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Group photo of the members of the African Euro partnership. News article 17 Apr 2023 Malaria - £3.7m investment in ‘African – Euro’ partnership A ‘European - African’ partnership initiative will see an investment worth more than £3.7m and will spreadhead the fight against the ‘sometimes fatal...
News article 6 Apr 2023 LSTM attends the First World Health Organisation meeting on skin NTDs LSTM staff and partners joined more than 800 participants from 86 countries, for the first global meeting on skin neglected tropical diseases (NTDs...
News article 6 Apr 2023 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine’s Dr Cassandra Modahl awarded Springboard funding from Academy of Medical Sciences LSTM’s Dr Cassandra Modahl is one of this year’s group of biomedical and health researchers awarded Springboard funding to help promote their careers.
News article 5 Apr 2023 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine staff attend policy brief launch for intersectoral health workforce solutions at Fifth Global Forum on Human Resources for Health. The Fifth Global Forum on Human Resources for Health is taking place in Geneva, throughout this year’s Global World Health Worker Week. A delegation...
News article 5 Apr 2023 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine’s Staff Conference 2023, celebrates staff achievements and LSTM’s global health impact, at iconic Spine building. As Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine marks its 125th year of global health impact, the remarkable work being carried out by staff from all...
News article 5 Apr 2023 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine’s Staff Conference 2023 celebrates staff achievements and LSTM’s global health impact, at iconic Spine building. As Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine marks its 125th year of global health impact, the remarkable work being carried out by staff from all...
News article 3 Apr 2023 iiCon Director, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine's Professor, Janet Hemingway, wins two awards at Northern Leadership Awards 2023 Professor Janet Hemingway has been recognised for her achievements in the field of infection control and vaccine development, with two prestigious...
News article 31 Mar 2023 Stronger Together: Evidence for collaborative action on neglected tropical diseases (NTD’s) from COUNTDOWN consortium, is published in Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’s journal. The COUNTDOWN consortium, a multi-disciplinary group working on NTD interventions, led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, has published a...
News article 30 Mar 2023 Liverpool Vaccine Equity Project wins Building Collaborative Communities Award at this year’s Smarter Working Live Awards. Congratulations to LSTM-led Liverpool Vaccine Equity Project, which has won aBuilding Collaborative Communities Award at the Smarter Working...
News article 29 Mar 2023 In memoriam: Dr Letitia Obeng 1925 - 2023 LSTM is sad to announce the death of one of our most prestigious alumni, Dr Letitia Obeng, whose work understanding the relationship between...
News article 24 Mar 2023 World TB Day 2023
News article 14 Mar 2023 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine showcases ‘Scientific illustrations: Stories of Discovery and Survival’ for British Science Week The weekend saw researchers from LSTM taking the institute’s 125 years of rich history and science to the Victoria Gallery & Museum (VG&M) as...
News article 13 Mar 2023 A large LSTM-led trial confirms new antimalarial, dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine, is more effective at preventing malaria than current WHO recommended treatment but does not improve adverse birth outcomes. A large multi-country trial of 4680 women in sub-Sahara Africa, looking at new antimalarial treatment for pregnant women in Africa, led by Prof....
News article 8 Mar 2023 International Women's Day 2023
News article 2 Mar 2023 Henry Mwandumba announced as Director of Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme Professor Henry Mwandumba has been appointed as director of the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme (MLW). MLW is a longstanding partnership between...
News article 1 Mar 2023 Liverpool Life Sciences students creatively explore LSTM’s history and science The National Lottery Heritage-funded project, LSTM - Past, Present, and Future has brought together students from Liverpool Life Sciences...
News article 28 Feb 2023 LSTM's hero for February: Alwen Evans Alwen Myfanwy Evans was LSTM’s first female lecturer and a local doctor who braved African swamps to learn about the relationship between mosquitos...
News article 23 Feb 2023 UK chief scientists visit LSTM Human Challenge Facility and Accelerator Research Clinic The UK Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) Chief Scientific Adviser,...
News article 23 Feb 2023 Researchers say cross-country collaboration necessary to mitigate Aedes albopictus invasion in Africa and reduce Aedes-associated disease burden In March 2022, WHO launched the Global Arbovirus Initiative, a strategic plan to tackle re-emerging arboviruses with epidemic potential. Three...
News article 20 Feb 2023 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine postgraduate students win Pandemic Institute/ DAM Health’s Student Excellence Awards, 2023 Four LSTM studentshave been awarded grants of £3500 each after winning Student Excellence Awards, designed to boost their studies as part of a unique...
News article 13 Feb 2023 11th February is International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is celebrating the important role mentors have to play in developing the careers of women and girls in science. LSTM Lecturer in the Vector Biology Department, Jennifer Lord, has worked with The Girls’ Network to mentor young women and girls who are interested...
News article 9 Feb 2023 Celebrating LSTM’s Director’s Catalyst Fund awardees The Director’s Catalyst Fund (DCF) was launched in 2016 with the support of donations and aims to support early stage projects and innovation for...
The image shows one of Tom's previous artworks News article 6 Feb 2023 Meet the artists: LSTM announces first team of artists chosen to design Heritage Lottery Fund pop-up museum and school loan boxes Artists, Natasha Niethamer and Tom Hyatt, have been chosen by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) to design the Tropical Medicine Time...
News article 3 Feb 2023 Innovative team from LSTM and University of Leicester win prize for best healthcare plan at the YES22 Competition A team of young researchers from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Ashleigh Howard and Steven Mitini-Nkhoma, joined Charlotte Fawcett from...
News article 2 Feb 2023 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine awarded £4.7 million to establish a new Human Challenge Facility, for infectious disease research LiverpoolSchool of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is celebrating being awarded £4.7 million in funding from the Research England Development (RED) Fund....
News article 2 Feb 2023 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine awarded £4.7 million to establish a new Human Challenge Facility, for infectious disease research LiverpoolSchool of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is celebrating being awarded £4.7 million in funding from the Research England Development (RED) Fund....
News article 31 Jan 2023 LSTM team devises new standardised measurements for recording the outcome of snakebite trials. Snakebite envenoming is a priority neglected tropical disease (NTD), and is responsible for around 94,000 deaths each year, mostly in Asia and sub-...
News article 30 Jan 2023 World NTD Day 2023
News article 19 Jan 2023 Study finds severe disease from Omicron B.1.1529 SARS-CoV-2 infections are uncommon in under-vaccinated Malawian community A study, published in eClinicalMedicine (part of the The Lancet Discovery Science) examining blood serum results for people with...
News article 5 Jan 2023 LSTM and MLW researchers part of team calling for simpler diagnostic tools for chronic hepatitis B patients in Africa A group of international researchers, including those from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and the Malawi Liverpool Welcome Trust (MLW...
Professor Luis Cuevas News article 2 Jan 2023 Professor Luis Cuevas 1956-2023 It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Professor Luis Cuevas, who passed away at home on Monday 2nd January 2023.
News article 20 Dec 2022 LSTM ends 2022 on a high! 2022 has been a busy year for Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. LSTM completed extra pandemic workstreams – vaccine efficacy and safety trials...
Pregnant woman Africa News article 15 Dec 2022 LSTM-led study derives global number of pregnancies at risk of malaria between 2007 and 2020 A demographic study by LSTM researchers in collaboration with researchers from the Malaria Atlas Project (MAP), estimating numbers of pregnancies...
IRS-sensor in use, by Niteen Sharma News article 12 Dec 2022 New agreement between LSTM and the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences will help progress research projects for vector-borne diseases LSTM Department of Vector Biology has signed an agreement with the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, for future research projects for...
Graduating students in 2022 News article 6 Dec 2022 LSTM celebrates its amazing students, as in-person graduation ceremony returns to landmark Liverpool setting LSTM has held its first in-person graduation ceremony since the start of the Covid 19 Pandemic, with a celebratory event at the historic St George’s...
Hellen Barsosio at the American Society of Tropical Medicine meeting 2022 News article 30 Nov 2022 LSTM PHD student, Hellen Barsosio, recognised with American Society of Tropical Medicine award Congratulations go to LSTM International Public Health PHD student, Hellen Barsosio, who has been given the American Society of Tropical Medicine and...
A pregnant African woman holding her stomach News article 28 Nov 2022 Meta-analysis informed the updated WHO guidelines for treatment of uncomplicated malaria in the first trimester of pregnancy A new WWARN meta-analysis commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO), which informed a change to its treatment guidelines* has been...
News article 25 Nov 2022 LSTM researchers receive the Dorothy Temple Cross International TB Collaboration Grant from the Medical Research Foundation Researchers at LSTM, the Instituto Nacional de Saúde of Mozambique, and the Catholic University of Bukavu of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (...
James McMahon and Stacey Lavery - Fundraising Team at the awards ceremony News article 18 Nov 2022 LSTM celebrates winning two awards at Liverpool Chamber of Commerce Awards LSTM has been recognised for recent successes, campaign, and partnership work, and is celebrating two award wins at Liverpool’s Chamber of Commerce...
News article 17 Nov 2022 LSTM Student working in Ghana gains early career grant from RSTMH LSTM Global Health PhD student, Edwin Panford-Quainoo, has been awarded a grant from the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH). 

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