The Library serial collection holds some fascinating publications of the School including journals, bulletins, collected papers, reports and memoir series (dating from between 1899-1988). These historical publications are soon to join the Library’s other serials (published pre-2010) that are stored in the University of London Library…
March 11th is No Smoking Day and we thought that we would highlight the fact that the link between smoking and lung cancer was made at the School. In 1950, Richard Doll, a member of the MRC Statistical Research Unit based at LSHTM and Austin Bradford Hill, Director of the…
The Library will be closing at 2.00pm on Friday 13th March in preparation for the DL Reception. The Library will re-open as usual at 9.00am on Saturday 14th March…
“Photographs of eminent medical men, of all countries”, was published by John Churchill in London, 1867-68 in 2 volumes. It contains the portraits of 48 leading Victorian doctors each accompanied with a biography. The portraits were the work of photographer Ernest Edwards (1837-1903) who had a studio in…
A pilot will be launched in spring 2015 which will provide funding to cover all or part of the post-grant open access publishing costs associated with projects funded under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).
This pilot is necessary as opportunities to publish often occur near the end of a…
Studying at the School? Tell us how we’re doing.
The Library & Archives Service is inviting all current face to face (F2F) MSc, Diploma and Research Degree students studying at the School to give us their views on the services and facilities we provide to support their study, and…
In preparation for an upcoming journal stocktake in the spring, the serials team recently took the opportunity to visit the University of London depository in Egham, Surrey. The library stores its pre- 2010 journals at the depository, so if you’ve ever filled out one of our off-site request…
One of the many things that I love about my job as an Archivist is the unexpected activities that you become involved in. Working with two actors, Rebecca Tremain and Penny Dimond, has been a great pleasure and a very interesting experience in bringing our archive collections to life…
On Wednesday 25th of February the Library will be closed from 11.30am to 12.30pm for a LAS staff meeting. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Photo: Some rights reserved by Bryan Mills…
In February 1915, three members of School Staff: Robert Leiper, Reginald Cockin and John Gordon Thomson, set off for Egypt to study bilharzia among the troops at the request of the War Office. Leiper, a helminthologist, led the expedition and had experience of studying this disease before the war. In…
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Book Display: World Malaria Day
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Commemorating a pioneer Health Economist: Professor Jennifer Roberts
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P-hacking and how to prevent it.
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