Dr Shafir Kassim completed a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in 2018 and an MSc in Tropical Medicine and International Health in 2019. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine for Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Mangalore. In this blog piece, he discusses…
Angel Vicario (Health Policy, Planning & Financing, 2011) joined our COVID-19 volunteering project. Here, he explains his experience working on several of the projects.
“When I heard about the project the LSHTM was launching, I signed up to participate in this initiative. And there it all…
Arindam Mitra (MSc Immunology of Infectious Diseases, 2019) is Head of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMP) Production at NIHR BRC Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In this blog piece, he explains how COVID-19 has affected his work and how the UK government’s response has presented…
Dr Anna Dixon (MSc in Health Policy, Planning and Financing, 1998) is the current Chief Executive for the Centre for Ageing Better and has released the book ‘The Age of Ageing Better?: A Manifesto for our Future’. Here, she explains her motivation behind the book and what advice she would…
Physician-scientist, Melvin Sanicas (MSc in Infectious Diseases, 2015), Medical Director at Takeda, talks about the importance of science communication and facts-based information within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“As we have all witnessed, every aspect of modern life has been dramatically disrupted by COVID-19, including…
Dr Luunga Ziko (Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 2019) works as an Registrar in Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia. Here, he explains how COVID-19 has taken over his work.
How has the COVID-19 outbreak affected your work?
My work…
Liliana Candida Dengo-Baloi (MSc Control of Infectious Diseases, 2019) works as Head of Central Office for Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation, for the National Health Institute Mozambique. In this blog piece, she describes how Mozambique has been dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and her role in the surveillance of…
Nurul Maretia Rahmayanti (MSc in Health Policy, Planning and Financing, 2019) works as a Health Financing and Policy Specialist at The National Team for The Acceleration of Poverty Reduction, Office of Vice President, Government of Indonesia. Here, she explains how her role has changed since COVID-19 and how she…
Shweta Jindal (MSc Public Health for Development, 2018) describes her experience helping vulnerable families through lockdown in India.
“As an LSHTM alumna, I feel a sense of great pride but at the same time responsibility in being capable of contributing constructively towards COVID-19 relief efforts. I am a…
Christopher da Costa (MSc Clinical Tropical Medicine, 1986 and PhD, 1993) will be joining the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovations (CEPI) as a Vaccine Development Project Leader next month. He currently works as a consultant to a variety of US biotechnology companies and to the US Food and Drug…
Volunteers needed: Collecting information on clusters of COVID-19
September 23, 2020
COVID-19 Alumni Stories: Sanjana Mohan
September 22, 2020
Introducing LSHTM Connect
September 17, 2020
COVID-19 Alumni Stories: Dr Ligia Barros
September 15, 2020
Host your own virtual alumni event
September 10, 2020
