Doing a master course is a great learning process. The four core modules form a great theoretical basis which Moodle and all the readings turn into a practical discovery and global exploration. The subsequent elective modules are more demanding as … Continue reading
MSc Public Health in Developing Countries student Rachel Thompson explains how the Ebola Student Response, set up by students at the School, has supported the work of the School and the World Health Organization during the Ebola outbreak in West … Continue reading
Dr Alex Cohen, Course Director for the MSc Global Mental Health, introduces his course and students, and talks about how he hopes this programme will forge global networks of people concerned with global mental health. Until the past decade, concerns … Continue reading
MSc Medical Parasitology student Brittany is blogging about her experiences in London: Weekends in London, there is always something to do. Always. Coming up on the home stretch of the School year, it’s normal for students to get super stressed, … Continue reading
The Wellcome Trust recently announced a new scheme for small and medium-scale research projects based on archive collections that have received previous Research Resources funding. This is great news for the LSHTM archives as we have previously received four of … Continue reading
Research from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has found, for the first time, an underlying genetic component to how attractive we are to mosquitoes. The findings build on previous research where it was shown that attractiveness to … Continue reading
Two recent articles have been published in the BMJ Open: The objective of the first was to assess the progress made in meeting young people’s sex education needs in Britain by examining the current situation and changes over the past 20 years … Continue reading
James Logan on the front page of the Telegraph discussing his new study carried out on twins which reveals that the likelihood of getting bitten by mosquitoes could be down to our genes: “By investigating the genetic mechanism behind attractiveness … Continue reading
Researched and written by Ian Walden, Archive volunteer. As we commemorate the centenary of the Gallipoli campaign, the School’s archives remind us that in warfare, the doctor’s struggle to understand and combat disease is as significant as the general’s strategy … Continue reading
Vikram Patel is named among the TIME100 – TIME Magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Dr Barbara Van Dahlen, a psychologist and the founder of Give an Hour, a network of volunteer mental-health professionals, … Continue reading