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 It was the site of the 2009 [[Good Club]] meeting, a secret get-together of some of the world's most powerful billionaires including [[Bill Gates]], [[Oprah Winfrey]], [[George Soros]], [[Warren Buffett]], and [[Ted Turner]], discussing the problem of how to solve [[population_control|overpopulation]].((Harris, P. (2009, May 30). //They’re called the Good Club - and they want to save the world.// The Guardian. https://archive.ph/VhYU2))
+In January 2011, Rockefeller University joined [[pharmaceutical_companies:Pfizer]]'s [[Pfizer’s Centers for Therapeutic Innovation|Centers for Therapeutic Innovation]] (CTI) program.((//Rockefeller joins Pfizer’s Global Centers For Therapeutic Innovation.// (2011, January 26). The Rockefeller University. http://archive.today/2023.01.27-140206/https://www.rockefeller.edu/news/455-rockefeller-joins-pfizers-global-centers-for-therapeutic-innovation/))
 ===== Research =====
 For its first six decades, the Institute focused on research to develop basic science, applied research as biomedical engineering, and clinical science. The [[Rockefeller Hospital]]'s first director [[Rufus Cole]] retired in 1937 and was succeeded by [[Thomas Milton Rivers]].((//Medicine: At Rockefeller Hospital.// (1937, May 24). Wayback Machine; [[TIME]]. https://web.archive.org/web/20110628234647/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,848704,00.html)) As director of The Rockefeller Institute's virology laboratory, he established [[virology]] as an independent field apart from [[bacteriology]].
+==== Eugenics ====
+While working at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, French surgeon and biologist [[Alexis Carrel]] suggested the use of gas to euthanize lawbreakers, and in a later edition endorsed the [[europe:germany:German]] “suppression” of “the defective.”((Schambra, W. A. (2013, October 1). //Philanthropy’s Original Sin.// Hudson Institute. https://www.hudson.org/research/9747-philanthropy-s-original-sin))
+==== Infectious Diseases ====
+The school has received 25 grants from the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]] from 2006-2021.((//Committed Grants.// (2022). Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. https://web.archive.org/web/20220618184128/https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/committed-grants?q=Rockefeller%20University)) Funded activities include research into [[tuberculosis]], [[monoclonal antibodies]], diagnostic testing and “novel” [[vaccines]] for [[HIV]], [[ZMapp]] manufacturing for [[Ebola]] prevention, vaccine adjuvants, the [[microbiome]], mother-child transfer of IgG [[antibodies]], [[gene editing]], artificial olfactory receptors, [[COVID-19]] testing assays, evaluating cellular and molecular events post-[[mRNA]] vaccine, and monoclonal antibodies against [[SARS-CoV-2]].
 ===== Affiliations =====
-  * [[Margaret Hamburg]]
+[[David Rockefeller]] joined the board of trustees in 1940, was its chairman from 1950 to 1975, chaired the board's executive committee from 1975 to 1995, became honorary chairman and life trustee, and remained active until his death in 2017.((//David Rockefeller honored with named professorship: Barry Coller will be first David Rockefeller Professor".// News & Notes. 12 (12). The Rockefeller University. December 15, 2000))
+==== Researchers ====
+=== Margaret Hamburg ===
+Early in her career, [[Margaret Hamburg]] conducted neuroscience research at Rockefeller University.((//Margaret A. Hamburg.// (2020, January 27). SFARI. https://archive.ph/DjwT9)) In addition to becoming a member of the board of trustees for the university,((//Margaret Hamburg elected to Rockefeller Board of Trustees.// (2005, November 2). The Rockefeller University. https://archive.ph/MmgDp)) she would also go on to hold prominent positions with the [[National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases]] under Dr. [[Anthony Fauci]], the U.S. [[Food and Drug Administration]], [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]], [[Rockefeller Foundation]], [[Harvard University]], [[Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations]], [[Gavi|Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance]], the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]], [[Wellcome Trust]], the [[University of Washington]], [[Council on Foreign Relations]], and the [[Nuclear Threat Initiative]], among others.
+In her various positions, Hamburg has participated in several [[pandemic war games]] including [[Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]], [[Clade X]], and the [[2021 Monkeypox Tabletop Exercise]].
+=== Charles Rice ===
+  * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20201011005232/https://seek.rockefeller.edu/charles-m-rice-2/]]