Book now for Professor Julian Eaton's inaugural lecture at LSTM, "The world turned upside down: mental health and a new global health architecture". lstm.ac/4nFAGwW. Read his thoughts from World Mental Health Day ahead of his lecture : lstm.ac/4r2YQET

Join us for a free, public webinar on how strengthening primary healthcare can drive a more equitable, resilient and effective TB response. Register: lstm.ac/47InTnD

Did you miss Professor Euphemia Sibanda's inspirational inaugural lecture? She reflected on her journey in global health implementation research, transforming scientific evidence into healthcare interventions for communities that need them most. Read more and watch again: lstm.ac/43Ah4TS

A major step forward in snakebite treatment: LSTM & DTU researchers have co-developed the first product-ready recombinant antivenom protecting against Africa’s deadliest snakes. Lab-made, safer, scalable, and more consistent than animal-derived antivenoms. Read more: lstm.ac/MultiSnakeAn...

A new study aims to uncover whether TB causes long-term lung damage that affects people’s quality of life. The Respiratory Health and Wellbeing Post Pulmonary Tuberculosis (RESPOST) study will involve people in Liverpool who have recovered from TB. Find out more: lstm.ac/RESPOST

The LSTM Future Leaders in Global Health Scholarship supports students enrolling on the MSc pathway in Global Health, starting January 2026. Find out how this scholarship could support your studies, check your eligibility, and learn how to apply by visiting lstm.ac/futureleaders.

Our next LSTM Inaugural Lecture will be delivered by Professor Julian Eaton (@julian-eaton.bsky.social) - and you can book your free ticket now! lstm.ac/JulianEaton.

Our latest Inaugural Lectures featured Professor Euphemia Sibanda, and we couldn’t be prouder to celebrate her work. You can now watch the lecture back and hear how collaboration, context and commitment are shaping better health outcomes across Africa and beyond. Watch - lstm.ac/Prof-Euphemi...

Professor Euphemia Sibanda's inaugural lecture is THIS Wednesday! It's not too late to book your place, either in Liverpool or online (5pm, UK time). Find out more: lstm.ac/EuphemiaLect....

Register now for our In-Person Open Event, taking place Wednesday 19 November 2025, 1-4pm. Thinking of studying with us? Join us at our Liverpool campus and find out why we are ranked 1st overall in the UK for student satisfaction (PTES 2025). Register now for your free place: lstm.ac/OpeneventNov25

The Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme has received a 7-year Wellcome grant to expand research and training. Watch Prof Henry Mwandumba explain how this funding will help train the next generation of African global health leaders. More here: lstm.ac/MLWCoreGrant

We're pleased to be co-sponsor of this landmark clinical trial, which is assessing effective malaria treatments in first-trimester pregnancy. Read more below about the recruitment of the SAFIRE consortium trial's first patient.

It's World Mental Health Day. @julian-eaton.bsky.social has reflected on what reductions in global aid funding mean for the ‘global health architecture’ - the systems that are in place to protect health worldwide and address global health inequity. Read more: lstm.ac/3VV6pPw.

We're less than two weeks away from Professor Euphemia Sibanda's inaugural lecture - and it's not too late to book your place! The lecture will be live at LSTM and streamed online on Wednesday October 22 (5-7pm, UK time). For more information, and to reserve a spot: lstm.ac/EuphemiaLect...

Professor David Lalloo, Vice-Chancellor of Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, was made Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (CMG) by the Prince of Wales in an investiture ceremony held at Windsor Castle this week. Read more: lstm.ac/48Jei1S (image: PA)

Our Vice-Chancellor Professor David Lalloo has been at the Labour party conference, here in Liverpool, making the case for how global health investment supports the UK economy and life sciences sector, as well as saving lives around the world.

Our next LSTM Inaugural Lecture takes place on Wed 22 Oct (5-7pm BST). Professor Euphemia Sibanda will share insights from her work in tackling barriers to uptake of evidence-based HIV and SRH interventions among different populations. Book now: lstm.ac/EuphemiaLect...

Congratulations to Professor Giancarlo Biagini who has received the Hemingway Award! The biennial award, given jointly by RSTMH and LSTM, recognises successful delivery or encouragement of translational science. Find out more: www.rstmh.org/news-blog/ne...

We have maintained our excellent performance in Research England's Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) results, an annual appraisal that helps universities and policymakers understand how higher education achieves economic growth and societal benefit across England. Read more: lstm.ac/4nn127M

Yesterday, we hosted the E3 Research Showcase, a celebration of how UKRI investment is driving innovation across LSTM. From new drugs and diagnostics to disease elimination strategies and snakebite research, talks showed how E3 is growing capacity and delivering science with global health impact.

We were delighted to welcome Julia Gillard, Chair of Wellcome Trust and former Prime Minister of Australia, for a special visit to discuss advancing science that drives equitable health outcomes around the world. Read more: lstm.ac/JuliaGillard

Researchers from LSTM and partners in Cameroon and Kenya have contributed to a new study that shows how the Anopheles funestus mosquito is evolving in response to malaria control efforts. Read more: lstm.ac/4nAqd6y

LSTM is welcoming three leading global health experts with support from UKRI: • Dr Jeremy Burrows • Prof Tanya Parish • Dr Ami Patel They bring world-class expertise in drug discovery, TB, AMR, vaccinology & antibodies. Read more: lstm.ac/E3NewResearc...

🎙️ LSTM In Conversation - "Fighting Misinformation, Building Trust: Lessons from Dr Ifeanyi Nsofor" How can we counter misinformation and build trust in global health? Dr Ifeanyi Nsofor shares insights with Dr Laura Dean. 🎧 Available here: www.buzzsprout.com/2407361/epis... #GlobalHealth

LSTM PhD student Dr Donald Grant was a plenary speaker at the ECOWAS Lassa Fever International Conference. The conference brings together global and regional experts dedicated to combating Lassa fever and emerging infectious diseases.

The British Science Festival is taking place now across Liverpool. Yesterday, Dr Tom Wingfield and Fatima Karmadwala delivered a powerful and moving talk on tuberculosis, interweaving evidence-based science with Fatima’s lived experience of multidrug-resistant TB.

New research shows that people in Malawi admitted to hospital with breathlessness are much more likely to die within a year than other patients. Read more: lstm.ac/4n4gC8i

The British Science Festival in Liverpool opens TOMORROW! There is still time to book a spot at Professor Tom Wingfield and Fatima Karmadwala's talk on fighting poverty and stigma to defeat TB (Thursday, 12:30pm) lstm.ac/4nedAOo. Find out more: britishsciencefestival.org/about-the-fe....

Our new short course is now open for applications: Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Emergencies and Protracted Crises. Online, part-time, 5 March (3 weeks) Develop skills to design appropriate strategies for integrating NCD care in emergencies and protracted crises. Apply: lstm.ac/NCDIEPC

Our next LSTM Inaugural Lecture will be delivered by Professor Euphemia Sibanda! Her talk will take place on Wednesday, October 22 (5-7pm, UK time) in Liverpool and online. Book now to secure your place! lstm.ac/EuphemiaLect....

We are proud to be represented on the expert panels for the criteria-setting phase of the Research Excellence Framework 2029. Professor Emeritus Steve Torr will sit on the sub panel for Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Science, which falls in the Medicine, Health and Life Sciences category.

A new £4.9m trial will test whether fusidic acid, a common antibiotic, could be repurposed as a short course cure for river blindness. Led by LSTM, with partners in Cameroon, Germany & Switzerland, the FAME study could transform elimination efforts. More here 👉 lstm.ac/RiverBlindne...

🎙️ LSTM In Conversation - "Fighting Misinformation, Building Trust: Lessons from Dr Ifeanyi Nsofor" How can we counter misinformation and build trust in global health? Dr Ifeanyi Nsofor shares insights with Dr Laura Dean. 🎧 Available here: www.buzzsprout.com/2407361/epis... #GlobalHealth

We are delighted to have been shortlisted in two categories at the Times Higher Education Awards 2025! We are nominated for Specialist Institution of the Year and Outstanding Estates Team in the 21st annual #THEAwards that celebrate excellence across UK and Irish higher education. lstm.ac/3HZY0XE

Five striking snake sculptures from the Global Snakebite Taskforce have found a new home at LSTM. The artworks highlight the human impact of snakebite envenoming, a neglected tropical disease that kills 138,000 people every year. Read more: lstm.ac/GlobalSnakeb...

The British Science Festival comes to Liverpool next week! Europe’s longest standing science Festival, it aims to connect people with scientists, engineers, technologists and social scientists through an inspiring programme of free events. britishsciencefestival.org.

“There is significant concern in the global health community about the misinformation and the reduction in funding that is now available for global vaccine initiatives.” Professor Tom Fletcher spoke to the BBC News Channel today about vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks.

Freshwater snails carry bacteria with antimicrobial resistance genes that could potentially transfer to human disease-causing pathogens, new research has found. Read more: lstm.ac/4n0csgW.

Spatial mosquito repellents could transform malaria control. A new $18.1m Unitaid-funded project, led by CRID in Cameroon with support from @LSTMnews, will trial this innovative tool to help accelerate malaria elimination. 🔗 lstm.ac/CRIDSpatialR... #Malaria #GlobalHealth

Ahead of tomorrow’s 80th anniversary of VJ Day, ITV Granada & BBC Radio Merseyside have featured LSTM’s unique Far East Prisoners of War (FEPOW) research. Meg Parkes shares powerful stories from secret wartime diaries & art. Watch here: lstm.ac/VJDay80MegPa...

ICYMI: Last week, we announced details of a new network to improve malaria prevention among school-aged children in sub-Saharan Africa. Find out more: lstm.ac/3GZguan LSTM is recruiting a Programme Manager to lead the strategic and operational development of the new network: lstm.ac/4liZKZN

Congratulations to Professor Charles Anawo Ameh, Head of International Public Health at LSTM, who has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria.

We are delighted to be ranked first overall in the latest Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES). PTES, co-ordinated by AdvanceHE, is the only UK higher education survey to gain insight from postgraduate students about their teaching and learning experience. Read more: lstm.ac/PTES25.

A drug that makes human blood lethal to mosquitoes also acts as a potent contact insecticide absorbed through the feet, providing a promising new approach to combating insecticide resistance. Read more: lstm.ac/47pHgTM Read the full paper: lstm.ac/4ooTRwH

A new partnership, led by LSTM and funded by Open Philanthropy, will unite researchers, policymakers, healthcare practitioners and other stakeholders across multiple countries to better understand and address the burden of malaria in children. Read more: lstm.ac/3GZguan

New research from LSTM shows E. coli can evolve drug resistance mid-treatment by amplifying an existing gene, not gaining a new one. A striking reminder of how quickly resistance can emerge. 🔗

Last week, LSTM's Professor Imelda Bates visited the University of Abuja in Nigeria as part of a research project to develop actionable and impactful strategies to address sickle cell disease management in sub-Saharan Africa. Watch TVC News' report: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuuh...

It's great to see our snakebite research covered in the latest issue of The Week Junior. Scientists from the world-leading Centre for Snakebite Research and Interventions at LSTM are exploring the potential for an effective oral snakebite treatment. Take a look below.

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we're delighted to offer scholarships for UK Home students joining our MSc One Health or MSc Tropical Disease Biology programmes. Find out how this scholarship could support your studies, check your eligibility, and learn how to apply visit lstm.ac/TDBOHSchol

Dr Stephen Woolley was interviewed by the BBC about brucella canis, a rare bacterial infection that mostly affects dogs but can be transmitted to humans. Catch up on his interview in the documentary 'Rescue Roulette: Dogs from Abroad' here: lstm.ac/40GKhv5 (from 9:00)