Monthly Archives: October 2015

ANNOUNCEMENT: fourth ‘Evaluation Workshop’ aimed at local government practitioners!

SPHR@L is excited to announce a fourth workshop on ‘Why evaluate?’ An introductory workshop on research, evidence and evaluation for local government. We are particularly interested in engaging with those working in housing, transport, and planning etc to be better … Continue reading

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Invited talk at the Institut Pasteur

Jumped on to the Eurostar to Paris on the 7th October and visited the https://research.pasteur.fr/en/ on the 8th October to give a seminar (‘Decoding toxin-parasite interactions in Trypanosomatids‘). Thanks to Philippe Bastin and Gerald Späth for hosting (and for treating … Continue reading

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World Statistics Day 2015

Today marks the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) second World Statistics Day. In recognition of this, the Archives have looked on the life of Major Greenwood, an epidemiologist, statistician, former president of RSS, and professor of Epidemiology and Vital Statistics at … Continue reading

Open Access Week 2015 at LSHTM

It is Open Access Week  on October 19 – 25, 2015 and LSHTM is taking part with a number of activities across the School. Kicking off events on Monday, John Murtagh, Manager of LSHTM Research Online will give a briefing on how … Continue reading

2015 Atul Gawande – On removing the pumphandle: innovation and implementation

The 23rd annual Pumphandle Lecture was given on the 8th of October 2015 by Dr Atul Gawande, Professor of Surgery and of Public Health at Harvard, well known author (eg The Checklist Manifesto and Being Mortal), and Executive Director of … Continue reading

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Sir Ronald Ross and the Suffrage Campaign

By Emma Fullerton-Frost On the 18th March 1920, Sir Ronald Ross delivered a speech at the annual meeting of the British Women’s Patriotic League. He begins the speech by stating that whilst the First World War was in progress a revolution occurred, bringing … Continue reading

116th Anniversary of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Today, marks the 116th anniversary of the opening of the London School of Tropical Medicine at Royal Albert Docks, and the beginning of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine’s journey. The School owes its existence to Sir Patrick … Continue reading