LSHTM Blogs

Recent posts and updates

• Why neglect of STIs and infertility could be undermining family planning programmes

  • In a new blog comissioned for BMJ, DEPTH team member Professor Cicely Marston and Dr Suzanna Francis argue that neglect of STIs and infertility undermines …more

• Origins of LSHTM on our 120th birthday

  • 120 years ago today, on 2nd October 1899, the School opened its doors to its first students. LSHTM has been celebrating our 120th anniversary with …more

• AMNET at ECTMIH 2019

  • AMNET’s abstract, titled “CNS INFECTIONS IN AFRICA : EPIDEMIOLOGY, DIAGNOSTICS, AND TREATMENT IN 2019” was chosen for an Organised Session at the ECTMIH 2019 Conference …more

• Exploring locative dating technology and queer male practice-based identities

  • In our latest blog, DEPTH researcher Sam Miles discusses his latest publication for new social science collection The Geographies of Digital Sexuality. Sam’s chapter explores the practices …more

• How did the unhealthy food environment evolve in New York City?

  • PHI|Lab member Nico Berger, in collaboration with the Built Environment and Health Research Group at Columbia University, recently published a study on changes in the unhealthy food …more

• Fat tax or thin subsidy?

  • Our health depends on what we eat and persistently high levels of obesity, increasing prevalence of diabetes and other non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, …more

• What processed foods do urban Indians buy?

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    There have been raising concerns over the increasing consumption of industrially processed foods in low and middle income countries. These foods often increase the overall …more

• Should we have faith in ‘sin taxes’ to help tackle obesity crisis?

  • Last week Boris Johnson, our potential next Prime Minister, cast doubt on the effectiveness of health-related taxes on foods and beverages to help improve health …more

• Advice from afar: students share their tips for studying via distance learning

  • We caught up with some of our distance learning students to ask them what advice they would give to someone considering studying via distance learning …more

• “I feel like I can really shape my experience to work perfectly for what I want and need from it”

  • Alex in the lab

    Alex Zuckermann is studying Global Health Policy by distance learning (GHP) with us. She told us what it’s like to study via …more

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