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News article 11 Nov 2014 Professor Steve Ward on panel of global experts calling for greater collaboration LSTM’s Deputy Director, Professor Steve Ward, is part of a panel of experts meeting in London, which has been convened by the Global Health...
News article 10 Nov 2014 LSTM project part of a £20 Million UK award for zoonotic diseases Researchers at LSTM are recipients of funding as part of a £20.5M committed by the UK to combat zoonotic diseases worldwide. Four UK Research...
News article 7 Nov 2014 LSTM awarded nearly £4 million in grants for pneumococcal research Experts to use new unique model to see how nasal spray flu vaccine interacts with the bacteria that causes pneumonia.Respiratory specialists at...
News article 6 Nov 2014 LSTM Seminar Series Report - Zooming in and out: Explorations of HIV risk, responsibility, intimacy and love in rural South Africa LSTM’s Seminar Series continued this week with a talk from Dr Heidi van Rooyen of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), South Africa...
News article 3 Nov 2014 LSTM at Health Systems Research symposium in Cape Town Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine staff had a busy but productive week at the Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Cape Town...
News article 31 Oct 2014 Extension of the Ebola Response Register Due to the ongoing Ebola Crisis in West Africa, LSTM has extended the Ebola Response Register to now finish on the 15 December 2014.  So...
News article 30 Oct 2014 Cochrane Review of RDT for diagnosis of drug resistant TB Researchers from the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group, hosted at LSTM, have conducted an independent review to examine the diagnostic accuracy...
News article 29 Oct 2014 REACH ETHIOPIA wins 2014 Kochon Prize This year’s prestigious Kochon Prize has been awarded to REACH ETHIOPIA, a collaboration including LSTM, at the 45thUnion World Conference on...
News article 29 Oct 2014 REACH ETHIOPIA wins 2014 Kochon Prize This year’s prestigious Kochon Prize has been awarded to REACH ETHIOPIA, a collaboration including LSTM, at the 45thUnion World Conference on...
News article 28 Oct 2014 Professor Louis Niessen presents results of multiple criteria decision analyses in International health LSTM’s Professor Louis Niessen presented to health advisors at the Department for International Development (DFID), weekly seminar last...
News article 24 Oct 2014 AWOL secures additional funding for drug development The A·WOL programme are pleased to announce a $1.3million research award received from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (...
News article 23 Oct 2014 Seminar Series Report: the spatial ecology of the Ebola virus disease. LSTM’s Seminar Series continued this week with a talk from David Pigott, from the Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of...
News article 23 Oct 2014 Health in Humanitarian Settings Research Symposium: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS This year LSTM’s annual Health in Humanitarian Settings Research Symposium will be help on Tuesday 25thNovember. The interdisciplinary research...
News article 22 Oct 2014 Professor Moses Bockarie appointed chair of special Scientific Working Group Professor Moses Bockarie, Director of LSTM’s Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases has been asked to be chair of the scientific working...
News article 17 Oct 2014 Seminar Series Report: Human Challenge Studies in Pneumococcal Vaccine Discovery LSTM’s Seminar Series continued this week with a talk from Professor Stephen Gordon, head of LSTM’s Department of Clinical Sciences. Professor...
News article 16 Oct 2014 Neglected Tropical Diseases - looking at Ebola through a different lens. By David MolyneuxThe current Global Ebola crisis presents a multitude of challenges in terms of our capacity to respond; the future is even less...
News article 14 Oct 2014 DFID Minister Lynne Featherstone visits LSTM DFID Minister Lynne Featherstone visits LSTM The Rt Hon Lynne Featherstone MP, Minister for International Development, visited LSTM to receive a...
News article 14 Oct 2014 CMNH appeal to suppliers for vital supplies for Sierra Leone LSTM’s Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health (CMNH) is continuing to carry out its life-saving work to reduce maternal and newborn deaths in Sierra...
News article 8 Oct 2014 LSTM welcomes Dr Lorenzo Savioli as Senior Professorial Fellow LSTM Director, Professor Janet Hemingway, officially welcomed Dr Lorenzo Savioli today as Senior Professorial Fellow. The former WHO Director for the...
News article 7 Oct 2014 Scientists at LSTM draw attention to the link between Schistosomiasis and EMF As part of ongoing studies on intestinal schistosomiasis in young children, LSTM researchers draw attention to the likely connection between...
News article 6 Oct 2014 Seminar Series Report: Authorship and Fraud The LSTM Seminar Series hosted Liz Wager PhD, a freelance medical writer, editor, and trainer. She was the chair of the Committee on Publication...
News article 6 Oct 2014 LSTM appoints Dr Lorenzo Savioli as Senior Professorial Fellow Former WHO Director for the Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) will head LSTM’s NTD programmes.
News article 2 Oct 2014 New Exhibition: Then and Now - Military medicine 1914 - 2014 LSTM is involved in an exciting exhibition that opens today at the Liverpool Medical Institution (LMI). The event has been...
News article 1 Oct 2014 LSTM organises special Ebola session during DTM&H course Students from LSTM’s current Diploma in in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTM&H) were joined by LSTM Clinical Masters students, staff...
News article 29 Sep 2014 Seminar Series Report: Malaria Research at Mahidol University LSTM’s Seminar Series continued this week with a talk from Professor Sasithon Pukritayakamee and Associate Professor Janarit Kaewkungwal from Mahidol...
News article 29 Sep 2014 Annual ReBUILD Workshop LSTM has hosted the 4th annual workshop for ReBUILD, a 6 year, £6 million research consortium funded by the UK Department for International...
News article 25 Sep 2014 Experts at LSTM use novel modelling approach to assess the effectiveness of new diagnostics for TB Experts at LSTM have used a novel modelling approach to project the effects of new diagnostic methods and algorithms for the diagnosis of...
News article 25 Sep 2014 RSTMH Biennial Meeting ‘Measuring Progress’ LSTM’s Director, Professor Janet Hemingway will be chairing a session today at the Biennial Meeting of the Royal Society of Tropical...
News article 24 Sep 2014 LSTM research student among top Saudi students in the UK PhD student Waleed Al-Salem, studying in LSTM’s Department of Parasitology, has been honoured for his achievements this week, after being...
News article 23 Sep 2014 LSTM Ebola Response Register LSTM have called upon their Alumni to encourage them, or people within their professional networks, to sign up to a new Ebola Response Register that...
News article 22 Sep 2014 LSTM part of a partnership looking at new models to fight sleeping sickness in DRC LSTM, with partners the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp (ITM) and Memisa Belgium will spearhead a new and more sustainable approach to...
News article 22 Sep 2014 Juan Ortiz Remembered 12 months after his tragic death, LSTM remembers Dr Juan Jesus Ortiz-Iruri, who was among those killed during the terrorist attack on the Westgate...
News article 22 Sep 2014 WHO publishes LSTM-led cross-sectional survey on drug resistance of TB in Malawi The online research section of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO) published the results of a cross-sectional...
News article 19 Sep 2014 Respiratory Research at LSTM Respiratory infections affect the young and the old, the poor and the vulnerable throughout the world. LSTM’s Respiratory Research Team are...
News article 18 Sep 2014 LSTM’s Professor van den Broek edits special supplement about Quality of Care Head of LSTM’s Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health (CMNH), Professor Nynke van den Broek, has acted as Editor for a special...
News article 16 Sep 2014 SSSNAKES ALIVE! Experts from LSTM’s Alistair Reid Venom Research Unit have contributed to an exhibition that will be opening at World Museum Liverpool...
News article 12 Sep 2014 Seminar Series: Development and production of immunobiologicals LSTM’s Seminar Series continued this week with a talk from Dr Eliane Miyaji from the Butantan Institute (BI) in Brazil. Dr Miyaji was introduced by...
News article 11 Sep 2014 Latest Cochrane Review: Artemether for severe malaria Partner researchers from the Effective Health Care Research Consortium, and the Cochrane Infectious Disease Group, both hosted at LSTM,...
News article 9 Sep 2014 Clinical Diagnostic Parasitology Laboratory maintains its Clinical Pathology Accreditation LSTM’s Clinical Diagnostic Parasitology Laboratory (CDPL) has, following a recent inspection, maintained its Clinical Pathology...
News article 5 Sep 2014 ICAAC 2014 Today sees the start of a five day international conference run by the American Society for Microbiology, The Interscience Conference on...

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