125 years of LSTM
In November 2023, LSTM will celebrate its 125th anniversary.
As the first institution of its kind in the world, this major milestone gives us the opportunity to reflect on our legacy of 125 years and consider the major health challenges facing humanity.
Our major fundraising campaign will be a legacy of our 125 anniversary and aims to build scientific and health capacity around the world.
Our anniversary themes
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History and Heritage
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Our Global Impact
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Celebrating scientific excellence and innovation
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The future of global health: the next 125 years
LSTM in 125 stories
As part of our 125-year anniversary celebrations, we are asking our global community to participate in creating a digital archive of LSTM in 125 stories.
These could be personal anecdotes, memories of time studying or working at LSTM, or highlight key figures, scientific achievements or major impacts throughout our history.
We invite all staff, students, alumni and partners to participate by sharing stories here.
Spotlight on: Dr. Wu Lien-Teh
LSTM alumnas and global health pioneer Dr. Wu Lien-Teh helped change the course of a plague epidemic in the early 20th century and promoted the use of masks as a public health tool.
As part of his training, he studied infectious diseases at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the Pasteur Institute in Paris.
By 1903, when he returned to Malaysia, Dr. Wu was one of the earliest people of Chinese descent to graduate as a medical doctor from the West.
Read the full New York Times article on Dr. Wu here.
LSTM through the lens
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Dr Michael Service transferring mosquitoes, 1978
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Epidemiology in Action, January 1995
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Students examining snails infected with schistosomiasis, 1966
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DTM&H Class of 1976
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Ex-President of the USA, Jimmy Carter talks to students in 1997.