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News article 3 Feb 2023 Innovative team from LSTM and University of Leicester win prize for best healthcare plan at the YES22 Competition A team of young researchers from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Ashleigh Howard and Steven Mitini-Nkhoma, joined Charlotte Fawcett from...
News article 2 Feb 2023 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine awarded £4.7 million to establish a new Human Challenge Facility, for infectious disease research LiverpoolSchool of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is celebrating being awarded £4.7 million in funding from the Research England Development (RED) Fund....
News article 2 Feb 2023 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine awarded £4.7 million to establish a new Human Challenge Facility, for infectious disease research LiverpoolSchool of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is celebrating being awarded £4.7 million in funding from the Research England Development (RED) Fund....
News article 31 Jan 2023 LSTM team devises new standardised measurements for recording the outcome of snakebite trials. Snakebite envenoming is a priority neglected tropical disease (NTD), and is responsible for around 94,000 deaths each year, mostly in Asia and sub-...
News article 30 Jan 2023 World NTD Day 2023
News article 19 Jan 2023 Study finds severe disease from Omicron B.1.1529 SARS-CoV-2 infections are uncommon in under-vaccinated Malawian community A study, published in eClinicalMedicine (part of the The Lancet Discovery Science) examining blood serum results for people with...
News article 5 Jan 2023 LSTM and MLW researchers part of team calling for simpler diagnostic tools for chronic hepatitis B patients in Africa A group of international researchers, including those from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and the Malawi Liverpool Welcome Trust (MLW...
Professor Luis Cuevas News article 2 Jan 2023 Professor Luis Cuevas 1956-2023 It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Professor Luis Cuevas, who passed away at home on Monday 2nd January 2023.
News article 20 Dec 2022 LSTM ends 2022 on a high! 2022 has been a busy year for Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. LSTM completed extra pandemic workstreams – vaccine efficacy and safety trials...
Pregnant woman Africa News article 15 Dec 2022 LSTM-led study derives global number of pregnancies at risk of malaria between 2007 and 2020 A demographic study by LSTM researchers in collaboration with researchers from the Malaria Atlas Project (MAP), estimating numbers of pregnancies...
IRS-sensor in use, by Niteen Sharma News article 12 Dec 2022 New agreement between LSTM and the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences will help progress research projects for vector-borne diseases LSTM Department of Vector Biology has signed an agreement with the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, for future research projects for...
Graduating students in 2022 News article 6 Dec 2022 LSTM celebrates its amazing students, as in-person graduation ceremony returns to landmark Liverpool setting LSTM has held its first in-person graduation ceremony since the start of the Covid 19 Pandemic, with a celebratory event at the historic St George’s...
Hellen Barsosio at the American Society of Tropical Medicine meeting 2022 News article 30 Nov 2022 LSTM PHD student, Hellen Barsosio, recognised with American Society of Tropical Medicine award Congratulations go to LSTM International Public Health PHD student, Hellen Barsosio, who has been given the American Society of Tropical Medicine and...
A pregnant African woman holding her stomach News article 28 Nov 2022 Meta-analysis informed the updated WHO guidelines for treatment of uncomplicated malaria in the first trimester of pregnancy A new WWARN meta-analysis commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO), which informed a change to its treatment guidelines* has been...
News article 25 Nov 2022 LSTM researchers receive the Dorothy Temple Cross International TB Collaboration Grant from the Medical Research Foundation Researchers at LSTM, the Instituto Nacional de Saúde of Mozambique, and the Catholic University of Bukavu of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (...
James McMahon and Stacey Lavery - Fundraising Team at the awards ceremony News article 18 Nov 2022 LSTM celebrates winning two awards at Liverpool Chamber of Commerce Awards LSTM has been recognised for recent successes, campaign, and partnership work, and is celebrating two award wins at Liverpool’s Chamber of Commerce...
News article 17 Nov 2022 LSTM Student working in Ghana gains early career grant from RSTMH LSTM Global Health PhD student, Edwin Panford-Quainoo, has been awarded a grant from the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH). 
News article 16 Nov 2022 Trustees Week 2022. Two of our trustees to find out what the role means to them As part of the recent Trustee week 2022, LSTM met up with two of our trustees to find out what the role means to them
Dame Sally Davies at the Leggate Theatre News article 8 Nov 2022 Professor Dame Sally Davies, UK Envoy for antimicrobial resistance, challenges Liverpool students to address the antibiotic apocalypse, and delivers an impactful lecture on antimicrobial resistance The UK’s Envoy for Microbial Resistance (AMR), Professor Dame Sally Davies, has kicked off LSTM’s 125th anniversary celebrations with an impressive...
News article 8 Nov 2022 STREAM 2 clinical trial results show two new oral, bedaquiline-containing, short regimen treatments are safe and effective in treating multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) Results from Stage 2 of the LSTM partnership STREAM randomized clinical trial, released in The Lancet, show that two new bedaquiline-containing...
Heritage lottery logo News article 26 Oct 2022 LSTM awarded National Lottery funding to bring its heritage and history to life in the heart of Liverpool communities LSTM is celebrating an award of just under £145,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The funding will support an exciting programme of...
Professor Robert “Bob” Howells News article 25 Oct 2022 In Memoriam Professor Robert “Bob” Howells The School is sad to announce that Professor Robert “Bob” Howells died in September. 
News article 17 Oct 2022 LSTM is awarded the Athena Swan Silver Award, for its advancement of gender equality at the school LSTM is delighted to announce it has been awarded the Athena Swan Silver charter mark, for its ongoing work to promote gender equality.
Professor Charles Wondji News article 14 Oct 2022 LSTM celebrates its 125th anniversary by launching a campaign to help build resilience, skills, and capacity in lower income countries LSTM is celebrating 125 years of expertise in science, research, and innovation. The school is marking its 125th anniversary by looking to the future...
News article 13 Oct 2022 LSTM scores very highly for research management, working with public, and the third sector, under the new Knowledge Exchange Framework 2 (KEF 2) performance indicators UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) is designed to give an evidence-based insight into how English higher...
Professor Henry Mwandumba News article 13 Oct 2022 Professor Henry Mwandumba, MLW awarded 2022 Weber-Parkes Prize by Royal College of Physicians Professor Henry Mwandumba, Interim Director of the Malawi Liverpool Research Programme, is receiving a prestigious award for his ground-breaking work...
News article 12 Oct 2022 New study finds that monkeypox virus can spread widely within specialist hospital isolation rooms In hospital isolation rooms containing patients with monkeypox, viral DNA was found on multiple surfaces, personal protective equipment (PPE), and in...
News article 7 Oct 2022 New Hope for Malaria Prevention in at-Risk Children Every 75 seconds, roughly the time it takes to drink a glass of water or return an email, a child under the age of five dies of malaria. The toll is...
A typical example of improved housing beside a mosquito-producing rice field in rural Tanzania, constructed using bricks, timber and iron sheeting plus netting screens fitted over the windows. News article 6 Oct 2022 Cochrane Review demonstrates simple house modifications may be an important tool, as part of vector control, to reduce malaria burden Installing mosquito screening over house windows and closing the gaps in house eaves can help reduce infection with Plasmodium parasites and the...
News article 6 Oct 2022 LSTM has been celebrating the wonderful work of our Early Career Researchers (ECRs) and technicians LSTM has been championing and celebrating the work of our Early Career Researchers, this month, as part of Post Doc Appreciation and Technician...
News article 3 Oct 2022 LSTM’s Dr Shaun Pennington wins Early Career Professional Award LSTM is pleased to announce that Dr Shaun Pennington, an immunologist and microbiologist at the school, has been awarded the Early Career...
News article 30 Sep 2022 Knowledge, Evidence and Learning for Development (K4D) Programme comes to an end after 6 years After 6 years the Knowledge, Evidence and Learning for Development (K4D) programme, in which LSTM is a partner, has come to an end.  The K4D...
News article 13 Sep 2022 New blended learning package launched to improve quality in ANC and PNC The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine’s (LSTM), Emergency Obstetric and Quality of Care Unit has launched an innovative blended learning approach...
News article 7 Sep 2022 Unitaid launches major new investment implemented by LSTM and FIND to increase TB detection and find the missing millions More than 10 million people each year fall ill with tuberculosis (TB), a highly infectious airborne disease that caused approximately 1.5 million...
E.coli grown on an agar plate held against the sky News article 6 Sep 2022 New LSTM-led research sheds light on how antibiotic use can help drive drug resistant infections Research led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), highlights the need for antimicrobial stewardship to be targeted and research-led – if...
News article 1 Sep 2022 LSTM shortlisted for Times Higher Education Awards 2022 LSTM is delighted to have been shortlisted, in two separate categories, for this year’s Times Higher Educational Awards.
News article 19 Aug 2022 The Tropical Infectious Disease Consortium has been awarded £1.6 million from the Medical Research Council The Tropical Infectious Disease Consortium (TIDC) has been awarded £1.6 million from the Medical Research Council (MRC) via the Impact Acceleration...
News article 2 Aug 2022 Liverpool Echo joins us in the call for your LSTM stories for our 125 Anniversary
News article 28 Jul 2022 LSTM at the Bluedot festival LSTM has been out in force this weekend at this year’s BlueDot Festival, at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire. This year was the first time the BlueDot...
News article 25 Jul 2022 Do questionnaires, pill counts, or gadgets tell health staff if people with HIV are taking their drugs? Health staff sometimes use questionnaires, counting pills, pharmacy notes, or gadgets to estimate if people with HIV are taking their antiretroviral...

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