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News article 6 Jun 2023 LSTM and Everton in the Community launch Living Liverpool LSTM is delighted to announce that Living Liverpool, a unique collaboration with Everton in the Community to celebrate LSTM’s 125th anniversary, has...
News article 31 May 2023 Going abroad? Pop to the Trop Shop first Staff at Liverpool’s Well Travelled Clinic are encouraging those travelling to exotic locations this summer to come along for travel health advice...
Laboratory interior with posters and a laboratory bench with test tubes News article 26 May 2023 A home in the tropics The year is 1905 and LSTM scientists, Wolferstan Thomas and Anton Breinl, have been sent to the Amazon Basin to research yellow fever – an infection...
News article 23 May 2023 ‘Science Bites with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine’ at Pint of Science Liverpool Liverpool hosted Pint of Science, an annual three-day festival that brings engaging science and latest research findings to pubs and bars across the...
News article 22 May 2023 A quick guide for funders on effective research capacity strengthening The Centre for Capacity Research at LSTM, in partnership with WHO ESSENCE, have developed a quick guide for funders on effective research capacity...
A patient in Bangladesh with Lymphodema - a symptom of LF News article 19 May 2023 Bangladesh eliminates lymphatic filariasis (LF) The World Health Organization (WHO), has declared that Bangladesh has eliminated lymphatic filariasis (LF) as a public health problem with the help...
Group of researchers from DRUM consortium undertake fieldwork in Malawi News article 18 May 2023 Investigating One Health risks for human colonisation with extended spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Malawian households A team of international researchers from the LSTM-led DRUM Consortium working in Southern Malawi, have completed a study looking at antimicrobial...
Professor Hemingway. Photo: Yasmin Balai News article 17 May 2023 Hemingway Award 2023 The Hemingway Award – a joint award between RSTMH and LSTM – recognises Professor Janet Hemingway’s achievements in delivering and encouraging...
News article 16 May 2023 LSTM’s Hero for May: Kamaluddin Khan To mark Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK, this month’s Hero of Health is a psychiatrist who not only treated his former prisoner of war...
CWUR LOGO News article 15 May 2023 LSTM celebrates university ranking success Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine is celebrating its latest university ranking success, having been ranked in the top 5.7% of universities in the...
News article 12 May 2023 International Nurses Day 2023
Kira, Oksana, Misha, Sasha and Yaroslav in Ukraine, in Autumn 2021 prior to the conflict starting in February 2022. News article 10 May 2023 Meet Ukrainian Mum of two, Oksana Havryliak, a Finance staff member at LSTM Meet Ukrainian Mum of two, Oksana Havryliak, a Finance staff member at LSTM - she arrived in the UK with son Yaroslav, now 15, and daughter Kira, now...
News article 5 May 2023 International Day of the Midwife 2023
News article 28 Apr 2023 Where the female tsetse fly gives birth Fascinating research into how a female tsetse fly knows where to find the best birthing sites has been officially published by Philosophical...
News article 26 Apr 2023 Immunisation week April sees Immunisation Week, and it is easy to underestimate the importance that vaccines play in routine healthcare and the fight against...
News article 25 Apr 2023 World Malaria Day 2023
News article 18 Apr 2023 LSTM host first of three talks reflecting on the intersection between history and science Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has hosted its first talk reflecting on the connection between history and science. The event took place at the...
Group photo of the members of the African Euro partnership. News article 17 Apr 2023 Malaria - £3.7m investment in ‘African – Euro’ partnership A ‘European - African’ partnership initiative will see an investment worth more than £3.7m and will spreadhead the fight against the ‘sometimes fatal...
News article 6 Apr 2023 LSTM attends the First World Health Organisation meeting on skin NTDs LSTM staff and partners joined more than 800 participants from 86 countries, for the first global meeting on skin neglected tropical diseases (NTDs...
News article 6 Apr 2023 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine’s Dr Cassandra Modahl awarded Springboard funding from Academy of Medical Sciences LSTM’s Dr Cassandra Modahl is one of this year’s group of biomedical and health researchers awarded Springboard funding to help promote their careers.
News article 5 Apr 2023 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine staff attend policy brief launch for intersectoral health workforce solutions at Fifth Global Forum on Human Resources for Health. The Fifth Global Forum on Human Resources for Health is taking place in Geneva, throughout this year’s Global World Health Worker Week. A delegation...
News article 5 Apr 2023 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine’s Staff Conference 2023, celebrates staff achievements and LSTM’s global health impact, at iconic Spine building. As Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine marks its 125th year of global health impact, the remarkable work being carried out by staff from all...
News article 5 Apr 2023 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine’s Staff Conference 2023 celebrates staff achievements and LSTM’s global health impact, at iconic Spine building. As Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine marks its 125th year of global health impact, the remarkable work being carried out by staff from all...
News article 3 Apr 2023 iiCon Director, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine's Professor, Janet Hemingway, wins two awards at Northern Leadership Awards 2023 Professor Janet Hemingway has been recognised for her achievements in the field of infection control and vaccine development, with two prestigious...
News article 31 Mar 2023 Stronger Together: Evidence for collaborative action on neglected tropical diseases (NTD’s) from COUNTDOWN consortium, is published in Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’s journal. The COUNTDOWN consortium, a multi-disciplinary group working on NTD interventions, led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, has published a...
News article 30 Mar 2023 Liverpool Vaccine Equity Project wins Building Collaborative Communities Award at this year’s Smarter Working Live Awards. Congratulations to LSTM-led Liverpool Vaccine Equity Project, which has won aBuilding Collaborative Communities Award at the Smarter Working...
News article 29 Mar 2023 In memoriam: Dr Letitia Obeng 1925 - 2023 LSTM is sad to announce the death of one of our most prestigious alumni, Dr Letitia Obeng, whose work understanding the relationship between...
News article 24 Mar 2023 World TB Day 2023
News article 14 Mar 2023 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine showcases ‘Scientific illustrations: Stories of Discovery and Survival’ for British Science Week The weekend saw researchers from LSTM taking the institute’s 125 years of rich history and science to the Victoria Gallery & Museum (VG&M) as...
News article 13 Mar 2023 A large LSTM-led trial confirms new antimalarial, dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine, is more effective at preventing malaria than current WHO recommended treatment but does not improve adverse birth outcomes. A large multi-country trial of 4680 women in sub-Sahara Africa, looking at new antimalarial treatment for pregnant women in Africa, led by Prof....
News article 8 Mar 2023 International Women's Day 2023
News article 2 Mar 2023 Henry Mwandumba announced as Director of Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme Professor Henry Mwandumba has been appointed as director of the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme (MLW). MLW is a longstanding partnership between...
News article 1 Mar 2023 Liverpool Life Sciences students creatively explore LSTM’s history and science The National Lottery Heritage-funded project, LSTM - Past, Present, and Future has brought together students from Liverpool Life Sciences...
News article 28 Feb 2023 LSTM's hero for February: Alwen Evans Alwen Myfanwy Evans was LSTM’s first female lecturer and a local doctor who braved African swamps to learn about the relationship between mosquitos...
News article 23 Feb 2023 UK chief scientists visit LSTM Human Challenge Facility and Accelerator Research Clinic The UK Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) Chief Scientific Adviser,...
News article 23 Feb 2023 Researchers say cross-country collaboration necessary to mitigate Aedes albopictus invasion in Africa and reduce Aedes-associated disease burden In March 2022, WHO launched the Global Arbovirus Initiative, a strategic plan to tackle re-emerging arboviruses with epidemic potential. Three...
News article 20 Feb 2023 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine postgraduate students win Pandemic Institute/ DAM Health’s Student Excellence Awards, 2023 Four LSTM studentshave been awarded grants of £3500 each after winning Student Excellence Awards, designed to boost their studies as part of a unique...
News article 13 Feb 2023 11th February is International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is celebrating the important role mentors have to play in developing the careers of women and girls in science. LSTM Lecturer in the Vector Biology Department, Jennifer Lord, has worked with The Girls’ Network to mentor young women and girls who are interested...
News article 9 Feb 2023 Celebrating LSTM’s Director’s Catalyst Fund awardees The Director’s Catalyst Fund (DCF) was launched in 2016 with the support of donations and aims to support early stage projects and innovation for...
The image shows one of Tom's previous artworks News article 6 Feb 2023 Meet the artists: LSTM announces first team of artists chosen to design Heritage Lottery Fund pop-up museum and school loan boxes Artists, Natasha Niethamer and Tom Hyatt, have been chosen by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) to design the Tropical Medicine Time...

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