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News article 26 Mar 2018 LSTM study identifies a novel mechanism of immune activation in filarial parasitic infection A team led by LSTM Parasitology researchers has published a new study in PLoS Pathogens detailing a pathway of cellular immune activation against...
News article 23 Mar 2018 World TB day 2018 This year’s theme for World TB Day is Wanted: Leaders for a TB-free world, and is in line with LSTM’s determination to be an institution training the...
News article 22 Mar 2018 LSTM runs for second time DFID commissioned primer course in systematic reviews Bangladesh, Kenya, Myanmar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania and Scotland, UK: DFID health advisers from all corners of the globe came to LSTM...
News article 15 Mar 2018 Study finds the economic benefits of intensive case management in African trypanosomiasis, leprosy, visceral leishmaniasis, and Chagas disease to be potentially huge among the poor Researchers from LSTM have been involved in a study which forms the final article in a series of international studies on the economics of NTDs...
News article 14 Mar 2018 Liverpool Life Sciences Accelerator officially opened LSTM’s latest estates addition, the Accelerator, has been officially opened by Professor Sir Christopher Evans OBE.
News article 9 Mar 2018 LSTM’s Dr Samantha Donnellan receives prestigious Winston Churchill Fellowship Dr Samantha Donnellan, from LSTM’s Research Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics, has been awarded a prestigious fellowship from the Winston Churchill...
News article 8 Mar 2018 Large UK study finds that serious asthma attacks are reduced by the temporary quadrupling of a steroid inhaler An LSTM-supported study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine has found that serious asthma attacks in adults can be reduced by...
News article 8 Mar 2018 LSTM receives £1 million from HEFCE to train the next generation of UK global health leaders LSTM has received a funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England’s (HEFCE) Catalyst Fund to develop its postgraduate and...
News article 3 Mar 2018 A functional and transferable colistin resistance gene found in a major pathogen of developing nations A researcher at LSTM, working with a team of Chinese investigators, has reported that the gene responsible for resistance to a last resort antibiotic...
News article 1 Mar 2018 Introducing the MRC Neonatal Nutrition Network Project An LSTM led project aiming to improve neonatal nutrition and gut health in newborns with low birth weight will have its first project meeting in...
News article 28 Feb 2018 Saving Mothers’ Lives: Ministry of Health, Kenya launches first Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths Report From: CMNH “Our country has conducted its first Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths (CEMD) that sought to evaluate the circumstances surrounding the...
News article 22 Feb 2018 Professor Philip Padfield becomes LSTM's first Dean of Education Professor Philip Padfield has been appointed as LSTM's Dean of Education. He will take up his post in May and comes with a wealth of experience in...
News article 16 Feb 2018 'The double-edged sword'. Dr Kevin Mortimer delivers talk at first ever MakNCD Symposium in Uganda This week, Dr Kevin Mortimer Co-Deputy Director of IMPALA visited Uganda to attend the inaugural Makerere University International Non Communicable...
News article 14 Feb 2018 Diagnostics for bacterial infection published in Scientific Reports From: CDDR A report from the RCDD diagnostic development group detailing the design of a molecular test for the species determination of Gram-negative bacteria...
News article 9 Feb 2018 Vietnam - UK seeking dose optimisation for tuberculosis The Newton Fund Vietnam has funded a collaborative research project on non-multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis with the aim of finding the optimal...
News article 5 Feb 2018 New research calls for rethink on approach to treating neglected tropical diseases in urban areas New research published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, suggests the effectiveness of large-scale distribution of medication (known as Mass Drug...
News article 2 Feb 2018 Mini-primaquine does help stop people infecting mosquitoes with malaria, but impact on transmission in the community remains unclear A single dose of primaquine is thought to stop people with P. falciparum malaria infecting mosquitoes, which could help bring down malaria...
News article 1 Feb 2018 IMPALA Programme: Policy Engagement and Evidence Uptake Training This week has seen the International Multidisciplinary Programme to Address Lung Health and TB in Africa (IMPALA) meet at LSTM to undertake a week of...
News article 31 Jan 2018 The importance of heterogeneity on the management of vector borne diseases Researchers at LSTM have been working with colleagues in the NTD modelling consortium to look at the role that heterogeneity in mosquito...
News article 26 Jan 2018 Discussing diagnostics on BBC Radio Merseyside LSTM’s Dr Emily Adams has been this year’s first guest on BBC Radio Merseyside’s SciFri, talking to presenter Tony Snell about her diagnostics...
News article 25 Jan 2018 LSTM researchers investigate whether polio labs can help tackle neglected tropical diseases Researchers from LSTM have investigated the possibility of utilising the polio network of 145 labs set up around the world to help tackle neglected...
News article 24 Jan 2018 CMNH publication is prestigious journal’s most accessed paper in 2017. From: CMNH Dr Thidar Pyone, Clinical Research Associate at CMNH, and colleagues published a paper on health systems governance in Health Policy and Planning in...
News article 19 Jan 2018 New BBC drama developed with LSTM's Dr Adam Roberts LSTM’s Dr Adam Roberts is the scientific consultant on a new Radio 4 drama which will be broadcast over the next two weeks.
Blood samples being taken from a mother and child from Bukoba Village, Uganda News article 15 Jan 2018 Study shows persistent and increasing malaria parasites despite access to regular treatment in Uganda A new study confirms further reasons for concern with the control of malaria in Uganda.
News article 15 Jan 2018 LSTM’s Clinical Diagnostic Parasitology Laboratory (CDPL) maintains UKAS accreditation LSTM’s Clinical Diagnostic Parasitology Laboratory (CDPL) has had its United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) accreditation renewed after an...
Tom with his ukulele after being repatriated to the UK News article 10 Jan 2018 Tributes to former FEPOW Tom Boardman It was with great sadness that LSTM learned of the death of former Far-East Prisoner of War (FEPOW), Tom Boardman, who died following a short illness...
News article 15 Dec 2017 Alumni News: Professor A. C. Ikeme Foundation Lecture The fourth annual lecture in a series dedicated to distinguished LSTM alumnus, Professor A. C. Ikeme, was held on Wednesday 16th November 2017 in Jos...
News article 14 Dec 2017 LSTM's A·WOL consortium celebrates 10-year milestone The A·WOL consortium celebrated a significant milestone as it hit its 10-year review, looking back at the progress made so far, which includes a...
Researcher Hastings Banda explains the project to participating villagers News article 14 Dec 2017 Community prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms in rural Malawi: Implications for policy Researchers at LSTM have collaborated with colleagues at the REACH Trust to carry out the first study looking at the prevalence of chronic...
News article 13 Dec 2017 Professor Janet Hemingway delivers RSTMH Christmas Lecture: Malaria gains leveling off, innovation needed LSTM’s Director, Professor Janet Hemingway has delivered this year’s Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) Christmas Lecture.
News article 13 Dec 2017 Leaving no one behind: the role of gender analysis in strengthening health systems Researchers at LSTM have been involved in the publication of a new supplement looking at the role of gender analyses in strengthening health systems.
News article 12 Dec 2017 Obituary: Professor Mike Service It is with great sadness that LSTM has learned of the death of Professor Mike Service, who has passed away aged 84.
News article 6 Dec 2017 LSTM Graduation 2017 LSTM’s class of 2017 graduated this afternoon at Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall. The graduating class included 79 MSc students, eight PhD students and...
News article 6 Dec 2017 Latest Cochrane review looks at the effectiveness of strategies to improve people’s access to treatment for tuberculosis In a new Cochrane Review, researchers from Tanzania working with colleagues in LSTM have evaluated the effectiveness of strategies to improve people’...
News article 1 Dec 2017 The Girls Network visits LSTM Liverpool’s network manager for the Girls Network, Amy Campo McEvoy, visited LSTM to talk about the charity and how to get involved. The Girls...
Health workers demonstrate bednets, Courtesy of Sven Torffin, WHO World Malaria Day 2017 News article 1 Dec 2017 Malaria research agenda stresses the need for innovation and integration New research agenda for malaria elimination and global eradication 'malERA' stresses the need for innovation and integrated approaches.Liverpool...
News article 30 Nov 2017 Misconduct in scientific publications: Authorship, plagiarism and conflicts of interest Publication misconduct including guest authorship and failure of authors to report conflicts of interest is the subject of new research published in...
Professor Martin Donnelly News article 29 Nov 2017 Largest genetic study of mosquitoes reveals spread of insecticide resistance across Africa The largest ever genetic study of mosquitoes reveals the movement of insecticide resistance between different regions of Africa and finds several...
News article 24 Nov 2017 LSTM's 118th Annual General Meeting LSTM’s 118th Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on Friday 24 November. The meeting saw LSTM’s vice-presidents, the Board of Trustees and Members...
News article 24 Nov 2017 IMPALA supports the first PATS Spirometry Training of 2017 in Uganda. The Pan African Thoracic Society (PATS) and the Ugandan Thoracic Society (UTS), hosted a Foundational Spirometry Certificate of Competence Short...

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