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Wellcome Trust Liverpool LSTM and the University of Warwick
Glasgow Centre for Global Health
LSTM’s Director,
Research (WTCGHR)
Professor Janet
MLW is supported by WTCGHR, one Hemingway, was

of ve Wellcome Trust Centres for among three eminent
Global Health Research. LSTM Dean UK scientists being
of Clinical Sciences and International honoured by the University of Warwick (UoW) when she was

Public Health, Professor David Lalloo, conferred as Honorary Doctor of Science in January 2015. The
is Director of the Centre that also partnership between LSTM and UoW’s School of Medicine and

delivers the Wellcome Trust Clinical Life Sciences began in 2012 and draws upon complementary
PhD Programme, a agship scheme
areas of expertise, providing an excellent opportunity for

supporting the most promising talented researchers to make signi cant contributions to the
medically quali ed clinicians wanting to undertake rigorous
international health agenda.
research training.
Central to the partnership is the study of the science, policy

KEMRI/CDC in Kenya
and economics of applied health research and delivery.
Coordinated by LSTM, the Collaboration for Applied Health
A collaboration between the Kenya Medical Research Institute
Research and Delivery (CAHRD) brings together individuals
(KEMRI) and the US Centers for Disease
and disciplines across the full range of applied health research
Control and Prevention (CDC) in Kisumu,
encompassing operational, implementation, and health
western Kenya, is strengthened by sta systems research.
from LSTM’s Department of Clinical
Sciences, including Professor Feiko ter The NTD Modelling Consortium is coordinated by UoW and

Kuile, who leads the malaria research acts as a point of contact to commission modelling to address
collaboration.
questions concerning the elimination and control of NTDs.

Mathematical modelling plays an increasing role in public
The KEMRI/CDC collaboration is health planning and decision-making (such as determining
part of the Malaria in Pregnancy (MiP) consortium. Led by
cost-e ectiveness of drugs and vaccines), but for NTDs such
Professor Feiko ter Kuile it has been investigating whether
approached previously have been rarely used.
dihydroartemisinin-piperaqine may be e ective at preventing
malaria in pregnant women in areas of drug resistance.
In recognition of the partnership, LSTM made a joint

submission with UoW for public health to the UK’s Research
The Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis Excellence Framework (REF) 2014.
(GAELF)

Lancaster University
GAELF brings together a
diverse group of public-private
Strong cross-cutting links with

health partners to support the
Lancaster University (LU) have
Global Programme to Eliminate
already generated collaborative
Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) by
projects with all of LSTM’s departments and along the entire

mobilising political, nancial
translational research pipeline continuum. A Translational and
and technical resources. GAELF’s
Quantitative Skills Doctoral Training Programme in Global

secretariat has been hosted by
Health is the latest area of collaboration for LSTM and LU.
LSTM since 2004 and was incorporated into LSTM Neglected Supported by a grant from the Medical Research Council’s

Tropical Diseases in early 2015.
Doctoral Training Programme (MRC DTP), LSTM and LU will
train the next generation of scientists in translational and
GAELF’s 8th biennial meeting was held in Addis Ababa, quantitative research with a focus on Global Health.
Ethiopia, in conjunction with the 20th session of the African

Programme for Onchocerciasis Control Joint Action Forum,
University of Liverpool
an operational research session addressing questions relating
Although the formal
to both lymphatic lariasis and onchocerciasis. The meetings
were attended by 250 delegates from 46 countries and a liation with the
University of Liverpool
provided an ideal opportunity for interaction and collaboration
between countries and partners.
(UoL) ended during in July 2013 when LSTM obtained higher
education institutions status, the academic collaboration to
deliver world class education and research continues to thrive

as illustrated in numerous research initiatives such as MLW;
WTCGHR; CIDG; LIV-TB to name a few.

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