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News article 28 Feb 2019 LSTM Professor Janet Hemingway in Nature's News & Views: 'Battling disease by giving mosquitoes an antimalarial drug' LSTM’s Professor Janet Hemingway has provided a detailed “News & Views” article for the Journal Nature, looking at some of the combined...
News article 28 Feb 2019 Typhoid vaccine may protect against other infections New research by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and the University of Liverpool shows that vaccination with weakened strains of...
Credit: Courtesy of Van Bocxlaer (2014) News article 25 Feb 2019 Researchers at LSTM highlight the emergence of intestinal schistosomiasis with associated ecological change in Lake Malawi. LSTM’s Professor Russell Stothard is senior author of a paper that highlights the emergence of intestinal schistosomiasis with associated ecological...
News article 22 Feb 2019 Cochrane Infectious Disease Group works with WHO on latest guidelines for malaria vector control The World Health Organization published Guidelines for malaria vector control this week, drawing on seven Cochrane reviews specially prepared for...
News article 21 Feb 2019 Venezuelan crisis could cause public health emergency in South America LSTM’s Dr Alvaro Acosta Serrano is a co-author on a paper published in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases, presenting the most detailed update on...
News article 21 Feb 2019 LSTM launches new online programme in Travel Health LSTM is proud to announce a new online programme, jointly developed with LSTM’s Well Travelled Clinics (WTC) and the National Travel Health Network...
News article 15 Feb 2019 Launching ARISE in Kenya LSTM has been meeting with slum community groups, the media, civil society, government and academia as they gathered together at the African...
Photo Credit: Lindsay Mgbor, Department for International Development, Malawi, 2012, Courtesy of Flickr News article 15 Feb 2019 New CMNH study shows that women want to be involved in decisions about the maternity care they receive From: CMNH Experiences and perceptions of poor quality of care influences women’s decision on whether to seek care or not, and where to seek it. There are many...
Tim Martineau with Liverpool Lord Mayor Christine Banks, and Colin Sinclair, CEO Knowledge Quarter Liverpool News article 14 Feb 2019 Club Liverpool celebrates Health Systems team for local economic impact of HSG2018 LSTM’s Tim Martineau and Professor Sally Theobald were celebrated for bringing over £5 million into the local economy this week as they were...
Portrait of Charlie Proctor in Changi (1944) News article 14 Feb 2019 LSTM announces upcoming Secret Art of Survival exhibition On the eve of the 77th anniversary of the fall of Singapore, LSTM is delighted to announce the upcoming Secret Art of Survival exhibition. 
News article 11 Feb 2019 Dr Waleed Alsalem nominated for UK Alumni Award LSTM’s alumnus, Dr Waleed Alsalem, has been shortlisted for a prestigious UK Alumni Awards 2019 awarded by the British Council.
News article 11 Feb 2019 LSTM’s Dr Luca Facchinelli is lead author of the first large-cage study into the effect of male-biased transgenic mosquitoes on the dynamics of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae. This work involved in the study, which is published today in the journal Parasites and Vectors, is a vital step in providing a real evaluation of the...
Father putting his daughter under a bednet in Burkina Faso - ©Jed Stone News article 7 Feb 2019 LSTM receives grant to accelerate evaluation of next generation malaria control tools LSTM has been awarded a new US$3.9m grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the ESSENTIALS project. This initiative aims to speed up...
News article 7 Feb 2019 Research England selects LSTM for Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) pilot group LSTM has been selected by Research England to take part in a Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) pilot, which will run between February and May 2019....
News article 5 Feb 2019 Want to know more about tsetse research? Visit tsetse.org - A resource filled website compiled by experts full of decision tools; bait technologies and relevant FAQs
Photo Credit: 2006 Greg Allgood, Courtesy of Photoshare News article 30 Jan 2019 Innovative study assessing value for money of training is published in BMJ Global Health From: CMNH Researchers from the Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health have used an innovative approach to assess the value for money of emergency obstetric...
(Image: courtesy of the National Museum of Health and Medicine, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C., United States.) [CC BY 2.5 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons News article 25 Jan 2019 LSTM and Imperial College Researchers design new anti-influenza drugs Researchers at LSTM and Imperial College London have designed drugs which could help combat any potential new flu pandemic, by targeting the...
College of Medical and Allied Health Sciences (CoMAHS) team facilitating participatory discussion on non-communicable diseases with residents in Dwarzak informal settlement, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Image copyright: Haja Wurie, College of Medical and Allied Health Sciences (CoMAHS), Sierra Leone. News article 21 Jan 2019 LSTM awarded £11.8 million grant to improve the lives of people living in informal settlements The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine(LSTM) has been awarded £11.8 million by the UK government’s Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) for a...
News article 18 Jan 2019 LSTM’s Accelerator Research Clinic shortlisted for the 2019 North West Research and Innovation awards.  The Respiratory Research Team from LSTM’s Accelerator Research Clinic (ARC) have been shortlisted for Team of the Year for the 2019 North...
News article 17 Jan 2019 Centre for Capacity Research LSTM’s Capacity Research Unit has expanded to become the Centre for Capacity Research. The new name reflects its continued growth, now employing 12...
Attendees include: Dr Hellen Meme, Prof Jeremiah Chakaya, Dr Evans Amukoye, Prof Graham Devereux, Prof Sam Kariuki, Ms. Ruth Owuwor, Ms Martina Savio, Dr Charles Nzioka, Dr. Joseph Kibachio, Dr. Victor Kibe, Prof. Yeri Kombe, Mr James Wodera, Mr Stephen Mulupi News article 16 Jan 2019 MRC/NRF UK-Kenya Joint Partnership ‘TUPUMUE’ launches in Nairobi A new £720k grant launched in Kenya today as part of Newton Fund’s UK-Kenya Joint Partnership on Non-Communicable Diseases
News article 15 Jan 2019 In Memoriam: Renowned parasitologist Professor Dr C.P. Ramachandran (1937 – 2019) It is with great sadness that LSTM has learned of the passing of its alumnus and Mary Kingsley Medal recipient, Professor Dr Cherubala ...
Credit: Jmesser5 via Wikimedia Commons. Child recovering from cerebral malaria News article 11 Jan 2019 Researchers at LSTM show that parasites from patients with cerebral malaria stick preferentially in their brains A team at LSTM with their collaborators in Malawi and Denmark have provided, for the first time, evidence which links the ability of red blood cells...
News article 11 Jan 2019 Being HIV positive and staying on antiretroviral therapy in Africa: A systematic review An international team of researchers have carried out a review of the evidence examining what influences people who are HIV positive to go to health...
News article 9 Jan 2019 Latest Impact Case studies from LSTM These case studies are recent examples of the range of impact LSTM research is having in global health.
News article 8 Jan 2019 LSTM at The Global Health Film Festival 2018 The Fourth Global Health Film Festival took place in December at the Wellcome Collection in London
News article 8 Jan 2019 Pyronaridine‐artesunate for treating uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria Researchers from LSTM have looked at the efficacy of using a novel artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), pyronaridine-artesunate, to treat...
News article 8 Jan 2019 LSTM and UoL researchers design new anti-Wolbachia drug with potential to treat onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis Researchers from LSTM and the University of Liverpool have successfully optimised a hit from a whole cell screening of a 10000-compound library to...
Professor Wallace Peters (Photo from RSTMH) News article 2 Jan 2019 In Memoriam: LSTM Dean Professor Wallace Peters (1924 - 2018) It is with great sadness that LSTM has learned of the passing of its former Dean, Professor Wallace Peters, late December 2018.
Drawing from the Professor Gordon Archive - LSTM Library News article 19 Dec 2018 Season's greetings from LSTM Season's greetings and Happy 2019 from all of us at LSTM
News article 17 Dec 2018 In Memoriam: LSTM Vice-President Sir Leslie Young It is with great sadness that LSTM has learnt of the death of Sir Leslie Young. A celebrated leader of Liverpool’s business community, he was also an...
News article 17 Dec 2018 LSTM awarded National Lottery Support for 'The Secret Art of Survival' LSTM has been awarded a grant of £60,500 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to stage The Secret Art of Survival heritage project.
News article 14 Dec 2018 LSTM's Graduation Magazine Celebrating our history, alumni, research, students and first honorary degree recipients: here's the first issue of LEAD, #LSTM's graduation magazine...
News article 14 Dec 2018 Spirometry is going places in Addis Ababa Spirometry, Addis AbabaCertificate of Competence in Foundational Spirometry short course and Spirometry Quality Assurance and Over-reading workshop.
News article 14 Dec 2018 Spirometry training – something completely new in Kumasi. Spirometry, GhanaCertificate of Competence in Foundational Spirometry short course and Spirometry Quality Assurance and Over-reading workshop
News article 14 Dec 2018 Spirometry from strength to strength in Nairobi Spirometry, NairobiCertificate of Competence in Foundational Spirometry short course and Spirometry Quality Assurance and Over-reading workshop
By University of Exeter from United Kingdom - RILD launch, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34068030 News article 11 Dec 2018 In memoriam: Professor Sir David Weatherall 1933-2018 It is with great sadness that LSTM has learnt of the death of Professor Sir David Weatherall GBE, FRS. He was a great supporter of LSTM, a Vice...
News article 11 Dec 2018 Researchers at LSTM identify additional mechanisms at play in insecticide resistance Researchers at LSTM have used a bioinformatics approach to integrate information from multiple studies on insecticide resistance in mosquitoes and...
LSTM Director Professor Janet Hemingway with Honorary Degree recipients Dr Letitia Obeng (left) and Professor Victor Mwapasa (right) News article 7 Dec 2018 LSTM’s inaugural graduation ceremony LSTM has held its first independent graduation ceremony at Liverpool’s iconic Liver Building on Thursday 6th December, after having received its...
News article 6 Dec 2018 Hybrid prevalence estimation: Method to improve intervention coverage estimations LSTM’s Professor Joseph Valadez is senior author on a new study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which...

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