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News article 27 Sep 2023 LSTM’s outstanding research partnerships and public and third sector work recognised by Knowledge Exchange Framework Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has performed strongly in the third Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF3) results, with particularly outstanding...
News article 26 Sep 2023 Tropical Medicine Time Machine lands at World Museum Last weekend saw LSTM’s Tropical Medicine Time Machine and the Centre for Snakebite and Research Interventions (CSRI) return to the World Museum in...
News article 25 Sep 2023 Introducing Victor Akelo Dr Victor Akelo is a medical doctor, based at the Centre for Global Health Research of the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) in Kisumu, Kenya...
News article 21 Sep 2023 Professor Christine Goffinet receives Academy of Medical Sciences award for international researchers Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine’s new Professor in Virology Christine Goffinet has received a prestigious award from the Academy of Medical...
Laura Rosu and Daire Cantillon News article 21 Sep 2023 LSTM celebrates vital contribution of early career researchers Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine is celebrating the invaluable contribution of its early career researchers.
News article 18 Sep 2023 Oxford and Liverpool scientists launch new vaccine trial for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome A new clinical trial to find a vaccine to protect people against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has launched.
News article 13 Sep 2023 'No doubt they saved my life': Retired GP makes LSTM donation following vital sleeping sickness treatment A retired GP has made a generous donation to Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine – a decade after its clinicians helped to save her life. 
News article 13 Sep 2023 Discover story of Tim and Joy Gordon’s lifetime studying and illustrating tropical disease at Museum of Liverpool The fascinating story of Professor Tim and Dr Joy Gordon, who got engaged on LSTM’s roof and spent a lifetime studying and illustrating tropical...
News article 11 Sep 2023 Remember A Charity Week: Celebrating impact of legacy gifts on LSTM education and research For Remember A Charity Week, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine is celebrating the generous individuals who have left us gifts in their wills and...
News article 6 Sep 2023 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine shortlisted for University of the Year Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has been shortlisted for the highly coveted University of the Year at the Times Higher Education Awards 2023.
News article 31 Aug 2023 Tropical Medicine Time Machine returns to the World Museum This August Bank Holiday saw LSTM’s Tropical Medicine Time Machine return to the World Museum in Liverpool as part of the National Lottery Heritage...
News article 31 Aug 2023 Newly published Lancet paper paves the way to improved pneumococcal vaccination strategies in Malawi and further afield A ground-breaking new trial offers explanations for differences in pneumococcal vaccine effectiveness between populations in the Global North and...
Headshot of Professor Christine Goffinet News article 29 Aug 2023 Introducing Professor Christine Goffinet Christine Goffinet is LSTM’s new Professor in Virology. She joins us from Charite - Universitätsmedizin Berlin in Germany and is part of a strategic...
News article 25 Aug 2023 LSTM ranked sixth in leading taught postgraduate experience survey Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has been ranked as one of the top participating UK universities in the latest Postgraduate Taught Experience...
News article 21 Aug 2023 Save the Date: Graduation 2023 We are delighted to announce that Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine will be holding its Graduation Ceremony for the Class of 2023, a...
News article 14 Aug 2023 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine’s Tropical Medicine Time Machine at the World Museum The weekend saw researchers from LSTM taking the institute’s 125 years of rich history and science to the World Museum in Liverpool as part of the...
News article 10 Aug 2023 New UK partnership and research fund aims to tackle infectious diseases Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and self-funded charitable medical research organisation, LifeArc, are partnering to launch a new...
News article 31 Jul 2023 Goodbye and good luck to the 2023 BSc Tropical Disease Biology Graduates Last month a rare sunny day saw the graduation from University of Liverpool of the Tropical Disease Biology BSc students, who were taught by LSTM...
News article 27 Jul 2023 Liverpool to host top UK pandemic scientists this September Some of the UK’s top pandemic scientists will gather this September for a two-day meeting hosted by The Pandemic Institute. The UK Pandemic Sciences...
News article 26 Jul 2023 Study finds that spraying just 12% of a room with insecticide kills 85% of mosquitoes present A collaboration between scientists in Liverpool and Brazil has found that targeting the very bottom of a room’s walls with insecticide will kill most...
News article 26 Jul 2023 Plasmapheresis to remove amyloid fibrin(ogen) particles for treating the post-COVID-19 condition Exhaustion, brain fog, and headaches are common in post-COVID-19 condition, sometimes called “long covid”. Social media and newspapers report the...
News article 24 Jul 2023 LSTM has been shortlisted in two categories for Liverpool Chamber of Commerce Innovations in Business awards 2023 Shortlisted for Business of the Year (over 30 employees), LSTM has also been shortlisted for the Community Impact Award for the Vaccine Equity...
News article 21 Jul 2023 Recognising Black leaders: Professor Charles Wondji Professor Charles Wondji closes our week of profiles to mark Black Leaders Awareness Day. He is Professor of Genetics and Vector Biology at LSTM and...
News article 20 Jul 2023 Recognising Black leaders: Emma Orefuwa It’s day four of our week marking Black Leaders Awareness Day, and today we are meeting Emma Orefuwa, the co-founder of the Pan-African Mosquito...
News article 19 Jul 2023 Search for effective CCHF Treatments: first patient dosed in novel clinical trial platform in Turkiye July 18th 2023 –Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and Dr. Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital in Ankara...
News article 19 Jul 2023 Recognising Black leaders: Professor Henry Mwandumba The third person this week to help us mark Black Leaders Awareness Day is Professor Henry Mwandumba. Professor Mwandumba is Director of the...
News article 18 Jul 2023 Recognising Black leaders: Dr Ebere Okereke This week, to mark Black Leaders Awareness Day on 18th July, we are recognising the impact of the world’s most celebrated Black leaders. LSTM is...
News article 18 Jul 2023 Recognising Black leaders: Dr Anarfi Asamoa-Baah July 18th is Black Leaders Awareness Day, a day which aimsto inform and educate people from all walks of life about the cultural impact of the world’...
News article 17 Jul 2023 Liverpool Chamber Members Explore LSTM's Groundbreaking Work at Charity Partnership Launch Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) hosted a charity partnership event that brought together immersive reality, captivating science, and...
News article 7 Jul 2023 Prevalence of multimorbidity and chronic health conditions among adult patients in sub-Saharan Africa – a new review A new study, which includes authors at LSTM, has shown that multimorbidity remains poorly described, despite high burdens of individual chronic...
Two display cases containing archives relating to Alwen Evans News article 6 Jul 2023 LSTM’s Alwen Evans at the World Museum The story of Dr Alwen Evans, LSTM’s first female lecturer, has been told in two display cases within the atrium of Liverpool’s World Museum.
Headshot of Professor Alain Kohl News article 5 Jul 2023 Welcoming Professor Alain Kohl Professor Kohl is joining LSTM’s Departments of Vector Biology and Tropical Disease Biology as Professor in Virology. This is a strategic appointment...
Headshot of Dr. Daire Cantillon and Zachary Stavrou-Dowd News article 3 Jul 2023 LSTM Announces Recipients of Inaugural Paul Bedingfield Prize in Global Health Research Dr. Daire Cantillon and Zachary Stavrou-Dowd, both early career researchers from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, have been named as the...
Headshot of Professor Jonathan Ball News article 3 Jul 2023 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to welcome new Deputy Director LSTM is delighted to welcome Professor Jonathan Ball who will join us as Deputy Director in the new academic year.
Headshot of Professor Brian Maegraith News article 30 Jun 2023 Flashback Friday – Brian Maegraith This month has seen the Researching FEPOW History Conference at LSTM; an arena for those interested in researching and remembering those servicemen...
News article 29 Jun 2023 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine named Liverpool Chamber of Commerce's Charity of the Year for 2023 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), a leading institution in global health research and education since its establishment in 1898, is...
News article 22 Jun 2023 LSTM took elements of The National Lottery Heritage-Funded Tropical Medicine Time Machine to Africa Oye The weekend saw Africa Oyé, the UK’s largest annual free celebration of African music and culture, take place in Sefton Park in Liverpool.
News article 22 Jun 2023 June’s Hero of Health: Jonathan Whittall June each year sees World Refugee Day and week - an oppurtunity to honour people who have been forced to flee their homes. One person for...
News article 9 Jun 2023 LSTM Reflects on Volunteers’ Week Volunteers’ Week is an annual event which sees charities, voluntary groups, social organisations, and workplaces come together to recognise and...
Dion Bell treating FEPOW veterans with Dr Gill observing News article 9 Jun 2023 Flashback Friday – Dr Dion Bell Ahead of this weekend’s FEPOW (Far Eastern Prisoners of War) conference at LSTM, we want to introduce you to one of the most important people in the...

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