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News article Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine awarded £4.7 million to establish a new Human Challenge Facility, for infectious disease research 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 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine awarded £4.7 million to establish a new Human Challenge Facility, for infectious disease research 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 iiCON partnership develops new organoid infection model to replicate impact of respiratory infections iiCON partnership develops new organoid infection model to replicate impact of respiratory infections A new experimental model that more accurately replicates the impact of respiratory infections on the lungs and upper airways has been developed...
News article LSTM’s Accelerator Research Clinic shortlisted for the 2019 North West Research and Innovation awards. LSTM’s Accelerator Research Clinic shortlisted for the 2019 North West Research and Innovation awards. The Respiratory Research Team from LSTM’s Accelerator Research Clinic (ARC) have been shortlisted for Team of the Year for the 2019 North West Coast...
Event LIV-TB: Professor James Chalmers on 'Host-microbiome interactions in chronic lung disease' and Dr Antonia Wasuna on 'Drug repositioning for tuberculosis: old drugs, new uses?' LIV-TB: Professor James Chalmers on 'Host-microbiome interactions in chronic lung disease' and Dr Antonia Wasuna on 'Drug repositioning for tuberculosis: old drugs, new uses?' Prof James Chalmers, Chair of Respiratory Research at the University of Dundee, will be taking us on a journey through host-microbiome interactions...
Event World Lung Day 2018 World Lung Day 2018
Event LSTM Seminar: "Respiratory infections in paediatric risk groups from a global health perspective" LSTM Seminar: "Respiratory infections in paediatric risk groups from a global health perspective" A seminar by Dr Lilly M. Verhagen MD PhD, University Medical Center Utrecht - Wilhelmina Children's Hospital - Division of Paediatric Immunology and...
News article Community prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms in rural Malawi: Implications for policy Community prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms in rural Malawi: Implications for policy Researchers at LSTM have collaborated with colleagues at the REACH Trust to carry out the first study looking at the prevalence of chronic...
News article IMPALA supports the first PATS Spirometry Training of 2017 in Uganda. IMPALA supports the first PATS Spirometry Training of 2017 in Uganda. The Pan African Thoracic Society (PATS) and the Ugandan Thoracic Society (UTS), hosted a Foundational Spirometry Certificate of Competence Short...
Event LSTM Seminar: 'Interrupting Pneumococcal Transmission' LSTM Seminar: 'Interrupting Pneumococcal Transmission' A seminar by Dr Jeff Weiser, Jan T. Vilcek Professor of Molecular Pathogenesis; Chair, Department of Microbiology, New York University School of...
News article News about a special Issue "Health Effects of Household Air Pollution in Low- and Middle-Income Countries" News about a special Issue "Health Effects of Household Air Pollution in Low- and Middle-Income Countries" Kevin Mortimer will be a Guest Editor in the Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health entitled “...
News article LSTM at the Big Bang North West festival LSTM at the Big Bang North West festival LSTM’s Respiratory Research team led by Dr Simon Jochems, the A·WOL Consortium’s Dr Louise Ford and Dr Kelly Johnston with support from RCDD’s Dr...
Event LSTM Seminar: 'Pneumonia prevention strategies: Cookstoves are dead - long live the vaccine!' LSTM Seminar: 'Pneumonia prevention strategies: Cookstoves are dead - long live the vaccine!' Pneumonia is one of the commonest causes of morbidity and premature mortality globally. Kevin Mortimer will talk about the findings of the Cooking...
News article LSTM researchers lead on 4 MRC Global Challenges Research Fund Foundations Awards LSTM researchers lead on 4 MRC Global Challenges Research Fund Foundations Awards Researchers at LSTM are to take the lead on four of the MRC’s Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Foundation Awards due to begin in 2017. Looking...
News article Lung health study published in top respiratory journal Lung health study published in top respiratory journal A team of investigators led from LSTM has published findings from a lung health study to determine the prevalence of lung disease among adults in...
News article Seminar Series report:The role of the respiratory ecosystem in susceptibility to respiratory infection in infants. Seminar Series report:The role of the respiratory ecosystem in susceptibility to respiratory infection in infants. LSTM’s Seminar Series continued this week with a presentation by Dr Debby Bogaert, from the Department of Paediatric Immunology at the University...
News article EHPC model to test vaccine efficacy ‘a milestone’ in Investigation of Population-Wide Effects of Vaccines EHPC model to test vaccine efficacy ‘a milestone’ in Investigation of Population-Wide Effects of Vaccines The editorial comment published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine hails the use of Experimental Human Pneumococcal...
Event Respiratory health from an ecological perspective Respiratory health from an ecological perspective Dr. Debby Bogaert
Department of Paediatric Immunology
University Medical Centre Utrecht
News article LSTM and Lancaster University receive MRC Doctoral Training Partnership funding LSTM and Lancaster University receive MRC Doctoral Training Partnership funding Scheme allows recruitment of up to 7 PhD students per intake year
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and Lancaster University (LU) have...
Event Respiratory Evening Teach-In Respiratory Evening Teach-In LSTM Senior Lecturer Dr John Blakey will hold a talk on Asthma at The Mersey Region Evening Teach-In. This programme aims to provide an update on...
News article World TB Day World TB Day Wednesday 24 March is World TB Day, organised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and dedicated to raising awareness and generating action to...
News article Better TB control worldwide critical to controlling UK increase Better TB control worldwide critical to controlling UK increase LSTM’s Dr Bertie Squire marked World TB Day today by highlighting the work being taken forward in Liverpool and around the world to more effectively...
News article LSTM and RLBUHT Respiratory group win Chief Executive’s award LSTM and RLBUHT Respiratory group win Chief Executive’s award The LSTM and Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospital’s Respiratory Research Team received The Chief Executive’s Award at the recent Make...
Media Podcast #4 - Dr Alvaro Acosta Serrano and Jenna Gritzfeld Podcast #4 - Dr Alvaro Acosta Serrano and Jenna Gritzfeld Jenna Gritzfeld on her Phd research into a human pneumococcal carriage model.
Dr Alvaro Acosta Serrano describes host-parasite interactions and how...
Impact story Improving access to tuberculosis care for the poor in developing countries Improving access to tuberculosis care for the poor in developing countries Early LSTM research led to the publication of the World Health Organization (WHO) Options for National TB Control Programmes ‘Addressing the Poverty...

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