The Professional Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (East African Partnership) is a three-month course taught by the School and colleagues in Tanzania and Uganda, for doctors planning to work in Africa. In this blog, students from the 2016 course describe their experiences studying the burden and treatment of…
In this blog, Dr Karl Blanchet, Director of the Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, reflects on recent work in Greece and Lebanon exploring health issues among populations displaced by crises. He reflects on how humanitarian crises are evolving and how the…
Esther Taks from the Netherlands is studying the MSc Immunology of Infectious Diseases. In this blog, Esther shares her top five tips for studying in London and at the School.
1. Take advantage of the opportunities offered by the School – The classes are really interesting and even subjects that don…
By Le Quach and Jourdan McGinn
Le and Jourdan are generously sponsored by the Rotary International Foundation as Global Scholars. Each year, a handful of students begin at the School as Global Scholars.
Le is studying the MSc Epidemiology and her undergraduate studies were economics and politics. She has studied…
Sureshkumar Kamalakannan recently completed his PhD at the School, during which he developed ‘Care for Stroke’, a web-based intervention to help stroke patients in India recover at home. Sureshkumar was nominated for the recent International Student Innovation Award, which celebrates London’s most talented and innovative international students.
I…
Eyenimi Ndiomu studied the MSc Public Health in Developing Countries in 2015/16. He has been shortlisted for the prestigious International Student Innovation Award, which celebrates London’s most talented and innovative international students. In this blog, Eyenimi writes about Ubenwa, a cry-based diagnostic app for birth asphyxia.
I…
Brittany from the USA studied the MSc Medical Parasitology in 2014/15 (check back for Brittany’s blogs during her studies). Here, Brittany remembers her time at the School from the moment she received her offer to landing a great job.
I cried. There I was, a senior at university…
By Adrian Paul Rabe, 2015/16 SRC President
The Student Representative Council welcomes you to the School! The SRC is a group of five foolhardy, crazy people who have been chosen by the student body to represent their interests in the complex academic world of the School.
The…
For this summer’s photo competition, we once again invited current students to send us photos representing the theme of A student of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
With dozens of fantastic photos to choose from, it was not an easy decision for the judges, however in…
The International AIDS Conference is held this year in Durban and will address the theme Access Equity Rights Now, where science, leadership and community meet for advancing all facets of the collective efforts to treat and prevent HIV.
This year the School is holding a number of events and will…
Students’ Representative Council
June 29, 2018
Executive Programme Successfully Concludes in Cape Town
June 28, 2018
Why study Global Health by distance learning?
April 25, 2018
Executive Programme Fellows enjoy “transformational experience” in Geneva
April 24, 2018
Life between water and sand: Promoting mental well-being in communities affected by El Niño, Peru”
March 8, 2018
