Last week, LSTM's Professor Imelda Bates and Dr Motto Nganda led the SCORE (Sickle Cell Outreach, Resource and Dissemination) dissemination event, bringing together Liverpool's sickle cell community to share the findings of this 15-month project and discuss how support could be improved.

Bringing together colleagues from FCDO, public health and community leaders, discussions focused on the growing body of evidence from the Global South, where innovative, community-led programmes have demonstrated that violence can be prevented before it starts.

What can Liverpool learn from the Global South about preventing violence against women and girls? Professor Sally Theobald hosted the FCDO Education and Gender Inclusion Research Team in Liverpool for a learning event exploring evidence-based approaches to preventing gender-based violence.

A study of Tuberculosis (TB) in England has found that, between 2010 and 2022, an average of nearly one person each week was diagnosed with TB after they had died. The study, led by LSTM’s Centre for TB Research in collaboration with UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) found that (1/3)

We joined the celebrations at Liverpool's Africa Oyé festival this weekend, where Professor Rachel Tolhurst and her International Public Health team worked with Pamoja Communications to run a creative public engagement stall. Thank you to everyone who stopped by!

A new article co-authored by LSTM’s Dr Shevin Jacob highlights the critical role that Ebola disease survivors can play in strengthening trust, improving community engagement, and supporting outbreak response. Learn more: lstm.ac/ebola-surviv...

Huge congratulations to Professor Hilary Ranson, our Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research Culture and Integrity, who has been awarded a CBE in the King's Birthday Honours for services to global health and equity in science. Read more: lstm.ac/cbe

Three fully funded PhD opportunities available. Applicants from a range of academic backgrounds are encouraged to apply, but these opportunities are only available to applicants with Home fee status. Full details and how to apply: lstm.ac/studentships

The UN says there's an 80% chance El Niño conditions will develop between June and August. What happens when climate shocks hit already stretched health systems? Researchers at LSTM's Institute for Resilient Health Systems are working with partners around the world to find out. ➡️ lstm.ac/elnino

Prof Stephen Allen and Dr Benjamin Kadia were guest editors and contributors to an issue on childhood stunting published by the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B which brings together international evidence on the biological, biomedical and environmental factors that contribute (1/3)

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) continues to threaten efforts to end the global TB epidemic. A new study in Sierra Leone led by LSTM has highlighted a high mortality rate amongst people with MDR-TB, with around 1 in 10 dying within 12 months after successfully completing treatment. (1/3)

LSTM researchers have identified a previously unknown bacterium strongly associated with the devastating tropical disease noma. This discovery offers a vital insight that could transform the way one of the world's most neglected diseases is detected and treated in the future: lstm.ac/4bId3RO

LSTM Student Experience team win the support prize at #WeAreInternational lstm.ac/WAIAwards

Read the WHO guidance on supporting the mental health of people living with neglected tropical diseases: lstm.ac/4eJDj0e

This year’s theme for Mental Health Awareness week is action. We’re committed to driving practical change through our research and teaching. Find out more about how we’ve taken action ⬇️

A cutting-edge laser system will be used for the first time in the UK to track and help identify invasive mosquito species. Read more: lstmed.ac.uk/news/laser-t... (image: The Entomological Scheimpflug Lidar in Sweden. A miniaturised version will be used in the new NERC-funded project)/

LSTM's Dr Kerry Millington has taken part in the Royal Society Pairing Scheme, in which UK scientists pair with politicians and civil servants to get an insight in each other’s work. Read more: lstmed.ac.uk/news/royal-s...

Social stigma, work and financial pressures, and services not designed around people’s daily lives are continuing to delay tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment, particularly for men and adolescents, new research has found. lstmed.ac.uk/news/gender-...

Researchers at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have identified a bacterium linked to noma, a devastating disease that affects young children. The discovery could enable earlier diagnosis and treatment, when it matters most. Read more: lstm.ac/4bId3RO

LSTM’s Dr Tom Wingfield and Fatima Karmadwala delivered their talk, 'Fighting Poverty and Stigma to Defeat TB', to mark World TB Day. Last presented during last year's British Science Festival, the talk explored how TB continues to be a major global health challenge.

Today is World TB Day. Last month, we revealed how research from the LSTM-led Start4All project helped to shape new WHO guidelines on pooled TB testing. Read more: lstm.ac/4aOPaX6

A new Special Issue in Parasitology, guest edited by Professor Russell Stothard and Dr Janelisa Musaya, brings together 20 papers exploring genital tract parasites and their effects. Watch Dr Musaya explain why genital schistosomiasis matters or read the full Special Issue: bit.ly/4bSMwkH

Professor Rachel Tolhurst will be delivering her LSTM Inaugural Lecture in a few weeks - and you can get your ticket now! Find out more and book your place: lstm.ac/4usCY7j

Our @tomwingfield.bsky.social has spoken to @bmj.com about the worrying rise in TB cases across the UK. He explains what's behind the rise and what could be done to reverse the trend - including the expansion of screening for latent TB and in preventive therapy. www.bmj.com/content/392/...

LSTM is part of an expert global group that has been awarded responsibility to lead a new Cochrane Thematic Group in Infectious Diseases. Read more: lstm.ac/Cochrane.

We are delighted to announce that LSTM’s commitment to becoming an anti-racist organisation has been recognised with the Race Equality Charter Bronze Award from AdvanceHE. Read more: lstm.ac/4czIdeW.

Last night, Professor Jo Raven used her inaugural lecture to explore what health systems resilience looks like in practice, and what it takes to support the health workforce through disruption. If you could not attend, you can watch the lecture back on YouTube lstm.ac/ProfJoRaven

Congratulations to Professor Nick Casewell, who has been named as a finalist in the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the United Kingdom for the second year running. Read more: lstm.ac/4rM8v25

Last chance to grab your tickets for Professor Jo Raven's inaugural lecture - taking place this Wednesday! Reserve your place now, in Liverpool or online: lnkd.in/eUHBwdJz

Scientists from LSTM and the Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID) have discovered a new genetic mutation in malaria mosquitoes that causes insecticide resistance in Africa. Read more: lstm.ac/4qjRWcu.