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#LSTM
begins the validation process for the
@mologic
#COVID19
point-of-need diagnostic test
@COVIDLiverpool
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It's our 122nd anniversary today!
How it started How it is (still) going
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Professor Luis Cuevas 1956-2023
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Luis Cuevas, a valued friend, colleague and mentor to many and a member of the LSTM family for 35 years.
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Our incredible history began on this day, 119 years ago, with a dinner and a philantropic donation of £350 from
#Liverpool
shipping magnate Sir Alfred Jones. It led to us becoming the world's first School of Tropical Medicine and it's been quite a ride ever since!
#OTD
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Great news and we are proud to have been involved in the successful trials.
#LSTM
would like to thank all participants and volunteers who took part in the Phase III
#Oxford
#COVID
-19 human vaccine trials here in
#Liverpool
.
BREAKING NEWS: The Government has accepted
@MHRAgovuk
recommendation for authorisation of
@OxfordVacGroup
/
@AstraZeneca
's
#COVID19
vaccine for use in the UK.
This follows:
✅ clinical trials
✅ data analysis
✅ MHRA authorisation
Read full statement:
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Friday 16 November - 12PM - Livestream! -
#LSTM
Seminar: Rt Hon Nick Herbert MP on "Global Political Leadership To End
#tuberculosis
: A report from the UNHLM"
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#LSTM
’s Emeritus Professor David Molyneux appointed as Companion to the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (CMG) in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list, for services to ‘Controlling Neglected Tropical Diseases’.
#NewYearsHonours
#NTDs
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We have been awarded 10 fully funded studentships for the MSc Global Health programme.
Our MSc Global Health programme has been designed in response to employer feedback on required global health skills and competencies.
For more information visit:
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Last night, we welcomed our Patron, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, to commemorate our 125th anniversary as the first institution of its kind in the world.
#LSTM125
Learn more:
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Some great news to announce as Professor Henry Mwandumba has been appointed as Director of
@MlwTrust
. Congratulations Henry.
@KUHeS_mw
@LivUni
@wellcometrust
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We have been awarded £1m from
@wellcometrust
for a pilot programme to enhance equitable research partnerships between institutes in the Global North and South.
Read more:
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This week, we were pleased to award Dr Ebere Okereke (
@DrEmeruemJnr
) an honorary degree for her outstanding contribution to public health.
Read more:
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Here it is:
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Our fully-funded, four-year MRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) and iCASE studentships, are open to applicants for an October start.
The deadline for stage 1 applications is Sunday 21st January 2024.
Find out more and apply online:
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We were honoured to receive a Queen’s Anniversary Prize at a special ceremony in Buckingham Palace today for our life-saving tsetse control project Tiny Targets.
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#LSTM
-led consortium receives £18.6m from
@UKRI_News
delivering integrated therapeutic solutions for human infections
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#LSTM
would like to thank all participants and volunteers who took part in the Phase III
#Oxford
#COVID
-19 human vaccine trials here in
#Liverpool
Oxford Covid vaccine 'safe and effective', Lancet study shows
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Our fully-funded, four-year MRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) and iCASE studentships, are open to applicants for an October start.
The deadline for stage 1 applications is Sunday 28th January 2024.
Find out more and apply online:
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It's our birthday! 121 years young - It's been quite a ride: from modest beginnings in
#Liverpool
as shown by our very first syllabus from 1898, to becoming a thriving global research and teaching institution. Thanks for all your support throughout!
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This amazing result is thanks to all our staff, volunteers, ambassadors and contractors who have made the
#Liverpool
part of the trials such a success the past months.
Today marks an important milestone in the fight against
#COVID19
. Interim data show the
#OxfordVaccine
is 70.4% effective, & tests on two dose regimens show that it could be 90%, moving us one step closer to supplying it at low cost around the world>>
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#LSTM
awarded £11.8 million grant to improve the lives of people living in informal settlements
#urbanplanning
#health
#accountability
#equity
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This
#InternationalWomensDay
, we're embarking on a journey to celebrate the incredible women of LSTM. They are not just shaping the future of global health; they're breaking barriers, forging equitable partnerships, and pioneering change.
#IWD2024
➡️
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#LSTM
’s inaugural
@Athena_SWAN
Outstanding Contribution Award for winners (from left) Gala Garrod, Natalie Lissenden and Katherine Gleave
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Exciting news! Professor Kohl joins LSTM as our new Virology Professor, strengthening our research on arboviruses and addressing global health challenges. Welcome, Professor Kohl!
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#LSTM
's first Honorary Degree in its history is awarded to alumna Dr Letitia Obeng. Double recipient of the Order of the Star of
#Ghana
and first female President of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences. Aka 'Grandmother of Ghana's female scientists'.
#LSTMgraduation
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Will UK aid cuts put us in danger of missing future pandemics?
Watch
@Channel4News
report on impact of UK government
#odacuts
on UK led research projects. With
#LSTM
Professor
@hilary_ranson
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Our herpetologist, Paul Rowley, received a framed
@simontownsley
image of him with a Ugandan rhino viper. One of the many snakes used for venom research at
#LSTM
's Centre for Snakebite Research & Interventions
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On the occasion of
#WorldNTDDay
: See these brief
#LSTM
presentations providing you with an overview of the wide range of 'from bench to bedside' NTD expertise that we host here in
#Liverpool
#beatNTDs
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Our fully-funded, four-year MRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) and iCASE studentships, are now open to applicants for an October 2024 start.
The deadline for initial applications is Sunday 21 January 2024.
Find out more and apply online:
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#LSTM
led study demonstrates snake venom evolution for defensive purposes, as published in
@ScienceMagazine
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As part of our week long
#IWD2019
activities,
#LSTM
's campus lights up purple in the evening hours. For a more gender-balanced world & to celebrate women's achievements - in & outside
#LSTM
#betterforbalance
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Scientists from
@LSTMnews
,
@scrippsresearch
, and
@iiscbangalore
have developed 95Mat5, an antibody that can neutralise the effects of venom from multiple snakes.
A potential game-changer for treatment of snakebite.
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We have been shortlisted for University of the Year in the
#THEAwards
#LSTM125
Read more:
The shortlists for 19 categories of the
#THEAwards
2023 are out now. From 650 entrants, 120 are in the running. The winners will be announced in Liverpool on 7 December. Here are those vying for University of the Year.
Full details here
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LSTM wins power to award its own degrees
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Wondered what they are doing at
#LSTM
's Centre for Snakebite Research & Intervention? Watch this short video from
@bbcmerseyside
for more info:
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#LSTM
,
@invectorcontrol
,
@ARCTEC_LSHTM
@LSHTM
launch new free online course on the control of vector borne diseases
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LSTM's first honorary degree today is for Prof Malcolm Molyneux; handed to him by LSTM's dean of clinical scienced & international public health, Prof Bertie Squire.
#LSTMgraduation
2019
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A warm welcome to the
#DTMH
class of spring 2019, our longest running course (since 1904)! We hope you'll have a great time at
#LSTM
and in
#Liverpool
.
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Our fully-funded, four-year MRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) and iCASE studentships, are now open to applicants for an October
#2024
start.
Find out more and apply online:
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Congratulations to
#LSTM
partners: Dr Eleanor Ochodo of
@StellenboschUni
and Dr Kondwani Jambo of
@MlwTrust
, both winners of the
@The_MRC
's African Research Leader Award
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A new drug treatment could help to prevent malaria during pregnancy for women living with HIV, new research led by
@LSTMnews
and published in
@TheLancet
suggests.
Read more:
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We have been awarded close to £10m by
@ResEngland
to expand the
@CDD_LSTM
and to train the next generation of leaders in infectious disease research.
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#LSTM
and
@MlwTrust
to receive £1.7 million
@wellcometrust
grant to investigate schistosomiasis outbreak in
#Malawi
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Today, we had the honour of hosting H.E. Mbelwa Kairuki, Tanzania's High Commissioner, to the UK. We were proud to be able to showcase how our research is making significant strides in Tanzania and contributing to global health advancements.
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118 years ago the donation of
#Liverpool
shipping magnate Alfred Jones was accepted.
#LSTM
, the world's 1st School in
#TropMed
, was founded!
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Global Health Minister
@morton_wendy
@foreignoffice
and Charlotte Watts
@DFID_UK
#UKaid
touring LSTM facilities where the participants of the
@OxfordVacGroup
Phase 3 COVID-19 Vaccine trial were screened, meeting with Dr Helen Hill and Prof. Daniella Ferreira
@DanielaLSTM
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#LSTM
researchers find an easy alternative to nasal and throat swabbing for SARS-CoV-2 Diagnosis - as published in
@CDC_EIDjournal
#Covid_19
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We have been awarded £1m from
@wellcometrust
for a pilot programme to enhance equitable research partnerships between institutes in the Global North and South.
#ICYMI
|
#LSTM
➡️
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Team from LSTM and
@fiocruz_en
finds that spraying just 12% of a room with insecticide kills 85% of
#AedesAegypti
mosquitoes present - a cheaper & easier way to treat homes
@pamcafrica
@philipmccall11
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Happy
#IWD2022
!
#LSTM
staff have nominated 55 of their female colleagues to honour their contribution to & achievements in global health. Read about them here:
#BreakTheBias
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We are pleased to announce that our new MRes in Tropical Health and
#infectiousdisease
Research is now open for applications for 2022!
More info here:
#IDtwitter
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Our fully-funded, four-year MRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) and iCASE studentships, are now open to applicants for an October 2024 start.
Find out more and apply online:
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Dr A.M. Evans (1895 - 1937),
#LSTM
's first female
#Entomology
lecturer. Her mosquito drawings were used for teaching
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Did you know that
#LSTM
employs 334 women on a 550 UK staff total as per March 2018?
#PressforProgress
#InternationalWomensDay
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#LSTM
has been shortlisted in the 'International Impact Award' category. Fingers crossed!
We’re delighted to announce the finalists for the 2018 ‘Oscars’ of the higher education sector
#THEawards
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Latest
#LSTM
academic promotions. Congratulations to all, especially our new Professors
@MiriamTaegtmeye
, Penelope Phillips-Howard, Nick Feasy,
@nickcasewell
and Henry Mwandumba!
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#LSTM
receives
@wellcometrust
grant to investigate the origins, epidemiological importance and control of the invasive
#malaria
mosquito Anopheles stephensi in the Horn of Africa
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The
@bankofengland
wants nominations of scientists for the new £50 note. We suggest Sir Ronald Ross, first UK Nobel Prize laureate in 1902 (Medicine) for proving
#malaria
transmission to humans. Do you agree? Support our nomination here:
#50poundnote
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