Many of you will be preparing to write your thesis. There are many books in the library advising how to write a literature review as well as books on study skills including how to manage your time effectively. We have put some of these on display in the Library…
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in Keppel Street, Bloomsbury was opened in 1929. The balconies on the first floor of the building, outside the Library, are decorated with a frieze of sculptures of ten animals – seven insects, a tick, a snake and a rat – responsible…
The LSHTM Open Research Champion Network is a new initiative designed to build expertise and promote a culture of open research across the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).
We’re inviting staff and students with an interest in open research to volunteer a few hours of their time to help champion open practices within their communities.
What Is Open Research?
Also known as Open Science, open research is a global movement to make scientific research more transparent, accessible, and collaborative. It supports practices that make it easier to: share and reuse research outputs, verify research findings, and collaborate across disciplines and institutions
You can learn more about LSHTM’s open research activities and resources on our Open Research and Open Science guidance pages.
What Is an Open Research Champion?
An Open Research Champion is a volunteer who actively promotes open research within a specific LSHTM community, such as a department, research centre, course module, or other peer group.
Champions form a supportive network across LSHTM, working together to raise awareness and build capacity for open research.
Who Can Join?
The network is open to all LSHTM staff and students with an interest in open research. You don’t need to be an expert—just enthusiastic and willing to contribute a few hours each month.
If you’re interested, please discuss it with your team or supervisor and complete the Expression of Interest form.
Read moreSince 2001, the Mental Health Foundation has been leading Mental Health Awareness Week – bringing the UK together to focus on getting good mental health. Mental Health Awareness Week is an annual event where the whole of the UK comes together to focus on achieving good mental health. The week aims…
By Yiyun Chen
Yiyun Chen, UCL Placement Student standing in the Library next to the bust of Richard Doll
Over the past two weeks, I was happy to join the library team at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) for a short placement. This experience has been…
According to the World Health Organization (https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-immunization-week/2025), immunization accounts for 40% of the improvement in infant survival over the last 50 years. The slogan for this year’s campaign is “Immunization for all is Humanly Possible”
Despite major achievements such as the…
Open Alex (the name Alex comes from the ancient Library of Alexandria) is a not for profit tool used to open up research for all. It is a free to use dataset containing over 250 million scholarly works. Unlike subscription databases it contains works from all over the globe, not…
Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures
“World Health Day, celebrated on 7 April 2025, will kick off a year-long campaign on maternal and newborn health. The campaign, titled Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures, will urge governments and the health community to ramp up efforts to end preventable maternal and newborn deaths, and…
These take place on:Part 1 – step by step literature searching: relevant to all types of MSc Project.Monday 19th May 10:00 to 11:30Friday 23rd May 15:00 to 16:30Tuesday 27th May 15:00 to 16:30Mon 23rd June 13:00 to 14:30Thursday 26th June 10…
Monday March 24th 2025 is World Tuberculosis Day. The theme for World TB Day 2025 is “Yes! We Can End TB”, reinforcing the idea that ending tuberculosis is possible with collective effort.
The date marks the day in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch discovered the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterium, which causes…
