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Professor Janet Hemingway News article 22 Sep 2020 LSTM’s Professor Janet Hemingway voted President-Elect of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Following their Annual General meeting, the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) has announced that LSTM’s Professor Janet...
Dr Laura-Oana Abulescu News article 18 Sep 2020 International Snakebite Awareness Day This year’s International Snakebite Awareness Day is shining a light on WOMEN CHAMPIONS OF SNAKEBITE (WCOS), like LSTM’s Dr Laura-Oana Albulescu, who...
Healthcare worker at home visit News article 18 Sep 2020 AGILE trial now recruiting patients for efficacy of COVID-19 treatments The innovative COVID-19 drug testing platform, AGILE, is a collaboration led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, the University of...
Anopheles stephensi News article 16 Sep 2020 A new malaria vector in Africa: Predicting the expansion range of Anopheles stephensi and identifying the urban populations at risk A collaboration of researchers from LSTM and the University of Oxford have mapped the risk posed by an Asian malaria-carrying mosquito that has...
Rachel Byrne in the diagnostics lab News article 14 Sep 2020 LSTM researchers find an easy alternative to nasal and throat swabbing for SARS-CoV-2 Diagnosis Researchers from LSTM, working alongside clinical and research staff at the Royal Liverpool and Aintree University Hospitals, have found that saliva...
The GLOW (Global Women’s Research Society) Conference organising committee News article 11 Sep 2020 LSTM hosts the virtual GLOW (Global Women’s Research Society) Conference 2020 LSTM has co-hosted this year’s GLOW (Global Women’s Research Society) Conference, which has been jointly organised with the University of Liverpool’s...
image of a mosquito taking a blood meal from a person News article 8 Sep 2020 New online course launched on the control of vector borne diseases LSHTM and its ARCTEC team, IVCC and LSTM are launching a brand new free online course on the control of vector borne diseases such as malaria, dengue...
image of eggs of Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni in the urine of a Malawian male child. Image: Dr Seke Kayuni News article 2 Sep 2020 LSTM and MLW to receive £1.7 million Wellcome grant to investigate schistosomiasis outbreak in Malawi Researchers at LSTM, working alongside colleagues in Malawi, are to receive a Joint Investigator Award of £1.7 million from Wellcome to help develop...
George Omondi and Daudi Sallah (IPR), Lauren Thistlethwaite and Paula McCabe (LSTM) and Collins Waweru (IPR) at IPR offices. News article 21 Aug 2020 Kenyan based Institute of Primate Research recipient of first Good Financial Grant Practice (GFGP) Certification in Africa The Kenyan-based Institute of Primate Research is the first organisation in Africa to be certified under the Good Financial Grant Practice (GFGP...
Vaccine Trial unit at LSTM News article 20 Aug 2020 Would you like to volunteer to take part in COVID -19 Vaccine Research? Research into vaccines is the only way to find out which vaccines will work – researchers need people to take part in studies to find out which...
News article 17 Aug 2020 Call for volunteers: COVID-LIV Virology Study Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the University of Liverpool have launched the Liverpool Household COVID-19 Cohort Study, COVID- LIV.
News article 12 Aug 2020 ReBUILD for Resilience, an LSTM led consortium, awarded £7.68 million by DFID The grant will be used to investigate health systems in fragile contexts experiencing violence, conflict and other global health challenges. The aim...
News article 11 Aug 2020 COVID-19 campaign to reach millions in 9 African countries LSTM is one of the partners in organising several COVID-19 awareness campaigns, targeting millions of people in West and Central Africa. With UK Aid...
News article 11 Aug 2020 Global Health Respiratory Network (GHRN) calls for equity in respiratory research funding Writing in this week’s Lancet Respiratory Medicine on behalf of the Global Health Respiratory Network (GHRN), LSTM's Dr Angela Obasi and colleagues...
News article 7 Aug 2020 Racial inequalities and COVID-19: Building Back Better for All In collaboration with Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and academics across the region The Heseltine Institute at the University of Liverpool...
News article 4 Aug 2020 Cochrane review informs guidelines on managing histoplasmosis in people living with HIV In a new systematic review, an author team from the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group explored the evidence regarding managing histoplasmosis in...
News article 31 Jul 2020 Editorial on the impact of COVID-19 on Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa. LSTM’s Emeritus Professor David Molyneux, with colleagues from Sightsavers, has written an editorial looking at the impact of COVID-19 on Neglected...
News article 31 Jul 2020 The unkindest cut women never forget A “psychological shadow” is how women describe the long term effect of the cut made by doctors in the skin and vagina during childbirth. This...
News article 29 Jul 2020 DFID ministerial visit to LSTM to announce UK aid funding LSTM played host to a ministerial visit from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development (DFID). The visit...
News article 27 Jul 2020 LSTM/UoL students take top awards at graduation This summer saw four students, Lucy Carr-Knox, Shannon Ward, Marion Head and Megan Foster, who attended taught modules at LSTM, win top prizes as...
News article 27 Jul 2020 Evidence of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in cats and dogs from households in Italy Researchers at LSTM have been involved in a collaborative study with colleagues in Italy and Liverpool to discover if cats and dogs are susceptible...
News article 24 Jul 2020 New ARRIVE Guidelines published Better reporting of animal research is the aim of the ARRIVE Guidelines. LSTM’s Professor Paul Garner has been part of a team of senior researchers...
Dr Angela Obasi talking to LSTM students News article 24 Jul 2020 LSTM's Dr Angela Obasi in The Lancet: 'No Excellence without Equity' In a comment in The Lancet this week, LSTM's senior lecturer Dr Angela Obasi calls for more rigorous action to address the inequities affecting...
News article 17 Jul 2020 Creating global health and vaccine research that is fit for the future. Reporting back on 3 virtual LSTM symposia on the role of scientific research in the creation and adoption of vaccines
News article 17 Jul 2020 Saliva offers a non-invasive alternative to upper respiratory swabs for COVID-19 diagnosis Researchers at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) have been investigating alternative samples for the diagnosis of COVID-19 which would...
microbiological culture being examined News article 16 Jul 2020 LSTM receives multi million grant to improve product development for Infectious Diseases Prevention LSTM has received a grant of £3,3million of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to improve the product development in the formulation of...
News article 13 Jul 2020 LSTM launches LGBTQ+ network as part of its commitment to encourage diversity and inclusion in the workforce The newly established network will aim to develop an even more inclusive culture at LSTM. It will be run by volunteers across the organisation and...
Image of a LFC football used in the project in Africa News article 9 Jul 2020 Using the appeal of football to break HIV stigma A partnership between Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and  Liverpool Football Club (LFC) Foundation using football to break the HIV stigma...
The oxygen plant next to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi. Photo credit: MLW News article 29 Jun 2020 MLW Programme opens oxygen concentration plant in Blantyre, Malawi As part of its COVID-19 response, the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Programme (MLW) opened an oxygen concentration plant, which will produce over a...
News article 26 Jun 2020 LSTM-led consortium receives £18.6m from UKRI Recognising the Liverpool City Region and North West England’s existing world-class expertise, a Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) led...
A father putting his daughter under a bednet in Burkina Faso - Photo credit: Jed Stone News article 25 Jun 2020 Tracking the spread of mosquito insecticide resistance across Africa In a step toward better control of the mosquitoes that transmit malaria, researchers, including those from LSTM, have mapped the patterns of...
News article 25 Jun 2020 In Memoriam: LSTM Professor Harold Townson (1942-2020) It is with deep regret that LSTM has learned about the death of Emeritus Professor Harold Townson. 
News article 18 Jun 2020 LSTM's third virtual symposium on Global Health Research & Vaccination: Private sector partnership, research and accelerating the development of new tools LSTM hosted the last in a series of online symposia that addressed the role of research in vaccine development and delivery and the creation of...
News article 18 Jun 2020 Pioneering use of mediation analysis to understand the benefits of intermittent preventive malaria treatment in pregnancy In a study published in The Lancet Global Health, researchers reviewed alternative drug combinations to prevent malaria in pregnancy. The work, led...
News article 12 Jun 2020 LMICs will face 'extreme strain' on health systems due to COVID-19 despite younger populations Developing countries are likely to face extreme demand on health systems from COVID-19, despite having younger populations, according to researchers....
Photo: Urwerk press corner News article 12 Jun 2020 Unique Urwerk watch raises over £33,000 for LSTM's COVID-19 research The limited-edition watch was auctioned with proceeds donated to LSTM's COVID-19 Response and Resilience Fund. 
News article 8 Jun 2020 More than 250 Merseyside volunteers vaccinated in COVID-19 Oxford vaccine trial LSTM has completed its first week of vaccinating participants as part of the COVID-19 Oxford vaccine trial, for which LSTM is a phase III site.
News article 4 Jun 2020 COVID-19 antibody test validated by LSTM researchers ready for manufacture and distribution LSTM is delighted to announce that the professional-use rapid diagnostic test for COVID-19 developed by Mologic Ltd has been certified with a CE mark...
News article 3 Jun 2020 Health systems in the context of antenatal testing for HIV, anaemia and syphilis in Indonesia A paper published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth led by LSTM’s Dr Miriam Taegtmeyer within the Community Health Systems Group (...
News article 28 May 2020 COVID-19 Oxford Vaccine Trial: LSTM is currently recruiting volunteers LSTM is still looking for volunteers from Merseyside who work in health or care and who are over 55. 

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