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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. 
News article 28 May 2020 'Access, equity and delivery': LSTM’s second virtual symposium on Global Health Research and Vaccination A joint initiative sponsored by the UK Department for International Development, Gavi and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) brought...
News article 22 May 2020 LSTM named as a site for Phase III of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine human trials LSTM has begun recruiting frontline health and social care workers to take part in a COVID-19 vaccine trial.
News article 15 May 2020 LSTM led study: While adapting to COVID-19 can Liverpool’s health system learn from the West African Ebola outbreak? LSTM researchers and partner organisations are looking into how Liverpool’s health system has been adjusting to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. It...
News article 13 May 2020 LSTM announces the recipients of the Director’s Catalyst Fund (DCF) 2020 LSTM’s Director’s Catalyst Fund (DCF) 2020 awards have been selected.  This year, six awards will be allocated to early career researchers...
News article 12 May 2020 MRC Confidence in Concept (CiC) funding for 2020 The Tropical Infectious Disease Consortium (TIDC) has been awarded MRC Confidence in Concept (CiC) funding for 2020. TIDC is a strategic partnership...
News article 11 May 2020 Nature Biotechnology: 'A male-biased sex-distorter gene drive for the human malaria vector Anopheles gambiae' A paper published in Nature Biotechnology reports the use of ‘gene drive’ technology in the human malaria vector Anopheles gambiae.
Echis carinatus India. Photo credit: Wolfgang Wurster News article 6 May 2020 Researchers at LSTM demonstrate a novel way to treat snakebite A paper published in Science Translational Medicine, authored by Dr. Laura-Oana Albulescu and led by Professor Nicholas Casewell at LSTM’s Centre for...
TB waiting room of a hospital in Ahmedabad, India credit Laura Rosu News article 1 May 2020 Shortened multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) regimen reduces costs for health systems by 21 to 25% per patient and helps patients return to work, study shows. The final results of the STREAM 1 health economic analysis have been published today in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Bulletin.
News article 1 May 2020 Virtual Race to Malawi Challenge LSTM’s Centre for Snakebite Research and Interventions (CSRI) has come up with a novel idea to support LSTM’s COVID-19 Response and Resilience Fund...
News article 30 Apr 2020 LSTM begins series of virtual vaccine research symposia with global guests and new funding pledge LSTM hosted a unique convening of expertise on vaccination in honour of World Immunization Week 2020.A range of research knowledge was brought to the...
World Immunization Week 2020 banner News article 27 Apr 2020 LSTM & World Immunization Week 2020 During World Immunization Week we celebrate vaccines and the role of vaccine researchers in Global Health. We take this opportunity to celebrate some...
News article 22 Apr 2020 LSTM’s Dr Stuart Ainsworth awarded a Future Leaders Fellowship from UKRI Dr. Stuart Ainsworth from LSTM’s Centre for Snakebite Research and Interventions (CSRI), has been awarded a prestigious Future Leaders Fellowship...
News article 22 Apr 2020 Growing support for LSTM’s COVID-19 Response and Resilience Fund in Malawi LSTM recently launched the COVID-19 Response and Resilience Fund to raise vital funds to support cutting-edge research and to address the global...
News article 21 Apr 2020 An open letter from colleagues at the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme
Printing visors - Photo: Sean Tomlinson News article 21 Apr 2020 LSTM’s 3D printers reallocated to print face shields for NHS frontline staff LSTM’s PhD student Sean Tomlinson has re-allocated LSTM’s 3D printers and uses them to print face shields for NHS staff working on the frontline...
A blood fed tsetse fly - Photo: Daniel Hargrove News article 21 Apr 2020 LSTM led research in Nature Microbiology: how the trypanosome parasite colonizes tsetse flies An LSTM led study on how the deadly trypanosome parasite colonizes tsetse flies has been published by Nature Microbiology. The research was led by Dr...
News article 17 Apr 2020 LSTM co-led research in The Lancet: Effect of long-lasting insecticidal nets with and without piperonyl butoxide on malaria indicators in Uganda (LLINEUP) LSTM’s Professor Martin Donnelly has co-led research investigating the impact of adding the synergist piperonyl butoxide (PBO) to long lasting...
News article 15 Apr 2020 LSTM researchers publish a study looking at health systems during conflict LSTM researchers led by LSTM Professor Joe Valadez, along with colleagues from the Ministry of Health in South Sudan, have recently published a study...
Laitchani Levson developed LF in 2001. His granddaughter Elfrieda is pictured next to his swollen leg - Photo credit: Simon Townsley/Daily Telegraph News article 14 Apr 2020 Malawi eliminates lymphatic filariasis (LF) The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that Malawi has eliminated lymphatic filariasis (LF) as a public health problem. Eliminating LF was...
Research nurse arriving at CTID to transfer study samples to the laboratory News article 9 Apr 2020 LSTM and Pfizer Inc. announce two new studies on the interaction between S. pneumoniae and SARS-CoV-2 LSTM’s Respiratory Clinical Research Group and Pfizer Inc. are announcing the launch of two new studies to provide insights on the interaction...

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