Every year we celebrate our day of birth and the mother who brought us into the world. Exploring attitudes and approaches to improving the health of babies, girls, and women around the world and over time, this exhibition in the Keppel … Continue reading
Today I want to write about two of my favourite things about LSHTM: the students, and the staff. One of the aspects of the School I have most enjoyed is meeting such a diverse, intelligent and enthusiastic collection of students. … Continue reading
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” – Mahatma Gandhi If you ever find yourself in India, I would strongly recommend … Continue reading
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Howard Thurman The other day I was in Nirmala’s, a local grocery … Continue reading
“It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.” – Mahatma Gandhi “PhD = Procrastination + hallucination + Dissertation.” Or so it … Continue reading
“The power to question is the basis of all human progress.” – Indira Gandhi Before diving into the ensuing narratives and reflections, I should warn you of my somewhat unorthodox documentary habits. I will chronicle my experiences continually throughout the … Continue reading
Jim McCambridge appears on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme, BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, BBC Northampton, BBC Cornwall, Radio Forth and UWS radio discussing new research into tactics used by the alcohol industry to influence policy in Scotland: … Continue reading
Receptor mediated endocytosis for drug delivery in African trypanosomes: fulfilling Paul Ehrlich’s vision of chemotherapy (featured on the front cover of the May 2013 edition of Trends in Parasitology) A lot of time is spent identifying candidate drug targets and … Continue reading
The School’s Director Professor Peter Piot will be given a lecture entitled “Continuing and New Challenges in Global Health” at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research in Accra, Ghana. All School alumni and students are welcome to attend this special … Continue reading
HEART OF INDIA On the 2nd of April I arrived in Nagpur, the geographic centre of India, to begin work on the VISHRAM (VIdarbha Stress and Health progRAM) pilot study, and it being my first trip to the country, I … Continue reading