The phrase ‘From the cradle to the grave’ was popularised by Winston Churchill, the British Prime Minister, in 1943 to describe the ambition of a welfare state that would provide security from birth to death.
With the School’s mission supporting the aims of a national health service, it is…
The social media landscape is changing. Concerns about governance and moderation on some social media platforms has brought many users in universities and other public sector and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to consider alternative networks. Recognising this changing environment, we have paused our activity on X and established a presence…
From the Sun King (Louis XIV) in 17th century France, who chose the sun as his personal emblem, to strains of The Temptations’ 1964 song ‘My Girl’ — “I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day” — the sun has long been recognised for giving life to all things and its positive…
Medical advances in the second half of the twentieth century brought two great improvements to women’s lives: development of oral contraceptives (the pill) and Menopausal Hormonal Therapy (MHT also known as HRT or Hormone Replacement Therapy). The pill gave women freedom to choose whether or when to have children…
A very warm welcome to all new LSHTM students starting this Autumn.
Thanks to those who were able to attend our in-person induction sessions during the week of 29 September.
During the week beginning 13 October, we’re offering the following Induction sessions via Zoom:
Library Induction: using the…
We’re seeking your feedback on how we’ve been doing during this academic year. If you’re a student at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) you should have received an email from the Library asking you three questions:
Overall how satisfied are you with LSHTM…
As work continues to transform the Lower Ground Floor area of Keppel Street, if you’re based in London and are looking for alternative spaces to study there are several options available to you:
Senate House
All current students, staff and researchers at LSHTM can join Senate House Library – located…
In those parts of the world with a written language, the first organisms in the natural world to be studied, documented and figured were plants in recognition of their economic value in agriculture, nutrition, health and well-being. In Europe these herbals, as they are called, were hand-written in…
In the 18th and 19th centuries and until the 20th Century the death of women in childbirth or shortly afterwards was a common occurrence. One early treatise on puerperal fever was written by John Leake, a physician and male midwife: Practical observations on the child-bed fever, first published in…
A very warm welcome to all those starting this week! It was great to meet so many of you at the Welcome Fair today 🙌
To help you get started using our resources and services, we hope you can attend one of our Induction sessions.
Next week (Week 1) we…
