11th to 17th May is Mental Health Awareness Week nationally and at LSHTM. The Mental Health Foundation has been organising Mental Health Awareness Week for the last twenty-five years. They focus on preventing poor mental health and building and protecting good mental health. They research, develop, and campaign for…
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…
Since the creation of the most successful vaccine – the polio vaccine – by Dr Edward Jenner in the late 18th century, vaccines have been, and continue to, be a most powerful weapon against fighting diseases. (https://www.who.int/news-room/spotlight/history-of-vaccination/a-brief-history-of-vaccination)
For…
World Malaria Day is observed each year on April 25th, highlighting the efforts required to control and eventually eliminate malaria. The 2026 theme; “Now We Can. Now We Must” serves as a time to recognize progress made in saving lives and…
The group training sessions take place on:Part 1 – step by step literature searching: relevant to all types of MSc Project.Monday 18th May 10:00 to 11:30.Friday 22nd May 15:00 to 16:30.Weds 27th May 15:00 to 16:30.Mon 22nd June 13:00…
Senate House Library has recently subscribed to Policy Commons, one of a number of grey literature resources produced by Coherent Digital. This resource is now also available to all LSHTM staff and students through LSHTM’s affiliation with the University of London.
What is Policy Commons?
Policy Commons is a…
We’re delighted to announce the launch of the first LSHTM Open Research Awards! This award is intended to recognise LSHTM staff and Research Degree students who are embedding openness, transparency, and reproducibility in their research.
What is Open Research
Open Research, sometimes referred to as ‘open science’ and ‘open…
The 24th of March 2026 is World TB (Tuberculosis) Day. The theme this year is “Yes we can end TB”. This day was designed to bring public awareness to what is still considered an epidemic in much of the world and was chosen to be on this date to commemorate…
Mary Gibson
It is with sadness that we share the news of the passing of Mary Gibson on 16 February 2026, who retired from her role as Assistant Librarian (Bibliographer) at LSHTM in 1998.Mary joined LSHTM in 1963 as a professional cataloguer, and was known to be a firm…
By Ella Tomlin, Archives Apprentice
March 21st 2026 is World Poetry Day—to celebrate, we’ve taken a look at some of the poetry and adjacent material within our collections, exploring the roles these ‘creative’ records can play in a decolonial medical archive.
“The old definition of poetry stood firm…
