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News article 15 Sep 2017 Snakebite envenoming LSTM’s Dr Robert Harrison from the Alistair Reid Venom Research Unit, has co-authored a primer about Snakebite envenoming looking at all aspects of...
News article 14 Sep 2017 Professor Janet Hemingway announces her intention to retire as Director of LSTM Professor Janet Hemingway CBE FRS has announced her intention to retire from the position of Director of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (...
News article 13 Sep 2017 Interventions for treating tuberculous pericarditis Researchers from South Africa and Canada have carried out a Cochrane review update to assess the safety and effectiveness of corticosteroids for...
News article 11 Sep 2017 Seminar Series report: The importance of measuring total body status of vitamin A The LSTM Seminar Series began again this week with a talk from Georg Lietz, Professor of International Nutrition at the Human Nutrition Research...
News article 11 Sep 2017 Remember a charity week Liverpool school of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) was founded in 1898 as a result of a charitable donation and, while LSTM only became a registered...
News article 7 Sep 2017 SciFri on BBC Radio Merseyside A Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine-led radio segment involving researchers across LSTM, Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) and the...
News article 6 Sep 2017 Researchers at LSTM show resistance to one class of insecticide in Anopheles gambiae may result in susceptibility in other organophosphates. Researchers from LSTM have shown that the mechanism by which the main vector of malaria in Africa, the Anopheles gambiae mosquito, becomes resistant...
News article 1 Sep 2017 Latest from the Alistair Reid Venom Research Unit Researchers from LSTM’s Alistair Reid Venom Research Unit have been speaking at the Venoms 2017 symposium in Oxford discussing their...
Staff from the Ebola Survivors Clinic, in Freetown, Sierra Leone News article 21 Aug 2017 80% of Ebola Survivors suffer disabilities one year after discharge New research, conducted by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the University of Liverpool, highlights the need for long-term rehabilitation of...
News article 16 Aug 2017 CMNH at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival LSTM’s Centre for Maternal and Newborn health (CMNH), has hosted a debate at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this week as part of the B!RTH Project,...
News article 16 Aug 2017 Degree awarding powers for LSTM LSTM has been granted degree awarding powers by the Privy Council following a process of assessment over two years by the Quality Assurance Agency (...
News article 8 Aug 2017 LSTM/UoL student takes top award at graduation This summer saw 12 students graduate from the University of Liverpool with BSC degrees in Tropical Disease Biology. Many of the students attended...
The Ugandan MoH, Dr Jane Acheng; Dr Ocero and LSTM Professor Sally Theobald News article 28 Jul 2017 LSTM welcomes Dr Jane Acheng, Ugandan Minister of Health LSTM was honoured to welcome the Honourable Dr Jane Acheng, Ugandan Minister of Health. Dr Acheng was in Liverpool to see her husband, Dr Andrew...
News article 24 Jul 2017 The LSTM 2016-17 PGR Student Conference LSTM’s 2016-17 PGR Student Conference took place at the Foresight Centre in Liverpool. Chaired by Director of PGR, Professor Martin Donnelly...
News article 21 Jul 2017 LSTM awarded £6.4 million to strengthen capacity to control malaria and other vector borne diseases Researchers at LSTM have been awarded £6.4 million from the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) to strengthen the global capacity to control...
News article 18 Jul 2017 Galkoff’s and the Secret Life of Pembroke Place wins National Lottery funding Liverpool landmark, Galkoff’s Jewish butcher shop frontage, is to be preserved and protected with a £291,300 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (...
News article 14 Jul 2017 Health System Research Global Symposium website launched A new website has been launched for the 5th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research which will take place in Liverpool in October 2018.
News article 14 Jul 2017 LSTM awarded £11 million by National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) LSTM has been awarded £11 million by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) as part of their latest UK-wide call for funding into Global...
News article 13 Jul 2017 Everton FC visits LSTM project in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania A team from LSTM’s Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases (CNTD), along with their in-country partners in Tanzania, hosted a visit of Everton FC club...
News article 11 Jul 2017 LSTM’s Dr Mark Paine speaks at Bluedot Festival Last weekend LSTM’s Dr Mark Paine gave at a talk at the Bluedot festival, an award-winning festival of discovery at the grounds of a deep space...
Mother carrying her baby on her back News article 10 Jul 2017 Fellowship in Maternal and Newborn Health From: CMNH The Fellowship will allow a practicing UK clinician to spend up to 12 months working alongside the award-winning CMNH team at LSTM on a research...
News article 10 Jul 2017 IMPALA Launch Meeting The International Multidisciplinary Programme to Address Lung Health and TB in Africa, “IMPALA” is a four-year...
News article 6 Jul 2017 LSTM Seminar Report: Control and study of the Zika epidemic in Pernambuco Today a seminar entitled ‘Control and study of the Zika epidemic in Pernambuco’ was delivered by Dr Jailson Correia Health Secretary for Recife...
News article 6 Jul 2017 Research team at LSTM develop new ways to create and deliver medications for a wide range of immune-mediated neuropathies. Researchers at LSTM are looking at new ways to create and deliver medications for a wide range of immune-mediated neuropathies, by developing new...
News article 5 Jul 2017 LSTM at the Big Bang North West festival LSTM’s Respiratory Research team led by Dr Simon Jochems, the A·WOL Consortium’s Dr Louise Ford and Dr Kelly Johnston with support from RCDD’s Dr...
News article 27 Jun 2017 MRC Confidence in Concept 2017: Awards announced The Tropical Infectious Disease Consortium has announced the successful projects that will be receiving an MRC Confidence in Concept Award to...
News article 26 Jun 2017 Dr Mary McCauley wins Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Educational Excellence Award Dr Mary McCauley from LSTM’s Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health (CMNH) has won an award from the Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training...
News article 22 Jun 2017 LSTM wins at the Regional Business Awards LSTM has been named Knowledge Business of the Year at the Liverpool Echo Regional Business Awards 2017.
News article 20 Jun 2017 Recipients of LSTM’s new Director’s Catalyst Fund announced The first five recipients of a new fund to support early stage projects have been announced, and are in the process to begin their research.
Dr S. Patrick Kachur (centre), Prof Hemingway (right) Mr James Ross (left) News article 20 Jun 2017 Dr S. Patrick Kachur CDC delivers LSTM’s 2017 Leverhulme Lecture Dr S. Patrick Kachur, Chief of the Malaria Branch at the US Centres for Disease control and Prevention (CDC), delivered the prestigious LSTM...
News article 19 Jun 2017 LSTM’s A·WOL Consortium at Africa Oyé This weekend saw Africa Oyé, the UK’s largest annual free celebration of African music and culture, take place in Sefton Park in Liverpool. Thousands...
News article 13 Jun 2017 Legacies of Far East Captivity: 6th International FEPOW Conference Following the recent launch of the new book Burma Railway Medicine, which comes as part of LSTM’s longest running collaboration, the co-...
News article 13 Jun 2017 Snakebite envenoming added to the WHO NTD portfolio LSTM’s Alistair Reid Venom Research Unit welcomes a decision by the World Health Organization (WHO) to include snakebite envenoming among...
ICM Triennial Congress 2017 News article 13 Jun 2017 MIDWIVES: Make it Happen! From: CMNH CMNH will showcase its work at the 31st International Confederation of Midwives Triennial Congress in Toronto, Canada on Monday 19th June 2017.
News article 1 Jun 2017 LSTM Seminar report: "Antimicrobial Resistance; it’s in you!" LSTM’s seminar series 2016/2017 concluded this week with a talk from LSTM’s Dr Adam Roberts, Senior Lecturer in Antimicrobial Chemotherapy and...
News article 31 May 2017 LSTM launches new Transposon Registry LSTM has launched a new Transposon Registry which will serve as a repository of information on all bacterial transposons for the scientific community.
News article 25 May 2017 LSTM Seminar Report: Understanding and strengthening progress towards the elimination of HIV transmission through sex work in Zimbabwe LSTM’s Frances Cowan, Professor of Global Health, continued LSTM’s seminar series with her talk entitled: Understanding and strengthening progress...
News article 24 May 2017 LSTM and partners develop molecule that could lead to first synthetic one-dose malaria treatment Researchers at LSTM, working in partnership with the University of Liverpool and other colleagues, have developed a molecule which has the potential...
News article 24 May 2017 Burma Railway Medicine book launch at Liverpool Medical Institute Last night saw the launch of LSTM’s latest book about its longest running collaboration with ex-Far East prisoners of war (FEPOW) Burma Railway...
News article 23 May 2017 LSTM consortia colleagues recognised as ‘Heroines of Health’ in awards ceremony LSTM consortia colleagues were recognised in the first ever ‘Heroines of Health’ honouree roll at the World Health Assembly Geneva this month.

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