use material on loan from the lecturers. Use
was varied. The major portion was students who were required to critique
films as part of their Introduction to Film course. There was also the History of
the Middle East course which required that a movie be viewed. In addition,
there was one tutorial which was based on a movie. Also, several special
loans were made to lecturers who used the movies away from the Library
as there was no adequate viewing space for their classes. 
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For the coming year, the Section will make an effort to acquire both
equipment and material to improve this service. 
Income Generation 
The Bindery
Theses-binding was the activity that generated the most revenue for the
past two academic years, followed by the binding of books.  The total
amount of monies paid to The University’s Bursary for the binding of
theses in this academic year (sent from Graduate Studies) is $389,400.The
Library’s Accounts Section, also collected $132,661. The total amount of
monies generated in this area would be $422,061. The amount is slightly
less than in the previous year.
The Library received a $4 million award from the CHASE Fund for
improvement of Preservation and Conservation facilities at the Library. 
The grant is for the purchase of three specialized pieces of equipment- a
Foredom bench drill, an adhesive binding machine, and a computerized
lettering   machine. 
The Multifunctional Room
Income from this source shows a decrease in comparison to last year. The
amount collected for the period under review is $227,400.
Project Funding
The Research Fellowship Committee gave $564,000 in ‘New Initiatives’
funds for the research project Mona Online Research Database, Phase 3.
Some income was also received from the workshops that were organized
in Antigua and Jamaica.
PAPERS PRESENTED
Norma Amenu-Kpodo
• “The Library and Quality:  Issues for Libraries in Higher
Education” – Joint Committee for Tertiary Education General
Meeting, Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing
Arts.  March 2006.
Verna George
• “The UWI Library’s Mona Information Literacy Unit (MILU):
Enhancing Academic Learning”. 8th CTLPA Conference. 
Nassau, Bahamas. June 19-23, 2006. 
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Beverley Lashley
• “Caribbean Disaster Information Network”, XXXVI
Conference, Association of Caribbean University, Research and
Institutional Libraries  (ACURIL), Aruba.
• “Effective and Efficient Internet Search Engines”. Grace
Kennedy’s Multifunctional Room, April 13, 2006
• “The Experiences of the Caribbean Disaster Information
Network”.  American Council of Learned Societies/Social
Science Research Council Cuba, March 22-23, 2006. 
Faith McKoy-Johnson
• “The UWI Library’s Mona Information Literacy Unit (MILU):
Enhancing Academic Learning.” 8th CTLPA Conference,
Nassau, Bahamas.  June 19-23, 2006.
Evadne McLean (with Stephen Dew)
• “Providing Library Instruction to Distance Learning Students in
the 21st Century: Meeting the Current and Changing Needs of a
Diverse Community”, Twelfth Off-Campus Library Service
Conference. Hyatt Regency at Savannah, Georgia, April 26-28,
2006.
Tereza Richards
• R. Linder (Lübeck), F. Weichert, A. Streng, A. Groh., M. Wagner
(Homburg), W. Liese (Marburg), T. Richards (Kingston), M.
Diefenbach (Dortmund).“E-Learning exemplified by teaching
the blind and severely visually impaired: how to read histological
slides.” Paper prepared for the 51st Annual Meeting of the
German Society for Computer Sciences, Biometry and
Epidemiology in Medicine, Leipzig, Germany, 2006
Frances Salmon
• “Intellectual Property Issues in the Preservation of Cultural
Heritage” UNESCO workshop Preservation as a Means of
Protecting Caribbean Cultural Heritage. Antigua, Nov. 2005.
Sandra Stubbs
• “Facilitating Free Flow of Information and Access to
Knowledge:  Current Initiatives at the University of the West
Indies, Mona Libraries.” ACURILL XXXVI Conference, May
30, 2006.
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• “Jamaica’s Right to Know:  Implications of Jamaica’s Access to
Information Act for Libraries and Information Professionals.”
ACURILL XXXVI Conference, May 31, 2006.
PUBLICATIONS
Leona Bobb-Semple and Rosemarie Runcie  
* “Resources Sharing in Authority Work: International Efforts
Regional Realities.” LIAJA Bulletin 2005-2006. (2006): 18-24.
* Tameca Thelwell, Faith McKoy Johnson and Frances
Salmon. “Tourism, the Driver of Change in the Jamaican
Economy? An Annotated Bibliography of Staff Publica- tions”.
Edited by Kenneth P. Hall and Rheima Holding. Kingston: Ian
Randle, 2006. 375-409.
Tereza Richards
* M. Wagner, M. Zamelczyk-Pajewska, C. Landes, H. Sudhoff, J.
Kosmider, T. Richards, UM Krause, R. Stark, A. Groh, F.
Weichert, R. Linder.  “Simulating soft data to make soft data
applicable to simulation.” In Vivo. 2006 Jan-Feb; 20 (1) : 49-54. 
Awards
Mrs. Verna George – Second Place (Poetry), Observer Literary Arts
Awards, December 2005. Lesley University Creative Writing Scholar.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Norma Amenu-Kpodo
– Executive Secretary, Commonwealth Library Association
– Executive Member, Library and Information Association of
Jamaica (LIAJA)
– Executive Member, Management of Library Associations
Section of International Federation of Library Associations
– Member, IFLA National Association Membership Fees
Working Group
– Member, University Council of Jamaica Assessment Team
Library Association
– Member, UNESCO National Commission for Jamaica,
Committee on Information for All
Mrs Enid Brown
– Member, Historical Society of Jamaica
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– Member, Social History Project, Dept. of History
– Member, Seminar on the Acquisitions of Latin American
Materials (SALALM)
Beverley Lashley
– Member, Public Relations Committee, Jamaica Fulbright
Alumni Association
– Member,  LIAJA 
– Member, UWI Safety and Emergency Management Systems –
Liaison Officer 2005 – 2006
Joan Vacianna 
– Member, UNESCO World Bank and Copyright Committee.
– Secretary, Jamaican Historical Society
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FACULTY OF HUMANITIES 
AND
EDUCATION
MONA
Year ending July 31, 2006
Professor Aggrey Brown, CD, BA Hamline, MA, PhD Princeton 
– Dean
Overview
Introduction
The Faculty’s focus during the 2005/2006 academic year was onconsolidating initiatives taken to realize the strategic objectives of
greater student centeredness and this was in keeping with both the
Campus and Faculty’s strategic objectives.
Producing Students of Quality:
For the Faculty of Humanities and Education, producing students of
quality begins with the recruitment process since it is our collective view
that the quality of students who are admitted to the Faculty to a large
extent determines the quality of our output. As a result, the faculty
continued to be directly involved with the Admissions Section in its annual 
school visits. Members of academic staff as well as the Faculty’s
Administrator visited a number of high schools in Jamaica, and in the case
of the latter, as well as Belize in an attempt to encourage students to make
the Mona Campus their first choice and within the Campus, the Faculty of
Humanities and Education.  
It was the intention of the Faculty to limit the intake of students for the
academic year in keeping with the budgetary constraints.  The intake of
students was marginally higher than the 2004/2005 academic year.  Part of
the explanation for this is that the Faculty, in its attempt to recruit the
“brightest and the best”, innovated by making early firm offers to students
whose performance at the CXC level was outstanding. This, on the
assumption that they would maintain their performance standards at
Advanced and CAPE levels.  While based on empirical evidence it is too
early to say whether or not this assumption holds, we are confident that
our ability to match  competing institutions in terms of the time that offers
are made to our students contributed to the Faculty being able to recruit
more of the “brightest and the best”.
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The Faculty also continued to pay increasing attention to the student
advising function by, among other things, recruiting six (6) senior students
to assist during registration week.  This turned out to be an appreciated
innovation especially by new students confronting what for them initially
is a most perplexing and confusing process. While we have not yet
achieved the level of responsiveness that we would wish, the Faculty also
continued to provide students at departmental level with personal
advisors.  Students however have not been as eager to take advantage of
this service as we would wish and it is an area that we believe will need
further intervention on the part of Faculty members as well as the student
leadership for the advisory function to work as efficiently and to be as
useful to our students as we would wish.
In producing students of quality, the Faculty also continued to maintain its
teaching standards as measured by the students’ evaluations.  The average
mean score for lecturers was set from the 2002/2003 academic year at ‘4’
on a 5-point scale.  For the year under review, the average mean score
across the Faculty was 4.1.
Out of classroom activities also played an important role in the Faculty’s
attempt to consolidate efforts at producing students of quality. In this
connection, CARIMAC, the Department of Language, Linguistics and
Philosophy and the Department of Educational Studies stand out. They all 
continued to provide students with meaningful practical experiences in
their various fields.  In the case of CARIMAC, requiring all students to
undertake an internship in a media house comprising at least 75 hours –
this across all media specializations.
The Department of Language, Linguistics and Philosophy continued to
make a field trip experience to Guyana available to its senior students,
providing them not only with the opportunity to experience at a very
practical level, the significance of their theoretical knowledge but also
providing them with an opportunity to experience the culture and live in a
sister Caribbean country.
While a number of students in the Department of Educational Studies,
especially those entering from Teachers’ Colleges, are critical of the
teaching practice experience demanded of them, the majority of students
find the experience useful.  However, based on feedback from a number of 
more mature students, the Department of Educational Studies has
committed to undertaking a thorough review of its curriculum during the
period leading up to the 2007/2008 academic year with a view to having a
new curriculum in place for implementation then.
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Responsiveness to Students:
The Department of Educational Studies review exercise was but one
example of the Faculty’s attempt to be more responsive to the reasonable
demands of its students during the year under review.  Another example of 
this was the implementation of the new Liberal Studies Degree which was
offered to students for the first time in 2005/2006.  This degree was
introduced in response to the desire of many students who wished to
pursue more than a single discipline at the undergraduate level but who
largely do not know with certainty what their career objectives might be.
While the number of takers for the degree was not as large as expected, this 
could be explained by the fact that the degree was not publicized with
sufficient lead time for entering students to take advantage of it.  We
anticipate that the number of students selecting Liberal Studies as an
option will increase significantly in the 2006/2008 academic year in
keeping with initiatives that will be taken during the recruitment drive to
publicize it.
The use of Consultative Committees across departments also contributed
to the Faculty’s efforts to be more responsive to students during the year
under review. This together with frequent consultations between the
Students’ Guild Representative and the Faculty also contributed to mutual
understanding as well as the Faculty’s capacity to be more responsive to its
students.  It must be observed, however, that in this particular, the quality
of student leadership (which was outstanding during the year under
review) had much to do with the Faculty’s capacity to be responsive.
Improved Research Output and Impact
Two (2) major activities were undertaken and realized during the
2005/2006 academic year to improve research output and impact.  The
first was an Agreement with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture
of Jamaica to collaborate on the development of a research agenda as well
as on the undertaking of research by postgraduate students in the School
of Education.  An agreement to this effect had been reached in the
2004/2005 academic year at the request of the Minister of Education and
the first set of presentations by postgraduate students to members of the
academic community as well as the Ministry of Education, Youth and
Culture officials was made. The success of this initiative is already evident
since the students undertaking the research not only reported their
findings to Ministry personnel who have inputs into the policy making
process but also will impact the process directly since the students are
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themselves Ministry personnel who will be returning to their substantive
posts following graduation.  This particular initiative is likely to continue
for some time since the research agenda developed between the Ministry
and the School of Education was quite substantial and will take some time
to be exhausted by researchers.
The second major initiative was completion of Guidelines for assessment
and promotions of academics in the Faculty.  The process for developing
the Guidelines was started in the 2003/2004 academic year and brought to
a point of a satisfactory draft during the year under review.  While some
additional work will need to be done to hone the guidelines, it is hoped that 
they will be piloted for use during the 2006/2007 Annual Review.
The development of the Guidelines was in response to the perennial
concerns expressed by members of Faculty for more objective criteria to
be used in the assessment and promotions process.  These concerns were
collectively shared by the Faculty and we are satisfied that with further
honing, they will in the short run effectively satisfy and address the
concerns for greater transparency and even-handedness in the assessment
process.
Process Improvement and Efficiency
Among the initiatives that were further consolidated during the
2005/2006 academic year with a view to consolidating efficiency gains
made in administration processes were:
1) The work of the Faculty’s Quality Assurance Committee headed 
by a Deputy Dean
2) The Annual Retreat of Heads of Department of the Faculty
3) The Structure of Faculty Board Meetings
4) The Appointment of Associate Deans
One of the responsibilities delegated to one of the Deputy Deans has been
that of quality assurance. All new undergraduate courses, programmes and
examiners reports are reviewed and assessed by the Faculty’s Quality
Assurance Committee. The Committee, whose membership is comprised
of a representative from each department, continued to meet on an as
needs basis, undertaking careful review and scrutiny of all new
undergraduate courses and programmes prior to submission to Faculty
Board for ratification.  This has resulted in improvement both in the
quality of new courses and programmes as well as the freeing-up of time in
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Faculty Board meetings for other purposes.  More than half the time in
Faculty Board meetings is now spent on discussion of substantive policy
matters as well as intellectual activities such as presentations to the Faculty
by colleagues of research work being undertaken at both individual and
departmental levels.
Efficiency gains were also achieved during the 2005/2006 academic year
with the appointment of two (2) Associate Deans of the Faculty – one with 
responsibilities for postgraduate matters in the School of Education and
one with responsibilities for undergraduate matters in the School of
Education. These appointments have already resulted in improved
efficiencies in the operations of the Faculty, some of which have resulted
in positive comments from students.
Marketing and Outreach
This report has already made reference to voluntary efforts of members of
the academic staff to assist in the recruitment process of students to the
Faculty in collaboration with the Admissions Section as one aspect of
marketing and outreach work of the Faculty.  
During the year under review, Faculty members were also integrally
involved in the work of the Caribbean Examinations Council in virtually
all of the humanities disciplines examined by the Council, either as Chief
Examiners or members of subject discipline teams.  A number of more
high profile members of the Faculty was also involved in other public
service activities such as membership of various government boards as
well as undertaking public lectures nationally and regionally. Reference will 
be made to this in individual departmental reports.  Members of the
Faculty also participated in the Public Relations Office’s monthly slot on
one of the country’s major national radio services.
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CARIBBEAN INSTITUTE OF MEDIA  AND
COMMUNICATION 
Drs., Marjan de Bruin University of Amsterdam – Director
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
Drs. Marjan de Bruin continued toprovide leadership in the third year of
her appointment as Director of the
Caribbean Institute of Media and
Communication – CARIMAC. This year was
another challenging but satisfying year for the 
Institute. One of the major developments
was the commissioning of a Business and
Development Plan to guide the Institute’s
transition to a School of Media and
Communication. Funding from Mona’s
Strategic Transformation Team allowed for
the hiring of a consultant to synthesize
CARIMAC’s various planned initiatives into a comprehensive plan,
through extensive interviews with industry stakeholders, review of
comparable institutions and an analysis of market needs and opportunities. 
The plan incorporates the overhaul and extension of CARIMAC’s
undergraduate, graduate and outreach programmes; the creation of two
new industry-facing Centres; the development of a line of multimedia
resources; the creation of a new marketing initiative to improve
CARIMAC’s relationship with its key stakeholders; and the expansion of
the physical infrastructure and increases in the human resources required
to pursue the opportunities described.
The explosive growth in the industry, regionally and globally, has created
new opportunities and challenges. The number of graduates the industry
demands and the range of skills required is at an all time high.  Demand for
short-term education and training opportunities for in-service personnel is 
equally so. 
Against this background CARIMAC has streamlined its outreach offerings 
through two structures: the Caribbean Centre for Excellence in Media
(CCEM) connected to the various outreach programmes in journalism
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and media production, and the Caribbean Centre for Communication
for Development (CCCD), connected to the range of interventions and
consultancies in the area of communication for development.  The
Centres were approved by UWI in May 2006.
TEACHING PROGRAMMES
CARIMAC offers undergraduate, graduate and a range of extra-curricular
programmes.
Undergraduate programme: 
In the 2005/2006 Academic Year the Institute had 240 BA students and 10 
Diploma students; it offered 53 courses, relied on 6 members of staff and
41 part-time lecturers. In addition we taught one course with over 90
students for the Department of Management Studies.
CARIMAC accepted 85 students out of a total of approximately 500
candidates who sat the entrance test. To improve the quality of
CARIMAC’s intake, the entrance test has been revised to test the
applicants’ language skills, comprehension, critical thinking, design sense
and general knowledge. Once again the big challenge was the inability of
the majority of the applicants to communicate effectively in writing. 
In the BA programmes this year, two courses were overhauled; 9 new
courses were approved, for financial reasons only 3 were offered, starting
September 2005.
BA programme – Internships:
CARIMAC, over the years, has been increasing the number of hours for
students spent on internships. Level II students from the six technique
areas were attached to 51 organizations in Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago,
Barbados, St. Vincent, Dominica, the United States, and the United
Kingdom. The attachments were for a period of at least one month during
the summer break 2005; similar attachments will be organized for students
to be taken during the summer break 2006.Evaluation reports from the
companies on the interns have been generally positive. The students were
described as having displayed a very high level of technical skills. The
media have also been positive about the writing skills of the students, as
displayed in their production of broadcast scripts. The students who
interned at the Gleaner and the Observer had many of their stories published
some of them as lead stories. The feedback from the various supervisors
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was also encouraging and it is expected that some students will find full-
time jobs as a result of their performance on internship.
Students’ presentation skills during the attachments have received mixed
reviews, based mainly on ingrained problems in enunciation and
pronunciation. We know from employer’s surveys that this is a university-
wide problem.
One weak area identified by radio stations has been in the creation of
content. CARIMAC is addressing this by requiring students to be more
aware of current affairs so that they can deepen their knowledge, develop
analytical skills and critical thinking, improving their ability to create
content for broadcast.
Masters programmes:
In January 2006 we accepted the third cohort in Communication for Social 
and Behaviour Change: 30. The total enrollment in the taught MA
programmes: 96. MPhil/PhD: 9 students are registered. The Masters
programmes benefited from a one month guest lectureship by Mr.
Roderick Sanatan, senior lecturer at Cave Hill and ICT specialist.
Dr. Carr joined the staff on a self-financed position with special
responsibilities for the academic coordination of CARIMAC’s Graduate
Programmes Unit, succeeding Dr. Nancy Muturi who left for family
reasons.
Both taught Masters programmes were revised; several courses were
renewed.
Outreach programmes Teaching and Training:
CARIMAC’s outreach work involves teaching and training in the UWI 12.
During the Academic Year 2005/2006 the Institute worked with the
following agencies and groups: 
• OECS: Advocacy workshops with 9 OECS countries on
Communication Strategies and Local Sustainable Develop- ment
• Association of Caribbean Media Workers: journalism workshops
in St. Lucia and Grenada 
• CARICOM’s CSME desk in Barbados: Journalism workshops on
CSME and new trade agreements
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• Professional associations: Journalism workshops in Antigua and
St. Maarten
• The government of the British Virgin Islands: media relations
skills needs assessment for government agencies
• Professional association St. Kitts: A needs assessment for
journalists in St. Kitts, anticipating Cricket World Cup in 2007
• Trinidad and Tobago – the Ministry of Social Transformation:
one week training in Social Marketing 
• Bernard van Leer Foundation: training Jamaican  inner city youth
in the use of video
• Caribbean Security Chiefs Workshop, Twickenham Park, Spanish 
Town, Jamaica. 
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Product Development:
CARIMAC was commissioned to produce:
• A Manual for Communication Planning for the Organisation of
Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), sponsored by CIDA/OECS.
• An Instructional video on the quality of media coverage of
violence in Jamaica, sponsored by UNESCO.
• An interactive CD ROM for newsrooms on how to improve
coverage of violence (in development, sponsored by UNESCO.
• A video on parenting skills of parents in selected inner city
communities, sponsored by the Bernard van Leer Foundation.
INFRASTRUCTURE
The lack of adequate office and teaching space has been a challenge for
years; the Institute’s current building was designed for 30 students (our
current enrollment is over 300 students). STT funding allowed CARIMAC 
to partially alleviate these space challenges.  The Institute constructed
seven additional staff offices, all of which were occupied within one week.
Six offices have been assigned to income generating activities, including
special projects and the Institute’s Master’s programmes. 
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The Institute is also working on securing architectural drawings by Mr. V.
McMorris, the original CARIMAC architect, for the planned physical
expansion.  The expansion is scheduled to take place in three phases of
US$700,000 each. The drawings will be sent for approval by the
University’s committees before the end of the calendar year.
INCOME EARNING and FUNDRAISING
– March 2006: World Association of Christian Communi- cation
(WACC) Euro 19,500 - HIV/AIDS and Faith Based
Organizations. Training and interventions for change. (Nancy
Muturi)
– January 2006: PAHO/CPC US$30,000 – A Content Analysis of 
the coverage of health in the media in Antigua and Barbuda,
Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago along with a
survey on the health information-seeking habits of audiences in
each country. (Livingston White)
– October 2005: OECS US$29,500 – Advocacy training (2
workshops) and production of manual for 9 OECS countries
(Marjan de Bruin and CARIMAC team)
– November 2005: UNESCO US$9,500 – Violence in the Media.
An instructional video and a multi-media interactive CD ROM.
(Marjan de Bruin)
– August 2005: UNESCO: digital and delivery of e-courses
(together with UWIDEC) US$27,680. (Marjan de Bruin)
– July/August 2005: Bernard van Leer Foundation US$ 29,000 –
Video training for Kingston’s inner city youth (Rose Town,
Bennett Lands, Greenwich Town and Whitfield Town. (Yvette
Rowe)
– August 2005: Bernard van Leer Foundation US$6,000 –
Communication Development Strategy for Caribbean Research 
Initiative. (Livingston White)
– Yearly: from Jamaica National Ja$200,000 – 300,000
PAPERS PRESENTED
Bruin de, Marjan
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• ‘Forces in Policy Formation in Relation to HIV/AIDS and
Behaviour Change in the Caribbean’. International Association of 
Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), American
University Cairo, Egypt. July 24-29, 2006
• ‘Perspectives on Media and Communications in Development –
Communication and HIV/AIDS’. International Association of
Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) American
University Cairo, Egypt. ), July 24-29, 2006
• ‘Mass media systems in a Changing Caribbean’. 31st Conference
of the Caribbean Studies Association (CSA), Crown Plaza Hotel,
Trinidad and Tobago. May 29th - June 2
• ‘Communication and Behaviour Change, as Defined by
Caribbean Policy Makers; the need for a more comprehensive
approach in scope and partnerships’. 3rd Scientific and Business
Meeting of the University of the West Indies’ HIV/AIDS
Response programme. Sherbourne Conference Centre,
Barbados. May 6, 2006
• ‘Journalism Training in the Caribbean Whose agenda? Whose
again? Whose responsibility?’ 2006 World Press Freedom Day,
Caribbean Observance, Barbados,  May 2 – 3, 2006
• ‘Adolescents’ Sexual Behaviour’. 16th Annual Evaluation and
Planning Review. Jamaican Grande, Ocho Rios. Ministry of
Health, National HIV/STI. Prevention & Control Programme,
sponsored by USAID, Kingston, Jamaica. December 7-9, 2005
• ‘A Reflection of Position and Role of Media and Journalism in the
English-speaking Caribbean’.  Regional Conference: A Caribbean
Agenda for the Democratization of Communi- cation.
Paramaribo, Suriname. September 15 – 18, 2005
Carr, Robert 
• ‘Opportunity in crisis: Notes on the Caribbean HIV pandemic
and the reconstitution of communication for development’.
International Association for Media and Communication
Research (IAMCR) 25 Conference and General Assembly, Cairo,
Egypt
• – with Ian McKnight,  ‘Reaching youth from vulnerable
populations in Jamaica: an innovative pilot programme for young
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MSM’. Poster Presentation, AIDS 2006 XVI International AIDS
Conference, Toronto, Canada 
• – with McKnight, Ian, ‘Using chat technology for leadership
support and development: a Caribbean case study’. Poster
Presentation, AIDS 2006 XVI International AIDS Conference,
Toronto, Canada 
• – with McKnight, Ian, ‘Fulcrums for Change: Building a Human
Rights Response for MSM in Jamaica through Civil Society
Coalitions’. Poster Exhibition, AIDS 2006 XVI International
AIDS Conference, Toronto, Canada 
• ‘HIV and Human Rights’. Caribbean Vulnerable Communities
Coalition First Annual General Meeting, Kingston, Jamaica.
March 9, 2006
• ‘Structural Vulnerability and HIV’. Pan Caribbean Partnership
Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) Law, Ethics and Human Rights
Training for Legal Aid Providers, Kingstown, St. Vincent.
February 1, 2006
James, Canute:
• ‘Reporting Education: The Caribbean Journalist and UNESCO's
EFA Initiative’. ACM/UNESCO Journalism Workshop on
Covering the Millennium Goals. Castries, St Lucia. February 14 -
15, 2006
• ‘Wanted: A New Caribbean Business Journalist’. Trinidad and
Tobago Unit Trust Seminar for Business Journalists. Port of
Spain, Trinidad. November 24, 2005
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed:
Bruin de, Marjan  
* Gender and professional identity among Caribbean journalists,
in: Susanna Hornig Priest (2005), Impact, Designing Research
That Matters. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Oxford,
Toronto. Pp. 69-83
Carr, Robert
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* (with J. Peter Figueroa, and Peter Carr), The Health Response to 
the HIV Pandemic: The Case of Jamaica, in: Beck, E.J, Mays N,
Whiteside A, Zuniga J.M, eds. (2006)  The HIV Pandemic: local
and global implications. Oxford: Oxford University Press.  Pp.
400-415
Prendergast, Patrick
* ‘Bringing the male voice to the gender agenda: The task of male
organizations in the Caribbean,’ in Heron, T and Nicholson H.
Unraveling gender, development and civil society in the Caribbean,
Caribbean Quarterly Vol. 52, Nos, 2 & 3 (June – Sept. 2006) 
Non-refereed
de Bruin, Marjan 
* ‘Blind Spots and Wasted Effort in Caribbean HIV AIDS Policy
Making: Communication and Behaviour Change.’ Glocal Times,
(Globala Tider) Electronic Academic  Journal. University of
Malmo (http://www.glocaltimes.k3.mah.se/) (2006)
James, Canute
* ‘Crime in the Caribbean: Reform and Progress,’ in Jacqueline
West, 2005, South America, Central America and the Caribbean
2006. Routledge Exeter. Pp. 13 – 16.
* ‘Trinidad’s Grand Investment Programme Under Threat.’
Financial Times of London. May 25, 2006. Page 4
* ‘Bahamas Indecision Prompts Suez to Choose the Offshore
LNG Option.’ International Gas Report. No 548. May 5, 2006.
London. Page 23-28
* ‘Caribbean Cane Producers Turn to Ethanol.’ Financial Times of
London. May 2, 2006. Page 12
* ‘Has Trinidad and Tobago Enough Gas?’ International Gas Report. 
February 24, 2006. London. Page 4 – 8
* ‘Battle Behind the Steel Drums.’ Financial Times of London.
February 21, 2006. Page 4
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PUBLIC SERVICE
Corinne Barnes
– Member, Access to Information Act Committee
Marjan de Bruin
– Chair, 2005 National Awards of the Public Relations Society of
Jamaica (PRSJ)
– Member, Board of Women’s Media Watch
– Deputy Chair, UWI HARP Mona 
– Member, UWI Mona Campus Deputy Principal’s Committee
for Wellness
– Member, CARICOM’s Regional Technical Working Group on
Stigma and Discrimination 
– Member, CARICOM/PANCAP’s Technical Working Group
on developing a regional communication strategy for PANCAP
– Member, International Council of the International Association
for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
Robert Carr
– Chair, Social Integration Team, Jamaica Social Policy
Evaluation Project, Office of the Prime Minister, Government
of Jamaica.
– Member, Care and Counseling Sub-Committee, National AIDS
Committee
– Co-Chair, Board, Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition
– Member, Caribbean Community Review Panel, Collabo- rative
Fund for HIV Treatment Preparedness
– Member, Project Management Committee, Law, Ethics and
Human Rights Project of the Pan-Caribbean Partnership
Against AIDS (PANCAP)
– Member, Working Group on United Nations Fund for Women
(UNIFEM) Project on Mainstreaming Gender into HIV/AIDS
Programming in the Caribbean
– Board Member, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
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Canute James
– Executive Member, Association of Caribbean Media Workers.
Patrick Prendergast
– CARIMAC Representative, National Environmental Education 
Committee (NEEC) and sub-committees on education and
communication
– Treasurer, CARIMAC Alumni Association
– Board Chairman, Essex Hall All Age School
Livingston White
– Member, Planning Committee, The Jamaica Advertising
Council
– Secretary, Fulbright Alumni Association of Jamaica
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DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY &
ARCHAEOLOGY 
Swithin Wilmot, BA UWI, DPhil Oxf – Head of Department
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
Quality Assurance
The main targets achieved werechanges in the structure of the
History Major, the review of courses
offered for five years and the preparation
of an Action Plan in response to the
Report of the Quality Review Team. An
additional concentration in Global
History, in addition to concentrations in
Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean and
Europe, was introduced, as well as an
additional course in Jamaican History,
H30M: History of the Jamaican
Landscape. Also an assessment of the
taught Masters Programmes was conducted and appropriate changes
effected. Revised outlines were developed and approved for twelve
undergraduate courses, and after extensive discussions, the Department
formulated its Action Plan for 2006/08. 
Archaeology
For two weeks in January 2006, with funding assistance from the Mona
Campus Research & Publications Committee, staff and students
conducted field work at Taino sites in Fairfield, St. James.
Between January and May 2006, a team of three archaeologists from the
Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS), a Web-
based archive fostering comparative archaeological research on slavery at
Monticello, Virginia, USA, collaborated with the Department in a project
to digitize the Montpelier Collection. The project also involved basic
training and exposure in digitizing techniques for UWI archaeology
students and members of the team also assisted in teaching archaeology
courses. The Archaeology Unit also collaborated with the Archaeological
Society of the Jamaica in organizing its fifth Annual Symposium on the
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theme, Redefining the African Jamaican Experience, held at the Mona 
Campus on April 20, 2006. 
Social History Project (SHP) 
The SHP hosted its 7th Symposium on March 18, 2006 and some 26 papers 
were presented on aspects of one of the following themes,  Landscape
and Natural History, Family Gender and Identity, Politics and
Resistance, Migration and Trade, Religion, Ritual and Identity and
Material Culture: Food, Drink, Pipes and Buttons. Faculty and
graduate students at UWI Mona and St. Augustine, as well as from North
American universities participated. The SHP’s Oral History programme
benefited from interviews conducted by graduate students in the Oral
History course and 2nd year students in the Text and Testimony course.    
Staff
Dr. Jenny Jemmott (Outstanding Research), Dr. James Robertson (Best
Publication- Book) and Dr. Matthew Smith (Best Publication- Article)
received Principal’s Research Awards in the Faculty of Humanities and
Education for Research Day, 2006.
Matthew Smith and Veront Satchell received Andrew Mellon Fellowships
and Wigmoor Francis and Jemmy Jemmot, were awarded PhD degrees,
the latter with high commendation. Philip Allsworth-Jones, Senior
Lecturer in Archaeology, retired.
Professional Outreach
The Department also maintained its public profile in supporting
significant events in Jamaica’s National Calendar, Black History Month,
Emancipation Celebrations and National Heritage Week, as members
delivered public lectures, participated in media interviews and panel
discussions highlighting one or more of these events. Members also gave
several media interviews and/or conducted public lectures, locally or
internationally, that covered various aspects of Jamaican history and
heritage.  Several members of the department conducted CAPE History
workshops for students and teachers. 
Elsa Goveia Memorial Lecture
Professor Nigel Bolland of Colgate University, USA, delivered the 22nd
Elsa Goveia Memorial Lecture on March 29, 2006. The topic was
“Caribbean Cultures and Identities: Interpreting Garifuna Stories”.
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CONFERENCE/SEMINAR PAPERS
Sultana Afroz
• “Global Dialogue of Civilizations: Muslim Cultures and Western
Cultures in Quest of a Just and Peaceful World” on Issues that
Divide and Issues that Unite Muslim Cultures and Western
Cultures, Internet Conferences, July – September, 2006, 5pp. 
• “Dialogue of Global Civilizations: Muslim Cultures and Western
Cultures in Quest of a Just and Peaceful World – the Islamic
Perspective”, Extraordinary Summit Meeting of the Organization 
of Islamic Countries (OIC), held at Makkah, Saudi Arabia,
December 4-5, 2005, 28pp. 
Roy Augier
• “Teaching Caribbean History in Lycees in Martinique and
Guadeloupe”, l’Université des Antilles et decla Guyane Fuliotte
(FULIOLLE), Martinique, January 10, 2006.
• ‘Writing the UNESCO General History of the Caribbean”
Council Regional de Martinique, January 13, 2006.
• ‘Joint Government in the West Indies from the 17th Century to
the 20th’, sponsored by UWI Cave Hill and the Barbados
Museum, Barbados Central Bank, March 27, 2006.
• The future of the UWI in the Context of the Strategic
Transformation of the Mona Campus”, Chemistry Department
Workshop, July 17-20, 2006.
Fitzroy Baptiste
• “From ‘Invisibility’ to ‘Visibility’: Africans in India through the
Lens of Some Select Sources from the late Classical Period to the
late 18th C.E.”, International Conference, “The Siddis of India
and The African Diaspora in Asia”, Goa, India, January 9-20,
2006, 61pp.
• “Habshis [Africans] in early 19th C.E. Afghanistan: a Research
Note”, International Conference, “The Siddis of India and The
African Diaspora in Asia”, Goa, India, January 9-20, 2006, 12 pp.
Jonathan Dalby
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• ‘Murder in the House: Domestic Homicide in Post-Emancipation 
Jamaica, 1835-1899’. Conference in Honour of Professor Barry
Chevannes, UWI Mona, 21 January 2006, 32pp.
• ‘“Respectable” Offenders: The Crimes of the Elite in Late
Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century Jamaica, 1770-1899’,
Department of History and Archaeology Staff/Postgraduate
Seminar, UWI,  Mona, 24 March 2006, 44pp.
Dave Gosse
• “European Doctors of Early Nineteenth Century Jamaica –
Victims or Villains”, 38th Annual Conference of the Association
of Caribbean Historians, UWI, St Augustine, May 14-21, 2006, 20
pp.
• “Revisiting the Debate on Enslaved Resistance: Lessons from
Early Nineteenth Century Jamaica” Conference on Caribbean
Migration, Forced or Free, UWI, Mona, June 13, 2006, 15 pp.
Jenny Jemmott
• “The Black Family in Jamaica, 1834-1882”. Board of the Faculty
of Humanities and Education, UWI, Mona, October 20, 2005,  23
pp. 
James Robertson
• ‘Incomprehension and Creole Architecture:  or on not thinking
about Spanish Town’.  30th Conference of the Society for
Caribbean Studies,  National Archives, London,  July 6, 2006, 26
pp.
• ‘“An Essay Concerning Slavery”: A Mid-Eighteenth-Century
Analysis from Jamaica.’ Omohundro Institute of Early American
History and Culture’s Twelfth Annual Conference, Quebec City,
June 8, 2006, 18 pp.
• ‘“The Land of the Spanish Negroes”: African Jamaican
landholding in late seventeenth-century Jamaica’,  Archaeological
Society of Jamaica's 5th Symposium, 20 April, 2006.  15 pp. 
• ‘Finding directions in Spanish Town, Jamaica, 1757-1840.'
Department of History & Archaeology, Faculty/Graduate
Seminar, 10 March, 2006. 26 pp.  
Veront Satchell
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• “Colonial Injustice: The Crown vs. Bedwardites, 27 April 1921”,
The African-Caribbean Worldview and the Making of Caribbean
Society. A Conference to celebrate the work of Professor Barry
Chevannes”, UWI, Mona, January 19 – 21, 2006
Matthew Smith
• “Colored Images of a Black Nation: Race, Color and Identity in
mid-twentieth century Haiti,” 119th Annual meeting of the
American Historical Association, Philadelphia, PA, 6-8 January
2006, 20 pp. 
• “From Dessalines to Duvalier Revisited: A Twenty-Five Year
Retrospective,” 17th Annual Meeting of the Haitian Studies
Association, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, 13-15
October, 2005, 20 pp. 
• “Bob Marley and the Wailers Live: An Appreciation.” Berklee
College of Music, Boston, MA, 14 October 2005, 20 pp. 
Waibinte Wariboko
• “Why there is no West Indian Church among the Susus in West
Africa today: A Critique of the Pongas Mission and its portrayal of 
Blackness, 1855-1935”, Department of History and Archaeology
Staff/Postgraduate Seminar, UWI, Mona, Octpber 19. 2005.
30pp.
• “The Pongas Mission to West Africa and its portrayal of
Blackness, 1855-1935”,  Second International Conference of the
Transatlantic Research Group, Owerri, Nigeria, July 18-21, 2006,
25pp.
Presentations made at the 7th Social History Project Symposium,
Department of History and Archaeology, UWI, Mona Campus,
March 18, 2006.
Fitzroy Baptiste
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• “The Fight for Catholic Schooling in the Eastern Caribbean with
special reference to Trinidad, St. Lucia, Grenada and Dominica:
1838 to the 1990s”, 36pp.
Jonathan Dalby
• ‘Launched into Eternity: Capital Punishment and Hanging in
Nineteenth-Century Jamaica.’  42pp.
Dave Gosse
• “Enslaved Women and the Ethics of Resistance”, 16 pp.
Jenny Jemmott
• “Selfhood through Parenthood: Defining Black Parental
Identities through Family-based Activism, 1834-1840”, 16 pp. 
Aleric Josephs
• “An Appropriate Pastime: Women’s Records of Natural Life of
the Caribbean.”,  27 pp.
James Robertson
• 'Lord Alexander Hamilton's troubled stay in Jamaica, or Creole
politics and political principals in English Jamaica's second
generation', 16 pp.
Swithin Wilmot
• “George William Gordon’s Political Career: A Re-assessment”, 
24pp.
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journal Articles
James Robertson
* “As the John Crow Flies:  A Preliminary Survey of Aerial Images 
of Jamaica”. Jamaica Journal 29:3, (2006): 44-53.
Matthew Smith
* “An Island Among Islands: The Strange Relationship Between
Haiti and the Caribbean Community,” Social and Economic Studies
54:3 (September 2005): 176-195.
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Other Peer Reviewed Publications
Sultana Afroz
* “Education: Jamaica”, in Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic
Cultures, Vol. 4, Brill Publishers, 2006, 15-17.
Fitzroy Baptiste
* “Introduction”, to A.N.R. Robinson, Presidential Papers and
Other Essays: Selected Addresses 1960-2003, ed. by Kenneth
Ramchand. Trinidad: The School of Continuing Studies, UWI,
2005. 1-40. [with Kenneth Ramchand]
* “African Elites in India”, in African Elites in India: Habshi
Amarat. ed. By Kenneth X. Robbins & John Mc Leod.
Ahmedabad, India: Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 2006. 12-29.
* “Africans in the Medieval Deccan”, in African Elites in India:
Habshi Amarat. ed. By Kenneth X. Robbins & John Mc Leod.
Ahmedabad, India: Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 2006.  30-43.
* “Africans in Medieval North India, Bengal and Gujarat”, in
African Elites in India: Habshi Amarat. ed. By Kenneth X.
Robbins & John Mc Leod. Ahmedabad, India: Mapin
Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 2006. 124-129.
* “Ancient Africa: The Europocentric/Afrocentric Debate
Revisited”, in Africa and the Academy: Challenging Hegemonic
Discourses on Africa,  ed. By Gloria T. Emeagwali.  Trenton,
NJ: Africa World Press, 2006. 31-59.
Dave Gosse
* In Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History: The
Black Experience in the Americas, 2nd ed. Volume 3. ed. By
Colin Palmer. Detroit: Thomson Galle, 2006:
* “The Jamaica Labor Party”, 2006. 1150-1153.
* “Robert Lighbourne”, 2006. 1289.
* “The Hon. Sir Harold Allan, Civic Leader and Politician” 2006.
74-75.
Aleric  Josephs 
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* “Beautiful & Dangerous: Women’s Depiction of Eighteenth
Century Caribbean” in Reinterpreting the Caribbean Historical
Experience ed. By Heather Cateau & Rita Pemberton..
Kingston: Ian Randle Pressd, 2006, 50 – 81.
* “Lilly Mae Burke”, Encyclopedia of African-American Culture
and History: The Black Experience in the Americas, 2nd ed.
Volume 2. ed. By Colin Palmer. Detroit: Thomson Gale,  2005.
358-359.
* “Edith Dalton James”, Encyclopedia of African-American
Culture and History: The Black Experience in the Americas, 2nd
ed. Volume 2. ed. By Colin Palmer. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 
2006. 571-572. 
* “Gladys Longbridge-Bustamante”, Encyclopedia of African-
American Culture and History: The Black Experience in the
Americas,  2nd ed. Volume 2. ed. By Colin Palmer. Detroit:
Thomson Gale, 2006. 1338 –1339.
* “Mary Morris-Knibb”, Encyclopedia of African-American
Culture and History: The Black Experience in the Americas, 2nd
ed. Volume 2. ed. By Colin Palmer. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 
2006. 1485 –1486.
Matthew Smith
* “Two Hundred Year Old Mountains: Themes and Issues in the
Historiography of the Modern French Caribbean,” in Beyond
Fragmentation: Perspectives on Caribbean History ed. David
Trotman et al. (New Jersey: Markus Wiener, 2006), pp.113-140. 
Swithin Wilmot
* “Paul Bogle”, Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and
History: The Black Experience in the Americas, 2nd ed. Volume
2. ed. By Colin Palmer. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2006. 310-311.
* “Free Villages”, in Encyclopedia of African-American Culture
and History: The Black Experience in the Americas, 2nd ed.
Volume 2. ed. By Colin Palmer. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2006.
884-885.
* “George William Gordon”, Encyclopedia of African-American
Culture and History: The Black Experience in the Americas, 2nd
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ed. Volume 2. ed. By Colin Palmer. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 
2006. 925-926.
* “Edward Jordon”, Encyclopedia of African-American Culture
and History: The Black Experience in the Americas, 2nd ed.
Volume 2. ed. By Colin Palmer. Detroit: Thomson Gale,
2006. 1201-1202.
Non-Refereed Articles
Matthew Smith
* “Emperor, Exiles, and Intrigues: The Case of Nineteenth-
century Haitian Heads of State in Jamaica,” Regional Footprints:
The Travels and Travails of Early Caribbean Migrants Kingston: Latin 
American and Caribbean Centre, 2006. 341-354. 
PUBLIC SERVICE
Sultana Afroz
– Regional Director, World Council of Muslim Interfaith
Relations, South America and Caribbean Region
– Member, Advisory Board, Institute of Medieval and Post-
Medieval Studies, Arlington, Texas, USA.
Philip Allsworth-Jones
– Member, Executive Committee of the Archaeological Society of 
Jamaica.
– First Vice-President, Jamaica Historical Society.
– Member, Museums Advisory Board of the Institute of Jamaica.
– Member, Board of Jamaican National Heritage Trust. 
– Member, Steering Committee of the Thomas Jefferson
Foundation’s Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative
Slavery, Virgina, USA 
Roy Augier
– President, International Scientific Committee of the UNESCO
General History of the Caribbean.
– Vice Chairman, Teachers Services Commission ( Jamaiaca).
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– Member, Editorial Board, Caribbean Quarterly
– Member, Editorial Board, Ideas
– Member, Schools Examination Committee, Caribbean
Examination Council.
– Member, Council, Caribbean Examination Council.
– Member, Council, Institute of Jamaica.
– Member, Board of Governors, St. Michael’s Theological
College.
Fitzroy Baptiste
– Member, the Editorial Board of Wadabagei: A Journal of the
Caribbean and Its Diasporas. 
Patrick Bryan
– Member, Council, Institute of Jamaica.
– Chairman, Museums Advisory Board, Institute of Jamaica.
– Chief Examiner in Caribbean History (CSEC) for Caribbean
Examinations Council.
– President, Jamaican Historical Society.
– Member, Advisory Board, Journal of Caribbean History
Jenny Jemmott
– Board member, The Cancer Society of Jamaica
Aleric Josephs
– Board Member, Women’s Resource and Outreach Centre.
James Robertson
– Vice President, Jamaica Historical Society 
– Board Member, Archaeological Society of Jamaica
– Member, National Archives Committee
Veront Satchell
– Reviews Editor, Journal of Caribbean History
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– Member, General committee/Board of the Jamaica Church
Missionary Society
– Member, Diocesan Youth and Education Board 
Waibinte Wariboko
– Member, Board of Directors, African-Caribbean Institute of
Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank/Liberty Hall
– Member, Jamaica National Committee to Commemorate the
Bicentenary of the Abolition of the British Slave Trade
Swithin Wilmot
– Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Caribbean History.
– Member, CAPE History Panel, Caribbean Examinations
Council.
– Chief Examiner and Chairman, Examining Committee for
CXC/CAPE History.
– Member, Advisory Board, Unit for Studies in Biography and
Autobiography, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. 
– Member, Steering Committee of the Thomas Jefferson
Foundation’s Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative
Slavery, Virgina, USA 
– Member, Board of Governors, Holy Trinity High School. 
– Member, Board of Trustees, the Archbishop Samuel Carter
Educational Fund 
UNDERGRADUATE
Registered
BA – 601
Graduated 
BA First Class –   7
         Upper Second –  48
Lower Second –  55
Pass –    4
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Graduates 
Registered
MA –  75
MPhil –  14
PhD –    5
Prizes Awarded
Elsa Goveia Prize: Samantha Moore 
Gladwyn Turbutt Prize in  Marsha Lawrence 
European History: 
Gladwyn Turbutt Prize in  Yvette Haughton
Archaeology: Reneé Nelson 
Gladwyn Turbutt Prize in  Debbian Livingstone
Atlantic History: 
Gladwyn Turbutt Prize in  Chantel Dacosta 
Historical Methodology:
ILM-AL-AHSAN Prize:
The Asian World prior to 1600 Shauna-Gay Mitchell
History of Modern China Callessia Slamon 
Modern Japan Mariama Abdalla
History of the Middle East since 1915 Omar Hawthorne-Parrent
Neville Hall Prize: Kalisa Greaves
André Duhaney 
Walter Rodney Prize: Audell Thompson-Bailey
Oval Taylor 
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DEPARTMENT OF LITERATURES IN
ENGLISH 
David Williams, BA, MA UWI – Head of Department
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
The Department continued to expandits course offerings, in line with its
commitment to increasing its involvement
in Cultural Studies, Comparative
Caribbean Literature, African/Diaspora
Studies, and Film Studies. New
undergraduate courses were staged this
year in all of these areas.  The list included:
Introduction to Film Studies (E10F)
Writing Africa from the Diaspora (E21M)
African Literature (E36A)
Reggae Poetry (E27F)
Latin American Cultural Studies (E29A)
Literature and Ideas in the Caribbean (AR22A)
The Department also deepened its investment in the teaching of
Postcolonial Literature and Theory at the undergraduate level.  New
courses in Environmental Literature, Crime and Science Fiction, and
Borderlands Cinema will be added in the coming year.  A new course on
Writing for Screen and Stage (E26F) was also taught (by Mr Trevor
Rhone) during the 2005 summer session, while our courses in Creative
Writing (Poetry and Prose Fiction) were this year taught by Mervyn Morris
and Donna Hemans.
At the graduate level new courses in African Literature and Writing the
Nation in Jamaican Poetry were made available to students in the MA and
MPhil programmes.  The department has also completed a proposal for a
new MA in Caribbean Literary and Cultural Studies which will soon be
offered for approval to the Board for Graduate Studies and Research.  All
of these new ventures are intended to broaden the range of choices
available to our majors and to students from outside the Department, even 
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as we maintain our core strengths in Shakespearean and modern drama,
West Indian, British and American literature, and literary theory.
Our teaching activities were enhanced by the efforts of Department
members to provide a wide range of material for on-line access by
students, and by our attempts to make use of the technology now available
within a limited number of classrooms.  The Department will also shortly
produce a journal, edited by Dr Michael Bucknor, which will feature the
best essays submitted across the range of our undergraduate courses. The
on-going Friday afternoon Staff/ postgraduate seminars, organized by Dr
Victor Chang, continued to provide a lively forum for discussion of ideas
and issues. 
Another forum of a different sort was represented by this year’s career
seminar for our final-year students, which featured presentations by Mr
Wayne Brown, Ms Tanya Batson-Savage, and Dr Kim Robinson-Walcott,
graduates of the Department who have all gone on to make viable careers
as writers.  The Department also continued to explore the possibility of
linkages with other institutions, with Prof Carolyn Cooper visiting Malmö
University, Sweden, in order to continue discussions on staff/student
exchanges.
The Department staged readings by Donna Hemans, author of River
Woman, and Dr Kim Robinson-Walcott, winner of the Commonwealth
prize for best short story.
The Department participated in the launch of new creative work by
Kamau Brathwaite, Eintou Springer, Thomas Glave, Ramabai Espinet and 
Andrew Kei Miller, and sponsored the launch of new academic
publications by Dr Curdella Forbes and Dr Kim Robinson-Walcott.
Various Department members also gave lectures to high school students.
The Department also continued to be involved in designing and teaching
courses for the BEd Secondary (Distance) programme which is offered at
centres across Jamaica.
The Department’s work has benefited from the acquisition of a fax
machine, and from the attempts by some members of the teaching staff to
increase our stock of DVDs and other material, particularly for the new
courses in Film and Cultural studies.
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The Departmental Consultative Committee continues to function
effectively as an opportunity for students to engage lecturers in discussions 
about the delivery of our courses. The system of academic advising, in
which students are assigned to specific lecturers, was not utilized as fully as
we would wish, despite our invitations to students. We have also not
progressed as quickly as we hoped with our Department website.
PAPERS PRESENTED
Emeritus Professor Edward Baugh
• “‘Maps Made in the Heart’: Caribbeans of Our Desire.”  25th
Annual West Indian Literature Conference, UWI, St Augustine,
March 2006.
• “The Caribbean Writer, the Caribbean, the World.”  IXth
Conference of the Society for Caribbean Research, University of
Vienna, December 2005.
Professor Carolyn Cooper
• “Welcome to Sunsplash:  Reggae Tourism and the Politics of
Identity in Jamaica,” Florida International University, July 2006.
• “Celebrating the Arts of Regional Integration in the Poetry of
Louise Bennett and Derek Walcott.” The Inaugural Cherrie Orr
Memorial Lecture, hosted by the Jamaica/St. Lucia Community,
Castries, St. Lucia, June 2006. 
• “Torrid Zones: Sexual Politics in Jamaican Dancehall Culture,”
Annual Conference, British Forum for Ethnomusicology,
Winchester University, March/April 2006.
• “African Diaspora Studies in the Creole-Anglophone Caribbean:
A Perspective From the University of the West Indies, Mona,
Jamaica,” Symposium on “African Diaspora Studies and the
Disciplines,” University of Wisconsin, Madison, March 2006.
• “From Beowulf to Bounty Killa: Or How I Ended Up Studying
Slackness,” Annual Conference on West Indian Literature,
University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, March 2006.
• “‘What the Backside All You Want?’: Interrogating Rastafari in
Derek Walcott’s O Babylon!,” Conference in honour of Professor
Barry Chevannes, University of the West Indies, Mona, January
2006.
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• “‘I Shot the Sheriff’:  Gun Talk in Jamaican Popular Music,”
Annual Conference, American Anthropological Association,
Washington, D.C., November 2005.  
• “Sweet and Sour Sauce:  Sexual Politics in Jamaican Dancehall
Culture.” The Annual Cheddi Jagan Lecture, Centre for Latin
American and Caribbean Studies, York University, Toronto,
October 2005.
• “‘Mi No Talk Like Foreigner’:  Mother Tongue and Body
Language in Jamaican Dancehall Culture,” 2005-2006 Presidential 
Lecture Series, Medgar Evers College, City University of New
York, September 2005.
Dr Curdella Forbes
• “Re/Making the Nation, Making the Trans-nation: The Poetics of 
Body and Voice in the Work of George Lamming and Marlene
Nourbese Philip.”  25th West Indian Literature Conference,
University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad, March 2-4,
2006.
• “Some Thoughts on Caribbean Literature and Tourism, with
reference to Earl Lovelace’s The Dragon Can’t Dance and Julia
Alvarez’s In the Time of the Butterflies.” Colgate University,
November 2005.
Dr Mawuena Logan
• “Modern African Literature: The Oral-written Interface.”
Northern Caribbean University, Mandeville, lecture organized by
the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica, February, 2006.
• “Eurocentrism or Globalization  in Children’s Literature: the
Harry Potter Phenomenon.” Second International Global-
ization Studies Network (GSN) Conference in Dakar, Senegal,
August 2005.
Dr Anthea Morrison
• “Voyage to a ‘new’ Africa: Maryse Condé’s La femme cannibale”.
25th Annual Conference on West Indian Literature, UWI, St.
Augustine, Trinidad, March 2-4, 2006.
Emeritus Professor Maureen Warner-Lewis
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• “Affirming the Subaltern: the Contribution of J. D. Elder”,
International Society for Oral Literature in Africa, University of
the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad, July 20-23, 2006.
• “African Muslim Presence in the Caribbean”, St. Michael’s
Theological College, Mona, 2006 Seminar Programme, April 1,
2006.
• “Literary Traditions on the Continent of Africa”, African
Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank,
Emancipation Park, February 16, 2006.
• “Heritage Languages, Retentions and Obsolescence”, Cultural
Studies Graduate Colloquium, UWI, St. Augustine,  September
26, 2005.
• “The Oral Tradition in the African Diaspora”, Cultural Studies
Distinguished Public Lecture, UWI, St. Augustine,  September 22, 
2005.
• “African Retentions in the Languages of Trinidad and Tobago”,
Undergraduate Caribbean Dialectology Class, UWI, St.
Augustine,  September 21, 2005.
PUBLICATIONS
Books and Monographs
Emeritus Professor Edward Baugh
* Derek Walcott.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006
Professor Carolyn Cooper
* Sound Clash: Jamaican Dancehall Culture At Large. N.Y.:
Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, 348 pp.  Reprinted 2005.
Prof John Lennard
* The Poetry Handbook: A Guide to Reading Poetry for Pleasure
and Practical Criticism  2nd edition, Oxford: OUP, with
companion website, 2005; see:
 http://www.oup.com/uk/booksites/content/0199265380/).
Emeritus Professor Mervyn Morris
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* I been there, sort of: New & Selected Poems. Manchester:
Carcanet Press. 2006, 92pp.
Refereed Book Chapters
Professor Carolyn Cooper
* “‘Welcome to Jamrock’: Reggae Tourism and the Politics of
Identity in Jamaica” Kenneth Hall and Rheima Holding, eds.
Tourism: The Driver of Change in the Jamaican Economy?
Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers, 2006, 358-374.
Dr Norval Edwards
* Introduction . Caribbean Culture: Soundings on Kamau
Brathwaite The Press UWI, 2006
Prof John Lennard
* ‘Introduction’ to The Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes Oxford &
New York: Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. ix-xxxii. 
Emeritus Professor Mervyn Morris
* “Miss Lou, Some Heirs and Successors,” Caribbean Literature
in a Global Context ed. by Funso Aiyejina & Paula Morgan.  San
Juan, Trinidad & Tobago:  Lexicon, 2006, pp. 304-316.
Refereed Journal Articles
Dr Michael Bucknor
* Bucknor, Michael A. “Austin Clarke.” Encyclopedia of African-
American Culture and History: The Black Experience in the Americas.
2nd Edition. Volume 2. Ed. Colin A. Palmer. Detroit: Macmillan
Reference, 2006. 483-484. 
* (with Daniel Coleman). “Introduction: Rooting and Routing
Caribbean-Canadian Writing.” Special Issue on
Caribbean/Canadian Writing. (Guest-edited with Daniel
Coleman, John Corr and Elizabeth Jackson.) Journal of West
Indian Literature 14. 1 & 2 (November 2005): i-xliii.
Prof John Lennard
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* ‘Without Title’, The Liberal: Poetry, Politics, Culture
(February/March 2006), p. 55. (Reviewing Geoffrey Hill,
Without Title).
Dr Mawuena Logan
* “The Diasporic Griot: James Berry and His Fiction for the
Young.” Children’s Literature Association Quarterly  30, 2 (2005):
179-93.
Emeritus Professor Mervyn Morris
* “Transitions” and “Boarding School”, poems, in The Caribbean
Writer, Volume 19.
Non-refereed
Emeritus Professor Edward Baugh
* “Walcott’s ‘Here’ and ‘Elsewhere’ and the Problematic of
Identity,” Caribbean Literature in a Global Context, ed. by
Funso Aiyejina and Paula Morgan. San Juan: Lexicon Trinidad,
2006.
Professor Carolyn Cooper
* “‘Vile Vocals:’ Exporting Jamaican Dancehall Lyrics to
Barbados.” Funso Aiyejina and Paula Morgan, eds. Caribbean
Literature in a Global Context, San Juan:  Lexicon Trinidad Ltd., 
2006, 195-223.  
* “‘A Whole Ton-Load a Lie’:  Doing Ethical Research in the
Creole/anglophone Caribbean,” published electronically in the
Proceedings of the 1st Caribbean Ethics Conference, UWI,
Mona, April 28-30, 2005.
Peer Reviewed
Dr Mawuena Logan
Entries in Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature. New York and London:
Oxford University Press, 2006
* “Africa, Sub-Saharan.”  (22-25).
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* “Baden-Powell, Robert.”  Vol. 1 (112-113).
* “Defoe, Daniel.” Vol. 1 (392-93).
* “Diop, Birago.” Vol. 1 (416) 
* “Kingston, W.H.G.”  Vol. 2 (367).
* “Meniru, Teresa.” Vol. 3 (66).
* “Nwankwo, Nkem.” Vol. 3 (184).
* “Salkey,  Andrew.”  Vol. 3 (389).
* “Saro-Wiwa, Ken.” Vol. 3(396).
* “Stowe, Harriet Beecher.” Vol. 4 (50-52).
* “Sutherland, Efua.”  Vol. 4 (61).
* “Walker, David.” Vol. 4(156).
Emeritus Professor Mervyn Morris
* “Calabash Crew”, review of six Calabash chapbooks, Caribbean
Review of Books, August 2005.
* “Poetry in Jamaica”, Poetry News, Winter 2005/6.
* “Shard by Shard”, review of Kendel Hippolyte’s Night Vision,
Caribbean Review of Books, May 2006.
Dr Anthea Morrison
* “Making Cassava Bammy from Scratch:  An Interview with
Olive Senior”, Jamaica Journal, vol. 29, nos. 1-2 (June-October
2005), 26-31.
Dr Gregory Stephens
* “‘Second Emancipation’: The Transfiguration of Garvey’s
‘Racial Empire’ in Rastafarian Thought,” Africanism, Marcus
Garvey, & W.E.B. DuBois, ed. James Conyers (Edwin Mellen,
2006).
Professor Emeritus Maureen Warner-Lewis
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* “The Nkuyu: Spirit Messengers of the Kumina”, Caribbean
Women: an Anthology of Non-Fiction Writing, 1890-1980,
Veronica Marie Gregg, ed., 415-46, Notre Dame, University of
Notre Dame Press, 2005
PUBLIC SERVICE
Dr Michael Bucknor
– Chief Examiner for CAPE Literatures in English for the
Caribbean Examinations Council.
– Editor, Postcolonial Text. 
– Editor, Journal of West Indian Literature. 
– Member of the Editorial Board, Pathways.
– Chair, West Indian Association of Commonwealth Literature
and Language Studies (WIACLAS).
Dr Victor L. Chang
– Chair, West Indian Association of Commonwealth Literature
and Language Studies (WIACLAS).
– Editor, Pathways. 
– Co-editor, Journal of West Indian Literature (JWIL).
Professor Carolyn Cooper
– Member, Board of Directors, the Calabash Literary Festival,
2001 - 2006.
Dr Norval Edwards
– Associate Editor, Small Axe: A Journal of Criticism, 1996-
– Manuscript reader, The Press, UWI.
Dr Curdella Forbes
– Assistant Chief Examiner, English B, Caribbean Examinations
Council.
– Editor, Postcolonial Text
– Book Review Editor, Journal of West Indian Literature
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– Editorial Advisor, Anthurium, online peer-reviewed journal of
original Caribbean works and critical studies
– Associate Member, Smithsonian Institution
– Member, University of the West Indies Alumni Association,
Washington DC Chapter
Dr Mawuena Logan
– External Exit-Examiner, Northern Caribbean University,
Mandeville, Jamaica, 2006
Emeritus Professor Mervyn Morris
– Member of the judging panel, Creative Writing (Poetry), Jamaica 
Cultural Development Commission.
– Selector for a Bermuda Anthology of Poems.
– Chairman, Carreras Postgraduate Awards Committee.
Dr Anthea Morrison
– Reviewer, Postcolonial Text.
Mr David Williams
– Judge, JCDC Annual Literary Competition.
– Judge, National Book Development Council Literary
Competition.
CATEGORIES OF STUDENTS
Undergraduate
Number Registered
Year I 554    (297 majors)
Year II 358    (255 majors)
Year III 560    (442 majors)
TOTAL:          1,472    (994 majors)
First Class Honours:
Terisa Bernal-Benjamin
Tenesha Myrie
Yanique Stewart
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Eddie Whyte
Shala Whyte
POSTGRADUATE
Registration 
PhD   5
MPhil 12
MA 16
Award of Degrees
MPhil Donna Hayles
MA Aisha Spencer
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DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE, LINGUISTICS
AND PHILOSOPHY
Hubert St. Laurent Devonish, BA Guy, DPhil York (UK)
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
The department has three focal pointsof activity. The first involved the
integration of teaching and research.  The
idea has been to engage undergraduate
students in planned and structured data
collection and analysis as part of the wider
research agenda of the department.  A
second was the rapid development, by way
of the system of departmental awards, of a
cadre of full time graduate students, who
would create the critical mass necessary for 
a significant increase in departmental
research output.  The third was the
creation, through limited relief from
teaching duties, of opportunities for members of academic staff engaged
in postgraduate research to successfully complete their programmes and to 
do so in a timely fashion.
At the level of the administrative support staff of the department, the aim
in the coming year is to automate routine administration.  The intent here
is to free up the staff to engage in higher level activities involving the
management of the increasing number of projects and initiative being
undertaken by the department.  Another aim here is to release academic
staff from administrative tasks, thus creating more time in which they can
proceed with their research activities. 
TEACHING SECTIONS
English Language
1) Course Enrolment/Success Rates
The following courses were offered by the Section (bracketed figures refer
to the number of examination candidates &/or students completing
coursework, and the level of passes):
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a) FD10A – English for Academic Purposes - Semester 1 (655),
Pass Rate (80.2%); Semester 2 (869), Pass Rate (76.2%); and
Semester 3 (290), Pass Rate (84.8%). (The above information
pertains to the on-campus course, the online version delivered
to BEd. Distance students, and course delivery both at the
Management Institute for National Development (MIND) and
at three community colleges - Brown’s Town, Knox and
Montego Bay.)
b) FD14A – Writing in the Disciplines – Semester 1 (660), Pass
Rate (61%); Semester 2 (551), Pass Rate (83 %); and Semester 3
(63), Pass Rate (78 %).
c) UC10A – Language: Exposition – Semester 1 (440), Pass Rate
(72%); Semester 3 (45), Pass Rate (80 %).
d) UC10B – Language: Argument  – Semester 1 (733), Pass Rate
(81%); Semester 3 (58), Pass Rate (50%).
e) LG600 – Advanced Academic English Language Skills (for
students pursuing the M.Sc. Degree in Human Resources
Development).   Semester 1 (24), Pass Rate (78%); Semester 2
(13), Pass Rate (85%).   (The information for Semesters 1 & 2
pertains to the on-campus course and to that offered at the
Brown’s Town Community College).
2)   Courses:   Significant Developments
In light of the need over the years to place a large number of UC120
students in new classes in Semester 2 due to timetable clashes caused by
the change of semester, the department reverted to using  two one-
semester courses ‘Language:  Exposition’ (UC10A) and ‘Language:
Argument’ (UC10B).
Large group lectures were incorporated into the FD14A course, and in
Semester 2, the course evaluation was changed and students were no
longer required to pass both the examination and the coursework
component in order to pass the course. 
A series of panel discussions ‘Argument in the Workplace’ featuring
prominent journalists, lawyers, trade unionists and public relations
practitioners was held during the week of April 3, 2006. These discussions,
a part of the UC10B course, were open to the general university
community.
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3)   The Writing Centre
The Centre offered three courses as part of its income-generating
mandate:  ‘Writing for the World of Work’, and ‘Public Speaking’.  The
income generated from these courses was $61,000.00. A Writing Across
the Curriculum (WAC) two-year pilot project tool to begin in September
2006) was developed in June in response to a request from the Faculty of
Pure & Applied Sciences for staff to be trained to incorporate written
English into teaching and learning in their disciplines. The eventual aim is
to develop a WAC model that can be adapted to meet the specific
instructional goals of the various academic programmes of the UWI Mona
campus.
4)   English Language Proficiency Test Unit
As an outreach activity, the Test Unit conducted a seminar for fourteen
English Language secondary school teachers from across the island.  The
seminar focused on test rationale, format and content, and on student
preparation. 
Six sittings of the ELPT were held, in August, September and December
2005, and in February, March, and May 2006.  The pass rates were as
follows:
August –  39% (319/819)    February 51% (873/1712)
September –  68% (55/81)        March 54% (659/1229)
December  –  35% (145/414)   May 47% (135/286)
An analysis of the results showed that candidates who pursued the UC010
course had a higher pass rate than those who did not: 56% vs. 34% in
August 2005, 45% vs. 30% in December 2005 and 64% vs. 47% in May
2006.  In the May 2006 test, students who pursued the Brown’s Town
UC010 had a very low pass rate (17%).
ELPTU also taught UC010 ‘Fundamentals of English’ to 122 students as
part of the process of preparing them for the ELPT.
5)   Most Pressing Challenges
– Increasing the accessibility of students to the UC010 course,
which many do not pursue for lack of the financial wherewithal,
and improving the effectiveness of the course.
– Offering a UC010 distance course, especially for students in
tertiary level institutions that have franchise agreements with the 
UWI.
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– Developing a properly funded programme for the use of the
Writing Centre and to generally maximize the Centre’s
use/effectiveness.
– Engendering closer collaboration between the English
Language Section and individual departments/faculties with
regard to students’ language across the curriculum needs.
Linguistics
In the 2005-6 Academic Year, the Linguistics Section had its external
disciplinary Review coordinated by the Office of the Board for
Undergraduate Studies.  The team, led by Professor John Rickford,
Professor of Linguistics, Stanford University, states in the Review of
Language and Linguistics Programmes, Mona Campus (2005, p. 4)
‘… the Quality Assurance team is deeply impressed by what the
program at UWI Mona has achieved with limited resources.  Its
courses cover some of the most current theories and topics in the
field, its students are using some of the most recent and
authoritative texts and CD resources, and its faculty are generally
doing well in teaching and research and the department has a wide
range of programmatic initiatives … that have excited and involved
students, faculty and administrative staff. We have not seen this
degree of across-the-board intellectual engagement (visible in the
administrative staff as well) in other universities, and we know of no 
single linguistics program elsewhere in the Third World that is
producing linguistics graduates at the undergraduate and graduate
levels in the quantity and quality that UWI Mona is.’
There were, of course, concerns.  One of these was that the large number
of majors the department had managed to attract might become
disillusioned when they arrived on the job market.  Another involved staff
perceptions about the quality of the intellectual experience that students
were undergoing.  A key objective in the latter part of the year was to begin
to address all the issues raised by the Review and to implement, where
appropriate and possible, its recommendations.  
One important response, already begun in the 2005-6 AcademicYear, will
be to expand the field trip experiences typical of the compulsory advanced
courses in the Linguistics major to the much larger group of Language
Communication and Society majors.  Another will involve the staging of
workshops for undergraduate students.  These will focus not only on key
skills necessary for success at university, notably how to write an essay in
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Linguistics, but on careers and the applications of the discipline in the
world of work.  A specific career seminar for students in the section will be
planned for the 2006-7 Academic Year that will prepare them to market
their academic discipline, Linguistics, to prospective employers.
Philosophy Section
During the 2005-2006 Academic Session, there were a number of positive
developments with regard to the growth of the Philosophy Section at
UWI, Mona.  Among them are the usual attendance, participation and
presentation of the staff members and graduate students at international
conferences of International Society for African Philosophy and Studies
(ISAPS) in the United Kingdom (Dr. Bewaji and Dr. Bamikole), Caribbean 
Philosophical Association (CPA) in Canada (Dr. Bewaji and Mr. Willis),
and Philosophical Symposium of UWI, Cave Hill Campus (Dr. Bewaji and
Dr. Bamikole). Also, Mr. Harvey Willis successfully made his MPhil/PhD
Upgrade Seminar.  Miss Roxanne Burton was a research visitor to
Department of Philosophy, Temple University, USA for three months in
Semester II, while Mr. Simeon Mohansingh was a research visitor to the
University of Nijmengen, The Netherlands for three months in Semester
II as part of their research programmes for the PhD degree. During the
session, the internationally distinguished Professor Lewis R. Gordon was
Visiting Professor to the Department, giving freely his expertise in
teaching a course in our philosophy Graduate Programme.  He has
promised to do the same in the new session (2006-7).  During the session,
there was the launch of Dr. O. G. Harding’s groundbreaking book, Near
Death Experience.  However, at the end of the Session, the Philosophy
Section had to allow Ms. Burton to take up appointment as Lecturer in
Philosophy at the UWI Cave Hill Campus.  But we are happy to note that
the University approved for the Section the appointment of Dr. Joseph
Gaie for Sabbatical Visit for 2006-2007 Session.
SELF SUSTAINING / INCOME GENERATING UNITS
The Jamaican Language Unit
Funds Donated 
I) Carreras Group Limited
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In December 2005 JLU received $1.75million from the Carreras Group
Limited. The funds are being used to create a 100-page guide to the
Jamaican Language as well as a 500-page glossary of basic Jamaican
terminology. The “Writing Jamaican the Jamaican Way” handbook is a 100 
page guide to the rules of writing in the standard Cassidy-JLU writing
system for the Jamaican language.  It provides a quick reference for rules of 
Spelling and a glossary of Jamaican as well as practical exercises in
translation from Jamaican — English, English – Jamaican. Both
publications will be widely accessible and will help all Jamaicans write the
dialect in a consistent way. This is in keeping with the JLU’s mandate to
develop and popularize a standard writing system for the Jamaican
language as well as to ensure equal rights and freedom from discrimination
to speakers of Jamaican. 
(II)   UNESCO Caribbean Office
The Caribbean office of the United Nations Educational Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has made donations to the JLU for the
setting up of a website for Caribbean Endangered and Indigenous
Languages. A total of $317, 016.00 has been donated to the project,
$98,758.00 of which has been used. The web site is now accessible at
www.mona.uwi.edu/bllp/jlu/ciel. The content is currently being edited,
and modifications will be made as new data becomes available. 
Income Generation
(I)  MA English Language Programme
The MA English Language Programme administered by the JLU admitted
its first cohort of students in September 2005, with a total of 12 students
enrolling. The year closed with 11 students and an additional 4 doing
qualifying courses in summer for entry with the second cohort in
September 2006. A total of $4,050,000.00 has been generated over the
period 2005-06, before expenses. Ten (10) students are expected in the
programme for the upcoming year 2006-07. Marketing of the programme
for its third cohort in 2007/08 is presently being developed.
(II)   Graduate Training Workshops
The JLU hosted a number of one- day and two- day research workshops
for graduate students at all levels and from various disciplines during 2005-
06. Seven workshops on various aspects of research methods, graduate
study and academic writing for staff have been presented. In the summer a
more intensive research clinic was held and was well supported. The total
income generated this year was $616,100.00 after expenses. 
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Diploma in Public Service Interpreting
The JLU has begun collaboration with the Institute of Linguists of the UK, 
the organisation charged with certifying interpreters for the courts and
other official agencies within the UK.  Arrangements are being made for
the development of a Diploma in Public Service Interpreting in the
Jamaican Language (PPSIJ).  Such a qualification is directed at protecting
the language rights of monolingual speakers of Jamaican, firstly in the
United Kingdom, but eventually elsewhere, including Jamaica.  The
training of the first batch of examiners took place in Jamaica in March,
2006, with the visit of two trainers from the Institute of Linguists of the
UK.  
Legal Protection of Language Rights
We, through encouraging Ms. Celia Brown-Blake of the Dept. of
Management Studies to apply for a 1-Year Mona Research Fellowship,
managed to have the necessary legal and linguistic research completed to
address the issue of Language Rights within the Jamaican Constitution. 
The most relevant of the pieces of work she prepared on this project was
her 2005 paper entitled ‘The Right to Linguistic Non-discrimination and
Creole Situations: The Case of Jamaica’.
PAPERS PRESENTED
Dr. Lawrence Bamikole
• “Democracy in a Multicultural Society” 12th Annual Conference
of International Society for African Philosophy and Studies
(ISAPS): Human Rights: Africana and Multicultural Perspectives.
The University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom, 20-23
April, 2006. (23pp.)
• “Alfred North Whitehead’s Metaphysics and its implications for
Politics of Identity”. Department of Language, Linguistics and
Philosophy, Staff/Graduate Seminar Series, March 9, 2006.
(23pp.)
• “The Concepts of Right(s) in Western (Anglo- American) and
African Philosophies: An Exercise in Comparative Ethics”
Conversations II: Western and non-Western Philosophies. Cave
Hill Symposium. UWI, Cave Hill, Barbados 2-3 March, 2006.
(17pp.)
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• “Rastafarianism as Philosophy and Praxis”. Conference in
Honour of Professor Barry Chevannes. UWI, Mona, January 19-
21, 2006. (24pp.)
• “From Entertainment to Revolutionary Theory: Bob Marley’s
Music as tool for Social Change”. UNESCO/ PHILOSOPHY
DAY. Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica Conference Hall,
November 18, 2005. (4pp.)
Dr. John A. I. Bewaji
• “Property Rights, Knowledge, Research, Ethics and Risk” 2nd
Annual UWI, Mona Campus Research Ethics Conference from
May 19-20, 2006. pp. 23.
• “Human Rights – A Philosophical Analysis of Indigenous
Yoruba, Contemporary Nigerian and Universal Ideas” 12th
Annual International Society for African Philosophy and Studies
(ISAPS) Conference, School of Law, University of Leicester,
Leicester, UK, April 20-23, 2006.  pp. 30.
• “Barry Chevannes, Myalism, Revivalism, Rastafari and
Leadership”, Conference in Honour of Professor Barry
Chevannes, UWI, Mona, Jamaica; January 19-21, 2006. pp. 24.
• “Discoursing Philosophy through Cultures – Challenges,
Opportunities and Dangers”, Conversations II – Cave Hill
Philosophy Symposium (CHIPS), UWI, Cave Hill, Barbados.
March 2-3, 2006. pp. 18.
• “Narratives of Cultures - Toward a realistic understanding of the
myths surrounding gender, religion and science”.  The Caribbean
Philosophical Association 2nd Annual Conference “Shifting the
Geographies of Reasoning II” in Puerto Rico, June 1-5, 2005.  pp.
29.
Professor Devonish, H. 
• “Changing Language Attitudes in Jamaica”.  Conference to
celebrate the work of Professor Barry Chevannes, 19th to 21st
January 2006.
Mrs. Vivienne Harding
• “Reexamining the ‘Mere Vehicles’ Argument: Lessons for the
Field of Distance Education”. College Teaching & Learning
Conference, Orlando, Florida, January 2-6, 2006. 11 pages.
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Dr. Silvia Kouwenberg 
•  “An introduction to Patwa: Linguistic Aspects of Jamaican
Dancehall Lyrics.” Centre for General Linguistics, Typology and
Universals Research (ZAS), Berlin, 20 July 2006.
• “The substrate hypothesis and creole typology.”  The Max Planck
Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Depart- ment of
Linguistics, Leipzig, 11 July 2006.
• “Linguistic aspects of Jamaican dancehall lyrics.”  University of
Leipzig Culture Club, 6 July 2006.
• “On weak and strong subject pronouns in Papiamentu.”
ACBLPE Annual Conference. Coimbra, Portugal, 2830 June
2006.
• “The status of weak pronouns in Papiamentu.” Centre for
General Linguistics, Typology and Universals Research (ZAS),
Berlin, 2 June 2006.
• “African languages in early English Jamaica and the question of
African influence in the formation of Jamaican language and
culture.” Annual conference of the Jamaica Archeology Society.
UWI (Mona), 20 April 2006.
• “Speaking Creole in today’s Caribbean: issues of status and use.” 
the Jane and Harry Willson Center for the Humanities and Arts,
University of Georgia, 10 April 2006.
• “Comparative phonology of creole languages.”  the UGA
Linguistics Society Colloquium, 6 April 2006.
• Lecture series in the University of Georgia’s Linguistics
Programme: “Fieldwork Methodology,” 4 April 2006; “Patois
101: Linguistic aspects of Jamaican dancehall lyrics,” 7 April 2006; 
“Language death: the case of Berbice Dutch,” 11 April 2006;
“Second Language Acquisition and Creoliza- tion,” 12 April 2006; 
Linguistic history of the Caribbean, 12 April 2006.
Mrs. Ingrid McLaren
• “The Role of English Language Proficiency in Academic
Achievement at UWI, MONA”.  Conference on College
Teaching and Learning, Orlando, Florida, Jan 2-5, 2006.
Mrs. Vivette Milson-Whyte
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• “(K)nots in the Field: The Tenuous Relations between Rhetoric
and Composition.”  the Western States Rhetoric and Literacy
Conference. San Francisco, California. October 22, 2005. 
• “Sideshadowing Teacher or Peer Response to Writing: Giving
Power to Students in the Revision Process.” Tuscon Teachers
Applying Whole Language (TAWL) Conference. Tucson,
Arizona. October 29, 2005. 
Ms. Schontal Moore
• “Transforming from Face-to-face to the Virtual: The Impact of
Web-Based Learning Technology on College Writing and
Composition”. Conference on College Composition and
Communication, Illinois, Chicago, March 24, 2006.
• “Using Interactive Web-based Multimedia and Contrastive
Analysis to Teach Jamaican Creole and Standard Jamaican
English”. Postgraduate Research Day, Department of Language,
Linguistics and Philosophy, Mona, May 10, 2006
Dr. Paulette Ramsay 
• “From Text to Screen:  The Cinematic Representation of Gerardo 
Fulleda’s Placido.”   College Language Association No. 64.  The
University of Birmingham, Abama, April 4 – 8, 2006:  
• “Rito y Ritual en la novella En la noche del viernes por luz
Argentina Chiriboga.”  Rito y Cultura, Centro de Cultira, Havana,
Cuba, February 3 – 5, 2006:  
PUBLICATIONS
Books & Monographs
P. Ramsay, A. Bankay, I. Kemchand, E. Watson-Grant
* “¡Chevere! Spanish for Caribbean Secondary School.”
Edinburgh Gate:  Pearson Educational, 2006.
Refereed Journal Articles
Lawrence Bamikole
* “Globalization and Terrorism Discourse” OBITUN: Journal of
Humanities. 4, 1 (2005):159-177.
John A. I. Bewaji
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* “Forward” in Harding, Oswald. G. Near Death Experience
(NDE – A Holographic Explanation. Kingston, Jamaica: LMH
Publishing Limited. 2006. Pp. viii-xi. 
* “Philosophical Exploration of Leadership in Caribbean and
Diaspora Polities”, Journal on African Philosophy. 
http://www.africanphilosophy.com/issue2/bewaji.html. 2005.
* “Philosophy in History and History of Philosophy as Academic
Politics” in Liubava Moreva (ed.) UNESCO International Readings 
on Theory, History and Philosophy of Culture. Number 18:
Differentiation and Integration of World Views – Philosophical
and Religious Experience. Moscow. 2005. Pp. 194-234. 
* “Ethics and Morality in Yoruba Culture” in Kwasi Wiredu (ed)
Blackwell Companion to African Philosophy, New York: Basil
Blackwell Press, 2005, pp. 396-403.
Dr. O. G. Harry
* “The Illustration of the IPA in Jamaican Creole”,  Journal of the
International Phonetic Association: Volume 36, Number 1 (2006):
125-131.
Dr. Silvia Kouwenberg
* “Creole formation and Second Language Acquisition:
contentious issues.” Revue de langues et linguistique 31, 91110.
Dr. Paulette Ramsay
* “The Liberatory Poetics of Shirley Campbell.”  Macromere Vol. 7, 
January 2006:  136-149. 
Mrs. Michele Stewart
* “Creole language in Kingston. The emergence of  basilectal
varieties 1692-1865”. Caribbean Quarterly Vol. 51 Nos 3&4
(2005) 109-130.
Other peer reviewed publications
Hubert Devonish
* ‘On the status of diphthongs in Jamaican: Mr Vegas
pronounces’, in Hazel Simmons-McDonald & Ian Robertson
(eds.) Extending the Boundaries of Caribbean Creole
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Languages, Mona, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press,
2006, pp. 72-95.
* ‘The Anglophone Caribbean / Die Anglophone Karibik’, In:
Ulrich Ammon, Norbert Dittmar, Klaus J. Mattheier & Peter
Trudgill (eds.) Sociolinguistics / Soziolinguistik. An
International Handbook of the Science of Language and
Society. Berlin / New York: Walter de Gruyter, pp. 2083- 2096.
Dr. Kathryn Shields Brodber
* “Is the Pain in Your Belly Bottom?  Extending the Boundaries
of Jamaican Creole to Non-Native Users” in Hazel Simmons-
McDonald & Ian Robertson (eds.) Extending the Boundaries of 
Caribbean Creole Languages, Mona, Jamaica: UWI Press, 2006,
pp. 188-210.
Non-refereed
Dr. Silvia Kouwenberg
* “Of pirates and protection.” Column, All Arms. The quarterly
newsletter of the Jamaica Defence Force 4 (2), pp.1,9.
* (With Marta Dijkhoff & Paul Tjon Sie Fat. 2006). The
Dutchspeaking Caribbean / Die niederländischsprachige
Karibik. In: Ulrich Ammon, Norbert Dittmar, Klaus J.
Mattheier & Peter Trudgill (eds.) Sociolinguistics /
Soziolinguistik. An International Handbook of the Science of
Language and Society. Berlin / New York: Walter de Gruyter,
21052114.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Dr. Lawrence Ojo Bamikole
– Member, International Society for African Philosophy and
Studies.
– Member, Caribbean Philosophical Association.
Dr. John Ayotunde (Tunde) Isola Bewaji
– Member, UWI Cave Hill Philosophy Programme Review Team. 
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– Editor, Special Issue of Journal on African Philosophy, Journal
of International Society of African Philosophy and Studies
(ISAPS)
– Editorial Board Member, Caribbean Philosophical Association,
USA.
– Staff Advisor, UWI Mona Undergraduate Debating Society. 
– Chairman, Board of Studies, Jamaican Institute of Management.
Mrs. Vivienne Harding
– External Examiner, Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica
– Communications
– Jamaica Attention Deficit Disorder Association 
Dr. Otelemate Harry
– Member, Jamaican Fulbright/Humphrey Alumni Association
Dr. Silvia Kouwenberg  
– Coordinator, JUMP [Junior Undiscovered Maths Prodigies]
Mrs. Vivette Milson-Whyte
– Peer Integrator, International Student Programs and Services.
The University of Arizona. Tucson, Arizona. Fall Semester
2005.
Ms. Schontal Moore
– Assistant Examiner for CXC English A., Caribbean
Examinations Council
– Judge for Annual Secondary and Tertiary Level Essay
Competition, Michael Manley Foundation Ltd.
Dr. Paulette Ramsay:
– Moderator, Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica – 
Spanish
– Chief Examiner, Caribbean Examinations Council - Spanish
Dr. Kathryn Shields Brodber
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– Convenor, CAPE Communications Studies, Caribbean
Examinations Council
– Chairman, Board of Governors, The Queen’s Preparatory
School
– Member, International Linguistic Association
– Member, Society for Caribbean Linguistics
CATEGORIES OF STUDENTS
Undergraduate
LINGUISTICS Numbers Percentage Number 
COURSES Registered Passes Graduating
Level 1 733 – Not applicable
Level 2 936 – Not applicable
Nos of Graduating  Majors Level 3 348 – 53
Philosophy
Level 1 698          Not applicable
Level 2 597          Not applicable
Level 3 487
No of Graduating Major      14
First-Class Honours Awardees:
Language, Communication –       HENRY, Carolyn Tracie
and Society Major:
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Linguistics Major:  –      CAMPBELL, Annife Lance
       DEMETRIUS, Ruby-Rose Elizabeth
Philosophy Major:  –      EDWARDS, Laura Marie  
Postgraduate:
PROGRAMMES         LINGUISTICS            PHILOSOPHY
                  Registered   Completed        Registered  Completed
Master of Arts (MA)          1 0             6 0
Master of Philosophy (MPhil)       11 0             5 0
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)           8 1             3 0
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DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES
AND LITERATURES
 Marie-José Nzengou-Tayo, CAPES (Haiti), BA, MA (Besançon), 
PhD (Lille III), D.E.A (Antilles-Guyane) – Head of Department
 WORK OF THE
DEPARTMENT
This year was again a transition yearwith the appointment of a new head
of Department, Dr. Marie-José Nzengou-
Tayo. The Department had to face major
challenges in term of staffing for the
Spanish section and increasing numbers in 
the Hospitality and Basic courses. Dr.
Claudette Williams went on a Research
Fellow- ship leave. Dr. Julio Ariza
Gonzalez, a long-standing member of the
Depart- ment, retired at the end of
September but continued to assist on a part-time basis until the end of the
academic year. Mr. Manuel Romo, Colombian Foreign Assistant resigned
effective the end of December. and returned to Colombia.
Three new members of staff joined the Department in January. 
– Maria Tereza Villoria-Nolla, a lecturer in Spanish replacing Mrs.
Mireille Ariza who retired last year.
– Mrs. Ying Zhang, the Chinese instructor appointed by the
Chinese Government within the Co-operation agreement
signed by the Chinese and Jamaican Governments.
– Prof. Antonio Augusto Souza Mello, the new Portuguese
instructor appointed by the Brazil Government.
– Mrs Zhang and Prof. Mello were in Jamaica to promote the
learning of Chinese Mandarin and Brazilian Portuguese
respectively.  The Chinese course had to be cancelled due to the
unforeseen illness of the instructor who had to be repatriated. 
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The Department held a retreat on Saturday, April 22, 2006 to review the
year and set its objectives for the new academic year. The Mission
statement of the Department was revised and endorsed by all present.  The 
issue of how to address the gap between CSEC and CAPE foreign
language students was raised at the meeting.  On June 15, 2006, the
Department hosted the Inter-Campus conference in Hispanic and
Francophone Studies.  Colleagues from St. Augustine and Cave Hill
attended the conference and presented papers.  The one-day symposium
ended with a round-table discussion about Foreign Language Policy and
the role of the Foreign Language Sections in informing policy.  It was
decided to form a working group to further analyze the matter. Ms. Nadine 
Barnett attended an Item Writing Workshop for CXC/CAPE Spanish
held at the Mona campus.  Between July 16 and July 23, 2006, Mrs. Preston
attended consultative meetings in Montreal with colleagues from the
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières with a view to the establishment of
an on-line Masters in Translation Programme to be shared with the
University of the West Indies. 
Students’ activities included the annual field trip of the F30A.- Business
French Student’s to Guadeloupe which took place from January 9-12.  It
was a success. Students were able to interact with Guadeloupean students
as well as have a taste of working in a French-speaking environment.  They
received extensive media coverage (2 articles in France-Antilles).  Students
were accompanied by Mr. Gilles Lubeth.  In March a group of eight
students accompanied by their instructors traveled to Barbados to
participate to the Inter-campus Theatre Festival.  The Spanish Club
organized a successful Noche Latina, with the support of their Spanish
instructors, Mrs Nunes and Mrs Hernandez-Quiros.  The Costa-Rican
poet, Shirley Campbell participated in the evening by reading one of her
poems to the audience.   This year, more students benefited from the
assistantship posts offered by the French Government, which have
doubled. Students are given the opportunity of spending a year or a term in 
France. Eleven graduating Spanish students went to Colombia on
assistantship posts trough ICEMEX to teach English.  A small group of
UWI students left for Japan to participate in the JET programme.
Outreach
Staff from the French Section was actively involved in activities helping to
consolidate and promote the teaching of French.  Dr. Françoise Cévaer
facilitated a revision seminar on French essay writing for the CAPE/A-
Level students at the Alliance Française de la Jamaïque, on April 19, 2006.
Mr. Gilles Lubeth did a presentation on Guadeloupe and Guadeloupean
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youth and culture for CAPE/A-Level Students at St. Hugh’s High School,
on November 24, 2005 for students from St. Hugh’s, Kingston College,
Wolmer’s H.S. and St. Andrew H. S.  He also assisted with the preparation
of CAPE students for their French oral presentation on February 17, 2006, 
at St. Andrew H.S and on April 18, 2006, at the Alliance Française de la
Jamaïque. He participated as a judge for the vocabulary competition
organized by the Jamaica Association of French Teachers and acted as the
MC at the staging of a French play for high school students at Shortwood
Teachers’ College.  Dr. Nzengou-Tayo presented and conducted a
training seminar for French teachers on use of Internet in French Foreign
Language Teaching for the French Grade 7 –9 Curriculum at Shortwood
Teachers’ College.  The workshop was sponsored by the French Embassy
and organized by the Jamaica Association of French Teachers in
collaboration with the Alliance Française and the Ministry of Education.
She arranged the viewing of Rue Cases-nègres for A-Level students of St.
Andrew High School (December 8, 2005) and Ardenne High School
(February 16, 2006).  She also did an introductory lecture to Aimé Césaire’s 
La tragédie du roi Christophe for CAPE students from St. Andrew High
School.  She conducted a revision seminar for the CAPE / A-Level
Students by presenting on La rue Cases-nègres on April 18, 2006 and on
L’Étranger on April 20, 2006.  Mrs. Doreen Preston attended two CXC
Meetings in Barbados in her capacity as Assistant Chief Examiner for
French CAPE Examination (October 2005 and April 24-28, 2006).  She
also organized a Workshop for the CAPE French and Spanish Teachers
(June 15-17, 2006) hosted by the Faculty of Humanities & Education
Dr. Nzengou-Tayo was a guest speaker at the Rotary Club of Kinston in
August (reported in The Observer of August 8, 2005).    As the current
President of the Haitian Studies Association, she participated in the annual 
conference of the Association at the University of Massachusetts in
Boston in October 2005, chairing the Board Meeting and the Annual
Business Meeting of the Association.  In March, she chaired the Spring
Board Meeting and participated in a retreat of the Executive. She
participated in the Caribbean Virtual Masters Workshop organized by
LACC and sponsored by UNESCO. (November 28-December 2, 2006).
On March 30 and April 3, she gave two lectures at the Caribbean Graduate
School of Theology in the Course on Caribbean Thought and Culture.  On 
April 20, she was invited as a resource person for the students’
presentations.
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PAPERS PRESENTED
• Dr. Françoise Cévaër “Mythes et stéréotypes, vecteurs de la
constriction identitaire dans L’impasse de Daniel Biyaoula.”
Departmental Seminar. October 20, 2005
• Mr. Lindy Jones. “From Mutismos to Richard trajó su flauta: The
Ideological Foundations of Morejón’s Poetry,” Fifth
International Conference on Rite and Representation, Havana,
February 9-12.
• Mr. Gilles Lubeth. “Enseignement supérieur et défi d’une
Caraïbe éclatée.” Departmental Seminar, February 9, 2006.
• Dr. Marie-José Nzengou-Tayo.  “Lessons from the Haitian
Experience: Mayra Montero’s Tu la Oscuridad” 31st annual
conference of the Caribbean Studies Association, Trinidad, May
28 – June 2, 2006, 
• ---------“Computer Assisted Language Learning at the UWI,
Jamaica: Using Technology to Face Strategic Challenges.” Inter-
Campus Foreign Language Symposium, June 15, 2006, Mona
Campus.
• Ms. Maria Tereza Villoria-Nolla. “Desplazamiento y
desterritorialización: voces marginales en la narrativa
contemporánea colombiana.”  L.A.S.A Conference, Puerto Rico,
March 15-18, 2006. 
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed
Marie-José Nzengou-Tayo. 
* Review of Universities Responses to HIV/AIDS: The Case of
the University of Quisqueya and the Université d’Etat d’Haïti.
Paris, UNESCO, 2005.  (51 p.)  On-line publication
availableat: http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/ev_en.php
?ID=5782_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC
* Computer Assisted Language Learning at the U.W.I., Jamaica:
Using Technology to Face Strategic Challenges. Caribbean Journal 
of Education.  Vol. 27, No 2. June 2006
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* Guest editor (in collaboration with Dr. Hugues Péters),
Caribbean Journal of Education. Special Issue: Foreign Language
Teaching and Learning in the Caribbean. Vol. 27, No. 2. June
2006.
* Entry on Edwidge Danticat for Encyclopedia of African-American
Culture and History. 2nd edition. “The Black Experience in the
Americas.” Ed. in Chief, Colin Palmer. Detroit: Macmillan
Reference USA/Thomson Gale, 2006. Vol. 2, pp 579-80.
Michelle Stewart.
* “The Games People Play: Utilising PowerPoint Games in
Foreign Language Delivery” Caribbean Journal of Education.
Special Issue: Foreign Language Teaching and Learning in the
Caribbean. Vol. 27, No. 2. September 2005. June 2006. pp. 163-
186
Income Generation
Sale of Manuals 369,669.75
Donation received from the W. Mailer and B. 100,273.71
Jones Travel Fund.               
Donation received from the Latin American   31,000.00
Women’s Club
Consultation   31,781.70
Courses offered in the Language Laboratory   98,100.00
Summer Courses (F31R, S111, S11B, S211, S25B, 561,003.00
S311, S35B)
Total  $ 1,191,828.16
PUBLIC SERVICE
Françoise Cévaer.  
– Member,  Jamaica Association of French Teachers.
Marie-José Nzengou-Tayo. 
– President, Haitian Studies Association.
– Assistant Treasurer, the Jamaica Association of French
Teachers.
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– Secretary, Japan Karate Association of Jamaica.
– Peer Reviewer, Journal of Haitian Studies, MaComère, 
Mrs. Doreen Preston. 
– Assistant Chief Examiner, French CAPE, CXC.  
Categories of Students
Undergraduate:
Registration:
Preliminary Courses
French 146
Japanese   64
Portuguese     6
Spanish 516
Hospitality & Tourism Management
French    96
Spanish  373
BA Programme
French 216
Spanish 700
Graduating Students
French   4
Spanish 30
First Class Honours
Teresa Amoy Bernal-Benjamin (Spanish Major)
Melecia Camillia Brown (Spanish Major)
Stefane Daley (French Major, Spanish Minor)
Lisa Downie (French Major, Spanish Major)
Ruby Rose Demetrius (Spanish Major)
Shala Melanie Alert (Spanish Major)
Adele Aleath England (Spanish Major)
Delesha Eleen Wilkie (Spanish Major)
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Postgraduate
Registration:
 MPhil French 2
 MPhil  Spanish 2
 MPhil Comparative Literature 2
 PhD Spanish 2
Degree awarded:
Marlene Collins, PhD Spanish 
Jason Allen, MPhil, French 
Prizes Awarded:
French:
Level I William Mailer Prize Jo-Lane Anderson-Figueroa
Level II Prix Jambec Stefane Daley
Level III Prix Gertrud Buscher Sheena Jarrett
Level III French Embassy Prize for Tasmin Gordon
overall achievement over the three years: 
William Mailer Scholarship Diane Brown
Bridget Jones Memorial Award Warrick Lattibeaudiere
Spanish
Gabriel Coulthard Prize Shala Whyte
Paul Davis Prize Tricia Brooks
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL STUDIES
Professor Zellynne Jennings-Craig, BA (Hons) Hull, MA Leeds,
MEd Birm, PhD UWI – Head of Department
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
In its effort to promote a moretechnologically enriched learning
environment for the students, staff members 
were trained by our informa- tion technology 
specialist in the use of MOODLE, an on-line 
teaching and learning support system. This
enabled staff to incorporate the use of
technology in their teaching of both
undergraduate and graduate courses
delivered face to face, in addition to the use
of the OURVLE in the BEd Secondary
distance/on-line programme. In February
2006, the Department hosted a Literacy
Symposium with the theme “Transforming lives: celebrating achievements in
literacy” This was well supported by local tertiary institutions as well as
scholars from  the University of South Florida and San Jose State
University, California. With sponsorship mainly from the National
Commercial Bank, the Department was able to raise over (J$300,000.00)
Three Hundred Thousand Dollars towards the building of a proposed
state of the art Literacy Centre. In April 2006, the Mathematics Problem
Solving Competition for grade 9 high school students was hosted by the
Department. Twenty teams from local highs schools participated. The
department contributed to the forum hosted by the School of Education.
This year the theme was ‘Teachers at Risk? E-Learning and Its Role in
Education”. Mrs. Paula Daley-Morris was one of the presenters.
The Department succeeded in expanding its programme offerings to cater
to both local needs as well as the needs of the new campus countries. In
January 2006, the B.Ed in Early Childhood Education by part time delivery 
commenced with 27 students which, added to the existing full time
delivery totaled 79 students for the year. This helped to strengthen the
Department’s collaboration with tertiary level institutions - the Mico
College, Moneague Teachers College and Shortwood Teachers College
with which it offers respectively Bachelors degrees in Special Education
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and Primary Education; Literacy Studies by part time delivery and Early
Childhood Education (ECE). These programmes attracted 167 students
and generated income in the region of J$3,944.691.00.Worthy of note is
the fact that the new four year BEd in Special Education which the
Department had assisted the Mico College in developing, was finally
approved. Under this new arrangement, the three year Teachers College
diploma will cease to be offered.The students will do the first year of the
degree at the Mico College and the remaining three years at the UWI. Just
under 600 students were registered in the B.Ed Secondary  distance/on-
line  programme which is specially funded by the Ministry of Education
and Youth (MOEY). Given that  the final cohort will be admitted in
January 2007, this is well below the 3000 teachers that the programme was
expected to train by 2011.  A major problem has been that  a number of
the teachers  targeted for the programme  were not qualified for entry as
they were either primary trained or were teaching at the primary level even
though trained for secondary school  teaching. An evaluation of the BEd
Secondary programme was done during the course of the year and the
report submitted on July 31, 2006. The commencement of the Diploma in
School Leadership for secondary school principals in July 2006 is another
hallmark of the Department’s response to local needs. This programme is
funded by the MOEY to the sum of three million Jamaican dollars per year 
for training secondary school principals. The project will last for three
years during which time 75 principals are to be trained. In July 2006, the
Department began offering the B.Ed Literacy Studies on line to over 100
(one hundred) teachers in Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada and
Jamaica. This has added to the contribution that the Department has been
making in the region since 1999 in the delivery of its BEd in Educational
Administration via UWIDEC. In 2005-6, 272 students were registered in
the programme, with the largest numbers from Antigua and Barbuda,
Grenada, Trinidad (Mayaro), St. Lucia and Savanna la mar in Jamaica.
Three teachers in the Early Childhood Education (ECE) programme
participated in the Caribbean Internship Project in St. Lucia, Grenada and
Trinidad and Tobago in the summer of 2006.
The Science and Math Centre received five million Jamaican dollars from
the Strategic Transformation Team to help to procure   resources and
equipment for development of  a  Resource  Bank  for Teaching  which will 
also serve as a source of assistance to schools in fostering excellence in the
disciplines and developing career  interest  in the areas. The Centre was
transformed significantly during the course of the year through minor
reconstruction and the purchase of furniture, equipment and materials as
well as additional staffing. Its outreach in the Caribbean was strengthened
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through   discussions on collaboration with colleagues at Cave Hill and St.
Augustine as well as the visit of a lecturer from the University of Guyana to 
the Department from May 29 to June 04. Mrs. Gem Moriah visited the
campus to research ‘best practices’ in Special Education as part of the
University of Guyana /OAS funded project on ‘Building Capacity in the
Education Sector for Sustainable Human Development. Consistent with
its goal to focus mainly on Graduate Studies, the Master of Arts in
Teaching which the Department had worked on for the past two years was
finally approved. This programme not only offers participants an
alternative mode of delivery for the Post Graduate Diploma in Education
but it also opens up opportunities for training for persons in the private
sector as well as those in tertiary institutions. The Department also played a 
key role in the development of the M.A in Higher Education
Administration: Student Personnel Administration which was also
approved this year and will commence delivery in January
2007.Enhancement of its quality assurance practices was made possible
this year with the development of a Quality Assurance Manual, as part of
the follow up to the Quality Assurance Review of the Department which
took place in 2004. Review of courses including the core courses offered at 
the undergraduate level was another effort to enhance quality. The
attachment of a Visiting Scholar, Professor Frances Stage from New York
State University, brought benefits for both staff and students in the form
of seminars on supervision at the graduate level and workshops for
graduate students including one on Mixed Methodology in Research. A meeting 
in May with members of the South African Education Labour Relations
Council study tour gave valuable insights into the education system in
South Africa. Efforts to improve the teaching –learning environment as
well as to boost the motivation of staff and students included the retiling of 
seminar rooms, installation of ACs, blinds and the commencement of the
renovation as well as the strengthening of the holdings of the
Documentation centre.  In December 2005, UNESCO made a formal
donation of books to the Documentation Centre as part of the
Department’s hosting of Philosophy Day in 2003 in collaboration with the
Philosophy Unit in the Faculty and Shortwood Teachers College. In its
effort to boost the research capacity of the Department  two staff
members were  granted leave for  a semester – Mrs Dian McCallum to
complete her EdD and Dr Beverley Bryan to complete her book. Two
staff members  were awarded their  doctorates –Dr Paulette Feraria and Dr 
Camille Bell-Hutchinson (who was on secondment  to the Quality
Assurance Unit).Dr Helen Henningham was awarded research grants
from UNICEF  and Environmental Foundation of Jamaica in excess of
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five million Jamaican dollars for research on “Promoting Young Children’s
Social and Emotional Competence and Preventing Aggression in Basic Schools”. The
main targets for the coming academic year will include workshops
conducted by the Science and Math Centre to strengthen the teaching of
the disciplines in the school system; revision of the undergraduate
programme and the development of new core education courses; new
initiatives for improving the practicum in schools; preparation of at least
two options in the B .Ed Secondary programme  for offering on –line to
the  teachers in the Region; admission of a second cohort of  students in
the Region  to the B.Ed Literacy Studies on-line; the launching of the M.A
in Teaching  and the development of new options  in Higher Education
(e.g. Adult Education );continued improvement of the Documentation
Centre; efforts to promote the visibility and outreach of the Department
locally and in the Region  and  an increase in  income generation  not only
through collaboration with additional tertiary level institutions but also
through entrepreneurial activities.
Teaching and Per Capita Publications
No. of academic staff = 21 (1 on sabbatical leave)Per Capita publication =1.1
Table 1:   Overall teaching Achievement                      Mean                    Mean
                 4.0 and above    below 4.0
Sem.1 Students Assessment of Lecturers 34 (74%) 12 (26%)
(N=46)
Students’ Assessment of Courses 29 (63%) 17 (37%)
(N=46)#
#No of courses assessed
Semester 2 note yet available.
Table 2: Overall performance of post-graduate diploma students in the 2004-2005
academic year
Theory    Practice
 Course No. D C P D C P Inc.
History Education 7 2 3 - - 3 1 3
Language Education 10 3 4 - 4 3 3 3
Mathematics Education 6 3 3 - 1 3 2 -
Science Education 3 3 - - 2 1 - 3
Information 5 - 8 1 - 2 2 4
Technology
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Educational 12 5 - 2 8 2 3
Administration y
TOTAL 43 11 23 1 9 20 10 16
 D- Distinction        C- Credit  P-Pass  Inc- Incomplete 
MEd/MPhil/PhD
There were a total of 302 students reading  for MEd degrees: Science
Education (21), Mathematics Education (16), Language Education (27),
Literacy Studies (28),Primary Education (12), Teacher Education (face to
face) (8), Geography/Social Studies (13), Educational Psychology (37),
Curriculum Development (53) and Educational Administration (70 ).
There were 112 students in the MEd On-Line/Summer programme which 
offered Educational Administration, Teacher Education and Leadership
in Early Childhood Development. Seventy three (73) students registered
for the MPhil and 25 for the PhD.
PAPERS PRESENTED
• Ezenne, A (2005)” Models and Mechanics of Educational
Supervision in Jamaican schools” 40th anniversary of the Joint
Board for Teacher Education and the Institute of Education,
Hilton Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica, August 25-26.
• Jennings, Z (2005) “Training Teachers by Distance at the
University of the West Indies: some lessons learnt”. Eduvision
2005 Conference & exposition, November 2-4, 2005 Wyndham
Rose Hall, Montego Bay. Jamaica. (pp15)
• Jennings, Z (2006) The Role of Faculty in Holistic Learning and
Development, Caribbean Tertiary Level Personnel Association,
Radisson Cable Beach and Golf Resort Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas,
June 19-23.2006 (pp10)
• Jennings, Z. (2006) Educating our Teachers   in the Caribbean
Today: Practising what we preach  JBTE Triennial Regional
Conference, Princess Hotel and Casino, Belize City, July 13 2006
(pp14)
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journal Articles
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* Grantham-McGregor S, Baker-Henningham H (2005) The
Effects of Protein and Energy on Mental Development. Public
Health Nutrition 8(7A): 1191-1201.
* Baker-Henningham H, Powell C, Walker S, Grantham-
McGregor S (2005) The Effect of an Early Childhood
Stimulation Programme on Maternal Depression: A
Randomised Controlled Trial. Archives of Disease in
Childhood doi:10.1136/adc.2005.073015.
* Harris, Myrtle E. (2006). The Curricular Role of School
Librarians: Jamaican Secondary School Teachers’ and
Librarians’ Perceptions and their Implications for Curri- culum
Delivery. Caribbean Journal of Education, 27 (1), 22 -50.
* Meeks-Gardner J, Powell C, Baker-Henningham H, Walker S,
Cole T, Grantham-McGregor S. (2005) Zinc Supplementation
and Psychosocial Stimulation: Effects on the Development of
Undernourished Children. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
82: 399-405.
* K. Soyibo, Pinnock, J. (2005): Correlations Among Six Learner
Variables and the Performance Of A Sample Of Jamaican
Eleventh-Graders On An Achievement Test On Respiratio.
International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 3, 2  239 -
265.
* D. Kelly, K. Soyibo. (2005): Effects Of Three Sets Of
Instructional Strategies And Three Demographic Variables On
The Food And Nutrition Test Performance Of Some Jamaican
Tenth-Graders. Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in
South-East Asia, 28, 1  56 - 80.
Books
* Bankay, A, Andall, Ramsay, P (2006) ¡Chévere! Book 4. London: 
Longman Pearson
* Bankay, A (2006) On Friday night.  Translation of Chiriboga’s
En la noche de viernes. Kingston: Arawak Publications
Technical Reports 
* Bankay, A (2006) Review of the Spanish Primary Curriculum for 
the Ministry of Education.
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* Bryan, B (2006) Literacy Policy for Grenada. Ministry of
Education, Grenada.
* Baker-Henningham H, Walker S, Chang-Lopez S. (2006) End
of Phase 1 Report of the Special Education Needs Study. Report 
to the Primary Education Support Project Office, Ministry of
Education, Youth and Culture, Jamaica.
* Baker-Henningham H (2006) Review of the Draft Curriculum
for Infants and Toddlers Aged from birth to 3 years. Dudley
Grant Early Childhood Education Centre, UWI, Mona.
* Meeks-Gardner J, Henry-Lee A, Chevannes P, Thomas J,
Baker-Henningham H, Coore C (2005) Regional assessment.
Violence Against Children in the Caribbean Region. A Desk
Review. UNICEF, Jamaica.
* Baker-Henningham H, Walker S, Chang-Lopez S. (2005)
Interim Report on Phase 1 of the Special Education Needs
Study. Report to the Primary Education Support Project Office, 
Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, Jamaica.
* Baker-Henningham H (2006) Presentation of a Review of the
Literature on Early Childhood Education in Jamaica. The
Children’s Issues Coalition, Caribbean Child Develop- ment
Centre, UWI, Mona, Jamaica, 8th February, 2006.
* Lewis-Smikle (2006). The Pre-Primary to Primary Schools
Transition Pilot Project: An overview. Report, UNICEF,
Jamaica.
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INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION
Halden Morris, PhD, PE – Head of Department
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
In 2005–2006 Dr. Halden Morris took up the position of Head of the Institute
while Miss Joan Tucker, outgoing Head,
continued to serve as Chairman of the Joint 
Board of Teacher Education. The Institute
of Education carried out its primary
functions, continuing to focus on
institutional strengthening of teachers
colleges, research and development,
project management, graduate studies and
the provision of various services to the
education sector. Targets were met in
providing staff development workshops for teachers colleges and in
assessing the practicum in Jamaica, Belize and Turks and Caicos Islands. 
INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING (TEACHERS
COLLEGES) 
IOE/JBTE Annual Professional Development Conference
“Transforming the Practicum in Teacher Education: Field Experiences,
Supervision and Reflection” was the theme of the Institute of
Education/Joint Board of Teacher Education (IOE/JBTE) conference
held August 25–26, 2005 at the Hilton Kingston Hotel to commemorate
JBTE’s 40th anniversary. Professor Trevor Sewell of Temple University,
Pennsylvania, delivered the keynote address at the opening ceremony,
while Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nigel Harris, was the guest speaker at the 
luncheon, at which 25 external examiners were honoured for their
contribution to JBTE’s work. Sixteen papers/workshops were presented,
including workshops by Ms. Deborah Castello and Ms. Yvonnette Dey of
Queens University, Ontario, Canada. The conference was attended by
approximately 430 persons.
IOE/JBTE Triennial Regional Seminar 
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On July 14, 2006 the JBTE held its quarterly meeting in Belize, hosted by
the University of Belize. This meeting was preceded on July 13 by the
JBTE’s triennial regional seminar, attended by participants from Belize,
the Bahamas, Jamaica, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. The theme of the
conference was “The Teacher as Learner in the 21st Century.” Prof.
Hyacinth Evans gave the keynote address, and papers were presented by
lecturers from the University of Belize, St. John’s College (Belize), the
College of the Bahamas, Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College (Jamaica) and the
Department of Educational Studies, UWI.
Accreditation 
As part of the JBTE’s thrust to examine its provision of quality assurance
from a professional stance, the JBTE hosted a seminar from April 6–7,
2006, entitled “Quality, Standards and Partnership: Developments in
Teacher Education”. This was led by Mrs. Jacqueline Nunn, the Assistant
Director for Initial Teacher Training Unit of the Training and
Development Agency for Teachers (TDA) formerly the Teacher Training
Agency (TTA), England and Mrs. Marilyn Holness, Deputy Principal of
Southlands College, Roehampton University. Participants were College
Principals and Lecturers, Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture staff,
and Institute of Education staff. 
Quality Assurance in Teachers Colleges 
JBTE granted accreditation status to eight departments of teachers
colleges that had demonstrated that they had established and maintained
mechanisms to enable quality assurance. Institute of Education lecturers
leading the teams conducting the reviews were Dr. Earl Brown, Miss V.
Charlton, Mrs. M. Collins-Figueroa, Mrs. V. Davis-Morrison, Dr. L.
Down, Dr. C. Gentles, Dr. C. Lambert and Mrs. C. McPherson-Kerr.
JBTE assumed the role of quality assurance monitoring for the Diploma
for Primary School Principals developed by the Ministry of Education
through Mount St. Vincent University, Canada. The programme is being
delivered by St. Joseph’s Teachers’ College.
External Assessment of Teaching Practice 
During March 13–31, 2006, all IOE lecturers were involved in external
assessment of student teachers in Jamaica. Drs. Lorna Down and Nadine
Scott were coordinators. 
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Professor Hyacinth Evans and Dr. Marcia Stewart visited the Turks and
Caicos Community College February 26–28, 2006 during which they:
* held consultations with senior staff members on design and
delivery of teacher education programmes.
* carried out external assessment of the first batch of student
teachers pursuing the A.Sc. in Primary Education.
* conducted a two-part workshop on ‘Thinking about Teacher
Education’ and ‘Thinking about Teaching’.
Dr. Rose Davies and Dr. Marcia Stewart visited Belize May 1–5, 2006, and
carried out external assessment of student teachers. Dr. Davies also
advised members of staff of the University of Belize and St. John's College
on preparation for offering the Associate degree in Early Childhood
Development (ECD).
COLLABORATION 
Education for Sustainable Development
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO), in collaboration with the Institute of Education, UWI,
launched the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development on
Tuesday, October 18, 2005. This launch preceded the Caribbean Region
Conference on Education for Sustainable Development held at the Hilton
and hosted by UNESCO. Dr. Lorna Down and Mrs. Marceline Collins-
Figueroa were members of the planning committee, and both chaired and
made presentations at the conference. 
Environmental Education Project II
With funding from the governments of Jamaica and Canada, and
UNESCO, the Sustainable Teacher Environmental Education Project
(STEEP) of the JBTE/IOE has been extended to infuse education for
sustainable development (ESD) into the JBTE curricula; and to extend the
whole-college approach to ESD into three more teacher education
institutions. Project directors: Mrs. Marceline Collins-Figueroa and Dr.
Lorna Down.
Biodiversity Education Project
IOE/JBTE, in collaboration with the Jamaica Environment Trust, has
launched a biodiversity education project in teachers colleges with primary
and early childhood programmes. The J$5.9 million project is funded by
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the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica. Among other activities this
facilitated a workshop April 20–21, 2006 under the direction of Mrs.
Marceline Collins-Figueroa. IOE staff  Dr. Carol Gentles, Dr. Lorna
Down and Mrs. Collins-Figueroa facilitated workshop sessions. Mrs.
Collins-Figueroa held two other workshops for colleges in October 2005.
JBTE/IOE Global Fund Project 
A whole-school approach was employed in which various stakeholders
planned and made decisions on HIV and AIDS education. A 2-credit
HFLE/HIV AIDS curriculum was developed and implemented as well as
handbooks and other teaching/learning resources to support curriculum
delivery. The project procured materials and equipment such as
multimedia projectors, a laptop computer for three colleges and also
developed networks within colleges and between colleges and the
community, as well as conducted research on HFLE/HIV AIDS issues.
Directors:  Mrs Vileitha Davis-Morrison and Dr. Marcia Stewart,
Coordinator: Mrs. Janice Holung. 
EduVision 2005
The Institute of Education, UWI, in collaboration with the Ministry of
Education, Youth and Culture; Ministry of Commerce, Science and
Technology;  Jamaica Teachers’ Association; and ICT4D (ICT for
Development) Jamaica,  staged EduVision 2005, an International Biennial
Conference on Technology in Education and Human Services with the
theme “Improving Governance and Leadership in Education and
Training with Technology” November 2–5, 2005, at the Wyndham Rose
Hall Resort, Montego Bay. Drs. Earl Brown, Halden Morris, and Moses
Peart served as members of the organizing team. 
E-Learning
The Institute of Education participated in the launch of an E-Learning
project staged by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture and the
Ministry of Commerce, Science and Technology on February 16, 2006.
The latter Ministry invited Dr. Earl Brown to be lead consultant in
developing the Item Banking Component of the project. Additionally,
teachers colleges offering secondary programmes will be provided with
Information Technology as part of the E -Learning project.
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Public-Private Partnership (PPP)
The Institute of Education participated with the International Education
Collaborative Foundation (IECF) in partnership with ICT4D Jamaica in
the launch of the Vancouver Collaborative for Universal Technology
Education Public-Private Partnership launch of the PPP with the theme
“Everyone is a stakeholder in Education” on February 23, 2006. 
PROJECTS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Caribbean Centre of Excellence for Teacher Training (CCETT):
2005-2006. Director, Professor Errol Miller
The overall goal of the Caribbean CETT Project is to improve the teaching 
of literacy skills in early primary grades. During the four-year period of the
first phase (which ends September 2006), the project trained 754 teachers
from project schools, 224 from non-project schools, 1,755 graduates from
the teachers’ training colleges, 147 principals, 21 reading specialists and 35
university and college lecturers from across the region. Over 17,800
students from 161 institutions—147 schools and 14 teachers’
colleges—benefited from the training programme. The United States
Agency for International Development (USAID) has agreed to fund a
second phase of the project to be implemented over a three-year period
beginning October 1, 2006. 
Change from Within (CFW)
The CFW project was transferred to the Department of Educational
Studies (DES) to facilitate funding from the campus establishment
beginning from the fiscal year 2005 - 2006. Research findings, “Violence in 
Schools” and “Change from Within (CFW) Project,” were presented to
colleges and the Jamaica Teachers Association Annual Conference, Ocho
Rios,  April 18, 2006. Although the CFW project has been institutionalized
under DES, the Institute in continuing to foster collaborative research, has 
embarked on Phase 2 of the Change from Within Project. 
Mathematics Collaborative Research Venture
This collaborative venture in mathematics education, “Implementing the
Reflective Teaching Model in Four Jamaican Teachers’ College
Institutions”, proposed between Georgia State University (GSU) and the
UWI, Mona Campus through the JBTE–IOE, has been approved for
implementation. Mrs. Ceva McPherson-Kerr is the Institute’s project
director.
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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 
Dr. Earl Brown continued to lead the ICT committee. Work has been
hampered by budget cuts but the computer facilities upgrade continued,
albeit slower than desirable. The Technology Standing Committee of the
JBTE, chaired by Dr. Halden Morris, continues to coordinate ICT
activities in member institutions of the JBTE. The IOE website’s home
page was re-designed. The site was also re-addressed to the URL:
http://www.jbte.edu.jm/IOE due to hardware upgrade activity within the 
JBTE. An application has been made for the site to be directly referenced
to the UWI domain. The installation of the backbone for the Wireless
Wide Area Network (WWAN), a subproject within CCETT, was
completed during this academic year. All but two teachers colleges are now 
linked, although lack of end-user facilities will restrict communication
across all colleges.  In 2005-2006 the JBTE focused on reconfiguring the
system of servers, domain controllers and other equipment to prepare for
the proposed expansion of ICT services to the wider educational clientele,
inclusive of colleges and schools. While much of this activity was driven by 
the CCETT project, other imperatives had to be addressed independently,
such as segmenting our Internet domain from MITS, and replacing the
Virtual-U and Examination servers to preserve reliability and integrity. A
portal was bought and implemented in the Joint Board. Plans are to
develop the portal for maximum benefit. The Virtual-U system continues
to be valuable software for distance education (M.Ed. On-Line), inter-
college communications, and user training. 
PUBLICATIONS UNIT
The Unit published four issues of the Caribbean Journal of Education: a
special double issue in honour of Prof. Errol Miller, edited by Dr.
Hyacinth Evans (vol. 26, nos. 1& 2); a general issue (vol. 27, no. 1), and a
special issue on foreign language teaching and learning in the Caribbean,
edited by M-J. Nzengou-Tayo and Hugues Peters (vol. 27, no. 2).
The Unit also published Broadening the Vision for Teacher Education in the
Caribbean, edited by Dr Rose Davies and Dr Lorna Down (IOE
Publication Series, vol. 2), as well as two booklets for the Joint Board of
Teacher Education. Publications Officer was Sonia Chin, and Production
Assistant was Sherron Duffus
STAFF
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Professor Errol Miller was named Professor Emeritus on the
recommendation of the Faculty of Humanities and Education.
Dr. Halden Morris received the Most Distinguished Past Student award
of the University of Technology, Jamaica. Dr. Morris was also named
chairman for Professional Activities for the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (Jamaica Section). 
On November 1, 2005, the Institute of Education welcomed Professor
Stafford Griffith as a member of staff. He will specialize in measurements
and evaluation, and will also chair the Projects Committee of the Institute.
Professor Griffith was formerly Pro Registrar of the Caribbean
Examination Council (CXC). 
PAPERS PRESENTED 
Dr. Lorna Down
• (with Clement Lambert) “Analysing Key Stakeholders’
Perspectives on School Violence and an Innovative Intervention
Programme”. The African-Caribbean World View and the
Making of Caribbean Society Conference, UWI, Mona, January
19–21, 2006.
• (with Clement Lambert and Ceva McPherson-Kerr) “The Nature
of Violence in Jamaican Schools and an Intervention Programme: 
The Change from Within. JTA Conference, April 2006.
• (with C. McPherson-Kerr and C. Lambert) “Violence in Schools
and Its Impact on Teaching and Learning”. Professional
Development Seminar for staff and students at one school
involved in the research on “Violence in Schools and The Change
From Within Project”.  April 2006.
Dr. Earl Brown
• “Item Banking”. EduVision 2005—International Conference &
Exposition, Montego Bay, Jamaica, Nov. 2005.
Miss Vilma Charlton
• “The Impact of GC Foster College on the Physical Education on
Our Schools’ Curriculum.” JPEA’s function to commend the first 
batch of students to sit CXC in Physical Education  and Sport”,
Kingston, Oct, 2005.
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• “The Importance of Practice in Learning to Teach Physical
Education; The Case for an Extended Practicum”, JBTE Boards
of Studies Meeting, Kingston, Aug. 2005.
Dr. Rose Davies
• “The teaching practicum: Living up to expectations?”  The  Joint
Board of Teacher Education 40th Anniversary Conference,
Jamaica, August 2005.
• “The role of the teacher in childhood socialization.” Meeting of
Researchers Symposium on Childrearing Research in the
Caribbean, Roseau, Dominica, May 2006.
Mrs. Vileitha Davis-Morrison
• “Educating for Behaviour Development and Change: Approach
to HIV and AIDS Education in the Jamaican Teachers’ Colleges.” 
International Conference on Civic Education: Research and
Practices. Orlando, Florida, January, 2006.
• “Utilizing Values Analysis and Clarification Strategies in Health
and Family Life: HIV and AIDS Education.” JBTE Global Fund
Seminar/Workshop, Kingston, April 2006.
Dr. Lorna Down
• “Exploring Exemplary Practices of CCETT Literacy Teachers”.
Transforming Lives, Celebrating Achievements in Literacy
Symposium, UWI, Mona, February 2006.
• “Education for Sustainable Development Local Programmes and
Initiatives.” UNESCO/UNU ESD Research Workshop, Paris,
February 2006.
• “Transforming the culture of violence in schools: Moving from
an ‘externally imposed’ to a ‘Change from Within’ model” (with
Patrick Solomon). Thirteenth International Conference on
Learning, Sam  Sharpe Teachers’ College and Montego Bay
Community College, Montego Bay, June 2006.
• “UNESCO Guidelines and Recommendations for Reorienting
Teacher Education to Address Sustainability”. JBTE,
CIDA/GOJ/ENACT Programme/UNESCO Principals and
Staff Coordinators’ Roundtable and Workshop, Rose Hall, St.
James. June 2006.
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Prof. Hyacinth Evans
• “Challenges facing teacher education in the Caribbean”. Keynote
Address, the 5th Education Conference, Erdiston College,
Barbados, April 2006.
• “Challenges of adopting a constructivist approach in a teacher
education programme”. Conference of the Canadian Society for
the Study of Education, York University, Toronto, May 2006.
• “The Teacher as Learner”. Keynote Address, JBTE Conference,
Belize City, July 2006.
Dr. Carol Gentles
• “The New Vision of the Education Curriculum. Implications for
Teaching Practice and Supervision”. JBTE 40th Anniversary
Conference, August 25 - 26, 2005.
• “Enhancing Student Voice through Use of the Internet”.
EduVision Conference, Montego Bay, Jamaica, November 2005.
• “E- Learning: A Student’s Perspective”. School of Education
Annual Education Forum, UWI, 2006: Teachers at Risk? E-
Learning and Its Role in Education. 
Prof. Stafford Griffith
• “Developing Excellence in Teaching: Demonstrating
Competence in Managing Schools from Failure to Success”.
Keynote Address, Second Workshop of exemplary teachers and
principals in the Caribbean Centre of Excellence for Teacher
Training, Ocho Rios, Jamaica, July 2006.
• “Curricula, Standards and Assessment of the Quality of
Education”. II Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of
the Regional Education Project for Latin America and the
Caribbean (PRELAC), Santiago, Chile, May 2006.
• “Quality Assurance in the School Based Assessment Component
of a Public Examination”. Fourth Conference of the Association
of Commonwealth Examination and Accreditation Bodies
(ACEAB), Ocho Rios, Jamaica, March 2006.
Dr. Clement Lambert
• “Literacy theory, policy and practice for the 21st century [with
special reference to Jamaica]: Exploring the doors”. Keynote
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presentation, International Literacy Conference, Northern
Caribbean University, February 2006.
• “Exploring Uncharted Waters: Developing an English
Proficiency Courseware for Jamaica.” Society for Information
Technology and Teacher Education, Orlando, Florida, March
2006.
• “Expanding Educational Horizons: Bringing It All Together”.
Annual Expanding Educational Horizons Principals Conference,
Ocho Rios, Jamaica, June 2006.
Mrs. Ceva McPherson-Kerr
• “Conception of the Nature of Violence and a Violence
Prevention Programme in Jamaican Schools.” 4th International
Conference on Civic Education: Research and Practices,
Orlando, Florida, January 2006.
• “Building Learning Communities for Capacity Building with
Focus on Improving Performance in Mathematics” (with G.
Dawkins). Moneague Teachers College, Feb. 2006.
Dr. Halden Morris
• “Using Technology to Facilitate Governance and Leadership in
Technical and Vocational Education—The Harsh Realities”.
EduVision 2005, International Conference & Exposition,
Montego Bay, Jamaica, Nov. 2005. 
• “Challenges of Integrating Technology in Teaching Inside the
Jamaican Primary Schools’ Classroom”. University of
Technology, Jamaica, Research Day 2006. April 2006.
• “Interaction with Industrial Organizations”. Bachelor of
Education Seminar Series, University of Technology, Jamaica,
March 2006. 
• “Trends in Industrial Technology”, University of Technology,
Jamaica, April 7, 2006. 
• “The Engineer as an Educator”, Faculty of the Built
Environment, University of Technology, Jamaica, February 2006. 
• “Reengineering practicum for technical and vocational teachers”,
JBTE 40th Anniversary conference, Hilton Kingston Hotel,
August 25 - 26, 2005. 
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Dr. Moses Peart
• “Systematizing Technology in Education: Processes and
Experiences.”  EduVision 2005 – International Conference &
Exposition, Montego Bay, Jamaica, Nov. 2005.
• “Strategic Thinking and Planning in a Leadership Organization:
Jamaica Junior Chamber”. Strategic Planning Retreat of the
Kingston Jaycees Chapter, March,  2006.
• “Developing a Competency-based Education and Training
System and Culture.”  (VTDI) Annual Staff Development
Workshop/Seminar Series, April, 2006. 
• “Quality Management Systems: Systematization of Analysis and
Improvement processes”. National Council on Technical and
Vocational Education & Training (NCTVET) Staff Training
Seminar Series, June 2006.
Dr. Nadine Scott
• “Making it on your own.” Guest Presenter, Professional
Organization for Women of Antigua/Barbuda/ 2nd Inter-
national Women’s Conference (POWA/IWC), Antigua, October
2005.
• “Visual Arts Education Programmes in Jamaica: Historical and
Contemporary Contexts.” Education Abroad Pro- gramme,
UWI, Mona, January 2006; and JBTE Boards of Studies Meeting,
August 2006.
• “Caribbeanizing the CAPE Art & Design Examination:
Challenges and Successes.” International Society for Education
through Art (INSEA) International Congress, Viseu, Portugal,
March 2006.
Dr. Marcia Stewart 
• “Citizenship Education in Caribbean Teacher Education”. The
International Bureau on Education (IBE) forum in Geneva,
Switzerland August 2005.
• “Retention and Graduation Rates of Jamaican Teachers’
Colleges”. Biennial Conference of the Association of
Commonwealth Examination and Accreditation Bodies
(ACEAB), Jamaica Grande Hotel, Ocho Rios. March 2006.
Miss Joan Tucker 
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• “Transforming Education in Jamaica: What does this mean for
student teachers?” Seminar for Student Teachers, Shortwood
Teachers College, August 2005.
• “Music and Cultural Identity—Postcolonial Challenges and
Successes in Caribbean Curriculum Transformation,” with videos 
and taped music. University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia,
Staff Seminar, November 2005.
PUBLICATIONS
Books, Monographs and Chapter(s) in Books
Miss Vilma Charlton
* “The Importance of Practice in Learning to Teach Physical
Education: The Case for an  Extended Practicum”. In
Broadening the Vision for Teacher Education in the Caribbean,
ed. Rose Davies and Lorna Down. IOE Publication Series, vol.
2, 2006. Pp. 98-116.
* “The Impact of G.C. Foster College on Physical Education in
our Schools’ Curriculum”; Charlton, Burke, Jones; Track and
Field Jamaica, Quarterly magazine of Jamaica’s Athletics, Oct, Nov,
Dec 2005, pp 9-12.
Dr. Rose Davies
* Editor (with L. Down), Broadening the Vision for Teacher
Education in the Caribbean. Institute of Education Publication
Series, Vol. 2, UWI, Mona, 2006.
Mrs. Vileitha Davis-Morrison
* Contributor, Health and Family Life Education, Manual:
HIV/AIDS Instructional Materials, UWI HARP and JBTE.
January 2006.
Dr. Lorna Down
* Co-Editor, Broadening the Vision for Teacher Education in the
Caribbean, IOE Publication Series, vol. 2, UWI, Mona, 2006.
* “Violence in Jamaican Schools and Implications for Teacher
Education” (with Ceva McPherson-Kerr & Clement Lambert).
In Broadening the Vision for Teacher Education in the
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Caribbean, ed. Rose Davies and Lorna Down. IOE Publication
Series, vol. 2, UWI, Mona. 2006.
Professor Hyacinth Evans
* Inside Hillview High School: an ethnography of an urban
Jamaican school, Kingston, JA: UWI Press, 2006.
* Confronting post-colonial legacies in education through pre-
service teacher education: case of Jamaica (with J. Tucker). In
Urban Teacher Education and Teaching: Innovative Practices
for Diversity and Social Justice, ed. R. P.  Solomon & Dia Sekayi. 
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006. 
* Changing the education programme in teacher education: The
challenges of creating constructivist classrooms. Broadening the 
Vision for Teacher Education in the Caribbean, ed. Rose Davies 
and Lorna Down. IOE Publication Series, vol. 2, UWI, Mona.
2006.
Dr. Carol Hordatt-Gentles
* “Critical Pedagogy and Authoritarian Culture: Challenges of
Jamaican Migrant Teachers in American Urban Schools”.
Chapter 7. In Urban Teacher Education and Teaching:
Innovative Practices for Diversity and Social Justice, ed. R. P.
Solomon & Dia Sekayi. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006.
* “A Rationale for the Critical Reorientation of Teacher
Education in Jamaica”. In Broadening the Vision for Teacher
Education in the Caribbean, ed. Rose Davies and Lorna Down,
1–22. IOE Publication Series, vol. 2, UWI, Mona. 2006.
Dr. Clement Lambert
* “Violence in Jamaican Schools and Implications for Teacher
Education”. With McPherson Kerr, C., Down, L. Institute of
Education Publication Series, Vol. 2 Broadening the Vision for
Teacher Education in the Caribbean, 2006.
Mrs. Ceva  McPherson-Kerr
* “Violence in Jamaican Schools and the Implications for Teacher 
Education” With Lambert, C. & Down, L. in Institute of
Education Publication Series Vol. 2, Broadening the Vision for
Teacher Education in the Caribbean,  2006, pp 139-160.
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* “Transforming the Culture of Violence in Jamaican Schools: An 
Innovative Intervention Model”. In Research on Education in
Africa, the Caribbean and the Middle East, Book IV: The
Enterprise of Education, University of Alabama (in press).
Dr. Nadine Scott
* “Is the Jury Still Out? Team Leaders’ Opinions of External
Assessment Practices in  Teacher Education Institutions in
Jamaica”, Caribbean Journal of Education, 27(1), 51–84, 2005.
Ms. Joan Tucker
* “Confronting post-colonial legacies in education through pre-
service teacher education: case of Jamaica” (with H. Evans). In
Urban Teacher Education and Teaching: Innovative Practices
for Diversity and Social Justice, ed. R. P.  Solomon & Dia Sekayi. 
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006.
Dr. Halden Morris
* Evaluation Report on Ministry of Education, Youth & Culture
“Technical Vocational Education Rationalization Project” (with David
Benjamin). IADB, April 2006, 112 pp.
Dr. Moses Peart
* Catholic Education Development (CED) Schools Survey
Report 2005-2006. A publication of the Archdiocesan
Education Board of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of
Kingston, June 2006.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Dr. Earl Brown
– Statistical consultant to University of Technology, Jamaica
– Consultant, computer systems coordinator for lecturer/ course
evaluation systems at UTech
– Member, organizing committee of the EduVision 2005
International Conference 
– Item Banking consultant – eLearning Jamaica Project and
coordinator of item collection phase for a National Item Bank
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Miss Vilma Charlton
– 3rd Vice President, Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association
– Director, Radio Jamaica Sports Foundation
– Member, Jamaica Physical Education Association
– Member, National Sports Council
– Member, International (ICPHER.SD) in the area of Physical
Education at the Primary and Secondary Levels
– President, The Olympians Association of Jamaica
– IAAF Lecturer, Track and Field officiating
– Consultant, Multicare Foundation Sports Programmes
– Member, Institute for Workforce Education and Development
(IWED) 
Dr. Rose Davies
– Early Childhood Commissioner- member of the Board of the
Early Childhood Commission.
– Chairman of the Subcommittee on Training and Development,
Early Childhood Commission.
– Vice Chairman, Board of Directors- Shortwood Teachers’
College. 
– Chairman, Management Board of the Dudley Grant Early
Childhood Resource Centre, UWI.
– Member, Children’s Issues Coalition (CHIC), UWI, Mona 
Mrs. Vileitha Davis-Morrison
– Member, Advisory Board for Democratic Values and Practices-
Organisation of American States 
– Member, Technical Working Group for the Revision of the
Health and Family Life Education Curriculum Guide for the
Caribbean Teachers Colleges. 
– Assistant Chief Examiner –CXC Social Studies  (2003-present)
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– External Examiner, Community Council of Jamaica (2003-
present). Environmental Studies – Urbanization and the
Environment  Geography 1
Dr. Lorna Down
– Member, UNESCO International Network for Reorient- ing
Teacher Education to Address Sustainability.
– External Examiner, Mico Teachers’ College Degree Programme 
– Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Teacher Education &
Training, Daugavpils University, Latvia
– Advisory Editor, Southern African Journal of Environ- mental
Education, Environmental Education Association of Southern
Africa
Prof. Hyacinth Evans
– Member, CXC National Committee.
Prof. Stafford Griffith
– Member, Access to Information Advisory Committee
– Member, Standardization and Accreditation Committee:
National Council for Technical and Vocational Education and
Training (NCTVET).
– Member, Technical High Schools Development Committee,
HEART Trust/NTA.
Dr. Carol Hordatt-Gentles
– Chairperson, Lowe River Primary and Junior High School
Board of Management. 
Dr. Clement  Lambert
– Member, Advisory Committee Ministry of Education & Culture 
Literacy Improvement Initiative Committee.
– Team Leader, development of strategies to achieve full literacy
in Jamaica: A joint initiative of JAMAL, PIOJ and The
Correctional Services.
– National Consultant, Primary Education Support Project 
Dr. Halden Morris 
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– Chief Examiner, Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) –
Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE)  -
Electrical and Electronics Technology.
– External Examiner, Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica
– Digital Communication Systems and Circuit Analysis.
– External Evaluator (accreditation) University Council of
Jamaica.
– Chairman for Professional Activities, Region 3, Area 9 of the
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers.
– Member of Board & Chairman, Finance and Development
Committees of the Overseas Examinations Commission.
– Member of Board, ICT4D – Jamaica
– Member of Board of Studies, Caribbean Maritime Institute.
Mrs. Ceva McPherson-Kerr
– External Examiner and Professional Development personnel,
The Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica  (CCCJ).
– Assistant Chairperson of the Transportation Committee,
International (ICC) World Cricket Championships
– Member, Morant Bay High School Board.
– Member, committee for staff welfare of the Morant Bay High
School.
– Member, steering committee, Wolmer’s High School for Girls -
Parents and Teachers’ Association
– Treasurer, Manager Track and Field Committee of Wolmer’s
High School for Girls.
Dr. Moses Peart 
– Chairman, National Committee for Selection and Appointment
of Master Teachers of  Jamaica - Ministry of Education, Youth
and Culture.
– Chairman, Board of Directors of the Kingston YMCA.
– Member, Academic Committee, EXED Community College. 
Dr. Nadine Scott
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– Member of Council, National Council on Education.
– Member, National Boarding Policy (Ministry of Education and
Youth)
– Member, Fine Arts Board of Studies (University Council of
Jamaica)
– Chief Examiner and Member of Panel, CXC (CAPE), Art and
Design
– Member of School Board, Excelsior High School
– Immediate Past President, CREATE, An Association of Art
Educators and Artists Trustee, Jamaica Teachers’ Association 
Dr. Marcia Stewart
– Member, Ministry of Education Steering Committee to
establish a Tertiary Commission
– Member, Primary Education Support Project (PESP) National
Task Force, Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture
– Board of Directors, National Council on Technical and
Vocational Education and Training (NCTVET)
– Deputy Chairman, Accreditation/Quality Assurance
Committee: NCTVET
– Member, Belize Board for Teacher Education (BBTE)
Miss Joan Tucker
– Board member, National Gallery of Jamaica
– Executive, Association of Caribbean Music Educators 
HIGHER DEGREES
The Institute of Education collaborated with the Department of
Educational Studies in offering graduate studies programmes. Institute
staff supervised 68 students.
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FACULTY OF MEDICAL
SCIENCES
MONA
Year ending July 31, 2006
Professor Archibald McDonald, MBBS, FRCSEd, FACS, 
DM (Surgery) UWI   – Dean
Dean’s Overview
The 2005 / 2006 academic year was a very challenging but successfulone for the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Mona.  The highlight of the
year was the achievement of full accreditation of the MB BS
Programme by the Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in
Medicine and Other Health Professions (CAAM).  An internal quality
Assurance Review carried out by the Board for Undergraduate Studies
along with the visit of the CAAM accreditation team, proved to be catalytic 
to our efforts to continue the transformational process started the
previous year.  A significant part of the year under review was spent
revising the new curriculum and the Faculty’s regulations and making
preparations for the visit of the CAAM team.  The Faculty continued to
expand and student enrolment was increased by 27 percent over the
previous year. To cope with the expansion, improvement to the physical
plant continued with completion of the expansion and renovation of many 
areas in the Basic Sciences and the Dean’s Office.  The Students’ Lounge
was refurbished and a new computer laboratory with 24 computers
established in the Department of Basic Medical Sciences.  Wireless
internet access is now available in many areas of the Faculty.   Two
research scientists were appointed in the Office of the Dean with a
mandate to increase research capacity and output and enhance the
teaching of Research Methodology and Biostatics to undergraduate and
graduate students.  
Student Enrolment and Access
In keeping with its strategic objectives, the faculty continued to expand
and increase student enrolment.   The 27 percent growth was achieved
through a further expansion of the MB BS Programme by an increase in
the number of international students and the Full Fee Paying Programme.
There was also increased enrolment in the Baccalaureate Programmes in
Nursing, Physical Therapy and the Basic Medical Sciences.  This is shown
in the table below.
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Student Enrolment in Faculty of Medical Sciences 2005 / 2006 VS 2004 /
2005
Programme Majors & Minors No. of No. of
students 2004 students 2005
/5 /6
BBMedSci Anatomy 4 5
Biochemistry 4 6
Pharmacology 8 20
Physiology 2 4
Subtotal 18 35
BSc Nursing (Post RN) 32 43
Nursing (generic) 291 471
Nursing Administration 1 0
Physical Therapy 38 49
Subtotal 362 563
Certificate Nursing Administration 1
MB BS Bachelor of Medicine & 574 631
Surgery
TOTAL 955 1229
Further increase in enrolment is likely as the Faculty has begun to explore
the possibility of increasing the programmes offered through an expansion 
of the BBMedSci Programme which is to serve as the gateway to training in 
many of the professions allied to Medicine.  
The Faculty is positioning itself to expand its training facilities to meet the
demands of the growing Health Care Industry and to retain its position as
the leading institution of training for Caribbean Health Care Professionals. 
The UWI School of Nursing (UWISON) in collaboration with Ryerson
University has embarked on a programme to make its courses available on-
line to students of the UWI twelve while the newly established Medical
Education Unit in the Office of the Dean has undertaken training of
academic staff in the on-line placement of student lectures. The Unit is
also expected to strengthen staff development and support curricula and
other faculty programmes.
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Negotiations have started for a partnership with Sinai Hospital and
Lifebridge Health in the USA to increase throughput from the Bachelor of
Nursing Programme and to upgrade the facilities at UWISON, while
franchising of the BSc Nursing Programme to the Community Colleges
was strengthened with the signing of a memorandum of understanding
with Knox Community College.  
The School for Physical Therapy was transferred to the Faculty and is now
the fifth section in the Department of Basic Medical Sciences. A
Bachelor’s Programme in Diagnostic Imaging was approved by the Board
for Undergraduate Studies and is to commence in year 2006 / 2007.  
Enhancing Quality and Student Centredness
The first cohort of students in the new curriculum in the MB BS
Programme completed their training and sat final examinations in May /
June 2006.  A total of 80 sat the examinations, 69 passed and one student
graduated with an honours degree.  The performance of the students
appeared to be better than those trained under the old curriculum.
The new curriculum was revised to address observed weaknesses.  The
number of lectures was reduced by 10 percent, and all modules and
clerkships were transformed into university courses. Student Course and
Study Guides were produced to support the new curriculum.
The Faculty was mandated to convert to a Grade Point Average (GPA)
system in academic year 2006 / 2007 and this is now in an advanced stage
of development.  Cross Campus agreement with St Augustine, Cave Hill
and the Bahamas, is now being sought.  The assessment process has been
strengthened with the introduction of standard setting in all examinations
and delivery of course material was improved through an increase in the
use of information technology.  These changes in the curriculum will make 
more time available for students to participate in self learning, a
prerequisite to producing doctors who are life long learners. 
To ensure continuation of small group teaching in the face of increased
student numbers, the role of the clinical training sites outside the
University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) was enhanced through the 
appointment of an associate Dean and the development of a
Memorandum of Understanding with the Jamaican Ministry of Health.
Rotations through Kingston Public, Bustamante Children’s, National
Chest and Victoria Jubilee Hospitals will be increased to accommodate
additional students.  To ensure quality, student facilities at these sites will
be improved.
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A review of UWISON’s programmes was done by the Quality Assurance
Department and the School received high commendation for maintaining
consistently high quality assurance procedures.
Research 
The Faculty took the strategic decision to collaborate more closely with the 
Tropical Medicine Research Institute (TMRI), in particular the Tropical
Medicine Research Unit (TMRU) and Sickle Cell Unit.  Traditionally,
research done by the TMRI was not included in the Faculty’s statistics
resulting in an underestimation of the Faculty’s research output and the
exclusion of some researchers from eligibility for the Principal’s Annual
Research Award.  By working more closely with the TMRI it is anticipated
that the quality and quantity of research done will improve. 
With the inclusion of the TMRI’s Units the Faculty published 187 papers
in peer reviewed journals during the year; when the TMRI was excluded,
(for comparison with the previous year), there was a 17 percent increase in
publications.  The per capita research output for the Faculty was therefore
0.9 compared with 0.6 for 2004 / 2005.  The research output per
Department is shown in the table below. 
Department Publications Conference
Presentations
UWI School of Nursing (UWISON)   3  17
Basic Medical Sciences 34  29
Community Health & Psychiatry 29  48
Medicine   9  23
Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Child Health 22  23
Pathology 15  25
Microbiology 20  14
Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthesia & 26 105
Intensive Care
TMRI 37 not submitted
TOTAL             187 261
Another strategic decision was to undertake clinical trials. Currently there
are five trials underway and these are being conducted by Professors C.
Christie and F. Hickling and Drs. D. Mitchell, M. Reid and G. Wharfe who
all serve as principal investigators.  
A Centre for Clinical Trials is currently being established in the Dean’s
Office to coordinate this activity. 
Research Awards
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The Faculty produced a number of high quality research papers which
received commendation at the Principal’s Research Awards Ceremony.
The following papers received best publication awards:
Coard, K., et al “Gleason Grading of Prostate Cancer: Level of
Concordance between pathologists at the University Hospital of the West
Indies”. American Journal of Clinical Pathology 2004; 122: 373-376.
McKenzie, C. A., Forrester, T., Sergeant, G., et al (UGTIAI) “Variation
and Gallstone Formation in Sickle Cell Disease”. Blood 2005; 105:968-
972.
Knight-Madden, J., Forrester, T., Lewis, N.A. RN et al “Asthma in
children with Sickle Cell Disease and its association with Acute Chest
Syndrome” . Thorax 2005; 60; 206-210.
In addition, awards for outstanding research were presented to:
1) Professor Celia D. C. Christie and the Vaccines Infectious
Diseases Centre and the Kingston Pediatric and Perinatal
HIV/AIDS Programme – Rotovirus Vaccine Trial Pediatric
and Perinatal HIV/AIDS Leadership Initiative in Kingston,
Jamaica.
2) Professor Terrence Forrester, and the Tropical Medicine
Research Institute (TMRI)
Funded Projects
The Faculty continues to attract a significant number of research grants as
well as funds for the conduct of clinical trials. During the year
approximately US $5.9m was received and earmarked for use on funded
projects. The breakdown of this income is available in the individual
departmental reports.
Conferences, Workshops and Seminars 
Several conferences and seminars were hosted by the Faculty during
academic year 2005/2006.  Details are given in the departmental reports
but included:
The 14th Annual Research Conference and Workshop on
“Clinical Trials: Building Capacity and Competence” November,
16-18, 2005.
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UWISON’s Annual Nursing Midwifery Research Conference and 
Mary Jane Seivwright Day, (June 1-3, 2006), at which the Caribbean 
Journal of Nursing and Midwifery was launched. 
Income Generation and Diversification
Significant success was again achieved in this area.  Mandated by the
Campus to raise 100 million dollars the faculty surpassed this target by
almost 100 percent made possible from earnings from its full fee paying
arrangements in the MB BS and Nursing programmes.  Significant income
was also generated from clinical trials, research grants and consultancies
mainly through the Mona Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS).
Governance and Improved Process Efficiency
Over the years the work of the Faculty had been impeded by
communication issues and a lack of follow up.  An analysis of the problem
suggested that this situation was made worse by the governance structure
within the Faculty which has led to poor reporting mechanisms.  To
improve communications, the format of the Faculty Board meeting was
changed to include reports from Heads of Departments, Programme
Directors and Deputy Deans.  A monthly meeting between the Dean and
Heads of Departments is now held.  Monthly reports from the Heads are
circulated prior to and discussed at each meeting. 
Every area of work in the Faculty is now assigned to a
Deputy/Sub/Associate Dean who reports to the Dean and the Faculty
Board.  This has improved communications and allowed for greater
efficiency.  
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS
Undergraduate Programme
The Faculty graduated 121 undergraduate students in Academic Year
2005/ 2006:
MB BS 96
BSc Nursing   1
Certificate Nursing Education   7
Certificate Nursing Administration   6
BSc Physical Therapy  11
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Of the 108 candidates of the Class of 2009 who sat the Stage I
MBBS/BMedSci examination, 104 students were successful in the first
attempt; one gained honors with distinction and 34, honours. 
MBBS Examination Results
The MBBS examination results for Academic Year 2005 / 2006 were as
follows:
Stage II 
Dates       Dist./Hons. Pass Fail
Medicine (MD 500) June 2006   1   70   8
Surgery  (SU 500 ) June 2006 10   65   4
Obstet. & Gynaecology (OG500)  June 2006            5            69            6
Prizes Awarded
The following students from Mona were awarded Stage II prizes and
awards for Academic Year 2005 / 2006:
Allenbury Prize in Medicine Rondell Graham
Dr Aubrey McFarlane Bursary Cathy Maddan
General Surgery Prize Ian Molyneaux
Sir Maurice Byer Prize in  Derwin Christmas
Preventative Medicine
Sir Harry AnnamunthodoPrize Cathay Maddan
Overall Clinical medal Rondell Graham
Surgery Medal Cathay Maadan
Medicine Rondell Graham
Graduate Studies
The Graduate Studies programmes were reorganized and monthly
meetings of the Faculty Committee for Graduate Studies introduced. The
DM Regulations were revised and a research component added to all DM
programmes.  One DM name change was approved and the “DM
Anaesthesia” became the “DM Anaesthesia and Intensive Care”.
The Faculty awarded the following postgraduates Degrees during the
academic year:
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DM Anaesthetists   4
DM Emergency Medicine   2
DM Medicine   2
DM Obstetrics & Gynaecology   8
DM Paediatrics   7
DM General Surgery   1
DM Neurosurgery   2
DM Urology   1
DM Family Medicine   1
MSC Family Medicine   4
Master of Public Health (MPH) 25
There were 482 Graduate students registered in the Faculty during the
academic year.  This included 20 PhD students.  Number of graduates
registered in each discipline are shown below.
DM Programmes
Anaestheisia 21
Emergency Medicine 16
Family medicine   1
Haematology   4
Medicine       28
Microbiology    1
Obstetrics & Gynaecology  31
Paediatrics  23
Psychiatry    6
Surgery  73
Total         204
MPH   25
MPhil
Anatoy      2
Biochemistry  28
Pharmacology   19
Physiology      9
Public Health  17
Total  75
MSc 
122
Counselling 88
Family medicine 10
Microbiology   3
Nursing (Administration)   5
Nursing (Education) 14
Nursing (Family Nurse Practitioner)   8
Nursing (MHealth/Psychiatric Nurse Prac.)   5
Nutrition  25
Total         158
PhD
Microbiology   2
Nutrition   5
Clinical Psychiatry 13
Total 20
Conclusion
The faculty is proud of its achievements during 2005 / 2006 but recognizes 
that this in only the beginning of the transformational process. Further
improvement in the physical and information technology infrastructure,
the diversification and strengthening of its financial resources as well as the 
enhancement of its administrative processes will continue during the next
academic year.  The building of research capacity through training in
research methodology, the establishment of the Research Resource Centre 
and increased collaboration with local and international partners should
result in a significant increase in the research output; our target for the next 
two years is a per capita output of 1.5.  Other areas of emphasis will be
harmonization of the MB BS curricula on our four campuses,
strengthening the governance of the Faculty across campuses and
improvements aimed at creating the best learning experience for our
students. 
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DEPARTMENT OF BASIC MEDICAL
SCIENCES
Dr. Wayne McLaughlin, BSc Waterloo, PhD UWI 
– Head of Department
WORK OF THE
DEPARTMENT
In the 2005/2006 academic year Dr.Wayne McLaughlin succeeded Dr.
Oswald Simon as Head of Depart-
ment.  The main objectives of the
2005/2006 academic year were to
increase publication output, increase
grant proposals and improve fiscal
management to reduce over expenditure 
and most importantly to participate in
the accreditation process of the faculty.
We wish to extend special thanks to Dr.
James Mills for his dedication and hard work in this process .  In the area of 
research and publication it was also a busy one for both the academic staff
and their postgraduate students.  The members of the department
participated in several conferences and there was a significant increase in
publications.  The per capita publication rate for the department was 1.24,
up from 0.6 the previous year.  Several academic staff and postgraduate
students were successful in getting research funds from the Principal’s
New Initiative Funds, the School for Graduate Studies and Research, and
external funding agencies amounting to approximately US$174,000. Dr.
Maxine Gossell-Williams was the most successful academic staff member
with a sub-contract from University of North Carolina for US$58,299.00
to continue her work on choline supplementation and neuro-
development.  With over 80 post-graduate students research however
continues to be severely under-funded. Although the Department saw an
increase in its budget several measures were put in place to monitor
expenditure.  These included monthly management meetings and
reporting on expenditure from each section on a weekly basis.  A full
inventory of chemicals and reagents was undertaken in the Biochemistry
Section and a computerized inventory system established. This process
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will be expanded to the other departmental sections in the near future.  
In November 2005, the Department brought into service its state-of-the-
art Forensic DNA laboratory, Caribbean Genetics (CARIGEN) with
an ABI 3130 DNA analyser and the hiring of a Forensic DNA analyst, Mr.
Compton Beecher. CARIGEN is an independent forensic DNA
laboratory and has so far been involved in a landmark case by providing
DNA evidence to free a man who was incarcerated for four years after
being accused of rape.  The facility is also playing a key role by providing
laboratory courses in forensic genetics to undergraduate students in both
the MBBS and the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences (FPAS) molecular 
biology courses. The laboratory is currently preparing to provide genomic
sequencing services to researchers.
The past year also saw significant increases in undergraduate student
enrolment in all three programmes in the department (MB BS, FPAS
Biochemistry and BB Med Sci.).  Last year 169 new students were accepted 
in the MBBS programme, 188 in FPAS biochemistry programme and 18 in 
the BB Med Sci programme.  The department also continued to teach
students in the Allied Health programmes offered to nursing and
physiotherapy students.  The department was also very successful in
graduate expansion with 10 new students accepted into various research
programs. The building of the new Physiology lecture theatre, and the
refurbishing of the Pre-Clinical lecture theatre as well as the
Physiology/Pharmacology laboratory were welcomed additions to the
department’s teaching facilities. A new undergraduate computer
laboratory with 18 computer stations was established in the Department.
In addition the Histology laboratory was refurbished primarily to improve
the aesthetics and a new audio system installed.  However, the expansion
of the gross anatomy laboratory during the summer did not take place as
planned.  The good news is that a new Basic Medical Sciences complex is
being planned and construction should begin by January 2008.
The Department said farewell to Dr. Fritz Guldner, Professor of Anatomy 
and Mrs. Tazhmoye Crawford-Brown, Senior Administrative Assistant.
Professor Helen Asemota was on secondment for 9 months to Shaw
University, North Carolina, USA while Dr. Simon went on well deserved
sabbatical.  The Department welcomed back Dr. Michelle Hamilton who
was on leave and completed her MBBS degree. Dr. Hamilton was awarded
tenure and Dr. Kerith Golden was promoted to senior lecturer. Dr. Keerti
Singh joined the department as a new lecturer in Anatomy. Her main
research interest is in mesterolone therapy in oliogospermic males.
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STAFF AWARDS
Dr. Paul Brown
– American Society for Microbiologists (ASM) - Early Career
Travel Award.
Dr DalipRagoobirsingh
– Fulbright Fellowship - Non-Communicable Diseases Unit, Pan
American Health Organization (PAHO) Head- quarters,
Washington, D.C., USA.
PAPERS PRESENTED
• Bahado-Singh, P.S., Wheatley, A. O., Osagie, A.U., Boyne, M.,
Morrison, E.Y. St. A,  Ahmad, M.H. and Asemota, H.N. (2006)
Glycemic Indices of some commonly eaten Caribbean foods and
dietary intervention using low glycemic index foods to achieve
normoglycemia in type 2 Diabetics.  Morgan State University 2nd
International Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
Conference, Baltimore, U.S.A. – May 26 - 27, 2006.
• Bahado-Singh, P.S., Wheatley, A. O., Osagie, A.U., Boyne, M.,
Choo-Kan, E., Morrison, E.Y.St.A, Ahmad, M.H. and Asemota,
H.N. (2006) Effect of low glycemic index dietary advice on
glycemic control and inflammatory markers in adult type 2
diabetics in Jamaica. Northern Caribbean University 7th Science
Symposium, Mandeville, Jamaica. 
• Brown, P.D. (2006). Methicillin resistance among isolates of
Staphylococcus aureus from community and hospital sources in
Jamaica. 12th International Congress on Infectious Diseases,
Lisbon, Portugal. June 15-18, 2006.
• Brown P.D. (2006). Trends in laboratory diagnosis and
notifications of human leptospirosis. PAHO/WHO Seminar on
leptospirosis, Kingston and Montego Bay, August 3-4, 2006 
• Brown, P.D. (2006). Antimicrobial resistance. Jamaica Medical
Doctors Association Annual Symposium, Kingston, August 10,
2006.
• Campbell J., Levy A., and O. Simon. (2006) An investigation of
the anti-inflammatory potential of pimento diocia in a rat arthritic
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models. 2006 Conference of the Federation of American Society
foe Experimental Biology.
• Gossell-Williams M, Laidley D, McDaniels E, Jarrett, M and
Thomas-Osbourne P.  Survey of Pharmacists’ attitudes towards
herbal products, nutraceuticals and dietary supplements.
Pharmaceutical Society of Jamaica Retreat June 23-25, 2006
Sunset Jamaica Grande St. Ann Jamaica.
• Gossell-Williams M,  Williams- Johnson J, Simon O. Trends from
the UHWI of non-fatal intentional and accidental self poisoning
with benzodiazepines tricyclic antidepressants, paracetamol and
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (2006)  Caribbean Poison
Information Network Conference June 3, 2006.  Terra Nova
Hotel, Kingston Jamaica.
• Gossell-Williams, M, Fletcher H, Dacosta K, Zeisel S, Jacob,
Anderson-McFarlane N.  Influence of pregnancy on the fatty acid
composition of plasma phosphatidylcholine and on plasma
choline concentrations in humans. 2006 Experi- mental Biology
meeting April 1-5.
• Martin, S., P. D. Brown (2006). Antimicrobial activities of some
actinomycetes isolated from plant leaves in Jamaica: a student-
centred research project. American Society for Microbiology
Conference for Undergraduate Educators, Orlando, Florida,
USA, May 19 - 21, 2006. 
• Martin, S., P. D. Brown (2006). Antimicrobial activities of some
actinomycetes isolated from plant leaves in Jamaica. 12th
International Congress on Infectious Diseases. Lisbon, Portugal,
June 15 - 18, 2006.
• McFarlane-Anderson, N. (2005). Use of new technologies in
investigating diseases in Jamaica. Proceedings TWOWS
Conference, Bangalore, India, 2005.
• McFarlane-Anderson, N. (2006) When life begins. Perinatal
Conference, UHWI Mona,  February 2006.
• McFarlane-Anderson, N. (2006) Research ethics: National
guidelines. 2nd Research Ethics Conference, UWI Mona, May
2006.
• Ragoobirsingh, D. and A. Barceló (2006) A Diabetes Education
Curriculum for the Caribbean UWI Diabetes Outreach Project
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12th International Conference on Diabetes, March 2-5, 2006,
Ocho Rios, Jamaica. 
• Powell, S., R L Lindo, T.Dasgupta, D C Crans.  Blood glucose
lowering effect of vanadium dipicolinate NH4 {VO [dipic-
Cl]H2O} on normal and Streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
Faculty of Medical Sciences 14th Annual Research Conference
and Workshop on Clinical Trials: Building Capacity and
Competence, November 16-18, 2005.
• Reddy, Munitha K., Ruby Lisa Alexander-Lindo and
Muraleedharan G.Nair. Relative Potencies of Natural Food
Colors Based on Lipid Peroxidation, Cyclooxygenase Enzymes
and Human Tumor Cell Proliferation Inhibitory Activities.  46th
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Pharmacognosy,
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, July 23-27th, 2005.
• Singh PDA, Shirley-Singh D and Singh-Gandretti, PE (2006)
Cardiovascular effects of two plant extracts used in folklore
medicine by Caribbean ethnic populations. 21st Annual
Interdisciplinary Conference on Hypertension and Related
Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Ethnic Populations, ISHIB,
Atlanta, p. 50.
• Young, L. (2005) Effects of estrogen and testosterone on the rate
of learning and extinction time in negative patterning
discrimination in aged male rats. 35th Annual International
Meeting of the Society of Neuroscience (SfN) November 11-16,
2005 Washington D.C. USA.
Presentations made at the Faculty of Medical Sciences Annual
Conference, November 16 - 18, 2005.
• Gossell-Williams, M., H Fletcher, S Zeisel, N. McFarlane-
Anderson, A Jacob, J Patel Longitudinal Assessment of plasma
choline and metabolites in pregnant women attending the
antenatal clinic at UHWI.
• Grant, JA., YA Jackson, M Gossell-Williams. The synthesis and
Pharmacological Activity of some Novel 1, 3- Diazepinium
Chlorides. 
Presentations made at Therapeutic Patient Education 2006, April
27- 30, 2006, Florence, Italy.
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• Less, L., G. Xuereb and D. Ragoobirsingh: Jamaica’s Status
Progress within Dawn’s call to action.
• Ragoobirsingh, D. and A. Barceló (2006) Diabetes Education
Curriculum for the Caribbean
• Xuereb, G., L. Less and D. Ragoobirsingh (2006) Lay Educators
for People With Diabetes: The Caribbean Experience.
• Xuereb, G., and D. Ragoobirsingh: Best Care and Practices in the
Caribbean.
7th Biannual Scientific Conference of the Faculty of Pure and
Applied Sciences, UWI, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica, May 17- 19, 2005. 
• Campbell, S., R. L. Lindo and Tara  Dasgupta (2005).  The Effect
of Reducing Agents on the Bioactivity of S- Nitrosocaptopril. 
• Earle-Barrett, S.T., Wheatley, A.O. and Asemota, H. N. (2005)
RAPD fingerprinting of twenty-five Jamaican Dioscorea cultivars. 
• Powell, M., Wheatley, A.O., Williams, N., Omoruyi, F., Asemota,
H.N. and Tennat, P.F. (2005) Safety assessment of transgenic
papaya (Carica papaya) in rat models: Histopathology studies.
• Powell, S-A., R. L. Lindo, Tara Dasgupta, D. Crans.  Insulin-
Enhancing Effects of Vanadium Dipicolinate (NH4[dipic-
Cl].H2O) on Type1 STZ-Induced Diabetes Rats.
• Riley, C.K., Adebayo, A.S., Wheatley, A.O., Ahmad, M.H. and
Asemota, H.N. (2005) Micrometrics of some Jamaica yam
(Dioscorea spp.) starch powders and implications in tablet and
capsule formulations
PUBLICATIONS
Books and monographs
* Morrison E and D. Ragoobirsingh (2006). “The Epidemiology
of Diabetes in the Caribbean”. In: World Book on
Epidemiology of Diabetes, John Wiley & Sons Publishing
Company London, England.
* Ragoobirsingh R and Ann Fullick (2006) “Human and Social
Biology for Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate”.
Pearson/Longman Publishing for the Caribbean, London,
England.
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* Barcelo, A., C.D. Karkashian, E. Duarte de Munoz and D.
Ragoobirsingh (2006) “Atlas of Diabetes Education in Latin
America and The Caribbean”. Pan American Health
Organization Publication, Washington, DC, USA.
Refereed Journals Articles
* Alexander-Lindo, M. K, Ruby Lisa and Muraleedharan G. Nair.
(2005). Relative Inhibition of Lipid Peroxidation,
Cyclooxygenase Enzymes and Human Tumor Cell Proliferation 
by Natural Food Colors. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
53, 9268- 9273.
* Ashby M. K. (2006) Distribution, structure and diversity of
Bacterial genes encoding two-component proteins in the
Euryarchaeota Archaea [http://www.archea.ws] 
* Ashby M. K. and Jean Houmard. (2006) Cyanobacterial two
component proteins: structure, diversity, distribution and
evolution. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 70: 472-509.  
* Badal S, P. D. Brown and D. Ragoobirsingh (2006). Exogenous
nitric oxide inhibits IRS-1 expression in rat hepatocytes and
skeletal myocytes. Journal of Biomedical Science 13(4): 561-568.
* Badal S, P. D. Brown and D. Ragoobirsingh (2006). Nitric oxide
agents impair insulin-mediated signal transduction in rat skeletal 
muscle. BMC Biochemistry 7:17-44.  
* Brown P. D. and C. Ngeno. (2006) Antimicrobial resistance in
clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from hospital and
community sources in southern Jamaica. International Journal of
Infectious Diseases DOI:10.1016/j.ijid.2006.04.005
 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2006.04.005
* Brown, S., B. Been, and W. McLaughlin (2006) Detection and
variability of the lethal yellowing group (16Sr IV) phytoplasma
in the Cedusa sp. (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Derbidae) in
Jamaica. Annals of Applied Biology. 149: 53-62.
* Buglyo P, Debbie C.Crans, Eszter M. Nagy, Ruby Lisa Lindo,
Luqin Yang, Jason J. Smee, Wenzheng Jin, Lai-Har Chi, Michael
E. Godzala III and Gail R. Willsky. (2005).  Aqueous Chemistry
of the Vanadium (III) (V(III)) and the V (III)-Dipicolinate
Systems and a Comparison of the Effect of Three Oxidation
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States of Vanadium Compounds on Diabetic Hyperglycemia in
Rats.  Inorganic Chemistry 44 (15):  5416-5427.
* Dilworth, Lowell, Felix O. Omoruyi, Helen N. Asemota, (2006). 
In vitro availability of some essential minerals in commonly eaten 
processed and unprocessed Caribbean tuber crops. BioMetals p.
1 - 6, DOI 10.1007/s10534-006-9012-4:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10534-006-9012-4
* Dilworth, L., Omoruyi, F.O. and Asemota, H.N. (2005).
Digestive and transport enzymes in rats fed Phytic acid extract
from sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) Diabetologia Croatica 34 (2):59-
65.
* Gossell-Williams, M., O. Simon, L. Young, M. West. (2006).
Choline supplementation facilitates memory consolidation into
intermediate long-term memory of young Sprague-Dawley rats.
West Indian Medical Journal. 55(1):4-8.
* Gossell-Williams, M., H. Fletcher, N. McFarlane-Anderson, A.
Jacob, J. Patel, S. Zeisel (2005).  Dietary intake of choline and
plasma choline concentrations in pregnant women in Jamaica.
West Indian Medical Journal. 54 (6): 353-359.
* Gossell-Williams, M., A. Davis and N. O’Connor. (2006)
Inhibition of testosterone-induced hyperplasia of the prostate
of Sprague- Dawley rats by pumpkin seed oil Journal of Medicine
Foods 9(2):284-6
* Kahwa E.K, L.A. Sergeant, A. McCaw-Binns, N. McFarlane-
Anderson. (2006). Anticardiolipin antibodies in Jamaican
primiparae. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 26: 122-126.  
* McAnuff, M. A., Harding, W.W., Omoruyi, F. O., Jacobs, H.,
Morrison, E.Y., Asemota, H.N., (2005) Hypoglycemic effects of 
steroidal sapogenins isolated from Jamaican Bitter yam
(Dioscorea polygon ides). Food and Chemical Toxicology  43, 1667-1672.
* McGrowder D, K. Barrett, P. Brown and D. Ragoobirsingh
(2005).  Exogenous Nitric Oxide Inhibits Glucose Uptake
Peripheral Tissues of Diabetic Rat Models. Diabetologica Croatica
34(3):77-85.
* McGrowder D, P. Brown and D. Ragoobirsingh (2006).
Therapeutic Uses of Nitric Oxide donating Drugs in the
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Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases. International Journal of
Pharmacology 2(3):268-275.
* McGrowder D, D. Ragoobirsingh and P. Brown (2006). Acute
effects of exogenous nitric oxide on glucose uptake in skeletal
muscle of normoglycaemic and diabetic rats. Medical Science
Monitor 12(1): BR28-35.
* McGrowder D, D.Ragoobirsingh & P.Brown (2006).
Therapeutic uses of nitric-oxide-donating drugs in the treatment 
of cardiovascular diseases. International Journal of Pharmacology
2(3): 268-275.
* McGrowder D, P. Brown and D. Ragoobirsingh (2006).
Modulation of Glucose Uptake in Adipose tissues by Nitric
Oxide Generating Compounds. Journal of Biosciences 31 (3):347-
354.
* McGrowder, D., D. Ragoobirsingh, T. Dasgupta and P. Brown
(2004). The Effect of Nitric Oxide on Glucose Metabolism.
Journal of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry.  263, 29-34.
* Miles T, W. McLaughlin and P. D. Brown (2006). Antimicrobial
resistance of Escherichia coli from broiler chickens and humans.
BMC Veterinary Research 2:7.
* Morrison, S. S., Mullineaux, C. W., and Ashby, M. K. (2005).
The influence of acetyl phosphate on DspA signalling in the
cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803. BMC Microbiology, 5:
47.
* Murray, CSG, Singh PDA, Coard KCM and Aiken WK (2006)
An investigation of the ability of Lescol® (fluvastatin) to initiate
programmed cell death in human prostate cancer.  West Indian
Med Journal 55(S2): 63.
* Myrie, W. A., L. Paulraj, M. Dollet, D. Wray, B. O. Been, and W.
McLaughlin (2006). First report of coconut lethal yellowing
disease caused by phytoplasma on Nevis Island. Plant Disease. 90: 
834.
* Nichols S. D, Boyne MS, Thame M, Osmond C, Wilks RJ,
Bennett FI, McFarlane-Anderson N, Young RE, Forrester TE.
(2005) Cold-induced elevation of forearm vascular resistance is
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inversely related to birth weight. Journal of Human Hypertension
19:309-14.
* O’Connor A, McFarlane-Anderson N, Duff EM, Wright-
Pascoe R., Wint Y. B.(2006) High levels of F2-isoprostanes in
Jamaican adults with diabetes mellitus. International Journal of
Diabetes and Metabolism 14: 51-54.
* Ragoobirsingh D, E. Y. St. A Morrison, P. Johnson and E.
Lewis-Fuller (2006). Dietary Intake and Chronic Diseases in
Jamaica-An Island-wide Survey. Journal of Food, Agriculture and
Environment. 4(2): 31-33.
* Reddy, M. K., Ruby Lisa Alexander-Lindo and Muraleedharan
G.Nair. (2005). Relative Inhibition of Lipid Peroxidation,
Cyclooxygenase Enzymes and Human Tumor Cell Proliferation 
by Natural Food Colors. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
53, 9268- 9273.
* Russell K. R. M, E. Y. St. A. Morrison and D. Ragoobirsingh
(2005).  The Effect of Annatto on Insulin Binding Properties in
the Dog.  Phototherapy Research 19, 433-436.
* Williams O. J., G. S. V. Raghavan, K. D. Golden and Y. Gariepy
(2005).  Modified atmosphere storage of Cavendish bananas
using silicone membrane and diffusion channel systems.
Postharvest Biology and Technology. 35 (3), 309 – 317.
* Wissart, J., Omkar Parshad Santosh Kulkarni and (2005).
Prevalence of Pre-and postpartum depression in Jamaican
women. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 5:15.
Other Peer Reviewed Publications/Abstracts
WIMJ = West Indian Medical Journal
* Bahado-Singh, P.S., Wheatley, A.O., Osagie, A.U., Boyne, M.,
Choo-Kan, E, Morrison, E.Y.St.A., Ahmad, M.H. and
Asemota, H.N. (2006) Effect of low glycemic index foods in the
management of type 2 diabetes in the Caribbean. WIMJ 55:
(Suppl): 41 - 42.
* Bramwell GA, Levy N, Wirenga A, Fletcher H, McFarlane-
Anderson N. (2006) Folate, homocysteine and MTHFR
polymorphisms in women with pre-eclampsia. WIMJ; 55: 21.
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* Pepple, D.J., A.M. Mullings and H.L. Reid. Fetal Haemoglobin
level on pre-eclampsia. WIMJ 2006; 55(2): 130.A
* Powell, S., R. L Lindo, T. Dasgupta, D. C. Crans. (2005) Blood
glucose lowering effect of vanadium dipicolinate NH4 {VO
[dipic-Cl]H2O} on normal and Streptozotocin-induced diabetic
rats. WIMJ 53: (Suppl. 5).
* Watt A, Fletcher H, Smikle M, Jackson MD, McFarlane-
Anderson N. (2006) Sexually transmitted diseases in women
attending the UHWI antenatal clinic. WIMJ; 55: 28.
INCOME GENERATION
Research Grants:
Professor Helen Asemota and Dr. Andrew Wheatley
(Collaborator):
– Environmental Health Foundation – “Nutritional Supplement
as a tool for harm reduction in illicit drug addiction: Derivation
of mechanism of action in animal model”. J$300,000 for 2 years.
– Campus Committee for Research and Publication and Graduate 
Award for Curtis Green. “Metabolic assessment of the citrus
peel PMFs on diabetes associated hypercholesterolemia in rats”
US$2,000.
– Campus Committee for Research and Publication and Graduate 
Award for Dwayne Stennett. “In vivo metabolic effects of bitter 
yam (Dioscorea polygonoides) propriety preparation and organs
integrity in animal models of hypercholesterolemia. US$
1554.00
Dr. Paul Brown:
– Campus Committee for Research and Publication and Graduate 
Award for Ewan Finlayson. “Molecular characterization of
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from UHWI”.
US$1,529.10.
– New Initiative Fund – “Molecular and immunological analyses
of pathogenic Leptospira in Jamaica” US$22,885.
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Dr. Maxine Gossell- Williams
– Sub-contract from University of North Carolina – “Choline
supplementation and neurodevelopment study” US$58,299.00
Dr. Lisa Lindo:
– Campus Committee for Research and Publications and
Graduate Award for Kesi Brown. “The effect of nitric oxide
releasing compounds on the central nervous system, pre-
eclampsia, platelet aggregation, blood glucose concentra- tion
and other haemodynamic parameters”. US$2,000.00.
– Campus Committee for Research and Publications and
Graduate Award for Tashna Gentles “The isolation,
purification and elucidation of the hypoglycaemic principle’s in
Picrasma excelsa (Bitterwood)”. US$2,000.00.
– Campus Committee for Research and Publications and
Graduate Award for Sophia Bryan “The Effects of Nitric Oxide
Synthase (NOS) inhibitors on glucose metabolism and insulin
levels in rats”. US$2,000.00.
Professor Norma McFarlane-Anderson
– New Initiative Funding – “Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
infection among pregnant and non-pregnant women in Jamaica. 
US$ 21,750.
– Campus Committee for Research and Publications and
Graduate Award for AngellaWatt. “Investigating the prevalence 
of human papillomavirus (HPV) in pregnant and non-pregnant
women in Jamaica. US$2000.00.
– Campus Committee for Research and Publications and
Graduate Award for Garfield Simon to visit to London
Metropolitan University (LMU) for 3 three months to conduct
research on phytoestrogen in common Jamaica foods.
J$58,345.00. LMU also provided subsistence of Sterling
1000/month.  
– Campus Committee for Research and Publications and
Graduate Award for Angela Dawkins. “Phytoestrogen level in
post menopausal women” US$2000.00
Dr. Wayne McLaughlin
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– Integrated Pest Management (IMP) Collaborative Research
Support Project (CRSP) Sub Award Co-PI from Virginia Tech -
“Insect-transmitted viruses in Central America, Caribbean and
sub-Saharan Africa. US$12,650.
– Coconut Industry Board, Jamaica. “Identification and
characterization of insect vector(s) of lethal yellowing (LY)
disease of coconuts in Jamaica” J$1,600,000.00.
– Ministry of Agriculture – Citrus Replanting Project “Research
Services in Plant Pathology” (Jointly with Dr. Paula Tennant)
US$29,600.00.
Dr. Omkar Parshad
– Campus Committee for Research and Publications and
Graduate Award for Garsha McCalla. “Anti-Diabetic Properties 
of Neem (Azadirachta indica) leaf extract on STZ induced
diabetic rats" US$722.33
Dr. Oswald Simon
– Campus Committee for Research and Publications and
Graduate Award for Janet Shelly. “Investigation of pimento oil
and eugenol on monoarthritic rats” US$600.00 and J$41,542.00
Dr. Paul Singh
– Campus Committee for Research and Publications and
Graduate Award for Christopher Murray. “A preliminary
investigation of possible apoptotic activity of fluvastatin on
human prostatic adenocarcinoma”. US$2000.00
– Mark Grey “A pharmacological investigation of the hypotensive 
properties of manilkara zapotal” US$2000.00
Other income:
Summer School
– Introductory Biochemistry (BC10M) – $139,224.52
Consultancy Fund
– Rental of Lecture Theatres $367,758.69
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PUBLIC SERVICE
Dr. Paul Brown
– Member, Technical working group on Leptospirosis, Jamaica
Mr. Michael Gardner 
– Executive Member, Jamaica Historical Society 
Dr. Kerith Golden 
– Vice Chairman, Stock Form Road Citizens Association, Golden
Spring, St. Andrew 
– Member, Editorial Advisory Board for Stewarts Post harvest
Review.
Dr. Maxine Gossell-Williams
– Vice President, Optimist Club of North St. Andrew
– Member, Pharmacology Section representative – Central Drug
and Therapeutics Committee- Ministry of Health.
Professor McFarlane-Anderson
– Member, International Proxy Parents – Education Committee
– Member, Stella Maris  HIV AIDS Ministry
– Member, Friends of Foundation for International Self Help
(FISH).
Dr. Wayne McLaughlin
– Deputy Chairman, National Commission on Science and
Technology, Jamaica - Biosafety Committee
– Council Member, Jamaica Society for Agricultural Sciences
Dr. Dalip Ragoobirsingh
– Chief Examiner, Caribbean Examination Council, CSEC
Human & Social Biology.
Dr. Oswald Simon
– Observer, Technical Advisory Committee for the CARICOM
Drug Testing Laboratory 
Dr. Paul Singh 
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– Member, Caribbean Poison Information Network Management 
Committee
CATEGORIES OF STUDENTS
Undergraduate degree programmes:
MBBS:
The Class of 2009 end of year examination pass rate was 78% and the Class 
of 2010 end of year examination pass rate was 66%. 
BB Med Sci.
The first cohort of the BBMed Sci graduated. Dianne Laidley was awarded
first class honours in Pharmacology and Marlon Jarrett was awarded an
Upper Second Class honours in Pharmacology.
BSc Biochemistry/Biotechnology/Molecular Biology:
The following students were awarded first class honours:
Kimberley Rudder – Biochemistry
Kayann Nelson – Biochemistry/Zoology
Sean Swaby – Biochemistry/Zoology
Aisha Bailey – Biochemistry/Zoology
Postgraduate:
The following students were awarded the PhD degree in Biochemistry:
Cliff Riley
Lowell Dilworth
Rachael Irving
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
AND PSYCHIATRY
Professor Denise Eldemire-Shearer, BA Bishop’s (C), MB BS, 
PhD UWI  – Head of Department
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT TEACHING
The main undergraduate teachingactivity related to preparing for the
Caribbean Accreditation Authority for
Medicine and Health Professions (CAAM) 
exercise and then beginning the process of
implementation of and meeting the
challenge of student increased load. All
modules were reviewed and detailed
objectives written and new special study
modules were offered. The Undergraduate 
Programme was particularly challenged by
both inadequate financial resources and
available computers.
The Postgraduate Programmes continued as before with two (2) PhD’s
completing, including the first PhD in Clinical Psychology. 
Postgraduate teaching continues in Psychiatry, Public Health, and Family
Medicine. The DM Family Medicine was suspended for academic review.
The Mona Ageing and Wellness Centre were established within the
Department, and began offering placements to Undergraduate and
Postgraduate students.
THE UWI/HARP PROJECT 
The UWI/HARP group taught part of the Foundation Course entitled
“Science, Medicine & Technology in Society” (Course FD 12A) to
students for all Faculties except Medical Sciences.  Their two-hour session, 
which was repeated in both semesters, was on the theme, “Health and
Disease in the Caribbean.”    
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SERVICES
The department offers a number of service programmes.  Clinical services
to the public  continues through  the Health Centre and the Psychiatric
Department. The Community Psychiatric Service restarted in Jamaica in
2006, and a new programme was introduced by the section of Psychiatry –
CARIMENSA.  
The Caribbean Institute of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
(CARIMENSA) has been designed as a UWI outreach institution to
provide the teaching platform for the applied psychology programme of
Cultural Therapy, and the primary prevention platform for using cultural
therapy for mental health and substance abuse risk reduction ( violence,
HIV AIDS, drug abuse etc.) in all age groups at the community level.
Publications of an HIV Policy for the entire University – available on the
Mona Campus and St. Augustine Campus websites (www.mona.uwi.edu,
www.sta.uwi.edu). HIV/AIDS-related materials development and training 
of Principals and Guidance  Counsellors of all teacher-training institutions
in Jamaica.  Collaboration with the Joint Board of Teacher
Education/HIV clinical care guidelines for the Caribbean-produced by a
team of clinical experts and published on the CHART website
(www.chartcaribbean.org).
Outreach to out of school youth - seeking ways to include HIV/AIDS
education in existing skills-building programmes.  Collaboration with the
education Development Center, Inc., U.S.A.
Work on the non-governmental organizations in Jamaica
a) Learning how NGOs interface successfully with the Education
Sector
b) Needs assessment among selected NGOs working in the field
of HIV/AIDS with a view of offering further training in
leadership and management. 
COMMUNITY
Community Outreach is also offered through the Mona Ageing and
Wellness Centre of the Department.  Ten (10) families were assisted
through this activity. 
Students
Postgraduate Enrolled Completed  
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MSc Clinical Psychology      20        –  
PhD Clinical Psychology      10         1
DM Psychiatry           6         2
Masters in Public Health (MPH)   28        25
MPhil/PhD Public Health   12          1
MSc/DM Family Medicine           8          5
Undergraduate
One hundred and fifty (150) students, rotating through each of the five (5)
years.
Certificate Courses
Community Care of the elderly  18
Emergency Medical Services 631
(trained locally)
In association with PAHO              240
(trained regionally)
The CHART Coordinating Unit continues to oversee education and
training for several categories of health care workers in collaboration with
regional and international partners.  Between June 2003 and June 2005, the 
CHART Network of Centres in the 
Bahamas, Barbados, Haiti and Jamaica has conducted over 170 training
events, reading more than 1500 persons from 22 countries and territories
in the Caribbean.
Evaluations
Evaluations by undergraduate students were in the upper range for both
programmes and lecturers. The overall clerkship, both Psychiatry and
Community Health averaged 4.2, while lecturers averaged 4.5.  
A perfect score of five (5) was received by one staff member.
PAPERS PRESENTED
Bain, B. 
• The Caribbean and HIV/AIDS: Plight and Response
Symposium. Cheyney University, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
International Consortium of Caribbean Professionals. Nov. 2005.
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• Developing the best models of care  for patients with HIV in the
Caribbean. Ena Thomas Memorial Symposium.  Kingston,
Jamaica.  Nov. 2005.
• Reflections on stigma and discrimination in relation to HIV.
Workshop on the Clinical Management of HIV infections in the
Bahamas, February 11, 2006
• HIV/AIDS: a multifaceted challenge – an overview of the
scientific, social, financial and behavioral issues raised by the
current pandemic. Symposium on HIV/AIDS. Faculty of
Medical Sciences, UWI, Mount Hope, Trinidad & Tobago.
• The Caribbean HIV/AIDS Regional Training Network.
Members of the Island Council, the Private Sector and the Media,
St Maarten, Netherlands Antilles. March 24, 2006.
• Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS and other STIs in the English-
speaking Caribbean – Current status and Challenges. Grace
Baptist Church, Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.A.  June 22, 2006.
• (with McGaw, B). Accelerating Training in HIV/AIDS
Prevention, Care and Treatment through a Multilingual,
Multidisciplinary, Pan-Caribbean Network. Eighth Con- ference
of the UWI Medical Alumni
•  Association, St. George’s, Grenada, Nov. 2005.
De La Haye W.
• Early Age of Onset of Substance Abuse in Clients Treated in an
Adolescent Substance Abuse Clinic in a General Hospital in
Jamaica. World Psychiatric Association/Latin American
Psychiatric Association Zonal Conference, Caracas, Venezuela
March 23, 2006.
• Treatment and Rehabilitation of Substance Abusers with Special
Focus on Women and Adolescents.  CARICOM / OAS Meeting
of Regional Drug Councils, Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort,
Montego Bay, Nov. 29, 2005.
• (with Day, M.),  A Comparison of Primary Healthcare Needs of
Street Out-of-treatment Drug Using Individuals in Three
Caribbean Islands. 51st Annual Scientific Meeting of the
Caribbean Health Research Council, St. Kitts April 27, 2006.
142
• (with Harris J.).  Early Age of Onset of Substance Abuse in Clients 
Treated in an Adolescent Substance Abuse Clinic in a General
Hospital in Jamaica. Faculty of Medical Sciences Research
Conference. UWI, Mona.  Nov. 17, 2005.
Eldemire-Shearer, D.
• Ageing and gender as complimentary to health.  World Health
Organization (WHO) Ageing and Life Course Programme, The
International Federation on Ageing (IFA) 8th Global Conference
– Copenhagen, Denmark, May 30 – June 2, 2006.
• The Opportunities of Ageing.  World Health Organization
(WHO) Ageing and Life Course Programme, The International
Federation on Ageing (IFA) 8th Global Conference –
Copenhagen, Denmark, May 30 – June 2, 2006.
• Age-friendly cities: perspectives from a developing country. 
World Health Organization (WHO) Ageing and Life Course
Programme, The International Federation on Ageing (IFA) 8th
Global Conference – Copenhagen, Denmark, May 30 – June 2,
2006.
• Seniors in emergencies. World Health Organization (WHO)
Ageing and Life Course Programme, The International
Federation on Ageing (IFA) 8th Global Conference –
Copenhagen, Denmark, May 30 – June 2, 2006.
Hickling, FW.
• “Misdiagnosis in African Caribbean patients with schizophrenia
in England: completing the puzzle. World Psychiatric Association 
Conference Cairo Sept. 2005
• “Medical and Mental Health Consequences of Post-conflict
situations: Jamaica and the Caribbean”. World Psychiatric
Association Conference Cairo Sept. 2005
• The use of postcolonial social psychotherapy to challenge the
stigma of mental illness in Jamaica. Smith College Sept. 2005.
• Mental Health Research in the Caribbean. Association of
Psychiatrists Trinidad & Tobago Conference Oct. 2005.
• Mental health research in the Caribbean.  Pan American Health
Organization Conference Brazil Nov. 2005.
143
• Innovative experiences on mental health services develop- ment.
Pan American Health Organization Conference Brazil Nov. 2005.
• (Robertson-Hickling, H.). The African-Caribbean Popula- tion in
Britain: Resilience and Risk UWI, Caribbean Migration: Forced
And Free, June 13, 2006
• Mental Health Consequences of African Slavery in Jamaica.
North East Region Health Authority, Jamaica, Conference Ocho
Rios, Nov. 2005.
• Substance Abuse and its impact on Mental Health in Jamaica.
Regional Meeting of the Directors of National Drug Councils;
Caribbean Community Secretariat & Jamaica National Council on 
Drug Abuse. Partnering for Change Conference Montego Bay
Nov. 28 – 30 2005.
• The European-American Psychosis: A Psychohistorio- graphic
perspectives of Contemporary Western Civilization. Conference
to honor Professor Barrington Chevannes. Department of
Sociology, Psychology and Social Work, University of the West
Indies, Mona, Kingston 7. January19-21, 2006.
• Colonialism and Mental Health in Jamaica. Annual Conference of
Clergy of the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, Ocho
Rios February 14, 2006.
• “We never know we woulda reach dis far: The Psychology of
Stardom in Jamaican popular culture” Annual Bob Marley
Lecture, Reggae Studies Unit, UWI, Mona, Jamaica, Feb. 17,
2006. 
• The Post Colonial Challenge to the Stigma of Mental Illness in
Jamaica. American Psychiatric Association 159th Annual Meeting 
Toronto Canada May 20 - 25, 2006, page 137
Jackson, M.
• Manchester Health & Lifestyle Behaviour Survey, Following a
Health Promotion Intervention. Third Country Training
Programme – Third Course. June 23, 2006.  Ministry of Health,
Jamaica.
• Diet and obesity: A global challenge. University of Botswana, May 
23, 2006.  Botswana.
Lowe, G.
144
• Anxiety Disorders in Children. PAHO Child and Adolescent
Conference,  October 2005.
• Adolescent Depression. Caribbean Psychiatric Association
Conference Workshop, August 2005.
• Causes and Consequences of Depression. Caribbean Psychiatric
Association Conference, August 2005.
Maharaj S.
• Review of Core Mandates and Core Functions of the Caribbean
Health Research Council.  Grand Barbados Hotel, Nov. 21-23,
2005.
Scarlett, H.
• Asbestos and its health effects at the Western Regional Public
Health Inspectors training seminar held Sept., 2005 in Montego
Bay and at the North-east Regional Public Health Inspectors
training seminar held Oct., 2005 in Annotto Bay.
• Radiological Threats at the Southern Regional Public Health
Inspectors training seminar held Oct. 27, 2005 in Mandeville.
• Alcohol induced liver toxicity: 59th Annual General Conference of 
the Jamaica Association of Public Health Inspectors on Oct. 26,
2005.
• Radiological Threats at the biennial conference of the Caribbean
Association of Medical Technologists on Oct. 27, 2005 in
Montego Bay.
• Analysis and use of occupational injury data at Workers meeting
organized by PAHO/MOH at the Jamaica Conference Centre,
Dec. 6, 2005.
Smart, Cherry Ann
• Addressing Information Dissemination and Research on Ageing
in the Caribbean, Conference of the Association of Caribbean
University, Research and Institutional libraries (ACURIL).
Wyndham Resort, Aruba; May 28 – June 2, 2006.
Paul TJ
• (with Mitchell A, Maharaj SR.) “Building diversity in community 
health teaching: The contribution of special study modules
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(SSMs).” 51st Annual Caribbean Health Research Council
Meeting. St Kitts Marriott Resort, April 2006.
• (with Matthews A, Mitchell AD, Maharaj SR, Williams-Green
P.)  “Medical students’ audit of chronic disease care in a service-
learning environment.” 10th Annual Meeting of the International
Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE), University
of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, July 16 -18, 2006.
• (with Mitchell AD, Maharaj SR, La Grenade J.) “The ebb and
flow of medical students into the Caribbean region: the
development of on-shore and off-shore medical schools.”  10th
Annual Meeting of the International Association of Medical
Science Educators (IAMSE), University of Puerto Rico School of
Medicine, July 16-18, 2006.
• (with Mitchell AD, Segree W, Maharaj SR) “Medical students’
feedback on rural clinic experiences in Jamaica.”  10th Annual
Meeting of the International Association of Medical Science
Educators (IAMSE), University of Puerto Rico School of
Medicine, July 16-18, 2006. 
• (with Maharaj SR) “Whose standards for accreditation of medical
undergraduate training in the Caribbean?” 6th ACHEA
Conference on Managing Higher Education in a Rapidly
Changing Global Landscape; St Kitts Marriott Resort. July 5th -
8th 2006. 
• (with La Grenade J, Maharaj, S. Mitchell A.) “Medical students’
feedback on a revised health services management module.” UWI 
Medical Alumni Association International Medical Conference:
Nov. 2005. 
• (with Maharaj S, Mitchell S) “Reflecting on rural health in
Jamaica – re-opening medical students’ diaries.” UWI Medical
Alumni Association International Medical Conference: Nov.
2005.
PUBLICATIONS
WIMJ = West Indian Medical Journal
Peer Reviewed
146
* Heslop O.D., Smikle M.F., Deer D., Christian M.A., Vickers
I.E., Harvey K.M., Figueroa J.P., Christie C.D.C., Bain B.,
Barton E.N.  Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1)
Sub-types in Jamaica.  WIMJ; 54 (5):277-352, (2005)
* Jackson M.  Screening, Referral and Early Intervention for
Children 0–8 years old at Risk for Under- and Over- Nutrition
and Poor Growth in Jamaica. Caribbean Children: Journal of
Children's Issues Coalition 2006; 3 (special issues): 45-67.
* Hickling FW: Axel Klein, Marcus Day, Anthony Harriott,
Editors, Caribbean Drugs. From Criminalization to Harm
Reduction, Zed Books/Ian Randle Publishers, London/
Jamaica (2004).  International Journal of Drug Policy. 16(6), 436-437,
Dec. 2005 
* Hickling FW, The epidemiology of schizophrenia and other
common mental disorders in the English-speaking Caribbean,
Pan American Journal of Public Health 2005, 18(4/5), 256-261
* Abel WD, Gibson R, Hickling, FW. Depression: A major
Public Health Problem Facing the Caribbean. Editorial, WIMJ
54: 353-354, Dec. 2005
* Jackson  M,  Ashley  D. Physical and psychological violence in
Jamaica’s health sector. Rev Panam Salud Publica 2005;18(2):114-
21.
* Lowe G, Gibson R. Depression in Adolescence: New
Developments. WIMJ; March 2006.
* McCaw-Binns A.  Safe Motherhood in Jamaica: from slavery
to self-determination. Paediatric and perinatal Epidemiology 2005;
19(4):254-261.
* Mitchell A, Paul TJ, La Grenade J, McCaw-Binns A, Williams-
Green P.  Assumptions about disease treatment challenged in a
family health clerkship: views of first clinical year medical
students.  Education for Health 2005; 18(1): 14-21.
* Kahwa EK, Sargeant LA, McCaw-Binns A, McFarlane-
Anderson N, Smikle MF, Forrester TE, Wilks RJ. Anti
cardiolipin antibodies in Jamaica primipare. Journal of Obstetrics
and Gynecology 2006; 26(2): 122-126.
147
* Paul, TJ, Scarlett, H and Bain BC. “Re-opening the anthrax
files in Jamaica – tracking a forgotten disease.” Veterinary History. 
Vol 13:2 pp 134-140, 2006.
* Paul, TJ, Mitchell, A, LaGrenade, J, McCaw-Binns, A,
Falloon, D and Williams-Green, P.  “More questions than
answers? Expanding students’ reflections from a community
health experience.” Education for Health 19(2):244-250, 2006.
* Paul, TJ, Mitchell A, Nembhard OD.  “ The range of clinical
procedures conducted by physicians in a group general practice
setting.” General Practice On-Line.
 http://www.priory.com/fam/procedure.pdf. 2005.
* Paul, TJ, Nembhard OD. “The profile of frequent attenders in
a group general practice.” General Practice On-Line.
http://www.priory.com/fam/attender.htm., 2005.
Non-Peer Reviewed
* Bain. B. HIV/AIDS and Workforce Productivity.  Caribbean
Journal of Technical and Vocational Education and Training, 2005;
1(1): 46-52. 
* Paul TJ. “Relationship medicine” The Yale Journal of Humanities
in Medicine.
 http://info.med.yale.edu/intmed/hummed/yjhm/regular/tpa
ul.htm., 2006
Books
* Hickling, F.W. and Sorel, E. (Eds.). Images of psychiatry: the
Caribbean Kingston: Department of Community Health and
Psychiatry, University of the West Indies. 2005.
Book Chapters
* Bain, B.  HIV/AIDS – the Rude Awakening/Stemming the
Tide in Health issues in the Caribbean, Ed O. Morgan.
Kingston, Miami; Ian Randle Press 2005.
* Eldemire-Shearer, D.  Ageing – The Reality in Health issues in
the Caribbean, Ed O. Morgan. Kingston, Miami; Ian Randle
Press 2005.
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* Eldemire-Shearer, D, Gibson, RC.  Geriatric Psychiatry in
Hickling, F.W. and Sorel, E. (Eds.) Images of psychiatry: the
Caribbean. Kingston: Department of Community Health and
Psychiatry, University of the West Indies. 2005. 
* Hickling F.W. Tertiary Training For Global Health Needs:
The Role of The University of The West Indies In Training
Medical Professionals of The Caribbean Diaspora. Tertiary
Training For Global Health Needs Ed Holding R, Hall, K.
Kingston: Ian Randall Publications 2005.
* Hickling, FW “Mental Health in the Caribbean – New
Paradigms”  Health issues in the Caribbean, Ed O. Morgan.
Kingston, Miami; Ian Randle Press 2005
* Hickling, FW “Tertiary Training for Global health Needs: The
Role of the University of the West Indies in Training Medical
Professionals in the Caribbean Diaspora”. P 104-118. Revisiting 
Public Education Policy in Jamaica: Towards Personal Gain or
Public Good? Eds. Rheima Holding and Olivene Burke.
Kingston, Miami, Ian Randle Publishers 2005
* Hutchinson G, Hickling FW. - Epidemiology of mental illness. 
In: Hickling, F.W. and Sorel, E. (Eds.) Images of psychiatry: the
Caribbean. Kingston: Department of Community Health and
Psychiatry, UWI. 2005.
* Hickling, FW, Sorel E.  “Introduction. ” In: Hickling, F.W. and 
Sorel, E. (Eds.) Images of psychiatry: the Caribbean. Kingston:
Department of Community Health and Psychiatry, UWI. 2005.
* Hickling, FW. Catalyzing Creativity: Psychohistori- graphy,
Sociodrama and Cultural therapy. In: Hickling, F.W. and Sorel,
E. (Eds.) Images of psychiatry: the Caribbean. Kingston:
Department of Community Health and Psychiatry, UWI. 2005.
* Hickling FW, Hickling HR, Hutchinson G. “Caribbean
Migration and Mental Health.” In: Hickling, F.W. and Sorel, E.
(Eds.) Images of psychiatry: the Caribbean. Kingston:
Department of Community Health and Psychiatry, UWI. 2005.
* Hickling FW, Gibson RC. “History of Caribbean Psychiatry.”
In: Hickling, F.W. and Sorel, E. (Eds.) Images of psychiatry: the
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Caribbean. Kingston: Department of Community Health and
Psychiatry, UWI. 2005.
* Hickling FW, Gibson, RC. “Philosophy and epistemology of
Caribbean Psychiatry.” In: Hickling, F.W. and Sorel, E. (Eds.)
Images of psychiatry: the Caribbean. Kingston: Department of
Community Health and Psychiatry, UWI. 2005.
* Abel W, McCallum M, Hickling FW, Gibson RC. “Mental
health services and public policy in Jamaica.” In: Hickling, F.W.
and Sorel, E. (Eds.) Images of psychiatry: the Caribbean.
Kingston: Department of Community Health and Psychiatry,
UWI. 2005.
* Hickling FW, Lolas F, Sorel E, Hutchinson G. “Ethical Issues
in Psychiatry: A Caribbean Perspective” Images of Psychiatry:
The Caribbean. Ed Hickling FW, Sorel E.  Kingston,  Jamaica:
Department of Community Health and Psychiatry, UWI, Mona, 
2005.
* Samms-Vaughan, M, Jackson, M, Ashley, Deanna. School
Achievement and Behaviour in Jamaican Children in Health
issues in the Caribbean, Ed O. Morgan. Kingston, Miami; Ian
Randle Press 2005.
Abstracts
* Day M, De La Haye W.  A comparison of Primary Healthcare
Needs of Street Out-of-treatment Drug Using Individuals in
Three Caribbean Islands. WIMJ, 2006; 55 (Suppl. 2) 34. 
* De La Haye W.  Early Age of Onset of Substance Abuse in a
Child and Adolescent Clinic in Jamaica.  World Psychiatric
Association/Latin American Psychiatric Association Zonal Conference -
March 2006: 34.
* De La Haye W, Harris J.  Early Age of Onset of Substance
Abuse in Clients Treated in an Adolescent Substance Abuse
Clinic in a General Hospital in Jamaica. WIMJ, 2005; 5 (Suppl.
5): 24.
* Day M, De La Haye W, Gough H.  Prevalence of HIV and
Other Sexually Transmitted Infections among Urban Street
Substance Abusers in Kingston, Jamaica. WIMJ, 2005; 5 (Suppl.
5): 37.
150
* Leiba J, Hickling FW. Conduct Disorder in children and
adolescents in urban Jamaica.  WIMJ 53: (Suppl. 5) 36, 2005.
* Halliday S, Irons-Morgan M, Hickling FW. Consultation –
Liaison Psychiatric Services in an Urban General Hospital in
Jamaica. WIMJ 53: (Suppl. 5) 25. 2005.
* Abel, WD, Fox K, Forrester S, Wellington I, Hickling FW.
Drug use among adolescents in Jamaica.  WIMJ 53: (Suppl. 5)
31, 2005.
* Arthur C, Robertson-Hickling H, Abel WD, Hickling FW.
Stigma and attitudes to mental illness in Jamaica. WIMJ 53:
(Suppl. 5) 34, 2005.
* Hickling FW, Robertson-Hickling H, Guszder J, Snow S,
Kirmayer L Psychohistoriographic cultural therapy: The Case
Study of Montreal. WIMJ 53: (Suppl. 5) 34, 2005.
* Haynes TS, Hickling FW, Bruce CAR. Cognitive
Rehabilitation in brain injury. WIMJ 53: (Suppl. 5) 42, 2005.
* Leiba JA, Milbourn PE, Hickling FW. Conduct disorder in
children and adolescents in urban Jamaica. WIMJ 54 (Suppl)
2006.
* Halliday SR, Irons-Morgan M, Hickling FW. Consultation –
Liaison psychiatric services in an urban general hospital in
Jamaica. WIMJ 54 (Suppl)  2006.
* Hickling FW, Gibson RC, Abel WD. Mental health research in 
the Caribbean: An analysis of Faculty of Medical Sciences
Research Day and Caribbean Health Research Council
abstracts.  WIMJ 54 (Suppl)  2006.
* Bramwell G, Wierenga  A,  Jackson M, Fletcher H,  McFarlane-
Anderson  N  (2006).  MTHFR genotypes, homocysteine and
folate levels in women with pre-eclampsia.  Caribbean Health
Research Council,  St. Kitts. WIMJ Vol. 55, (Suppl.2):21.
* Manswell  M,  Antoine  M, Jackson  M,  Thame  M (2006).
Weight retention within the puerperium in adolescents – A risk
factor for obesity? Caribbean Health Research Council, St.
Kitts.  WIMJ Vol. 55, (Suppl.2):28.
151
* Watt A, Smikle MF, Fletcher H, Jackson M, McFarlane-
Anderson N  (2006). Sexually transmitted infections in pregnant 
women attending antenatal clinic at the University Hospital of
the West Indies, Jamaica. Caribbean Health Research Council,
St. Kitts. WIMJ. Vol. 55, (Suppl.2): 39.
* Lipps G, Lowe G. Validation of the Beck Depression Inventory 
in a Jamaican Cohort. WIMJ, April 2006; 55, (Suppl 2 ) 69.
* Lipps G, Lowe G. The Validation of the Brief Screen for
Depression in a Jamaica Cohort.  WIMJ, 2005; 53, (Suppl 5 ) 35.
* Paul, TJ, LaGrenade J, Maharaj, S. Mitchell A. “Medical
students’ feedback  on a revised health services management
module.”  WIMJ, Nov. 2005. 54 (Suppl. 4): 9.
* Paul TJ, Maharaj S, Mitchell S “Reflecting on rural health in
Jamaica – re-opening medical students’ diaries.”  WIMJ, Nov.
2005. 54 (Suppl. 4): 10.
* Day M, De La Haye W, Gough H.  Prevalence of HIV and
Other Sexually Transmitted Infections among Urban Street
Substance Abusers in Kingston, Jamaica. WIMJ, 2005; 5 (Suppl.
5): 37
Technical Reports
* Hickling FW. Contributed expert opinion and technical input:
World Health Organization2005: Ed M. Funk.2005: Human
Rights & Mental Health Legislation ISBN 92 4 156282 X Mental 
Health Policy, Plans and Programmes ISBN 92 4 54646 8 
* Hickling FW. Contributed expert opinion and technical input:
World Health Organization2006: Ed M. Funk.2006: Human
Resources and Training in Mental Health ISBN 92 4 154659 X
* Edson, W, Burkhalter, B, Harvey, SA, Boucar, M, Hermida, J,
Ayubaca, P, Bucagu, M, Gbangbade, S, McCaw-Binns, A.  Safe 
Motherhood Studies – timeliness of in Hospital Care for
treating obstetric emergencies.  Published for USAID (contract
number GPH-C-00-02-00004-00) by the Quality Assurance
Project: Bethesda, MD, March 2006 (36 pages).
www.qaproject.org/pubs/PDFs/3rdDelay.pdf
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* Burkhalter, B, Edson, W, Harvey, S, Boucar, M, Djibrina, S,
Hermida, H, Ayabaca, P, Bucagu, M, Gbanbade, S, McCaw-
Binns, A.  Quality of obstetric care observed in 14 hospitals in
Benin, Ecuador, Jamaica and Rwanda.  Published for USAID
(contract number GPH-C-00-02-00004-00) by the Quality
Assurance Project: Bethesda, MD, March 2006.
Monograph
* Bain, B.  HIV/AIDS Resource Manual for use in the Health
and Family Life Education. (Contributor). Produced and
published by the UWI HIV/AIDS Response Programme (UWI 
HARP) and the Joint Board of Teacher Education (JBTE)
(2005).
INCOME GENERATING PROJECTS
USAID, $169,465, Oct 2005-Sept 2006. CHART RCU
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Global AIDS Program,
$418,877, May 2005-Sept 2006. CHART RCU.
Pan-Caribbean Partnership against AIDS (part of a grant from the Global
Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria), $500,000 Oct 2005-Sept
2006. CHART RCU
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Psychohistoriographic Brief
Psychotherapy. Hickling, F.W. The CHASE Fund, Jamaica J$4.1M
Grant for the development of the Caribbean Institute of Mental
Health and Substance Abuse (CARIMENSA) 2005 – 2006.  The UWI
Mona Strategic Transformation Team J$5.2M Hickling, FW.
A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo controlled Study of
Two Fixed Oral Doses of Aripiprazole (10mg or 30mg) in the Treatment
of Adolescent Patients with Schizophrenia. Otsuka Pharmaceuticals J$3M
Hickling, FW J$727,100.00.
Lipps, G, Lowe, G.  Factors Associated with Depression among High
School Students in Four Caribbean Nations.  $850,000 from the New
Initiatives Grant, Principal’s Office, May, 2006.
Merck I.A. Corp.  KABP study among pharmacists in relation to
HIV/AIDS in four Caribbean countries, $68,000 Aug 2005-Aug 2006.
UWI HARP Unit.
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World Bank.  Situational Assessment re HIV/AIDS Education in OECS,
$207,135 Jan 2006-June 2007.  UWI HARP Unit.
European Union via the Pan-Caribbean Partnership against AIDS.
Training needs assessment in relation to HIV/AIDS and behaviour
change Barbados, Guyana, Saint Lucia and St. Kitts and Nevis $44,800
June 2006 – June 2007.
European Union via the Pan-Caribbean Partnership against AIDS to
conduct evaluation of outcomes and impact among teachers and students
at UWI on implementation of curricula with HIV/AIDS content, $24,850.
European Union via the Pan-Caribbean Partnership against AIDS to
conduct research on men’s perceptions, attitudes and beliefs regarding
masculinity, gender and gender equity in Barbados and Trinidad and
Tobago, $56,800.
Canadian International Development Agency.  Study of perspectives of
Jamaican males on Issues of Manhood and Gender Equality, $100,000
Sept 2005 – Dec 2005,  UWI HARP Coordinating Unit.
Inter-American Development Bank, via Educational Development
Centre, Boston $66,272 Jan – Dec 2006 UWI HARP Unit.
USAID/MOH of Jamaica, $100,000 Jan 2006 – Dec 2006 UWI HARP
Unit.
AWARDS TO STAFF
Bain, B.  Medical Association of Jamaica Award for Distinguished Service 
in Medicine, June 2006.
Eldemire-Shearer, Denise.  The Gleaner Honour Award in the category: 
Health & Wellness for 2005, for work with promoting the health and
wellness of senior citizens. December 2005.
Eldemire-Shearer, Denise. Certificate of Merit in recognition of
outstanding contribution to the field of charity in the Municipality.
Kingston & St. Andrew Corporation, Local Government Month,
December 2005.
McCaw-Binns, Affette.  University of the West Indies, Principal’s Award 
for Most Outstanding Researcher Series of Publications/ Reports:
Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology 2004-5.
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Paul, Tomlin. Foundation for the Advancement of International Medical 
Education and Research (FAIMER) Fellowship, 2006.
Paul, Tomlin.  World Organisation of National Academies, Colleges and
Associations for Family Medicine (WONCA) Global Family Doctor for
May 2006.
Scarlett, Henroy. Award received from the Jamaica Association of Public 
Health Inspectors for “outstanding contribution to environmental health
education”, October 2005.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Bain, B.
– UWI Representative and Board Member, Pan-Caribbean
Partnership against AIDS (PANCAP).  2003.
– Member, Inaugural Technical Advisory Group on HIV/AIDS
of the Pan-American Health Organization. 2005.
– Foundation member, Trans-Caribbean HIV/AIDS Research
Initiative. 2006
Eldemire-Shearer, Denise.
– Member, Expert Advisory Group on Ageing and Health, WHO
Ageing and Life Course Programme, 1996.
– Chairman, Board of Supervision, Ministry of Local
Government, 2002.
– Chairman, National Council for Senior Citizens, Ministry of
Social Security, 1992.
– Deputy Chairman, Golden Age Home, Ministry of Local
Government, 1998.
Hickling, FW.
– Representative, PAHO Latin American and the Caribbean
Network on Mental Health Services, 
– Chairman, National Council on Drug Abuse, Jamaica
McCaw-Binns, Affette.
– Temporary Advisor:, World Health Organization, Department
of Reproductive Health and Research.
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– Member, Ministry of Health, Maternal Mortality Committee to
monitor progress toward achieving the Millenium Development 
Goal (MDG) for Maternal Health
– Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences:
Expert Panel asked to evaluate the “President’s Emergency Plan 
for HIV/AIDS Response (PEPFAR)”
Tomlin, Paul
– Member, National Family Board
– Member, Caribbean College of Family Physicians
Gillian, Lowe
– Member, Jamaica Psychiatric Association
– Member, Medical Association of Jamaica
De La Haye, Winston
– Member, Jamaica Psychiatric Association
Nevins, Desmalee
– Member, Jamaica Association for Health Education and
Promotions.  
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DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE
Professor Everard Nathaniel Barton, BSc (Hons.) UWI, MBBS
Ibadan, DM UWI, FACP, FRCP (Ed) – Head of Department
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
The period August 1, 2005 to July 31, 2006 was challenging but reward- ing. The strength of the Department is
its cohesive and dedicated staff that brings to
bear its collective wisdom in problem solving
and strategic planning. The continuous
assessment process for both undergraduates
and postgraduates was completed and
initiated. The regulations of the postgraduate
programme was reviewed and a research
paper/thesis included.  The Department’s
proposal for MPhil and PhD, in addition to
the MD, to be offered by the Department
was approved.
There was a major thrust to improve the
research output of the Department and to
expose staff to research methodology and
application.  The office of research at the Dean’s Office was helpful in this
venture.  Through the clinical trials centre in the office of research at the
Dean’s Office, the Department was able to have continuing collaboration
with overseas centres involved in clinical trials.
There have been significant and rewarding contacts with medical centres
overseas.  The link with the University of Toronto remains strong.  Several
postgraduates have been able to do electives there and to return there for
subspecialty training after completion of the DM (Internal Medicine).
There have been visits from centres in the USA such as, University of
Miami, University of Maryland and University of New York and
continuing contacts exist with Mayo Clinic, Howard University, University 
of Panama and University of London.  These have been fruitful in that
medical students and postgraduates have been involved in elective
programmes at these centres.  The reports from these centres applaud the
clinical training of our graduates. The Department is committed to
development of subspecialty training and nephrology and
gastroenterology have led the way in this area.
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It was a successful year for the Department which received above 90 %
rating from its students in terms of teaching.  External examiners have
stated their satisfaction with the high clinical skills and knowledge base of
the undergraduates and postgraduates. The Bachelor of Medicine,
Bachelor of Surgery examination in November/December 2005 yielded
100% pass in Medicine but there were only 4 candidates.  The May/June
2006 examination yielded 90% pass rate with the most outstanding student 
in Medicine among all four campus sites being from Mona.  A total of 86
students wrote the examination.
The results for the postgraduates were quite satisfactory with high
commendations coming from the external examiners. In November/
December 2005 DM (Internal Medicine) examination, three out of four
Part I candidates were successful.  In the May/June 2006 DM (Internal
Medicine) examination, three of five Part I and all two Part II candidates
were successful. There were eight postgraduate students attending
international conferences with four presenting papers.
During this academic year, three members of the Academic Staff were
awarded fellowship from international institutions:  Dr. R. Wright-Pascoe,
the fellowship of the American College of Endocrinology, Professor
Charles Denbow was awarded the fellowship of the Royal College of
Physicians of Edinburgh. Dr. Winston Williams was elected to the
Fellowship of the American Society of Nephrology. Professor Owen
Morgan was awarded the Master of the American College of Physicians,
the only such person in the Caribbean.
The Department continued its outreach programmes outside Kingston
and within Kingston. The Department co-hosted several continuing
medical education programmes for General Practitioners in Kingston and
members of staff were involved in continuing medical education
programmes for general practitioners and health education of the public
through organizations such as the Medical Association of Jamaica and the
Association of Consultant Physicians.
Professor Charles Denbow authored a book for medical students on “The
Clinician’s Guide to the Cardiovascular Examination”. This was well
received by students and lecturers.
The Department carries a heavy service burden at the University Hospital
of the West Indies.  Members of staff are to be commended for their
yeoman service to inpatients and outpatients while discharging their
teaching duties to undergraduates and post- graduates, conducting
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research and providing outreach public service that extends even to rural
areas.
PAPERS PRESENTED
Dr. M. Arthurs
• “Ulcerative Colitis & Crohn’s Disease, Diagnosis and Treatment”  
Holiday Inn, Ocho Rios, Jamaica Pharmaceutical Society, March
26, 2006.
• “Screening for Colorectal Cancer – Is Colonoscopy still the Gold
Standard?” Western Chapter, Medical Association of Jamaica,
Wexford Court Hotel, Montego Bay, June 2006.
Professor E. Barton
• “Clinical and Laboratory Predictors of Diabetes Type in Youth
Onset Diabetes.  The 66th American Diabetes Associate Scientific
Meeting, June 2006, Washington DC, USA.
• Autoantibodies in a Black Population with Youth Onset
Diabetes.  American Diabetes Scientific Meeting, June 2006,
Washington DC, USA.
• Cardiovascular Risk in a Black Population with Youth Onset
Diabetes.  American Diabetes Association Scientific Meeting,
Washington DC, USA.
• Association of Reactive Arthritis with non-HLA-B27 Alleles in
Black Jamaicans, May 2006, American Society of Microbiology,
USA.
• Glycaemic and Metabolic Control in Youth with Diabetes
Mellitus in Jamaica.  November 2005, 14th Annual Research
Conference, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kingston.
Professor C. Denbow
• “The Management of Chronic Stable Angina Pectoris in 2006”,
Guyana Medical Association Symposium, George- town, January
2006.
• “The Joint National Committee (JNC 7) Report on Hypertension
– The Case for Aggressive Blood Pressure Lowering”, University
of Guyana Symposium, Georgetown, July 2006.
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• “The Practical Management of Hypertension in 2006”, Guyana
Medical Association Seminar, Georgetown, July 2006”.
• “Angina pectoris – Fighting an Age old problem” 21st Caribbean
Cardiology Conference, Montego Bay, Jamaica, July 2006.
Dr. A. East-Innis
• “Common Skin Manifestations of HIV Infection”, Association of 
Consultant Physicians of Jamaica Conference, Pegasus Hotel,
Kingston, Jamaica, September 2005.
• “Lymphomas Presenting As Cutaneous Granulomas”, Caribbean 
Dermatology Association Conference, St. Vincent, November
2005.
• “Vitiligo – The Fight For The Melanocyte”, Dermatology
Association of Jamaica Conference, Knutsford Court Hotel,
Jamaica, March 2006.
Dr. H. Mohammed
• “The heart and Lupus”, Lupus Foundation of Jamaica, October
2005, Kingston, Jamaica.
• “Preventing Heart Disease in Jamaica”, Heart Foundation of
Jamaica, October 2005, Jamaica.
• “Identifying and Preventing Heart Attacks”, Lions Club of
Jamaica, October 2005, Jamaica.
• “Issues in the Management of Hypertension”, Mandeville branch
of Medical Association of Jamaica, October 2005, Jamaica.
• “Heart Disease in Diabetes Mellitus”, Caribbean Cardiac Society
quarterly symposium February 2006, Jamaica.
• “Maintaining a Healthy Heart”, Cardiology Unit, UHWI,
February 2006, Jamaica.
• “Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome”, June 2006,
Kingston, Jamaica.
Professor M. Lee
• Cancer of the Stomach and Colon.  Annual Meeting of the Consie
Walters Cancer Care Centre, Jamaica, May 2006.
• Viral Hepatitis.  Annual Symposium of the Jamaica Medical
Doctors Association, Jamaica, August 2006.
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PUBLICATIONS
WIMJ = West Indian Medical Journal
* Plummer JM, Duncan ND, Mitchell DIG, McDonald AH, Reid, 
M, Arthurs M. Laparascopic Cholecystectomy for Chronic
Cholecystitis in Jamaican Patients with Sickle Cell Disease:
Preliminary Experience.  WIMJ 2006; 55 (1):22-24.
* Cawich SO, Mitchell DIG, Newnham, Arthurs M. A
Comparison of Open and Laparascopic Cholecystectomy done
by a Surgeon in Training.  WIMJ 2006; 55 (2) 103-109.
* Heslop OD, Smikle MF, Deer D, Christian NA, Vickers IE,
Harvey KM, Figueroa JP, Christie CD, Bain BM, Barton EN.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 (HIV-1) Subtypes in
Jamaica.  WIMJ 2005; 54, 5: 279-282.
* Besterman E. The Beginnings and Development of the
Electrocardiogram.  WIMJ, 2005; 54; 213-5.
* Besterman E. The Story of Cardiac Defibrillation WIMJ, 2005;
54; 350-1.
* East-Innis A, Rainford L, Dunwell P, Barrett-Robinson D,
Nicholson AM. The Changing Pattern of Tinea Capitis in
Jamaica. WIMJ 2006; 55 (2):85-88.
* Jackson ST, Smikle MF, Rainford L, Wright-Pascoe R.
Primary Cutaneous Nocardiosis: An Emerging Pathogen
Associated with a Peripheral Intravenous Catheter.  WIMJ 2006; 
55(1): 69
* Chung ST, Gordon-Perue G, Johnson A, Young N, Hoo CS,
Wright-Pascoe R, Boyne M. Predictors of Hyperglycaemia
Crises and their Associated Mortality in Jamaica.  Diabetes
Research and Clinical Practice 2006; 73: 2: 184 -190.
* O’Connor A, McFarlane-Anderson N. Duff EN, Wright-
Pascoe R. High levels of F2- Isoprostane in Jamaican Adults
with Diabetes Mellitus.  International Journal of Diabetes and
Metabolism 2006; 14(1): 51-54.
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Abstracts 
* Tulloch-Reid MK, Boyne M, Smikle MF, Choo-Kang E, Parkes
RH, Wright-Pascoe R, Barton EN, Wilks RJ, Williams DE.
The classification of Youth Onset Diabetes Mellitus in Jamaica.
WIMJ. 2005, 54 (Suppl. 4): 12.
* Tulloch-Reid MK, Boyne M, Smikle MF, Choo-Kang E, Parkes
RH, Wright-Pascoe R, Barton EN, Wilks RJ.  Glycaemic and
Metabolic Control in Youths with Diabetes mellitus in Jamaica.
WIMJ 2005, 54 (Suppl 5): 21.
* Smikle MF, Tulloch-Reid MK, Boyne MS, Choo-Kang EG,
Parkes RH, Wright-Pascoe R, Barton EN, Wilks RJ, Williams
DE.  Autoantibodies in a Black Population with Youth Onset
Diabetes Mellitus.  Diabetes 2006; 55 (Suppl): A -283.
* Tulloch-Reid MK, Boyne MS, Smikle MF, Choo-Kang EG,
Parkes RH, Wright-Pascoe R, Barton EN, Wilks RJ, Williams
DE.  Cardiovascular Risk in a Black Population with Youth
Onset Diabetes.  Diabetes 2006; 55 (Suppl 1): A-531.
* Denbow, C. “Angina – Fighting an age old problem”
Proceedings of the 21st Caribbean Cardiology Conference
(2006) pp 26-27. 
* Johnson A, Younger N, Chung S. Gordon Perue G, Hoo C,
Wright-Pascoe R, Boyne M.  Making Sense of Survival Data:
An Example Using Patients with Hyperglycaemic Crises.  WIMJ
2006; 55 (Suppl2): 62.
* Choo-Kang E, Irving R, Mills J, Wright-Pascoe R.  Day-to-day
Variation of Microalbumin Excretion.  Clinical Chemistry 2006.
52; 6: (S) A11.
* Tulloch-Reid M, Boyne M, Smikle MF, Choo-Kang E, Wright-
Pascoe R, Barton EN, Wilks RJ, Williams DE
* Clinical and Laboratory Predictors of Diabetes Type in Youth
Onset.  Diabetes 2006; 55 (Suppl 1): A-230.
* Wright-Pascoe R. The Prevalence of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
in Spontaneous Hypothyroidism in a Jamaican subpopulation.
Thyroid 2005, 15: (Suppl 1) S:167-168,
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* O’Connor A, McFarlane-Anderson N, Duff EN, Wright-
Pascoe R.  High levels of F2-Isoprostane in Jamaica Adults
with Diabetes Mellitus.  WIMJ 2006; 55 (Suppl 1):43.
* Tulloch-Reid M, Boyne M, Smikle MF Choo-Kang E, Parkes R.
Wright-Pascoe R, Barton EN, Wilks RJ. Glycaemic and
Metabolic Control in Youths with Diabetes Mellitus in Jamaica:
WIMJ 2005; 54 (Suppl 5):21
* Tulloch-Reid M, Boyne M, Smikle MF, Choo-Kang E, Parkes R, 
Wright-Pascoe R, Barton EN, Wilks RJ, Williams D.  The
Classification of Youth Onset Diabetes Mellitus in Jamaica.
WIMJ 2005; 54 (Supp 4):12.
* Wright-Pascoe R. Obesity and Insulin Resistance:  Percursors
to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. WIMJ 2005; 55 (Suppl 1): 27-28.
* Smikle MF, Tulloch-Reid MK, Boyne MS, Choo-Kang EG,
Parkes RH, Wright-Pascoe R, Barton EN, Wilks RJ, Williams
DE.  Autoantibodies in a Black Population with Youth Onset
Diabetes Mellitus, Diabetes 2006; 55 (Suppl 1): A-283.
* Tulloch-Reid MK, Boyne MS, Smikle MF, Choo-Kang EG,
Parkes RH, Wright-Pascoe R, Barton EN, Wilks RJ, Williams
DE.  Cardiovascular Risk in a Black Population with Youth
Onset Diabetes, Diabetes 2006; 55 (Suppl 1): A-531.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Professor E. Barton
– Resource person, Kidney Support Foundation of Jamaica.
– Voluntary Clinical Renal Service to the Public in Manchester, St. 
Elizabeth and St. Ann.
– Consultant to Charitable Foundations providing healthcare –
Diabetes Association of Jamaica.
– Treasurer, Caribbean Association of Nephrologists and
Urologists.
Dr. A. East-Innis
– Member, Dermatology Association of Jamaica
Professor M. Lee
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– Member, Board of Executive, Food for the Poor 
– Member, Medical Committee, Food for the Poor 
– Treasurer, Association of West Indian Gastroenterologists. 
– Member, Board of Directors, Cancer Care Hospice, Kingston,
Jamaica (2006)
Dr. D. Gilbert
– Visiting Lecturer, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital/ Harlem
Hospital, Manhattan, New York, USA, September 2005.
– Caribbean coordinator, HAM/TSP International (HIT) Early
Study – Multicenter International Study Organized through the
International Retrovirology Association
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DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY 
Professor Monica Smikle, BSc, MSc Amst., PhD UWI,
Dip.Clin. Microb. Lond – Head of Department
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
Microbiology Department carried outits teaching, research and service
programmes throughout acade- mic year
2005/2006 with enthusiasm and success.
The department encounter- ed the usual
economic limitations to its activities.  There 
was a 3.3% decrease in the number of
clinical microbiology specimens processed
during academic year 2005/2006 (59,707)
compared to 2004/2005 (61,759).
Paradoxically there was a matching 3.2%
(4,048,022 units compared to 3,921,785
units) increase in workload over
2004/2005.  
Income generating projects included diagnostic laboratory services
provided to private entities and extra-departmental/extra-mural research
projects. Academic staff carried out a substantial amount of extra-
departmental teaching of medical microbiology  to students in different
healthcare training programmes in the University. 
The reports of human cases of avian influenza in Asia during 2005/2006
and the risk of an influenza pandemic contributed to the Department’s
activities. Three members of the academic staff served on Ministry of
Health committees concerned with formulating a National contingency
plan to face an eventual influenza pandemic. The virus laboratory at
Microbiology Department, being the only  such facility in  Jamaica, was
visited and assessed by a technical advisory team from Pan American
Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO). The
team made recom- mendations for upgrading the biosafety level of the
laboratory, currently BSL-2, to BSL-3 to handle highly pathogenic
organisms such as the H5N1 Influenza virus. Consequently
PAHO/WHO had advised that Jamaica had been recommended to act as
a satellite laboratory for human specimens for the Caribbean region. If this 
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is to be realized the recommendations of the report will need to be
implemented.
The per capita publication output for the 10-member academic staff
improved to 2.0 during 2005/2006 compared to 1.1 during 2004/2005.
Microbiology Department continued to receive favourable students’
assessments of its undergraduate course (mean score 4.3) and lecturers
(mean score 4.5). 
Several members of staff holding temporary positions were appointed
during the course of the year.  Cheryl Blackwood was appointed senior
secretary effective August 1, 2005, Leon Stewart and Mark Nugent,
laboratory attendant, August 1 and November 1, 2005, respectively and
Terry Ann Milford, senior medical technologist, May 1, 2006.  Claudine
Thompson and Wendy Waugh were promoted to senior medical
technologist II effective October 1, 2005 and May 1, 2006, respectively.
George Cowie was promoted to senior  laboratory attendant effective
January 1, 2005.  Kere Ann Lindsay-Nelson, senior medical technologist,
resigned effective February 1, 2006.
There were indications from the Projects Office that the refurbishment of
the Department would possibly begin in the 2006/2007 academic year.
The Department plans to optimize strategies to enhance its postgraduate
programmes, procure research grants  and identify new income generating
activities.
PAPERS PRESENTED 
• P Akpaka, M Tulloch-Reid, A Justiz-Vaillant, MF Smikle.
“Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection in
pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Jamaica.” Faculty of Medical
Sciences 14th Annual Research Conference, Kingston, Jamaica.
November, 2005. 
• M Tulloch-Reid, M Boyne, MF Smikle, E Choo-Kang, R Parkes, 
R Wright-Pascoe, EN Barton, RJ Wilks, D Williams. “Glycaemic
and metabolic control in youth with diabetes mellitus in Jamaica.”
Faculty of Medical Sciences 14th Annual Research Conference,
Kingston, Jamaica.  November, 2005.
• A Watt, MF Smikle, H Fletcher, M Jackson, N McFarlane-
Anderson. “Sexually transmitted infections in pregnant women
attending antenatal clinic at the University Hospital of the West
Indies, Jamaica.” Caribbean Health Research Council 51st Annual
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Council and Scientific Meetings. St Kitts and Nevis. April, 2006.
• AM Nicholson, S Ledgister, T Williams, S Robinson, P Gayle, T
Lindo, D Castle, K Shaw, S Moonah. “The Epidemiology of
infections in the intensive care unit at the University Hospital of
the West Indies, Kingston for the year 2004.” Caribbean Health
Research Council 51st Annual Council and Scientific Meetings.  St
Kitts and Nevis. April, 2006.
• D Lyn, JU Igietseme, K DeCeulaer, N Christian, EN Barton, CM
Black, M Smikle.  “Association of reactive arthritis with non-
HLA-B27 alleles in Black Jamaicans.” American Society for
Microbiology 106th General Meeting. Orlando, Florida. May,
2006.
• M Smikle, K DeCeulaer, N Christian, O Heslop, G Dowe, P
Singh, JU Igietseme, CM Black, D Lyn. “Prevalence of Chlamydia 
trachomatis on infection related arthritis in Jamaica.”  American
Society for Microbiology 106th General Meeting. Orlando,
Florida.  May, 2006.
• NC Bodonaik, L Rainford.  “Antibiotic resistance in strains of
Neisseria  gonorrhoeae encountered in Jamaica.”  12th
International Congress on Infectious Disease.  Lisbon, Portugal.
June, 2006. 
• NC Bodonaik, L Rainford “Penicillin and tetracycline resistant
phenotypes of Neisseria gonorrhoeae encountered at the
University Hospital of the West Indies.” 12th International
Congress on Infectious Disease. Lisbon, Portugal. June, 2006.
• NC Bodonaik, PE Akpaka. “Change in the incidence of
gentamicin resistance in 20 years in a tertiary care teaching
hospital.”  12th International Congress on Infectious Disease.
Lisbon, Portugal.  June, 2006.
• NC Bodonaik, O Heslop, RW Sue-Ho.  “Penicillin resistance in
strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae: laboratory based surveillance
data.” 12th International Congress on Infectious Disease.  Lisbon,
Portugal.  June, 2006.
• MK Tulloch-Reid, MS Boyne, MP Smikle, EG Choo-Kang, RH
Parkes, RA Wright-Pascoe, EN Barton, RJ Wilks, DE Williams.
“Clinical and laboratory predictors of diabetes type in youth onset 
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diabetes.” American Diabetes Association 66th Annual Scientific
Sessions Meeting. Washington DC. June, 2006.
• MP Smikle, MK Tulloch-Reid, MS Boyne, EG Choo-Kang, RH
Parkes, RA Wright-Pascoe, EN Barton, RJ Wilks, DE Williams.
“Autoantibodies in a Black Population with youth onset
diabetes.”  American Diabetes Association 66th Annual Scientific
Sessions Meeting. Washington DC. June, 2006.
• MK Tulloch-Reid, MS Boyne, MP Smikle, EG Choo-Kang, RH
Parkes, RA Wright-Pascoe, EN Barton, RJ Wilks, DE Williams.
“Cardiovascular risk in a Black Population with youth onset
diabetes.”  American Diabetes Association. 66th Annual Scientific
Sessions Meeting.  Washington DC. June, 2006.
PUBLICATIONS
WIMJ = West Indian Medical Journal
Refereed Journal Articles
* I Tennant, H Harding, M Nelson, K Roye-Green. “Microbial
isolates from patients in an intensive care unit and associated
risk factors.”  WIMJ, 54, 4 (2005):225-231.
* CA Waugh, S Shafir, M Wise, RD Robinson, ML Eberhard, JF
Lindo. “Human Angiostrongylus cantonensis, Jamaica.”
Emerging Infectious Diseases 11, 12 (2005): 1977-1978.
* J Lorenzo-Morales, JF Lindo, E Martinez, D Calder, E
Figueruelo, B Valladares, A Ortega-Rivas. “Pathogenic
Acanthamoeba strains from water sources in  Jamaica West
Indies.” Annals Tropical Medicine Parasitology. 99, 8 (2005):751-758
* OD Heslop, MF Smikle, D Deer, NA Christian, IE
Vickers, KM Harvey,  JP Figueroa, CD Christie, B Bain, EN
Barton. “Human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1)
subtypes in Jamaica.” WIMJ, 54, 5 (2005): 279-282.
* IE Vickers, H Alveranga, MF Smikle. “Clinical and
epidemiological characteristics of adult and adolescent patients
newly diagnosed with the human immuno- deficiency virus at a
Jamaican clinic for sexually transmitted infections.” WIMJ, 54, 6 
(2005):360-363.
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* G Saunders, N Bodonaik, MF Smikle, M Parshad-Asnami.
“Ceftazidime-resistant Salmonella enteritidis in Jamaica.”
WIMJ, 54, 4 (2005):  268-269.
* Y Bell, M Barton, M Thame, A Nicholson, H Trotman.
“Neonatal sepsis in Jamaican neonates.” Annals Tropical
Paediatrics 25, 4 (2005):293-296.
* V Cumming, S Ali, T Forrester, K Roye-Green, M Reid.
“Asymptomatic bacteriuria in sickle cell disease: a cross-
sectional study.” BioMed Central Infectious Diseases 6, (2006):46. 
* ST Jackson, MF Smikle, L Rainford, R Wright-Pascoe.
Primary cutaneous nocardiosis: an emerging pathogen
associated with peripheral intravenous catheter.” WIMJ, 55, 1
(2006):69.
* IE Vickers, AR Brathwaite, M Levy, JP Figueroa.
“Seroprevalence of sexually transmitted infections among
accepted and deferred blood donors in Jamaica.”  WIMJ, 55, 2
(2006):89-94.
* PE Akpaka, M Tulloch-Reid, A Justiz-Vaillant, MF Smikle.
“Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection in
patients with pulmonary tuberculosis at the National Chest
Hospital in Jamaica.” Pan American Journal of Public Health 19, 1
(2006):38- 43.
* EK Kahwa, LA Sargeant, A McCaw-Binns, N McFarlane-
Anderson, M Smikle, T Forrester, R Wilks. “Anticar- diolipin
antibodies in Jamaican primiparae.”  Journal Obstetrics Gynaecology
26, 2 (2006):122-126.  
* MJ Steiner, T Hylton-Kong, JP Figueroa, MM Hobbs, F Behets, 
M Smikle, K Tweedy, S Powell, L McNeil, A Brathwaite.
“Does a choice of condoms impact sexually transmitted
infection incidence? A randomized, controlled trial.”  Sexually
Transmitted Diseases 33, 1 (2006):31-35. 
* A East-Innis, L Rainford, P Dunwell, D Barrett-Robinson, AM 
Nicholson. “The changing pattern of Tinea capitis in Jamaica.”
WIMJ, 55, 2 (2006): 85-88.
* H Trotman, Y Bell, M Thame, AM Nicholson, M Barton.
Predictors of poor outcome in neonates with bacterial sepsis
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admitted to the University Hospital of the West Indies.” WIMJ,
55, 2 (2006):80-84.
* SN Moonah, NC Bodonaik, AM Nicholson. “Meningitis in
Jamaican adults.”  Tropical Doctor 36, 3 (2006):189-190. 
* IE Vickers, MF Smikle. “The immunomodulatory effect of
antibiotics on the secretion of tumour necrosis factor alpha by
peripheral blood mononuclear cells in response to
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia stimulation.” WIMJ, 55, 3
(2006):138-141.
* P Akpaka, N Christian, NC Bodonaik, MF Smikle.
“Epidemiology of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated
from clinical blood specimens at the University Hospital of the
West Indies.”  WIMJ, 55, 3 (2006): 170-173.
* NC Bodonaik, S Moonah. “Coagulase negative staphylo-
cocci from blood cultures: contaminants or pathogens?” WIMJ, 
55, 3 (2006):174-82.
* GL Saunders, NC Bodonaik.  “Resistance in clinical isolates
of Enterococcus faecalis encountered at the University Hospital 
of the West Indies, Jamaica.” WIMJ 55, 3 (2006):194-6.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Professor Monica Smikle
– Member, Standards Subcommittee on Medical Laboratory
Services in the Caribbean.
– Member, National Steering Committee for the
CARIFORUM/EU Laboratory Development Project 
– Technical Assessor, National Accreditation Company 
– Member, Core Working Group, Influenza (Pandemic)
Preparedness  Plan Committee
Dr Sandra Jackson 
– Member, Surveillance subgroup, Influenza (Pandemic)
Preparedness  Plan Committee
Dr Ivan Vickers 
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– Member, Surveillance subgroup, Influenza (Pandemic)
Preparedness Plan Committee
CATEGORIES OF STUDENTS
Undergraduate
The undergraduate medical microbiology program was delivered to over
400 students in different year groups of the MBBS curriculum and BB Med 
Sci  programmes. 
Postgraduate
Six candidates were in graduate programmes in medical microbiology.
These include the DM (1 candidate) PhD (2 candidates) MPhil (1
candidate) and MSc (2 candidates).
Prizes Awarded 
The Louis Grant  Book Prize was awarded to Rondell Graham who
attained the highest score in the Microbiology component of the
Pathology/Microbiology clerkship examination.
Obituary
Janet Sterling, senior scientific officer, passed on September 9, 2005.  She
had served the department and the University for 14 years and is sadly
missed.
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DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS,
GYNAECOLOGY AND CHILD HEALTH
Professor Horace M. Fletcher BSc, MB,BS, DM(O&G), FRCOG,
FACOG –  Head of Department
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
The main focus of the department isto improve the health and welfare
of families, in particular women and
children in the region. This is done
through clinical (service) work and
academic (teaching and research). The
department comprises Obstetric and
Gynaecological services (reproductive
endocrinology, gynaecological oncolo-
gy and perinatal services) as well as Child
Health dealing with medical problems,
neonatology and psycholo- gical
disorders (development and behavioural
Paediatrics).
We teach medical students, postgraduate students (Doctorate Medicus
Obstetrics/Gynaecology and Paediatrics) as well as supervise other post
graduate students M Phil and PhD. We also assist in the teaching of
midwives and nurses.
Child Health 
This department is comprised of two medical wards and one neonatal
intensive care unit. The main subspecialties are infectious diseases,
psychological disorders (development and behavioural Paediatrics),
cardiology, gastroenterology neonatology, nephrology, neurology.
pulmonology and other medical conditions managed in conjunction with
other specialties. Residents and medical students are taught and referrals
are accepted from the rest of the Caribbean.  The section of Child Health
successfully staged the academic conference Child Neurology for
Practitioners May 1-2 2004. This conference saw excellent presentations
by a multidisciplinary faculty of esteemed experts from Jamaica and the
United States. There were approximately 150 registrants including
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paediatricians, general practitioners, nurses, physiotherapists, and medical
and nursing students
Obstetric Perinatal Service 
The Perinatal service hosted it’s annual conference in February run by Drs. 
Matadial, Kulkarni and Mullings. Perinatal Audit for 2005, UWI, Mona,
February 6 - 7, 2005 was attended by over 600 delegates. This was a joint
effort between Obstetrics and Gynaecology and the Neonatology group
Dr. Thame, Dr. Trotman and Dr. Antoine from Child Health with external 
review by practitioners from outside units. Special emphasis was placed on 
topics such as Genetic Counseling, Premature Birth and Neonatal
Neurological Outcome. This service manages high risk obstetric cases and
accepts referrals from the rest of the island as well as the rest of the British
West Indies. The Unit also has facilities for teaching post graduate and
medical students.
Oncology Unit
This is run by three Consultants Prof Fletcher, Dr Rattray and Dr Mitchell. 
The Unit is also run by nurses as well as residents who rotate through on a
monthly basis. The services offered are consultations for patients with
gynaecological tumours, colposcopic diagnosis and treatment, and surgery
for gynaecological tumours. The Unit also has facilities for teaching post
graduate and medical students.
Sterility & Fertility
The members of the Sterility & Fertility firm and Fertility Management
Unit resumed the In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer Programme
for the treatment of infertile patients from Jamaica and the wider
Caribbean. The programme was restructured to streamline and
accommodate the treatment of infertile couples on a continuous basis.
Professor Joseph Frederick as director of the programme with Drs. Shaun
Wynter, Vernon DaCosta, John Harriott and Loxley Christie as clinicians
and Dr. Audrey Pottinger and Sister McKenzie as counselors. Two new
staff members joined the programme in Miss Denise Everett, a senior
embryologist (Biologist) and Miss Hillary Walters a staff Nurse as the
coordinator of the programme. Since the resumption, the pregnancy rates
have shown considerable improvement as we are also achieving
pregnancies from the frozen embryos.  A major break through is that all
the documents required for the registration of the drugs used in the
programme have been submitted to the Pharmaceuticals & Regulatory
Affairs in the Ministry of Health.
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The unit also undertakes operative and diagnostic laparoscopy,
contraception and sterilisation advice and management. Counseling in
family planning and family life is also offered.
PAPERS PRESENTED:
• Melbourne Chambers R. “Meningitis in Childhod”. Ena
Thomas Memorial Symposium, Kingston, Jamaica. November
20, 2005. 
• Melbourne Chambers R. “Birth Asphyxia”. Perinatal
Conference. Kingston, Jamaica. February 10, 2006.
• Melbourne Chambers R, R. Gray. “Physical Health”. Ocho
Rios, Jamaica. Workshop of the Early Childhood Commission,
June 21-23, 2006. 
• Olugbuyi A.O. Limb Deformities more than Just an orthopaedic 
problem Biennial Conference on Paediatric Endocrinology
University Hospital of the West Indies Main Lecture Theatre.18th 
May 2006
• Pierre RB. Taking responsibility for your health. University of
Technology Orientation for New Students on Tuesday 23rd
August, 2005.
• White YRG, Steel-Duncan J, Pierre RB, Palmer P, Evans-Gilbert 
T, Rodriguez B, Christie CDC. Adherence to antiretroviral drug
therapy in paediatric patients with HIV/AIDS in Jamaica. West
Indian Med J 2005; 54 (Suppl 5): 18. Faculty of Medical Sciences
14th Annual Research Conference, November 17-18, 2005, The
University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.
• Effectiveness of interventions in treating paediatric HIV/AIDS,
Pierre RB  2nd Biannual Mini-Symposium “ Paediatric and
Perinatal HIV/AIDS in Jamaica”, the University of the West
Indies; December 15, 2005, Kingston, Jamaica.
• Pierre RB, White YRG, Steel-Duncan J, Palmer P, Evans-Gilbert 
T, Rodriguez B, Harvey K, Christie CDC. Adherence to
antiretroviral drug therapy (ART) in children with HIV/AIDS in
Jamaica. National Institutes of Mental Health / International
Association of Physicians in AIDS Care,- International
Conference on HIV Treatment Adherence, Jersey City, New
Jersey, March 8-12, 2006.
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• Pottinger A. Migration of parents from the Caribbean:
Implications for counselling children and families in ‘receiving’
and ‘sending’ countries.”  Caribbean Migration Conference, The
University of the West Indies, Mona, June 12-14 2006.
• Pottinger A. “Overview of ADHD and local research findings”.
2nd Annual Conference on Attention –Deficit -Hyperactivity
Disorder; McCam Child Development Centre and Ministry of
Education, Special Unit, Jamaica Conference Center, May 17-19
2006.
• Pottinger A. “Migration of parents from the Caribbean:  the
impact on children and parents.  Lessons for counselors.”
American Counseling Association/Canadian Counseling
Association Annual Convention, Palais des congres de Montreal,
Montreal, Canada, March 30 – April 3 2006.
• Pottinger A. “Psychological support in critical care of the very
low birth weight”. 5th Annual Perinatal Conference, Department
of Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Child Health, Main Lecture
Theatre, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Feb 9-11, 2006.
• Thame T. ‘Chronic Abdominal Pain in Children: A Diagnostic
Approach’ Symposium 2006. Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, June 2 2006
• Wynter S. Human Reproduction and Intrauterine Growth and
Development, UWIDEC cross Caribbean Lecture Masters in
Counselling, Mona Campus, September 2005
• Wynter S. Use and misuse of prescription drugs in pregnancy,
Caribbean College of Family Physicians, Medallion Hall Hotel,
Kingston, Jamaica.  January 29, 2006
• Wynter S. Evaluation of the fetal heart – Fetal echo using 2D
ultrasound.  Perinatal Conference 2006, UWI Main Medical
Lecture Theatre, February 2006
• Wynter S. Pregnancy after age 40 years - ACOG West Indies
Section conference, Hilton Kingston Hotel, Jamaica.  April 2006
• Wynter S. Medical Treatments for Infertility. Grabham Society
Symposium, Hilton Kingston Hotel, Jamaica.  July 2006
• Thame M. Body composition in pregnancies of adolescent girls
and mature women and the impact on growth and birth
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anthropometry. WHO integrated Strategy to promote Optimal
growth and developmentCFNI/PAHO/WHO June 2006
• Thame M. Endocrinopathy  of IUGR and the impact on adult
disease, Second Biennial Paediatric Confernce Issues in
Endocrinology For paediatric Practioners May 2006 
• Thame M. Weight retention in the puerperium in adolescents a
risk factor for obesity CHRC 51st annual conference ST Kitts and
Nevis April 2006
• Thame M. Teenage Pregnancies The Jamaica Midwives
Association Jamaica Confernce Centre Nov 2005
• Young J, Trotman H, Thame M. Comparison of pregnancy
performance and outcome in adolescent girls and older women.
Caribbean Health Research Council 51st Annual Council and
Scientific Meetings, St Kitts and Nevis. April 2006.
• Trotman H. Ward E, McCaw-Binns A. Non-fatal, unintentional
injuries in children in six parishes in Jamaica. FMS 14th Annual
Research Conference November 2005.
• Trotman H. Lord C. Outcome of extremely low birth weight
infants at the University Hospital of the West Indies. FMS 13th
Annual Research Conference November 2005.
• Trotman H. Lord C. Predictors of outcome in very low birth
weight infants at the University Hospital of the West Indies. FMS
13th Annual Research Conference November 2005.
PUBLICATIONS
WIMJ = West Indian Medical Journal
Refereed:
* Timo Vesikari, David O. Matson, Penelope Dennehy, Pierre
Van Damme, Mathuram Santosham, Zoe Rodriguez, Michael J.
Dallas, Joseph F. Heyse, Michelle G. Goveia, Steven B. Black,
Henry R. Shinefield, Celia D.C. Christie, Samuli Ylitalo,
Robbin F. Itzler, Michele L. Coia, Matthew T. Onorato, Ben A.
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Adeyi, Gary S. Marshall, Leif Gothefors, Dirk Campens, Aino
Karvonen, James P. Watt, Katherine L. O'Brien, Mark J.
DiNubile, H Fred Clark, John W. Boslego,  Paul A. Offit and
Penny M. Heaton, For the REST (Protocol 006) Study Team.
Safety and Efficacy of Pentavalent Human-Bovine (WC3)
Reassortant Rotavirus Vaccine In Preventing Rotavirus
Gastroenteritis and Associated Healthcare Contacts. New
England Journal of Medicine, 2006; 354:23-33.
* Heslop O., Smikle MF., Deer D., Christian N., Vickers IE.,
Harvey KM., Figueroa JP., Christie CDC., Bain B., Barton EN.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 (HIV-1) subtypes in
Jamaica. WIMJ, Oct, 2005; 4(5): 279-282.
* Christie CDC, Duncan ND, Thame KT, Smith HD. New
Rotavirus Vaccines for Infant Gastroenteritis Arriving Soon.
Editorial. WIMJ, 2006; 55(1)1-3.
* Duncan ND, Barnett A, Trotman H., Ramphal P., West W.,
Badal G., Christie CDC. Conjoined twins: Bioethics, Medicine
and the Law WIMJ, 2006: 55(2)123-124.
* West W, Fletcher H, Hanchard B, Rattray C, Vaughan K.
Bilateral psoas abscess in a case of granuloma inguinale, WIMJ,
2005 Oct; 54(5): 343-5.
* Gossell-Williams M, Fletcher H, Mcfarlane Anderson N, Jacob 
A, Patel J, Zeisel S. Dietary intake of choline and plasma choline
concentrations in pregnant women in Jamaica. WIMJ, 2005
Dec; 54(6): 355-9.
* Pierre RB, Augier R. Paediatric critical care – beyond the walls.
WIMJ, 2005; 54 (4): 217-219.
* Pierre R, Bailey KR, Dicks BA, Ramsay DH. HIV/AIDS and
the Jamaican child – Implications for research and action.
Caribbean Journal of Social Work Vol. 4. pp 59-72, 2005.
* Christie CD. Duncan ND. Thame KT. Smith HD. New
rotavirus vaccines for infant gastroenteritis arriving soon.
[Editorial] WIMJ, 55(1):1-3, 2006 Jan.
* Olugbuyi O, Samms-Vaughan M, Trotman H. “Mortality
of very low birth weight infants in Jamaica” Tropical Doctor. 2006
Jul; 36(3):169-71
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* Nichols S, Boyne M, Thame M, Osmond C, Wilks R Bennett F, 
McFarlane-Anderson, Young R, Forrester T. Cold induced
elevation of forearm vascular resistance is inversely related to
birth weight. J Hum Hypertens. 2005;19(4): 309-14. 
* Phillips D, Bennett F, Wilks R, Thame M, Boyne M, Osmond
C, Forrester T. Maternal Body Composition, Offspring Blood
Pressure and the Hypothalamic-Pituaitary-Adrenal Axis.
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2005; 19(4): 294-302.
* Serjeant GR, Hambleton IR, Thame M   Fecundity and
pregnancy outcome in sickle cell-haemoglobin C (SC) disease:
Observations from a cohort study. Brit Jour Obstet Gynecol 2005;
112(9): 1308-14
* Bell Y, Barton M, Thame M, Nicholson A, Trotman H.
Neonatal Sepsis in Jamaican  Neonates admitted to the
Neonatal Unit of a Teaching Hospital.  Annuls of Tropical
Paediatrics 2005; 25: 293-296.
* Trotman H, Bell Y, Thame M, Nicholson A, Barton M.
Predictors of poor outcome in neonates with bacterial sepsis
admitted to the University Hospital of the West Indies.  WIMJ.
2006; 55(2): 80-83.
* Thame M, Osmond C, Trotman H, Fletcher H, Antoine M.
Body Composition in Pregnancies of Teenage Girls and Mature
Women and the Impact on Birth  Anthropometry.  Eur J Clin
Nutr. July  2006
* Pottinger, A. Children’s experience of loss by parental
migration in inner city Jamaica. American Journ of Orthopsychiatry
2005; 75 (4), 485-496.
* Gordon Stair, A & Pottinger AM.  Disaster preparedness in the 
Caribbean: a review of mental health needs and services
(Editorial). WIMJ 2005; 54: 165-166.
* Wissart J, Parshad O,  Kulkarni S. Prevalence of pre- and
postpartum depression in Jamaican women BMC Pregnancy
Childbirth. 2005 Nov 8; 5:15
* Jackson S, Mullings A, Rainford L Miller A. The Epidemiology
of mycotic vulvovaginitis and the use of antifungal agents in
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suspected mycotic vulvovaginitis and its implications for clinical 
practice. WIMJ, 2005; 54: 192-5
Publications - Books and Monographs:
* Christie CDC, et al. CAREC’s Pediatric and Perinatal
HIV/AIDS Guidelines for HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment
and Care in the Caribbean, several book chapters.
www.chartcaribbean.org. 
Technical Report
* Adolescent Lifestyle Education for Risk-Reduction Training
Materials (ALERT): Evaluation of implementa- tion for the
Adolescent Lifestyle Education Project funded by Global Fund
for AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria; prepared by Pierre RB for
HOPE worldwide Jamaica, May 2006
Non-refereed
* Pottinger AM and Bain S.(Eds). Psychosocial support for
children affected by disasters: Training manual for
professionals.  (Monograph, 102 pages) Project of Planning
Institute of Jamaica and United Nations Children’s Fund
(PIOJ/UNICEF) 2005.
* Pottinger AM and Williams Brown S. (2006). Understanding
the impact of parental migration on children: Implications for
counseling families from the Caribbean. VISTAS: Perspectives
in Counseling (online publication of the American Counseling
Association http://counselingoutfitters.com/Pottinger.htm
ABSTRACTS:
Peer-reviewed
* White YR, Steel-Duncan J., Pierre RB., Palmer P., Evans-
Gilbert T., Rodriquez B., Christie CDC. Adherence to Anti-
Retroviral Drugs in pediatric patients with HIV/AIDS in
Jamaica. 
* Johnson N., Morgan O., Onyonyor A, Palmer P., Anderson
M, Moore J., Billings C., Harvey K., Mullings A., McDonald
D., Alexander G., Smikle MF., Williams EW., Davis D.,
Christie CDC. Centers for Disease Control Defined Diseases
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in Pregnant HIV-Infected Jamaican Women.  WIMJ, 53:5;
Abstract P-32; Nov., 2005.
* Pierre RB, White YRG, Steel-Duncan J, Palmer P, Evans-
Gilbert T, Rodriguez B, Harvey K, Christie CDC. Adherence
to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in children with HIV/AIDS in
Jamaica. Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS
Care 2006; 5 (1):37.
* Christie CDC. “Equal treatment for children: Turning the tide
of the Pediatric AIDS Pandemic”. 
* White YRG, Steel-Duncan J, Pierre RB, Palmer P, Evans-
Gilbert T, Rodriguez B, Christie CDC. Adherence to
antiretroviral drug therapy in paediatric patients with
HIV/AIDS in Jamaica. WIMJ, 2005; 54 (Suppl 5): 18.
* Pierre RB, White YRG, Steel-Duncan J, Palmer P, Evans-
Gilbert T, Rodriguez B, Harvey K, Christie CDC. Adherence
to antiretroviral drug therapy (ART) in children with
HIV/AIDS in Jamaica.
* Pierre RB, White YRG, Steel-Duncan J, Palmer P, Evans-
Gilbert T, Rodriguez B, Harvey K, Christie CDC. Adherence to
antiretroviral therapy (ART) in children with HIV/AIDS in
Jamaica. J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care 2006; 5 (1):37. 
* Thame M, Osmond C, Trotman H, Fletcher H, Antoine M.
Body Composition in pregnant of adolescent girls and mature
women and the impact on fetal growth and birth weight. WIMJ,
2005; 53 (Suppl.5):19.
* Manswell I, Antoine M, Thame M. A Comparison of
Anthropometry of Mothers and Infants within the Puerperium
with respect to Maternal Age. WIMJ, 2005; 53 (Suppl. 5):19.
* Young J, Trotman H, Thame M. Comparison of pregnancy
performance and outcome in adolescent girls and older women
WIMJ, 2006; 55 (Suppl. 2): 48.
* I Manswell, M Antoine, M Jackson, M Thame. Weight
retention in the puerperium in adolescents: A risk factor for
obesity?  WIMJ, 2006; 55 (Suppl.2): 39.
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* Olugbuyi O, Samms-Vaughan M, Trotman H. Mortality of
very-low-birth-weight infants in Jamaica. Trop Doct. 2006; 36:
169-71.
* Trotman H. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the
University Hospital of the West Indies: the first few years
experience. WIMJ, 2006; 55(2): 5-79.
* Bell Y, Barton M, Thame MM, Nicholson A, Trotman H.
Predictors of poor outcome in neonates with bacterial sepsis
admitted to the University Hospital of the WIMJ. 2006; 55(2):
80-84.
* Duncan ND, Barnett A, Trotman H, Ramphal P, West W,
Christie CDC. Conjoined twins: Bioethics, Medicine and the
law. WIMJ, 2006; 55(2): 123-124.
* Trotman H, Bell Y. Neonatal group B streptococcal infection
at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica: a 10-year
experience. Ann Trop Paediatr  2006; 26: 53-57.
* Trotman H, Barton M. The impact of the establishment of a
neonatal intensive care unit on the outcome of very low birth
weight infants at the UHWI. WIMJ, 2005; 54: 297-301.
* Bell Y, Barton M, Thame MM, Nicholson A, Trotman H.
Neonatal sepsis in Jamaican neonates. Ann Trop Paediatr 2005;
25: 93-296.
* Garwood D, Bazuaye P, Fletcher H, Trueba G, McFarlane-
Anderson N. Oxidative stress and antioxidant status in women
with cervical dysplasia.  WIMJ, (Supp 2) 2005 54: 72
* Bazuaye P, Fletcher H, Smikle M. McFarlane-Anderson N.
Class 1 HLA-A-B haplotypes and tumour necrosis factor (TNF-
á)-308 polymorphisim and cervical dysplasia.  WIMJ, (Supp 2)
2005 54: 72
* Gossell-Williams M, Fletcher H, McFarlane-Anderson N,
Jacob A, Patel J Zeisel S. Free plasma choline concentrations
during the first to second trimester of pregnancy in Jamaican
women; implications of inadequate dietary intake. WIMJ, (Supp
2) 2005 54: 74
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* Bambury, I, Mullings, A, Fletcher, H,  Johnson, N, Tulloch-
Reid, M. Cervical Intraephithelial Neoplasia in a Cohort of
HIV- Positive Women at UHWI: Management and Outcome 
WIMJ, (Supp 5) 2005 53: 16
* Thame, M, Omond, C, Trotman, H, Fletcher,H,  Antoine, M.
Body Composition among pregnancies of adolescent girls and
mature women and the Impact on fetal growth and birth weight.  
WIMJ, (Supp 5) 2005 54: 19
* Christie, L, Mitchell, S, Fletcher, H, Tulloch-Reid, M. The Risk
factors and outcomes of pregnancies complicated by shoulder
dystocia at UHWI between 2000-2004: A Case-controlled
review,  WIMJ, (Supp 5) 2005 54: 27
* Christie, L, McGill, N, Aiken,W,  Mitchell, S,  Fletcher, H.
Female Sexual Dysfunction in Women Attending the
Colposcopy and family planning clinics at the UHWI: The
Prevalence, demographics and risk factors, WIMJ, (Supp 5)
2005 54:27
* Gossell-Williams, M, Fletcher, H, Zeisel, S, McFarlane-
Anderson, N, Jacob, A, Patel, J. Longitudinal Assessment of
plasma choline and metabolites in pregnant women attending
the antenatal clinic at UHWI, WIMJ, (Supp 5) 2005 54: 28
* Scarlett, D,  Fletcher, H,  Reid, M. Reproductive Factors with
Abnormal PAP Smear and the Value of PAP Smears in
Diagnosing Cervical Pathologies, WIMJ, (Supp 5) 2005 54: 28
* Fletcher, H, Vutchkov, M,  Lalor, G, Grant, C, Bryan, S and
Aldred, K. The Mercury Concentration in Seafood in Jamaica (A 
preliminary analysis), WIMJ, (Supp 5) 2005 54: 43
* Bramwell G, Wierenga A. Jackson M, Fletcher H McFarlane-
Anderson N. Methyltetrahydrofolate reductase genotypes,
homo- cysteine and folate levels in women with pre-eclampsia,
WIMJ, (Supp 2) 2006 55:21
* Watt A, Smikle M,Fletcher H, Jackson M. McFarlane
Anderson N. Sexually transmitted infections in pregnant
women attending antenatalclinic at the university Hospital of
the West Indies, WIMJ, (Supp 2) 2006  55:28
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* Simms-Stewart D, Dacosta V, Fletcher H and Reid M.
Comparison of ultrasonic estimated weight and actual birth
weigh performed by residents in training at the University of the
west Indies, WIMJ, (Supp 2) 2006  55:57
* Fletcher H, Wharfe G, Scott P. Thromboembolism an unusual
complication of uterine fibroids.  WIMJ, (Supp 2) 2006 55:60
AWARDS and HONOURS:
Christie CDC. 2nd C. Davenport Cook Lecturer in International
Child Health, “Academic Pediatrics in Jamaica”, Yale University School
of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, 2005.
Christie CDC and Collaborators. Most Outstanding Research Project,
Principal’s Research Award, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the
West Indies, “Kingston Pediatric and Perinatal HIV/AIDS Project”,
2004-05.  
Thame Minerva
June 2006 Outstanding contribution to the education of student midwives
in the area of Paediatrics from the Directors of Nursing Education and
Nursing Services, UHWI. 
INCOME GENERATION 
RESEARCH GRANTS:
Funded Grants, Contracts – Income generation: 
Professor Celia Christie
Feeney M. (Principal Investigator), Christie C, Elizabeth Glaser Scientists
Award, Jan 1, 2006 to Dec 30, 2011;  “The Immune Response to Acute
Perinatal HIV Infection”  Total grant amount  $650,000 USD’s, total
amount to UWI $112,000 USD’s (ie., $16,000 USD’s per annum for seven
years).
Feeney M. (Principal Investigator), Christie CDC, Co-investigator. “The
impact of DC8 T cells on viral control and evolution in HIV-infected
infants. National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant, total amount to UWI,
$135,000 USD’s December 1, 2006 through November 30, 2011 (ie.,
$19,285.71 USD’s per annum for 7 years).
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Christie CDC (Principal Investigator)
“A prospective observational study of HIV-infected pregnant women and
their infants at Clinical sites in Latin America and the Caribbean” March 1
to October 31, 2006, and “A prospective, observational study of HIV-
exposed and HIV-infected children at clinical sites in Latin America and
Caribbean Countries” March 1, to October 31, 2006; NIH, NICHD grant
N01-HD-3-3345; grant amount -- $318,588.00 USD’s.
Christie CDC (Principal Investigator) 2002 - 2006
“Mega-trial of Safety and Efficacy of Pentavalent (G1, G2, G3, G4, and
P1) Human Reassortant Rotavirus Vaccine in Healthy Infants”, Merck and 
Co., USA. Grant amount - $ 1,861,020.00  USD’s. 
Christie CDC (Principal Investigator) 2002 – 2005
“Pediatric HIV/AIDS Leadership Initiative in Kingston, Jamaica”
International Leadership Award, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS
Foundation.
Grant amount - $ 472,500.00 USD’s
Christie CDC (Principal Investigator)2003 - 2005 
“Pediatric HIV/AIDS Outreach Clinics in Jamaica”.  Embassy of Jamaica, 
Washington, DC, 2003 Grant amount - $ 4,855.28 USD’s.  
Professor Horace Fletcher
2005 $10,909.51 US ($338,195.00 Jamaican dollars per year) Research
Grant from PAHO to Population council/Ministry Health/UWI for the
study Emergency Contraception Provider Knowledge Attitude and
Practices in the Caribbean (Co-investigator)
P.I.: Gossell Williams M, Co-Investigators: Samms-Vaughan M,
Fletcher H
Source : Gerber Baby Foods & University of North Carolina
Title: Choline and neuro-development in humans
Grant Period: 1/1/05 - 30/6/08
Annual direct costs: US$ 155,000.00
Fletcher H Cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis in women who used
Depo medroxy progesterone acetate. $J 2.4 million Fellowship from the
Principals Office, University of the West Indies.
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Dr M Samms-Vaughan
P.I.: R. Wilks, Co-Investigators: D. Ashley, F. Bennett, T Ferguson, T
Forrester, M. Jackson, J.Knight-Madden, M. Samms-Vaughan, K.
Vaughan, N. Younger
Source : National Health Fund, CHASE Fund, Caribbean Cardiac
Society, Caribbean Health Research Council, UHWI
Title: The impact of early-life experiences on cardio-vascular risk in
Jamaica 
Grant Period: 1/1/05 - 30/6/06
Annual direct costs:  J$ 14,000,000.00 
P.I.: M. Samms-Vaughan
Source : UNICEF
Title: The evaluation of a community based parenting programme in
Jamaica 
Grant Period: 1/1/05 - 30/6/06
Annual direct costs:  Phase I J$ 1,775,250.00 
P.I.: M Gossell Williams, Co-Investigators: M. Samms-Vaughan, H
Fletcher
Source : Gerber Baby Foods & University of North Carolina
Title: Choline and neuro-development in humans
Grant Period: 1/1/05 - 30/6/08
Annual direct costs: US$ 155,000.00
P.I.: M. Samms-Vaughan
Source : Dudley Grant Memorial Trust (through EFJ), World Bank
Title: A proposal for the review and selection and/or development of
instruments to assess the physical, cognitive and emotional development 
of children 0-6 years, including those with special needs. 
Grant Period: 1/2/04 - 31/1/06
Annual direct costs:  Phase I J$ 2,500,000.00 
P.I.: M. Samms-Vaughan
P.I.: E. Le Franc.  PI Jamaican Site: M. Samms-Vaughan
Source :   Wellcome Trust
Title: Migration, Family Structures and Morbidity from External
Causes  
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Grant Period: 1/1/04 - 30/6/06
Annual direct costs (Jamaican Site):  US$ 338,130.00
P.I.: M. Lambert, Co-Investigators M. Samms-Vaughan, F. Hickling 
Source :   Michigan State University Grant
Title: Measuring the co-morbidity of substance abuse, violence,
psychopathology, help-seeking  behaviour and attitudes towards substance 
abuse, violence, mental illness and the afflicted: 
Grant Period: 1/1/03 - 30/6/06
Annual direct costs (Jamaican Site):  J$ 720,000.00
P.I.: Children’s Issues Coalition, UWI .  Founding Members: Prof. E.
Leo-Rhynie, Prof.
S.Walker, Dr. M. Samms-Vaughan, Dr. Rose Davies, Dr. J. Meeks-
Gardner, 
Mrs. Janet Brown, Mrs. Sian William Source : UNICEF and The
Environmental 
Foundation of Jamaica Title: Development of a regional Children’s
Journal and regional 
database on children’s  issues
Grant Period: 1/1/02 - 31/12/05
Annual direct costs: US $15,000.00 and J$2,286,387.00  
Dr Helen Trotman Edwards
Caribbean Health Research Council   US $10,000  
The relationship between maternal depression, pregnancy and birth
outcome
Investigtors A. Pottinger, C. Rattry, H. Trotman.
PUBLIC SERVICE 
Professional Societies/Activities:
Dr. Roxanne Melbourne Chambers
– Vice President, Paediatric Association of Jamaica
Christie CD
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– Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of America   
– Member, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society of America
– Member, HIV Medicine Association of America, Founding
– Member, International Association of Physicians in HIV/AIDS 
Care
– Non-Executive Board Member, Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica
Limited and Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Life Insurance
Company Ltd 
– Member, Private Sector Organization of Jamaica, Corporate
Governance Committee
Dr Yomi Olugbuyi
– Member, Pediatric Association of Jamaica.
Dr Doreen Millard
– Chairman, Adoption Board
– Chairman, Bustamante Hospital for Children Management
Committee
– Chairman, Regional Technical Subcommittee of SERHA
– Member, South East Region Health Authority
– Adviser, Ministry of Health Rheumatic Fever / Rheumatic
Heart Disease Prevention Programme
– Member, Advisory Board of the Child Development Agency
Professor Horace Fletcher
– Chairman, West Indies Section American College of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Professor Joseph Frederick
– Member, Grabham Society (Jamaican Association of
Obstetricians and Gynaecologists) 
– Member, Pacesetters Toast Masters Club.
Dr S Kulkarni
– Member, Maternal Mortality Committee, MOH, Jamaica
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Dr. Sharmaine Mitchell
– Examiner, Caribbean Medical Council
– Author, “Women’s Health Issues” “Health, Home and
Garden” Magazine.
– Member, Gynaecologist - Grants Pen and Stella Maris
Foundation Outreach Programme
Dr Doreen Millard
– Member, Medical Association of Jamaica
– Member, Paediatric Association of Jamaica
Dr. Audrey Pottinger
– Board Member, Child Development Agency Advisory Board,
Ministry of Health 
– Member, Steering Committee, Disaster Mental Health Team,
Jamaica Red Cross
– Chairperson, Child Development Division, Jamaican
Psychological Society
Dr Maureen Samms-Vaughan
– Member, National Council on Education, Jamaica
– Chairman, Policy Research Committee, National Council on
Education, Jamaica
– Member, Advisory Board to the National Education
Transformation Team
– Member, Early Childhood Committee, Anglican Diocese
– Member, Research Committee, Society for Developmental and
Behavioural Pediatrics, USA
– Member, Vaz Preparatory School Board
– Member, Queen’s High School Board
– Member, Promise Learning Centre (Special Education School)
Board
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Dr Shaun Wynter 
– Integral liason, Pan Caribbean SIGMA Corporate 
– Member, MAJ Ethics Committee
– Member, Fundraising Committee, Sigma Run for UHWI
Labour Ward.
– Fund Raiser, Bellevue Hospital, Marie Atkins Homeless Shelter
and Best Care Lodge Children’s Home.
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
This year was the fourth year of the introductory lectures to the preclinical
students which is part of the urogenital module. 
All but five candidates were successful in the May June 2005 MBBS
examinations. Six students obtained honors in Obstetrics and
Gynaecology.
The undergraduate exam format was reviewed by a team chaired by
Professor Ramsewak (Trinidad), University examiner. Major changes were 
made to ensure that the format and standard of the clinical exam were
uniform across the campuses. This was the first year the exam was
conducted using multiple choice short structured and questions
Four candidates were successful in the Doctor of Medicine part II in
Obstetrics and Gynaecolgy in the May/June examinations and two were
successful in the DM part 1.
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DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY 
Professor Dipak Shah, MBBS, DCP Baroda(I),
DM(Path) UWI – Head of Department
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
Despite the various challenges andsevere budgetary constraints, the
performance of the Department in the
period under review must be considered as 
exemplary.  Over the year, research of the
Department speaks for itself and the
University has recognized this, by
awarding the Principal’s research award
for “the project attracting the most funding” as
well as for the “best publication.”
The department has a total complement of 
19 staff members, of whom two were away 
for studies and one on extended leave.
Nonetheless, the per capita publication in
peer reviewed journals is just under one per staff member.  In addition,
presentations at various local and international conferences were much
more than one per staff member.  The quality of both published articles
and presentations at conferences were of a high standard and were well
received by both local and international attendees.
All members of staff were heavily involved in teaching undergraduate
students reading for MB BS degrees.  At the Stage I level, the methods of
delivery included didactic lectures, POL’s and seminars/tutorials.  At the
Stage II level, the clerkship rotation was intensive, with teaching three days 
a week for 10 weeks per clerkship group.  The latter was done mainly by
academic staff with the usual sessions by resident staff.
The department is still facing budgetary constraints, restricting the quality
of research and teaching.  Nonetheless, in the coming year we should be
able to produce quality research work and also contribute towards high
levels of training for both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Teaching
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The Department is heavily involved in the teaching of undergraduate
students at both Stage I and Stage II levels.  At Stage I level, the classes
taught during the period 2005/06 were the classes of 2008, 2009 and 2010.
The number of students in each class was approximately 117, 150 and 165
respectively. The methods of delivery were didactic lectures, seminars/
tutorials and POL’s. Students from the class of 2007, which has
approximately 110 students, were rotated throughout the year for their
clinical clerkship. They had intensive teaching by both academic and
resident staff.
The assessment of Stage I was done at the end of each year and at the end
of three years when the students sat the BMed Sci examination. The
examination consisted of a MCQ exam and an OSPE.  The Department of 
Pathology was particularly heavily involved in finalizing these
examinations.  The academic staff was assessed by students at both stages
and achieved scores of 3.8 to 4.9 for the lectures and clerkship teaching.
Postgraduate training leading to the DM in Anatomical Pathology,
Haematology and Chemical Pathology degrees also had its almost full
complement of students. One student completed Part I of the DM
Anatomical Pathology examination and two students completed Part II of
the DM Haematology courses.  The department is proud to produce
Pathologists and Haematologists for the needs of the Caribbean.
Currently, there are five graduate students in Anatomical Pathology and
three in Haematology.   One student who enrolled for the DM in Chemical 
Pathology was asked to withdraw from the programme because of failure
to progress.
The academic and resident staff also taught courses in basic and general
Pathology to students of the University of Technology enrolled in the BSc
Pharmacy programme and those at UWI enrolled in the BSc Physical
Therapy and Diploma in Radiography programmes.
STAFF
Dr. Tracey Gibson returned to the Department in September 2005 after
completing a period of training at the University of Glasgow, Scotland.
She was the first in her class and was awarded the MSc in Medical Genetics
with distinction.  The Department is very proud of her achievement.  Since 
her return, she has written a proposal to start a Cytogenetics laboratory in
the Department.  The proposal has been submitted to the Dean of the
Faculty of Medical Sciences.   Dr. Karen Bishop returned in January 2006
from a Fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada
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where she studied Paediatric Pathology and was awarded a Fellowship
from the University of Toronto.
The members of staff in the department were actively involved in
curriculum development and planning.  Drs. Elaine Williams and Eric
Choo-Kang continue to serve on the Curriculum Committee and
Professor Coard, on the Assessment and Examinations Committee.  The
former two, were also active members of Stage I and Stage II committees.
Other members of staff serving on the Curriculum Committee are Drs.
Nadia Williams (Stage II) and Gilian Wharfe (Stage I and II). Dr. Elaine
Williams also served on the Faculty Staff/Student Liaison Committee.
Various staff members (Professor Coard, Drs. Elaine Williams, Doreen
Brady-West, Tracey Gibson) attended staff development workshops in
“Standard setting” organized by the Faculty.  Professor Coard was also
involved in conducting a Teaching Skills Workshop for Academic &
Senior Administrative Staff, organized by the Instructional Development
Unit of the University.
The staff members, in general, continued to develop in their areas of
specialty. This contributed greatly to graduate training in the department.
The Department of Pathology is the only institution in the Caribbean that
trains Pathologists and Haematologists.
LABORATORY
The laboratories within the department continue to play an important role
in the training of both undergraduate and postgraduate students, by
providing the required material for teaching and research.
A total of 641,274 tests were performed by the Chemical Pathology
laboratory and 149,129 by the Haematology laboratory.  The Blood Bank
collected 3,844 units of blood from voluntary donors for the treatment of
patients requiring whole blood transfusion or transfusion of various blood
products which were manufactured from them. The Cytopathology
laboratory processed 5,970 Pap smear samples and 1,009 non –
gynaecology samples. The Histopathology laboratory processed 9,369
cases and produced 50,162 slides.
Funding for supplies, including reagents to process samples for the
laboratories, has been increased but is sill not adequate for the amount of
work done.  No master plan has been developed as yet.  This was
mentioned in the last year’s departmental report.  It is extremely important
to develop that plan for the smooth running of the laboratories.
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The long affiliation with the National Cancer Institute and the Department 
of Pathology for the HTLV-1 Project will end in December 2006. The
project, which investigated all aspects of HTLV-1 and its associated
diseases in Jamaican patients, will have to continue at least, at a minimal
level.  The burden of funding which was shouldered by NCI/NIH will
now have to be carried by the Department of Pathology and, by extension,
the UWI.
The department is in the process of developing a comprehensive
immunopathology laboratory which will not only take over some aspect of 
work done by the HTLV-1 laboratory but also what is done in the routine
histopathology laboratory. This will require additional funding.
Dr. Tracey Gibson plans to start a Cytogenetics Laboratory for the benefit
of dysmorphic children initially and to further extend the services to adult
patients as well.  The plan has been submitted to the Dean for his approval.
RESEARCH
At least 14 high quality, peer-reviewed articles and 6 abstracts have been
published in local and international journals.  Not all members of staff
have submitted work for this report.  In addition, 27 research papers have
been presented at various local, regional and international conferences by
various members of staff. 
The research continuing in the department includes HTLV-1 and its
associated diseases, Prostate cancer, Cardiovascular diseases, Breast
cancer, Gastrointestinal diseases and HPV-induced diseases. Other
projects include: Immunohistochemical studies in hypertension and other
diseases including breast cancers, renal and liver cadmium and heavy metal 
concentration studies in collaboration with Environmental and Nuclear
Sciences (ICENS), aspects of Cytopathology, Perinatal mortality, Placental 
pathology, Cytogenetics, Neuropathology, Leukemia studies,
Haemophilia, Causes of Anemia, and aspects of Blood Banking and
Chemical Pathology.
PAPERS PRESENTED
• Blake G., Hanchard B, Gibson T, Waugh N, Choy L, “Changing 
Trends in the Incidence of Clinical Cancer, Kingston and St.
Andrew, Jamaica, 1973 -2002”, UICC World Cancer Congress
2006. Washington D.C. USA
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• Hanchard B. “Head and Neck Cancer in Jamaica” Caribbean
Association of Otolaryngologists, Annual Conference, Kingston
2006. Presidential Lecture.
• Murray CSG, Singh PDA., Coard KCM, Aiken W. “An
investigation of the ability of LESCOL (fluvastatin) to initiate
programmed cell death in human prostate cancer.” 51st Scientific
Meeting of the Caribbean Health Research Council, St. Kitts,
April 2006
• Jaggon J, “The role of Immunohistochemistry in
Neuropathology”, Caribbean Neurosciences Symposium,
University Hospital of the West Indies, 2006
• Skeete D, Coard K “Getting to the Heart of the Matter: An
analysis of Cardiac Trauma Cases from the Autopsy Service,
UHWI, 1996 - 2005”, 21st Caribbean Cardiology Conference,
Montego Bay, Jamaica.
• Gaskin DA, Broome H, Gaskin PS, Ramesh J and Williams NP.
“Colorectal Carcinoma in Barbados: Incidence and Anatomic
Distribution”, Caribbean Health Research Council 51st Annual
Council and Scientific Meetings, St. Kitts & Nevis April 26-29,
2006.
• G. Wharfe, “Thromboembolism an unusual complication of
uterine fibroids” 51st Annual Council and Scientific Meetings, St.
Kitts & Nevis, April 26 -29, 2006.
• Trevor Seaton, Nadia Williams and Barry Lumb, “A Clinical
Potpourri in Gastroenterology” Association of West Indian
Gastroenterologists, 20th Annual Meeting and International
Postgraduate Course 2006, Bahamas, April 20-22, 2006 
• K. Bishop, “Perinatal Audit: Pathology Critical Review 2001-
2005”, Annual Perinatal Conference, UWI, Kingston, Jamaica,
February 2006.
• G. Wharfe, “Clinical and Laboratory Features and Treatment of
ATL in Jamaica” Scientific Session, UWI, Mona, February 2006
• Jaggon J, “Update on Mad Cow Disease” Symposium of the
South Central Medical Association, October 2005
• Escoffery, CT.  “Histology: Past, Present, Future” The Biennial
General Meeting & Scientific Symposium of the Caribbean
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Association of Medical Technologists (CASMET), October 26,
2005 
• Hall CA, Escoffery CT, Shirley SE. “The pathology of ovarian
tumours at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica,
2000-2002”  14th annual Research conference and Workshop on
Clinical Trials, Faculty of Medical Sciences, UWI, Mona,
November 16-18, 2005.
• Skeete DHA, Shirley SE, Escoffery CT, “Screening histories of
incident cases of in-situ and invasive cervical cancer at the
University Hospital of the West Indies, from 2002 to 2004.”
Poster presentation, 14th Annual Research Conference and
Workshop on Clinical Trials, Faculty of Medical Sciences, UWI,
November 16-18, 2005.
• H. Brown, K. Coard, D.R. DuQuesnay, M. Newnham, D. Skeete
“Hyperthyroidism: Where are we now?” 14th annual Research
Conference of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, UWI, Main
Lecture Theatre, Kingston, Jamaica.
• D. Skeete, K. Coard, “A 5-year clinicopathologic profile of
patients with prostate cancer diagnosed by transrectal biopsy, at
the University Hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica”. 8th UWI
Medical Alumni Association International Medical Conference,
St. George’s Grenada, November 2005
• C.S.G. Murray, P.D.A. Singh, K.C.M. Coard, W. Aiken. “An
evaluation of the pro-apoptotic effects of Fluvastatin on human
prostatic adenoaarcinomas” 14th Annual Research Conference of
the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kingston Jamaica, November
2005.
• K. Coard, “Reporting in Prostate Cancer” 12th Annual
Symposium of the Jamaican Association of Clinical Pathologists
on Reporting in Pathology UHWI, Kingston, Jamaica, November 
2005.
• Nadia P. Williams, “Reporting in Colon Cancer” Jamaican
Association of Clinical Pathologists 12th Annual Scientific
Symposium on Reporting in Pathology, November 2005.
• G. Wharfe, “Chemotherapy for ovarian cancer” American
College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists Junior Fellows
Meeting, Main Lecture Theatre, UHWI, September 2005
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• G. Wharfe, “Systemic treatment of Breast Cancer” Cancer
Society Meeting. October 2005.
• Shirley SE, “Recent developments in Cytology” Scientific
Symposium of the Caribbean Association of Medical
Technologists (CASMET) Montego Bay, Jamaica, October 2005.
• Shirley SE, “Reporting in Breast Cancer” Jamaican Association
of Clinical Pathologists 12th Annual Scientific Symposium on
Reporting in Pathology, November 2005.
• G. Wharfe, “Reporting in Lymphomas”, Jamaican Association of 
Clinical Pathologists 12th Annual Scientific Symposium on
Reporting in Pathology, November 2005.
• SJ Davidson, D. McGrowder, JF. Burman, AA. Kelleher, “Can
Rotem predict post-operative bleeding and appropriate treatment
after cardiac surgery?” The International Society on Thrombosis
and Haemostasis XXth Congress and 51st Annual Meeting of the
Scientific and Standard Committee.  August 6-12, 2005, Sydney,
Australia.
• D. McGrowder, T. Deboch, J. Julius, “Urinary fractionated
normetanephrine and metanephrine measured by high pressure
liquid chromatography with amperometric detection for the
diagnosis of phaeochromocytoma” Jamaican Association of
Clinical Pathologists 12th Annual Scientific Symposium on
Reporting in Pathology, November 2005.
• D. McGrowder, J. Julius, T. Crawford, K. Jones, “Deranged liver
and renal function tests in pregnant women with abnormal
glucose metabolism who develop hypertensive disorders” 12th
Annual International Conference – The Diabetes Management
Team, Ocho Rios, March 2-5, 2006 
PUBLICATIONS 
WIMJ = West Indian Medical Journal
* West W, Fletcher H, Hanchard B, Rattray C, Vaughan K.
“Bilateral Psoas Abscess in a Case of Granuloma Inguinale”
WIMJ, 54 (5): (2005) 343-345.
* Plummer JM, Gibson TN, McFarlane MEC, Hanchard B,
Martin A, McDonald AH, “Clinicopathologic Profile of Gastric
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carcinomas at the University Hospital of the West Indies”.
WIMJ, 54 (6): (2005) 364-368.
* Yao K, Hisada M, Maloney E, Yamano Y, Hanchard B, Wilks
R, Rios M, Jacobson S. “Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus
Types I and II Western Bolt Seroindeterminate Status and its
Association with Exposure to Prototype HTLV-I”. Journal of
Infectious Diseases 193(3); 2006
* Biggar RJ, Ng J, Kim N, Hisada M, Li HC, Cranston B,
Hanchard B, Maloney EM. “Human Leukocyte Antigen
Concordance and the Transmission Risk Via Breast-Feeding of
Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1” Journal of Infectious
Diseases 193(2); 2006
* Blake G, Hanchard B, Gibson T, Wolff C, Waugh N,
Reynolds A. “Trends and Incidence and Histological Subtypes
of Lung Cancer” WIMJ, 55(1): (2006) 13-18.
* West W, Brady-West DC, McDonald AH, Hanchard B,
Fearon-Boothe D. “Ultrasound and White Blood Cell Counts in 
Suspected Acute Appendicitis” WIMJ, 55(2): (2006) 100-102
* Bonilla C, Mason T, Ahaghotu C, Chen W, Zhao A, Coulibaly
A, Bennett F, Aiken W, Tullock T, Coard K, Freeman V,
Kittles R. “E-cadherin polymorphisms and haplotypes
influence risk for prostate cancer” The Prostate 66 (2006) 546-
556.
* Williams NP, “A Caribbean perspective on Barrett’s
Oesophagus” WIMJ, 55 (2006) 148-5 
* East-Innis A, Desnoes R, Thame K, Shirley SE, Gilbert D.
“Pyoderma gangenosum associated with osteomyelitis in a
paediatric patient – a case report” WIMJ, 54(3) (2005): 207-9
* Phillips DI, Bennett FI et al “Maternal body composition,
offspring blood pressure and the hypothalamic-pituitary-
adrenal axis” Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2005; 19(4): 294-302.
* DC Brady-West, “Treatment of Multiple Myeloma –
Something old, something new” Postgraduate Medical Doctor
Caribbean Vol. 22, No. 3: 71 -74. 
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* D. McGrowder, K. Barrrett, P. Brown and D. Ragoobirsingh
“Exogenous nitric oxide inhibits glucose uptake in peripheral
tissues of diabetic rat model” Diabetologia Croatica 2005;34(3):77-
85.
* D. McGrowder, P. Brown and D. Ragoobirsingh “Acute
effects of exogenous nitric oxide on glucose uptake in skeletal
muscle of normoglycaemic and diabetic rats.” Medical Science
Monitor 2006; 12(1):BR28-35.
* D. McGrowder, D. Ragoobirsingh and P. Brown “Therapeutic
uses of Nitric Oxide-donating Drugs in the treatment of
Cardiovascular diseases” International Journal of Pharmacology 2006; 
4:366-373.
Book Chapter
* Hanchard B, “Cancers – The Changing Patterns” In Owen
Morgan (ed) Health Issues in the Caribbean 131-40; 2005.
Abstracts
* Skeete DHA, Shirley SE, Escoffery CT. “Screening histories
of incident cases of in-situ and invasive cervical cancer at the
University Hospital of the West Indies, 2002 -2004”, WIMJ,
(2005): 54 (Suppl.) 39.
* Hall CA, Escoffery CT, Shirley SE. “The pathology of ovarian
tumours at the University Hospital of the West Indies, 2000 –
2002” WIMJ, 2005: 54 (Suppl. 5).
* D Skeete , K Coard. “A 5-year clinicopathologic profile of
patients with prostate cancer diagnosed by transrectal biopsy, at
the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Jamaica”
WIMJ. 54 (Suppl 4); 16: 2005.
* H. Brown, K. Coard, D.R. DuQuesnay, M. Newnham, D.
Skeete “Where are we now? Hyperthyroidism”: WIMJ.  53
(Suppl 5); 40: 2005.
* CSG. Murray, PDA Singh, KCM Coard, W. Aiken. “An
evaluation of the pro-apoptotic effect of fluvastatin on human
prostatic adenocarcinomas” WIMJ.  53; (Suppl 5); 38: 2005.
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* CSG. Murray, PDA Singh, KCM Coard, W.Aiken “An
investigation of the ability of LESCOL ® (fluvastatin) to initiate
programmed cell death in human prostate cancer” WIMJ. 55
(Suppl 2) 63: 2006.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Professor B. Hanchard
– Board of Directors, Jamaica Cancer Society 
Professor K. Coard
– Secretary, Caribbean Cardiac Society 
– Chairman, Research Grants Awards Committee 
– UWI Mentorship Programme
Dr. E. Williams
– Cytopathology Consultation, Jamaica Cancer Society
Dr. N. Williams
– Member, UWI Medical Alumni Association
– Co-Host, Radio Mona Programme
– Mentor, UWI Mentorship Programme
Professor C. Escoffery
– Cytopathology Consultation, Jamaica Cancer Society
Dr. T. Gibson
– Cytopathology Consultation, Jamaica Cancer Society
Dr. J. Jaggon
– Cytopathology Consultation, Jamaica Cancer Society
Dr. L. Buchner
– Board Member, Penwood Dental Clinic 
Dr. J. Taylor-Houston
– Member, Leukaemia Care Foundation
Dr. D. McGrowder
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– Member, Asian Journal of Biochemistry
– Member, Trends in Medical Research
Income Generation
HTLV -1 Project continues to generate funds for the Department.  The
year in review generated US$431,702.00.
A new contract has been signed with NCI/NIH by the Department for
ATL treatment study for US$99,000.  The Principal Investigator will be
Dr. Gilian Wharfe.
The other projects to be developed in the department include a
Cytogenetics laboratory, and an Immunopathology laboratory which have
the potential to generate a substantial amount of funding.
Cytopathology training can also generate funds by training of students.  
Awards
– Principal’s Research Award for the “Project Attracting the Most
Research Funds” for “Research on Epidemiology of HTLV-1 in
Jamaica”. Hanchard B, Wharfe G, Williams N, East-Innis A,
Williams E, Cranston B. Research Day 2006.
– Award for the “Best Publication” in the Faculty of Medical
Sciences, University of the West Indies, Coard K,  Research
Day 2006
– “Fellowship in Paediatric Pathology” Bishop K, The Hospital
for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; January 1, 2004 –
December 31, 2005.
– “Master of Science (Distinction), Medical Genetics”, Gibson T, 
University of Glasgow, Scotland. December 2005.
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THE UWI SCHOOL OF NURSING
Hermi H. Hewitt, OD, PhD, RN – Head of Department
WORK Of THE UWI SCHOOL OF NURSING, MONA
The UWI School of Nursing, Mona(UWISON) focused on creating a
teaching/learning environment that
facilitates the delivery of quality
programmes and highlighted its achieve-
ments during its 40th anniversary
celebrations (1966-2006). To mark this
historic landmark Dr. Jean Yan, Chief
Nurse Scientist, World Health
Organization (WHO) became the first
nurse and female to receive the Sir Alister
McIntyre Award at the University of the
West Indies Diabetic Outreach Project
(UDOP) Conference in Ocho Rios, March 2006. UWISON increased its
visibility through radio telephone interviews and exhibitions on Campus as 
well as at urban and rural secondary schools and other nursing events. The
School was internally audited by the Quality Assurance Unit on April 4,
2006 and received commendation as “an outstanding example of good
practice in quality assurance procedures and one which other departments
could emulate”.
UWISON’s main targets for 2005-06 were to: increase academic and
administrative staff cadre to meet the teaching/learning needs in
classroom and clinical areas; extend the physical facilities to accommodate
teaching, administrative and skills development needs of nursing students;
equip classrooms and nursing skills laboratory to reflect the Nursing
Council, the Regional Nursing Body and international nursing standards;
attract research grant funds for the asthma proposal and resubmission of
the HIV risk reduction proposal; improve staff research publication in
peer reviewed journals; become designated as a WHO Collaborating
Centre for nursing and midwifery in the Caribbean; establish Endowment
Fund to mark the 40th Anniversary of the School; convert undergraduate
courses for electronic and distance education delivery and sustain visibility
by hosting international research conferences and celebrating
achievements over the past forty year.
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Staffing: A Teaching Assistant and an Assistant Lecturer and number of
part-time clinical preceptors were employed to meet the education and
training needs of students. A Programme Coordinator was added to the
staff to facilitate the research projects with which the School was engaged
and to facilitate the development of the Nursing and Midwifery Centre.
The two additional administrative staff members helped to improve the
management of the increased volume of workload during the academic
year 2005-06. However more senior administrative support is urgently
needed. As the student population grows the need for more staff, both at
the academic and administrative level is of priority if the quality of the
programme is to be sustained.  
Extension of Physical facilities: Despite continuous appeal and
promises to have the building expanded to meet the student population
needs for the period 2006-07, the year has ended without any evidence of
this occurring. This has implications for the number of students who can
be admitted to the programme for the new academic year in the midst of
an increasingly competitive environment.
Skills Laboratory: The School has been acquiring new mannequins and
teaching simulators for the nursing skills laboratory. However, the small
existing laboratory cannot accommodate the students causing staff to be
transporting these to any available space in the Hospital to enable students’ 
practice. We expectantly await extended facilities to attain the international 
standards to which we aspire.
Research Projects: Jamaica Asthma and Allergies National Prevalence Study
received funding from the National Health Fund J$10,561,720.00, the
CHASE Fund – J$3,800,000.00 and the UWI New Initiative Funding-
J$1,500,000.00. The proposal on Reducing HIV risk behaviour among Jamaican
Adolescent males Project done in collaboration with the University of
Pennsylvania School of Nursing was submitted to the National Institutes
of Health (NIH) in January 2006. The proposal received a high score
therefore enabling a revision to be made and subsequent resubmission.
Staff publication: The overall per capita publication improved. Although
the target set was not attained, the prospects are positive as abstracts have
been converted to papers, several manuscripts are in preparation and some 
have been accepted for publication.
UWISON was assessed from August 24-26, 2005 to become a World
Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre in nursing and
midwifery. The review from the PAHO/WHO Regional Director was
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positive. The final stages of the designation process are currently being
discussed in Geneva.
As part of the 40th anniversary, an Endowment Fund was launched with
US$2,500. Plans are in place to have the fund increased to facilitate
research and scholarships for students and staff.
The School is preparing to offer undergraduate programme via distance
education. Due to the tremendous clinical teaching workload of staff up to
July, the conversion of course for web delivery was greatly slowed. A draft
proposal was developed for delivering the BScN degree to practicing
registered nurses through e-learning and distance education. The proposal
was developed with a team from the R. Chang School of Continuing
Education at Ryerson University. Dr. Raymond Chang Jamaican/
Canadian philanthropist has expressed the desire to fund the pilot project.
Research Conferences: The School successfully co-hosted the UDOP in 
which Dr. Jean Yan, WHO Chief Nurse Scientist and recipient of the Sir
Alister McIntyre award gave the feature address. The Annual Nursing
Midwifery research conference and Mary Jane Seivwright day took the
form of an international conference with several new features. The
keynote address was delivered by the noted Professor Loretta Sweet
Jemmott, University of Pennsylvania on the first day of the conference
while Professor Rosemarie Parse, Loma Linda University gave the feature
address on the Mary J Seivwright Day. The conference was attended by a
large number of internationally renowned nurse scientists as well as
regional and international nurses and nursing students. Major outputs of
this conference were the launching of the Caribbean Journal of Nursing
and Midwifery and the establishment of an Endowment Fund at the gala
alumni banquet, under the theme “Honouring our heritage,
acknowledging achievements and moving forward with confidence”. Mrs.
Scarlette Gillings, UWISON’s Board member was the guest speaker at
which the Honourable Syringa Marshall-Burnett’s contribution to
UWISON was celebrated. 
The targets for 2006-07 are to:
increase clinical teaching staff for the BScN (generic) degree by
100% thus enhancing students’ transfer of knowledge to practice; 
revise undergraduate and graduate curricula; 
expand the physical facilities of UWISON with offices,
classrooms, state-of the art equipped skills laboratories to
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accommodate the growing student and staff population and
maintain a competitive edge in undergraduate and graduate
nursing education; 
convert and deliver the BScN degree courses to practicing
registered nurses nation-wide and Caribbean-wide through e-
learning and distance education modes supported by international 
partnership;
support academic staff in engagement with national and
international interdisciplinary research team building to build
capacity;
strengthen nursing and midwifery research programmes and
scholarship and increase staff publication output by at least 50%; 
collaborate with University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing in
submitting fundable research project; 
recruit international nursing scholars through Visiting
professorship and Fulbright scholarships to strengthen the
experience of the academic staff and encourage international
research partnership in nursing and midwifery research; 
be designated a World Health Organization Collaborating Center
for Nursing and Midwifery in the Caribbean and provide the
forum for dissemination of nursing and midwifery research; 
improve the administrative staffing level to expedite the
turnaround time of information to and from the school; 
generate administrative tools for guiding staff and student
performance and making the operations of the school more
efficient and effective in delivering and maintaining best teaching
and learning practices; 
increase the recently established Nursing Endowment Fund with
the involvement of alumni to facilitate scholarships for students
and staff research development; 
participate in an external quality assurance evaluation of the
UWISON programmes in 2007.
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Overall Teaching Achievement:
Teaching Assessments of Courses
Students’ assessment of teachers ranged from 3.7 to 4.7 in Semester I and
3.7 to 4.6 in Semester II.
There are 12 full-time faculty members with a per capita staff publication
of 0.3 and 1.3 for papers and abstracts respectively.  
PAPERS PRESENTED
• Bailey, E. Stewart H., Hewitt, H. Green, R. “A case study of
Midwifery Services in Jamaica” Annual Nursing Midwifery
Research Conference June 1, 2006, Sunset Jamaica Grande, Ocho
Rios.
Duff, E.
• “Health and the Environment”, Annual General Meeting,
Portland Environment Protection Association, Portland Health
Services Department, October 22, 2005
• “Ethics in Nursing Research” Nurse Practitioners’ 50th Biannual
and 2nd Annual Seminar, Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort,
December 2, 2005
• “Oxidative stress in Jamaican adults with diabetes mellitus” 
International Nursing Midwifery Research Conference, Sunset
Jamaica Grande Resort, June 3, 2006
• “High levels of oxidative stress in Jamaican adults with diabetes
mellitus”, 21st Caribbean Cardiac Society Conference, Half Moon
Hotel Conference Centre, Montego Bay, July 22, 2006
Hewitt, H.
• “Strategic planning meeting” Caribbean HIV/AIDS Regional
Training Network (CHART)/I-Tech Nursing Working Group,
Accra Beach Hotel and Resort, Barbados, January 17-19, 2006;
• “Developments at UWISON” Nursing Council of Jamaica
Tutors’ Conference, University Hospital School of Nursing,
January 31, 2006
• “The UWI School of Nursing” Bermuda, February 21, 2006
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• “Developments in Nursing Education at UWISON” to
Baccalaureate nursing students from Winona State University; 
• “Regional Midwifery Accreditation” in Bermuda, February, 22,
2006
• “Honouring Mary Jane Seivwright” Annual Nursing Midwifery
conference June 2, 2006 Ocho Rios
• “Honouring Syringa Marshall Burnett” June 3, 2006 anniversary
banquet, Ocho Rios.
Kahwa, E.
• “Culture-specific factors influencing HIV-related sexual risk
among Jamaican adolescents” International Nursing Mid- wifery
Research Conference, Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort, June 3,
2006
Lindo, J.
• “The general mental well-being of doctors and nurses in two
hospitals in Kingston, Jamaica”, International Nursing Midwifery
Research Conference, Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort, June 3,
2006
Lopez, S.
• “Ethical Implications in Clinical Practice” Nurse Practitioners’
50th Biannual and 2nd Annual Seminar, Sunset Jamaica Grande
Resort December 2, 2005
• “End stage renal disease patients receiving haemodialysis:
Perceived severity, susceptibility to their illness and support given
by health personnel”, International Nursing Midwifery Research
Conference, Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort, June 3, 2006,
Waldron, N.
• “Clinical Laboratory Investigations & Interpretation” Nurse
Practitioners’ 50th Biannual and 2nd Annual Seminar, Sunset
Jamaica Grande Resort December 2, 2005. 
Weaver, S. 
• “Psychiatric patients’ evaluation of the efficacy of traditional
medicine vs. western biomedical sciences in the treatment of their
mental illness”, International Nursing Midwifery Research
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Conference, Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort, June 3, 2006.
PUBLICATIONS
WIMJ = West Indian Medical Journal
Book Chapter:
* Dr. Hermi Hewitt “The Nursing Process in the Caribbean”, in
The Nursing Process: A Global Concept (Chapter 10). ed. by B.
Habermann, L. Uys & B. Parfitt, Edinburgh: Elsevier Churchill
Livingstone, pp. 135-144.
Refereed Journal Articles:
* E.K. Kahwa, L.A Sargeant, A. McCaw-Binns N. McFarlane-
Anderson, M.  Smikle, T. Forrester & R. Wilks. Anticardiolipin
antibodies in Jamaican Primiparae. Journal of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology (2006), 26(2):122-126.
* A O’Connor, N McFarlane-Anderson, E Duff, R Wright-
Pascoe, Y Wint.  “gh levels of F2-Isoprostanes in Jamaican
adults with diabetes mellitus”. International Journal of Diabetes &
Metabolism 14 (2006): 46-49.
Abstracts
* A O’Connor, N McFarlane-Anderson, E Duff, R Wright-
Pascoe, Y Wint.  “Oxidative Stress in Jamaican Adults with
Diabetes Mellitus”. The Caribbean Journal of Nursing and Midwifery
1 (2006): 55.
* K Hutchinson, L Jemmott, E B Vasas, H Hewitt, E Kahwa, N
Waldron, B Bonaparte. “Culture-Specific Factors Influencing
HIV-related Sexual Risk Among Jamaican Adolescents”.
Caribbean Journal of Nursing and Midwifery 1, 1 (2006):60.
* J  Lindo, J LaGrenade, A McCaw-Binns, M Jackson, D
Eldemire-Shearer. “The General Mental well being of Doctors
and Nurses in two Hospitals in Kingston, Jamaica”. The
Caribbean Journal of Nursing and Midwifery 1 (2006): 59.
* J  Lindo et al.  “Perinatal mortality rates of Jamaica health
regions”.  WIMJ 55, 2 (2006): 50.
* S Lopez, D Eldemire-Shearer, A McCaw-Binns, J LaGrenade,
E N Barton. “End Stage Renal Disease Haemodialysis:
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Perceived Severity, Susceptibility to their Illness and Support
given by Health Personnel”. The Caribbean Journal of Nursing and
Midwifery 1 (2006): 57.
* N Younger, F Bennett, M Tulloch-Reid, J Mullings, T
Forrester, E. Ward, D. Ashley, R. Wilks. “The Validity of Blood
Glucose and Cholesterol as Estimated By Finger-Stick”. WIMJ
54, 2 (2006): 22.
* M Tulloch-Reid, N Younger, M Boyne, N. Zohoori, T
Ferguson, F Bennett, J Mullings, E. Ward, D. Ashley, R. Wilks.
“Hypercholesterolemia and Social Status in Jamaica”. WIMJ 54,
2 (2006): 20.
* H  Stewart, H Hewitt, E Bailey, R Green. “A Case Study:
Midwifery Services in Jamaica”. The Caribbean Journal of Nursing
and Midwifery 1 (2006): 45.
* C A B James, S R Weaver, K Morgan.  “Psychiatric patients’
evaluation of the efficacy of Traditional medicine vs. Western
biomedical sciences in the treatment of their mental illness”.
WIMJ 55, 2 (2006): 67.
* Y B Wint, E M Duff, N McFarlane-Anderson, A O’Connor, E
Y Bailey, R A Wright- Pascoe. “Barriers to Diabetes Control in
Adults in Jamaica”. The Caribbean Journal of Nursing and Midwifery,
1 (2006): 55. 
INCOME GENERATION
Earnings from new ventures and graduate programmes amounted to
approximately J$64.8 million dollars.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Bailey, E.
– Assistant Editor, The Jamaican Nurse Journal;
– Member, Nursing Council of Jamaica Evaluation team.
Duff, E.
– Member, Nursing Council of Jamaica Research Committee
Green, R.
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– Member, Planning Committee for the Nurse Practitioners’
Continuing Education.
Hewitt H.
– Executive Board Member, International Academic Nursing
Alliance
– Member, RNB/CARICOM Executive and Education
Committees;
– Committee member, biennial relicensure of nurses, Nursing
Council of Jamaica; 
– Executive member, University Hospital League of Graduate
Nurses; 
– Committee member,  Jamaican Nurse Journal
Lopez, S. 
– Board member, Heart Foundation of Jamaica; 
– Assistant Treasurer of the University Hospital League of
Graduate Nurses; 
– Committee member, the Jamaican Nurse Journal
Marshall-Burnett S.
– President, Senate of the Jamaican Parliament, 
– Executive member of the PNP; 
– Member, Nursing Council of Jamaica; 
– Editor, Jamaican Nurse Journal.
Mullings J.
– Member, Orphans & Vulnerable Children Committee, Ministry
of Health; 
– Facilitator, MultiCare Foundation Sports Programme for Youth
– Member, Planning Committee - McCam Centre
Stewart, H. 
– President, NAJ Credit Union’s Board of Directors; 
– Judge, NAJ student nurse of the Year competition; 
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– Member, National Council on Drug Abuse.
Weaver, S.
– Member, Lions Club.
Wint, Y.
– Member, Editorial Committee, The Jamaican Nurse Journal.
CATEGORIES OF STUDENTS
All students in the BScN (generic) programme are full time.  Of the 42
students in the BScN (post RN) programme, 37 are full time while 5 are
part time. All 22 full-time students who entered the BScN (post RN) in
2004 will be graduating with Honours in November 2006.
UWISON’s 512 undergraduate students are as follows:
Undergraduate
Category of Students New Returning Total Graduat- Status
ing Nov.
2006
1st year 2nd Year 3rd Year
BSN (generic) Mona campus 93 124 - 217 N/A
BScN (generic) franchised at 65 66 - 131 N/A
EXED
BScN (generic) franchised at 46 39 37 122 26/37 1st Class= 3
Brown’s Town Community Upper 2nd=11 
College Lower 2nd =12
Sub-Total-BScN (generic) 204 229 37 470 26
Sub-Total BScN (post RN) 17 25 - 42 42/25 1st Class =6
Upper 2nd =13
Lower 2nd =3
GRAND TOTAL 221 254 37 512 48
Undergraduates
Postgraduate:
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The School started with thirty one (31) 1st and 2nd year post-graduate
students and one (1) student from the 2004-05 class joined in the 2nd
semester. One (1) student applied for leave of absence due to financial
reasons and one (1) was asked to withdraw because of unsatisfactory
academic performance in semester I. Of the remaining 29+1** students,
24 were full-time and 6 part-time.  Nineteen (19) of the 23 eligible students
completed the degree, of whom 10 received distinction. The MScN
student population is as follows:
Category of Student Fulltime Part- Total Graduating Status
time Nov. 2006
MScN (Nursing Administration; 11+1** 6 17+1** 12 Distinctions = 7
Nursing Education)
MScN (Family Nurse Practitioner; 12 - 12 7 Distinctions =3
Mental Health/Psychiatric Nurse
Practitioner 
Total postgraduates students 23+1** 6 29 + 1** 19
** 2004-05 class
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FACULTY OF PURE AND
APPLIED SCIENCES
MONA
Year ending July 31, 2006
Ronald E. Young, BSc, MSc UWI, PhD St. And. – Dean
Overview
HIGHLIGHTS
Curriculum & Quality Building – Strengthening regionality
The Departments of Physics, Chemistry and Life Sciences heldcross-campus  harmonization and curriculum reform meetings
and, based upon this have initiated curriculum reform, aimed at facilitating
movement between campuses and promoting active learning. A brief,
pointed report from the Quality Assurance Review of the
Mathematics Section emphasized the Section’s need for new, effective
leadership and additional faculty, to modernize its curriculum, improve
communication and collaboration within and outside the department and,
in general, to lift of its performance in teaching and research.  The Section
is responding to the challenge. Computer Science has updated its
courses, de-emphasizing recall and focusing more on problem solving.  As
a software project the Section developed a streaming programme to serve
the Faculty, and has helped tremendously with the streaming of laboratory
and lecture groups, which still, because of late admissions, takes place far
too late.
Outreach – Raising the profile of Science
The Faculty, partly in collaboration with CARIMAC, produced three short 
films entitled “Seeing Red: The Science of Violence”, “Paradise Lost” and “Sick to
Death: The Science of HIV-AIDS”. This UWI/UNESCO Science/ Media
Project was based on a proposal by Dr. Mark Thomas (Life Sciences) and
Dean Young, aimed at fostering a more scientific approach to popular
issues.
Different Departments ran workshops and offered special experiences for
teachers, and for high school, primary school and even kindergarten
children. The Faculty hosted 10 students and two teachers from the
Denham Town Primary School Science Club.  This inner city school
has consistently excelled in schools’ science competitions, and was
recognized because of their success in promoting an interest in science
among the young.  They visited all the departments of the Faculty and
dined at Pages Café.  Follow-up visits are planned.  
The Faculty continued to host Generating Genius, a programme of a
London based organization run by Dr. Anthony Sewell. This programme
aimed at raising the aspirations of black males to careers in Science and
Medicine, now places more emphasis on Science. In addition to
Chemistry, Life Sciences and Biotechnology, the students this year, all
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Jamaican, had added exposure to Robotics in the Physics Department.
The Biotechnology Centre continued its involvement in the Citrus
Replanting Project with the Ministry of Agriculture.  
Research Symposia & Workshops: Scholarly activities
The Chemistry Department hosted the 21st Biennial Mona
Symposium on Natural Products, and, with the support of the Strategic
Transformation Team, held a workshop on the Strategic Evolution of
the Chemistry Department (1948 to 2006), aimed at identifying the
factors contributing to the outstanding success of this Department over
the years.  The Unit for Disaster Studies (Geography & Geology)
launched the Virtual Disaster Library in collaboration with the UWI
Library, and the Department hosted the 5th British-Caribbean
Geography Seminar on Global Change and Caribbean Vulnerability:
Environment, Economy and Society at Risk, in collaboration with the Royal
Geographic Society and Institute of British Geographers.  The Faculty was 
well represented at the 4th Biennial Conference of the International
Society for the Development of Natural Products held this year in
Leysin, Switzerland.  Dr. Trevor Yee (Natural Products Institute) was
returned as Treasurer of the Society and Dr. Rupika Delgoda again won
the prize for Best Poster.  The Centre for Marine Sciences put on a
Workshop on Fish Energetics. 
Honours & Awards
Dr Michael Taylor (Physics Department) received the Scientific
Research Council’s Young Scientist Award (2005), and Professor
Emeritus Edward Robinson (Geography & Geology) received the
Gleaner’s Honour Award for Science & Technology (2005) and the
National Medal for Science & Technology (2005).  Nadale Downer-
Riley, PhD student in Chemistry, represented the region at the 56th
meeting of Nobel Laureates (18th Assembly in Chemistry) in Lindau,
Germany. The 2006 Principal’s Award’s went to Professor Ralph
Robinson & the Parasite Research Group and to Dr. Byron Wilson of
the Department of Life Sciences; to Dr. Roy Porter & Ms. Petrea Facey
and to Dr. Anthony Greenaway of the Chemistry Department; to Dr.
Simon F. Mitchell of the Department of Geography & Geology; and to
Drs. Mitko Voutchkov, Gerald Lalor & S. Macko of ICENS. 
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STAFF
Nine full-time faculty (10%) resigned or retired (18 were lost last year).
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed publications fell by 5 (6%) with the annual per capita research
output rising from 1.00 to 1.05. Total non-refereed publications, including
conference presentations and technical reports (137), was down from 189
(2004/05) and 177 in 2003/04.  Geography & Geology lead the teaching
Departments with 1.5 refereed papers per full time staff member vs 1.3 for
the Department of Chemistry.  The Centre for Marine Sciences with 5
papers per staff member reached expectations for a research centre, but
the Biotechnology Centre continued to under-produce. Geography/
Geology dominated, as usual, in conference presentations / non-refereed
articles / reports / monographs etc. (c. 5 per full time staff member). 
Academic Refereed Non- Technical Conference
Staff Publications Refereed Reports Presentations
N: 78 82 11 21 105
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMME
Registration
At mid-October, 2005, the Faculty had 1682 students with financial
approval, an increase of 175 (12%) over the number of 1507 in October
2004 (Student Records System). Total number with financial approval at
the close of the year (mid-August) was 2073 (increased by 3% over
2004/2005). Registrations in Level 1 courses ranged from 62 in Geology to 
324 in Life Sciences, averaging 199 vs 195 last year (2% increase), but
numbers rose significantly in Life Sciences (23%) and Chemistry (10%),
and declined in all other programmes, notably in Biochemistry (–25%) and 
Geology (–20%).  The fall in this second year of offering Level 1
Biochemistry, was probably due to recognition that it could not be used
along with Chemistry for admission into Medical Sciences; that in Geology 
can be ascribed to the start-up of a similar programme at St. Augustine.
Reasons for the rise in Chemistry and Life Sciences (apart from the exodus
from Biochemistry) are unclear.  
2003/04 2004/05 2005/06
*Total Registered: 1801 2002 2073
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*With financial approval at mid-August
BSc Degree Results
Numbers graduating in 2005/2006 increased by 7.5% to 274, after having
increased by 20% in 2004/05.  The percentage of First Class Honours fell
(again) to 8%, but the percentage of pass degrees also fell.
   2003/2004    2004/2005    2005/2006
Level of Degree   N    %   N    %  N    %
First   26  12.2   26   10.2   21    7.7
Upper Second    81  38.1   99   38.8   91  33.2
Lower Second  71  33.3   84   32.9 133  48.5
Pass   35  16.4   46   18.1   29  10.6
Total Graduating: 213 100.0 255 100.0 274 100.0
GRADUATE STUDIES
In 2005/2006, MSc registrations fell by 20%, and PhDs by 4%, but MPhils
increased, with overall graduate registration falling by 27%, mainly in
research students (67%).
Graduate Students
    REGISTERED                 GRADUATING
2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06
MIS*   73 (73)   76 42 (42) 45
MSc 142 165 130 32  48 35
MPhil 188 167 175 15  20   8
PhD   62   71   68   5  16   4
Diploma   -   11     7   -   -   -
Total: 465 487 456 94 126 92
*MIS students are jointly taught by MSB and Computer Science staff and on alternate years are
assigned to either FPAS or FSS (in 2005/06 they were assigned to FSS).
Graduate Courses
All groups, except the Computer Science Section and the Department of
Life Sciences, discontinued some of their taught graduate programmes this 
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year.  Consequently, the number of taught graduate courses fell from 60 to
47.
    Total       Mean No. Courses/ Staff 
Department Courses     Credits      /Course Member
Chemistry   4   13 13.5 0.2† 1.7*
Geography &   3   26   3.7 0.5 3.4
Geology   0    0 n/a n/a 2.4
Life Sciences 13   52   8.5 0.8 2.8
Mathematics &   3   18   1.0 0.5 3.8
Computer Science 16   68 24.3 3.2 7.6
Physics   8   45 11.1 0.8 2.6
TOTAL: 47 222 14.0 0.7 2.9
†This column indicates mean number of courses for graduate level only
*This column indicates mean number of courses including both graduate and undergraduate levels
GRANTS / INCOME
External Grants to the Faculty fell precipitously, across the board, by more 
than half although the total number of grants changed minimally (30 vs 33
in 2004/2005).  Internal Grants, however, doubled in number and
increased in value by 148%, whilst net Income Generated increased by
18%.
INTERNAL EXTERNAL INCOME
$8,600,252 (n = 14) $51,214,349 (n = 30) $28,665,748 (n = 19)
Currency is stated in J$ equivalents converted at a rate of J$62 to US$1
Most departments generated modest surpluses based upon income earned. 
The commercial arms of the Faculty, the NPI and MIAS both are still in
the growth phase, and whilst generating patents (NPI) and significant
increases in income (MIAS), are still not returning significant surpluses.
Both, however, have very promising projects under development, which
should be quite lucrative if brought to successful conclusions.
CONCLUSIONS
The Faculty has moved positively toward improving outreach to the
schools at all levels and toward curriculum reform.  Income diversification
has been embraced through offering services (e.g. Commercial
Chemistry), consultancies, surplus-generating courses and programmes,
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and seeking grants.  The Preliminary programme which the Campus
wished to discontinue, but which the Faculty fought to retain, is proving to 
be very cost effective and useful in other ways, although the Faculty does
not appear to be benefiting financially from this. The grant-
seeking/income-generating performance has been effective, but erratic
and income has not grown as steadily as might have been hoped.  Research
output also has not thrived and the loss of faculty along with failure to
recruit internationally competitive replacements is a cause for concern. 
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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
Professor Ishenkumba A. Kahwa, BSc (Hons), MSc Dar es Salaam,
DPhil Louisiana State – Head of Department
Overview of Department’s Work 2005-2006
The Department started out the 2005-2006 academic year with a strong
determination to address the issues of the
UWI Mona’s strategic challenges and to
ensure that there was continuity in the areas
which were not completed the previous year. 
Areas receiving serious attention included
the: (1) completion of the joint curriculum
reform with the St. Augustine and Cave Hill
campuses; (2) introduction of research
experience for all students doing BSc
Chemistry majors; (3) modernization and
streamlining of the laboratory programmes into more manageable and
appealing teaching-learning activities for the students; (4) preparation for
the commencement of the Occupational and Environmental Safety and
Health (OESH) programme; (5) increase in scholastic output above the
thirty publications per year level attained in 2004/5,  and (6) improvement
of the curriculum delivery process in keeping with the Departmental
Review of 2004-2005.
There was student registration growth of about 8% and 15% at the
undergraduate and graduate levels respectively over 2004/5. The number
of students served by our outreach programme to high schools and
community colleges increased by 120% over last year. The Department
also completed its experiment on the impact of research project
learning/teaching methods; six students did the Research Project course
where problem solving, communication (written and oral) and practical
skills were developed and tested with good response from students. The
Department will expand the Research Project offerings in 2006-2007 as a
requirement for all chemistry programme majors.
The Department published 22 and 1 refereed and non-refereed articles
respectively. This is short of the target of 30 refereed publications but
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within the usual band; the Department will be working on improvements
for 2006/7.
The Commercial Chemistry project which started out moderately in
2004/5 improved its earnings during the year; it has the potential to attract
large earnings and will be a main area of concentration for the upcoming
year.  In the area of extra budgetary income, the target of US$1M was
attained and we have realised our objective of cultivating qualitative
improvements in the ability of staff to compete for funding.  
Again the Department was placed in the spotlight when Nadale Downer-
Riley a Ph.D. student was chosen by the CARISCIENCE to represent the
region at the 56th meeting of Nobel Laureates, held in Lindau, Germany,
from June 25 – 30, 2006.  It was the 18th Assembly in Chemistry and
featured 18 laureates in Chemistry, 3 in Physics and 2 in
Physiology/Medicine among the over 500 scientists from 48 countries.
Nadale found the science stimulating and believed it was a great
opportunity for interaction with some of the most brilliant minds in
Chemistry. The meeting, she said, left nothing more to be desired of a
scientific forum and she thanked CARISCIENCE and UNESCO for their 
support and for the tremendous opportunity offered to her.
The year’s activities culminated with the hosting of the Department of
Chemistry STT Symposium: The Strategic Evolution of the
Chemistry Department, UWI Mona (1948-2006).  The conference was
held July 17-19, 2006 and was funded by the Strategic Transformation
Team - (STT). The goal was to bring together past department heads and
students and university leaders to introspect on the progress the
department has made, the challenges it is facing and opportunities for
further progress. A report will be published in 2006/7 and it will also
address the best practices which can be replicated in other university units.
Overall, there have been a total of fifteen in-house seminars conducted by
both overseas and local professionals, in addition to two transfer seminars
and four PhD orals.
HIGHLIGHTS OF MAJOR ACTIVITIES IN THE
DEPARTMENT
1. New Occupational & Environmental, Safety and Health 
(OESH) Programme 
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The preparation for the introduction of the new degree programmes in
Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health (OESH) met with
tremendous success. All the preparations to start the course in 2006-2007
were put in place and funding for building classrooms and laboratories for
teaching as well as for consultancy and training services were being
vigorously pursued. Admission offers of 45, 2, and 3 were made for the
MSc (OESH), M.Phil. and PhD programmes respectively.
2. Chemistry Curriculum Reform
While progress towards consensus was slower than expected, the
underlying political process proceeded smoothly and the critical issues
received open and detailed attention and discussion.  Eventually in June
2006 a decision on the framework for the new curriculum was agreed on
with support from the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences.
The key features of a new and modernized curriculum are:
1. a streamlined and enhanced laboratory programme at the
undergraduate level that will alleviate the negative and stressful
impact of ‘too many laboratory sessions’ in a week
2. a research project requirement for all Chemistry majors
designed to enhance critical thinking skills and competencies as
stipulated in the vision of the UWI graduate
3. to facilitate faster recovery from failure of Chemistry courses by
would-be Chemistry majors. Much of this was done in
collaboration with the St. Augustine and Cave Hill campuses to
enhance the regional integration process. 
4. at the graduate level, the new curriculum introduces cumulative
examinations to make for well rounded doctoral graduates and
introduces flexibility in taught course requirements to reflect
diverse interest among research students and staff.
3. The Commercial Chemistry Project
The Commercial Chemistry Initiative has shown the potential to earn
much needed income but the persistent shortage of synthetic organic
chemists continues to be a problem.  Nevertheless, one project has been
secured and provisions were made for the recruitment of an Assistant
Research Fellow and a Scientific Officer to the project with support from
the Strategic Transformation Team.
4.  Extra-Budgetary Income
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Income generation: Although the Department did not secure new large
external research grants as was the case in the previous year, the
Department was able to realise its target of US$1M in extra-budgetary
income (US$1.14 Million). This was achieved by aggressively tracking and
sourcing of external consultancies, appeals to grantors to increase their
contributions, offering summer school, rental of laboratories and other
facilities and strategic alignment of the department’s plans with the
strategic transformation vision of the UWI Mona.
5.  The Mona Symposium 2006
The Twenty First biennial Mona Symposium on Natural Products and
Medicinal Chemistry was held from January 3-6, 2006.  The symposium,
which started in 1966, is the longest running international scientific
meeting in the Caribbean.
It was attended by over seventy overseas participants and included a
number of distinguished chemists from academia and industries in the
Caribbean, the United States, United Kingdom and Japan.  Among the
participants was a group of seventeen undergraduate students from St.
Olaf College in the USA who participated in the symposium and
experienced a rich scientific and cultural exchange. 
The conference provided opportunities for much productive
collaboration between West Indian Chemists and participants from
overseas.  Graduate students from all three UWI campuses presented
posters, which described their work and the outstanding ones attracted
prizes.
6. CAPE Workshop 
The hosting of the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Exam (CAPE)
Workshop has become an annual event for the Department, which
increased in subscription by 120% this year.  It was held February 27 –
March 3, 2006 with five hundred and thirty-five (535) students from rural
and corporate area high schools who were preparing for the CAPE
Chemistry examination. The Workshop covered the Fundamentals of
Spectroscopy for Unit I Chemistry and was co-ordinated by Dr. Novelette
Sadler-McKnight.
7. The BEd. Secondary Distance Project
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The Bachelor of Education Distance Teaching Project continued; new
chemistry courses inorganic, organic and physical chemistry were
developed and approved for the BEd. package. 
 8. The Acquisition of UV-Visible Spectrometers
The Department was able, with campus support to acquire five fibre optic
UV-Visible Spectrometers at a cost of US$16,795.00.  The acquisition of
these instruments became a necessity as the student enrolment in the
introductory and advanced laboratories increased by 29% over the 2002/3
academic year and the Department was faced with a severe shortage of
spectrometers essential for running the labs.
9. Installation of Fume Hoods
New fume hoods were installed in the preliminary and physical chemistry
teaching laboratories and the organic, inorganic and overflow organic
chemistry research laboratories.  The work was carried out by Goncura
Company Ltd. at a cost of J$14 Million and was funded by the UWI Mona
Strategic Transformation Team. 
10. The Re-naming of the Applied Teaching Laboratory
Based on a recommendation from the Department, the University
approved the re-naming of the Applied Chemistry Teaching and Research
Laboratory ‘The Kenneth E. Magnus Applied Chemistry Teaching and Research
Laboratory’ in honour of Professor Ken Magnus a former Head of
Department and Dean of Faculty who developed and started the Applied
Chemistry Programme in 1968.
11. Chemists-at-Heart
On June 13, 2006 the Department accommodated a group of
Kindergarteners from the Rainbow Land Nursery School and
Kindergarten who got a taste of hands-on experiments including how to
make ice cream using liquid nitrogen and laser demonstrations.  Also 40
students from the Denham Town Primary School’s Science Club and 20
high school students visited the Department and participated in similar
exercises.
12. Study Abroad Programme
Seventeen students from St. Olaf College in the United States arrived in
the Department on January 5, 2006 to pursue an undergraduate course in
Medicinal Chemistry: An International Perspective.  A component of the course
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was their attendance at the Mona Symposium on Medicinal and Natural
Products.  This conference provided an opportunity for them to meet and
interact with professional medicinal chemists and graduate students from
different countries and to share in a cross-cultural learning experience. The 
group returned to the US on January 28, 2006 after completing the course
and writing their examinations. 
13. The Department of Chemistry: STT Symposium
The Department concluded its year-long activities with what could be
considered one of its most successful events by the hosting of the
Department of Chemistry STT Symposium: The Strategic Evolution
of the Chemistry Department, UWI Mona (1948-2006). The
symposium was held July 17-19, 2006 and was funded by the Strategic
Transformation Team - STT.  
The goal of the symposium was to formally document the evolutionary
process of the Department’s scholastic excellence and to identify lessons
that helped to deepen the success of the Department and from which
other UWI Departments and Units could benefit. The objective of the
conference was to analyse the evolutionary process and to identify
leadership and management policies/visions, resource deployment
strategies, custom and practices which have contributed to the sustained
success of the Department since 1948.
With its clear goal and objectives special invitations were extended to the
former heads of department and lecturers so that they could provide
insights into the department’s scholastic evolution and strategic measures
which nurtured and sustained it.  Six of the eight former heads, Professors
Cedric Hassall (Founding Head), Gerald Lalor, Wilfred Chan, Ken
Magnus, Dr. Earle Roberts and Tara Dasgupta and the current head
attended the symposium as well as current lecturers. Two former lecturers, 
Prof. Vernon Box and Dr. Basil Burke, who themselves benefited (as
students and young staff) from the nurturing environment which the
Department provided, also participated.
14. Student Assessment
Student ratings for teaching performance continue to be high (out of 5,
score ranges are: 3.0–4.6, 3.0-4.4 and 3.3–4.3±1 for lecturers, courses
and laboratories respectively). The curriculum reform effort will take
into account student assessments, especially laboratories where higher
scores would normally be expected.
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15. Customer Service Perception survey was carried out at the
Chemistry Office in January 2006 and the Department received a score of
70.5%.  
Research Day Awardees
Dr. Roy Porter and Ms. Petrea Facey received award for Best
Publication
Dr. Anthony Greenaway received an award for the Research Project
Attracting the Most Research Funds – US$365,173.00.
Professor Helen Jacobs received the Vice Chancellor’s Award for
Excellence Performance in Research.
PAPERS PRESENTED
• Mohammed Bakir, ‘The development of the chemistry of di-2-
pyridyl-ketone derivatives for molecular sensing & catalytic
applications’, Texas A & M University, Commerce, TX, Feb. 2,
2006.
• Mohammed Bakir and Orville Green, ‘Molecular sensing
behavior of [ZnCl2(η3-dpkbh)] where dpkbh = N,N,O-di-2-
pyridyl ketone benzoyl hydrazone’, 75th Gordon Research
Conference, Salve Regina University, Newport Rhode Island, July 
17-21, 2006.
• Shakia Sewell, Michael Coley and Anthony Greenaway.   The
impact of Goethite content and crystal morphology in Bauxites
on Red Mud settling in the Low Temperature Bayer process.
Geological Society of Jamaica Conference, Dec. 2005.
• Debbie-Ann Gordon-Smith, Francine Taylor-Campbell, Kayan
Campbell and Anthony Greenaway.  Nutrient Fluxes to Sections 
of Jamaica’s Coastal Zone.  Geological Society of Jamaica
Conference, Dec. 2005.
• J. A. Grant, Y. A. Jackson and M. Gossell-Williams, “The
Synthesis And Pharmacological Activity of Some Novel 1,3-
Diazepinium Chlorides”, Faculty of Medical Sciences
Conference, Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. 2005.
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• Ishenkumba Kahwa ‘The need for Inquiry Based Science
Education methods in the Caribbean’ September 24-28, 2005, 2nd
IANAS Science Education Focal Points meeting in Edmonton,
Canada. 
• Ishenkumba Kahwa, ‘Small nanoclusters: mechanical and
cooperative electronic behaviour therein’, 3rd IUPAC
International Symposium on Macro and Supramolecular
Architectures and Materials (MAM-06): Practical Nanochemistry
and Novel Approaches from May 28 - June 1, 2006, Tokyo, Japan.
• Ishenkumba Kahwa, ‘Opportunities for education and training
in OESH at UWI’, 3rd Caribbean Environmental Forum, June 5-
9,  2006, Antigua. 
• Ishenkumba Kahwa, ‘The status of science and technology in
the Caribbean’, CARICOM Conference on: Harnessing Science
and Technology for Caribbean Development, Trinidad and
Tobago, May 10-13, 2006.
• Lancashire, Robert, ‘Developing interactive web pages with
MDL Chime and JAVA’, 40th IUPAC CONGRESS 14-19 August 
2005 Beijing, China
• Richard Cammack, Yang Fann, Robert J. Lancashire, John P.
Maher, Peter S. McIntyre, and Reef Morse, ‘Proposed
International Standard for Exchange of EMR/EPR/ESR
spectroscopic data’ 40th IUPAC CONGRESS, August 14-19,
2005 Beijing, China.
• Robert Lancashire, “JSpecView - A Java-Based Spectroscopy
Viewer” University of Cologne, Germany, July 2006
• Robert Lancashire “JSpecView - A Java-Based Spectroscopy
Viewer” presented at 19th BCCE (Biennial Conference on
Chemical Education), Purdue University, July 30 – August 3,
2006.
• Camille S. Bowen, Donna A. Minott-Kates. “RP-HPLC analysis 
of hypoglycins A and B in ackees (Blighia sapida): Determination
of the mechanism of natural detoxification of the fruit”.  Institute
of Food Technologists.  Orlando, USA, June 2006.
• Grace Ann Junor, Roy B. R. Porter, Lawrence A. D. Williams and
Trevor H. Yee, ‘An Investigation into the Essential Oil
Composition of the Three Endemic Species of Bursera spp.
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(Burseraceae) in Jamaica., 4th International Society for the
Development of Natural Products Conference, Leysin,
Switzerland, May 2006.
• M. Shields, T. Yee, P. Reese, and R. Delgoda ‘Investigating the
potential for drug-herb interactions in Jamaica: effects of
medicinal plants on the activity of Cytochrome P450 enzymes.,
13th Meeting of the International Society for the Study of
Xenobiotics (NA)/20th Meeting of the Japanese International
Society for the Study of Xenobiotics, Maui, Hawaii, U.S.A.,
October 23 - 27, 2005. Abstract: Drug Metabolism Reviews, 2005, 
37 (Suppl. 2).
• W.M. Forbes, R.D. Robinson and P.B. Reese ‘Eryngial, a plant
compound with marked anthelmintic activity in vitro using
Strongyloides stercoralis L3’. American Society of Tropical Medicine
and Hygiene, Washington, U.S.A., December 11 - 15, 2005.
Abstract: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and
Hygiene, 2005, 73(6): 254.
• Marvadeen Singh-Wilmot, ‘X-ray Crystallography at the
University of the West Indies, Mona: Structures of Novel Metal
Complexes and the H-Bonding Interactions Featured in Them’.
American Crystallographic Associations Annual Meeting in
Honolulu, Hawaii, July 2006.
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journal Articles 
Bakir M, Gyles C 
* Monosaccharide optical sensor based on ruthenium(II)-
bis(bipyridine) of 4-nitrophenyl-di-2-pyridyl ketone hydrazone
(dpknph), [Ru(biPY)(2)(dpknph)]Cl-2, Journal of Molecular
Structure 753 (1-3): 35-39, 2005
* Bakir M, Conry RR, Green O. Polymorphic di-2-pyridyl ketone
4-nitrophenylhydrazone (dpknph): the structure of beta-
dpknph, Acta Crystallographica Section C-Crystal Structure
Communications 61: O607-O609, 2005
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* Clarke ZE, Maragh PT, Dasgupta TP, Gusev DG, Lough AJ,
Abdur-Rashid K. A family of active iridium catalysts for transfer 
hydrogenation of ketones, Organometallics 25 (17): 4113-4117,
2006
* Abdur-Rashid K, Dasgupta TP, Burgess J. Solubilities and
transfer chemical potentials for cobalt(III) complexes in t-
butanol-, i-propanol-, and ethanol-water mixtures, Transition
Metal Chemistry 30 (8): 948-956, 2005
* Burgess J, Hubbard CD, Miyares PH, Cole TL, Dasgupta TP,
Leebert S. Kinetics of dissociation of tris-{3-(2-pyridyl)-5,6-
bis(2-furyl)-1,2,4-triazine}iron(II) Transition Metal Chemis- try 30
(8): 957-963, 2005
* Dasgupta TP, Aquart DV. Transfer of nitric oxide from
nitrovasodilators to free thiols - Evidence of two distinct
stages, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 335 (3):
730-733, 2005
* Taylor RA, Ellis HA, Maragh PT, White NAS. The room
temperature structures of anhydrous zinc(II) hexanoate and
pentadecanoate, Journal of Molecular Structure 787 (1-3): 113-120,
2006
* Gallimore WA, Kelly M, Scheuer PJ. Alkaloids from the sponge
Monanchora unguifera, Journal of Natural Products 68 (9): 1420-
1423, 2005
* Greenaway AM, Gordon-Smith DA. The effects of rainfall on
the distribution of inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus in
Discovery Bay, Jamaica. Limnology and Oceanography 51 (5): 2206-
2220, 2006 
* Hassan I, Antao SM, Parise JB. Cancrinite: Crystal structure,
phase transitions, and dehydration behavior with temperature,
American Mineralogist 91 (7): 1117-1124, 2006
* Antao SM, Hassan I, Crichton WA, Parise JB. Effects of high
pressure and high temperature on cation ordering in
magnesioferrite, MgFe2O4, using in situ synchrotron X-ray
powder diffraction up to 1430 K and 6 GPa, American
Mineralogist 90 (10): 1500-1505, 2005
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* Antao SM, Hassan I, Parise JB. Cation ordering in
magnesioferrite, MgFe2O4 to 982 degrees C using in situ
synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction. American Mineralogist 90
(1): 219-228, 2005
* Hepburn SA, Jackson YA. A concise synthesis of further
thiophene analogues of kuanoniamine A. Heterocycles 68 (5): 975-
981, 1 2006
* Blake OA, Bennink MR, Jackson JC. Ackee (Blighia sapida)
hypoglycin A toxicity: Dose response assessment in laboratory
rats,  Food and Chemical Toxicology 44 (2): 207-213, 2006
* McAnuff MA, Harding WW, Omoruyi FO, Jacobs H, Morrison
EY, Asemota HN. Hypoglycemic effects of steroidal
sapogenins isolated from Jamaican bitter yam, Dioscorea
polygonoides, Food and Chemical Toxicology 43 (11): 1667-1672,
2005
* Cammack R, Fann Y, Lancashire RJ,  Maher JP, McIntyre PS,
Morse R. JCAMP-DX for electron magnetic resonance(EMR).
Pure and Applied Chemistry 78 (3): 613-631, 2006
* Maragh PT, Thomas SE, Dasgupta TP. Kinetics and
mechanism of the aquation of the trinuclear cation, [mu(3)-oxo-
triaqua-hexakis(acetato)tris(iron(III))](+) in perchloric acid
media, Inorganica Chimica Acta 358 (13): 3610-3616, 2005
* Bakir M, Biggs DAC, Lough A, Mulder WH, Reynolds W,
Porter RB. 7-acetyl-12-methoxyhorminone from Jamaican
Hyptis verticillata (Labiatae), Acta Crystallographica Section E-
Structure Reports Online 62: O306-O308 Part 1, 2006
* Lamm AS, Reynolds WF, Reese PB. Bioconversion of Stemodia 
maritima diterpenes and derivatives by Cunninghamella
echinulata var. elegans and Phanerochaete chrysosporium,
Phytochemistry 67 (11): 1088-1093, 2006 
* Chen ARM, Ruddock PLD, Lamm AS, Reynolds WF, Reese
PB. Stemodane and stemarane diterpenoid hydroxy- lation by
Mucor plumbeus and Whetzelinia sclerotiorum,  Phytochemistry
66 (16): 1898-1902, 2005
* Singh-Wilmot MA, Kahwa IA, Lough AJ. Tetrakis µ2)-2,6-
diformyl-4-methylphenolato)tetra-µ3-hydroxo-tetrakis
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[diaquaneodymium(III)] tetrakis(perchlorate) ethanol disolvate,
Acta Crystallographica Section E-Structure Reports Online 62: M113-
M115 Part 1, 2006
Non-refereed
* Lancashire RJ, Davies AN. “Spectroscopic Data: The Quest for
a Universal Format”, Chemistry International 28(1), 10-12,
January-February 2006. Reprinted in: Chemistry in Australia,
73(2): 17-19, 2006.
* Davies AN, Lancashire RJ, Lampen P. “Embedding spectra and 
structures in your web pages", Spectroscopy Europe 17(5), 28-
30, 2005.
Technical Reports 
Anthony M. Greenaway
* Caustic soluble phosphorus in Jamalco bauxites: First Quarterly
Report.  Khadeen E. Henry, Michael D. Coley and Anthony M.
Greenaway.  Submitted to Jamalco and Alcoa World,   August
31, 2005. 59 pages
* Caustic soluble phosphorus in Jamalco bauxites:  Second
Quarterly Report.  Khadeen E. Henry, Kamille K. Gyles,
Michael D. Coley and Anthony M. Greenaway.  Submitted to
Jamalco and Alcoa World,   February 21, 2006.  74 pages.
* Caustic soluble phosphorus in Jamalco bauxites:  Third
Quarterly Report.  Khadeen E. Henry, Kamille K. Gyles,
Michael D. Coley, Anthony M. Greenaway.  Submitted to
Jamalco and Alcoa World, May 18, 2006.  78 pages.
* Caustic soluble chromium, manganese, copper, zinc and
cadmium in Jamalco bauxites.  First Quarterly Report.  Alicia N.
Bucknor, Michael D. Coley, Anthony M. Greenaway.
Submitted to Jamalco and Alcoa World, August 1, 2005.  55
pages.
* Caustic soluble chromium, manganese, copper, zinc and
cadmium in Jamalco bauxites.  Second Quarterly Report.  Alicia
N. Bucknor, Michael D. Coley, Anthony M. Greenaway.
Submitted to Jamalco and Alcoa World, February 21, 2006.  61
pages.
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* Caustic soluble chromium, manganese, copper, zinc and
cadmium in Jamalco bauxites.  Third Quarterly Report.  Alicia
N. Bucknor, Michael D. Coley, Anthony M. Greenaway.
Submitted to Jamalco and Alcoa World.  May 15, 2006.  68
pages.
INCOME GENERATION
Research Grants
Dr. Anthony Greenaway
The Caustic Soluble Impurities in Jamalco Bauxites: Funded by Jamalco
and Alcoa World continues.
UWI New Initiative grant of J$1,485,999.00 to purchase field equipment
for project on the use of remote sensing data to assess water quality.
Dr. Winklet Gallimore 
Funding from the Campus Research and Publications – US$2,000.00
Grant from the University of Mississippi – US$3,180.00.
Professor Yvette Jackson
Royal Society of Chemistry (2006) – £1,000.00, Synthesis of Aza- and
Diazarotenoids
DuPont Crop Protection, Stine-Haskell Research Center – US$3,600.00.
Ishenkumba Kahwa received J$1.5 Million from the New Initiative
fund for the project ’Hazardous materials in the informal sector’ and
US$3,000 from the Research and Publications grants programme for his
team’s work on novel lanthanide clusters. US$17,000 was secured from the 
Inter-American Association of Academies of Science for the science
educational activities in the CARICOM region including a regional science 
conference.
Dr. Donna Minott-Kates received grants totalling J$375,000.00 from
Research and Publication for three MPhil projects. 
Dr. Roy Porter received a New Initiative grant of J$1.5M for the research
project titled Investigation of chemical composition and biological activity
of the essential oils from six Jamaican species of the Hyptis Genus.
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Professor Paul Reese received US$2,000.00 from the Board for
Graduate Studies, Mona to cover costs involved in identification of
isolated marine fungi.
Dr. Novelette Sadler-McKnight received $500,000 from the STT to
support joint research initiative in Chemical Education.
Commercial Activity 
Prof Tara Dasgupta’s Pesticide Research laboratory generated J$2
Million from analytical services.  
Anthony Greenaway’s commercial analyses generated J$590,000.00
Donna Minott’s hypoglycin production generated J$32,000.00
Prof. Ishenkumba Kahwa’s hazardous materials project generated about 
J$8 Million including a J$6.47M grant from the Environmental
Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ) to clean up asbestos from the Old Harbour
Succaba Pen Community.
Dr. Novelette Sadler-McKnight generated $2 Million from the sale of
kits, manuals, workshops and the use of laboratory facilities.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Professor T. Dasgupta:
– Chief Editor, Jamaican Journal of Science and Technology
– Member, BSJ Committee for designing Metrology Building
– Member, National Agricultural Health and Food Safety
Coordinating Committee
– Member, Board of Editors, Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms.
– Referee for Inorganic Chemistry, Dalton Transaction,
International Journal for Chemical Kinetics, West Indian Journal of
Engineering
– Member, Pesticide Residue Monitoring Committee 
– President, Caribbean Academy of Sciences
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Dr.  A. Greenaway:
– Member, National Ozone Commission
– Member, BSJ/NEPA Phosphate Technical Committee 
Professor Y. Jackson
– Consultant, Tanaud International
– Regional Editor, MOLECULES
– Foreign Research Mentor for the Minority International
Research Training Programme, Barry University, Florida 
– Member , Board of Governors, Hampton High School, St.
Elizabeth 
– Member of the Strategic Transformation Team
– Coordinator of the First Year Experience (FYE)
Professor H. Jacobs:
– Member, Project Steering Committee for Enabling Activities
for Jamaica to Develop and implement the National
Implementation Plan for the Persistent Organic Pollutants
(POPs) Convention
Professor R. Lancashire:
– University Representative, Board of the Jamaica Computer
Society Education Foundation
– Executive Member, Jamaica Society of Scientists and
Technologists
– Leader, IUPAC Task Group on EMR data structures
Dr. P. Maragh:
– Faculty Representative, FPAS on WIGUT Executive
– Member, National Industrial Safety Committee, Bureau of
Standards
– Member, Museums Advisory Board, Institute of Jamaica
Dr. D. Minott-Kates:
– Director, Better Process Control School
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– Patron, Project Smiles (Jamaica AIDS Support for Life)
– Member, Minister of Commerce, Science & Technology
Technical Committee to examine problems in the ackee
industry associated with high hypoglycin levels.
Dr. W. Pinnock:
– Member, National Radiation Safety Council, Ministry of Health, 
Government of Jamaica.
– Member, Steering Committee for Food Irradiation, National
Commission of Science and Technology
Dr. R. Porter:
– Member, Bureau of Standards Propane-Butane technical
committee.
Professor P. Reese:
– Member, Equine Drug Testing Committee
– Member, Product Research & Development Committee,
Scientific Research Council.
Dr. N. Sadler-McKnight:
– Member, Technical and Finance Committee, Scientific
Research Council
– Council member, Jamaica Society for Scientists and 
Technologists (JSST).
– Executive Secretary, Alumni and Friends of the Department of
Chemistry, UWI, Mona (CHEMSAF).
Dr. M. Singh-Wilmot
– Member, Organizing Committee, Caribbean Advanced
Proficiency (CAPE) Workshop.
CATEGORIES OF STUDENTS
TOTAL STUDENT ENROLMENT IN CHEMISTRY COURSES
LEVEL 2003/2004 2004/2005 2005/2006
Preliminary 397 420 412
Introductory 533 557 613
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Advanced 845 883 976
Postgraduate 61 70
(Research
students)
Undergraduate Awards
A total of seven undergraduate students from the Department received
awards ranging from $10,000 to $60,000 for their academic achievements
in Chemistry.
Postgraduates
Ms. Julie-Ann Grant, Mr. Floyd Russell and Kay-anne McCook have been
upgraded to Ph.D. status while the following six graduate students
completed requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy degree:
Ms. Camille Bowen 
Ms. Petrea Facey
Mrs. Debbie Gordon-Smith
Mrs. Roxanne Richards-Johnson
Ms. Shelley McKenzie
Mr. Chadwick Anderson
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DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND
GEOLOGY
Professor David Barker, BSc Wales, PhD Bristol, Dip Urb & Reg
Studs Birmingham - Head of Department
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
Professor David Barker assumedduties on August 1, 2005 as the new
Head of the Department.
Professor Wilma Bailey retired after
many years of service to the University.
Dr Ben Arimah resigned as Senior
Lecturer in Geography and left Jamaica at
the beginning of Semester 2. Dr Susan
Mains remained on Fellowship Leave, and
Dr David Dodman continued as
Temporary Assistant Lecturer in
Geography in her place.
The Department and the university community were shocked at the
untimely and tragic death in a motor vehicle accident in June of Steve
Bailey, who was about to complete his PhD in Geography.
The Department, in conjunction with the Royal Geographical
Society/Institute of British Geographers hosted the Fifth British-
Caribbean Geography Seminar on the theme “Global Change and
Caribbean Vulnerability: Environment, Economy and Society at Risk?”
This seminar was held at the Mona campus from July 24 to 28, 2006. A
total of 31 papers were presented, and participants were drawn from not
just Jamaica and the UK but also Antigua, Barbados, Canada, Guyana, the
Netherlands, and the USA. Two field trips were organized as part of the
seminar.
Geology staff and postgraduate students participated in the Conference
Celebrating 50 Years of the Geological Society of Jamaica which was held
at the Mona campus from December 1 to 4, 2005. A total of 41 papers
were presented by participants from Jamaica, the USA, Canada and the
UK. Two field trips were organized as part of the conference.
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The Department continued to administer the Earthquake Unit, the Unit
for Disaster Studies, the Environmental Management Unit, and the
Marine Geology Unit.
The Unit for Disaster Studies, headed by Mr Rafi Ahmad, in
collaboration with the Caribbean Disaster Information Network and the
UWI Library, launched the Virtual Disaster Library in January 2006.
Through the Unit, too, in recognition of its work in mapping and research
in natural hazards, the Department received IKONOS imagery of Jamaica
from the Ministry of Land and the Environment, for use by staff and
postgraduate students.
Professor Emeritus Edward Robinson received The Gleaner Honour
Award for Science and Technology, 2005, as well as The National Medal
for Science and Technology, 2005.
PAPERS PRESENTED
Presentations made at Conference Celebrating 50 Years of the
Geological Society of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica, December 1-4,
2005.
• L. Walter & R. Ahmad. “Management of urban flooding
hazards.” 
• R. Ahmad. “The shaping of Kingston by its urban geology.”
• I. Brown & S. Mitchell. “Stratigraphy and depositional history
of the sedimentary succession in the Benbow Inlier, Jamaica.”
• T. Jackson, R. Pickerill, S. Donovan & P. Scott. “The
volcaniclastic turbidites of the Grand Bay Formation, Carriacou,
Grenadines, Lesser Antilles.” 
• R. Ramsook & S. Mitchell. “Ichnology and sedimentology of a
deepwater Paleocene rift basin, eastern Jamaica.”
• S. Khan & S. Mitchell. “Coastal erosion: the impact of storms on
sandy beach systems.” 
• P. Allsworth-Jones, S. Mitchell, M. Vutchkov & G. Lalor.
“Analysis of pre-Columbian Jamaican ceramics.”
• E. James & S. Mitchell. “Microfacies analysis of the Wilmington
Formation in Needham Town, St Thomas, Jamaica.”
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• S. James & S. Mitchell. “Techtonostratigraphic evolution of the
Coastal Group of eastern St Thomas.”
• S. Mitchell. “Geological evolution of Jamaica.”
• E. Robinson, D. Rowe & S. Khan. “Geological evidence for
palaeotsunami events on the coast of Jamaica.”
• T. Stemann. “Hopegate Formation reefs and uplift in northern
Jamaica.” 
Other Presentations
• R. Ahmad. “Natural hazards and the built environment of
Kingston.” Conference on Built Environment Issues in Small
Island States and Territories, Kingston, Jamaica, August 3-5,
2005.
• R. Ahmad. “Impact of natural hazards on water supply systems
in small island states: Jamaican example.” Fifth Inter-American
Dialogue on Water Management, Montego Bay, Jamaica, October 
9-14, 2005.
• R. Ahmad. “Living with natural hazards in Jamaica.”
International Workshop on Promoting Best Practices for Natural
Disaster Mitigation in Small Island Developing States, Mauritius,
October 27-29, 2005.
• R. Ahmad. “Preventive maintenance for disaster mitigation.”
PIOJ, 50th anniversary conference, Kingston, Jamaica, November 
23-24, 2005.
• R. Ahmad. “Safe housing: the ground rules, challenges of the
housing market in the 21st century.” Housing Conference,
Montego Bay, Jamaica, May 29-30, 2006.
• R. Ahmad & P. Lyew-Ayee (Jr). “Knowledge management in
disaster risk reduction: contributions of the University of the
West Indies at Mona.” 26th Annual Caribbean Insurance
Conference, Montego Bay, Jamaica, June 4-7, 2006.
• R. Ahmad. “Safe housing: ground rules.” 2006 NHT Housing
Conference, Kingston, Jamaica, June 19-20, 2006.
• D. Barker & C. Beckford. “Yam farming and the yam stick
problem in Jamaica: the role of farmers’ indigenous knowledge in
the search for sustainable solutions.” 60th Annual Meeting,
Southeastern Division, Association of American Geographers,
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West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, November 20-22, 2005.
• D. McGregor & D. Barker. “Environmental change and
Caribbean food security: recent hazard impacts and domestic
food production in Jamaica.” Fifth British-Caribbean Geography
Seminar, Kingston, Jamaica, July 24-28, 2006.
• I. Brown & S. Mitchell. “Stratigraphy of the Cretaceous
succession in the Benbow Inlier, Jamaica.” 17th Caribbean
Geological Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 17-21.
• D. Dodman. “Redevelopment, renewal and restoration in
downtown Kingston since independence.” Annual Conference,
Royal Geographical Society & Institute of British Geographers,
September 2005.
• D. Dodman. “Mixing methods in Montego Bay: contrasting
findings from contrasting techniques.” Annual Meeting,
Southeastern Division, Association of American Geographers,
West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, November 2005.
• D. Dodman. “The creation of community? Citizen action, social
movements and the Portmore toll controversy.” Conference on
Identity, Worldview and Religion, Kingston, Jamaica, January
2006.
• D. Dodman. “Post-independence optimism and the legacy of
waterfront redevelopment in Kingston, Jamaica.” Annual
Meeting, Association of American Geographers, Chicago,
Illinois, USA, March 2006.
• D. Dodman. “‘We be nyammin?’ Food supply, authenticity and
the tourist experience in Negril, Jamaica.” Annual Conference,
Society for Caribbean Studies, Kew, UK, July 2006.
• T.A. Stemann, S. Mitchell & G. Gunter. “Coral communities in
the latest Maastrichtian of Jamaica.” Annual Meeting, Geological
Society of America, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, October 16-19,
2005.
• S. Mitchell. “Hydrocarbon exploration in Jamaica – geological
insight.” PCJ Panel Discussion on Oil and Gas Exploration in
Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica, June 14, 2006.
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• S. Mitchell. “Geological evidence for land over time in Jamaica.”
NESCent Meeting on Evolutionary Diversity of the West Indies,
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, July 5-9, 2006.
• E. Robinson, D. Rowe & R. Ahmad. “Possible tsunamigenic
submarine slides and boulder deposits on Jamaica and its island
slopes.” 17th Caribbean Geological Conference, San Juan, Puerto
Rico, July 17-21, 2005.
• E. Robinson, D. Rowe & S. Khan. “Wave emplaced boulders on
Jamaica’s rocky shores.” 1st International Tsunami Field
Symposium, Bonaire, March 2-4, 2006.
• D. Rowe, S. Khan & E. Robinson. “Hurricanes or tsunami?
Comparative analysis of extensive boulder arrays along the
southwest and north coasts of Jamaica: implications for coastal
management.” International Seminar on Global Change and
Caribbean Vulnerability, UWI, Mona, July 24-28, 2006
• E. Thomas-Hope. “Migration trends in the Caribbean.” UN
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean,
Port of Spain, Trinidad, September 14-15, 2005.
• E. Thomas-Hope. “Constructions of sustainable develop- ment
in environmental education.” Conference on Education for
Sustainable Development, Kingston, Jamaica, October 18, 2005.
• E. Thomas-Hope. “Issues relating to contingent rights of
migrants within the CSME.” Conference on the Caribbean Single
Market and Economy (CSME), Georgetown, Guyana, March 23,
2006.
• E. Thomas-Hope. “Caribbean diaspora streams.” Inter-
national Conference on Diaspora as Wealth Creators, Jonkoping,
Sweden, April 6-8, 2006.
• E. Thomas-Hope. “Sustainable development activities in
Jamaica.” UN Conference on Towards the Sustainable
Development of Small Island Developing States, St Augustine,
Trinidad, May 16-17, 2006.
• E. Thomas-Hope, B. Henoch & H. Simcoe-Read.
“Transnational entrepreneurial sustainable agriculture trading
circles in Jamaica.” International conference on Caribbean
Migration: Forced and Free, UWI, Mona, June 12-14, 2006.
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• E. Thomas-Hope. “Tourism and the vulnerability of Jamaica’s
natural resource base.” Fifth British-Caribbean  Geography
Seminar, Kingston, Jamaica, July 24-28, 2006.
PUBLICATIONS
Books and Monographs
* D. Barker (ed.). Caribbean Geography, Volume 13, Nos. 1 & 2,
2003.
* S. Mitchell & G. Draper (eds.). Caribbean Journal of Earth Science,
Volume 39 (2004).
Refereed Book Chapters and Journal Articles
* G. Gordon-Strachan, W. Bailey, S. Lalta, E. Ward, A. Henry-
Lee & E. LeFranc. “Linking researchers and policy makers:
some challenges and approaches.” Saüde Püblica, 22 (x), pp. 109-
118.
* D. Barker. “Field surveys and inventories.” In V. Desai & R.
Potter (eds.), Doing Development Research. London: Sage
Publications, 2006, pp. 130-143.
* G. Gunter & S. Mitchell. “The lithostratigraphy of the Maldon
Inlier, northwestern Jamaica.” Caribbean Journal of Earth Science,
38, 2005, 1-10.
* S. Mitchell. “The oldest barnacle from the Caribbean is a rudist
bivalve.” Cretaceous Research, 26, 2005, 895-897.
* S. Mitchell. “Eight belemnite biohorizons in the Cenomanian
of northwest Europe and their importance.” Geological Journal,
40, 2005, 363-382.
* S. Mitchell. “Biostratigraphy of Late Maastrichtian larger
foraminifers in Jamaica and the importance of Chubbina as a Late 
Maastrichtian index fossil.” Journal of Micropalaeontology, 24, 2005,
123-130.
* S. Mitchell & G. Gunter. “New tube-bearing antillo- caprinid
rudist bivalves from the Maastrichtian of Jamaica.” Palaeontology,
49, 2006, 35-57.
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* S. Mitchell. “Timing and implications of Late Cretaceous
tectonic and sedimentary events in Jamaica.” Geologica Acta, 4,
2006, 171-178. 
* P. Allsworth-Jones, G. Lalor, G. Lechler, S. Mitchell, E.
Rodriques & M. Vutchkov. “The Taino settlement of the
Kingston area.”  L. Atkinson (ed.), The Earliest Inhabitants. The 
Dynamics of the Jamaican Taino. Kingston, Jamaica: UWI
Press, 2006, pp. 34-46.
* A. Gouldwell, P. Allsworth-Jones, G. Lechler, S. Mitchell, S.
Walters, J. Webster & R. Young. “The Pre-Columbian site of
Chancery Hall, St Andrew.” In L. Atkinson (ed.), The Earliest
Inhabitants. The Dynamics of the Jamaican Taino. Kingston,
Jamaica: UWI Press, 2006, pp. 47-68.
* K. Cunningham, R. Renken, R. Wacker, E. Robinson, M.
Zygnerski & A. Shapiro. “Application of carbonate
cyclostratigraphy and borehole geophysics to delineate porosity
and preferential flow in the karst limestone of the Biscayne
aquifer, southeast Florida.” R. Harmon & C. Wicks (eds.),
Perspectives on Karst Geomorphology, Hydrology, and
Geochemistry – A Tribute to Derek C. Ford and William B.
White. Geological Society of America Special Paper 404, 191-
208.
* E. Robinson. “Zoning the White Limestone Group of Jamaica
using larger foraminiferal genera: a review and proposal.”
Cainozoic Geology, 3 (1-2), 2004, 37-75.
* E. Thomas-Hope. “Maximizing migration: Caribbean return
movements and the organization of transnational space.” D.
Plaza & F. Henry (eds.), Returning to the Source: The Final
Stage of the Caribbean Migration Circuit. Mona: UWI Press,
2006.
* E. Thomas-Hope. “Trafficking of persons in the Caribbean.”
T. Lesser et al. (eds.), Intra-Caribbean Migration and the Conflict 
Nexus. Port of Spain: Association of Caribbean States,
International Organiza- tion for Migration and UWI, 2006.
* E. Thomas-Hope & B. Spence. “Challenges to promoting
agrobiodiversity in Caribbean small farming systems: a Jamaican 
case study.” J. Pugh & J. Momsen (eds.), Environmental
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Planning in the Caribbean. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006.
Non-Refereed Articles
* R. Ahmad. “Structural styles in Trinidad. Chapter 4: Guide to
selected geological localities in Trinidad & Tobago.” Transactions
of the 2nd Geological Society of Trinidad and Tobago Conference, Port of
Spain, Trinidad, 2006, 244-265.
* D. Dodman. Book review: Participatory Planning in the Caribbean:
Lessons from Practice, edited by J. Pugh & R. Potter. Progress in
Development Studies, 5(2), 2005, 164-166.
* D. Dodman. Book Review: Kingston: A Cultural and Literary
History, by D. Howard. Social and Economic Studies, 54(1), 2005,
189-190.
* E. Thomas-Hope. “Taking more than giving back? Tourism
and the sustainability of Caribbean small island developing
states.” Proceedings of the session of the International Research 
Foundation for Development, World Forum on Small Island
Developing States, Mauritius, 2005, 18pp.
* E. Thomas-Hope. Current Trends and Issues in Caribbean
Migration. Port of Spain: UN Economic Commission for Latin
America and the Caribbean, 2005.
Technical Reports
* R. Ahmad & P. Lyew-Ayee (Jr). “Landslides in northeastern St
Andrew, Jamaica: rapid assessment.” Prepared for the MP for St 
Andrew North East, August 2005.
* W. Bailey et al. For Whom the Bell Tolls: Vulnerabilities in
Changing Climates. Washington, D.C.: AIACC.
* W. Bailey et al. Vulnerabilities in Changing Climates: A
Summary of Lessons from AIACC. Washington, D.C.: AIACC.
* W. Bailey et al. A Stitch in Time: Adapting to a Changing
Climate. Washington, D.C.: AIACC.
* W. Bailey et al. Vulnerability to Dengue Fever in Jamaica.
Washington, D.C.: AIACC.
* D. Dodman. “Socio-economic and environmental surveys for
the reduction of non-point source pollutants in the Montego
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Bay flood plain – final report.” Prepared for the Community
Organization for Management and Sustain- able Development
and the Local Initiative Facility for the Environment, 2005.
* D. Dodman & R. Haye. “Strengthening of communities to
address environmental and child survival issues in Falmouth –
final report.” Prepared for the Falmouth Restoration Company
and the Local Initiative Facility for the Environment, 2006.
* K. Cunningham, M. Wacker, E. Robinson, C. Gefvert & S.
Krupa. “Hydrogeology and groundwater flow at Levee L31N,
Miami-Dade County, Florida, July 2003 to May 2004.” US
Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map I-2846, 2004.
* K. Cunningham, M. Wacker, E. Robinson, J. Dixon & G.
Wingard. “A cyclostratigraphic and borehole-geophysical
approach to development of a three-dimensional conceptual
hydrogeologic model of the karstic Biscayne Aquifer,
southeastern Florida.” US Geological Survey Scientific
Investigations Report 2005-5235, 2006, 69pp.
INCOME GENERATION
The Marine Geology Unit, under the direction of Professor Emeritus
Edward Robinson, continued its work on the BEACHES (Beach
Erosion and Coastal Hazards: Ensuring Safety) Project, which began in
2004. The Environmental Foundation of Jamaica approved a one-year
extension (to April 2007) of the project, with funding amounting to J$3.8
million. Other consultancies undertaken by the Unit included one for
CDERA, for US$8,000, to review the progress of and reports on beach
erosion hazard mapping in Grenada and Belize (completed in May 2006),
and one (in May-June 2006, for J$240,000) providing geological support
activities for Estech Ltd. involving the possible granting of quarrying
leases in the coastal area of southern Manchester.
Professor Elizabeth Thomas-Hope prepared an Environmental
Manual for the Jamaica Baptist Union which brought in J$1,086,876. A
further US$10,450 was earned for producing an environment and
sustainable development programme for the United Nations University
(Tokyo), to develop and test a pilot regional training programme on
agrobiodiversity, livelihoods and rural development in the Caribbean.
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The Department offered one Level 1 Geography course and two level 2
Geography courses in the summer of 2006. The gross income earned was
just over J$1.5 million.
PUBLIC SERVICE
R. Ahmad
– Member, National Damage Assessment, Recovery and
Rehabilitation Subcommittee, Office of Disaster Prepared- ness 
and Emergency Management, Government of Jamaica.
– Fellow, Geological Society of London.
W. Bailey
– Chief examiner, CAPE Geography.
– UWI representative, Board of the Environmental Foundation
of Jamaica.
D. Barker
– Editor, Caribbean Geography.
– President, Jamaican Geographical Society.
– Reviewer for Geographical Journal, Geographical Review, and
International Development Planning Review.
I. Brown
– Member, ICOM International Committee for University
Museums and Collections.
D. Dodman
– Member, Public Education Committee of the United Church in
Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.
– Board member, Local Initiative Facility for the Environ- ment.
– Member, Expert Committee for the Jamaica Social Policy
Evaluation, Environment and Secure and Sustainable
Livelihood Goals.
T. Jackson
– Honorary member, Geological Society of Jamaica.
– Fellow, Caribbean Academy of Sciences.
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S. Mitchell
– Permanent member, Standing Committee for the Caribbean
Geological Conferences.
– Member, Scientific Committee, International Rudist Congress.
– Editor, Contributions to Geology, UWI Mona.
– Editor, Caribbean Journal of Earth Science, 2005.
– Council member, Geological Society of Jamaica.
– Chairman, Commission on Jamaican Lithostratigraphy.
– External examiner (Geology), Council of Community Colleges
of Jamaica.
E. Robinson
– Member, Jamaican National Council on Oceans and Coastal
Zone Management.
– Member, Board of Directors, Petroleum Corporation of
Jamaica.
– Board member, Nature Preservation Foundation.
– Member, Editorial Board, Journal of the Institute of Marine Affairs,
Trinidad and Tobago.
– Member, Earth Sciences Prize Committee, Third World
Academy of Sciences.
T. Stemann
– Vice-President, Geological Society of Jamaica, 2005.
– Editor, Caribbean Journal of Earth Science, 2006.
E. Thomas-Hope
– Chair, Board of the Jamaica Sustainable Development Network.
– Member, Tribunal for the NRCA Act of the Ministry of Land
and Environment.
– Director, Jamaica Board of Engineers Foundation.
– Director, Luis Fred Kennedy Environmental Foundation.
– Member, National Watershed Council, Jamaica.
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– Member, Advisory Board, Institute of Commonwealth Studies,
University of London.
– Member, International Scientific Advisory Group for the
People, Land Management and Ecosystem Conservation,
United Nations University, Tokyo.
– Member, Caribbean Study Group, Royal Institute for
International Affairs, London.
– Latin American and Caribbean regional representative,
International Geographical Union Commission on Health and
the Environment.
– Representative for the Americas, Commonwealth Geographical 
Bureau.
– Member, editorial advisory boards of The Caribbean Journal of
Agriculture and Natural Resources and Progress in Development Studies.
– Journal referee for Social and Economic Studies; Progress in
Development Studies; Population Geography; World Health Organization 
Bulletin; Gender, Place and Culture; Population, Space and Place; and
Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies.
CATEGORIES OF STUDENTS
Undergraduates: Geography 
Year I:     128
Year II:       93
Year III:     54
Undergraduates: Geology
Year I:     65
Year II:     48
Year III:    31
Postgraduates
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MPhil Geography:      7 (Number completed: 1)
MPhil Geology:          5 (Number completed: 2)
PhD Geography:         2
PhD Geology:             4 (Number completed: 1)
MPhil Environmental Management:    1
PhD Environmental Management:       7
Prizes Awarded
The Barry Floyd Prize for Best Joyelle Clark
Performance in Level I Geography:  
The Barry Floyd Prize for Best Seema Kadir
Performance in Level II Geography:  
The Geological Society of    Jason Fisher
Jamaica Scholarship:
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DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES
Dale F. Webber BSc (Hons.) PhD UWI – Head of Department 
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
With each year, new challenges andopportunities arise. The academic
year 2005/06 was another challenging year
not because of budget cuts as in the previous 
year, but rather due to an unexpected
increase in student numbers and the
Department’s preparation for an external
Quality Assurance Review.  As the
Department came to the end of its three year 
strategic plan many of the earlier identified
goals and objectives were achieved and
realised. New Departmental goals and
objectives will emerge from the upcoming
review process as a new three-year strategic plan is designed for
implementation.
(a) Department’s performance during 2005/06
Undergraduate teaching
In response to national and regional needs as well as responding to an
indication of interest from students, two new courses in Coral Reef
Biology and Medicinal & Economic Botany were delivered in
2005/06. The regional importance of the Coral Reef Biology course was
reinforced when the Cave Hill Campus requested that Life Sciences staff at 
the Mona Campus deliver of the same course at their campus in the same
academic year. Since the satisfaction of regional needs continues to be
important to the Department of Life Sciences this request was granted to
the satisfaction of both staff and students at Cave Hill. The Medicinal and
Economic Botany course was over subscribed and the student
assessments suggest strong support and satisfaction with this new but
relevant course.
At level 1 the unexpected intake of students resulted in numbers overall
increasing by 30% with one course BL10L securing 327 registrations. The
increased numbers, while taking its toll on the department’s infrastructure,
resulted in improved human and material resources which allowed
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satisfactory completion of the year and a level of preparedness for the
following year. Seventy new microscopes and associated electronic
teaching aids were acquired and additional laboratory space was
reconfigured. The BL10J course increased from 282 to 287 ( 2%), BL10L
increased from 215 to 327 (52 %), BL10M increased from 185 to 261 (41
%) with the Botany level 2 core increasing by 10 % and the Zoology level 2
core increasing by 5%.  Two additional courses became available through
the OurVLE platform and thus 20% of courses are available through this
medium, with 70% of courses available via departmental network
connections.
Graduate training
The core courses sat by all new graduate students were revised to improve
the research methodology and statistics in biology for research. The
number of MPhil registrations reduced to 58 from 60 while the number of
PhD’s remained at 18.  A new MSc programme in Aquatic Sciences
was implemented in 2005/06 with 7 fee paying students who have
expressed great satisfaction with the programme at the end of the first
year. This increased the department’s non-UGC MSc programmes to three 
with the original two MSc programmes in Tropical Ecosystem assessment
and Management and Plant Production and Protection being continued.
The implications are twofold. First the department now offers taught
graduate programmes in three regionally and nationally important areas of
Biology and secondly the income generation potential has been increased
by 30%.
Research output
The departmental goal of 1.5 referred publications per person in the
2005/06 academic year was not realised, instead the departmental
publication rate per person was 0.87 for referred publications and 1.7
when all forms of publication are considered. It was hoped that the
reorganized contact teaching hours would have resulted in improved
research output but it will take more than one year to realize the
improvement sought, especially in Biological Sciences. Importantly, the
research output target to have 50% of departmental publications occurring 
in international journals with impact factor 1.0 was achieved with one
publication being in Science which has an impact factor of 26.68. Quality of
research output is as important as quantity. The final goal of increased
relevance of the technical reports and conference presentations was also
achieved as the specific recipients (such as JAMALCO, CITES, and
IUCN) as well as the wider readership of the Gleaner spans the full range
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of relevance from specific technical expertise to general awareness and
knowledge empowerment. Moreover, globally important issues such as
bioethics, transgenic research and biodiversity issues dominated the non-
peer reviewed publications, influencing national and regional thoughts if
not policy. 
Income Generation
The goal to generate $1.5 million from the three MSc. Programmes was
achieved and surpassed in the 2005/06 academic year with an income of
over $1.8 million. This was essential to the survival of the department as
the UGC budget was exhausted with four months remaining in the
academic year. The projected $0.5 M from the 2006 summer school
programme was surpassed ten fold and will prove vital in the department’s
financial survival especially since one income generating MSc. (Tropical
Ecosystem Assessment and Management) will not be offered in 2006/07.
At present there are fifteen externally funded projects and at least fifty
other projects with small grant funds or funded from the Department.
.The ratio of 1:5 funded to non-funded projects within the department is
below the 1:3 ratio which appears to the norm in many well established
biology departments in North America (University of Guelph, University
of Toronto, University of South Florida and Duke University), but is well
in excess of other Universities in developing countries (University of
Botswana). It is also important to note that in 2005/06, these grants
together brought in over JA$20 million which is four times greater than the 
department’s operational budget.
(b) Main targets for 2006/07 academic year
Undergraduate programme 
To engage the OurVLE as the delivery platform for 50% of courses in the
department.
To maintain or improve the high standard of teaching and student
centered approach to teaching and learning and continue to secure high
student assessment as a department.
To review the majors offered within the Department including the
implementation of a major in Marine Biology.
To review and implement recommendations from the Quality Assurance
Review especially in curriculum reform, tracking graduates of the
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department and methods to establish stronger links with industry and
potential employers of our graduates.
Graduate programme
To improve the use and function of the supervisory committees for each
student.
To reduce the time taken for completion and improve the quality of the
experience of a higher degree.
To continue to answer the questions posed in private and government
sectors across Jamaica and the Caribbean by formulating graduate research 
focused on the identified questions. 
To recruit more qualified students into the income generating MSc
Programmes.
To review the MSc programmes and streamline the two environmental
programmes into one with a core and electives.
Research output
The previous goal of 1.5 referred publications is still widely held to be a
reasonable and achievable goal and as such the target for 2006/07 remains
at 1.5 referred publications per person. Conference presentations and
technical reports should receive less attention from the Department in the
upcoming year unless measurable impact on national policy and
programmes can be identified. However, the department will continue to
encourage graduate students to participate in conferences as we attempt to
develop a culture of research.
Income generation
With the reduction in the number of MSc programmes, income generation 
from the remaining programmes is targeted to reduce to $1.0 million.
However, the growth of the summer school programme has indicated a
new income stream to which the Department will look to offset its meager
operational budget which still stands at less than 5 % of the total budget.
Income generation targeted from the 2007 summer school is JA$3.3
million while the income target associated with the grants is JA$20 million.
(c) Overall teaching achievement
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Overall teaching was again exceptionally good within the department with
all courses being successfully taught, examined, and assessed by students.
All lecturers but one scored greater than 3.5 on student assessment with
departmental average of 4.27±0.8 (the highest in the Faculty). While this
does not reflect an improvement over the 4.31 in 2004/05, it confirms
maintenance of a high standard recognized by the Deputy Principal’s letter 
of commendation to the Department. Much was gained by a process for
the indication of interest in final year courses by second year students as
well as an active student staff liaison committee which met twice per
semester. All majors, minors, options and courses have been revised and
aims and objectives included for the 2006/07 academic year. Average
course satisfaction was rated as good (3.92±0.9) with as many as 66% of
students responding. External Examiner reviews and the External Quality
Assurance Review suggest satisfaction in course content and delivery but
indicate areas for improvement which form portions of the 2006/07
targets. 
(d) Research output
In 20005/06 the Department of Life Sciences with 16 current staff was
able to produce13 publications in referred journals and a further 4 in
government reports and technical papers with 10 conference
presentations.  This resulted in a 1.7 per capita publication. 
PAPERS PRESENTED
• Christensen, V., Villanueva, M.C. & K.Aiken. “Ecosystems at
risk: the contribution of ecosystem approaches to fisheries to
identify problems and evaluate potential solutions”. 2006
Conference, Portsmouth, University of Portsmouth, 11-14 July.
• Creary, M. & M. Webber. “Mangrove Biodiversity”. Institute of
Jamaica Natural History Division: Biodiversity Sym- posium. May 
22, 2006, Kingston
• Robinson, R.D. Research ethics and the responsible conduct of
research.  2ndCaribbean Research Ethics Conference, May 18-20,
2006.  Kingston, Jamaica.
• Robinson, R.D. (2006).  The Launch of the Bioethics Society of
the English-Speaking Caribbean. 2nd Caribbean Research Ethics
Conference, May 18-20, 2006.  Kingston, Jamaica.
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• Robinson, R.D.  (2006).  The Bioethics Society of the English-
Speaking Caribbean.  UNESCO Seminar “Introduction to
Bioethics” June 8-9, 2006.  Port of Spain, Trinidad.
• Tennant, P. 2005 Principles underlying the production of
transgenic plants. Workshop for Science Teachers: Concepts in
Biotechnology and Genetic engineering. December 13, 2005.
• Tennant, P. 2005 Principles underlying the production of
transgenic animals. Workshop for Science Teachers: Concepts in
Biotechnology and Genetic engineering. December 13, 2005.
• Wilson B.S.  2006. Biodiversity conservation in the Hellshire
Hills. Biodiversity Symposium,  Institute of Jamaica, Natural
History Division.
• Wilson B.S. 2005    Taxon report for Jamaican Iguana, Annual
meeting of the IUCN Iguana Specialist Group, on South Andros,
Bahamas.
• Wilson, B. S., and R. van Veen.  Jamaican Iguana (Cyclura collei)
Recovery Project, 2005 Update.  
PUBLICATIONS
Books and Monographs
* Garraway, E. and A. Bailey. 2005. Butterflies of Jamaica. 112
pp. Macmillian, Caribbean
Refereed Journal Articles
* Aiken, K. A., G.A. Kong, S. G. Smikle, R. Appeldoorn & G.F.
Warner.2006. Managing Jamaica’s queen conch resources. Ocean 
& Coastal Management 49,332-341, Elsevier Press & Univ. of
Delaware, USA.
* Ellis-Tabanor, M. and E. Hyslop. 2005 Effect of Sublethal
concentrations of Endosulphan on growth and fecundity of two 
species of snails. Bull.Environ Contam.Toxicol.74, 173-1178.
* Forbes W.M., Robinson R.D. & Reese, P.B. 2005.  Eryngial, a
plant compound with marked anthelmintic activity in vitro using
Strongyloides stercoralis L3.  American Society of Tropical Medicine 
and Hygiene, Washington, USA, December 11-15, 2005. The
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 73 (6): 254.
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* Goodbody, I. and Linda Cole, 2006. “The Western Atlantic
Perophoridae (Ascidiacea) II. The genus Ecteinascidia”. Bulletin of
Marine Science 79 (1) 49-70.
* Jackson, C.P.J. and Webber, M.K.  2005. Sponges of the Port
Royal mangroves.  Jamaica Journal. Vol. 29, Nos 1 & 2: 42-49.
* McLaren, K.P. and M. McDonald, 2005. Seasonal patterns of
flowering and fruiting in a dry tropical forest in Jamaica.
Biotropica. 37: 584-590.
* McLaren, K.P., M. McDonald, J. Healy, and J. Hall. 2005.
Predicting species response to disturbance from size class
distributions of adults and saplings in a Jamaican tropical dry
forest.  Plant Ecology 181:69-84.
* Mumby, Peter J., Craig P. Dahlgren, Alastair R. Harborne,
Carrie V. Kappel, Fiorenza Micheli, Daniel R. Brumbaugh,
Katherine E. Holmes, Judith M. Mendes, Kenneth Broad,
James N. Sanchirico, Kevin Buch, Steve Box, Richard W.
Stoffle, Andrew B. Gill 2006 Fishing, Trophic Cascades, and the 
Process of Grazing on Coral Reefs. Science 311:98-102.
* Souza, M., Tennant, P., and Gonsalves, D. 2005 Influence of
coat protein transgene copy number on resistance in transgenic
line 63-1 against Papaya ringspot virus isolates. HortScience 40:
2083-2087.
* Waugh C, Shafir S, Wise M, Robinson R.D., Eberhard M &
Lindo JF 2005.  Transmission of Angiostrongylus cantonensis to
humans in Jamaica.  Emerging Infectious Diseases 11(12): 1977-
1978.
* Van Veen, R., and B. Wilson.  2005.  Jamaican Iguana (Cyclura
collei) Recovery Project, 2004 Update.  IGUANA 12:28-29
* Wilson, B. S., J. A. Horrocks, and A. Hailey.  2006.
Conservation of insular herpetofaunas in the West Indies
(Editorial).  Applied Herpetology 3:181-195.
Technical reports and Non-refereed Articles
* Murray, A.O. & K.A. Aiken. 2006. Artisanal fishing in Jamaica
today: a study of a larger fishing site. Proc. Gulf & Caribbean
Fisheries Institute 57:215-233
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* Aiken, K.A. 2006. National report – Jamaica. Bruckner, A.W.
(editor). Proceedings of the CITES
* Workshop on the conservation of sea cucumbers in the family
Holothuriidae and Stichopididae: NOAA Technical
Memorandum NMFA-OPR 34, Silver Springs, MD:154-157pp 
* Tennant, P. 2006, Know your GE ABCs. Eye on Science.  The
Gleaner. Thursday April 20, 2006, pp B8.
* Garraway E.,  P. Vogel and G. Proctor.  2005. Biosurvey of
JAMALCO mining areas, Clarendon and Manchester.
INCOME GENERATION
Income from large grants
New Initiative Fund, Assessment of genetic diversity of Citrus tristeza
virus and viroids from Jamaica: Towards efficient diagnosis and
management of citrus pathogens (2006) 
Funds allocated: US$23,000 Dr. Paula Tennant, Lecturer
Ministry of Agriculture (Caribbean Development Bank) Citrus replanting
project: Pathology of Citrus diseases (2006) 
Funds allocated: US$29,000. Dr. Paula Tennant, Lecturer
Technology Investment Fund (TIF) Field safety assessment of transgenic
papaya expressing the coat protein gene of Papaya ringspot virus (2005) 
Funds Allocated: JA$1,500,000. Dr. Paula Tennant, Lecturer
Environmental Foundation of Jamaica. The Mangroves and Seagrass Beds 
of Kingston Harbour: Investigation of Sustainability as Nursery Grounds
for Fishable Organisms. (2005)
Funds allocated: JA$236,000 Dr. Karl Aiken, Lecturer
UWI-New Initiative Fund.  The Role of  Zooxanthellal phylotype on
Skeletal Growth and Density Band Pattern in the Stony Coral
“Monatastraea  annuluaris”
Funds allocated US$5,400  Dr. Judith Mendes, Lecturer
UWI-New Initiative Fund.  Conservation and Management of
Biodiversity in the Forests of Jamaica.
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Funds allocated US$13,789 Dr. Kurt McLaren, Lecturer
Environmental Foundation of Jamaica grant to conduct research in a
pristine coastal environment, The Morant Wetlands St. Thomas Jamaica .
Funds allocated JA$5,100,310 Drs. Mona Webber, Judith
Mendes, Karl Aiken & Dale Webber
UWI-New Initiative Fund.  Reproductive diversity and strategies for
breeding in Jamaican Pimento (Pimenta  dioica L.).
Funds allocated US$20,000 Mr. Frederick Boyd, Lecturer
Environmental Foundation of Jamaica – Status and Conservation of Sea
Turtles in Jamaica. 
Funds allocated JA$4,631,200 Dr. Byron Wilson, Lecturer
Jamaica Bauxite Institute – “Vegetation growth on bauxite red mud ponds
for return to agricultural activity”.
Funds allocated: JA$2,568,800 Dr Dale Webber, Senior Lecturer
Total income from large research grants – JA$20,054,784
Income from small grants
Dr. Byron Wilson 
2006Conservation International, for Jamaican iguana study
($5000U.S.)
2006 Wildlife Conservation Society, for limestone forest
biodiversity study ($5000U.S.; with K. McLaren)
2005 International Iguana Foundation ($9000U.S.)
2005 International Iguana Foundation ($4300U.S.) 
2005 Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund; for iguana project
($20,000U.S.)
2005 International Iguana Society (US$5000)
Dr. Judith Mendes
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UWI Postgraduate fund. The prevalence of coral diseases in
Jamaica. Duration: Sept 2005 – August 2006.  US$1,675
Dr. Jane Cohen
$11,136 from Graduate Studies Research Fund (for Peter
McLymont’s MPhil project).
INCOME FROM SELF-FINANCED PROGRAMMES
Income Expenditure
MSc PPP Ja$752,640.50 Ja$282,740.97
MSc TEAM Ja$   386,177.60 Ja$359,614.39
MSc Aquat. Sci. Ja$706,000.00 Ja$779,310.00
Summer school Ja$5,245,770.50 Ja$2,386,864.70
Rental Ja$279,350.00
Consultancy Ja$28,140.00
PUBLIC SERVICE
Dr KA Aiken
– Member, Select Parliamentary Committee on Economy &
Production.
– Member, C.I.T.E.S. Scientific Authority, NRCA
– Member, Board of Directors, Caribbean Maritime Institute,
– Member, Board of Directors, Caribbean Coastal Area
Management Programme (CCAM)
– Member, Fisheries Advisory Committee of Jamaica, Fisheries
Division.
Mr. Frederick Boyd
– External Examiner, Joint Board of Teacher Education (JBTE)
in the Institute of Education.
Dr. Jane Cohen
– Member, Alien Invasive Species Working Group
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– Member, National Organic Agriculture Steering Committee,
Research & Seed Production Sub-Committee
– Member, Education & Research Sub-Committee of the Nature
Preservation Foundation
– Member, Consultation Group for Pest Risk Analyses of
National Plant Protection Organization 
Professor Ivan Goodbody
– Member, Editorial Board of Bulletin of Marine Science.
– Member, Editorial Board of Caribbean Marine Studies.
Dr. Eric Garraway
– Member, Advisory Board of the Natural History Division,
Institute of Jamaica. 2000-2006.
– Advisor/Point-person, Vincentian Student Association.
Dr. Kurt McLaren
– Member, The Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park
Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee
Prof. Ralph Robinson
– Member, Board of Directors, Jamaica Agricultural
Development Foundation
– Member, National Ad hoc Committee to Develop Guidelines for 
the Aquaculture Industry in Jamaica
– Member, Ministry of Agriculture Shrimp Aquaculture Policy
Sub-Committee
– Chair, Steering Committee, Bioethics Society of the English-
Speaking Caribbean
– Executive Secretary, Bioethics Society of the English-Speaking
Caribbean
Dr. Paula Tennant
– Staff Representative, National Environment & Planning
Agency’s Biodiversity Committee
Dr. Kisan Vaidya
– Member, Gene Bank Committee, Jamaica.
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– Member, Technical Committee, Jamaica Agricultural
Development Foundation (JADF)
Dr Peter Vogel 
– Member, Board, Scientific Authority
– Member, Jamaican Iguana Research and Conservation Group
– Member, Alien Invasive Species Working Group
– Member, IUCN West Indian Iguana Specialist Group
– Member, of Executive Committee and Past President, Bird Life
Jamaica
– Member, of Scientific Advisory Committee, Blue and John
Crow Mountains National Park
– Member, of Advisory Board, Natural History Division, Institute 
of Jamaica
– Member, Society of Caribbean Ornithology
Dr. Dale Webber
– Secretary, National Environment Societies Trust (NEST)
– Chairman, CL Environmental Company Limited. 
– Member, Ministry of Education and Culture Overseas
Examination Commission.
– Chairman, National committee of RAMSAR international
convention on Wetlands. 
– External examiner, CASE Environmental Sciences programme.
– Member, Board of Governors of the Mona Preparatory School.
Dr. Mona Webber
– Member, National Environmental Education Committee.
– Member, Steering Committee for Sea Turtle Recovery Network,
– Member, Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean.
– Member, Caribbean Academy of Sciences, Jamaican Chapter.
– Member, National Ramsar committee (NEPA).
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– Member, UNESCO National Advisory Committee for Science
and Technology
Dr. Byron Wilson
– Chairman, Jamaican Iguana Research and Conservation Group
– Member, Board of Directors, Windsor Research Centre
– Member, Working Group on Invasive Species, (NEPA)
CATEGORIES OF STUDENTS
Undergraduate numbers:
Preliminary (Year 0) – 134 (66 registered in community colleges), 
Introductory (Level I) – 327
Advanced (Level II) – 92 
Advanced (Level III) – 68  
Of the 68 final year students, 58 completed graduation requirements with
the following distribution in performance. 
First class Honours –  4
Upper second Honours – 27
Lower second Honours – 25
Pass –   2
The majors selected and completed within the Department were: 
Botany – 14
Biology with Education –   3 
Environmental Biology – 14
Experimental Biology –   3 
Microbiology –   5
Zoology – 22
Postgraduate   2005/06     2005/06
registrations completions
MSc Tropical Ecosystem         21 4
Assessment and Management
MSc Plant production and           7 – 
protection
MSc  Aquatic Sciences          7 –
MPhil        58 5
PhD         20 2 
Prizes
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The following students were formally recognized for quality academic
performance.
Preliminary Biology Tanika Robinson
Introductory Biology Taja Francis and Haile Dennis
Level II Zoology Kayann Nelson
L.B. Coke Plant Physiology Prize Fiona Downs
Awards
Dr. Byron Wilson
– 2006 Principal’s Research Award for the Best Publication,
Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, UWI, Mona, Research
Day 2006.
Professor Ralph Robinson
– 2006 Recipient, Principal’s Award for the Most Outstanding
Project in the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences UWI Mona
Research Day 2006.
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DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND
COMPUTER SCIENCE 
Professor Ronald Young, BSc, MSc UWI, PhD St. Andrews 
– Head of Department
Highlights
Research Output
Within the August 2005 to July 2006window of this report, the
department produced:
Type of Output Number
Book Chapters        1
Journal Articles        7
Conference Presentations      11
Invited Presentations        3
Student Throughput
This year, 93 students will be graduating with a major offered by the
department.  The following data provides a breakdown by major (there are
2 students who majored in both Mathematics and Computer Science,
which accounts for the total of all the majors earned being 95).
Major No. of Graduands
(1st class honours)
Computer Science  55 (13)
Mathematics  24 (0)
Actuarial Science  13 (4)
Mathematics with Education                3 (0)
Income Generation
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The combined net income for the department from Summer School 2006
was just over J$3.1 million, with the bulk of that generated from
Mathematics courses.  The Mathematics Section also offered a highly
subscribed Preliminary Mathematics programme, with at least 150
students registering in each of Semesters I and II.  Based on an estimated
revenue of $4,000 per credit per student (at 6 credits per course), an
estimated 25% of revenue for administrative overheads, and direct
teaching expenses of $1,200,000, the Section estimates that its net income
from this programme was $4,200,000.
Activities of the Mathematics Section (Section Head: Dr.
Raymond McEachin)
During the Academic Year 2005/06, the Mathematics Section introduced
a new course for majors, Introduction to Mathematical Analysis (M21Q). With
this significant step, the Section has initiated a complete revision of its
undergraduate course offerings.
During the 2006-07 Academic Year, the Mathematics Section expects to
plan and seek approval for a new first-year sequence in mathematics.  This
will replace the current sequence and is expected to be a major step in its
continuing efforts to revise its course offerings. The Section also expects
to launch a new summer programme for incoming Faculty students, with a 
view to preparing them successfully for the rigors of university
mathematics courses.
The teaching in the Mathematics Section had average rating of 3.9 (s.d. 0.9) 
for the instructors and 3.7 (s.d. 1.0) for the courses. The average response
rate was 46%.
Activities of the Computer Science Section (Section Head: Dr.
Daniel Coore)
From July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006 the Computer Science Section
implemented several initiatives aimed at improving the educational
experience of our students, as well as the quality of our academic
programmes.
Student Centred Activities
At the start of the academic year, we approximately doubled the number of 
lab technicians employed to help man the computer labs and assist
students in the lab.  Some of these laboratory technicians were also given a
new role: to act as software developers on a special project to develop
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software tools that would enhance the operation of the Section. Many
positives have come from this initiative, including: improved coverage of
the lab, increased part-time employment opportunities for our students,
and, importantly, the capacity to develop Web-based tools for facilitating
some of the day-to-day activities in the Section.  The students who were
employed gained useful experience from the job, and since many of them
were second year students, they will provide a degree of continuity in lab
technician expertise from one academic year to the next (formerly, all of
these lab technicians were third year students).
In this past academic year, we also saw the revival of the Computer Science 
student club (after being defunct for several years).  Under the new name
of HACKERS (High Achievers Commanding Knowledge, Enabling
Resource Sharing) they have a membership of about 25 students and have
identified a number of projects to work on, including running short
seminars on specific computing-related skills. They are currently working
on a project to construct a “supercomputer” from several de-
commissioned computers.  The club is dedicated to engaging in activities
that will enhance their members’ educational experience while at UWI, and 
that will raise the profile of Computer Science on the campus.  To this end, 
the Section is very pleased to see the successful revival of this group, and is
committed to supporting their continued growth and development.
Curricular Updates
Based on recommendations from educators on the most recent
IEEE/ACM Joint Task Force on Computing Curricula, the Section
reviewed and updated six (6) courses, whose course descriptions had been
unchanged for five or more years.  These courses, together with those of
our recently overhauled undergraduate programme, place heavy emphasis
on problem solving and on application of general principles to specific
problems, preferably those that are readily appreciated by the students.  A
number of the reviewed courses have moved away from asking students to 
give descriptive solutions to problems and now ask them to produce actual 
implementations of those solutions instead.
An important modification, made two years ago to the new curriculum,
was the introduction of a mandatory project course.  Students in the old
programme were encouraged, but not required, to do this course.  About
20 students took the project course in each of the past two Summer
sessions (2005, 2006).  Although, many students struggled with the task of
completing their projects on-time, the (informal) feedback from them
after the course was finished was all positive. In general, students
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appreciated the sense of accomplishment they had with a completed
project, and they cited as the primary benefit from the course, an improved 
self-confidence in their own programming abilities. Experience gained
from the first two offerings has helped to improve delivery and assessment 
for the upcoming academic year, when the first batch of compulsory
students will be enrolled.  The project course will be offered in each
semester and in the Summer, giving students the flexibility of taking the
course whenever they can fit it into their schedule.  Money made in
Summer School from this course is set aside specifically for student-related 
matters; for example the prize money for the Dr. Karl Robinson award,
given to the top performing final year undergraduate, is taken from this
money.
Process Improvement and Efficiency
The Section has developed a computer program to assign students in the
Faculty to the various lab (or lecture) streams available within each course
in a manner that minimises clashes and reduces the number of students
who remain unassigned. The program, developed in academic year
2004/05, was used, for the first time, as the primary tool for allocating
students registered in the Faculty.  Despite much room for improvement,
particularly on its interface and on some of its interactive features, it has
produced evenly populated course streams, highlighted capacity problems
(i.e. where the number of labs were insufficient to accommodate all of the
students registered for the course), and indicated which subjects are
incompatible because of timetable clashes.  Work continues on the
program to address the shortcomings mentioned, yet the program
continues to be used to generate lab streams for the Faculty of Pure and
Applied Sciences.  Other tools have been produced by the Section, but so
far for use only by the Section.  These include a tool to accept, in electronic
format, assignment submissions from students, generating digitally signed
receipts in return; and a tool to mark up course description information to
produce documents that are suited for different purposes (e.g. one for
submitting for approval from Faculty and Academic Boards, another for
presentation on the Web, and yet another for reproduction in the Faculty
Handbook).  Both of these tools, products of the software development
project, are still works in progress that we anticipate will eventually be
stable enough to be made available to other departments.
The Section has also recognised the need for a formal mechanism for
assigning tutors and markers to courses in order to enable the timely return 
of marked assignments. We have developed a system that assigns tutors
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and markers to a course based on registration and on the volume of course
work given.  
Staff Policy
Over the last academic year, the department had four (4) staff members
working part-time on PhD degrees.  The Computer Science Section
adopted a policy to reduce the major course-load for such persons to two
(2) (they have been asked to help with tutorials, as necessary). In January,
Dr. Timothy Stitt completed his thesis dissertation, and in July, Dr. Ashley
Hamilton-Taylor followed.  The other two staff members who are
currently pursuing their PhD degrees (Mrs. Gunjan Mansingh and Mrs.
Lila Rao) have been making good progress on their research: together they
have produced 3 joint (refereed) conference presentations and three
(refereed) journal articles.  Mrs. Mansingh has produced 1 published
article, and another has been accepted for publication; Mrs. Rao-Graham
has had one article accepted for publication.  We believe that this policy
has played an important part in allowing these staff members to progress in 
their research, and we will endeavour to maintain it to the extent that we
are able.  A fifth member of the department from the Mathematics
Section, Mr. Samuel McDaniel, is pursuing a full-time PhD on leave of
absence.
Professional Service
Professor Rodkina serves on the Editorial Board for the International Journal 
on Difference Equations and Dynamical Systems.  Dr. Daniel Coore serves as a
member of the UCJ IT Board of Studies.
PAPERS PRESENTED
• Daniel Coore. 2006. Applications of Amorphous Computing to
Information Systems Research. Caribbean Conference on
Information Systems. Kingston, Jamaica. June 1-4, 2006.
• Lila Rao-Graham. 2006. Incorporating Value/Cost Analysis in
the Design of Information and Knowledge Management Systems. 
Caribbean Conference on Information Systems. Kingston,
Jamaica. June 1-4, 2006.
• Gunjan Mansingh. 2006. Creating a Knowledge-Manage- ment
Infrastructure in Health Sector: A Jamaican Case Study.
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Caribbean Conference on Information Systems. Kingston,
Jamaica. June 1-4, 2006.
PUBLICATIONS
Book Chapters: 
* Muzaki Farida and Ezra Mugisa. 2006. Towards Enhancing
Learning with Information and Communication Tech- nology
in Universities. Information and Communication Technology
for Sustainable Develop- ment: Measuring Computing Research 
Excellence and Vitality, eds. Williams and Baryamureeba.
Foundation Publishers, Kampala.
Journal Articles:
* Mansingh A., Harper L., Headley S., King-Mowatt J.,
Mansingh G. 2006. Injuries in West Indies Cricket 2003-2004.
British Journal of Sports Medicine 40: 119-123.
* McCloud N. and McEachin R, 2006. A connection between
Schur multiplication and Fourier interpolation II. Mathematische
Nachrichten, 12: 1335 - 1358.
* Rodkina A.E. and Basin M.V. 2005.  On delay-dependent
stability for a class of nonlinear stochastic delay-difference
equations. Dynamic of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive
Systems. Series A: Mathematical Analysis. 12: 663-673.
* Rodkina A. and Nosov V. 2006. Stability of Stochastic Delay
Cubic Equations. Dynam. Systems Appl. 15: 193-205.
* Berkolaiko G. and  Rodkina A. 2006. Almost Sure
Convergence of Solutions to Non-Homogeneous Stochastic
Difference Equation. Difference Equations and Applications 12( 6):
535-553.
* Appleby J.A.D., Mao X. and Rodkina A. 2006. On stochastic
stabilization of difference equations. Dynamics of Continuous and
Discrete Systems. 3: 843-857.
* Appleby J.A.D., Rodkina A. and Schurz H. 2006. Pathwise
non-exponential decay rates of solutions of scalar nonlinear
stochastic differential equations. Disc. Con. Dynam. Sys. Ser. B. 4:
668-696.
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Reviewed Conference Presentations:
* Pyne, Richard and Mugisa, Ezra. 2006. Retrieving Software
Components from a Heterogeneous Repository : A Semantic
Syntactic Approach. Proceedings of the 13th Annual IEEE
International Symposium and Workshop on Engineering of
Computer Based Systems: Mastering Complexity of Computer-
Based Systems, eds. Mathias Riebisch, Peter Tabeling and
Werner Zorn. 27-30 March 2006, Postdam, Germany, IEEE
Computer Society. 
* Gayle, Orrett, and Coore, Daniel. 2006. Self-organizing Text in 
an Amorphous Environment. NECSI International Conference 
on Complex Systems (ICCS 2006). Boston, Massachusetts. June 
2006.
* Mills A., Mansingh G. and Rao-Graham L. 2005.
Understanding Individual Preference for Online Service
Channels: The Case of Internet Banking. Proceedings of the 4th
Workshop on e-business, Las Vegas, U.S.A. Dec 10, pp 49-55.
* Rao L., Mansingh G. and Grant G. 2006. A Proposed
Framework for Assessing the Factors Influencing the Adoption
of Free and Open Source Application Software in
Organizations. 17th IRMA International Conference.
Washington, D.C. U.S.A. May 21-24.
* Mills A., Rao L. and Mansingh G. 2006. Understanding the
Impact of Innovation Characteristics and Individual
Differences on Adoption of Online Channels. 17th IRMA
International Conference. Washington, D.C. U.S.A. May 21-24. 
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
Joseph Skobla, MSc, PhD TU Bratislava, U of T Toronto 
– Head of Department
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
The Department of Physics, for theAcademic year August 1, 2005 to July
31, 2006, had a set of objectives and was able
to achieve the majority of these proposed
targets in good time. 
The main targets included the (1)
development of a Certificate course  and
Associate Degree in Electronics En-
gineering which is expected to come on
stream in 2006/7. (2) The creation and
restructuring of four (4) new majors that will
be taught in the next academic year 2006/7 –
a) General Physics, b) Alternative Energy, c) Environmental Physics d)
Electronics Production of a Summer Programme in Physics and special
course in Robotics, “Generating Geniuses”. The aim is to introduce
students to the world of robotics, their functions and usefulness in our
society. Identifying the inventory stock in the department was achieved
and the department is now able to assess both the current and future
requirements of the laboratories and the offices.  
The department had hoped to have a new proposal for the MSc Digital
Technology programme restructured and approved early. This was,
however, partially achieved as the Department is still waiting on a response 
for this programme. 
There was a Self-Assessment and Review of the Physics Department in
February 2006.
Teaching
The department had ten full-time and seven part-time academic staff
members employed during the academic year and the publication output
remained the same as last year, 0.6 % per capita.     
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The number of undergraduate courses increased slightly and, in a few cases 
the policy for small class size was affected. However, there was one
drawback to this as the department experienced a severe shortage of
academic staff. Student assessment of lecturers and the undergraduate
courses offered remained at a satisfactory level.  The average lecturer
student evaluation for undergraduate courses was 4.05 (SD 0.42) for
lecturers and 3.80 (SD 0.31) for courses.  All staff members in the
department have used the services of the Instructional Development Unit. 
In order to produce students of quality, the department identified and
introduced the following areas:
(1) Study groups 
(2) select undergraduates to assist as scientific assistants
in research areas
(3) encourage undergraduate and postgraduate students
to work in the Electronics and Robotics clubs 
(4) improved lab experiments 
(5) the continuation of departmental seminars to
improve communication between students and staff
The research activity of the department continued to be in the following
areas:
Climate studies and modeling
The effects of climate change on crops and health
Global Positioning Systems (GPS) applications – with special
emphasis on the Jamaican transportation sector.
Photovoltaic applications
Communication coding studies
Lightning studies
Renewable Energy Studies
Material Sciences.
Staff
In March 2006, Dr. Leary Myers applied for one year’s no pay leave to
assume the post of Chief Executive Officer in the National Environment
and Planning Agency.
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During September 10-17, 2005, Dr. Michael Taylor, participated in the
AIACC (Assessment Impacts and Adaptation to Climate Change)
workshop in Naivasha, Kenya.  The Department hosted a 2-week Climate
and Health IAI workshop in November 2005, UWI, Physics Department,
Mona. Thirty (30) participants across North America, Latin America and
the Caribbean attended.  Climate Studies Group Mona (CSGM) Prof.
Anthony A. Chen, Dr. Dharmaratne Amarakoon, and Dr. Michael Taylor
presented papers at the 19th Annual Conference on Science and
Technology, put on by the Scientific Research Council (SRC) in Jamaica,
Kingston, Jamaica, November 22-24, 2005. At this conference Dr.
Michael Taylor was given the Scientific Research Council’s Young
Scientist/ Technologist of the year Award.  In December 2005, the
department also hosted a meeting of the Caribbean Precis Modeling
Community with representatives from eight (8) Caribbean countries
participating.   Professor Chen was appointed a Lead Author for the
chapter on Climate Projections with responsibility for Small Island States
for the 4th Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Assessment Report.  He attended the Third Meeting of IPCC Working
Group 1 for Lead Authors for the 4th Assessment of IPCC from
December 12-15 in New Zealand. In January 9-12, 2006, Dr. Taylor was
accompanied by 3 post-graduate students (Trevor Hall, Jayaka Campbell
and Lawrence Brown) to a training workshop on the use of the (MM5)
model on regional climate in the Caribbean at Cave Hill Campus,
Barbados.   This was sponsored by the CCCCC.   In April 2006, members
of the academic staff attended a meeting in Barbados, with Physics staff
members from the other 2 campuses to discuss the Future of Physics at the 
University of the West Indies. Staff members continue to assist in
evaluating the Teacher Education Joint Board B.Ed. Distance Secondary
Education programme and in offering the services of the Physics
Laboratories to 5th and 6th formers from high schools. Dr.Joseph Skobla
was appointed CXC CAPE convener and chairman of the Physics panel.
PAPERS PRESENTED
• Ponnambalam M. J; “Arithmetic Skill: An Endangered
Species”. American Assn. of Physics Teachers Meeting in Salt
Lake City, Utah, USA, August 2005.
• Amarakoon, A. M. D., T. Stephenson,  A. A. Chen, M. A.
Taylor, R. Stennett, C. Heslop Thomas, W. Bailey, S. Rawlins,
D. Chadee, 2005: Associations of Climate with Dengue in the
Caribbean, Wengen Workshop on “Global Change Research 10th
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Anniversary Meeting; Wengen (Bernese Alps) Switzerland,
September 12-14, 2005. 
• Amarakoon, D., Anthony Chen:  “Potential for Wind Hybrid
Energy Systems in Jamaica;”  SRC 19th Annual Conference on
Science and Technology; November 22-24, 2005, Kingston,
Jamaica
• Taylor, M. A., T. S. Stephenson, S. A. Ashby, 2005: “Toward
the production of Seasonal Forecasts and Climate Change
Scenarios for the Caribbean”.  SRC 19th Annual Conference on
Science and Technology; November 22-24, 2005, Kingston,
Jamaica.
• Taylor, M. A., 2006: “An Overview of Caribbean Climate”.
Invited Keynote,  Caribbean Climate Change Symposium.
University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez, April 23-25, 2006. 
• Taylor, Michael, “Regional Models: A Potential Tool for
Planning and Preparedness in the Caribbean” April 2006,  Annual
Meeting of CDERA (Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response
Agency) in Belmopan, Belize.
• Crossbourne, R. F., M. A. Taylor, A. M. D. Amarakoon, 2006: 
CCID – “Making Caribbean Climate Data accessible to the
Region”.  American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting,
Baltimore, USA. May 23-26, 2006 
• Stephenson, Tannecia,  Use of MM5 for Regional Planning,
Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) MM5
Workshop.  Antigua, June 2006.
PUBLICATIONS
* Chen, A. A., T. Falloon and M. A. Taylor, 2005: “Monitoring
Agricultural drought in the West Indies”, Monitoring and
Predicting Agricultural Droughts: A Global Study. Edited by V.
K. Boken et al., Oxford University Press
* Taylor. M. A. and E. J. Alfaro, 2005: “Climate of Central
America and the Caribbean”, Encyclopedia of World
Climatology. Edited by J. E. Oliver, Springer
Other Peer Reviewed Papers 
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* Alexander, L. V., X. Zhang, T. C. Peterson, J. Caesar, B.
Gleason, A. Klein Tank, M. Haylock, D. Collins, B. Trewin, F.
Rahimzadeh, A. Tagipour, P. Ambenje, K. Rupa Kumar, J.
Revadekar, G. Griffiths, L. Vincent, D. Stephenson, J. Burn, E.
Aguilar, M. Brunet, M. A. Taylor, M. New, P. Zhai, M.
Rusticucci, J. L. Vazquez-Aguirre, 2006: “Global observed
changes in daily climate extremes of temperature and
precipitation”. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 111(D5) 5109
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006290
* Ashby, S. A., M. A. Taylor and A. A. Chen, 2005: “Statistical
models for predicting rainfall in the Caribbean”. Theoretical and
Applied Climatology, 82, 65-80. DOI 10.1007/s00704-004-0118-8
* Heslop-Thomas, C., W. Bailey, D. Amarakoon. A. Chen, S.
Rawlins, D. Chadee, R. Crosbourne, A. Owino, K. Polson, C.
Rhoden, R. Stennett, M. A. Taylor, 2006: “Vulnerability to
Dengue Fever In Jamaica”. AIACC Working Paper Series No. 27.
Inter-American Institute (IAI) for Global Change Research
Training Institute of Climate and Health in the Americas, 2005
* Taylor, M. A., Chen, A. A., S. Rawlins, C. Heslop-Thomas, A.
Amarakoon, W.Bailey, D.Chadee, S. Huntley, 2005:
“Adaptation strategies for present and increased future risk of
dengue fever in the Caribbean”. AIACC Working Paper Series
No. 33, Inter-American Institute (IAI) for Global Change
Research Training Institute of Climate and Health in the
Americas, 2005. 
INCOME GENERATION
For the period 2005/6, the total income generated by the MSc in Digital
Technology Progamme amounted to $3,314,887.00 There was
expenditure of approximately $8,000,000.00 made during the academic
year using funds generated by the MSc in Digital Technology programme
during the 2005/2006 academic year as well as surpluses retained from
prior academic years. Approximately $7,500,000.00 was used to purchase
laboratory equipment to support the undergraduate teaching programme
and the remainder was used for remunerations and consumables
associated with teaching the MSc programme. The income generated
through Consultation Funds amounted to $213,334.23 and Summer
School $883,061.99. Other departmental activities provided an income of
$1,371,944.89.
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PUBLIC SERVICE
Amarakoon, Dharmaratne  
– External Examiner for the Teachers’ Colleges, Years 2 and 3
that fall under Joint Board of Teacher Education
Douse, Victor  
– Member, National Cement Investigation Committee: re the
Release of sub-Standard Cement by Caribbean Cement
Company
McTavish, John
– External Examiner, MICO Teachers’ College
Skobla, Joseph
– Advisor, Bureau of Standards, Jamaica
– Advisor, Meteorological Office, Jamaica
– Convener, CAPE in Physics
– Chairman, CXC, CAPE Physics Panel 
– Coordinator, BEd Secondary Distance Project for Physics
Taylor, Michael
– External Examiner, CASE, Year 1, Physics
Walwyn, Donald  
– Member, Board Spectrum Management
CATEGORIES OF STUDENTS
Undergraduate
The Department offered a total of 20 undergraduate courses in 2005/6
with enrolment ranging from a high of 141 to a low of 11.   Average
enrolment was 48.5.  One (1) student graduated with a major in Physics
while 13 majored in Electronics. One (1) student graduated with First
Class Honours, five (5) with Upper Second and six (6) with Lower Second.
Postgraduate
The Department offered 8 postgraduate courses for MPhil degrees with 16 
postgraduate students registered in 2005/6. The areas of study included
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Electronics, Climate, and Statistical Methods.   Four (4) MPhil theses were
submitted and one (1) PhD awarded.  Fourteen (14) MSc degrees  in
Digital Technology were awarded.
The number of MPhil students that were supervised are as follows:  Dr.
Joseph Skobla five (5); Dr. Donald Walwyn four (4); Professor Anthony
Chen three (3); Dr. Michael Taylor three (3); and Dr. Patrick Stephens one
(1).
Prizes Awarded
The following students received Special Awards for excellence in Physics
for the academic year 2005/6: 
Miss Rhodene Watson – the Michael Tharmanahthan Memorial Bursary
for Advanced Level Physics.
Mr. Leandio Spencer received the Digicel Bursary, Physics
Departmental Prize and the Francis Haddon Bowen/University Lodge
Bursary for Advanced Physics.
Miss Rochelle Walters received the John Lodenquai Prize for
Introductory Physics and Mr. Meshach Mitchell the Physics
Departmental Prize for Advanced Level Physics/Electronics.
Mr. Andrew Lyle, a graduate of the UWI, with a BSc (First Class Honors)
Degree in Electronics and Computer Science was the 2005 Gleaner Youth
Honour Awardee for Excellence in Education.  He is currently a student at 
the University of Western Ontario in Canada pursuing his Master of
Science Degree in Engineering.
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FACULTY OF 
SOCIAL SCIENCES
MONA
Year ending July 31, 2006
Mr. Mark Figueroa, BA, MSc UWI, PhD Manc – Dean
Overview
Introduction
The academic year once more saw significant changes in the leadership of the Faculty. At the Centre of Hotel and Tourism Management Mr
Berkley Williamson was appointed Programme Director in March 2006.
At the end of the year both the Department of Government and the
Department of Management Studies saw a change of Head of Department 
as Professor Stephen Vascianne and Dr Anne Crick demitted office and
Professor Anthony Harriott and Dr Noel Cowell took up office in their
respective departments. 
During the year the Faculty continued to advance the application of
Information and Communication Technologies to improve the delivery of 
teaching and to increase administrative efficiency. These represented some 
of the efforts being made to respond to students needs. Considerable
effort was made to facilitate research output by staff. Income
diversification remained a focus and efforts were initiated to pay greater
attention to the positioning of the Faculty and the marketing of its outputs. 
Use of ICTs for Improved Teaching and Administration 
The Faculty has employed additional Information Communication
Technology specialists to facilitate the development of projects aimed at
improved teaching delivery and administrative efficiency. This has
facilitated the promotion of greater use of online support for courses
utilizing the OurVLE platform. The Department of Economics, which
has gone the furthest along this track, now has all courses up to level two
formatted for online supported instruction utilizing the OurVLE
platform. 
In the area of administration, the Faculty Office completed the internal
work necessary to launch an online system for student requests. The
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current system now involves thousands of requests that are handled
utilizing paper forms, which require that students come, in person, to the
Faculty Office. It was expected that this system would have been launched
in August 2006 but the delay in the arrival of new server capacity and other
problems faced by the Mona Information Technology Services Division
(MITS) have meant that the new system will have to be introduced later in
the 2006-2007 academic year. 
In cooperation with MITS, the Faculty pioneered the imple- mentation of
new timetabling software. Cooperation was also ongoing with respect to
the development of online HR systems relating to leave management,
recruitment and reports.
Responding to Student Needs
Various efforts have been made to provide students with greater
opportunities to improve their life skills and make them more work ready.
There has been a growing effort to provide internship opportunities for
students. This includes the very successful Caribbean Internship Project
for which the Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work has
been able to obtain extensive funding and which provides opportunities
throughout the Caribbean. The newly established Centre for Political
Leadership and Governance also provided opportunities for students to
do internships with the Jamaican Parliament.
Curriculum review remained high on the Faculty’s agenda. A review has
been initiated at the Centre for Hotel and Tourism Management (CHTM)
with respect to the programmes so as to ensure greater articulation with
the community colleges throughout the Caribbean. This has become
necessary as an increasing number of students are being recruited from
these institutions. 
Promotion of Research
The Faculty Office in collaboration with the departments put in place a
programme to encourage junior colleagues to complete their doctoral
dissertations where they had not yet done so. For the year, five members of 
staff were provided with teaching relief for one semester so as to facilitate
the completion of their theses. In addition, other young colleagues were
granted similar support either by their departments or by the Campus staff
development fund. 
The Faculty Research Funding Committee established a calendar of
meetings during the year at which applications for support from staff and
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graduate students were considered. In the past it has been recognized that
colleagues present many papers at conferences but they often do not
convert these into publications. During the year a fund was established
which is dedicated to facilitate the production of refereed publications
from the various conferences held within the Faculty. 
A number of conferences and seminars which represent the type from
which we can expect to see future publications were organized within the
Faculty this year. Notable were the 7th Biennial Caribbean and
International Social Work Educators’ Conference and the conferences
held in honour of two outstanding personalities. Professor Barry
Chevannes who had retired from the Department of Sociology,
Psychology and Social Work having served as Dean for two terms and
Richard Hart, historian and activist, who was awarded an honorary degree
by the University at the 2005 graduation. Colleagues also participated in
other similar conferences that involved cooperation across faculties. One
example was the conference on Caribbean Migrations Forced and Free.
Support was air marked for two publications arising from conferences put
on by the Centre for Caribbean Political Thought. Meanwhile the Sir
Arthur Lewis Institute for Social and Economic Studies showed the way
by producing two volumes of the journal Social and Economic Studies
which were dedicated to the conference held in March 2005 highlighting
the work of Sir Arthur Lewis. Other journals associated with the Faculty
have adopted a similar approach and will be eligible for support. 
The provision of new posts in some departments allowed for the
employment of persons on permanent contracts. It is hoped that with
regular contracts these persons will find it possible to focus more on
research. With these and other measures in place the Faculty looks forward 
to an increase in research output which, as the table below shows, has not
increased in recent years. 
At the same time, the Faculty continued to be engaged in significant areas
of applied research. Reports were prepared for a wide range of  national,
regional and international agencies. These covered a variety of areas and in
many cases a number of items were completed in a particular field or
involved the interdisciplinary cooperation of colleagues from different
departments. Areas covered included, Caribbean Census Reports,
Expenditure on Services for Children in Jamaica, Policy Making Process in 
Jamaica, Production Integration in Caricom, Family Court System,
Delivery of Social Services, Crime and National Security, Natural
Disasters, Sugar Industry Reform, Health Services, Local Government
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and Governance. The production of the Jamaica Human Development
Report was one such example of interdisciplinary cooperation.
Dept. Books/Monographs Book Chapters Journal Artiles Total
2003 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005
2004 2005 2006 2004 2005 2006 2004 2005 2006 2004 2005 2006
ECON 2 2 2 2 7 1 5 8 5 9 17 8
GOVT 4 3 2 14 11 17 4 19 7 22 33 26
DOMS 2 0 0 2 3 3 5 9 7 9 12 10
MSB 7 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 8 2 3
SALISES 5 4 3 9 0 3 9 4 11 23 8 17
SPSW 1 2 1 2 1 4 8 5 4 11 8 9
CHTM 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 2
Total 21 12 10 29 24 31 32 46 34 82 82 75
Resources
Resources to deliver the programmes of the Faculty remain a challenge.
The Faculty continues to have an active Summer School which provides a
significant source of income. The number and value of grants for research
projects have also been increasing. The successful introduction of new self
funded programmes and the bringing of fees of others more in line with
costs have both contributed to a diversification of funding. Examples of
these are the MSc in National Security and Strategic Studies and the MSc in 
Accounting respectively, both in the Department of Management Studies. 
Despite the demands faced by all departments within the Faculty an effort
was made to keep within the budgets provided. There were few areas of
over expenditure all of which were more than compensated by under
expenditure in others. There were no cases identified where departments
have failed to live up to expectations in this area. The ability of the Faculty
to continue to stay within its budget was facilitated in part by the presence
of vacancies in a number of departments. As we fill these vacancies and
meet the demands imposed by increased student numbers it will be
increasingly difficult to stay within the budgets provided.
Marketing and Outreach
The Centre for Hospitality and Tourism Management (CHTM) stands out
in the field of Marketing for the past year. The new Programme Director,
Mr Berkley Williamson, was employed with a mandate to bring the CHTM
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into closer touch with the Bahamian community. A number of steps were
taken to recruit students to the programme resulting in the largest ever
projected intake of Bahamian students: over 25 percent of the new
students for 2006/2007. The Mona School of Business has also raised its
consciousness regarding the need to develop a well articulated marketing
plan. Throughout the year it sponsored a range of activities that placed it in 
the public eye. Significant among these were the activities of the newly
established Telecommunications Policy and Management Pro- gramme.
Other departments also had notable projects and programmes which were
actively marketed during the period. For example, the Jamaican Economy
Project which is coordinated by Dr John Rapley had a very active profile in
the media. Activities were also undertaken to celebrate the thirtieth
anniversary of the MSc Accounting programme. 
Colleagues were engaged in a range of projects that brought them in touch
with various segments of the community served by the UWI. Professor
Rupert Lewis acted as chair of the Friends of Liberty Hall, which supports
the Liberty Hall – Legacy of Marcus Garvey Project in downtown
Kingston. The Centre for Leadership and Governance under the
leadership of Professor Munroe engaged in a number of activities
including the development of an internship programme for students who
had the opportunity to work with the Jamaican Parliament. Colleagues
associated with the Centre for Public Safety and Justice including the
Director, Professor Chevannes, along with Mr Horace Levy continued
their work in the area of peace making in the communities surrounding the 
Campus and further afield. Many colleagues were involved in a wide range
of training activities that involved local, regional and international
participants. Notable among these was Dr Lucy Eugene who continued to
play a coordinating role for the UWI/WTO training course. The Honours
Society continued its community service activities and cooperated with the 
Faculty Office to raise funds to donate a fax machine to Hope Valley
Experimental School. 
Conclusion
The Faculty continues to excel in the area of providing access to higher
education in conditions of severe resource shortage. In light of this, efforts 
have been adopted to apply new technologies to overcome some of the
resource constraints. The Faculty has an outstanding record of public
service that is complemented by the extensive work in policy relevant
research. At the same time it is hoped that the efforts to promote research
will produce greater results in the near future. 
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DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
Michael Witter, BSc Ill, MSc, PhD Wis – Head of Department
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
Overview of Academic Year 
The Department of Economics had afairly successful academic year in
2005/06 as indicated by the achievement of
some of its objectives, and progress towards
achieving most of the others.
The factors which accounted for the
achievements were:
The improved access to information from
Student Records, Office of Graduate
Studies and Research, the Bursary, Human 
Resources Department, Admissions and Examinations Section;
The improved responsiveness, efficiency, and organization of the
Office of the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences;
A division of responsibilities for the management and
administration of the Department’s affairs that has become more
effective over time;
An efficient administrative office that is committed to continuous 
improvement of its efficiency and its customer service; and
A discernible increase in the level of cooperation of individual
staff members with Departmental strategies and policies.  These,
in turn, reflect the strategies and policies of the Faculty and the
Campus.  
The principal constraints were:
There are insufficient senior members of staff in leadership roles.
The Department has no professor and two of the five senior
lecturers were on leave.
The motivation of the permanent staff is low on account of the
poor emoluments they receive. The Department has repeatedly
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made the case that it is disadvantaged in the competition to attract
new staff in the international market for economists.
There is insufficient classroom space, and uncertain tenure for
some of the rooms assigned to economics courses
The highlights of the academic year were:
Staff
The Department succeeded in hiring two new lecturers and one senior
secretary.  The lecturers are:
Dr. Lloyd Amaghionyeodiwe, a Nigerian graduate of the
University of Ibadan, and formerly a lecturer at Olabisi Onabanjo
University in Nigeria;
Dr. Karl Petrick, an American graduate of Leeds University
Business School, and formerly a lecturer at Leeds Metropolitan
University in the UK; and 
the senior secretary is Ms. Evadne Cowell, a recent graduate
from University of Technology. 
Instruction
All second year courses were formatted for online instruction on the
OurVLE platform.  
Further work to upgrade the first year courses which were already in the
OurVLE format was also completed.  
The use of multimedia techniques of instruction was expanded both in the
number of courses and the sophistication of the applications.
Evening streams for two of the most important second year courses,
Intermediate Microeconomics I (EC20A) and Intermediate Macro-
economics (EC21A) were introduced to facilitate part-time students
Examinations
The Department has maintained its record of submitting all examination
marksheets on time and the staff has been commended accordingly.
Curriculum Review
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Both the undergraduate and the graduate curricula have been undergoing
thorough review. This phase of the reviews should be completed during
the current academic year. The reviews were recommended by the Quality
Assurance Review team of 2005.
Graduate Programme
The graduate programme has continued to distinguish itself and has
earned an international reputation for quality as indicated by:
the increasing numbers of MSc graduates who are receiving
financial support for doctoral work in North American and
European Universities;
the strengthening of relationships between the Department and
Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Public
Policy, State University of New York, Penn State University,
University of Colorado and the University of Manchester;
a visit by Emeritus Professor John Riew of Penn State University
to recruit doctoral students; and
an annual invitation to graduate students to present papers at the
South Western Economics Association Conference.
Quality Assurance
The implementation of the recommendations of the Quality Assurance
Review of 2005 began with the establishment of a Departmental
Committee and the preparation of an Action Plan for implementing the
recommendations. The Action Plan was submitted to OBUS.
Research
The Chart below indicates an increasing trend in the output of refereed
publications by general areas.  This is consistent with the goal of increasing
research output per permanent staff member. In recent years, the
Department has had great difficulty competing successfully in the market
for economists.  Fortunately, there have been many competent MSc
graduates who have opted for temporary appointments while they prepare
themselves for doctoral study abroad. The Department has had no success 
in attracting these persons back after they have completed their doctoral
studies.
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Reports
Chart 1:
The Department prepared and submitted monthly reports to the Faculty
Board, a management report to the Principal on June 30 and, several
reports to the Deputy Principal on student assessments.
Institutional Research
The Department has initiated:
a review of the academic performance of students between 1990
and 2004 in all its courses; ( A preliminary report has been
prepared for all first year courses, and most second year courses)
a process of tracking and analysing the student assessments of
courses and lecturers;
a process of tracking and collating the published and non-
published research of its permanent staff. A preliminary report for 
the years 1999-2005 has been drafted. 
the writing of the Department’s history, and
a review of the supplies purchased by the office for the use of the
academic and administrative staff of the Department with a view
to guiding purchases in 2006-7.
PAPERS PRESENTED
Abdulkadri, Abdullahi Dr
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• (with Barrett, Y.) “Deterrence and Moral Hazard in Law
Enforcement.” 86th annual meeting of the Southwestern
Economics Association, San Antonio, TX, April 12-15, 2006, 14
pp.
Alleyne, Dillon Dr
• “The Impact of International Remittances on Poverty and
Inequality in Jamaica”. Conference on Caribbean Migration:
Forced and Free, June 12-14, 2006, UWI, Mona Campus, Jamaica: 
20 pp.
• “The Impact of International Remittances on Poverty and
Inequality in Jamaica. What is the evidence?” Conference on
Caribbean Philanthropy, May 2-5, 2006, Rose Hall Resort and
Country Club, Montego Bay, Jamaica: 16 pp.
• (with C. Kirton, and M. Figueroa.) “Macroeconomic
Determinants of Migrant Remittances to Caribbean Countries.
Panel Unit Roots and Co-integration”, Andrew Young School of
Policy Studies (AYSPS), GSU, Atlanta Georgia, Seminar Series, in 
December 2005: 34 pp.
• “The Flat Tax on Individual PAYE Income in Jamaica: What
more is to be done?” 98th Annual Conference on Taxation,
National Tax Association, November 17-19, 2005, Hyatt
Regency, Miami, Florida: 16 pp.
• “What Prompts Workers to Remit? A GMM Approach”. 6th
Conference, on Governance, Institutions and Economic growth:
The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies
(SALISES), March 15-18, 2005. The Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New
Kingston, Jamaica: 20 pp.
Dixon, Kelly-Ann Ms
• (with Kirton, C. & Urquhart, M.) “Economic Crime: A Survey of
Selected Jamaican Businesses”. The 4th International Conference
on Crime and Justice in the Caribbean, UWI, St. Augustine,
Trinidad & Tobago, February 8-11, 2006, 42 pages
Figueroa, Mark Dr
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• “Insights from the 1938 (All Jamaica) Economic and Industrial
Conference”, to 5th ‘Caribbean Reasonings’ Conference: Centre
for Caribbean Thought, UWI, Mona, June 8 -10, 2006, pp. 29.
• “Migration and Remittances: Typologies and Motivations”, 
Caribbean Migrations: Forced and Free, UWI, Mona, June 15-16,
2006. pp. 25
Folawewo, Abiodun Dr
• “Modelling Wages and Labour Demand in Informal Sector”, 
Department of Economics Staff Seminar series, UWI,  2005,
Mona, 17 pages.
• (with Abdulkadri, Abdullahi O.) “Debt Crisis in Developing
Countries”, Black History Day Workshop, Association of
Nigerians in Jamaica, February 2006, 28 pages.
Freckleton, Marie Dr
• “Prospects for Diversification of CARICOM Exports”  United
States Department of State Conference on the Caribbean,
October 6-7 2005, Washington D.C.
Ghartey, Edward Dr
• “Monetary Policy on Ghana’s Term Structure of Interest Rates:
Effects and Implications.” The Eighth International Conference
of The International Society for Inter- communication of New
Ideas (ISINI), Wageningen, The Netherlands, August, 24-27,
2005.
• “The Mid 1990s Peso Crisis in Mexico: A Re-examination.”
EcoMod2006 International Conference on Policy Modeling,
Hong Kong, June 30, 2006.
• “Exchange Pressure, Sterilized Intervention and Monetary Policy
in Ghana.” EcoMod2006 International Conference on Policy
Modeling, Hong Kong, June 29, 2006.
• “Wagner’s Law and the Causal Nexus between Government
Expenditures and Tax Receipts: An Empirical Study of Ghana.” 
The IEA Round Table Conference, Accra, Ghana, July 26, 2006.
Kirton, Claremont Mr
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• “Reflections on the People’s Revolutionary Government’s
Economic Policy”  Conference in honour of Richard Hart,
Department of Government, UWI, Mona, Jamaica, July 2006.
• (with K. Dixon and M. Urquhart), “Economic Crime; A Survey of 
Selected Jamaican Business”, 4th International Conference on
Crime and Justice in the Caribbean, UWI, St. Augustine Campus,
Trinidad, February 8-11, 2006.
• “Maximising the Contribution of Remittances to Caribbean
Development: Some Policy Issues”, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
(FES) Workshop, Dominican Republic, December 2005.
• “CARICOM Regional Agricultural Policy”, University of the
West Indies, Mona Research Day Forum: CSME: Opportunities
and Challenges, January 26-27, 2006.
• “The CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME),
Economic Opportunities for Future Leaders - Challenges to be
Overcome”, UWI Aspiring Leaders Seminar, June 13, 2006.
Tennant, David Dr
• “Assessing Credit Unions’ Performance in Facilitating Economic
Growth: The Case of Jamaica (1986-2002)”. City of Kingston
Cooperative Credit Union Public Forum, October 2005,
Kingston Jamaica.
Witter, Michael Dr
• “Trade Liberalization: the experience of Jamaica”. UNCTAD
Workshop on Trade Liberalization, Terra Nova, Kingston,
October 24, 2005: 
• “Fiscal Expenditure on Children in Jamaica, 2003/4-2005/6”.
CARICOM-UNICEF Early Childhood Development Forum,
Hilton Hotel, Kingston, March 22, 2006
• “Organizational Change – case study of the Department of
Economics, UWI, Mona” Annual General Meeting of the Jamaica 
Cooperative Credit Union League, Ocho Rios, Jamaica, May 2006
• “Trade Liberalization and Import Surges in Jamaica: case studies
of Dairy, Poultry and Onions”, Presentation to FAO workshop
on Trade Liberalization and Agriculture in St. Vincent, June 13-
15, 2006:
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• “Agriculture Policy Issues in the Context of the Loss of
Preferences’ at the launch of Kari Polanyi Levitt’s book,
“Reclaiming Development”, June 28, 2006, UWI, Mona
PUBLICATIONS
Chapter in a Book
Witter, Michael Dr
* “Kari Polanyi Levitt and Critical Thought in the Caribbean: A
Sketch”  Marguerite Mendell (ed), Reclaiming Democracy: The
Social Justice and Political Economy of Gregory Baum and Kari 
Polanyi Levitt, McGill Queen’s University Press, Montreal and
Kingston, 2005
Refereed Journal Articles
Abdulkadri, Abdullahi Dr
* (with M.R. Langemeier, and A.M. Featherstone),  “Estimat- ing
Economies of Scope and Scale under Price Risk and Risk
Aversion.”  Applied Economics, 38, 2 (2006): 191-201.
Alleyne, Dillon Dr
* Can Unit-Root Testing Improve Forecasting Accuracy of
Tourist Arrivals? Tourism Economics, 12 (1) 2006: 45-64.
Ghartey, Edward Dr
* Ghana’s Term Structure of Interest Rates: Effects and
Implications of Monetary Policy. IEA Monograph 8, Accra: The 
Institute of Economic Affairs Publishing, 2005: 1-28.
* Common Currency and Exchange Rate System for the West
African Monetary Zone: Is the Coronation Approach Feasible?
IEA Monograph 7, Accra: The Institute of Economic Affairs
Publishing, 2005:1-35.
Figueroa, Mark Dr
* “W. Arthur Lewis’s Social Analysis and the Transforma- tion of
Tropical Economies”, Social and Economic Studies, 54, 4 (2005):
72-90.
Tennant, David Dr
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* “Lessons Learnt by the Survivors of Jamaica’s Financial Sector
Crisis”. Savings and Development 30, 1 (2006): 5-22.
Peer Reviewed Publications
Uchida, Toshihiro Dr
* (with Paul J. Ferraro and Jon M. Conrad). (2005) “Price
Premiums for Eco-friendly Commodities: Are Green Markets
the Best Way to Protect Endangered Ecosystems”?
Environmental and Resource Economics, 32(3), 419-438.
Technical Reports
Abdulkadri, Abdullahi Dr
* (with Forrester, T., S. Lalta, C. Cunningham-Myrie, R. Cooper).
“Non-communicable Diseases and Mental Health” in G.
Alleyne (ed.): Report of the Caribbean Commission on Health
and Development, Pan-American Health Organization
(PAHO), 2005, p. 26-39
Alleyne, Dillon Dr
* (with Andrés Mejía and Acosta.), December 2006. “The Policy
Making Process in Jamaica”. Inter American Development
Bank. Washington DC: 32 pp.
* (with James Vanus., and Colin Williams). 2005. “Report on the
Heart Trust/NTA, Returns to Investment Analysis Impact
Monitoring”, Capacity Building and Consulting Services
Limited, Jamaica: 168 pp. 
* (with Ian Boxill). Tourism and Globalization. Chapter 8,
Jamaica Human Development Report, 2005. Planning Institute
of Jamaica: 209-238.
Kirton, Claremont Mr
* “Unlocking the Potential of Remittances in Guyana:
Remittances Mobilization through Microfinance Institu- tions”, 
IDB/MIF, Washington D.C., November 2005, 45 pp.
Witter, Michael Dr 
* “Economic Implications of  the transformation of the Jamaican
sugar industry into a sugar cane based industry”, Planning
Institute of Jamaica, March 2006
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* “Fiscal Expenditure on Services for Children in Jamaica, 2003/4 
– 2005/6”, Planning Institute of Jamaica and UNICEF, March
2006
PUBLIC SERVICE
Abdulkadri, Abdullahi Dr
– Editorial Board Member, Journal of Arts, Science and
Technology
– Judge, Graduate Students Paper Competition, South- western
Economics Association
– External Examinar, Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica
Figueroa, Mark Dr
– Member, Board of Directors: Jamaica Environmental Trust
Ghartey, Edward Dr
– Associate Editor, Frontiers in Finance and Economics
– Editorial Board Member, Opus One Journal of Undergraduate Studies
– Advisory Board Member, North American Economic and
Finance Association
– Member, Bye-Laws Reform Committee, African Finance and
Economics Association
– Member, Bye-Laws Reform Committee, International Society
for Intercommunication of New Ideas (ISINI).
King, Damien Dr
– Member, Economic Policy Committee, Private Sector
Organization of Jamaica.
Kirton, Claremont Mr
– Board Member, Jamaica Deposit Insurance Corporation (JIDC)
– Board Member, George Beckford Foundation
– Member, Jamaica Stock Exchange Essay Competition
Committee
Tennant, David Dr
– Member, Board of Commissioners, Financial Services
Commission 
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Witter, Michael Dr 
– Chairman, Board of RADA
– Member, Board of Directors, the Agricultural Support Services
Fund
– Member, Monitoring Committee for the Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) between the Government of Jamaica
and the Unions, representing Public Sector workers
– Member, Steering Committee for Regulatory Impact
Assessment
– Member, Civil Society Advisory Committee
CATEGORIES OF STUDENTS
Graduating Statistics – 2005/2006
Class of Degree Obtained
1st Upper 2nd Lower 2nd Pass Total
BSc Economics (Special)   1        1      3    2     7
BSc Economics (Major) 12      32    72   22 138
BSc Economics (Minor)   –  –     1     1   2
MSc Economics      (1 with distinction)     –   15  16
BSc Business Economics  –       1     3    –    4
       and Social Statistics (Special)
BSc Business Economics  –      –     –    1    1
       and Social Statistics (Major)
BSc Statistics (Major)  3      9    21    5  38
BSc Statistics (Minor)  2      7    12    6  27
Banking and Finance (Special)  3    14    19    1  37
Banking and Finance (Major)  1     6     1    –   8
Registrations by Programme and Status
Full time Part time Total
BSc Economics (Special)     24     5    29
BSc Economics (Major)   276   87  363
BSc Economics (Minor)     48   15    63
MSc Economics           47     7    54
BSc Business Economics &           13     7    20
       Social Statistics (Major)
BSc Business Economics &        5     2             7
       Social Statistics (Special)
BSc Statistics (Major)            38             13      51
BSc Statistics (Minor)            25    6                    31
Banking and Finance (Major)         15             19                    34 
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Banking and Finance (Special)         146           66                  212
Prizes Awarded:
Alleyne, Dillon Dr
2005 Principal’s Award: Best Published article. Alleyne, D. and Ian
Boxill. “The Impact of Crime on Tourist Arrivals in Jamaica”.
International Journal of Tourism Research, No. 5: 381-391.
Figueroa, Mark Dr
Research Day Award UWI, Mona 2006 for Best Article: Social
Sciences 
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DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT
Stephen Vasciannie BSc UWI, MA Oxford, LLM Camb, 
DPhil Oxford – Head of Department
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
Perhaps the most significant event of theyear for the Department of
Government was the retirement of Professor 
Edwin Jones.  Professor Jones has served
this University in various capacities for
almost forty years, and he has done so with
distinction, humility and class. At the time of
his retirement, Professor Jones was primarily
responsible for teaching in Public Sector
Management at both undergraduate and
graduate levels in the Department and most
active in nurturing the publication skills of
younger academics among us.  Professor
Jones’ contribution to the public life of the
country has also been outstanding, with his membership on numerous
public sector boards and his work as a distinguished ministerial advisor
being some — but by no means all – of his main areas of contribution.  For 
these and other reasons, the Department was pleased to pay tribute to
Professor Jones at a special function in his honour in July 2005.  Professor
Jones has most deservedly been elevated to the position of Professor
Emeritus, a postgraduate scholarship for outstanding students has been
named in his honour, and a Conference concerning his work and
contribution to the academy will be held in November 2006.
The Department continued with its main work in the areas of teaching,
research and public service, with several members making strong
individual contributions in one or more of these areas.  As is usually the
case, most members of the Department obtained marks of more than 4.0
out of 5 for enquiries concerning teaching performance in the University’s
evaluation of lecturers.  Though this is pleasing to us, we should note that
the evaluation procedure does have some problems that need to be
addressed. Generally, too, it may be time for the University to link the
evaluation procedure to the spread of marks received by students in
individual courses; for, as studies suggest, there is the possibility that some
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high teaching evaluation marks are correlated as much with generosity on
the part of lecturers in allocating grades as it is with teaching performance.
Of course, this point is relevant well beyond the context of the
Department of Government.
Another possible point for improvement in the teaching function of the
Department concerns regional co-operation.  The Department of
Government at Mona, though relatively small, has a core of outstanding
lecturers, some of whom are widely known and respected in other parts of
the Caribbean. In view of this, the suggestion is that we should make
arrangements for lecturers from Mona to offer lectures at other UWI
locations on a visiting basis.  This need not require significant
administrative and cost considerations.
As to research, the Departmental effort has remained steady.  On average,
the Department produced approximately 1 publication per lecturer for the
year.  As an average, this reflects the fact that some lecturers, usually more
senior persons, produced three or so refereed publications for the year,
while others have concentrated on completing research projects that have
not yet led to publications.  In the course of the year, Dr. Lawrence Powell
received the Principal’s Award for Research, mainly with reference to his
work in the area of distributive justice perception across cultures, while Dr. 
Eris Schoburgh’s book on Local Government Reform in Jamaica, came
hot off the UWI Press as the year ended.  An annex to this Report sets out
some of the main publications and conference presentations undertaken
by staff members during the year.
The Department also continued its tradition of substantial public service
in Jamaica.  Again, the range of public service activities undertaken by
members of the Department for the year is set out in an annex to this
Report: it covers work for editorial and editorial advisory boards, board
membership in both public and private sector companies, leadership in
non-governmental foundations, consul- tancies on local and international
issues, membership on school boards and library committees, and work on 
behalf of the Government of Jamaica.  Generally, the Department is
entitled to indulge in some amount of trumpet-blowing, and as we do so,
we must hold a special note for Professor Trevor Munroe who, during the
course of the year, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Social Science
by Florida International University, not least for his strong contribution to
public service in Jamaica for many years. Professor Munroe also
coordinated the establishment and start-up activity, particularly the
initiation of the graduate student/Parliamentary Research Intern
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programme, of the Centre for Leadership and Governance, jointly housed
in the Department and the Mona School of Business.
By the end of the year, there were a number of staff changes.  Ambassador
Raymond Valcin left the Department, after a two-year stint, to return to
Haiti, where he is now assisting in restructuring the Haitian Foreign
Ministry. Hazel Edwards, Nicole Warmington,  Shae-Alicia Lewis, and
Kim Emmanuel made valuable contributions to our work as Teaching
Assistants, and have now moved on to other opportunities.  Dr. Lloyd
Waller was recruited to work in the area of Research Methods, while Ms.
Lorraine Patterson joined us at the start of the year as a Teaching Assistant
for the Foundation Course on “Law, Governance, Economy and Society”. 
In the course of the year, Anthony Harriott was promoted to the post of
Professor, and beginning in the Academic Year 2006-2007, succeeded
Stephen Vasciannie as Head of the Department.  We congratulate
Professor Harriott for his well-deserved professorial elevation and offer
him support as he steers the Department to greater levels of achievement.
During the year as well, Professor Brian Meeks returned to teaching
following his Mona Academic Research Fellowship.  Throughout the time
of his fellowship, Professor Meeks remained integral to the work of the
Department, mainly through his contribution, together with Professor
Rupert Lewis, at the Centre for Caribbean Thought.  In June 2006, the
Centre hosted at Mona, a successful Conference under the banner
“Politics, Activism and History: The Life and Times of Richard Hart”, in
association with the Department of Africana Studies, Brown University.
Professor Meeks also shared some of the early fruits of his Mona
Fellowship with the Department when he gave the keynote presentation
on the topic of “Envisioning Caribbean Futures” at the Department’s
annual Christmas Lunch.
We sometimes pay insufficient attention to the international efforts of
members of this relatively small department.  So, I close this Report by
noting that in the course of the year, members of the Department made
academic presentations or took part in other intellectual efforts in the
following cities beyond Jamaica’s shores, among others: Accra, Basseterre,
Dakar, Maseru, Miami, Ottawa, Port of Spain, San Diego, San Juan, St.
John’s, Toronto, and Utrecht.
PAPERS PRESENTED
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• “Norm Making in the International Community: The
Contribution of Small Caribbean States to the Debate on Special
and Differential Treatment”, International Studies Association
Congress, San Diego, California, USA, March 22 – 25, 2006.
• “Strategic Repositioning: Foreign Policy Shifts in Barbados and
Trinidad and Tobago 1990 – 2000”, Latin American Studies
Association Congress, San Juan, Puerto Rico. March 15 – 18,
2006.
• “The Contribution of Regional Integration to the Building of
Caribbean Civilization”, Ninth Annual Research Con- ference,
East Caribbean Central Bank, Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 1-
2, 2005.
• “Global Strategic Repositioning: The Response of Small
Caribbean States to the Challenges of Economic Globalization”,
Second Annual Globalization Studies Network Conference,
hosted by CODESRIA, Dakar, Senegal, August 28 - 31, 2005.
Anthony Harriott
• “The Policeman’s gun is Licensed to Kill”:  Policing, Politics and
Human Rights in  Jamaica. International Conference on Police
Human Rights Strategies,  Netherlands Institute of Human
Rights, University of Utrecht, Netherlands,  April 7 - 8, 2006
• “Globalization, Crime and Security” Seminar on the Human
Development Report by the Department of Government and
PIOJ/ UNDP, April 2006
• The Jamaican crime situation  - Understanding its new stage.
Think Tank 2005 organised by the Mona School of Business,
UWI,  Montego Bay, November 11-13, 2005.
• “Road Map to a Safe and Secure Jamaica”,  Annual Economic
Seminar of the PSOJ, Hilton Kingston Hotel, May 30, 2006.
Clinton Hutton
• “The Creative Ethos of the African Diaspora:  Performance
Aesthetics and the Fight for Freedom and Identity”, Fifth
International Drama in Education Research Institute
(I.D.I.E.R.I), Pegasus Hotel, Kingston, July 2006.
• “The Logic Of Richard Hart's Slaves Who Abolished Slavery:
Black Abolitionism And The Agency Of Emancipated
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Nationhood”,  Centre for Caribbean Thought and Africana
Studies, UWI, June 8-10.2006.
• “Ritualizing Ancestral Memory in Becoming:  The Aesthetic
Grandeur of Revival in Jamaica”,  Conference in honour of
Professor Barry Chevannes, UWI, Mona, January 2006.
Rupert Lewis
• “Richard Hart’s Evaluation of the Formation of Modern
Jamaican Politics”, 5th Annual Caribbean Reasonings Conference, 
UWI, Mona, June 8-10, 2006.
Brian Meeks
• “Beyond Life and Debt: Closures and Openings in Jamaica’s
Political Future”, Caribbean Studies Association Conference,
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, May 29 – June 2, 2006. 
• “The Jamaican Moment: New Paths for the Caribbean?” 
Caribbean Studies Association Conference, Port of Spain,
Trinidad and Tobago, May 29 – June 2, 2006. 
Trevor Munroe
• “Improving Governance Through Partnerships”, Manage- ment
Institute for National Development Policy Forum, June 30, 2006.
• “Richard Hart’s Political Legacy”, Centre for Caribbean Thought, 
UWI, Mona, June 8-10, 2006.
• “Access to Information: Building a Culture of Trans- parency”,
Office of the Prime Minister and The Carter Centre, Knutsford
Court Hotel, June 8, 2006.
• “Advancing Labour Market Reform”, Private Sector
Organisation of Jamaica Annual Economic Seminar, Hilton,
Kingston Hotel, May 30, 2006.
• “Combatting Corruption: A Role for the CSME”, Research Day,
University of the West Indies, January 26, 2006.
• “Good Governance: Perception vs. Reality”, Office of the Prime
Minister, December 8, 2005.
• “Corruption and Public Policy: Success or Failure?”, Institute of
Chartered Accountants of Jamaica (panel) – Knutsford Court
Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica, September 28, 2005.
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Lawrence Powell
• “Perceptions of Distributive Fairness: Comparisons Across 19
World Cultures”, Southern Association for Canadian Studies,
Kingston, Jamaica, January 15, 2006.
• “Mapping Justice Judgments as Complex Psychocultural
Constructions”,  Symposium of the International Society for
Political Psychology, Toronto, Canada, July 5, 2005.
Diana Thorburn
• “Teaching International Relations in the Caribbean: The Role of
Inconsistent Biases as Barriers to Effective Learning”, Caribbean
Studies Association Conference, Trinidad and Tobago, May –
June 2006.
• “The Decline of U.S. Hegemony in the Caribbean Basin, and the
Entry of New Powers”, The XXVI International Congress of the
Latin American Studies Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico,
March 2006.
• “Remapping Caribbean Geopolitics,” Caribbean Studies
Association Conference, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago,
May 29 – June 2, 2006. 
• “Male Identity, Hyper-Masculinity and Violence in Jamaica.”
Conference in honour of Professor Barry Chevannes, UWI,
Mona, January 2006.
Stephen Vasciannie
• “Caribbean Human Rights: The Question of Treaty Ratification”, 
Conference on Politics, Activism and History: The Life and
Times of Richard Hart, Centre for Caribbean Thought, UWI,
Mona, June 8-10, 2006.
• “Human Rights:  Are Caribbean States Below Average?”,
Workshop jointly sponsored by the Organization of American
States and the Commonwealth Secretariat, St. John’s, Antigua,
April 2006.
• “Draft Treaty on Access to Living Resources for Land-locked
Countries in Africa” and “Draft Treaty on Transit Rights for
Land-locked States in Africa”, Workshop organized by the
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Commonwealth Secretariat, Maseru, Lesotho, November 28-
December 1, 2005.
• “Caribbean Human Rights: Perception and Reality”,  Workshop
on International Law sponsored by the Organization of American 
States and the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, October 22-
26, 2005.
• “Commonwealth Land-locked States and the Law of the Sea”,
Commonwealth Secretariat and the Meeting of Common- wealth
Law Ministers and Senior Legal Officers, Accra, Ghana, October
17-19, 2005.
PUBLICATIONS
Books and Monographs:
Refereed Publications 
Books
Anthony Harriott 
* Caribbean Drugs: From Criminalization to Harm Reduction
with Axel Klein and Marcus Day (eds). London, Zed Books,
2004. 288 pgs.
Book Chapters
Anthony Harriott 
* “Crime, Disorder and Major Natural Disasters: The Caribbean
Experience in Current Issues”, International Crime Prevention
and Criminal Justice (ed),  Abanese, J,  ISPAC 2005, 251-264. 
* “Globalisation and Crime: The Jamaican Experience”, S.
Vasciannie, (ed.). Jamaica Human Development Report.
Kingston: PIOJ, 2005, 151-175.
* “Caribbean Drugs: From Criminalization to Harm Reduction”
with Axel Klein and Marcus Day (eds). London, Zed Books,
2004. 288 pgs.
* “The Search for a Drug Policy Framework”, (with Axel Klein,
Marcus Day) Caribbean Drugs: From Criminaliza- tion to Harm 
Reduction. With Axel Klein and Marcus Day (eds). London:
Zed  Books. 2004.  (page 3-8.)
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* “Drug Courts in Jamaica.”, (with Marlyn Jones) Caribbean
Drugs: From Criminalization to Harm Reduction. With Axel
Klein and Marcus Day (eds.). London: Zed  Books. 2004. (page
82-100).
Clinton Hutton  
* “The Cuban Influence on Popular Jamaican Music” Regional
Footprints:  The Travel and Travails of Early Caribbean
Migrants. (ed) Annette Insanally, Mark Clifford and Sean
Sheriff, Jamaica: Latin American-Caribbean Centre in
Association with Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and
Economic Research, 2006 
Hedy Isaacs (with M. Whicker)
* “Gendering the Political Executive's Space:  The Changing
Landscape?” Women in Politics:  Outsiders or Insiders? with
(ed) Lois Duke Whitaker: United States, Pearson Prentice Hall,
2006. 
Rupert Lewis 
* “The Significance of the Garvey Movement among West Indian 
Builders of the Panama Canal”,  Regional Footprints – The
Travels and Travails of Early Caribbean Migrants  ed. by
Annette Insanally, Mark Clifford and Sean Sheriff. Latin
American-Caribbean Centre, UWI, in association with the Sir
Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, UWI ,
2006. 84-91.
* “Marcus Garvey and the Early Rastafarians”,  Rastafari – A
Universal Philosophy in the Third Millennium, ed. by Werner
Zips. Kingston:  Ian Randle Publishers, 2006. 42-58.
* Foreword to Richard Hart, The End of Empire-Transition to
Independence in Jamaica and other Caribbean Region Colonies.
Kingston: Arawak Publications, 2006.vii-xii.
Trevor Munroe 
* “Good Governance: The Issues and Challenges in the Public
Sector” Sandra Graham ed. The Transforming Landscape of
Jamaica (Kingston, Jamaica: Office of the Prime Minister 2006)
pp 98-107.
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* “Globalization and Governance in Jamaica” S. Vasciannie (ed) 
The Jamaica Human Development Report 2005, published by
the Planning Institute of Jamaica and the United Nations
Development Programme, October 2005. pp
Stephen Vasciannie  
* Introduction and Executive Summary to The Jamaica Human
Development Report 2005, published by the Planning Institute
of Jamaica and the United Nations Development Programme,
October 2005
* “Caribbean Perspectives on Human Rights”, Organization of
American States, Inter-American Juridical Committee, XXXII
Course on Public International Law, August 2006, pp. 351-369
Refereed Journal Articles:
Jessica Byron 
* “Singing from the Same Hymn Sheet: Caribbean Diplomacy
and the Cotonou Agreement”, European Review of Latin American
and Caribbean Studies, No. 79, (October 2005).
Rupert Lewis 
* Review of “From Garvey to Marley: Rastafari Theology, History 
of African-American Religions Series, Gainesville: University
Press of Florida, 2005.  Jamaica Journal, Vol. 29, 3 (December
2005-April 2006): 75-78.
Brian Meeks 
* “The New Jewel Movement”, in Colin Palmer (ed.) The
Encyclopaedia of African American Culture and History: The Black
Experience in the Americas, (2nd Edition), New York: Macmillan
Reference (2005).
* “Jamaica”, in Governments of the World: a Global Guide to Citizen’s
Rights and Responsibilities, New York: Macmillan Reference,
Vol.3, (2005): 1-7.
* “The Jamaican Moment: New Paths for the Caribbean?”
NACLA Report on the Americas, Vol.39 No.6 (May/June
2006):11-15.
Trevor Munroe (co-author) 
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* Adult Suffrage and Political Administrations in Jamaica, 1944 -
2002 Ian Randle Publishers, Kingston, Jamaica 2006 (742 pp)
Diana Thorburn  
* Remapping Caribbean Geopolitics. NACLA Report on the
Americas Vol. 39, No. 6, May/June 2006.
* Nationalism, Identity and the Banking Sector: The English-
speaking Caribbean in the Era of Financial Globalization in
Ethnicity, Race and Nationalism in the Caribbean, edited by Anton
Allahar, Lexington Press, 2005.
* Caribbean Diplomacy Towards New International Actors in the 
Caribbean Basin. The Integrationist 3 (1), June 2005.
Stephen Vasciannie 
* “International Law and the Use of Force in Afghanistan and
Iraq”, Journal of Diplomatic Language, Vol. 2, No. 1 (June 2005):
Article 2.
* “Land-locked and Geographically Disadvantaged States”
Commonwealth Law Bulletin, Vol. 30, No. 1 (2005)
* “Deconstructing the First Sentence?  The Lambert Watson Case
from Jamaica on the Mandatory Death Penalty”, West Indian
Law Journal, Vol. 30, No. 2 (2005)
Non-Refereed:
Technical Reports:
Anthony Harriott  
* The Modernization of the Ministry of National Security (with
team of consultants).
PUBLIC SERVICE
Jessica Byron
– Member, International Advisory Board, Globalizations
– Member, International Advisory Board, European Review of
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
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– Member, International Advisory Board, Bulletin of Latin
American Research
– Member, Editorial Board, Caribbean Journal of International
Relations
– Member, Steering Committee, Globalization Studies Network
– Member, Research Advisory Committee, CRIES Project on
Civil Society and Conflict Prevention and Management in Latin
America and the Caribbean
Anthony Harriott
– Member, ISPAC
– Member, Programme Committee of the Academy of Criminal
Justice Sciences with special responsibility for “International
and Comparative Criminal Justice Systems”
– Member, Jamaica Constabulary Force Staff College Advisory
Council
– Member, Leadership Forum - Civic Dialogue 
Clinton Hutton
– Member, Gender Advisory Committee at Jamaica House
Hedy Isaacs
– Member, Commonwealth Association for Public Adminis-
tration and Management
– Member,  American Society for Public Administration
– Member, Friends of the Tom Redcam Library
– Consultant, Inter-American Development Bank
Rupert Lewis
– Member, Council of the Institute of Jamaica
– Chair, Advisory Board, African-Caribbean Institute of
Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank
– Chairman, Friends of Liberty Hall, 
– Member, Editorial Committee of Jamaica Journal
– Consultant, International Pan-African Archives Com- mittee,
Freedom Park, Pretoria, South Africa
Brian Meeks
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– Member, Executive Committee, The Michael Manley
Foundation
– Member, Board of Intertrade Finance Corporation
– Member, Board of Jamaica College
– Member, Editorial Advisory Board of Souls: A Critical Journal
of Black Politics, Culture and Society, Columbia University,
New York.
– Member, Editorial Board of Lexington Books, Caribbean Series
– Contributing Editor, WADABAGEI Journal, Caribbean
Research Center, Medgar Evers College, City University of New 
York
Trevor Munroe
– Referee, Global Corruption Report (2007) Transparency
International
– Director, Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions
– Executive Life Member, University and Allied Workers Union
– Senator, Parliament of Jamaica
– Member, Selection Committee, Jamaica Rhodes Scholar- ship
– Director, Sugar Industry Authority of Jamaica
– Director, News Talk 93 FM
– Co-host, Breakfast Club
Lawrence Powell
– Member, Editorial Board of International Bulletin of Political
Psychology
– Member, Editorial Board of Journal of Diplomatic Language
– Member, Editorial Board of American Journal of Political Economy
– Member, Editorial Board of Southern Journal of Canadian Studies
– Editorial Consultant, Journal of Crosscultural Psychology
– Project Director, for the Crosscultural Variations in Distributive 
Justice Perception (CVDJP) project.
– Polling Director, Centre for Leadership and Governance 
– Member, newly-reconstructed Stone Poll national survey team
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Diana Thorburn
– Director, National Commercial Bank Foundation
– Chairman, Board of Directors, Area Youth Foundation
– Member, Jamaica National Committee - United World College
Stephen Vasciannie
– President, Caribbean Conference on Maritime Delimita- tion
– Member, Inter-American Juridical Committee
– Chairman,  Air Policy Committee, Government of Jamaica
– Vice-Chairman, Interim Committee, Jamaica Anti-Doping
Commission
– Member, Bank of Nova Scotia Board
– Member, Jamaican team Legal Affairs Committee of
CARICOM
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DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES
Anne P. Crick, BSc UWI, MS Penn, PhD Rutgers 
– Head of Department
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
For the academic year 2005-6 thedepartment focused on three major
goals: enhancing the soft skills of students
through direct and indirect exposure to the
workplace, increasing research output and
rationalizing income generation so that
earned income would be increased without
unduly interfering with the other
responsibilities of the department.
In August the department launched its
‘DOMS Business Advantage Pro- gramme’
– a two-week pilot programme that focused 
on sensitizing graduating students to the requirements of businesses and
developing their ability to meet those requirements. The programme
utilized the skills of faculty members, industry specialists and business
people in lectures, workshops and practical exercises. It was launched by
Mr. Aubyn Hill who challenged the students to develop the appropriate
work attitude and ended with a formal banquet planned and executed by
the students. Comments from student participants and mentors have been 
highly favourable and there are requests for the course to be repeated. In
an attempt to influence the way in which students prepared themselves for
their future, the department engaged incoming students in a detailed
orientation session that exposed them to the needs of employers and the
employers’ perception of graduates. Various speakers encouraged them to
utilize the time at the campus to develop themselves fully. The department
also continued to support the growth of the DOMS Toastmaster Club,
which has now been formally launched. 
During the year, the Department was fortunate enough to be approached
by the UBS AG (formerly known as Union Bank of Switzerland) and the
UK alumni association who wished to offer overseas internships to our
students. The two students identified, after a rigorous selection process,
performed very well and both parties have indicated that they will continue 
the programme with us. We also re-launched our own internship
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programme in the summer and seventeen (17) of our students were hosted 
by local firms. The undergraduate Tourism and MSc Accounting
programmes also continue to offer internship experiences. 
The Quality Assurance review which was conducted by the OBUS in
September, highlighted the department’s need to increase its research
output. We therefore strengthened our attempts in that regard by
continuing to host regular departmental seminars. The Department was
extremely proud that Dr. Lou Anne Barclay was unanimously selected by a 
panel of her peers to be the most outstanding researcher in the faculty. Dr.
Barclay, Dr. Hilton McDavid and Dr. Noel Cowell were promoted to
senior lecturers during the year, indicating that the department’s focus on
research is paying dividends.  These lecturers continue to play a valuable
role as mentors in the research process.  Another faculty member, Mrs.
Hilary Robertson-Hickling successfully defended her PhD thesis at the
University of Birmingham in March.  Some faculty members also attended
a departmentally organized research workshop in the summer.  The
programme was designed to enhance the capacity of faculty members to
perform qualitative research and was geared primarily to those faculty
members who had not received formal research training in doctoral
programmes.
Faculty members attended and presented at 11 local, regional and
international conferences and published 7 referred articles and 3 book
chapters. The Department continues to work at developing a culture of
research.
A new Master’s programme in National Security and Strategic Studies was
launched on September 15, 2005.  This programme fills a vital need in the
region for training for senior security officials.  On September 22, the MSc
Accounting programme celebrated its 30th anniversary.  The occasion also 
marked the launch of the part time MSc Accounting programme, thus
completing the transition to self-financing status for all our graduate
programmes. 
The Department continued to do well with its teaching as most lecturers
scored above 4 on a 5 point scale measuring student satisfaction with
teaching, (see Table 1).
Table 1: Overall Teaching Scores (max. 5)
Faculty Members
Period           Full Time    Part Time           Course Means
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Summer 4.5 4.3 4.2
Sem. 2 4.1 3.9 3.8
Sem. 1 4.2 3.8 3.8
There were 28 full-time and 56 part-time lecturers during this time period.
Dr Lawrence Nicholson continued his secondment with the Mona School
of Business, while Mr Stanford Moore continued to serve as Deputy Dean. 
Professor Alvin Wint continued to lead the Strategic Transformation
team. 
During the period under review, a total of 1,083 undergraduate and 249
graduate students were registered in the department.
For the forthcoming year the Department will continue to focus on
student transformation, building research competencies and income
generation.
PAPERS PRESENTED
• Brown-Blake, Celia “The Jamaican Creole Speaker in the UK
Justice System”, Conference in honour of Professor Barry
Chevannes, UWI, Mona, January 2006
• Chen, Gavin “Caribbean Entrepreneurship: Myth or Reality?”,
International Management Conference DOMS, Cave Hill, March
2006
• Cowell, Noel M. “Sexuality and Work: The Attitude of Jamaican
“Knowledge Workers” towards Alternative Sexuality”,
Conference in honour of Professor Barry Chevannes, UWI,
Mona, January 2006.
• Daley, Jenifer “Examining The Conflicts Associated With The
Adoption Of International Accounting Standards In Jamaica”, 
Emerging Scholars Colloquium/Inter-disciplinary Perspectives
on Accounting Conference, Cardiff, Wales, July 7, 2006.
• Daley, Jenifer and Shirley-Ann Eaton, “Financial Regulation and
the CSME”, CCMS/Central Bank of the Bahamas Annual
Conference, November 2005.
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• Ramjee Singh D., “The Determinants of FDI Inflows into Small
Developing Countries: An Exploratory Study”, Barbadian Central 
Bank Seminar, 2006.
• Robertson-Hickling, Hilary and Hickling, Frederick, “Risk and
Resilience in the African-Caribbean Population in the UK”, 
Migration Forced and Free Conference, UWI, Mona, June 13,
2006.
• Robertson-Hickling, Hilary, “Barrington Chevannes: A
Rhetoretician of Recovery for Africaribbeans in Britain” ,
Conference in honour of Professor Barry Chevannes, UWI,
Mona, January 20, 2006.
• Thomas-Stone Joan P. and Arlene Chambers Baker, “The
Implication of Audit Firms in Corporate Failures: Lessons for
Jamaica”, 31st Annual Conference, Caribbean Studies
Association, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, May 2006.
• Wint, A. G., Anna Perkins and Beverly Shirley. “The Role of
Political Leadership in Economic Development: With Special
Reference to Jamaica,” Seminar on Jamaican Economy since
Independence Project (JEP), UWI, Mona, Jamaica, January 2006.
• Wint, A. G. “Financing Tertiary Education in the Anglophone
Caribbean: The Role of Student Loan Systems,” CDB/UWI
Symposium on Financing Tertiary Education in the Anglophone
Caribbean, Cave Hill, Barbados, November 2005.
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journal Articles 
* Bakre O. M. “First Attempt at Localizing Imperial
Accountancy: The Case of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Jamaica (ICAJ) (1950s - 1970s)” Critical
Perspectives on Accounting, v. 16, 2005.
* Bakre O.M. “Second Attempt at Localizing Imperial
Accountancy: The Case of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Jamaica (ICAJ) (1950s - 1970s)” Critical
Perspectives on Accounting, v. 17, 2006.
* Ramjee Singh D., “Import Content of Tourism: Explaining the
Differences Among Small Island States”, Tourism Annals, vol. 11 
no. 2, 2006.
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* Ramjee Singh D., “The Tourism Challenge to A Small Island
State: An Analysis of the Barbadian Experience”; Caribbean
Annals vol. 1, 2006.
* Birch, A.; Ramjee Singh D. and Hilton McDavid, “Economic
Development: An Analysis of the Rule of Law, Corruption and
Crime”, conference proceedings, 4th Annual Conference on Crime
and Justice in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago. 2006.
* Wint, A. G.,“FDI and Poverty Alleviation in Small Developing
Countries” in Subhash Jain and Sushil Vachani (editors)
Multinational Corporations and Global Poverty Reduction
(Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishers, 2006.)
* Wint, A. G.,“Globalization and the Jamaican Financial Sector,”
in Jamaica Human Development Report: Global Challenges – A 
World of Opportunities (Kingston, Jamaica: Planning Institute
of Jamaica, 2005).
Chapters in Books
* Cowell, Noel M. 2006. “Industrial Relations Theory and
Practice With Reference To Jamaica”  the Future of Industrial
Relations in the Caribbean, ILO Caribbean Office.
* Hickling, Fred, Robertson-Hickling Hilary and Hutchinson,
Gerard. Migration and Mental Health. 2005. Migration and
Mental Health Images of Psychiatry The Caribbean. 153-177.
ed. F. Hickling and E. Sorel, Kingston.
* Ramjee Singh, D. and C. Jayawardena, “The Performance of
Tourism (POT) Analysis of Four Caribbean Countries” in
Caribbean Tourism, ed. By C. Jayawardena: Ian Randle
Publishers, 2005: 101-108
Non-Refereed Journal Articles 
* Wint, A. G., “The Role of Tertiary Institutions in Preparing the
Caribbean for the CSME” in Patrick Williams (ed.) The
University Speaks: Confronting Issues Faced by a Christian
Tertiary Institution in a Secular Environment (Mandeville,
Jamaica: Northern Caribbean University, 2006).
Technical Reports
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* Ramjee Singh D. 2005. Chapter 3 of the technical report on the
“Economic Development of Kingston and St. Andrew”,
prepared by the Mona Consulting Group.  Submitted to
NEEPA.
* I. Boxill, S. Ffrench, J. Talbot, D. Ramjee Singh et al. 2006. 
“Social Impact Assessment of the Likely Effects of Sugar
Reform Options on the Industry Workers in Jamaica”. 
Submitted to PIOJ
PUBLIC SERVICE
Archibald Campbell 
– Member, JMMB Board of Directors 
Arlene Chambers-Baker
– Member, Jamaica Association for Distance & Open Learning
Anne Crick 
– Member, JMMB Board of Directors 
Jenifer Daley
– Member, Finance Committee, Andrews Memorial Hospital 
– Director, Jamaica Flour Mills Foundation
Shirley-Ann Eaton
– Member, Academic Committee, Board of St. Andrew High
School for Girls
Stan Moore
– Chairman, Mechanical Engineering Advisory and Indus- trial
Engineering Committees, University of Technology 
– Board Member, Book Merchant Ltd
– Board Member, Reading Solutions Ltd
Diaram Ramjee Singh
– Director, EHC Industries
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– Director/Secretary, Brakesman Automotive Ltd.
Noel Reynolds
– Member, Jamaica Stock Exchange Best Practices Award
Committee
– Member, Jamaica Stock Exchange Market Research
Competition Committee
Hilary Robertson-Hickling
– Weekly Columnist, The Daily Gleaner 
– Member and former President, The Queen’s School Past
Student’s Association
– Member, Mary Seacole Foundation 
– Member, Caribbean Studies Association
– Member, Human Resources Management Association of
Jamaica
Joan Thomas-Stone
– Member, Jamaica Association for Distance & Open Learning
Alvin G. Wint
– Chairman, Board of Directors, Statistical Institute of Jamaica.
– Director, Jamaica Promotions Corporation.
– Director (Chair of Audit Committee and Member of Executive,
Corporate Governance, Search & Compensa- tion, Risk
Management and Share Trading Policy Committees) National
Commercial Bank.
– Director (& Member of Audit Committee), Jamaica Producers
Group.
– Member, National Planning Council.
– Member, Advisory Board, Academy of International Business
Insights Publication. 
– Member, Partnership for Progress Committee.
– Member, ACORN Group of Union/Business Leaders.
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     DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY,
       PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK
 
Ian Boxill, BSc, MPhil UWI, PhD Colorado – Head of Department
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
The Department experienced anotherbusy and exciting year with its usual
high student intake at all levels and an active 
teaching and research regime. While
continuing to face notable challenges the
Department was able to maintain its
various programmes quite well and
introduce several initiatives during the year
2005-2006. One new member of staff,
Judith Stanigar, joined the Social Work Unit 
for Dr. Claudette Crawford-Brown who is
on fellowship leave.
The outreach and research arm through the
Centre for Population Community and Social Change (CPCSC) has been
active locally and regionally in training and research. The Caribbean
Internship Project (CIP) has now been officially embraced by the
University and has received significant financial support to assist with the
internships of more students. The CIP now operates in CARICOM
countries. 
Professors Patricia Anderson and Chukwudum Uche and Messrs. Andrew 
Grant and Julian Devonish were part of a team involved in writing the
country census reports for 18 CARICOM countries. 
In research, the Department introduced projects or partnered with others.
Among them was the Latin American Population Project sponsored
Democratic values in Jamaica, coordinated by Vanderbilt University. The
Department, through the Social Work Unit and led by Dr. Peta-Anne
Barker also co-sponsored the 7th Biennial Caribbean and International
Social Work Educators’ Conference (ACSWE). Members of the Social
Work Unit as well as those in Psychology have been involved a variety of
training programmes ranging from counselling to intervention. 
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The Department continues to have a very good overall average teaching
rating (above 4.0). On the other hand the per capita publication ratio is
low, at approximately .25.
Members of the Social Work Unit won the Principal’s Award for the
project bringing in the most funds in the Faculty of Social Sciences for
their work on the Citizens’ Security and Justice Programme Consultancy
on the Training of Family Court Staff. This consultancy was undertaken by 
the Social Work Unit.  Members of the team included Dr. Peta-Anne
Baker, Lita Allen, Karlene Boyce-Reid and Kimberly Hinds.
The Department extended hearty congratulations to Dr. Peta-Anne Baker
who was awarded her doctoral degree in Social Welfare by Case Western
Reserve University. The title of her thesis was: “The living arrangements of 
older West Indian migrant women in the United States.”
GRADUATE PROGRAMMES
The Department graduated one doctoral student in sociology during the
year and enrolled three other students in the same programme. These
students have been progressing well. It should be noted that four other
members of staff are involved in the supervision of PhD students in other
departments.
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT  
New academic programmes
The main achievement of the Human Resource Development Graduate
Programmes Unit was the launch of two new academic programmes this
year. These were the PhD in Organisational Behaviour in January 2006 and 
the postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Development in June. The
response to the PhD programme was overwhelming with some 71 persons 
responding to the invitation to apply in November 2005 and inquiries
continuing in 2006. Twelve persons were selected for participation in
Cohort I of the PhD.  
Invitations to join the first cohort were limited to the persons who did not
qualify for the PhD but who had expressed an interest in qualifying
themselves for consideration for Cohort II of the doctoral programme in
2008. Three persons accepted that invitation.
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Courses and workshops
The Experiential Learning workshop held on August 15 and 16, 2005 was
extremely successful.  The workshop was developed by the HRD Unit in
association with the Inter-American Institute for Social Development
(INDES), an arm of the Inter-American Development Bank, and it
catered to 20 persons.
STUDENT MATTERS
Graduate Student Statistics by Status of Registration
MSc Sociology 22
MSc Social Work 13
MSc Clinical Psychology 11
MSc Applied Psychology 29
New Students
MSc HRD (Cohort IX) 38
Higher Degrees Diploma in HRD   3
Continuing Students
MSc HRD (Cohort VIII) 39
MSc HRD (Cohort VII)   3
MPhil Sociology   1
PhD Sociology   3
PhD Organisational Behaviour (Active)    9
PhD Organisational Behaviour   1
(Leave of Absence)
Anticipated Number of Graduates
 MSc HRD (Cohort VII) 54
*All students are registered on a part-time basis.
PAPERS PRESENTED
Allen, Lita
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• Co-presenter of the following papers based on research by MSW
graduates: 7th Biennial Caribbean and International Social Work
Educators’ Conference (ACSWE), Kingston, Jamaica: (2005,
August).
• (with Castriota, Angela and Crawford-Brown, Claudette).
Children’s perceptions of separation and loss: The case of a
residential institution
• (with Pickersgill, Marva). ‘Understanding aggression in 7 - 8 year
old children from a transactional analysis perspective: A gender
comparison’.
• (with Thorpe, Cynthia). ‘An Investigation to identify and examine
coping mechanisms of a group of adolescents who remain in
residential placement’.
Baker, Peta-Anne
• “Consent in biomedical and social research.” 2nd Annual Research 
Ethics Conference, UWI (Mona). (2006, May).
• “Aging in the Caribbean Diaspora: A Neglected Reality.” UWI
Migration Study Group Conference, June 2006. 
• “Social work’s distinctive contribution to safeguarding the rights
of the child”. Jamaica Association of Social Workers Annual
Training Conference.
• “Speaking truth to power in a small state context” , National
Social Work Conference, Castries, Lucia. July 2006.
Boxill, Ian
• “Tourism and Globalization in Jamaica”. seminar sponsored by
the Planning Institute of Jamaica, Ocho Rios. (2006).
Lewis, Balford
• ‘Socio-political dimensions of household decision-making on
tertiary education acquisition in Jamaica: Implications for tertiary
education expansion strategies’. 31st Annual Conference,
Caribbean Studies Association, Port of Spain, Trinidad and
Tobago, (2006, May).
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PUBLICATIONS
Books & Monographs
* Headley, Bernard (with graduate students Michael Gordon
and Andrew McIntosh). Deported, Entry & Exit Findings of
Jamaicans Returned from the U.S. Between 1997 and 2003,
(Volume 1).  Kingston: Stephenson’s, October 2005.  
Refereed Journal Articles
* Allen, L., Baker, P.A., Havens, C., & Healy, L. (Eds.). (2005).
Social Work with Caribbean people: Perspectives from home
and abroad. Caribbean Journal of Social Work, Special Volume (4).
* Baker, Peta-Anne. Guest editor (with Lita Allen, catherine
Havens and Lynne Healy). Special issue of Caribbean Journal of
Social Work, 45, August 2005. “Social Work with Caribbean
People” Perspctives from Home and Abroad. 
* Brodie-Walker, Stacey. (2006). Treating a bipolar adolescent
in Jamaica. Caribbean Journal of Psychology (June).
* McFarlane, Tracy A. (2004/05). Positive marginality: A
conceptual framework for studying the experiences of
Caribbean immigrant women in US higher education. Caribbean
Journal of Psychology, 1 (1).
* Small, John. (2005). The dynamics of return migration.
Caribbean Journal of Social Work (4). August 2005; pp. 122-136. 
Other Peer Reviewed Publications
* Headley, Bernard. The U. S. to Jamaica deportee problem:
Dispelling a key myth. In T. Lesser, B. Fernández,  L. Cowie, N. 
Bruni & E. Thomas-Hope (Eds.), Intra-Caribbean migration
and the conflict nexus. Ottawa: Human Rights Internet.
* Boxill, Ian & Alleyne, Dillon. (2005). “Tourism and
Globalization in Jamaica”. In Jamaica Human Develop- ment
Report 2005. Kingston: Planning Institute of Jamaica. 
Technical Reports
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* Allen, L. & Baker, P. (Eds.) (2005). “Strengthening the Family
Court System”. The professional development training manual.
Ministry of Justice Citizens’ Security Justice programme.
* Baker, Peta-Anne. “Proposal for the rationalisation of the
social services and restructuring of the Ministry of Community
Development, Gender Affairs and Information of the
Government of -the Commonwealth of Dominica”. Prepared
for the Caribbean Centre for Development Administration
(CARICAD), Barbados, March 2006.
* Boxill, Ian & Francis, Alfred. (2005) “Human Development
Index for Jamaica”, Jamaica Human Development Report,
2005, PIOJ.
* Boxill, Ian, Ffrench, S., Talbot, J. and Ramjeesingh, D. (2006).
“Social Impact Assessment of the Likely Effects of Sugar
Reform Options on Industry Workers in Jamaica.” Report
prepared for PIOJ.
Book Chapters
* Boxill, Ian. 2005. “Sovereignty and the Search for 
Recognition”,  in Kenneth Hall and Denis Benn (eds) Caribbean 
Imperatives: Regional Governance and Integrated
Development, Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers. (22-30)
* Boxill, Ian & Maerk, Johannes (2005). “Mundo Maya and
Cultural Resurgence among Mayas in Mexico.” In C.
Jayawardena (ed.), Caribbean Tourism: Vision, Mission and
Challenges. Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers.
* Small, John. (2006). “Sequence of emigration and return: The
Jamaican experience.” Dwaine E. Plaza & Francis Henry,
Returning to source; pp. 214-240. Kingston: UWI Press.
INCOME GENERATION
The Department was involved in a variety of income generating activities
which are critical to meeting more than 70% of the day-to-day expenses of
the Department. The most import source of income was the summer
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school. Other sources included research and training projects that are
administered under the CPCSC.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Allen, Lita
– Board member, Whole Person Resource Centre
– Member, Mental Health Response and Training Team, The
Jamaica Red Cross Society 
– Member, work team for Jamaica Social Policy Evaluation
Project (JASPEV)
Baker, Peta-Anne
– Resource person, First Missionary Church Basic School
Expansion Project 
– Regional Vice President, International Association of Schools
of Social Work (IASSW)
– President, North American and Caribbean Association of
Schools of Social Work. 
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THE CENTRE FOR HOTEL AND TOURISM
MANAGEMENT
Mr Berkley Williamson BSc. FIU, Dip. Highbury, Cert. Nassau Tech.
– Programme Director
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
The Centre for Hotel and TourismManagement (CHTM) continues to
pursue a number of initiatives relative to
repositioning itself to remain a viable
institution. The post of Programme Director
was filled with the appointment of Mr
Berkley Williamson in March 2006. He was
given a mandate to enhance relations
between the CHTM and the Bahamian
community, reposition the Centre, increase
Bahamian students enrolment, diversify its course offerings and
specifically facilitate the Centre’s transition to one with closer ties and
linkages to the Caribbean Tourism Industry in general and the Bahamian
Tourism Industry in particular.
Focus continues to be placed on enhancing student work experience via
the Internship Programme.  This drive has yielded positive results with the
successful partnering with the Rex Resorts International which had helped 
our ability to place students in internship positions throughout the
Caribbean.  The Centre for Hotel and Tourism Management was also
offered the opportunity to participate in the Hilton’s Elevator
Management Training Programme.  Two of the students went to the final
stage.
The Centre has taken part in other civic and community oriented
programmes with the aim of increasing local awareness and its profile in
the Bahamian society.  These ventures included, but were not limited to
public sector partnership activities, community programmes and
sponsorship; all of which served to heighten awareness of its programmes
with the potential of encouraging enrolment. The Centre’s participation in
the first Bahamas Tourism Week garnered positive response when Student 
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Services Manager, Mrs Valderine Major, who was one of the panellists
shared the plans of the Centre. 
In the absence of Mr Salvaris, three part-time lecturers were brought on to
strengthen the Food and Beverage operations at the CHTM. Additionally,
the Food and Beverage operation has successfully hosted a more focused
segmentation of patrons catering to smaller, private dining experiences as
opposed to the larger general seating arrangements.  A new revenue stream 
has also been realized with an increase in group functions such as
Weddings, training seminars and Church meetings. 
Mr Salvaris spent the year on sabbatical leave as a Consultant Trainer with
the Tobago House of Assembly (THA).  His task was to assist with the
design and construction of a new, modern culinary kitchen; train the
existing culinary staff; and conduct a hospitality and tourism assessment
exercise. Based on these findings, he developed a fast-track industry
training program. While there, he secured a grant of £150,000 from the
European Commission to upgrade the Culinary Services in the Tobago
Hotel Sector. 
There are several challenges which face the administration of Centre for
Hotel and Tourism Management and course offering. The fact that
students are entering the programme from multiple streams is one such
challenge. The programme was initially designed to accept persons who
had completed Level one at one of the main campuses. Increasingly
students are coming to the Centre having completed an associated degree.
In response to the changing circumstances a review has started on the
Centre’s programmes to ensure that they articulate well with the different
courses of study that students have completed prior to coming to the
Centre.
The need to address this issue has been made all the more critical based on
the success that the Centre has had in raising its profile in the Bahamas.
Based on the marketing and outreach activities of the Centre there has
been a dramatic increase in the number of Bahamian students studying at
the Centre. It is anticipated that approximately twenty-five percent of the
students accepted for 2006-2007 will be Bahamian. 
The total registration for the year ending July 2006 was one hundred, a
marginal increase from last years’ registration. The Bachelors Degree in
Hotel Management almost doubled that of the programme in Tourism
Management. Thirty-eight students met the requirements for the award of
either degree.  Eighteen students presented for the award of Bachelor of
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Science in Tourism Management two of whom achieved first class, four
second class upper division and six second class lower division honours. 
Of the thirty-eight candidates for the Bachelor of Science in Hotel
Management, twenty-four met the requirements for the award of the
degree: Two with first class honours, ten with second class upper division
and eleven with second class lower division honours.
A synopsis of the graduation statistics is as follows:
    First Class     Upper   Lower          Pass         Total 
       Second   Second
Hotel 2            10        11          1           24
Tourism 2               4     6      2           14
The transition of leadership was relatively smooth albeit countered with
the challenges inherent in competing for clientele from other regional
institutions with the availability and access to better resources, mitigating
the constraints of restructuring especially as it relates to a new programme
development and improving student enrolment.
The Centre for Hotel and Tourism Management however, maintained its
relevance particularly as it relates to enhancing its social and community
profile which invariably has the potential to significantly impact student’s
enrolment.
PUBLICATIONS
* Salvaris, Christos and Nikolaos Karagiannis. “Economic
Development and Tourism Growth in Jamaica: The Challenges
of the Strategic Approach”, Caribbean Tourism: Visions,
Missions and Challenges, Vol. II, ed. By Chandana Jayawardena, 
Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers, September 2005, pp. 200-226
* Salvaris Christos, Tika Sharma and Ainsley O’ Reilly.
“Students’ Perceptions of the Hotel and Tourism Management
Internship”, Caribbean Tourism: Visions, Missions and
Challenges, Vol. II, ed. By Chandana Jayawardena, Kingston:
Ian Randle Publishers, September 2005, pp. 228-250.
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INSTITUTES AND
RESEARCH CENTRES
LOCATED AT MONA
Year ending July 31, 2006
ADVANCED TRAINING AND RESEARCH IN
FERTILITY MANAGEMENT UNIT
Professor Joseph Frederick, MBBS, DM (O&G), FRCOG, 
FACOG – Director
The Mission of the ATRFMU is topromote, develop and deliver training, 
research, outreach and clinical services in
the areas of Reproductive Health (including 
family planning) and Health and Family Life 
Education throughout CARICOM and
other countries.
The Overall Objectives are to implement
and evaluate the effective- ness of
Reproductive Health/ Family
Planning/Health and Family Life
Education programmes in pursuit of the
natural development goals of CARICOM and other countries.
This academic year the ATRFMU’s main thrust went towards planning
and organization of a Conference on Sexual and Reproductive Health
from October 26-28, 2006.
This conference under the theme “Sexual and Reproductive Health Our
Mutual Responsibility” is seeking to provide a platform for stakeholders in 
reproductive health to share, discuss and network so that together we can
review our various strategies, celebrate achievements and identify gaps
that can be filled. The process will allow for the reinforcement of our
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confidence and acknowledgement of our creativity in the use of available
resources and skills to contribute to the development of healthy families
that will facilitate sustainable social and economic development. The
range of Conference topics among which are HIV/AIDS, contraception,
infertility, adolescent sexual and reproductive health issues, the emerging
epidemic of lifestyle diseases are matters that touch the lives of everyone
who tenant Planet Earth.
Congratulations to nurse Sheron Gordon for successfully completing the
operating theatre course. We also welcome Dr. Loxley Christie and Miss
Rochelle Foster for joining the Unit as Research Fellow and Junior
Research Fellow respectively.
TRAINING
Edited and produced educational material – course manuals for three
courses as follows: 
– OG60A- Introduction to Individual Counselling
– OG60B- Introduction to Group Counselling
– OG60C- Abnormal Psychology
Procured relevant textbooks for the preliminary year of the programme.
In consultation with the Office of Finance, reviewed the terms and
conditions of the existing tutors’ contractual arrangements and issued new 
contracts to these tutors.
Conducted site visits to The British Virgin Islands and Antigua and
recruited new tutors to serve at these sites which were just coming on
stream.
Contracted resource persons at each site to serve as Therapy Group
Facilitators in order to improve the standard of programme delivery. Two
immediate past students from the first programme cycle were included
among the therapists.
Made special arrangements for students who did not graduate in the first
cycle of the programme to have their final research projects supervised
externally. Six of these students have since satisfied all programme
requirements. 
Delivered the four preliminary courses (OG60A- Introduction to
Individual Counselling, OG60B-Introduction to Group Counselling,
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OG60C-Abnormal Psychology and OG60D-Developmental Psychology) 
to applicants who have been accepted to do the Masters in Counselling
Programme by Distance Education in nine Caribbean countries (Antigua,
Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, The British Virgin Islands, Jamaica, St. Lucia,
St. Vincent and Trinidad).
PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT
Special consultations
The Training team participated in special joint consultations and
evaluative meetings with the Director of the ATRFMU, the Pro-Vice
Chancellor in charge of Distance Education and the officials from
Graduate Studies and Research to explore strategies for improving
programme flexibility and efficiency. The main outcomes of these
meetings were:
– The reinstatement of Dominica in the MSc Counselling
Programme
– A plan for the establishment of an Advisory Board for the
activities of the Training   Department. This was to include an
Administrative Committee to oversee the administrative
activities of the programme and an Academic Committee that
would be responsible for overseeing the academic aspects.
– A rationalisation of the role of the Training Co-ordinator to be
in charge of the programme’s academic affairs and the
Programme Officer to take responsibility for the programme’s
administrative matters.
Tutors’ workshop
Five tutors attended the annual Tutors’ Workshop that was held from July
3 to 7, 2006. Recommendations made at this workshop are being applied
to the delivery of the current programme.
CURRENT AND PROJECTED ACTIVITIES 2005/2008
Delivery of the second cycle of the Masters in Counselling Programme by
Distance Education in nine Caribbean countries (Antigua, Bahamas,
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Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Trinidad).
Contracting of two additional part-time tutors at Mona to a) have
responsibility for the supervision of research projects for students from
the first programme cycle in the Cayman Islands, Jamaica, St. Vincent and
Trinidad; b) to teach and conduct tutorials in the Professional Issues
Course and c) to supervise the students in their practical. 
Editing and production of the course manuals for the following courses:
OG61A Person-Centred Counselling; OG61B Personal Growth Groups;
OG61C – Professional Issues Part 1: Ethical and Legal Issues; OG61D:
Existential Counselling; OG62C Quantitative Research Methods and
OG62H: Qualitative Research Methods.
Student Registration 
Table 1 shows the pattern of registration for the current programme cycle.
A number of students were forced to withdraw from the programme for a
variety of reasons. Some were not given the necessary day releases from
their respective places of employment. Others failed the pre-qualifying
courses. Still others withdrew for personal reasons such as the illness and
death of close family members.
Table 1   Profile of students who registered for the preliminary courses by gender
Country    # of OG60A OG60B OG60C OG60D With- Current
/site students drawals  enrolment
M F M F M F M F M F M F M F
Antigua 2 9 2 9 2 9 2 7 2 3 1 0 1 9
Bahamas 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 4 1 3 0 0 1 5
Barbados 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 2 4 3 2 2 2 2
Belize 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 4
BVI* 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 4 1 4 0 1 0 0
Dominica 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2
Jamaica 2      12 2 9 2      11 2 3 2 8 2 2 0      10
St. Lucia 2      11 1      11 2      12 2 7 2 5 2 4 0 7
St. Vincent 4 4 2 4 4 3 3 4 4 2 1 1 3 3
Trinidad 0      10 0 7 0 9 0 5 0 5 0 2 0 8
The students in The BVI were not allowed to continue the programme as
they did not satisfy the pre-qualifying requirements.
The counselling programme tends to attract older women and men in the
30-55 age range who have to work full-time to support their families and
who can only study part-time. Most of the students and part-time staff are
highly resistant to attending classes on week-ends due to family and
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religious commitments. Some part-time staff are also highly resistant to
being asked to do more marking because of time constraints as they, too,
have full time jobs.
Online Registration
A number of students encountered difficulty with their online registration. 
Much support was requested and provided by the Students’ Records Unit
to assist students in this area. 
OUTREACH
Coordinator – Mrs. Joan Meade
Project Coordination
• Co-ordinate second year of activities of the “Promoting Healthy
Life-Styles in Western Jamaica: HFLE – HIV/AIDS Project”
• Co-chairman of the Planning Committee for the Unit’s
Reproductive Health Conference scheduled for October 2006
Research
• Paper Presentation at the Caribbean Child Development Centre
2nd Annual Workshop on Children and HIV/AIDS February
2006 “Views of Parents about Integrating HIV Positive Children
in School”
• Paper Presented at the UWISON International Nursing
Midwifery Research Conference and Mary J Seivwright Day 40th
Anniversary Celebrations June 2006 “Views of Parents about
Integrating HIV Positive Children into School”
Teaching
• Taught and examined Course SY21P: Reproductive Health and
Family Life Education in the Department of Sociology,
Psychology and Social Work during Semester 1 for 71
undergraduate students
Collaboration with External Agencies
• Participated in CARICOM Multi-agency HFLE Regional
Working Group Meeting May 29-30, 2006 in Barbados
• Continued to attend Health and Family Life Education
Coordinating Committee Meetings at the Ministry of Education
and the National Family Planning Board
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• Attended Joint Board of Teacher Education (JBTE) meetings
relating to the teaching of HIV and AIDS Education in Teachers’
Colleges
Proposals
• Submitted a project proposal to CHASE Fund for the
“Promoting Healthy Life-Styles in Western Jamaica: HFLE –
HIV/AIDS Project”.
• Fifty thousand Jamaican dollars (J$50,000) was obtained from the 
Rotary Club of Montego for the “Promoting Healthy Life-Styles
in Western Jamaica: HFLE – HIV/AIDS Project”
Current & Planned Activities 2006-2007
• Complete Year 3 of the “Promoting Healthy Life-Styles in
Western Jamaica: HFLE – HIV/AIDS Project” and conduct
Impact Assessment
• Prepare and commence a HFLE Programme for the Staff and
Residents of the Homestead Place of Safety, Stony Hill, in
collaboration with the Lions Club of St. Andrew Central
• Prepare a Course in Reproductive Health and Health and Family
Life Education for Multidisciplinary Groups in collaboration
with the Training Section
• Continue research activities in collaboration with the Research
Section 
• Continue collaboration with External Agencies
Projections 2007-2009
• Expand the “Promoting Healthy Life-Styles in Western Jamaica:
HFLE – HIV/AIDS Project” 
• Continue implementation of HFLE Programme for the
Homestead Place of Safety in collaboration with the Lions Club
of St. Andrew Central
• Finalize Programme in Reproductive Health and Health and
Family Life Education for Multidisciplinary Groups in
collaboration with the Training Section
• Continue research in collaboration with the Research Section
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RESEARCH
A risk perception survey for HIV/STI among male clients at the Casualty
and Accident and Emergency departments, University Hospital of the
West Indies was conducted in 2005. 
In collaboration with the Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and
Child Health, training of medical students in the use of the Partograph was 
conducted in 2006, funded by UNFPA.
Measuring Family Planning Service Quality through Client Satisfaction
Exit Interviews: Baseline Survey, 2006.
A Methodology for Partograph Training, The annual Nursing Midwifery
Conference, Department of Advanced Nursing Education, May 2006.
Partograph Training and Monitoring at Four Hospitals, Perinatal
Conference, University of the West Indies, 2006. 
Risk Perception for HIV/STI among males in Residential Unions, Annual 
CHRC Conference, St. Kitts, April, 2006.
Union Differences in Perception for HIV/STI among Males accessing
services at an urban hospital, ATRFMU Conference, October 2006
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed
* Hamilton, J. Jackson, A. Lee, Risk Perception for HIV/ STI
among Antenatal Clients at the Antenatal Clinic, University
Hospital of the West Indies. International Family Planning
Perspectives
* P. Hamilton, J Jackson, A. Lee, Risk Perception for HIV/
STI among Males in Residential Unions
* J. Meade. Poster Presentation at UWI Annual Research Day
January 2006 “Promoting Healthy Life-Styles in Western
Jamaica: HFLE – HIV/AIDS Project”
CLINICAL
Numbers of surgery done between the periods July 2005– June 2006
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Diagnostic Laparoscopy 149
Diagnostic Hysteroscopy 213
Tubal Ligation   93
Vasectomy     7
Operative Laparoscopy 118
Operative Hysteroscopy   20
Laparotomy   10
Numbers of contraceptive distributed/administered
Oral contraceptives
Lofemenal
Microgynon
Ovidon  971
Depo provera injection       2,454
Insertion of Intra Uterine      91
    contraceptive device
Norplant insertion      76
Condoms      17,201
Clinical Training
The Family Planning Clinic has facilitated the training of the following
group of persons:
Resident doctors   12
Medical Students          101
Pupil Midwives   26
Operating Theatre Nurses   12
Student Nurses   82
Anaesthetic students   30
Master of Science (Public Health) student  1
Staff Development 
On February 1, 2006, Dr. Loxley Christie was employed to the unit as a
Research Fellow and Rochelle Foster as a Junior Research Fellow.
On January 24, 2006 the first meeting of the Fertility Management Unit
Clinical Research was held.  The main aim and objective of this group is to
foster an ongoing clinical research culture in the unit and promote the
constant publishing of papers.
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IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION LABORATORY (IVF)
PROCEDURES    CYCLES PREGNANCIES
IVF 39/35   9
ICSI 46/44 17
IUI       39   4
FET       12   4
EMBRYO FREEZING       14   –
SEMEN ANALYSIS     181   –
We commenced Assisted Hatching in November 2005 and had our first
pregnancy in January 2006.  Our first pregnancy resulting from donor
sperm also occurred in January 2006.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Pansy Hamilton
– Vice President, Jamaica Association of Health Service
Executives (Education)
– Vice President, Young Women’s Christian Association of
Jamaica
– Member, Board of Directors Whole Person Resource Centre 
– Member, Population Association of America
– Member, American Studies Association of Jamaica
– Member, Planning Committee for the Annual Nurses and
Midwives Research Conference
– Member, Committee for the Annual Emancipation Lecture
Amy Lee
– Family Counsellor, Barbican Baptist Church
– Member, Jamaica Association of Health Service Executives
Jean Jackson
– Member, Stewardship Committee of St. Thomas Aquinas
Centre
Professor Joseph Frederick
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– Member, Caribbean Initiatives of Planning Committee of
Planned Parenthood
– Member, Pacesetters Toastmasters Club
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AGRICULTURE UNIT
Dave G. Hutton, BSc UWI, MSc C’nell,
Diploma (Nematology) Universidad Centrale de Venezuela
– Agriculture Representative (AR)
The Faculty of Science and Agriculture(FSA) of The University of the West
Indies at St. Augustine, Trinidad is
comprised of the School of Agriculture
(SoA), and the School of Natural Sciences.
The Agriculture Unit (AU) at UWI, Mona  i)
represents the SoA at this Campus; ii)
undertakes outreach to agricultural and
related communities in Jamaica, and the
region as necessary, on behalf of the SoA; iii)
coordinates the SoA’s External Programme
in Agriculture (EPA) and the University
Certificate Programme in Agriculture (UCPA) in Jamaica; iv) carries out
adaptive research; and v) participates in Mona Life Sciences Department’s
teaching, research, outreach and other programmes as determined by the
Head of department.
WORK OF THE UNIT
Relevant to the SoA
The AR coordinated arrangements for dispatch of a SoA Jamaican student 
to the University of Wisconsin, Madison under an exchange programme
between both universities.
The AR coordinated the SoA’s 10-week Internship Programme (Course
AG 233) in Jamaica by negotiating assignments, interviewing the students
and supervisors at their worksites, processing evaluation documents, etc. 
The AR facilitated the visit of SoA/FSA staff officially in Jamaica, and
gave administrative support to SoA students domiciled in or visiting
Jamaica.
Materials, information, etc. from the SoA were routed through the AU to
various Jamaican interests.
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Two SoA students completed an Agricultural Skills course facilitated by
the AU and MINAG Research and Development Department staff at
Bodles Agricultural Research Station.
The AU promoted the SoA through exhibitions/presentations on careers
in agriculture at various fora.
The AU continues to maintain breadfruit germplasm brought from
Hawaii under the “Breadfruit Improvement Project”, carried out in
Jamaica by the Department of Food Production, SoA, to characterize
local, and assess introduced germplasm, and identify, multiply and
distribute improved local and introduced cultivars.
The AR visited St. Vincent to participate in a Workshop addressing plant
nematode problems in banana, and also analyzed thirty-six (36) banana
soil and root samples from a water grass control trial established by SoA
personnel, for plant nematodes. This was part of FSA’s response to an
appeal from the Winward Islands Farmers’ Association (WINFA) for
assistance to manage destructive nematodes and weeds affecting banana
production in those islands.
The AR is Reviewer for plant nematology articles submitted for
publication in Tropical Agriculture, the official journal of FSA. Three such 
manuscripts were reviewed.
The External Degree Programme in Agricultural and Rural Development
(EPA), and the University Certificate Programme in Agriculture (UCPA)
were offered from FSA by distance.
Twenty three students were enrolled in the EPA for 2005/2006, 20 in the
MSc two in the Post-Graduate Diploma, and one in the Course Certificate
disciplines, and six in the UCPA. The Unit administers these programmes
in Jamaica, being the contact point for students, for receiving materials,
providing information, advice, supervision, counselling or administrative
support, and interaction with St. Augustine.
Relevant to UWI/Mona
– The AU participated in the UWI/Mona 2005 Career Expo.
– The AR served as University Examiner/Second Examiner for
Course Z32G.
– The AR  taught segments of the following course:-
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BT37Q (Plant Health); 2 weeks;
BL05B (Preliminary Biology); 2 weeks;
Z32G (Pest Management); 1 week;
BL10M (Plant Diversity); 3-week equivalent, Summer 2005,
and 3 weeks, Semester I, 05/06.
– Supervised a student project under course BL39C.  
– The AR interacted with visiting students and Faculty of
Ramapo College, N.J., USA on behalf of DLS.   
Outreach
– The AR collaborated with the Research and Development
Dept., Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG) on various research
initiatives.
– The AU is assisting the School of Hope efforts to resuscitate
soil conservation and agricultural endeavours, firstly by helping
with development of a project document to seek sponsorship
from funding agencies.
– The AR sat on the panel for the Capital and Credit Merchant
Bank, and National Youth in Agriculture/ RADA scholarship
interviews.
– The AU is collaborating with the Sugar Industry Research
Institute (SIRI) to develop a “Plan of Work” which will
ultimately address management of plant nematode infestation
of sugarcane fields.
– The AR is External Examiner, College of Agriculture, Science
and Education. Four courses were evaluated.
– Soil and plant samples were analyzed for noxious   nematodes
on behalf of farmers, householders, institutions or agencies
(including Jamaica House/Vale Royal, the Cayman Islands
Department of Agriculture, St. Mary Banana, the Sugar Industry 
Research Institute (SIRI), NEPA, RADA, Baronhall Coffee
Estates, etc.) and relevant nematode control recommendations
or assistance with addressing plant nematode problems given.  
– The AR attended/participated in several conferences, seminars, 
field days, career days,  training days, workshops, symposia and
other such events hosted by UWI, various high schools,
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MINAG, CARDI, IICA, NEPA, the Jamaican Society for
Agricultural Sciences (JSAS), etc., and  sat on sundry MINAG
Committees set up to address topical issues.
PUBLIC SERVICE
– Life Member, the Jamaican Society for Agricultural Sciences;
– Treasurer, the National Food and Nutrition Co-ordinating
Committee of Jamaica (NFNCCJ); 
– Member, National Youth in Agriculture/RADA Schools’
Agricultural Programme Committee;
– Member, Publications Committee, Research and Development
Dept., Ministry of Agriculture;
– Chairman, Bellevue Hospital Foundation of Friends;
– Member, Agriculture Industry Lead Group, the National
Training Agency, HEART Trust;
– Member, The Bureau of Standards/Jamaica Agriculture
Produce Technical Sub-Committee;
– Member, Plant Health Coordinating Committee.
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CENTRE FOR GENDER AND
DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
MONA CAMPUS UNIT
Leith Dunn, BA (Hons), MSc (Sociology & Social Psy) UWI, 
PhD (Sociology) London School of Economics 
– Head of Unit
Staffing
Professor Barbara Bailey, Univer- sityDirector, CGDS Regional
Coordinating Unit, provided oversight of
the Teaching, Research and Outreach
programmes between August 2005 and
March 31, 2006. Dr. Leith Dunn was
appointed Senior Lecturer/ Head and
assumed duties on April 3, 2006. The
Finance and General Purposes
Committee gave its approval for the
establishment of a Clerical Assistant post
and Mr. Rodrick Brown was the
incumbent in that post. The staff team
now includes: Dr. Leith Dunn,
Head/Senior Lecturer, Ms. June Castello, Lecturer, Dr. Annecka
Marshall, Lecturer, Ms. Beverly Shirley, Senior Administrative Assistant,
Ms. Althea Perkins, Research Assistant and Mr. Rodrick Brown, Clerical
Assistant.
Ms. Suzanne Charles, Junior Research Fellow, Coordinator for The
Gender Differentials at the Secondary and Tertiary Levels of the
Educational System in the Anglophone Caribbean project,
spearheaded by the Regional Coordinating Unit (RCU) was re-assigned
from the Mona Unit, to the RCU, on January 16, 2006. Staffing was
adversely affected by budgetary constraints and the post of Research
Assistant was discontinued. Consequently, Ms. Althea Perkins demitted
office on July 31, 2006.
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OBUS Assessment Review of the Mona Campus Unit
An External Assessment Review of the Mona Unit was conducted by the
Board of Undergraduate Studies, in April 2006 and the report was
submitted. The Review Team comprised Professor Pauline Gardiner-
Barber of Dalhousie University, Professor Bridget Brereton of the UWI
Cave Hill Campus and Mrs. Mary Clarke, Child Advocate and former
Social Policy Manager at the Planning Institute of Jamaica.
Implementation of the Review Team’s recommendations commenced
with a joint review of CGDS courses with the RCU to better respond to
the emerging gender and development issues, and to ensure closer
articulation between diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
Initiatives to expand research and outreach programmes have progressed.
A concept paper on emerging gender and development issues in the
Caribbean was prepared for the CGDS Regional Strategic Planning
meeting in June 2006 and a stakeholder consultation was held in July 2006
to guide future programmes. 
Staff Development and Training
The Unit’s Staff Development Programme was enhanced to support
personal academic and professional growth and is expected to boost
morale and productivity. Staff have participated in the following training
courses to upgrade skills in: Use of Qualitative Data Analysis Software
(ATLAS.ti); Endowment and fundraising; Performance Management for
Deans and Heads of Departments, use On-line Library Journals and
databases. 
TEACHING
Undergraduate Teaching
The Mona Unit continued to offer six (6) courses for a Minor in Gender
and Development Studies.  Two Level 3 courses previously developed by
Dr Patricia Mohammed were approved by the Quality Assurance
Academic Committee. The Unit hosted a regional curriculum planning
workshop for these two courses (Philosophy of Gender and the
Philosophy of Gender in Caribbean Thought) in preparation for teaching
the courses for delivery on each campus in AY2006/7 and AY2007/8.
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The proposal to offer a Major in Gender and Development Studies was
further advanced by the preparation of a concept paper by Professor
Barbara Bailey which was discussed at the CGDS Regional Strategic
Planning Meeting at St Augustine in June 2006. Follow-up discussions
continued with the Dean and staff of the Faculty of Social Sciences.   
Staff of the Mona Unit, Dr Annecka Marshall and Ms Castello also
delivered, monitored and examined courses offered in the Distance-mode
Diploma in Gender and Development Studies programme offered by the
CGDS Regional Coordinating Unit. 
Graduate Teaching and Supervision
Dr Annecka Marshall, Ms June Castello and Dr Dunn taught courses in
the MSc Gender and Development Studies Programme coordinated by
the CGDS RCU. 
Dr Dunn was appointed supervisor for one MPhil student in Gender and
Development Studies and two MSc students in SALISES and as examiner
for one MSc Sociology student at St Augustine and one MSc student at
SALISES.
Dr Marshall supervised three MPhil students in Cultural Studies and
Philosophy Departments and serves as a member of the Supervisory Panel 
for one MPhil Student.  
Ms June Castello supervised the research projects of two (2) postgraduate
students. 
Ms Althea Perkins supervised two (2) students in the School of
International Training. 
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Individual staff members continued to pursue their individual research
interests which ranged from issues related to: Gender and Theology;
Gender, Sexuality and HIV/AIDS as well as Gender, Work and Trade. 
Staff Research Activities
• Dr. Dunn is involved in research on Gender and Work including
a study on the Unconditional Worst Forms of Child Labour for
the ILO.
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• Dr. Annecka Marshall is involved in two research projects on
Gender and Sexuality
• Ms June Castello is involved in postgraduate research on
Gender and Theology:
• Ms. June Castello and Ms. Althea Perkins wrote & edited Unit
1 of the Module Understanding Sex and Gender for a
UNIFEM/UNICEF CD-ROM project.
• Ms. Althea Perkins coordinated the RCU’s Gender and
Training Project on Gender Socialization, Schooling and
Violence and presented the findings at a CARICOM/CGDS
RCU/UNIFEM Workshop in Dominica, May 3-4, 2006. 
• Ms Perkins also participated in writing a Training Manual on
Gender, Sexuality and HIV/AIDS and served as a trainer for two
(2) workshops held in Trinidad and Tobago and in Jamaica under
this UNIFEM/CGDS TT project.
• Ms Shirley served as a researcher for the Jamaica Economy Since 
Independence project and also made progress in writing her
MPhil dissertation. 
Outreach Activities
The Mona Unit continued to commemorate international events such as
the International Day Against Violence Against Women, International
Women’s Day and UWI Research Day among others. 
Teaching Assessment  
The mean scores and response rates of AY 2005/6 teaching assessment
exercise were as follows:
Course Lecturer Course Response %
Mean score Mean score
AR2OB 3.9 3.9 53
AR20M 4.5 4.3 64
AR20A 4.5 4.3 31
AR21A 4.8 4.2 54
SY37G (Sem 1) 4.6 4.4 40
SY37G (Sem 2 3.7 3.6 49
No of Academic staff members: 3
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STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING
The Mona Unit’s Staff Development Programme was enhanced to
support personal academic and professional growth which should boost
morale and productivity. Staff have participated in the following training
to upgrade skills in: Use of Qualitative Data Analysis Software (ATLAS.ti); 
Endowment and fundraising; Performance Management for Deans and
Heads of Departments, use On-line Library Journals and databases. 
TARGETS FOR 2006/7
The main targets set for the 2006/7 academic year are as follows:
1. Curriculum/Teaching
Increase quality and scope of course offerings in response to AQAC
review recommendations and expand multidisciplinary teaching
partnerships.
• Host curriculum planning workshop for Philosophy of Gender
courses and teach one (1) in Semester 2 of AY2006/7.Revise and
resubmit six undergraduate course outlines to Gender Board and
AQAC for approval.
• Develop two new undergraduate course outlines
• Present guest lectures and supervise students as requested.
• Increase use of multimedia teaching methods
• Conclude dialogue with relevant Departments and Boards to
offer a Major in Gender and Development Studies for AY2007/8
• Organise gender courses for Summer School 2007
Research  and Publications
Increase  research  projects and publications in the Mona Unit (MU)
• Continue preparation of research proposals to increase staff and
Unit research output and publications
• Recruit Research Associates to implement research projects as
needed.
• Complete a minimum of four publications: Working Paper 4;
LMM’s Thesis with U Press; LMM Lecture and one other.
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• Facilitate staff participation in a minimum of three (3) academic
conferences
• Participate in Caribbean Gender Review On-Line Journal
Outreach
• Increase awareness of MU programmes and gender issues
• Establish and launch MU website
• Develop partnerships related to four (4) emerging gender and
development issues: trade; violence/HIV/AIDS; economic
empowerment; governance.
• Organise three ‘Conversations with Gender’ sessions
• Organise Dorian Powell Prize Awards Ceremony and select
winners for AY 05/06.
• Organise Lucille Mathurin Mair Annual Lecture
• Organise outreach to one teachers’ training institution and two
secondary schools
Increase revenue to Mona Unit 
• Prepare funding proposals and expand consultancies Fundraise
for special events and upgrade equipment 
• Increase Summer School advertising.
Support UWI Strategic Initiatives
• Strategic Planning process;
• Wellness Programme: implementation of HIV/AIDS and Sexual
harassment policies
• Student Mentorship Programme
• Disaster Risk Management Centre
• Centre for Communications for Development
• Research Day and Academic Conferences, Faculty and Board
meetings 
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COLLABORATION IN PUBLICATIONS
The MU increased efforts to augment the number of publications. The
Unit supported the editing of Dr. Lucille Mathurin Mair’s thesis:’A
Historical Study of Women in Jamaica from 1655 to 1844’ by Professor
Verene Shepherd and Professor Hilary Beckles which will be published in
March 2007, jointly by the CGDS Mona Unit and the UWI Press.   Ms
Castello edited articles for Working Paper #4 and wrote the preface.
Provisions were also made to publish the Lucille Mathurin Mair Public
Lecture. 
PAPERS PRESENTED
Dr. Leith Dunn
• ‘Women in philanthropy: from traditional to trans- formational
leadership in the 21st Century’. Caribbean Conference on
Philanthropy, Montego Bay, May 2-5 2006.
Dr Annecka Marshall
• ‘Beyond Tying The Bull Or Breaking In The Stud: Debunking
The Pimpology of Male Sexuality in the Caribbean’ Caribbean
Conference in honour of Professor Barry Chevannes, UWI,
Mona Campus, January 2006.
• ‘Mounting a Challenge: Questioning The Historical Myth Of The
Black Jezebel And Modern Representations Of Black Female
Sexuality’. Presentation for Black History Month, Irvine Hall,
Mona Campus, February 2006.
• ‘Jezebels, Soca And Dancehall Divas: The Impact of Images Of
Femininity Upon Social Policies And Gender Relationships In
The Caribbean’. Presented at Annual Conference, Sir Arthur
Lewis Institute, Sherbourne Centre, Barbados, March 2006. 
Ms. June Castello
• (with Ms. Gabrielle Hosein) “Thinking Gender and
Development” Workshop-CGDS, St. Augustine, hosted for UN
staff, UN House, December 12, 2005 
Ms Beverly Shirley
• ‘Women’s Activism and the Environment: Guyana and Barbados
in the 1970s: Identity, Worldview and Religion: Beyond
Caribbean Cultural Norms –Conference in honour of Professor
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Barry Chevannes: University of the West Indies, Mona Campus
January 2006
• ‘Contemporary Women’s Activism and the Equality Question’
Annual Conference Sir Arthur Lewis Institute: Sherbourne
Centre, Barbados: March 29-31, 2006
• ‘The Renaissance of the Caribbean Women’s Movement: A
Comparative Study of Trinidad, Barbados, Guyana & Jamaica’
SALISES Seminar: April 25, 2006  
INCOME GENERATION
The Unit received a consultancy fee of $25,000 for co-facilitating a
regional UNDP/OECS/CCNAPC workshop for national HIV/AIDS
Coordinating Committees to develop gender-sensitive HIV/AIDS
policies and programmes. The CGDS RCU also transferred a grant of
J$150,000 from the Making of the Caribbean Project to the Mona Unit to
publish Working Paper #4 on Gender, Masculinities and the
Workplace. As at August 31 2006, accumulated revenue from Summer
School was over J$1.1m 
PUBLIC SERVICE
Dr Leith Dunn:
– Member, CGDS On-Line Journal Caribbean Review of Gender 
Studies Board
– Member, Advisory Committee, Jamaican Economy Project
(JEP) 
– Member, Board of the Shortwood Teachers’ College 
– Chair, Inter American Development Bank’s Civil Society
Advisory Committee
– Member, Editorial Board, Convergence Magazine, Canada
– Chair, ILO Advisory Committee on Child Labour Statistics,
Geneva.
Dr Annecka Marshall and Ms Castello participated in a number of radio 
interview programmes. 
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CATEGORIES OF STUDENTS
Undergraduate Teaching
Five (5) undergraduate courses were offered by the Unit in Semesters 1
and 2 of the 2005/6 AY and three (3) courses were offered in the Summer
Semester. SY37G continued to be offered in all three semesters in
response to popular demand. Three lecturers taught the courses presented 
in Table 1 and total student registration was 447. A graduate student was
recruited to give tutorial assistance to SY37G. Table 2 presents graduate
and other courses taught by CGDS MU staff.
Table1.CGDS Mona Unit Undergraduate Courses (Minor) for AY2005/6
Course Title Sem Reg. Lecturer
SY37G Sex, Gender and Society   1 103 Annecka
Marshall
AR21A Introduction to   1   13 Annecka 
Women’s Studies 1 Marshall
AR20A Gender in Caribbean   1   72 June Castello
Culture 1
AR20B Gender in Caribbean   2   34 Annecka
Culture I Marshall
AR20M Introduction to Men and   2   41 June Castello
Masculinities in the Caribbean
SY37G Sex, Gender and Society   2 119 June Castello
SUMMER SCHOOL
SY37G; AR20A; AR20M
Coordinator: Beverly Shirley   3   65 J Castello
A Perkins
      TOTAL  447
Table 2. Summary of Teaching for AY 2005/6
Lecturer Undergraduate Graduate Diploma Other
Teaching Teaching Programme teaching
Sem Guest lecture
June Castello AR20A 1 GS60A (T33N) UTC
AR20M 2 GS62A
SY37G 2 Guest lecture
SY37G 3 (SIT)
AR20A 3
Annecka SY37G 1 GS66A GEND2103
Marshall AR21A 1
AR20B 2
Althea Perkins GEND1201
(Research GEND1001
Assistant)                     GEND1105
Leith Dunn 2 GS63B Guest Lecture:
                     Sociology/PIOJ
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EARTHQUAKE UNIT
Margaret D. Wiggins-Grandison BSc UWI, MS Atl. U,
PhD U. Bergen  – Research Fellow/Seismologist
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
Caribbean Tsunami Warning System
Arising from the devastating BoxingDay 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the
US Government mandated the US
Geological Survey and the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- tion 
to establish a Tsunami Warning System
(TWS) in the Caribbean.  To this end the
Caribbean is to receive nine Very Broad-
Band six-component seis- mograph
stations of the highest quality and five Deep 
Ocean Assessment and Reporting of
Tsunamis (DART) II buoys each having
real-time satellite communication links with the USGS National
Earthquake Information Centre or NOAA. In December two members
of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) team visited Jamaica to
discuss with the GOJ the establishment of one of the seismograph stations 
in Jamaica. The project would be financed entirely by the US Government
including training of locals in maintaining the station and delivering the
data to the EQU, who would operate as the first local contact.  Dr.
Wiggins-Grandison took the visitors to three sites that satisfied their
requirements, NEJ, BBJ and CVJ that were also existing stations of the
Jamaica Seismograph Network.  CVJ was selected with BBJ as the runner-
up.  An MOU outlining the terms of the bilateral cooperation was
presented to the GOJ. On Earthquake Awareness Day in January 2006 the 
then Ministry of Land and Environment held a press conference in which
an intention to sign the MOU was signed by her Excellency US
Ambassador Johnson and the Honourable Minister Dean Peart.  At the
time of writing the MOU is still a work in progress.
Spectral Seismic Hazard Maps for Jamaica
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In March two spectral seismic hazard maps representing long and short
period ground accelerations with a two percent probability of exceedence
were handed over to the National Building Code Committee.  The maps
were the result of an extensive study by M. Wiggins-Grandison. They
conform to the guidelines of the International Building Code which is
being promulgated into law for Jamaica.  A brochure on the maps has also
been prepared.  A more detailed paper for publication will follow.
Microzonation of Kingston
M. Wiggins-Grandison attended a second workshop of the UNESCO-
IUGS-IGCP Project 487, “Microzonation of Latin American Cities”. This 
time it was held at the Engineering Department, University of San Jose in
Costa Rica, October 18-26, 2005
Other
As usual staff were involved in the ODPEM’s Earthquake Awareness
Week and Disaster Preparedness Month activities, UWI’s Research Day
and Jamaica National Heritage Trust’s commemoration of the Port Royal
earthquake.  Over 550 students and teachers visited the Unit and the Unit
participated in Savanna-la-Mar Primary’s Disaster Preparedness
exhibitions in June.
About eighty-three (83) trips were made to maintain the three networks of
recording instruments.  
Jamaica Seismograph Network (JSN)
Finally, the last two stations damaged from Hurricane Ivan were dealt
with.  The Jamaica Constabulary erected a new antenna tower at CMJ in
August-September 2005 enabling that station to be rebuilt.  The Harbour
Master’s Department re-roofed the building at PCJ during May to July
2006 enabling both the seismograph and the continuous Global
Positioning System (GPS) receiver to be reinstated in a dry, secure
environment.  Since September 2004 those equipment had been operating 
under a tarpaulin which contributed to the downtime of PCJ as well as
YHJ which is relayed through PCJ.
For northern and western stations much of the down time is attributable
to lightning damage at Cooper’s Hill which is the relay point for these
stations, this despite the use of lightning protection cells. This year,
Cooper’s Hill was placed on solar energy which has decreased the impact
of the damage.  A number of options about how to eliminate/minimize
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this problem were examined including the possibility of shifting the relay
point to Stony Hill, where there has been historically lower incidence of
lightning strikes.  However, a higher tower will be required there to
achieve line-of-sight with the outlying stations.
Figure 1. Station Performance in terms of percentage of earthquakes recorded. 
Most stations rebounded since Hurricane Ivan. Exceptions are: (1) MCJ
that experienced a period of noisy signals caused by weather-worn cables
and weak batteries, which had to be replaced; (2) NEJ that continued to
operate in an electronically noisy environment from which it must be
removed; (3) YHJ that was inaccessible for much of 2005 due to unsafe
road conditions brought on by the excessive rainfall. Stations exhibiting
significant gains over the period include BBJ, CMJ, GWJ, HOJ and MBJ.
[Background is the undeveloped site of NEJ at Mount Airy,
Westmoreland.]
Figure 2.  JSN Performance.
For 2005-6, the number of earthquakes recorded by 9-12 stations
increased three-fold when compared to the previous two years. 
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Concrete plans were drafted to build adequate infrastructure and use solar
energy at stations giving priority to those that need it most, NEJ, YHJ and
BBJ.  Estimates were included in the budget for 2006-7. A significant
amount of investigation concerning the choice of equipment for
upgrading stations from analogue to digital has taken place and will
continue into next year. Investigations also focussed on a new
communication system for staff and digital instruments alike using the flat
rate Oceanic Digital/MiPhone CDMA wireless service.
In March two new personal computers for data acquisition were received
and a new data acquisition system employing an economical 32-channel
SARA digitizer and SEISLOG freeware from University of Bergen was
installed and tested.  The Central Recording Station (CRS) was
rehabilitated and tidied by replacing and ducting weather-worn antenna
cables and internal wiring.  In addition renovation and upgrading to the
solar power system at the CRS began with the aim of improving its
efficiency. 
Following a series of major repairs, the Unit’s vehicle, a 1998 Subaru
Forrester broke down on July 11 and was declared irreparable.  Station
maintenance therefore was hampered until the end of the month when the 
GOJ loaned the Unit a vehicle.  It is anticipated that enough money to
purchase a new 4-wheel drive vehicle will be provided in the 2006-7
budget.
The Jamaica Strong Motion Network
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This year Kinemetrics Inc. repaired and returned to us FOC an ETNA
digital accelerometer that had been damaged since two years ago.
Successive budgets of the EQU could not support the repair cost of
US$3,600.00.  In August 2005 yet another Etna was damaged and repairs
have been assessed at US$2,000.00. Engineers from Oceanic Digital
worked with EQU engineering staff testing wireless CDMA
communications with the ETNA digital instrument.  Aspects of the tests
were positive and supportive of continued testing.
GPS network
A first manuscript that integrated the findings of the initial five years of
GPS measurements in Jamaica with Jamaican seismicity was drafted and
submitted for publication by C. DeMets (U. Wisconsin) and M. Wiggins-
Grandison.
In April the two Ashtech GPS receivers and data-bridges were redeployed
at Pike and at Portland Cottage lighthouse.  During May to July six new
sites were selected for GPS measurements: Manchioneal, Kempshot,
Munro College, Braeton and Manatee Bay both in the Hellshire Hills, and
Big Goat Island.  A short talk on GPS and its use in Jamaica was well
received by Munro College fourth form geography students and teacher,
many of whom had not heard the term before.
Earthquakes Recorded
105 local earthquakes were recorded with magnitudes between 1.1 and 4.3. 
The largest was offshore Black River. Six minor/light earthquakes were
felt, none causing any damage. Another thirty-nine events (39) were
attributed to man-made explosions.
Seismicity for 2005-6 was dominated by earthquakes occurring in the Blue
Mountains, followed by the central Rio Minho-Crawle River fault zone,
the Wagwater Trough South, Wagwater Trough North, Buff Bay and
Montpelier-Newmarket Belt, in that order, all  traditional zones of higher
activity.
Forty-five (45) earthquakes were located in the near-Jamaica region.  Most
were situated in the Oriente Fracture Zone/Cayman Trough that lies
between Jamaica and south-eastern Cuba. In addition 45 regional and 32
distant earthquakes were recorded bringing the total number of events this 
year to 267.
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PAPERS PRESENTED
• M.D. Wiggins-Grandison, “Towards IBC Seismic Hazard Maps
for Jamaica”, 50th Anniversary of the Geological Society of
Jamaica Conference, Mona Visitor’s Lodge, December 1 - 4, 2005 
(oral)
• M.D. Wiggins-Grandison, “Jamaican Seismology with reference
to other islands in the Greater Antilles”, Caribbean Division of
Structural Engineers 2-day conference on Earthquake
Engineering, Mount Irvine Bay Hotel, Tobago, December 5 - 6,
2005 (oral, invited)
• M. D. Wiggins-Grandison, “The Preparation of IBC Seismic
Hazard Maps for Jamaica”, Jamaica Institution of Engineers &
Institution of Structural Engineers – Caribbean Division Joint
Technical Session: Selection of Seismic Design Values for Use in
Jamaica, University of Technology, June 8, 2006 (oral).
INCOME GENERATION
The EQU delivered three small consultations which earned just over
$40,000.00. Work progressed satisfactorily on a seismic risk assessment
for NEM Insurance Company Ltd. The project valued at over $2 million,
involved two weeks of site response measurements in Kingston and
employed one Scientific Officer for one year.
PUBLIC SERVICE
– Member, National Data Centre, Comprehensive (Nuclear)
Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)
– Member, Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks (FDSN)
– Member, International Seismological Centre (ISC)
– Member, Middle America Digital Seismograph Con- sortium
(MIDAS)
– Member, National Committee on Science and Technology
(NCST)
– Member, National Disaster Committee (NDC)
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– Member, US Caribbean Seismic Station Network (USCaribNet)
– Member, West Indies Group of University Teachers Executive
(WIGUT)
– Member, Senior Common Room (SCR) Management
Committee 
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ELECTRON MICROSCOPY UNIT
Klaus W. Wolf, PhD – Head of Unit
WORK OF THE UNIT
Throughout the 2005/2006 acade-mic year, the Electron Micros- copy
(EM) Unit of the Mona Campus
continued to assist Researchers and other 
Interest Groups to achieve their goals of
obtaining results in and gaining a better
understanding of optical and electron
microscopy. Services and tuition in the
fields of Electron Microscopy, various
forms of Optical Microscopy (OM) and
Macro-Photography (MP) were
provided. Researchers on and off the
Mona Campus, Postgraduate, Undergraduate, and High School-students
benefited from the EM Unit. Table 1 indicates services that the EM Unit
has provided. 
Tab. 1: Services provided by the EM Unit during the academic year
2005/2006
Specimen Technique Institution
Algae and asbestos OM RPS Health, Safety & Environment, 
Scotland
Artemia species OM Dept. Life Sci., UWI, Mona
Aquatic Hemiptera OM Dept. Life Sci., UWI, Mona
Barb of a stingray OM Dept. Basic Med. Sci., UWI, Mona
Cactus fruit MP Dept. Life Sci, UWI, Mona
Fungi MP Dept. Life Sci, UWI, Mona
Larvae and eggs of Lepidoptera OM Dept. Life Sci., UWI, Mona
Mullet stomach content OM Dept. Life Sci, UWI, Mona
Pimento flower OM Dept. Life Sci, UWI, Mona
Rat synovial joints OM Dept. Basic Med. Sci, UWI, Mona
Rock samples OM (polarization) Dept. Geology and Geography,
UWI, Mona (three different sets of
investigators)
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Small intestine of the rat OM Dept. Basic Med. Sci, UWI, Mona
Snails OM Dept. Life Sci., UWI, Mona
Snail shells MP, OM Dept. Life Sci, UWI, Mona
Sponges OM Dept. Chemistry, UWI, Mona
Sponge spicules OM Dept. Life Sci., UWI, Mona
Starfish OM Dept. Life Sci, UWI, Mona
Turmeric rhizome OM (fluorescence Ministry of Commerce, Science &
microscopy) Technology, Jamaica  
Unidentified Scolytid beetle OM Ministry of Commerce, Science &
Technology, Jamaica  
Urine sediments OM International Center for Nuclear
and Environmental Sciences, UWI,
Mona
Vertebrate Tissue OM Dept. Basic Med. Sci., UWI, Mona
Worm from infected human eye OM Dept. Microbiology, UWI, Mona 
The EM Unit organized and conducted laboratory sessions in the course
“Virology” offered by the Department of Life Sciences. The main feature
of the laboratories involved negative staining of isolated viruses and
Transmission Electron Microscopy. In addition the EM Unit contributed
a laboratory session (including the marking of assignments) to the course
“Research Methods” offered by the Department of Chemistry. The
laboratory dealt with electron diffraction and polarization microscopy.
Interns from the Cytology Unit of the University Hospital of the West
Indies were also exposed to the operations of the transmission electron
microscope. 
Collaborations were established with researchers abroad, as indicated in
Table 2. The analysis of water samples from tank Bromeliads revealed a
number of new species. One of them was named Spathididum wolfii to
acknowledge the local collaborator Dr. Wolf (published in: Foissner, W.
and Xu, K., 2006, Monograph of the Spathidiidae: Protospathidiidae,
Arcuospathidiidae, Apertos- pathulidae;  Vol. 1 Monographiae Biologicae
Series, Kluwer Academic Publishers).
Tab. 2 Collaborations with the EM Unit in the academic year 2005/2006
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Subject Collaborator
Ciliates in the water body of tank Bromeliads Zoologist at the “Institut für organismische
Biologie”, Universitat Salzburg (Austria)
Kinetics of spermatogenesis in local lizards Zoologist at the Department of Zoology,
Wittenberg University, Ohio, USA
PUBLICATIONS 
Refereed
* Webster, S.A.; Mitchell, S.A.; Reid, W.A.; Ahmad, M.H.  (2006)
Somatic embryogenesis from leaf and zygotic embryo of Blighia 
sapida ‘Cheese’ ackee. In Vitro cell. Dev. Biol. 42: 467 - 472
Non-Refereed
* Wolf, K.W.; Gardner, M. (2005) The Bleeding Tooth Nerite” A
case for the malacologist and not the dentist. Sunday Gleaner,
Aug. 7 p. B12 
* Wolf, K.W. (2005) Peeney- Walley the money maker. ‘UWI’s
Eye On Science’ Daily Gleaner, Oct. 13, p. C11 
* Reid, W. Wolf, K.W. (2006). The place where you can see what
you cannot see, Daily Gleaner, Feb. 2, p. D8.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Dr. Wolf 
– ad hoc referee, Journal of the Entomological Research Society
– ad hoc referee, Acta Zoologica.
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INSTITUTE OF CARIBBEAN STUDIES
Professor Carolyn Cooper, BA UWI, MA, PhD Toronto – Director
WORK OF THE INSTITUTE
The 2005-2006 academic year was one oftransition for the Institute of Caribbean 
Studies (ICS) and the Reggae Studies Unit
(RSU).  Mr. Joseph Pereira, who had been
Director of the Institute from September 1,
1995, demitted office on September 3, 2005
and Prof. Carolyn Cooper, Co-ordinator of
the Reggae Studies Unit, succeeded him.  In
addition, on the initiative of the new
Director, the institutional structure of the
ICS was changed, as of November 2005,
from a Special Project to a Department funded through the University
Grants Committee. In August 2005, thanks to the vision of Dean Brown,
the office was relocated from the rather cramped Room 73 to the more
spacious Arts Conference Room, a major infrastructural development that 
has certainly enhanced both the work and the image of the Institute.
As part of its outreach agenda, the Institute submitted a proposal for the
establishment of The Michael Manley Centre for Global Dialogue.
The Centre, which has been approved in principle, is awaiting funding
through the Mona Finance and General Purposes Committee to become
operational.
The primary projects of the Centre in its initial stage of development
include:
– The Michael Manley Scholar-in-Residence programme,
analogous to the Fulbright Fellowship or the Rhodes
Scholarship, that would attract to the Mona campus for a one-
year residency an outstanding academic working in any of the
fields associated with Mr. Manley’s multifaceted career.
– The Annual Michael Manley Lecture to be delivered by the
Visiting Scholar or any distinguished academic, politician, artist
or public intellectual who embodies the Manley legacy.
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– An inter-disciplinary graduate colloquium, “Global
Dialogues on Post-Colonial Theory and Praxis,” that would
include interrogation of Mr. Manley’s writings and life work.
– An inter-disciplinary undergraduate course, “The Michael
Manley Legacy,” that would focus on the making of a post-
colonial politician/intellectual.
– A co-curricular programme of cultural activities named in
honour of Mr. Manley, for example an annual debate, a cricket
match and a community service project.
Academic Staff
Within the ICS there are two full-time lecturers: Mr. Cecil Gutzmore who
teaches FD11A – Caribbean Civilisation; and Dr. Sonjah Stanley Niaah
who teaches undergraduate courses in Cultural Studies and co-ordinates
the graduate course, AR 600 – Colloquium in Cultural Studies.  There are
also three part-time lecturers: Mr. Jalani Niaah, lecturer in Rastafari
Studies; Ms Deborah Hickling who teaches AR25F – Caribbean Films and 
their Fictions; and Rev. Ashley Smith who teaches AR25X – African
Religious Retentions in the Caribbean. An additional part-time lecturer,
Mr. Arthur Newland, was employed this year to teach one of the courses
in the Rastafari Studies Minor, AR35R – Rastafari in the Global Context.
Administrative Staff
The ICS Administrative Officer, Mr. Winston Campbell demitted office at 
the end of the 2004-2005 academic year to pursue further academic work
at the University of Essex in the UK and Ms. Lorna Smith succeeded him.
She is supported by two departmental awardees in the graduate
programme in Cultural Studies: Mr. Miguel Williams is assigned to the
RSU and Ms. Mitzie Reid to the ICS.  One undergraduate student, Ms.
Sheika Henry, is employed to handle the sales of texts for the foundation
course FD11A.  
Overall Teaching Achievement
Student evaluation of courses taught at the undergraduate level for
Semesters I and II are as follows:
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Semester I
Course Code Lecturer Lecturer Course
Mean  Mean
FD11A (1) Mr. Cecil Gutzmore 4.0    3.7
FD11A (2) Mr. Cecil Gutzmore 3.7    3.5
FD11A (3) Mr. Cecil Gutzmore 4.1   3.8
FD11A (4) Mr. Cecil Gutzmore 4.0   3.5
AR20R Mr. Jalani Niaah 4.4   3.9
AR25A Dr. Sonjah Stanley Niaah4.0   3.7
AR25R Mr. Jalani Niaah 4.3   4.1
Semester II
Course Code Lecturer Lecturer Course
Mean Mean
FD11A(1) Mr. Cecil Gutzmore       3.4    2.8
FD11A(2) Mr. Cecil Gutzmore       3.5    2.9
FD11A(3) Mr. Cecil Gutzmore       3.9    3.4
FD11A(4) Mr. Cecil Gutzmore 3.5    2.9
FD11A(5) Mr. Cecil Gutzmore 3.6    3.3
AR25F       Ms. Deborah Hickling 3.7    2.8
AR25X Rev. Ashley Smith 3.9    3.7
AR35A Dr. Sonjah Stanley Niaah3.8    3.5
AR333 Mr. Jalani Niaah 4.1    4.0
AR35R Mr. Arthur Newland 3.3    3.1
PAPERS PRESENTED
Professor Carolyn Cooper: (Please refer to the Department of
Literatures in English 2005-2006 Departmental Report for Professor
Cooper’s presented papers, publications and public service.)
Mr. Cecil Gutzmore
• “Kin, Land and Ancestor: Africans and the Issue of Land, Past
and Future Perspectives.” Public lecture, University of Namibia,
August 22, 2005
Dr. Sonjah Stanley Niaah
• “Black Performance Geographies from Slave Ship to Ghetto.”
The Annual Philip Sherlock Lecture, UWI, Mona, February 27,
2006
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• “Dancehall, Limbo and the Sacred Performance Space,”
Symposium, “Tambu Today – Jonkonnu Tomorrow,” Edna
Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, March 2,
2006.  
• (with Jalani Niaah):  “‘Reflection’ from the Margin: Jah Cure,
Rastafari and the New Leadership through Stardom.”
Conference in honour of Professor Barry Chevannes, January 19
- 21, 2006, UWI, Mona.
• Dancehall and its Philosophy of Boundarylessness.” Caribbean
Heritage Week Celebrations, Brown University, Rhode Island,
March 6, 2006.
• “A Common Space: Dancehall, Kwaito and New World
Performance.” 6th International Association of Cultural Studies
Crossroads Conference, Istanbul, July 20 - 23, 2006.
Mr. Jalani Niaah
• “‘Chanting Down Babylon’: The Evolution of the Nyabinghi into 
the Twenty-First Century.” Symposium,  “Tambu Today –
Jonkonnu Tomorrow,” Edna Manley College of the Visual and
Performing Arts, March 2, 2006.
• “Rasta Teacher: Leadership, Pedagogy & the New Faculty of
Interpretation,” PhD Cultural Studies viva, April 11, 2006, UWI,
Mona.
Mr. Arthur Newland
• “Rastafari and the imperative of African Caribbean Family
Unity,” Conference in honour of Professor Barry Chevannes,
January 19-21, 2006, UWI, Mona. 
Rev.  Ashley Smith
• “The Church’s Answer to Corruption in National Affairs,”
Pastors in Action Conference, October 2005, Kingston, Jamaica.
• “Appropriate Spirituality for the Caribbean.” Biennial meeting of
the Executive Committee of the Caribbean Federation for Mental 
Health, October 2005, Barbados.
• “The Cultural Dimensions of Religion,” AR600 – Colloquium in
Cultural Studies, March 24, 2006, UWI, Mona, and at a
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Symposium on Muslim/Christian Dialogue, March 25, 2006, St.
Michael’s Seminary, Kingston.
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed
Dr. Sonjah Stanley Niaah.
* “Readings of ‘Ritual’ and Community in Dancehall
Performance.” Wadabagei 9:2, (April 2006): 47-73.
* “Canvasses of [Jamaican] Representation: Comment on
Deborah Thomas’ ‘Public Bodies…’” The Journal of Latin
American Anthropology, 11: 1 (2006): 32-36
* “Kingston’s Dancehall Spaces.” Jamaica Journal, 29: 3 (March
2006):14-21. 
* “Dis Slackness Ting: A Review of Dichotomizing Narratives in
Jamaican Dancehall.” Cultural Studies Initiative special issue,
Caribbean Quarterly, 51: 3&4, (Sept-Dec. 2005): 55-76.
Mr. Jalani Niaah.
* “Sensitive Scholarship: A Review of Rastafari Literatures.”
Caribbean Quarterly Vol. 51, 3&4, (Sept-Dec. 2005): 11-34.
* “Absent Father(s), Garvey’s Scattered Children and the Back to
Africa Movement,” Negotiating Modernity, Africa’s Ambivalent
Experience; ed. by Elisio Salvado Macamo: CODESRIA Africa
in the New Millennium series, ZED Publishers 2005, pp. 19-43.
Non-refereed:
Dr. Sonjah Stanley-Niaah
* “Dancehall: Celebrating 20 years in 2K5.” Buzz: Caribbean
Lifestyle Magazine, Vol. 2 #1, July - August 2005.
INCOME GENERATION
• The ICS continues to benefit from sale of the FD11A course
readers: Journeying After Arrival volumes one and two.  To date the
Institute has earned over one million dollars ($1,000,000+) from
sale of these texts, AR600 course packs, and course packs and
articles for the Rastafari Studies courses.  
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• Seventy-Five U.S. (US$75.00) dollars were given to the Institute
by the University of Minnesota as a contribution towards the
book launch of Thomas Glave. 
• A grant of One Hundred Thousand dollars ($100,000.00) was
received from the Bob Marley Foundation to assist with funeral
expenses for the late ICS Research Fellow, Mr. Mortimo Planno
in March 2006.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Dr. Sonjah Stanley Niaah
– Associate Editor, Wadabagei
– Advisor, Jamaican Music Museum development project
committee, Institute of Jamaica
Mr. Cecil Gutzmore
– Member, African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica (ACIJ) Board
appointed by the Minister of Youth and Culture
CATEGORIES OF STUDENTS
Undergraduate:
The interest in Cultural Studies and the number of students registered in
courses grew significantly in the 2005-2006 Academic year. The Institute
introduced a minor in Rastafari Studies comprising one existing course
and four new ones:
AR25R – The Culture of Rastafari (existing)
AR20R – Introduction to Caribbean Folk Philosophy 
AR20X – Modern Ethiopianism, Theory and Practice 
AR35R – Rastafari in the Global Context
AR333 – Reggae Aesthetics and the Dialogue of African Diasporan 
Resistance [year-long] 
Two new courses were introduced in the minor in Cultural Studies:
AR35A – Discourses in Cultural Studies
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AR25S – Deconstructing the Culture of Sports (not taught because
of low registration)
The Institute continues to grow as a research centre for UWI students and
foreign affiliates.  
Course registrations are as follows:
Course Course Title Semester Registration
Code
FD11A Caribbean Civilisation     1  886
AR25A Introduction to Caribbean          1             50
Cultural Studies
AR25R The Culture of Rastafari        1   45
AR20R Introduction to Caribbean           1   16
Folk Philosophy
FD11A Caribbean Civilisation           2         1203
AR25F Caribbean Films and Their Fictions           2   38
AR25X African Religious Retentions      2   53
in the Caribbean
AR35A Discourses in Cultural Studies     2            14
AR35R  Rastafari in the Global Context           2   17
AR333 Reggae Aesthetics and African 
Diasporan Resistance       1 & 2              5
FD11A Caribbean Civilisation          3 102
AR25R The Culture of Rastafari                        3   26
Postgraduate:
There were fifty-six (56) students registered in the graduate programme in
Cultural Studies.  Fifteen (15) new students enrolled in the 2005-2006
academic year, five (5) of whom entered the Ph.D. programme - two (2)
full-time and three (3) part-time.  Ten (10) entered the M.Phil.
programmee – four (4) full-time and six (6) part-time. 
Mr. Jalani Niaah successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis and became the
second Ph.D student to graduate from the Cultural Studies programme
since its inception in 1998. Ms Vivienne Pitter, who submitted her M.Phil.
dissertation in 2004, was successful in her examination and is the second
M.Phil student to have graduated. 
The total number of students registered in the graduate programme far
exceeds the Institute’s capacity to provide appropriate supervision of
research.  The Director proposed that acceptance of students into the
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programme be suspended for a year in order to consolidate resources:
Students currently enrolled would be guided to   completion of   their  
programme   of   study;  and the graduate programme could be
restructured, in anticipation of the introduction of the Diploma and MA
programmes in Cultural Studies. 
The Graduate Retreat was held on the weekend of November 18, 2005 at
Bellevue House. Students presented seminar papers and discussed matters 
pertaining to the programme.  A Graduate Social, held on February 17,
2006, provided another opportunity for students to discuss a wide range
of issues such as supervision of research and the requirements for
completing their programme.  It was agreed that each student would meet
with the Course Co-ordinator and the Director to address her/his
particular concerns.  These meetings took place in May.  
Course Registrations
Course Course Title Semester Registration
Code
AR600 Graduate Colloquium in        1 & 2   20
            Cultural Studies
PAPERS PRESENTED
BY GRADUATE STUDENTS IN CULTURAL STUDIES
Mr. Peter Harding
• “Theological Reflections: Violence and the Christian
Perspective,” The Whole Person Resources Centre (WPRC)
Conference on Violence, November 12, 2005, Social Welfare
Training Centre, UWI, Mona
• “Values and Norms Within Sub-Cultures: A Cultural Studies
Perspective, The Jamaican Experience,” Conference in honour of 
Professor Barry Chevannes,  January 19-21, 2006, UWI, Mona.
• “Where are the Jamaican Youth and What AreThey Doing?”
156th General Assembly of the Jamaica Baptist Union Mission to
Youth, February 22-26, 2006, Boulevard Baptist Church,
Kingston
Miss Karen Levy
• “Male Domination in Jamaican Dancehall," Association of
Cultural Studies Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, July 20-23, 2006.
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Miss Mitzie Reid
• “Inserting/Asserting the Folk Way as the Viable Alternative: the
Submerged/Emerging Pathway in the Works of Kamau
Brathwaite,” the 25th Annual Conference on West Indian
Literature, March 2-4, 2006, UWI, St.  Augustine.
THE REGGAE STUDIES UNIT
WORK OF THE UNIT
Given the added responsibilities of the current Co-ordinator of the
Reggae Studies Unit, Professor Carolyn Cooper, as Director of the
Institute of Caribbean Studies, there was an inevitable shift of emphasis.  
Nevertheless, Professor Cooper ensured that work in Reggae Studies was
advanced.   Mr. Miguel Williams, who received a departmental award in
Cultural Studies, was assigned the task of developing an annotated
bibliography of the RSU audiotaped lectures housed in the the Radio
Education Unit,  in collaboration with the Staff Tutor, Miss June Barbour. 
Teaching
The level II course, E27D – Reggae Poetry, designed by Professor
Cooper, was offered for the first time in the second semester of the 2005-
2006 academic year by the Department of Literatures in English. Fifty-five 
(55) students registered for the course.  Prof. Cooper was ably assisted by
Ms Tanya Shirley who tutored in the course.  Guest lectures were given by
Dr. Nadi Edwards, Mr. Cecil Gutzmore and Mr. Jalani Niaah.  The
popularity of Reggae Poetry confirms the fact that there is a ready market
for courses that speak to our students cultural reality.  Though taught in
the Department of Literatures in English, this course should clearly be
cross-listed as one that can be applied to the Minor in Cultural Studies.
Work was also advanced on the undergraduate degree programme in
Entertainment and Cultural Enterprise Management, spearheaded by Mr.
Kam-Au Amen.  This innovative programme will certainly enhance the
profile of the Reggae Studies Unit as a leader in multi-disciplinary research
and teaching.
INCOME GENERATION
The Reggae Studies Unit was awarded a grant of $1,000,000.00 from the
CHASE fund to assist in hosting a conference on “Global Reggae: 
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Branding Jamaican Popular Culture Internationally.” The conference,
proposed for January 2007 as the third Conference on Caribbean Culture,
had to be postponed because of inadequate funding.  
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INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL AND NUCLEAR
SCIENCES (ICENS)
Professor the Hon. Gerald C. Lalor, OJ, CD, MSc Lond-UCWI, 
PhD Lond. – Director General
WORK OF THE CENTRE
During this period ICENS continued todevelop and strengthen partner- ships
locally and overseas with the establishment
of new working linkages with the Ministries
of: Health, Agriculture, Commerce Science
and Technology; the Rural and Physical
Planning Agency; the Caribbean Food and
Nutrition Institute (CFNI), the Caribbean
Research and Development Institution
(CARDI); the Federal University of Mato
Grosso, Brazil; and Instituto Nacional de
Investigaciones Nucleares (ININ), Mexico.  
Members of the US Department of Energy visited ICENS for discussions
on nuclear safety and security and agreed a mechanism for the return of
the present high enrichment core to the US under the auspices of the
International Atomic Energy Agency in exchange for a low enrichment
core. Funding of the order of US$1,000,000 will be provided.
A distinguished scientific team, Professor Iain Thornton, Professor
Jerome Nriagu, and Professor J. David Robertson, from Imperial College
London, the University of Michigan, and the Research Reactor Center of
the University of Missouri respectively, reviewed the Centre’s
performance to date. The team concluded in summary that:
“Scientists at ICENS have achieved a considerable amount of
original and innovative work, mastered crucial areas of high
technology and information technology which have been used to
highlight areas of research, hitherto neglected in Jamaica, especially
in the development of a thorough understanding of the
geochemistry of the local environment and its effects on human
health. The Center remains an exemplary institution for the
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Caribbean countries that is, and should continue to be, regarded as
a crown jewel for science in the CARICOM states. Investments in
the human resource and infrastructure of ICENS will yield
enormous returns in the sustainable development of Jamaica.” 
The Team produced a number of valuable recommendations which have
been referred to its Board of Directors and will form a basis for certain
discussions with the government of Jamaica. 
Research 
The main research programmes continue to concentrate on the presence
of potentially toxic elements, especially cadmium and lead in Jamaican
soils and the actual and potential effects on agriculture, the economy and
human health. The understanding of food elemental composition is an
important step in this.
Cadmium
The emphasis in now on examining the soil > food > human chain. 
Dietary intakes and concentrations of cadmium in foods are being
measured to compare with health biomarkers, and mortality data.  There
are hints that cadmium may be affecting human health in Jamaica but it
appears not to be a first order effect. 
Additional food data obtained are serving as the core of a new project on
the elemental composition of Jamaican foods. 
Lead 
An island-wide study completed this year identified 230 children, of a
sample of 1081, with blood lead levels above 10 µg/dL, the current
accepted limit.  Of these, 80 were provided with medical attention. Four
were desperately ill from acute lead poisoning necessitating courses of
repeated sessions of chelation therapy. Remedial health, environmental
and educational interventions were also carried out. 
Lead poisoning in Jamaica is a problem of the poor. The most important
source of lead exposure for children is the recovery of lead from old
automobile batteries and the extent of contamination from even a single
smelter can be surprisingly large. Work is continuing on inner city areas for 
which there is already information of a high intensity of lead smelting in
the past leading in some locations to extreme contamination. 
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ICENS’ Databases 
As a result of its research and data gathering, ICENS databases are
growing rapidly. There are now well over 250,000 analytical data entries on 
over 15,000 samples of soils, rocks, surface and ground water, stream
sediments, air particulates, food, blood, animal and human kidney and
liver tissues. The data are complimented by the satellite imagery, and
geographically referenced information on topography, climate, vegetation, 
land use, geology, mineral deposits, and plant productivity. 
Techniques are being developed to utilize Google Earth spatial viewing to
allow overlays and visual links between the various data sets.
Centre Objectives for 2006 – 2007
The main objectives for 2006-2007 are to:
– Identify a suitable replacement for the present DG, who retires
in 2008, to allow a suitable transition period.
– Complete the formalities of the transformation to the
International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences.
– Expand and strengthen the ICENS databases and information
systems. 
– Increase the number and upgrade the skills and competence of
staff.
– Establish new and strengthen existing collaborative linkages
with local, regional and international institutions and with
eminent individuals in related fields.
– Increase the availability of data to stakeholders and the public.
– Increase public awareness in science and technology. 
– Advance research and development projects in, inter alia:
The elemental composition of Jamaican foods;
The health effects of cadmium, lead and other heavy metals
in Jamaican soils;
Soil-food elemental transfer processes and the socio-
economic and health consequences thereof;
The effect of lead smelting on the health of children;
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Trace elements in the human body;
Essential element deficiencies in agricultural crops and
animals.
ICENS undertook cooperative research activities with other Departments 
such as the Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work, the
Health Centre and the Faculty of Medicine, to explore new research
themes for health and poverty alleviation that increase its socio-economic
impact and to better link its own research activities with those of other
collaborators.
Teaching 
Although some members of the Academic staff participate in teaching
programmes, ICENS does not offer formal teaching programmes except
for a few topics mainly for Applied Chemistry in the undergraduate and
graduate programmes using Neutron Activation Analysis and X-ray
Fluorescence techniques. 
Training 
Various staff members attended workshops/training sessions/ seminars.
These included visits to Siebersdorf Laboratories in Vienna; and a two-
week training program in the Analytical Lab at Brandon Agricultural
Research Center, Manitoba Canada. 
PAPERS PRESENTED
• G.C. Lalor,  “Potential Toxicity of Elements in Soils and Foods
in Jamaica”. The Mike D’Silva Memorial Lecture, Medical
Association of Jamaica, Kingston, June 2006.
• M. Vutchkov, G. Lalor and S. Bryan, “Mitigation of Lead
Hazards in Lead Mining and Smelting Communities”  Annual
Science Symposium, Northern Caribbean University, Mandeville, 
April 2006.
• Vaughn Rattray, “Current Research at ICENS”,  9th Meeting of
the Coordinating Council of the Commission on Science and
Technology for Sustainable Development in the South
(COMSATS), Amman, Jordan, March 2006.
• Mitko Vutchkov and Gillian Guthrie, “Mercury in Jamaica”
CEC-Americas Workshop to Reduce Mercury Use in Products,
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American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Merida,
Mexico, February 2006.
• Mitko Vutchkov and Gerald Lalor. “Applications of the
Nuclear Methods in Medical Geology” 50th Anniversary
Geological Conference, Geological Society of Jamaica,
December 2005.
• Mitko Vutchkov and Gerald Lalor, “Nuclear Energy and the
Environment”, 19th Annual Conference on Science &
Technology, Kingston, November 2005.
• Charles Grant, Gerald Lalor and Mitko Vutchkov, “Neutron
Activation Analysis and its application to agricultural,
environmental and health programs in Jamaica” National Nuclear 
Research Institute, Mexico, October 2005.
PUBLICATIONS
* P. Allsworth-Jones, G, Lalor, G. Lechles, S.F. Mitchell,
E.Z. Rodriques, M. Vutchkov  The Taino Settlement of the
Kingston Area   The Earliest Inhabitants: The Dynamics of the
Jamaican Taino. Edited by Lesley-Gail Atkinson, 2006,
University Press
* C.N. Grant, G.C. Lalor, M.K. Vutchkov, 2005.  A
Comparison of Bauxites from Jamaica, the Dominican
Republic and Suriname, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear
Chemistry. Vol 266 No. 3, 385-388.
INCOME GENERATION
The major research grants were:
IDRC: 2004 – 2007. Ecohealth Consequences of Heavy metals in
Jamaica. (CAD)$480,000.
IAEA: 2007 - 2008 “The Application of Nuclear Techniques to
Food Safety and Health in Jamaica”.  (US)$150,000. 
CHASE Fund: 2006 - 2007 “The Health implications and
interventions in communities associated with lead acid battery
smelting and recycling”.  J$4 Million. 
BNS Foundation: Funding to support a replacement for the
retiring Director – General. J$25,000,000.
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PUBLIC SERVICE
Professor Gerald Lalor 
– Honorary Chairman, Gleaner Company; 
– Director, Insurance Company of the West Indies Group;  
– Member of: the Board of Governors of the ICWI Group
Foundation; 
– Member, National Commission for Science and Technology
(NCST); 
– Member, Technical Committee of the Scientific Research
Council.
– Member, Editorial Boards, Environmental Geochemistry &
Health; 
– Member, Jamaica Journal of Science & Technology; 
– Member, The Science of the Total Environment;
– Member, Regional Editor Revista Latino-Americano Quimica.
– Member, Jamaica Government representative to UNEP Lead
Cadmium Working Group.
Dr. Robin Rattray 
– Member, Air and Water Quality Subcommittees, National
Environment and Planning Agency.
– Recording Secretary, Laboratories Association of Jamaica.
– Member, Lions Club of Mona. 
Dr. Mitko Vutchkov
– Member, Product Research & Development Committee,
Scientific Research Council.
– Council Member, Jamaican Society of Scientists and
Technologists (JSST) 
Dr. Gladstone Taylor 
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– Member, Executive Council, Inter-American Institute for
Global Change Research.
Mr. John Preston 
– Member, Land Information Council of Jamaica 
– Member, Telecommunications Appeals Tribunal.
Mrs. Joan Thomas 
– Member, Radiation Protection Advisory Committee of Jamaica. 
– Member, Inner Wheel Club of Kingston.
STUDENT MATTERS
Summer employment was reduced this year due to lack of funding. Only
two students were employed, one as is usual in the Chemistry
Department’s Work Study Programme and a computer science graduate
student.
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MONA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Professor Neville Ying – Executive Director
WORK OF THE SCHOOL
Great attention was given during theacademic year 2005-2006 to the
personal development of our students.
Consequently our curriculum develop- ment
process focused on the design of special
“Soft Skill” courses to address areas such as
communication skills, business etiquette as
well as action and service learning. 
The MSB continued to respond to the time
demands of students pursuing our
programmes of study through the
introduction of a Saturday and Sunday
option. With this addition, students now have the option of attending
classes every day of the week.
A significant addition to the MSB this year was the new
Telecommunications Policy and Management Unit. This Unit will have as
its core activities policy oriented research as well as courses of study at the
graduate level in the areas of Information and Communication
Technologies, Telecommunications, and Informa- tion Systems. 
The School conducted groundbreaking Research on Family and Women
Owned Businesses in Jamaica and joined again with the Private Sector
Organization of Jamaica to conduct the Executive Opinion Survey of
Jamaica’s leading firms. This is part of a worldwide study on
Competitiveness done in association with Harvard University and the
World Economic Forum.
STUDENT & PROGRAMME AFFAIRS
Responsiveness to Student Needs
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Curriculum Development
As an integral part of our quality improvement process for our
programmes, we continued  curriculum development to ensure that our
programmes and services respond effectively to changes in the business
environment as well as the changing needs of students and employers.
As a result of this process changes were made and Personal
Development Electives were added.  We have also added a Graduate
Mathematics for Management Education course and redesigned our
Foundation for Graduate Management Education course to give a greater
focus to the improvement of communication skills. 
Scholarships
In its second year, the The Scotiabank Foundation / Sir Alister
McIntyre Scholarship 2005 was awarded to Dinesh Williams. The
Gordon Draper Memorial Scholarship (in honour of the late Gordon
Draper , a member of our staff) was awarded to Miss Kareen Henlon.
For 2006, The Scotiabank Foundation / Sir Alister McIntyre
Scholarship was awarded to Miss Nicola Green. MSB continued its own
support to students this year with the award of a scholarship to
outstanding student and National Representative in Netball, Miss Simone
Forbes. The Kenneth Hall Scholarship was the School’s way of
recognizing the appointment of former Mona Campus Principal and
Board Chairman, Professor the Hon Kenneth O. Hall, ON, OJ to the
Office of Governor General of Jamaica.
Quality Assurance
External Examiners Meetings
The External Examiners are from overseas Business Schools with which
MSB has had established institutional relationships. The examiners’
meetings which formally assess students’ performance and declare those
eligible for graduation, were completed in September 2005.
MSB Annual Awards Ceremony 2005
The Annual MSB Awards Ceremony in November of each year is the
special event for the  graduating class of  Diploma in Business
Administration students and Special Awards for persons who did
exceptionally well in the EMBA and MBA graduating class of 2005. 
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The guest speaker was Dr Eva Lewis Fuller, an EMBA, Cohort 12
graduate of the Mona School of Business who is the Director for
Cooperation in Health, International Health & Policy Analyst and
Coordinator of the National Tobacco Control Programme, Ministry of
Health. 
Graduating Class
The EMBA/MBA graduating class of 2005 had one hundred and twenty-
four (124) MSB students, with a total of  nine (9) distinctions. In addition,
there were forty-seven (47) students graduating from the Diploma in
Business Administration and twelve (12) students graduating with
certificates for completion of the Summer Electives Programme.
The prestigious award for Most Outstanding Academic Performance -
The Executive Director’s Award was presented to Roger Yee – EMBA
and The Principal’s Award for Leadership was presented to Emma
Thomas – EMBA; Roger Jordan - MBA full-time and Trecia Mullings -
MBA part-time.
Breakdown of Graduates according to Concentrations (MBA Students only)
Diploma in Business Administration
During the year under review, ninety-four (94) students were enrolled in
this programme.  Cohort 6 - forty- two (42) students and cohort 7 - fifty-
two (52) students.
Finalizing Students
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A total of 171 students proceeded to the final phase of their programmes
during the period under review. 
SPECIAL EVENTS
MSB Open House 
The Annual Open House Day for the academic year 2005/06 was held at
the School on January16, 2006. One hundred and twenty-three (123)
persons accepted the School’s invitation. Attendees were taken on tours
of the Alister McIntyre complex and were introduced to faculty and staff
and listened to lively presentations on the University, MSB and the
potential academic and practical gains possible as a result of studying at
MSB. Representatives from several Financial Institutions offering
educational loan services also participated in the day’s activities.
MSB’s  Alumni 
An initial activity for 2006 - “Yaad Nite” occurred on June 17, 2006 on the
School’s grounds. “Yaad Nite” brought together graduates and present
students.  The event was well supported and it is anticipated that with
subsequent events in the pipeline, the word will spread to all other alumni. 
Unveiling Mobile Health Clinic
On June 21, 2006 the Mona School of Business through the auspices of
the Ambassador to the USA, Professor Gordon Shirley, facilitated and
hosted the unveiling of a Mobile Health Clinic to the Government of
Jamaica. 
The Mobile  Health Clinic was donated by the Vincent HoSang Family
Foundation in the USA to the Organization for International
Development (O.I.D.),USA as part of its contribution to access persons in 
poor communities in Jamaica.   The mobile health clinic is fully equipped
with state of the art dental and medical equipment.  This donation to the
health sector by Vincent HoSang through O.I.D. is a further
demonstration of his commitment to Jamaica, having previously
contributed to the sports and education sectors.
SPECIAL AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Staff Achievements
Mrs Frances Coke, Senior Teaching Fellow and Director of Programmes
was awarded the Kingston College Distinguished Alumni Award by the
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Kingston College Old Boys Association, New York Chapter for
outstanding service in the area of teaching  English Language & Literature
at Kingston College for most of the decade of the 1970s. This award was
presented to her on May 13, 2006, in New York, USA.
Student Achievement
Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2006
The Mona School of Business is proud to acknowledge and congratulate
the 2006 Miss Jamaica Festival Queen who is our own MBA, part time
final year student, Miss Kaysia Johnson, who’s  concentration is Marketing
Management.
NEW INITIATIVES
There were six (6) new initiatives on which work was done: 
Telecommunications Policy and Management Programme
The Telecommunications Policy and Management (TPM) Programme of
the Mona School of Business (MSB) was established in the 2005-2006
academic year as a strategic unit dedicated to policy and technology
research and teaching in the areas of Information and Communication
Technologies (ICTs).  In particular, it is designed to address the need for
research, training and education in the expanding, competitive
telecommunications services in the Caribbean region and globally.
Digicel Foundation Chair 
At the start of the academic year, the UWI announced that the Digicel
Foundation had taken the important step of approving substantial
financial resources to support the establishment of a Chair in
Telecommunications Policy and Management to lead the proposed TPM
Programme. In making this contribution to the University, the Digicel
Foundation has enabled the establishment of the first programme of its
kind dedicated to industry policy analysis, new technologies and capacity
building. 
Dr. Hopeton Dunn, a leading regional specialist in telecom- munications
policy, management and regulation, was appointed Director and Chair of
the TPM Programme.
TPM Named to ITU’s Caribbean Centre of Excellence
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At the close of the period under review, the TPM Programme was
delighted to accept an invitation to become part of the Caribbean Centre
of Excellence of the Geneva-based International Telecom- munications
Union (ITU). The TPM Programme was recommended by the CTU for
designation as one of the Caribbean Nodes of the ITU Centre of
Excellence (ICENS).  
Executive  Development Series
The first activity under this series was the THINK TANK for key decision 
makers in the Government, Public and Private Sectors.  For the first time,
the Mona School of Business hosted a THINK TANK Conference which
was held November 11-13, 2005 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel & Spa Resort,
Montego Bay. The THINK TANK was an initiative that was re-started by
the Mona School of Business.  
THINK TANK 2005 explored the critical success factors which would
affect Jamaica’s economic development in the short and medium term.
The major areas covered were Economic Policy, Education and Crime.
The output of the THINK TANK was a CD of the presentations and
discussions emanating from the conference. 
Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA)
The Mona School of Business (MSB), Jamaica, the CaveHill School of
Business (CHSB), Barbados  and the  Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of
Business (ALJGSB), Trinidad,  are collaborating on the development of a
new post graduate academic programme - the Doctorate of Business
Administration (DBA).  Professor Edwin Jones, Professor Neville Ying,
Professor Evan Duggan, Mrs  Sandy Alvaranga and Mrs Olivene Burke
are spearheading the development of  this programme on behalf of the
MSB. 
Graduate Courses in Energy Management and Policy 
The objective of this UNDP funded project is to provide graduate
students with knowledge of the technological, environmental, socio--
economical, managerial, political and policy dimensions of energy
generation, distribution, and general services provision. The courses will
offer students an opportunity to combine study in business and energy
with a focus on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and their special
case for both environment and development.
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The Mona School of Business is coordinating the project with
collaboration from the Cave Hill Campus. 
Jamaica Diaspora Institute
A Business Plan was developed and discussed with the Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs and Foreign Trade with the aim of establishing a Jamaica Diaspora
Institute which would be integrally linked with the Jamaica Diaspora
Foundation which is being established.   
Caribbean Integration Unit
Research and publications continued in the area of Caribbean Integration
under the leadership of the Chairman of the MSB, Professor the Hon
Kenneth O. Hall. Integration of this area of work into the activities of
MSB will be done under the Caribbean Integration Unit.
Labour Studies Programme
The Labour Studies Programme is related to the Chair for Labour Studies
sponsored by three private sector companies: Kaiser Jamaica Operations,
Shipping Association of Jamaica, and Cable and Wireless Jamaica Ltd. 
The Labour Studies Unit continued with the consolidation of the existing
projects related to Education and Training, Research and
Publications and Institutional Development.  The major activities for
the period  2005 - 2006  were as follows:
• Hosted the ILO Nobel Peace prize Lecture Series in
collaboration with the International Institute for Labor Studies
(IILS), ILO Geneva
• Partnered with the Disputes Resolution Foundation to host the
3rd Caribbean Conference on Dispute Resolution
• Participated in an UNDP sponsored project to develop a
Graduate course in Energy Management and Policy
• Coordinated  a Market Survey for the Mona School of Business
• Research and  Publication 
Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health
Development work for graduate programmes in Occupational and
Environmental Safety and Health continued.  The project for developing
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these programmes involves three faculties: Pure and Applied Sciences,
Medical Sciences and Social Sciences (Labour Studies Programme).  The
project is jointly managed by Professor I. Kahwa, Professor N. Ying and
Mr. M. Pinnock.
Research & Policy Group (RPG)
An integral and important component of the work of the RPG  Group is
the organization of seminars, symposia, conferences and policy proposals
using research data. There are two outcomes that result from these
activities, namely academic publications and research policy guidelines.
Tertiary Education Policy
Ms Rheima Holding - Senior Alister McIntyre RPG Fellow
In the 2005-2006 year, the Tertiary Education Unit of the Research and
Policy Group continued to be engaged in a number of activities which
focused on consolidating existing projects/programmes while others saw
the Unit going into new ventures. 
Reports on Higher Education 
• National Report on Higher Education in Jamaica 
• Draft Report on Higher Education in the Caribbean
Book Launch
The following book launches occured during the year under review.
• Launch of the book “Political Leadership Forum 2005:
Jamaica the Way Forward” a joint publication of the Mona
School of Business, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and
Economic Studies and the Department of Government. The
book was launched by Professor the Hon Rex Nnettleford, Vice
Chancellor Emeritus.
• Launch of the book “From Garvey to Marley” by Professor
Noel Erskine. This launch was hosted by the Office of the
Principal, Mona Campus with coordinated provided by the Unit.
The book was launched by Professor Rupert Lewis, Lecturer,
Department of Government.
Financial Sector  Restructuring
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Mr Boswell Ivey - Alister McIntyre RPG Fellow & Senior Lecturer in 
Marketing  Management
MBA Programme Enhancement
As part of the on-going curriculum improvement process, research has
been done through interviews with local business entrepreneurs to get
their practical involvement in the development of some Jamaican Business
Cases. This data in Marketing is being collected for the preparation of two
Marketing Cases as part of the MBA programme courses. 
Media and Public Policy
Mr Claude Robinson - Alister McIntyre RPG Fellow & Senior
Lecturer in Communications
During the period under review, the focus was centered around continued
research in the areas of media and violence; freedom of the press and
defamation laws; and the future of public service broadcasting in the
Caribbean. Consultations were held with the Ministry of Information on
the development of a new coding system for rating movies and television
programmes in Jamaica.
MSB  Consultancy
Kirk Distributors Limited
Kirk Distributors Limited (formerly Colgate) requested the School to
conduct a customized Training Needs Analysis/ Performance
Management Training Programme for its senior management staff.  This
programme was designed and executed by Mrs Frances Coke, Academic
Director.
National Housing Trust (NHT)
The School is currently conducting a customized training programme for
the professional staff of the NHT in Business and Social Research/ Data
Analysis.  Mr  Kamau Chionesu is the faculty member who is  coordinating 
this programme.
Conferences / Symposia / Special Lectures
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During the year under review  the School hosted or partnered with the
private /public sectors for the following  conferences / symposia/ special
lectures:
Mona Academic Conference 2005
• Post-Tunis Public Policy Seminar 
• 2nd Annual World Telecommunication Day Symposium
• 7th Nobel Peace Prize Social Policy Lectures of the ILO
• 3rd Caribbean Conference on Dispute Resolution
• Research
TPM Research
Telework - The Programme is working along with the Department of
Management Studies on the Canadian International Development
Research Centre (IDRC) sponsored research project on the opportunities
and challenges for the Caribbean of Telework.
Mobile Phone Usage - TPM is also involved in a research project to
determine patterns of mobile telephone usage across gender groups,
different age ranges and social strata in Latin America and the Caribbean.
This is being done through its association with the World Dialogue on
Regulation (DIRSI).
Revising Jamaica’s ICT Strategy – The Programme is currently
contracted to complete a Revision and Update of the National
Information and Communication Technology Strategic Plan being
implemented by the Central Information Technology Office (CITO) of
Jamaica’s Technology Ministry.
Caribbean Regulatory Research Centre (CRRC) – TPM is working
closely with Organization of Caribbean Utilities Regulators (OOCUR) to
conduct an industry Needs Analysis, as well as the bibliographical data-
gathering and sample course design for the Telecommunications
component of the planned CRRC.
Labour Studies Programme
Research continued on the study  on  Labour Administration: Strategic response 
to Transformational Forces: Case Study  of the  Ministry of Labour and Social
Security, Jamaica. This case is being developed in collaboration with
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Professor Richard Phidd, former Professor at the University of Guelph,
Canada. 
Supervision of Research Studies for PhD/ Masters Degree
Programmes
Professor Neville Ying  served as examiner/supervisor for research work
done by three (3) students for  PhD/ Masters degrees dealing in Human
Resource Management in the public and private sectors and Business
Ethics:
Sponsored Research Projects / Surveys
WEF Executive Opinion Survey
The School joined again with the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica
in conducting the annual Executive Opinion Survey of Jamaica’s leading
firms from the major sectors of the economy.  The study which is widely
seen as the world’s leading cross-country comparison of issues relating to
economic competitiveness and growth is conducted in association with
Harvard University and the World Economic Forum (WEF). Data from
Jamaica and approximately one hundred and ten (110) other countries are
used to rank countries on two complementary but separate indices: (i) the
Growth Competitiveness Index (ii) the Business Competitiveness Index .  This
project is coordinated by Ms Patricia Douce and Ms Michelle Tomlinson
Family and Women-Owned Businesses
MSB, in partnership with the Women Business Owners of Jamaica,
Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (the Conference Board), Scotiabank of
Jamaica and USAID, had undertaken an island-wide survey of family and
women-owned businesses in Jamaica. The objective of this study was to
determine their characteristics, needs and contribution of these businesses 
to the national economy.
The final report on the Family-Owned and Women-Owned Business
Survey was presented in May 2006.  One of the implications from the
survey will be the development of a course (eventually a programme) in
Family-Owned and Women-Owned Businesses as part of the course
offerings at MSB. A research paper on the complexion of Family-Owned
and Women-Owned Businesses in Jamaica is currently in the final stages
of completion. This project was coordinated by faculty members Dr
Maxine Garvey and Dr Lawrence Nicholson.
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Research in Yield Management 
A proposal to conduct research among the hotels in Jamaica in the area of
Yield Management was funded by the Office of the Principal, Mona
Campus.  This research project is being done in collaboration with Dr.
Noel Reynolds and Mrs. Joan Thomas-Stone from the Department of
Management Studies.  This research is being done by faculty member Dr
Lawrence Nicholson
Dissertation Research Project 
A dissertation research project on the subject of  Social Scientific Method
and Economic Development Entitled- “Science, Economic Method &
Development: A Critical Analysis of Economics Education as a Tool for
Understanding, Facilitating & Managing Economic Development” is currently
being prepared.  This research project is being conducted by Mr Kamau
Chionesu.
MSB Market Survey 
The Mona School of Business undertook a project for an assessment of
existing training, educational and consultancy needs in corporate Jamaica
and the public sector. Following are some highlights from the findings of
the survey conducted in 2006:
• The top three MSB services that respondents indicated that they
would be very interested in utilizing are Customized Training,
Short Executive Programmes, and the MBA On-line Programme
• There is a market for Customized Training/Executive
Programmes especially in the areas of Project Management, the
Art of Public Speaking, Critical Thinking and Writing for
Professionals.
• For training and consulting programmes and services there is
interest in MSB offering the following: Customer Service,
Leadership Development and Supervisory Management.
• Project Management, Operations & Supply Chain Management
and Banking & Finance were the top three specialized areas in an
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On-line MBA Programme that respondents believed would be of
benefit to their company. 
Entrepreneurial  Development Activities
UWI Venture Challenge Competition
The winning team for 2006, ‘Fun Source’ made their presentation at the
6th Opportunity Funding Corporation Venture Competition in Atlanta,
USA  in April 2006, where they placed 3rd out of 20 entrants, one below
our placing last year.
This team currently is being  developed under the Vincent HoSang
Programme as some sponsors have expressed a desire to start the
company. 
Mr Anthony Barnes and Mr Harry Abrikian are the Faculty Advisors for
this project with coordination by Ms Michelle Tomlinson.
Vincent HoSang Programme
This programme continues with five projects in incubation, four projects
carried over from 2004/05 along with ‘Fun Source’, the winner of the
UWIVC competition for 2006 which placed 3rd in the OFC Business Plan
Competition at Clark Atlanta University, USA this year.
In October 2005 the above mentioned projects were presented at an
“Investor’s Round” where the groups were exposed to potential financial
backers from the private sector.
Since its inception in November 2002, some twenty seven (27) projects
have been evaluated and processed through the programme.
Mr Anthony Barnes is the Faculty Advisor for this project with
coordination by Ms Michelle Tomlinson.
Entrepreneur- in-Residence Programme
The Honourable Karl Hendrickson, OJ, CD
This project under the guidance of the Honourable Karl Hendrickson
seeks to improve the organization of small farmers in the supply chain.
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We continue to pursue the formalization of the supply chain between
produce farmers, produce distributors and a supermarket chain as the
model to work with. 
Mr Anthony Barnes is the Faculty Advisor for this project with
coordination by Ms Michelle Tomlinson.
PAPERS  PRESENTED  
Burke, O & Bennett-Lewis, I.
• “Managing Problem Employees: ADR Strategies for the
Workplace”. 3rd Caribbean Conference on Dispute Resolution,
Half Moon Hotel, May 24-27, 2006. 
Chionesu, K. 
• “The Metaphysics of Formal Logic”. Departmental Seminar,
Department of   Language, Linguistics & Philosophy, UWI,
Mona, October 2005. 
• “Formal Logic and Explanation in Social Science”. Departmental 
seminar, Mona  School of Business, UWI, Mona, November
2005.
• “Comments: Public and Private Governance: Are We at a
Turning Point?”  ILO  Nobel Peace prize Social Policy Lecture
Series, Mona School of Business,  December 2005. 
• “Uniqueness and Scientific Explanation: Can There Be A
Caribbean Way of Knowing?”  Conference in Honour of
Professor Barry Chevannes, UWI, Mona, January 2006. 
• “Does The CSME Make Sense in the Context of Economic
Globalisation?” Mona Association of Post-Graduate Students
Conference, UWI, Mona, February 2006
• “Identity and Explanation: Can There Be A Caribbean Way of
Knowing?” Departmental Seminar, Department of Language,
Linguistics and Philosophy, UWI, Mona, March 2006.
• “The CSME, Competitiveness and ICT: Is Regional Regulatory
Cooperation an Enabler?” World Telecom- munications Day
Symposium, May 2006.
• “Explanatory Strategies in Social Science: Mentalism,
Quantification & Formalism”. Graduate Research Sym- posium,
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Department of Language, Linguistics & Philosophy, UWI, Mona, 
May, 2006. 
Dunn, H.
• “Global Telecommunication Trends”. Dehring, Bunting and
Golding Investors’  Briefing, Kingston, February 22, 2006
• “WSIS – Post-Tunis Issues: ICT Policy Challenges and
Opportunities”. WSIS Forum for Faculty and Final Year
Students, University of Technology, Kingston, March 15, 2006
• “Mobile and Fibre Network Development in Jamaica”. DIRSI
Workshop, Santiago, Chile, April 18, 2006.
• “The Impact of Media and Technology on Philanthropy”. UWI
Development and Endowment Fund Conference on Caribbean
Philanthropy, Rose Hall, Montego  Bay, Jamaica, May 3, 2006.
• “ICTs for Caribbean Integration: Opportunities & Challenges”.
2nd Annual World  Telecommunication Day Symposium, Hilton
Kingston Hotel, Jamaica,  May 17, 2006.
• “Emerging Trends: Mobile Advertising and Digital Mobile
Broadcasting” Association of Advertising Agencies of Jamaica
(AAAJ) Media Awards Ceremony, Jamaica Pegasus Hotel,
Kingston,  June 20, 2006.
• “Development Issues and ICT Policy Challenges and
Opportunities in the Post Tunis Environment”. 25th Annual
Conference of the International Association for Media and
Communication  Research (IAMCR), Cairo, Egypt,  July 21–28,
2006.
• “The Telegraph and Anglo-American Empire Building:
Establishing the Early Caribbean Cable Networks, 1857-1924”.
International Association for Media and Communica- tion
Research (IAMCR) Conference, Cairo, Egypt, July 21-28, 2006
Ivey, B.
• “The Role of Marketing Function in Service Business”. Bank of
Nova Scotia, Kingston,  August 2005.
Nicholson, L
• “Yield Management”  2006 International  Reservations, Revenue
& Rooms Division Managers Conference  by the Leading Hotels
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of the World Ltd., Westgate Hotel, San Diego, California, January 
2006,
Robinson, C.
• “Challenges and Direction for Public Service Broadcasting in the
Caribbean in  a Media Environment of Competition, Commerce
and Convergence”. Caribbean Media Con- ference, May 3, 2006,
Barbados 
• “Media and Caribbean Integration”. Caribbean Telecom-
munications Union/TPM-MSB Symposium, Kingston, Jamaica,
May 15, 2006
Ying, N. 
• “The Role of Quality Assurance, Accreditation and Certification
in Economic and Social Development”. 4th Conference of the
Association of Commonwealth Examinations and Accreditation
Bodies (ACEAB), March 5, 2006.
• “Employment Relationship”. Committee on Employment
Relationship, ILO  Conference, Geneva, June 2006.
PUBLICATIONS
Hopeton Dunn
Book Chapter and Articles
* “Globalization From Below: Caribbean Cultures, Global
Technologies and the WTO” - in Ho, Christine and Nurse,
Keith (2005) – Globalization, Diaspora and Caribbean Popular
Culture – Ian Randle Publishers, Kingston, pages 341-360
* “Ebb and Flow: Challenges in a New Telecom Market” ,
TechNews , May 2006  Vol. 7, Issue 1, pages 38-39.
Claude Robinson 
* Edited the publication – “Jamaica the Way Forward”,
Presentations at the Political Leadership Forum Series 2005.
Rhemia Holding
* Mona Academic Conference Proceedings 2005 “Tourism: The
Driver of Change in the Jamaican Economy?”. edited with
Professor the Hon. Kenneth Hall.
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Neville Ying
Book Chapter
* “Employers and New Initiatives in Industrial Relations”
Industrial Relations in the Caribbean: Issues and Perspectives.
Port of Spain, Trinidad: International Labour Organization.
Pages 207 – 222 in:  Goolsarran (Ed.) (2006).
Harry Abrikian 
* GiltEdge Magazine… ‘The Pinnacle of Success”  The third
annual  magazine was published on December 14, 2005 as a
joint publication of the Mona School of Business and the
Financial Gleaner.
PUBLIC  SERVICE
Mr  Harry Abrikian
– Director, Ian Randle Publishing
– Director, Business Recovery Services Limited
– Chairman, Stock Analysis Committee, Jamaica Stock Exchange
– Member, CVSS/United Way- Programmes  &  Technical
Assistance Committee
Mr Anthony Barnes
– Member, Port Services Board
– Member, Jamaica Manufacturers Association Board
Mrs Olivene Burke
– Member,  Caribbean Area Network for Quality Assurance in
Tertiary Education (CANQATE)
– Member, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), 
– Member, Human Resource Management Association of
Jamaica (HRMAJ) 
– 1st Vice President, Hope Valley Experimental School PTA 
Mr Kamau Chionesu
– Economic & Social Analyst, Jamaicans For Justice
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– Research Advisor, Economic and Social Justice Project
Ms Patricia Douce 
– Secretary, Meadowbrook  High School PTA 
Dr Hopeton Dunn
– Member, UWI Strategic Planning Task Force,
– Board Member, Creative Production and Training Centre, 
– Board Member, National Library of Jamaica, 
– Board Member, Jamaica Commission for UNESCO 
– Board Member, Today’s Money Limited
Ms Rheima Holding
– Member, University Council of Jamaica Fine Arts Board of
Studies 
– Member, Education Council of the United Theological College
of the West Indies,  
– Chairman, Visual Arts Sub Committee for the Fine Arts Board
of Studies, UCJ
– Chairman, Mona Academic Conference Planning Committee
2005
– Member, National Home Coming Committee
– Member, Board of Management- Deaconess House Anglican
Dioceses
Mrs Patricia Lothian
– Member, Jamaica South African Association
– Service to Special Olympics, Jamaica
Mr Claude Robinson
– Board Member, Michael Manley Foundation
– Commissioner, Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica and
Chairman of the Legislative and Policy Committee
Professor Neville Ying
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– Technical Adviser, Caribbean Examinations Council on
Measurement and Evaluation.
– Council Member, Jamaica Employers’ Federation  
– Director, Human Resource Management Association of
Jamaica (HRMAJ)
– Adviser to the Government of Jamaica team to the ILO,
Conference in Geneva
– Chairman, Overseas Examinations Committee
– Chairman, Mico Foundation
– Deputy Chairman, Mico College, Board of Governors
– Chairman, Jamaica Flour Mills Foundation, 
– Director, MultiCare Foundation, 
– Director, University Council of Jamaica
– Director, First Caribbean International Bank
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SIR ARTHUR LEWIS INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL
AND ECONOMIC STUDIES (S.A.L.I.S.E.S.)
Professor Neville Duncan, BSc, MSc UWI, PhD Manc 
– Campus Director
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
During the course of this year a numberof notable achievements occurred: 
A successful viva was held for Philip Castillo,
a student who continued doing his PhD from
the Consortium Graduate School.
Considerable research, done for the National
Advisory Commission on Local Government
Reform, coordinated by the Director of
SALISES and executed through teams
headed by Professor Edwin Jones, Dr. Philip
Osei, and Dr. Eris Schoburgh, was
successfully completed and reports were submitted to the funding agency,
CIDA and to the Ministry of Local Government Community
Development and Sport.  Each report is to be published.
A SALISES research project, the Cost of Crime and Governance,
funded by the UNDP, was started under the supervision of the Director
and executed by co-cordinators Dr. Aldrie Henry-Lee and Dr. Patricia
Northover valued at US$73,500.00.  
Under the UWI/CARICOM project, a special project seeking to create an
annotated bibliography of the work of the Hon. Lloyd Best is set to get
underway.  The publication of a book is the anticipated outcome.  The
project will last for 18 months. 
A conference partly hosted by SALISES has been arranged for October
25-26, 2006 on Promoting Child Research.  Other partners are
UNICEF (the main sponsor), CCDC, ECC, and the PIOJ.
SALISES significantly expanded its course offerings by having approved
by the Board for Graduate Studies and Research 6 new courses:
Competition Policy and Law (Protecting the Process of Competition:
Economic and Legal Aspects); Small States in the Global Political
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Economy; Finance and Development; Development Cooperation and
Aid Effectiveness; Development Planning and Evaluation; Sport and
Social Development; and Social Investment in Children (SA60A).
Congratulations go to Annie Paul who achieved the signal honour of
being appointed Associate Editor for the World Cultures Yearbook.  The
Associate Editor’s particular responsibility will be to develop content
relevant to the non-Western World, involve scholars and experts from a
greater diversity of regions and backgrounds, and contribute to the
Yearbook’s international presence, visibility and impact.  
Congratulations go to Jimmy Tindigarukayo on the publication of his
book Squatters in Jamaica: A Policy Assessment
Congratulations go to Kim Robinson-Walcott on the publication of her
book Out of Order! Anthony Winkler and White West Indian Writing. 
Dr. Philip Osei returned during the second semester after a productive
period of leave.
We said goodbye to our Senior Administrative Officer, Mrs. Sheron
Barnes-Wilmot who was allowed to proceed on early retirement on the
basis of ill-health from July 1, 2006.  Sheron accomplished 15 years with
the University at the end of June.  Sheron has worked with tremendous
energy and creativity for the Institute and that has been deeply
appreciated.  We wish her every good wish as she starts her new life.
Drs. Jimmy Tindigarukayo and Patricia Northover will be proceeding on
leave this coming academic year. We wish them complete success, and
more, for their plans to be executed during that time.  Their contributions
to our work were highly valued and we will miss them but we send our
blessings with them nevertheless.  
It is noteworthy that Professor Andrew Downes, our University Director
was appointed as Chair of the Cave Hill Campus Planning Task Force,
Professor Neville Duncan was appointed Chair of the Centre Planning
Task Force, and that Dr. Patsy Lewis was appointed a member of the
Mona Campus Planning Task Force by the Vice Chancellor.  In the
preparation for a Strategic Plan for UWI, 2007-2012, five Planning
Task Forces were established.  
A Public Forum on the MOU between the GOJ and Trade Unions was
arranged by Jennifer Wynter-Palmer (Senior Research Fellow assigned to
SALISES under my direction).  
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PAPERS PRESENTED
Duncan, Neville
• “Production in the CSME: Some Considerations”. Seminar on
Production Integration in the CSME: From Theory to Action,”,
Mona Visitors’ Lodge and Conference Centre, Janauary 26-27,
2006 
• “Dynamics of the CARICOM Single Market and Single
Economy and Implications for Housing”, presented on behalf of
Dr. Edward J. Greene, Assistant Secretary General of
CARICOM. Caribbean Association of Housing Finance
Institutions, Uniapravi, USAID Conference Ritz Carlton,
Montego Bay.
• “An Overview of the Report, World Fit for Children…”,  launch
of “World Fit For Children in the Caribbean: Beyond 2000”,
December 2005, UN House, Hastings, Barbados, a UNICEF
Publication, March 17, 2006.
• Henry-Lee, Aldrie, “Social Protection of the Poor in the
Caribbean”, 31st Annual Conference of the Caribbean Studies
Association, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Port of Spain, Trinidad and
Tobago, May 29-June 5, 2006.
• Northover, P. (2006) “Small States, Big Questions-
Globalization, the Sugar Protocol and the Rhetoric of
Governance” 31st Annual Conference of the Caribbean Studies
Association, May 30th, 2006,  Port of Spain, Trinidad. 
• Northover, P.  “New World Thought and the Politics of making
newness”, Graduate Seminar, Duke University, April 10, 2006 
• Osei, Philip D. 2006, “Spaces for Participation in Private
Finance Initiatives (PFI): The Highway 2000 Project in Jamaica”.
American Society of Public Administration Conference, Denver,
Colorado, USA. March 31 – April 4, 2006.
• Osei, Philip D. 2006, “Alternative Approaches to State-Led
Poverty Reduction in Jamaica: Operationalising the European
Union’s ‘Decentralised Co-operation’ concept”, International
Development Department, University of Birmingham, Spring
Seminar Series on ‘Changing Aid’. March 21, 2006.
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• Osei, Philip D. 2005, “Policy Responses, Institutional Networks 
Management and Post Hurricane Ivan Reconstruction in
Jamaica”, African and Caribbean Scholars Association
Conference, University of East London. December 9, 2005.
• Osei, Philip D. 2005, “An Assessment of Corruption Scandals
and Anti-Corruption Institution Building Interventions in
Jamaica”, Conference on Political Corruption in International
Development, School of Environment and Development,
University of Manchester. Manchester, UK. November 25, 2005. 
• Osei, Philip D. 2005, “Crime and Criminal Justice Reform in
Jamaica”, ‘Conference on the Caribbean’, Organised by the State
Department, Government of the United States of America.
Washington, DC. October 6 - 7.
• Paul, Annie “No Space for Race? The Bleaching of the Nation in 
Postcolonial Jamaica”, Conference in honour of Barry
Chevannes UWI, Mona, January 20 - 21, 2006, 21 pp. 
• Paul, Annie “A University is a University is a University: Poor
People Need Thought Too”, 31st Annual Conference of the
Caribbean Studies Association, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Port of
Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, May 29 – June 5, 2006, 11 pp. 
• Paul, Annie “Dancehall in Jamaica: Keeping it ‘Jiggy’ in
Babylon”, 30th Annual Conference of the Society for Caribbean
Studies, The National Archives, Kew, London, July 5 - 7, 2006, 27 
pages.
• Robinson-Walcott, Kimberly “Publishing Anglo-Caribbean
Fiction: The Return to the Metropole”, Third International
Conference on the Book, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, 11 
- 13 September 2005, 12 pp.
• Robinson-Walcott, Kimberly “Small Islands and the Space In
Between: Exploring the Liminal World of Andrea Levy”, 25th
Anniversary Conference on West Indian Literature, UWI, St
Augustine, 2 - 4 March 2006, 10 pp.
• Robinson-Walcott, Kimberly “Small Islands and the Space In
Between: Exploring the Liminal World of Andrea Levy” 
“Caribbean Migration: Forced and Free” Conference UWI,
Mona, 14-16 June 2006, 12 pp.
• Tindigarukayo, Jimmy, “Research Methods in Social
Sciences”, a workshop on “Research Writing for PhD students”,
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Technology Innovation Centre, University of Technology,
August 15 - 16, 2006.
• Tindigarukayo, Jimmy, “Challenges in Housing the Poor in
Jamaica: The Case of Squatters”, Conference on: “Social Housing 
in the Caribbean”, Jamaica Conference Centre, June 19-20, 2006.
• Tindigarukayo, Jimmy, “The Impact of Rural-Urban Influx on
Jamaican Society”, 75th Congress of the Humanities and Social
Sciences, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social
Sciences, May 27-June 3, 2006, at York University, Ontario,
Canada.
• Tindigarukayo, Jimmy, “Clients’ Level of Satisfaction with
Public Service Provision in Jamaica”, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute
of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) 7th Conference,
(March 29-31, 2006), at Sherbourne Conference Centre, St.
Michael, Barbados.
PUBLICATIONS
Books and Monographs
* Tindigarukayo, Jimmy, Squatters in Jamaica: A Policy
Assessment, Sir Arthur Lewis ISES Publications, Mona,
Jamaica, 2005, 120 pp.
* Robinson-Walcott, Kimberly, Out of Order: Anthony
Winkler and White West Indian Writing. Mona: University of
the West Indies Press, 2006. x, 208 pp.
Refereed Journal Articles
* Henry-Lee, Aldrie (December 2005), “Convergence or
Exclusivity: The Lewis Model and the Rights-Based Approach
to Development” in Social and Economic Studies, Vol. 54. No. 4 
* Henry-Lee (2005), The nature of poverty in the garrison
constituencies in Jamaica, Environment and Urbanization, UK.
Vol. 17 No. 2, October, 2005.
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* Lewis, Patsy, “Grenada: A Testing Ground for Lewis’s
Balanced Development Perspectives”, Social and Economic
Studies, 54, 4 (2006): 204 - 237.
* ‘The Agony of the Fifteen: the crisis of implementation’, Social
and Economic Studies, 54, 3 (2006): 145-175.
* Northover, Patricia, with M. Crichlow (2005), “Beyond
Survival: Rethinking the strategies for ‘sustainable economic
growth’ in the Caribbean,” Social and Economic Studies, Vol. 54,
No. 3, pp. 247 - 274.
* Northover, P (2005). “Introduction” in Social and Economic
Studies, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp 1-9.
* Northover, P. (2005). “Small States and Good Governance for
Sustainable Development”  Editor’s Introduction” in Social and
Economic Studies, Vol. 54, No. 4, pp 2 - 12.
* Osei, Philip D. 2006, “Public Sector Reform in Jamaica”, In
Modernizing the State: Public Sector Reform in the Commonwealth
Caribbean, Paul Sutton with Ann Marie Bissessar, Philip Osei
and Michael Scott. Kingston. Miami: Ian Randle Publishers, pp.
57-83.
* Osei, Philip D. 2006, “The Role of Ministry Papers in the
Policy Process in Jamaica”, Caribbean Journal of Public Sector
Management, Vol. 7 No. 2, May 2006, Co-authored with Deneal
Walters, pp. 24-39.
* Paul, Annie, “Body Wisdom: The Way of Karate”, South
Atlantic Quarterly (Duke University Press), The Pleasure
Principle: Sport for the Sake of Pleasure, Volume 105, Number
2, Spring 2006. pp. 397-407.
* Robinson-Walcott, Kimberly, “Publishing Anglo-Carib-
bean Fiction: The Return to the Metropole”, International Journal
of the Book, vol. 3 (2005/2006).
* Perceptions and Reflections on Sexual Harassment in Jamaica”,
Journal of International Women’s Studies, Vol. 7, No. 4, May 2006,
pp. 90-110. 
Other peer reviewed Publications
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* Henry-Lee, Aldrie (2005), Women in Prison: The impact of
incarceration on women, their children and families, Planning
Institute of Jamaica.
* Clarke, Mary & Aldrie Henry-Lee (2005), “The ’total’
character of incarceration in Jamaica”,  Ideaz, Department of
Sociology, Psychology and Social Work, Mona Campus,
University of the West Indies. 
* Northover, P., Editor for Special Double volume of Social and
Economic Studies, on “Governance Institutions and Economic
Growth: Reflections on Sir Arthur Lewis’ Theory of Economic
Growth”, 2005, Vol. 54, Nos.3 and 4, September and
December issues.
Non-refereed articles
* Paul, Annie, “Gazing At Herself”, article on Irenée Shaw,
Trinidadian painter, Caribbean Beat, Issue 77, January/ February
2006
* Paul, Annie, “Running a University is like Running a Dance
Company”, Rex Nettleford in his own words, Caribbean Beat,
Issue. 75, September/ October 2005
* Paul, Annie, “Father Abrahams”, Tribute to Jamaican painter,
Carl Abrahams, Caribbean Beat, Issue. 75, September/ October
2005
* Paul, Annie, “Hollow voices”, Voices under the Window by
John Hearne, Caribbean Review of Books, February 2006.
Non-refereed book chapters
* Duncan, Neville “Production Integration in the CSME: Some
Considerations”, Chapter 13, pp. 163 - 169, Production
Integration in CARICOM: From Theory to Action, Denis Benn 
and Kenneth Hall, eds., Ian Randle Publishers, Kingston
Miami, 2006.
* Lewis, Patsy, “Production Integration in CARICOM:
Implications for the OECS’, Production Integration Integration 
in CARICOM: From Theory to Action. Denis Benn, and
Kenneth Hall (eds). (Kingston; Miami: Ian Randle Publishers),
2006, 133 - 151.
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Technical Reports
* Recent Natural Disasters and Their Impact on Grenada’s
Achievement of its Millennium Development Targets and
Goals, Neville Duncan, UNDP, Barbados, September 2005, 76
pages, 
* World Fit For Children in the Caribbean: Beyond 2002,
Researched by Neville Duncan and Philip Castillo, UNICEF,
December 2005, UN House, Marine Gardens, Barbados. pp viii 
+40
* An Evaluation of Achievement of Targets under the third
Support to the Economic Reform Program in Jamaica, Jimmy
Tindigarukayo, 12 pp. June 2006, commissioned by the
Delegation of European Commission to Jamaica, Belize, Turks
& Caicos and Cayman Islands.
* A Review of the Policy Environment Score (PES) and its
Methodology within the Context of Jamaica, Jimmy
Tindigarukayo, 53 pp. January 2006, commissioned by Jamaica
Adolescent Health LifeStyle Project (a USAID Project in the
Ministry of Health, Jamaica).
PUBLICATIONS UNIT.
Social and Economic Studies Journal
This has been an exceptionally busy year with the two special issues of
Social and Economic Studies on Sir Arthur Lewis dominating. With ten
articles in one and eight in the other, the issues were much larger than
normal, and took longer than usual to produce.  For the coming year we
hope to press ahead with the production of SES so that we are not faced
with a larger than usual backlog.  Special issues of the journal on Caribbean 
Sexualities, Sustainable Development and other themes are also in the
pipeline and will be further developed during the course of the year.
Immediately below is a status report on SES.  In this period the following
issues came off the press or were in production during the course of the
year: Vol. 54/2 June 2005; Vol. 54/3 September 2005, Special issue on Sir
Arthur Lewis, Volume I; Vol. 54/4 December 2005, Special issue on Sir
Arthur Lewis, and Volume II: Vol. 55/1 March 2006.  A Special Issue on
Popular Culture is in production.  Vol. 55/2 will be a general issue. 55/3
will be a special issue on the Pacific and the Caribbean guest edited by
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Patsy Lewis and 55/4 a special issue on Health Issues Facing Small Island
States in the Caribbean edited by Karl Theodore. In addition several
proposals are being developed for future special issues. The income
recorded by the publications section for the period August 1, 2005 to April 
30, 2006 was as follows:
Table 1   Income from Publications (J$)
  SES Subscriptions   1,464,917.64
  Walk in Sales (SES)          9,936.00
  Special Books        96,659.05
  Total   1,571,512.69
Books and Monographs
The following books were published or in production at year end:
Squatters in Jamaica: A Policy Assessment by Jimmy Tindigarukayo. Status:
published November 2005.  Jamaica: The Way Forward – Presentations at the
Political Leadership Forum 2005 (co-published with Mona School of
Business and Department of Government). Status: published February
2006.  Regional Footprints: The Travels and Travails of Early Caribbean Migrants,
ed. by Annette Insanally, Mark Clifford and Sean Sheriff (co-published
with Latin American Centre for Caribbean Studies and UNESCO). Status: 
published April 2006.  Local Government Reform: The Prospects for Community
Empowerment in Jamaica by Eris Schoburgh. Status: at press (July 2006).
Understanding and Preventing Bank Crises in Developing Countries: Lessons from
Jamaica by Jenifer Daley. Status: editing completed, now being formatted
(July 2006).
The Derek Gordon Data Bank
During the period, the data were obtained for the following: Business and
consumer confidence index (Jamaica), Reproductive Health Survey 2002,
SLC 2004, and KAP HIV/STD – 1992, 2000, 2004. The computer
facilities are basically being used as a graduate lab with no special emphasis
on use of the datasets.  These are usually provided to individuals who will
require technical assistance in the use of the data but will then take away
the data for use elsewhere. With the exception of the SLC, the datasets are
still being under-utilized.  The Business and consumer confidence index
has never been used even though the owners (Jamaica Conference Board)
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would actually like the UWI to take it on as a project so that it would be a
fully local project.  Those who utilize the data do not provide any feedback 
on publications resulting from their use.  This creates a problem because
owners of the datasets would like feedback and may withhold other
datasets if this problem is not addressed.  The SALISES web page was
restructured.  
Documentation and Data Centre
During the period under review the Documentation Centre (DDC)
continued to provide invaluable information and library facilities to the
graduate community of the Mona Campus of the University, especially in
the Social Sciences.  This was done either through its own stock or by
allowing access through the internet and/or the World-Wide-Web.  Other
local and overseas researchers also utilized the facilities, especially visiting
Consortium Graduate School students from the United Kingdom.  The
SALISES DDC continues to work in conjunction with the Main Library
to increase our access to electronically packaged journal articles and with
MITS to improve our connectivity to other libraries and information
centres all over the world.  We, nevertheless, continue to acquire relevant
print documents, including copies of government documents – local and
overseas -, UN reports and those of other international agencies, work
produced by SALISES Fellows and the other staff  members of the Social
Sciences Faculty, and conference papers – published and unpublished.
Students and faculty are making better use of the electronic journal
packages provided by the University through the main library’s web-page.
Additional packages have been added such as JSTOR, NetLibrary,
MathSciNet, WestLaw etc.  The majority of the electronic packages offer
abstracts of articles and/or full text.  Not all our journals subscriptions are
included in the packages and also to ensure continuity of service we
continue to renew yearly subscriptions to approximately 130 journals.  We
also continue to receive a substantial number of journals through gifts and
exchanges.  Readings were processed and administered for a variety of
graduate courses from all the departments in the Faculty but there was
particular emphasis on the SALISES Graduate Programme, Human
Resource Development Programme (HRD) and the Masters in Clinical
Psychology during the period under review.   In preparation for the new
school year in September the staff devoted considerable time and effort
during the summer processing new readings and rehabilitating old ones
for the courses to be offered during the first semester.  Our main database
(ISERG) grew by approximately 900 records during this period and CGS,
the database that lists our book and photocopy holdings for the various
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graduate programs, increased by 250+ records. Mrs. Chambers completed 
work on the GENISIS programme re linking of two of the databases to
our webpage, namely ISERG and SES.   These can now be accessed on the 
web from any computer on the campus.  Data entry was begun on a
database of Jamaica’s Ministry Papers as requested by Dr. Philip Osei.
The main users of the DDC during this period were SALISES research
staff, FSS faculty, and students pursuing degrees in Human Resource
Development, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Economics,
Sociology and Social Work, Government, Accounting, Clinical
Psychology, the MSc in National Security and Strategic Studies and the
MBA programmes offered by the Mona School of Business.
MSc, MPhil, and PhD Degree Programmes
There were 56 students registered for MSc programmes (41 females and
15 males) (Table 2).  Thirteen (13) were full-time students and 43 part-
time).  
Table 2   MSc Registrations 2005-2006 (and gender)
Governance and Economic Social Policy Total
Public Policy Development Development
Policy
No. of Students 29 13 14 56
by programme (M=7; F=22) M=7; F=6) (M=1; F=13)
Full-Time 9 3 1 13
(M=2; F=7) (M=1; F=2) (M=1)
Part-Time 20 10 13 43
(M=4; F=16) (M=6; F=4) (F=13)
Thirty four (34) students were registered for the MPhil/PhD programme
(3 males and thirteen females) (Table 3).  Eight (8) were full-time and 8
were part-time. Three PhD students submitted their thesis for
examination in Social Policy Development and one in Governance and
Public Policy.  
Table 3   MPhil/PhD Registrations (and gender)
Governance and Economic Social Policy Total
Public Policy Development Development
Policy
No. Of students 10 8 17 34
by programme (M=3; F=7) (M=5; F=3)
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Full-Time 1 1 6   8
(M=1) (F=1) (F=6)
Part-Time 9 7 11  26
(M=2; F=7) (M=5; F=2) (M=3; F=8)
Twenty four (24) students are to graduate in November 2006 (13 in
Governance and Public Policy; 4 in Economic Development Policy; and 7
in Social Policy Development)
Table 4   MSc Graduates 2005-2006 (and gender)
Governance and Economic Social Policy Total
Public Policy Development Development
Policy
No. of Students 13 4 7 24
by programme (M=3; F=10) (M=1; F=3) (M=1; F=6) (M=5; F=19)
Full-Time 5 1 1 7
(M=2; F=3) (F=1) (M=1)
Part-Time 8 3 6 17
(M=1; F=7) (M=1; F=2) (F=6)
All three programmes provided an income of US$122,000.00 and a
surplus of US$45,100.00 (Table 4).
Table 4   Income and Expenditure (Student Registrations) for SALISES’
Programmes
Income US$
2002/2006
MSc 106,750.00
MPhil   10,000.00
PhD    5,250.00
Total 122,000.00
Surplus/Deficit   45,100.00
Projects Undertaken by SALISES Staff
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Henry-Lee, Aldrie and Northover, Patricia, co-cordinators, The ‘social
costs’ of crime in Jamaica and the challenge of ‘good governance, for
UNDP Jamaica – US$73,500.00. 
Henry-Lee, Aldrie, project manager, What is in the national budget for
children? For UNICEF — J$606,840.10.
Henry-Lee, Aldrie, Policy and Implementation of User Fees and the
Impact on Health Seeking and Coping Behaviour of Patients in Jamaica –
US$100,000.
Herny-Lee, Aldrie, principal investigator, Desk Review on the Status of
Men and Women  in Jamaica, US$10,000.00
Henry-Lee, researcher for section on poverty, for DFID – 20,500 pounds
sterling.
Henry-Lee, sociologist, Turks and Caicos Islands Development plan, for
DFID —  US$10,000.00.
Northover, Patricia, Race, Space, Place: The Making and Unmaking of
Freedoms in the Atlantic World-Interdisciplinary conversations - Duke
University- attached to project as a Visiting Fellow as of June 2006.
Osei, Philip D. 200, Research on “Financing Local Government in
Jamaica: An Examination of Praxis and the Way Forward”, for National
Advisory Council (NAC) on Local Government Reform and DFID,
March-September 2005.
CEPA with Osei, Philip D. 2006, “Jamaica Regulatory Impact
Assessment: Event Analysis and Case Studies”, PPIAF - Jamaica
Regulatory Impact Assessment, With Cambridge Economic Policy
Associates, UK, For the Government of Jamaica and the World Bank.
June 2006.
Osei, Philip D. with OOCUR, 2006, “Design of Caribbean Regulatory
Research Centre (CRRC)”, for and with the Organisation of Caribbean
Utility Regulators (OOCUR), Trinidad & Tobago, June-July 2006.
CEPA with Osei, Philip D. 2006, “Regulatory Impact Assessment: Issues
Paper”, with Cambridge Economic Policy Associates (CEPA), UK, for
Government of Jamaica and the World Bank, January – June, 2006.
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Paul, Annie, Associate Editor, Cultures and Globalization Series, Sage,
London. The call was for “a scholar from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean,
Latin America, or the Middle East to join the core Editorial Team
Paul, Annie, Consultant, Prince Claus Awards 2006. I was asked to
recommend individual (s) from the Caribbean worthy of such recognition. 
The Prince Claus Fund decided to honour my nominee, Erna Brodber,
with one of their awards which will take place at the Embassy of the
Netherlands, Kingston, later this year.
Robinson-Walcott, K. is editor, Jamaica Journal. Two issues of this peer-
reviewed journal (vol. 29 nos. 1-2 and vol. 29 no. 3) were produced in the
year under review.
Robinson-Walcott edited the publication Jamaica 2015: National Social
Policy Goals – Government’s Response to the Annual Progress Report
2003, a project of the Government of Jamaica /JASPEV.
Robinson-Walcott edited the Survey of Family-Owned and Women-
Owned Businesses, a report of the project conducted by the Mona School
of Business on behalf of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce, Women
Business Owners Ja. Ltd., Scotia Bank and USAID. 
Tindygarukayo, Tindy, An Evaluation of Achievement of Targets under
the third Support to the Economic Reform Program in Jamaica, 12 pp.
June 2006, commissioned by the Delegation of European Commission to
Jamaica, Belize, Turks & Caicos and Cayman Islands.
Tindygarukayo, Jimmy, A Review of the Policy Environment Score (PES)
and its Methodology within the Context of Jamaica, 53 pp. January 2006,
commissioned by Jamaica Adolescent Health Lifestyle Project (a USAID
Project in the Ministry of Health, Jamaica).
PUBLIC SERVICE
Duncan, Neville
– Member, National Advisory Council on Local Govern- ment
Reform, GOJ
– Coordinator, Research, National Advisory Commission on
Local Government Reform, GOJ.
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– Chair, Sub-Committee on Democracy, Participation and
transparency, National Advisory Commission on Local
Government Reform
– Member, Editorial Committee, Journal of Eastern Caribbean
Studies.
– Editorial committee member, Pensamiento.
– Consulting Editor, Editorial Board, Journal of Arts, Science and
Technology.
Kristin Fox
– UWI’s representative for Inter-University Consortium for
Political and Social Research (ICPSR).
Lewis, Patsy
– Member, University Hospital Board of Management.
– Member, Nursing Advisory Committee, University Hospital of
the West Indies.
Osei, Philip
– Co-Chair, Finance and Funding Task Force of the National
Advisory Council on Local Government Reform. 
– Board Member, Corner Clinic and Community Development
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THE BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTRE 
Professor M. Ahmad, BSc Bhagal, MSc, PhD IARI –  Director
WORK OF THE CENTRE
With the cooperation and dedicationof all staff members, the work of the
Biotechnology Centre was advanced
through education and training of
postgraduate and under- graduate students.
The Centre also hosted and participated in
workshops and seminars throughout the
year in an effort to disseminate information
on Biotechnology and increase national
awareness of the capabilities and advantages
of this area of research. 
The Biotechnology Centre carried out the
pathology component of the Ministry of Agriculture’s Citrus Replanting
Project, which was initiated in February 2002 for four years, with research
objectives to (i) survey the project area and determine the distribution and
diversity of citrus viruses and viroids (ii) to test and bio-index citrus viruses 
and viroids; and (iii) to support the activities of the Citrus Certification
Programme (CCP) with effective technologies to enable the production of 
certifiable planting material and to introduce more effective ways of
addressing the certification process. The survey was successfully
completed and pathogens initiated within the required time, however, an
extension was granted for one year (February 2006 to January 2007) to
complete the bio-indexing and shoot tip grafting experiments of the
project.  The projects principal investigators are Drs. Wayne McLaughlin
and Paula Tennant.  
The Generating Genius programme, sponsored by the Jamaica National
Building Society and Cable and Wireless Jamaica, was hosted and
coordinated by the Biotechnology Centre for High School boys with the
highest GSAT scores. Dr. Sylvia Mitchell, assisted by undergraduate
students from the Biochemistry Section and the Department of
Mathematics and Computer Sciences provided training in Tissue Culture,
Genetic Modification and how to make natural products (ex. soap, lotion
candles).  The students were also given introductory training in Robotics
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by the Department of Physics. This year’s programme, held July 9th-23rd,
was the second of a five-year project to train brilliant boys.  
The Environmental Foundation of Jamaica has funded the sum of
JMD5,000,000.00 for a two year project from July 2006 to produce and
disseminate medicinal plant monographs across the island. The initial
project, whose principal investigator is Dr. Sylvia Mitchell, commenced in
July 2004 for the establishment of ex situ and in vitro gene banks of
Jamaican medicinal plants. The project was successfully completed in June 
2006 with the establishment of Gene Banks at the Institute of Jamaica, at
Hope Gardens, and at the Biotechnology Centre.    
A workshop, the second in the series, on the “Concepts of Biotechnology
and Genetic Engineering” was hosted by the Biotechnology Centre from
December 12 - 16, 2005.  The objective of the workshop was to provide a
way for science teachers to increase their knowledge and obtain practical
hands-on laboratory experience in Biotechnology and Genetic
Engineering. The workshop was organized by Dr. Marcia Roye in
collaboration with the Scientific Research Council, and lectures were
delivered by members of staff of the Biotechnology Centre and the
Department of Basic Medical Sciences. The objectives of the workshop
were met and the programme was very successful with approximately
twenty teachers from a variety of high schools in attendance. The
workshop was partly sponsored by the Ministry of Education.
Dr. Marcia Roye visited the University of Georgia at Athens in Atlanta,
USA for a period of six weeks from July 2006 to enhance her skills in
Molecular Biology techniques, Real Time polymerase chain reaction
(PCR) and multiplex Real Time PCR.  She was hosted by Dr. Ron Walcott
in the Department of Plant Pathology.
Vistors to the Centre
The German Ambassador Volker Schlegel visited the Centre on
November 1st, 2005 to discuss some of the work of the centre and the
possibility of providing funding for a short term training program for
selected farmers.  Ambassador Schlegel was hosted by the Director, Prof.
Ahmad and the Biotechnology Academic Staff.
PAPERS PRESENTED
• Bahado-Singh, P.S., Wheatley, A.O., Osagie, A.U., Boyne, M.,
Morrison, E.Y.St.A,  Ahmad, M.H. and Asemota, H.N. (2006)
Glycemic Indices of some commonly eaten Caribbean foods and
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dietary intervention using low glycemic index foods to achieve
normoglycemia in type 2 Diabetics. Morgan State University 2nd
International Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
Conference, Baltimore, U.S.A. – May 26 - 27 
• Bahado-Singh, P.S., Wheatley, A.O., Osagie, A.U., Boyne, M.,
Choo-Kan, E., Morrison, E.Y.St.A, Ahmad, M.H. and Asemota,
H.N. (2006) Effect of low glycemic index dietary advice on
glycemic control and inflammatory markers in adult type 2
diabetics in Jamaica.  Northern Caribbean University 7th Science
Symposium, Mandeville, Jamaica. 
• Bahado-Singh, P.S., Wheatley, A.O., Osagie, A.U., Boyne, M.,
Choo-Kan, E, Morrison, E.Y.St.A., Ahmad, M.H. and Asemota,
H.N. (2006) Effect of low glycemic index foods in the
management of type 2 diabetes in the Caribbean. UWI Diabetes
Outreach Project (UDOP) 12th International Conference, Ocho
Rios, Jamaica – March 2-5. 
• Graham, A.P., Roye, M.E., (2006). Mixed infection of a
malvaceous weed in Jamaica by two new geminiviruses. 3rd
Annual Graduate Students’ Conference, University of the West
Indies.
• Mitchell, S.A. (2005). Standardization of activities in nutraceutical 
and herbal products.  In CD- Proceedings of Quality Assurance
for the Nutraceutical Industry, November 30 – December 1st.
Scientific Research Council.
• Mitchell, S.A. (2005). Jamaican herbs: A “Goldmine” of
Possibilities: Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Symposium, Medical Association of Jamaica, October 2.
PUBLICATIONS:
Refereed Journals
* Bahado-Singh, P.S., Wheatley, A.O., Ahmad, M.H., Morrison,
E.Y.St.A. and Asemota, H.N. (2006) Food processing methods
influence the glycaemic indices of some commonly eaten West
Indies carbohydrate-rich foods. British Journal of Nutrition. 96:
476-481.
* Bahado-Singh, P.S., Wheatley, A.O., Osagie, A.U., Boyne, M.,
Choo-Kan, E, Morrison, E.Y.St.A., Ahmad, M.H. and
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Asemota, H.N. (2006) Effect of low glycemic index foods in the 
management of type 2 diabetes in the Caribbean. West Indian
Medical Journal 55 (Suppl): 41-42.
* Mitchell S.A. and M. H. Ahmad (2006) Protecting our medicinal 
plant heritage: the making of a new national treasure. Jamaica
Journal, Institute of Jamaica, Kingston. 29 (3): 28-33. 
* Riley, C.K., Adebayo, S.A., Wheatley, A.O., Ahmad, M.H. and
Asemota, H.N. (2006) Fundamental and Derived Properties of
Yam (Dioscorea spp.) Starch Powders and Implications in Tablet
and Capsule Formulation.  Starch/Starke 58: 418-424
* Roye, M.E. Collins, A.M., Maxwell. D.P. (2006). The first report 
of a begomovirus associated with the common weed Jatropha
gossypifolia in Jamaica. Plant Pathology, 55:286.
INCOME GENERATION
Grants
JM$5M. – Environmental Foundation of Jamaica – “Production
and dissemination of medicinal plant monographs” July 2006 –
June 2008
J$1,515,251 – Ministry of Agriculture – Citrus Replanting Project.
February 2006 – January 2007
USD2000.00 – Campus Committee for Research and Publication
and Graduate Grant Awards – “Production of Synthetic Ackee
Seeds plant regeneration from somatic embryos and RAPD
analysis of regenerants for genetic fidelity” for Mr. Seymour
Webster, July 2006
J$300,000 – Environmental Health Foundation – Nutritional
Supplement as a tool for harm reduction in illicit drug addiction:
Derivation of mechanism of action in animal model, July 2006 –
June 2008
Funded Activities
J$400,000 from the Ministry of Education for Science Teachers
Workshop, December 18-22, 2005.  
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PUBLIC SERVICE
Prof. M. H. Ahmad
– Board Member, National Commission on Science and
Technology  
– Member, CARICOM Working group on genetically modified
organisms (GMOs)
– Member, National Bio Safety Committee, NCST 
Prof. Helen Asemota
– International Consultant, Food and Agriculture Organization,
UN 
– Member, Steering Committee for the Development of a
Caribbean Food Composition Programme organized by the
Caribbean Food & Nutrition Institute (CFNI) and PAHO  
Dr. Sylvia Mitchell
– Member, Pharmaceutical Council of Jamaica
– Secretary, Caribbean Herbs Business Association of Jamaica
– Member, Deregulations Sub-Committee, National Biosafety
Committee 
Dr. Marcia Roye
– Member, Biodiversity Committee, NEPA   
Dr. Paula Tennant
– Board Member, Papaya Growers Association 
– Member of the National Biosafety Committee (NCST) 
Dr. Andrew Wheatley
– Mayor, Spanish Town, St. Catherine
– Vice-Chairman, St. Catherine Parish Council
– Member, Cannabis Research Institute
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CATEGORY OF STUDENTS
Postgraduates:
There are Twenty-Three postgraduates currently doing research at the
Biotechnology Centre, thirteen of which are Ph D candidates and ten M
Phil students.  These include two new students, Miss Natwaine Gardener
and Mr. Darshan Young, who registered in Biotechnology 2006.  Mr.
Young, supervised by Dr. Marcia Roye, will be examining the Molecular
characterization of recombination between begomoviruses associated
with Rhynchosia minima from Jamaica and Miss Gardner, supervised by Dr.
Andrew Wheatley, will look at Nutritional Supplement as a tool for harm
reduction in illicit drug addiction: Derivation of mechanism of action in
animal model.
Mr. Cliff Riley was awarded a Ph D. degree in Biotechnology for his thesis
completed in 2005. Mr. Riley received high commendation for his
research on “Phyisco chemical characterization of Jamaican yam starches
and their utilization as binders in paracetamol granule formulation”.
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THE NATURAL PRODUCTS INSTITUTE
Trevor H. Yee, BSc (Hons), PhD UWI, MBA (Hons) Nova
– Executive Director
WORK OF THE INSTITUTE
In the 2005/2006 academic year, theNatural Products Institute initiated
several new research projects, continued
with the completion of those projects started
earlier and increased its client services. Dr.
Yee of the Institute attended the Fourth
International Society for the Development
of Natural Products, held in Leysin,
Switzerland, and was re-elected Treasurer of
the Society, for the period 2006/ 2008. At
this conference, a poster presented by Dr.
Rupika Delgoda of the Institute and
describing some of her research, won one of
the First prizes from a field of some 160+ posters, for her poster entitled,
“The interaction of Caribbean natural products with Cytochrome P450
enzymes: potential metabolic drug-herb interactions.” This was the
second success for best poster for Dr. Delgoda for the year and her
research student, Mr. Mario Shields, having been awarded the prize for the 
best poster presented at the Twenty First Mona Symposium,
“Investigating the potential for drug-herb interactions in Jamaica: Effects
of medicinal plants on the activity of Cytochrome P450 enzymes.”
There were several additional claims filed for in the patent application by
Dr. Trevor Yee. Research is continuing and additional claims are being
investigated. Work is presently proceeding towards the next stage of
finding a commercial partner for the invention.
The Institute exchanged a confidentially agreement with the Manchester
Interdisciplinary Biocentre, University of Manchester, UK and established 
an on-going collaboration for molecular modeling projects.
The Institute assisted in the organization of a Presentation/Seminar on
July 26-27, by the legal firm of WilmerHale, which specializes in
Intellectual Property Right issues, which was prepared to offer their
services to UWI on a pro bono basis.
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Client Services:
The following client services were initiated/continued:
– Development of nutraceuticals form local ethnomedical
formulations.
– Analyses pertaining to the local registration of an analgesic
preparation. 
– Assistance with bioactivity claims of an herbal preparation.
– Assistance with the formulation/marketing of several
household chemical formulations.
– Assistance in the field of alternative energy sources.
– Assistance with the development a potential new plant variety.
– Income from client services: J$50,000
International Collaboration:
Collaboration was established by Dr. Delgoda with Professor Michael
Sutcliffe at the Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, University of
Manchester,UK, for molecular modeling of CYP450 enzymes. 
Collaborations continued by Dr. Delgoda, with the University of Leicester 
(Prof. Gordon Roberts) and Dundee (Prof. Wolfe and Dr. Paine), in the
U.K., with funding from the International Foundation for Science. 
GRANTS 
New grants 
Dr. Delgoda received on behalf of her post graduate student,
Mario Shields, US$1380, from the Post graduate Research fund,
UWI, to attend an international conference. 
Continuing grants 
SuperPlus graduate grant (worth J$1.5M) to Dr. R.Delgoda and
Mario Sheilds the first recipient
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International Foundation for Science (Worth US$11,900) to Dr. R. 
Delgoda. 
Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (worth US$62,000) to Drs.
T. Yee, R. Delgoda and Prof. R. Young.
PAPERS PRESENTED:
Fourth International Society for the Development of Natural
Products Conference, Leysin Switzerland, May 28 -31, 2006:
• Mario Shields, Trevor Yee, Paul Reese, and Rupika Delgoda,
“The interaction of Caribbean natural products with Cytochrome 
450 enzymes: potential metabolic drug-herb interactions.”  First
Prize Winning Poster.
• Grace-Ann O. Junor, Roy B. R. Porter, Lawrence A. D.
Williams, and Trevor H. Yee,  “An investigation into the
essential oil composition of the three endemic species of Bursera
spp. (Burseraceae) in Jamaica.” 
13th North American meeting of the International Society for the
Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX), Maui, Hawaii, October 2005
• Shields, M., Yee, T., Reese, P. and Delgoda, R. Investigating
the potential for drug-herb interactions in Jamaica: Effects of
medicinal plants on the activity of Cytochrome P450 enzymes.
21st Mona Symposium on natural products and medicinal chemistry, 
UWI, January, 3-6,2006. 
• Shields M., Reese P., Delgoda,R. The effect of Jamaican
medicinal plants on the activity of Cytochrome P450 enzymes.
First Prize Winning Poster.
PUBLICATIONS:
Peer Reviewed Publications
* Trevor H. Yee. 2006. New Pesticidal Compounds from
Limonoids. Natural Products: a Must for Human Survival, Y. Z. 
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Zhu, B. Tan, B. H. Bay and C. H. Liu, Eds World Scientific
Publishing Co, London, pp 308-324.
* Shields, M., Yee, T., Reese, P. and Delgoda, R. Investigating
the potential for drug-herb interactions in Jamaica: Effects of
medicinal plants on the activity of Cytochrome P450 enzymes,
Drug Metabolism Reviews, 2005, 37 (suppl 2), 137-138.
(abstract only)
PUBLIC SERVICE:
Dr. Trevor Yee
– Treasurer, International Society for the Development of
Natural Products.
– Member, Editorial Board, Jamaica Journal of Science and Technology.
– President, The Natural History Society of Jamaica.
– Member, Advisory Steering Committee for Compli- mentary
Medicine-Ministry of Health.
– Member, Steering Committee Towards a National Bio-
prospecting Programme, National Commission of Science and
Technology, Office of the Prime Minister.
Dr. Rupika Delgoda 
– UWI representative and Research Sector Representative for the
Caribbean Business Herbal Association, Jamaica Chapter 
SUPERVISION OF RESEARCH STUDENTS
Postgraduate
Five MPhil Students working jointly with the Natural Products Institute,
the Departments of Chemistry, Life Sciences, and Basic Medical Sciences-
Biochemistry, are being supervised by Dr. Trevor Yee, Prof. Helen
Jacobs, Dr. Roy Porter, Dr. Dwight Robinson, and Dr. Lisa Lindo.
One M.Phil. student working at the Natural Products Institute is
supervised by Dr. Rupika Delgoda and and co-supervised by Prof. Paul
Reese at the Department of Chemistry. His thesis was submitted in
August 2005. 
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Undergraduate
Three undergraduate students registered in the Department of
Biochemistry for final year Biochemistry, were supervised by Dr. Rupika
Delgoda for a 6 month project each. 
One undergraduate student registered in the Department of Chemistry
was supervised over 2 month summer work program, by Drs. Yee and
Delgoda. 
Three undergraduate students registered at the University of Technology
were supervised jointly by Dr. Rupika Delgoda and Dr. Novie Younger
at Epidemiology Section, TMRI for a one year final research project. 
TEACHING 
Dr. Yee lectured in the BSc Final year Food Chemistry course; and guest
lectured to the BSc Final year Life Science students in the Mycology, and
Medicinal and Economic Botany courses; and to the visiting graduate
students of St. Olaf’s College in Medicinal Chemistry.
Dr. Delgoda lectured in BSc final year Advanced Biochemistry course;
and guest lectured in Medicinal and Economic Botany, Dept. of Life
Sciences.
Drs. Yee, Delgoda and Sylvia Mitchell coordinated and taught the
Herbal and Complimentary Medicine course to the B.Pharm. Final year
students at the University of Technology.
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UWI DISTANCE EDUCATION CENTRE
(UWIDEC)
Derrick Thompson, BSc, (Hons.), Dip Bus. Admin. 
– Acting Campus Coordinator
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
During the period under review,UWIDEC’s academic programm-
ing continued to focus on the shift to
incorporate more use of on-line delivery
and asynchronous technologies in the
delivery of its programmes. The Blended
Learning Project saw the conversion of an
additional thirteen (13) courses offered in
the BSc in Manage- ment Studies and the
BSc in Educational Administration
programmes. The on- line summer course,
Introduction to Online Learning, was again 
offered to both incoming and existing
students to help them to better transition to 
the new delivery modalities. 
Emphasis was placed on the capacity building of faculty and other staff
members to develop competencies in the development, management and
delivery of online content.  Workshops and training sessions funded
through the CUPIDE project (http://www.cupide.org.jm) were carried
out. The collaboration with academic departments continued with
increased momentum. To this end, the BSc in Literacy Studies offered by
the Department of Educational Studies was launched. 
Work also continued on the plant modernization project at Mona. A new
state-of-the- art computer network was implemented enabling IP based
services to seamlessly integrate with the campus. A wireless infrastructure
was also deployed to increase access to online and network services where
fixed wired computers are limited. The main teaching studio was upgraded 
to a state-of-the-art meeting room supporting full multimedia
presentation capabilities with online access. Through collaboration with
CARICOM (http://wwww.caricom.org) a videoconferencing focal point
was established. This focal point now allows UWIDEC to hold
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videoconferences with any other location in the world using IP based
internet technologies. Tender was also awarded to contractors to deploy a
new UWIDEC wide IP based network to support teaching and other
administrative activities including IP based voice telephony across all
UWIDEC locations locally and overseas.
In order to widen access to UWIDEC’s offerings, discussions were
entered into with local representatives in Spanish Town and Falmouth to
establish community based learning centres that would access UWIDEC
programmes through local centres. The centres are expected to be
launched in the academic year 2007/2008. Preliminary work has also
started on the UWIDEC centre in Mandeville.
Figures1 and 2 show student enrollment trends throughout Jamaica. 
Figure 1  Undergraduate Programmes
Jamaica: BSc in BEd. in BSc in BSc in
Site Name Management Education Accounting Economics
Studies Administration (Level I) (Level I)
Ocho Rios 350 18 6 1
Morant Bay 76 20 4  
Brown's Town 126 24 4 2
Sav-La-Mar 223 108 2 10
Denbigh 185 30 2  
Mandeville 274 44 6 2
Montego Bay 423 10   
Port Antonio 170 18   
Vere 31 4 2  
Mona 247 15 10 3
INCOME GENERATION
Figure 2  Income Generating Activities 
Activity Income Expenditure
Summer School 3.1M JMD 2.3 M JMD
Rental of teleconferencing 780,000JMD
facility by other regional non
UWI entities  
PUBLIC SERVICE
Christine Marrett 
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– Member, Caribbean Association for Distance and Open
Learning
– Public Relations Officer, Jamaican Association for Distance
and Open Learning
– Member, Association of Caribbean Higher Education
Administrators
Charmaine McKenzie
– Member of the Board, National Library of Jamaica
– Member, Jamaican Association for Distance and Open
Learning 
– Hon. Editor, Jamaican Historical Society Bulletin
– Editor, Grace, Kennedy Foundation Lectures since 2003
Vilma McClenan
– Member,  Jamaican Council for Adult Education (JACAE) 
– President, Jamaican Association for Open and Distance
Learning (JADOL)
– Member, Caribbean Regional Council for Adult Education
(CARCAE)
– Member, Executive Committee and Caribbean Representative
on the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE)
Derrick Thompson
– Treasurer, Jamaican Association for Distance and Open
Learning 
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SCHOOL OF CONTINUING
STUDIES
Year ending July 31, 2006
Professor Lawrence Carrington, BA Lond-UCWI, 
PhD UWI  – Director
Overview
For the academic year 2005-2006, the School of Continuing Studiesmaintained a strong focus on continuing education programmes,
outreach and public education initiatives, research and community
development projects and technical assistance.
The work of the Caribbean Child Development Centre (CCDC) focused
on research, technical assistance, networking activities and outreach
through public service. Work on the development and hosting of Early
Childhood Development (ECD) related databases was a key activity
during the academic year and grant funding from the IDB to create a
database of interventions for children affected by HIV/AIDS was
successfully negotiated.
The Trade Union Education Institute was renamed the Hugh Lawson
Shearer Trade Union Education Institute in honour of Hugh Lawson
Shearer, who initiated its founding along with Michael Manley and
Hopeton Caven in 1963. The re-naming ceremony was chaired by the Vice 
Chancellor Prof. E. Nigel Harris and the Keynote Speaker was the Prime
Minister, the Hon. P.J. Patterson. The Governor-General, Prof. the Hon.
Kenneth Hall, the Most Hon. Denise Eldermire Shearer, and the
leadership of the Trade Unions were among the participants.
For the first time the Social Welfare Training Centre (SWTC) offered the
Regional Four Month Course in the Principles and Practice of Social
Work in the Cayman Islands. The offer was in response to a request by the
Department of Children & Family Services in the Cayman Islands to
provide training for their para-professional social workers. The course was 
adapted to meet the needs of the department.
The Jamaica Eastern Centre achieved several of its targets set in the last
academic year. The programme review of Computer Studies increased IT
enrolment by over 50% and collaboration with the Ministry of Education
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resulted in the launch of day classes for IT certification. Through the
MOU Training Programme, the Centre began the training of Public Sector 
employees in a range of 10 week business and professional development
courses. 
For the year under review, the School in Montego Bay continued to play a
pivotal role in providing part-time tertiary education for working adults in
Western Jamaica. Trends noted in the enrolment profile of students may
present opportunities for the University to offer a greater variety of
distance programmes.
The School hosted the Fourth Campus Strategic Planning Workshop,
June 26-27, 2006 at Mona. Resident Tutors and Administrative Assistants
joined colleagues from the Office of the Board for Non-Campus
Countries & Distance Education (BNCCDE), Distance Education Centre 
(DEC) and Tertiary Level Institutions Unit (TLIU) to discuss the
proposals for restructuring the sector that falls under the BNCCDE. The
two-day workshop was led by Mr. Larry Goldstein, UWI’s Strategic
Planning Consultant and Dr. Vivienne Roberts, (TLIU) Chair of the
Fourth Campus Planning Taskforce. 
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HUGH LAWSON SHEARER TRADE UNION
EDUCATION INSTITUTE 
Marva A. Phillips, MSc Johns Hopkins  – Tutor/Coordinator
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
The Institute continued to con- centrate on the offering of courses, public
education, outreach and net- working.
During the period under review there was
also an emphasis on introducing Caribbean
union women to the document addressing
the hemis- pheric concerns of labour
contained in the new document Labour’s
Platform for the Americas. The
recommendations arising out of the
Consultation held with union women in
Antigua in respect of the Labour Platform
were later presented by the Tutor/Coordinator at a Caribbean Congress
of Labour seminar.
Ms Phillips represented Caribbean union women at the Continental
Committee of Women Workers of the ICFTU/ORIT in Panama and
Mexico. She was also a member of the trade union delegation to the
Peoples Summit in Mar del Plata, Argentina and one the delegates to the
World Social Forum in Venezuela.
The Trade Union Education Institute was renamed the Hugh Lawson
Shearer Trade Union Education Institute in honour of Hugh Lawson
Shearer, who initiated its founding along with Michael Manley and
Hopeton Caven in 1963. The renaming ceremony which was held on
February 28, 2006 took place on the Institute’s premises. The ceremony
was chaired by the Vice Chancellor Prof. E. Nigel Harris and the Keynote
Speaker was the Prime Minister, the Hon. P.J. Patterson. The Governor-
General, Prof. the Hon. Kenneth Hall, the Most Hon. Denise Eldermire
Shearer, and the leadership of the Trade Unions were among the
participants.
The Tutor/Coordinator is the only academic staff member at the
Institute.
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Continuing Education
The first offering of the Certificate in Labour Studies ended in June 2006.
Some students who completed the programme were admitted to the
Faculty of Social Sciences to pursue an undergraduate degree.
Meetings were held with representatives of the School of Continuing
Studies in Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago with respect to the offering of 
the Certificate in Labour Studies Programme.
Public Education & Outreach
The Institute continues to collaborate with the Jamaica Confederation of
Trade Unions by assisting with the conduct of national education and
training activities through its Women’s Committee. In recognition of
International Women’s Day the JCTU Women’s Committee held a 2-day
seminar on March 7 – 8, 2006 at the Institute. Collaboration also
continued with the Caribbean Congress of Labour for which Ms Phillips
prepared a proposal for a programme of capacity building through
education and training in the English and Dutch speaking Caribbean. 
Main Targets 2006-2007
– Expand the offer of the Certificate in Labour Studies to other
Centres in the region
– Host a symposium on the 1st generation of Caribbean Trade
Union Women
– Research impact of Trade Unions on national productivity
– Research impact on migrant workers’ remittances on local
households
– Develop a course in Collective Bargaining & Labour Law for
Private Sector Executives
PAPERS PRESENTED
Phillips, Marva A.
• “Gender, Trade Union & Work” World Social Forum, Caracas,
Venezuela January 25, 2006.
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PUBLICATIONS 
Books & Monographs
* Phillips, Marva & Bolles, Lynne A. “En solidaridad: Las mujeres 
en el movimiento laboral organizado en Latinoamerica y el
Caribe”  De lo privado a lo publico: 30 años de lucha
ciudandana de las mujeres en America Latina. Ed. by Nathalie
Lebon and Elizabeth Maier. Mexico, D.F.: Siglo XXI;
UNIFEM; LASA, 2006. 93-106. 
* Phillips, Marva A. “Training Labour Practitioners for
Leadership”  Industrial Relations in the Caribbean: Issues and
Perspective. Ed. by Samuel J. Goolsarran. ILO, 2006. 337 – 348.
Refereed Journal Articles
Phillips, Marva A.
* “Preparing Union Men for Change” Caribbean Quarterly 51, 2
(2005): 14-30.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Marva Phillips 
– Council Member, Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions
(JCTU)
– Chair, JCTU Women’s Committee
– Member, Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL) Women’s
Committee 
– Caribbean Representative (Titular) to Inter-American Regional
Organisation of Workers (ORIT) Women’s Committee
(COMUT) 
– CCL’s Alternate Representative, ICFTU Women’s Committee
Awards
Marva A. Phillips
– 2005 UWI Long-service award for 15 years of service
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SOCIAL WELFARE TRAINING CENTRE
Lincoln Williams, BA East Anglia, PGCE, MA Lond, Dip. in Youth
& Community Work Thames – Tutor/Coordinator
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
SWTC continued to support thedevelopment of the Association of
Caribbean Social Work Educators’ (ACSWE)
by co-sponsoring its 7th Biennial Conference
held on the Mona Campus, August 8-11,
2005. The centre also produced and
published Volume 4 of the Association’s
Caribbean Journal of Social Work.
The Tutor/Coordinator continued to play an
active role on the board of the International
Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW). He attended the board’s
meeting held in the United Kingdom on January 23-27, 2006. Mr. Williams 
was also UWI’s representative at the Commonwealth Youth Programme
Regional Advisory Board Meeting in October 2005 and the Sixth
Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting in May 2006.
During the academic year, a temporary post of research assistant was
created at SWTC. The appointment of a research assistant provides an
excellent opportunity to undertake research on the impact of violence on
social workers with the intention to expand the Centre’s research capacity. 
Continuing Education
Sixty students graduated with the Certificate in Social Services this
academic year. This programme continued to be well received and
supported by a number of agencies which host the practicum component.
The evaluation reports from the practicum placements attest to the quality 
performance of the students. 
The Class of 2006 for the Regional Four Month Course in the Principles
and Practice of Social Work had a student body of 40 persons representing 
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Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. All
students successfully completed the course.
For the first time the course was offered in the Cayman Islands after the
SWTC was approached by the Department of Children & Family Services
in the Cayman Islands to provide training for their para-professional social 
workers. The course was adapted to meet the needs of the department and 
was delivered over the period November 2005 to February 2006. The
practicum was undertaken in Jamaica. 
The second offer of the Diploma in Youth in Development Work began
in June 2004 and all thirteen modules have been successfully delivered in
eleven participating countries of the English-speaking Caribbean.
Approximately 92 of the 132 students who sat examinations for the final
six modules are eligible for the award of the Diploma.
Public Education & Outreach
SWTC and the Department of Sociology, Psychology & Social Work co-
hosted the 7th Biennial Caribbean and International Social Work
Educators’ Conference at Mona, August 8 - 11, 2005. There were 250
participants from the Caribbean and North America. The conference
provided a forum in which Social Work Educators and Practitioners
reflect on theories and practices pertinent to social work in the Caribbean. 
Institutional Cooperation
The Centre hosted the annual UWI/Jamaica Golf Association
(UWI/JGA) golf classic which raised approximately $450,000 towards the 
foundation’s scholarship fund. 
SWTC continued its collaboration with the Department of Sociology,
Psychology & Social Work in the delivery of programmes and in mounting 
seminars on social work issues.  
Main Targets 2006-2007
– Deliver the Certificate in Social Services in Barbados
– Conduct research on Violence on Social Workers
– Publish Volume 5 of the Caribbean Journal of Social Work
PAPERS PRESENTED
Williams, Lincoln
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• “A tracer study of graduates of the National Youth Service
Jamaica, 2002”. 7th Association of Caribbean Social Workers
Educators Conference, UWI, Mona August 8-11, 2005
• “The State and Unattached Youth in Jamaica”. Lutheran Pacific
University, January 9, 2006.
• “How violence affects social workers in Kingston and St.
Catherine”. International Association of Schools of Social Work
(IASSW) United Kingdom, January 23-27, 2006
Income Generation
The Centre generates approximately 60% of its operating budget through
fee paying programmes and other activities. 
PUBLIC SERVICE
Lincoln Williams 
– Member, Board, Association of Caribbean Social Workers
Educators
– Member, Executive Board, International Association of
Schools of Social Work
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CARIBBEAN CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CENTRE (CCDC)
Julie Meeks Gardner, BSc, Dip Nutrition, PhD UWI –
Tutor/Coordinator
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
The work of the Centre focused onresearch, technical assistance, net-
working activities and outreach through
public service. CCDC maintained a strong
research focus on violence and aggression
and child development, HIV/AIDS and child 
outcomes with new activities being
undertaken under established projects. Work
on the development and hosting of Early
Childhood Development (ECD) related
databases was a key activity during the
academic year. The Centre also supported
training at a range of levels from para-
professional through post-graduate. Dr. Julie Meeks Gardner continued
supervision of three graduate students. There are two members of
academic staff at the Centre, the Tutor/Coordinator and a Research
Fellow.
Public Education & Outreach
The Caribbean Early Childhood Development website project continued
through the CCDC, Dudley Grant Memorial Trust and the Institute of
Education. The website which was being re-designed is used by people
from the region and beyond interested in early childhood issues.  CCDC
continued to serve as a UNESCO Cooperating Centre for Early
Childhood.
CCDC maintained a number of activities designed to support ECD
institutional strengthening and to strengthen networks of ECD
representatives from government ministries, technical persons, ECD
associations and donors in the region, as well as international
organizations. Over the last five years, donors such as World Bank, Inter-
American Development Bank, Caribbean Development Bank, Bernard
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Van Leer Foundation, UNICEF and UNESCO have supported this work. 
CCDC has built relationships with colleagues throughout the English-
speaking Caribbean and is establishing links in Dutch, French and
Spanish-speaking Caribbean states.
Institutional Cooperation 
A study on Interventions to Reduce Aggression among Basic School
Children was carried out in collaboration with the Child Development
Research Group (TMRI) and the Faculty of Education, with grant funds
from the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica and UNICEF.
Dr. Meeks Gardner is a member of the Children’s Issues Coalition (ChIC), 
a group of academics at UWI, Mona campus who are seeking to enable
more integrated research and teaching as well as outreach services and
dissemination of research findings, in areas of child development and
behaviour. The Coalition publishes an annual journal entitled Caribbean
Childhoods. Work on Volumes 3 (on Indicators and Screening
Instruments of Children’s Wellbeing, funded by UNICEF) and 4 (on
Children and Violence) was undertaken during the review period. The
work on the development of a database of research on children’s issues
was completed, and this was presented at a workshop.
Research and Technical Assistance
Dr. Meeks Gardner was a steering committee member of the Lancet Series 
on Child Development, a group of eminent researchers in the field of child 
development who undertook a comprehensive review of the state of
knowledge of child development in non-industrialized countries.  The
review was prepared as three papers were accepted for publication in the
prestigious medical journal, The Lancet. Dr. Meeks Gardner was an
author on one paper, and contributor to all three.  The initiative was
supported by UNICEF.  
Under the Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI)
programme a technical working group was formed, and suggested
research is being prioritized using the proposed methodology in a pilot. 
Dr. Meeks Gardner authored the first report and will present this at a
CHNRI meeting in Egypt in October 2006. Together with Dr. Maureen
Black of the University of Maryland, Dr. Meeks Gardner is leading the
child development aspect of the project which aims to develop and apply a 
systematic methodology to identify global research priorities. 
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The research programme on Aggression and Violence in Jamaican
Children continued with activities being undertaken under various
projects. Data analysis was completed on the pilot study for a trial of
parent and teacher interventions to reduce aggressive behaviour among
primary school children and a report and paper have been drafted. Under
the Violence Prevention Programme Inventory (funded by UNICEF,
Jamaica) a searchable database of intervention programmes was created
and all findings presented to stakeholders. The database is available online
through the CCDC website. A proposal to maintain the database including 
regular updating has been submitted to UNICEF, Jamaica. Dr. Meeks
Gardner was the lead researcher of the UWI consortium selected to
conduct the review of literature relating to issues around children and
violence under the UN Secretary General’s Report on Children and
Violence: Caribbean Area Report. The findings which were presented in
Trinidad and Tobago in February 2006 have been incorporated into the
UN Secretary General’s Global Report on Children and Violence.
The programme of research on HIV/AIDS and Child Development
continued. A grant proposal submitted to the IDB (US$ 41,500) to create a 
database of interventions for children affected by HIV/AIDS was
successful. The project is expected to commence in the next academic
year. A second research workshop on HIV and children was held.
Work on the CDB-funded Child Focus III Project began in August 2005
and will continue until February 2007. This project is supporting ECD
capacity building through work in three areas:  implementation of
curriculum goals and outcomes; financing and sustainability of ECD; and
implementation of policies and regulatory systems for improving the
quality of ECD services. To date, consultants have completed reports for
the first two areas. The outputs will be disseminated for advocacy and
public education purposes related to ECD and parenting.
CCDC successfully negotiated with the Inter-American Children’s
Institute (IIN) of the OAS to be the host institution in the Caribbean for
their extensive databases of documents, institutions and programmes. In
addition, the Centre hosted the training by IIN personnel of librarians
from Antigua, Trinidad and Tobago and the Main Library, UWI in the use
of these databases.
Main targets 2006-2007
– Conduct intervention trials to reduce children’s aggressive
behaviour;
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– Develop a database of HIV/AIDS intervention programmes
that target children;
– Conduct an intervention trial to reduce the negative
developmental outcomes of being affected by HIV/AIDS;
– Host a third workshop on children and HIV/AIDS;
– Develop a Caribbean-wide network of researchers on
HIV/AIDS and children;
– Determine the requirements for and the feasibility of a course
or courses in Child Rights.
PAPER PRESENTED 
Meeks Gardner, J.
• “Violence Interventions with Children”. Inter-American Forum
on Citizen Security: Examining Experiences and Challenges,
Medillin, Colombia, September 12-13, 2005.
• “Violence Prevention Programmes Inventory and Data- base”.
Violence Prevention Alliance Meeting, Kingston, Jamaica,
December 13, 2005.
• “Findings of the Caribbean Desk Review for the UN Secretary
General’s Study on Violence Against Children: From Research to
Policy & Practice”. 4th International Conference on Crime and
Justice in the Caribbean, St. Augustine, Trinidad, February 8-11,
2006.
• “A database of violence prevention interventions for Jamaican
children”. Violence Prevention Alliance Meeting, Kingston,
Jamaica, March 27, 2006.
• “Managing Classrooms in Jamaican Schools:  What, why and
how”. Jamaica Teachers’ Association Conference on Behaviour
Management for Classroom Teachers and School
Administrators, Ocho Rios, Jamaica, April 18, 2006.  
• “HIV/AIDS and Children – The research evidence in the
Caribbean”. International Nursing Midwifery Conference, Ocho
Rios, Jamaica, June 1-3, 2006.
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PUBLICATIONS 
Refereed Book Chapters
* Meeks Gardner J. (2006) “Children and Violence: 
Interventions at school and at home”, Children and
Adolescents Growing Up in Contexts of Poverty,
Marginalization and Violence in Latin America. CIESPI. Rio de
Janeiro: Author, 93-106
INCOME GENERATION
CCDC received a subvention from the Government of Jamaica. The
Centre also earned income through the rental of facilities and fees for the
administration of projects. Project income for 2005-2006 was
approximately J$2.9M. Other income including UGC funding was
approximately J$2.6M.
PUBLIC SERVICE  
Julie Meeks Gardner
– Chairman, National Food and Nutrition Coordinating
Committee
– Chairman, Advisory Board of the Child Development Agency
– Member, Board of the Malnourished Children’s Foundation
– Board Member, Peace Management Initiative
– Member, National Plan of Action on Children Coordinating
Committee 
– Member, Technical Steering Committee, Research Agenda
Programme, of the Planning Institute of Jamaica 
– Member, Inter-Sectoral Working Group on Children and
Violence
– Member, CARICOM Regional Working Group on Early
Childhood Development
– Board Member, Childwatch International Research Network
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Awards
Julie Meeks Gardner
2005 UWI Long-service award for 15 years of service
2006 UWI Mona Principal’s Award for Research with an Impact on 
Public Policy (as a member of the Child Development Research
Group)
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EASTERN JAMAICA
Camp Road
Gillian Glean-Walker, BA, MBA, Dip Ed, Dip Mgmt Stds UWI –
Resident Tutor & Head 
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
The Jamaica Eastern Centre achievedseveral of its targets set in the last
academic year. The programme review of
Computer Studies increased in IT
enrolment by over 50% and Peachtree
Accounting expanded the scope of
Computer Studies. Day classes
commenced at the Centre with the launch
of Microsoft training for Principals,
Deputy Principals and teachers and in
collaboration with the Ministry of
Education and the Centre expanded its
complement of regional programmes. The
Library/Reading Room was refurbished and the collection expanded
through a programme of acquisitions as well as generous donations from
international institutions. Work continued on developing a satellite centre
for programme delivery to Jamaica’s eastern parishes, with a planned
launch of this initiative in 2006-07.
Jamaica Eastern maintained its strong thrust in enhancing its image,
increasing the Centre’s visibility and promoting its programmes and
course offerings. Upgrading of the physical infrastructure and facilities
included acquisition of additional IT equipment for ongoing equipment
upgrade to meet the growing demand for Computer Studies.
The Centre continued its programme of increased involvement and
participation in Campus activities and strengthening its linkages with
campus administration and faculties.
The Resident Tutor is the only academic staff member at the Centre.
Continuing Education
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The Jamaica Eastern Centre continued to offer a range of credit and non-
credit programmes in Business and Administrative Studies, Computer
Studies, Health and Human Services and Pre-University Access courses
including ‘A’ Level and CXC preparation programmes. Jamaica Eastern
admitted its second cohort to the Associate Degree programmes and
expanded its regional programme offerings with the inclusion of the ASc
in Paralegal Studies (PALS) and the Certificate in Business Management
(BSMA)
Partnership with Caribbean Institute of Technology (CIT) continued
through the offer of the nationally recognised Computer Fundamentals
course.
The School expanded and deepened its collaboration with Government
and quasi-Government institutions for the delivery of specialised
programmes. Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers were able to register
for CXC classes in Mathematics and English Language, on successful
completion of access courses in these subjects. Collaboration with the
Ministry of Education resulted in the launch of day classes for IT
certification. Through the MOU Training Programme, the Centre began
the training of Public Sector employees in a range of 10-week business and 
professional development courses. 
Programme Cluster Student Enrolment
Business & Administrative Studies 2134
Computer Studies   950
Health & Human Services 8883
Languages, Creative Writing, Drama & Media     86
Pre-University & Access Programmes 1171
Special Offers & External Studies     26
Vocational & Job-Oriented   194
TOTAL 5,444
Institutional Collaboration
Jamaica Eastern continued its collaboration with the Archives and
Records Management Department, Mona with the start of the second
offer of the certificate programme in Records Management for summer
2006.  
Plans are well advanced for the launch of a pilot certificate in Electronics
Engineering in collaboration with the Physics Depart- ment. Classes for
this pilot should commence in January 2007. 
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Main Targets 2006-2007
– Undertake outreach activities in neighbouring com- munities
– Establish satellite centre in eastern Jamaica
– Formalize and enhance marketing effort through recruitment of 
marketing personnel
– Establish an Advisory Committee
– Streamline administrative structures functions and delivery
including development of a student data base and accounting
systems
Income Generation
Jamaica Eastern’s main source of income continues to be tuition fees.
Additional income was generated during the year from use as an
examination centre and from rental of facilities to other institutions.  
The Centre continues to assess the financial viability of its programmes
while recognizing its commitment to its students’ completion of
programmes in spite of low registration in several critical courses.
Ongoing rationalization of the Centre’s operations such as the
management of the tuition exemption facility for Mona Campus
employees has reduced losses to the Centre in excess of $1m for the year.
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WESTERN JAMAICA
Montego Bay
Vilma Clarke, BA UWI, MBA Nova, MA Leeds 
– Resident Tutor & Head 
WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
For the year under review the Schoolcontinued to play a pivotal role in
providing part-time tertiary education for
working adults in Western Jamaica. Of
particular significance to the work of the
School were two emerging trends in the
School’s enrolment profile; an increasing
number of students are transitioning from
the SCS one-year certificate programme in 
Supervisory Management into the BSc
Management Studies offered by distance
delivery and the student age profile for the
BSc Management Studies seems to be
shifting in favour of younger adults between the ages of 18-25. The latter
trend suggests that younger persons are opting to study outside of the
main campus while the former suggests that relevant programmes at the
certificate level could become important feeder programmes for distance
education. Together, these two trends may present opportunities for the
University to offer a greater variety of distance programmes despite the
fact that the new associate degrees have faltered. In respect of the distance
education programmes, it is to be noted that more qualified applicants are
opting for part-time study as several applicants possess higher level
matriculation requirements. 
Continuing Education
Courses which attracted reasonable enrolment were Computer Studies,
Social Work, and Supervisory Management. The table below provides
enrolment figures.
  Programme Student Status      Totals
494
          New           Continuing
M F T M F T
Business Management Year 2  6 13  19
Early Childhood Education  1 10 11  4   4  15
English For  Tertiary  Level  1 18 19  19
Introduction to Computers  4 16 20  20
Marketing   2   2 3  5   8  10
Marketing & Sales (10 wk)  1 10 11  11
Microsoft Office  4 28 32  32
Social Work  3 27 30 3 24 31  61
Supervisory Management 21 31 52 6 18 24  76
Supervisory Management (10 wk) 14 59 73  73
TOTAL 336
Public Education & Outreach
The Centre continued its collaboration with Sam Sharpe Teachers’
College to support the HFLE-HIV-AIDS community project, Promoting
Healthy Life Styles in Western Jamaica. 
– Main Targets 2006-2007
– Implement blended-learning delivery
PUBLIC SERVICE
Vilma Clarke
– Member, Kiwanis Club of Providence
– Member, Association of Caribbean Higher Education
Administrators (ACHEA)
– Member, Jamaica Adult Literacy (JAMAL)
– Member, Montego Bay Community College Scholarship
Committee
– Member, Melody Girls Home 
– Member, Friends of Faith Kinderprep
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