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News article 16 Jan 2020 TEDxLSTM talks now available on TEDx YouTube channel The talks were part of the inaugural TEDxLSTM event, independently conceptualised and organised by a committee of MRC DTP PhD students and held late...
Credit: Dr. Thomas Massaquoi of 34 Military Hospital, Trials Clinician: RAPIDE-TKM trial team News article 14 Jan 2020 Stepping up to the challenge: studying drug dosage during an Ebola outbreak A specialist technique used to study drugs has been completed for the first time during an outbreak of Ebola virus disease.
MRC DTP students including some of the DTP management team News article 14 Jan 2020 Call to apply for the MRC DTP/CASE PhD studentships for the academic year 2020-21 now open LSTM and Lancaster University have announced that the call to apply for the MRC DTP/CASE PhD studentships for the academic year 2020-21 is now open.
News article 10 Jan 2020 LSTM Leverhulme Lecture - Dr David Nabarro CBE on 'Engaging in complex issues to secure the future'
Man using HIV self-testing kit in Zimbabwe - photo credit: UNITAID News article 8 Jan 2020 LSTM researchers find that a peer-led programme of support for adolescents living with HIV results in reduction in HIV treatment failure LSTM researchers based in Zimbabwe have found that a peer-led programme of support for adolescents living with HIV results in a significant reduction...
Dr Crewe with LSTM's Dr Louise Kelly-Hope in 2013 News article 7 Jan 2020 LSTM’s former Loa loa expert, Dr William Crewe, celebrates his 100th birthday LSTM recognises the 100th birthday of one of its most loyal and committed staff members, Dr Bill Crewe, who celebrates his centenary today.
News article 27 Dec 2019 LSTM’s emeritus Professor David Molyneux receives Queen’s Honour LSTM’s Emeritus Professor David Molyneux has been appointed as Companion to the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (CMG) in...
Image courtesy of Dr Adriana Adolfi News article 25 Dec 2019 Researchers at LSTM identify that mosquitoes can sense toxins through their legs Researchers at LSTM have identified a completely new mechanism by which mosquitoes that carry malaria are becoming resistant to insecticide.
News article 18 Dec 2019 LSTM Christmas Closure 2019 Season's Greetings and a successful 2020 from all of us at LSTM.
News article 17 Dec 2019 LSTM partners with Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons (GCPS) to develop the next generation of global health leaders LSTM and GCPS have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to run Global Health workshops in the Ghanaian capital Accra that will focus on specific...
LSTM students, Angus More O'Ferrall and Hamish Baxter, doing their research in Malawi News article 12 Dec 2019 LSTM students present their work at RSTMH ‘Research in Progress’ conference LSTM MSc students in Tropical Disease Biology and Humanitarian Studies presented their work at the RSTMH ‘Research in Progress’ conference...
News article 6 Dec 2019 Captive Artists: the unseen artwork of British Far East prisoners of war The book ‘Captive Artists: the unseen artwork of British Far East prisoners of war’ was published earlier this week
News article 5 Dec 2019 LSTM Graduation 2019 LSTM has held its annual graduation ceremony at Liverpool’s magnificent St George’s Hall – its second graduation since being awarded degree awarding...
News article 5 Dec 2019 Scientists identify new marker for insecticide resistance in malaria mosquitoes Researchers at LSTM have genetically modified malaria carrying mosquitoes in order to demonstrate the role of particular genes in conferring...
News article 4 Dec 2019 Elimination of sleeping sickness moves a step closer to reality with $ 7.5 million award to extend ongoing Trypa-NO! programme The Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) and the Liverpool...
News article 2 Dec 2019 The Barrier Bednet - a unique bednet design that improves safety, cost effectiveness and lethality to insecticide resistant mosquitoes Researchers from LSTM have designed a new bednet that can kill mosquitoes more efficiently than existing nets, in a way that increases the choice of...
Dr David Nabarro (left) receives the Leverhulme medal from LSTM Director David Lalloo News article 29 Nov 2019 LSTM’s inaugural Future Focus event with Dr David Nabarro's Leverhulme Lecture In the lead up to LSTM’s 125th anniversary in 2023 the first of a programme of ‘Future Focus’ events was held at Liverpool’s Maritime Museum, a...
News article 28 Nov 2019 LSTM 2018-2019 Annual Report now available The 2018-2019 LSTM Annual Report and Financial Statements are now available to view online. 
News article 28 Nov 2019 LSTM and partners hold community engagement event with mothers in Kenya to mark World Prematurity Day To mark this year’s World Prematurity Day, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and partners held a community engagement event at the...
News article 28 Nov 2019 LSTM lights up red for World Aids Day  Part of LSTM’s estate in Liverpool is bathing in red light to mark World Aids Day this Sunday.
News article 28 Nov 2019 World Prematurity Day 2019: CMNH participates in National Newborn Health Conference, Bangladesh From: CMNH To mark World Prematurity Day on 17th November, a National Newborn Health Conference was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, organised by the Directorate...
News article 28 Nov 2019 CMNH and partners hold community engagement event with mothers in Kenya to mark World Prematurity Day From: CMNH To mark this year’s World Prematurity Day, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and partners held a community engagement event at the Homabay...
From left, winners Gala Garrod, Natalie Lissenden and Katherine Gleave News article 27 Nov 2019 LSTM’s inaugural Athena Swan Outstanding Contribution Award LSTM presented its inaugural Athena Swan Outstanding Contribution Award during the November session of the School Staff Forum.
Hispaniolan solenodon - Photo credit: Lucy Emery News article 25 Nov 2019 Unraveling the venomous bite of an endangered mammal Highly similar venom toxins found in shrews and endangered Caribbean mammals, despite common ancestor over 70 million years ago
Dr Caroline Harper CBE News article 25 Nov 2019 Sightsavers' Dr Caroline Harper CBE first winner of the Hemingway Award Dr Caroline Harper CBE, Chief Executive of UK-based NGO Sightsavers, has been selected by the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH)...
News article 22 Nov 2019 Who is left behind in Mass Drug Administration? Ensuring equity in the prevention of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is critical to reach NTD elimination goals as well as to inform Universal...
News article 21 Nov 2019 In Memoriam: LSTM Vice-President Michael Oglesby CBE (1939-2019) It is with great sadness that LSTM has learned about the death of the founder of Bruntwood, philanthropist and LSTM Vice-President, Michael Oglesby...
Father putting his daughter under a bednet in Burkina Faso News article 21 Nov 2019 Children using bed nets with new compound less likely to have malaria parasites With insecticide resistance eroding the life-saving power of bed nets—a major malaria-fighting tool—researchers reported today that in a clinical...
News article 19 Nov 2019 Lancet Infectious Diseases: British researchers call for the development of new antibiotics to be brought into the public sector and tackle the threat of antimicrobial resistance. The researchers, from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, and Oxford Martin School say a two-...
News article 18 Nov 2019 LSTM Scientists highlight the dangers of antibiotic resistance in support of European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) and World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) 2019
News article 14 Nov 2019 World Diabetes Day 2019 On the occasion of World Diabetes Day 2019, LSTM Professor Shabbar Jaffar presented evidence around the prevalence, importance and challenges of...
News article 13 Nov 2019 Award and commendations for LSTM's Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health at International Maternity Expo LSTM's Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health (CMNH) have won an award and a commendation at the International Maternity Expo awards...
News article 13 Nov 2019 LSTM wins awards at International Maternity Expo LSTM is delighted to celebrate with three of our team who received an award and commendations at the International Maternity Expo ...
News article 7 Nov 2019 LSTM partners recognised in the MRC African Research Leader Awards LSTM is the UK partner institution for two of the four recipients of 2019’s African Research Leader Awards from the UKRI's Medical Research Council (...
News article 7 Nov 2019 LSTM hosts LEAP student led debate on ‘Professionalisation of Humanitarian Practice’ To mark the arrival of LEAP students in the UK for their second semester of study, students led a debate on the topic of ‘The Professionalisation of...
News article 31 Oct 2019 LSTM free guided tours available to book online LSTM has started offering free guided tours to small groups on a monthly basis, with diverse groups such as Network 55, University of the Third Age...
News article 28 Oct 2019 Advanced Obstetric and Anaesthetic Skills Course delivered by Master Trainers in Kenya In October 2019, a new training course on Advanced Obstetric and Anaesthesia Skills was delivered by healthcare providers in Kilifi and Taita Taveta...
Art dealer and broadcaster Philip Mould OBE opens the exhibition News article 25 Oct 2019 'Secret Art of Survival' exhibition opens at Liverpool’s Victoria Gallery & Museum Secret Art of Survival, an exhibition displaying the artwork of British Far East prisoners of War (FEPOW), is now open to the public at the Victoria...
News article 23 Oct 2019 LSTM staff at the Science and Industry Museum This week staff from LSTM’s National Insitute for Health Research Group on the Prevention and Management of HIV-infection, Diabetes and...
News article 22 Oct 2019 Updated Cochrane Review published: Lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan assay for detecting active tuberculosis in people living with HIV Tuberculosis (TB) causes more deaths in people living with HIV than any other disease, with more than 300,000 deaths in 2017. When detected, early TB...

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