Do you have a background in Health Economics and want to come and do a PhD on Syphilis and STI
We have a funded studentship @lshtm.bsky.social. Come and collaborate with a great group of academics, clinicians and community groups
Open to people eligible for UK PhD Fee Status - Apply by 11th May.
Very pleased the @who.int Programme Managers guide for control of scabies in low income settings now out.
In many areas population prevalence of scabies is 10-30% making it a major public health problem.
This guide is designed to assist Ministries of Health & NTD teams in scaling up interventions.
iris.who.int
www.lshtm.ac.uk
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is pleased to invite applications for a 3-year full-time PhD studentship, starting in September 2026.The award will cover a tax-free stipend
This WHO publication provides operational guidance for national programme managers on the control of scabies, a neglected tropical disease affecting an estimated 200 million people globally, with a di...
Are you an LSHTM DTM&H Alumni? If so do sign up for our refresher course in July!
Congratulations to @suhealthsci.bsky.social & Tygerberg Hospital for recruiting 1st patient into our trial of new therapies for infants with congenital syphilis!
Huge effort across Ireland, UK, Malawi, South Africa, Indonesia, Thailand & Australia to get this off the ground.
Trial details below.
Special shout-out to Bridget Freyne @ucddublin.bsky.social (not on Bluesky) who is the CI for the trial & has done a large amount of the leg work getting this off the ground.
Great symposium @lshtm.bsky.social on 22nd April.
Focused on analysis of social inequalities in transmission dynamics for infectious diseases.
Can join online or in person
(if coming in person please reach out to @rozeggo.bsky.social so we can make sure we have in-person capacity)
Does anyone know why @orcid.org & @europepmc.org no longer have a functioning interface. Its gone from working fine, to broken, to removed entirely as an option and I can't see that @orcid.org have put anything out about this on their news page about this....
The @ukhsa.bsky.social DoxyPEP monitoring framework is now out.
Grateful to have had the opportunity to contribute to this as part of my @nihr.bsky.social Professorship & looking forward to working with colleagues on these studies over the coming years.
Project on developing ethnicity-stratified transmission models with me and Neil Ferguson. Please get in touch with any questions!
Limited to home fees eligible students.
