London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (informally the LSHTM or the London School) is a constituent college of the federal University of London
, specialising in public health
and tropical medicine
. Founded by Sir Patrick Manson
in 1899, the London School is a research-led postgraduate centre of excellence in public health, international health and tropical medicine. The School's mission is to contribute to the improvement of health worldwide through the pursuit of excellence in research, postgraduate teaching and advanced training in national and international public health and tropical medicine, and through informing policy and practice in these areas.
as the London School of Tropical Medicine and located at the Albert Dock Seamen's Hospital
in the London Docklands. Just prior to this teaching in tropical medicine had been commenced in 1899 at the Extramural School at Edinburgh and even earlier at London's Livingstone College founded in 1893 by Charles F. Harford-Battersby (1865–1925). Before giving lectures at St. George's Hospital, London, in 1895, Livingstone College afforded Manson his first opportunity to teach courses in tropical medicine. Manson's early career was as a physician in the Far East where he deduced the correct etiology of filariasis, a parasitic vector based disease, transmitted through the bite of a mosquito. On his return to London, he was appointed Medical Advisor to the Colonial Office. He strongly believed that doctors should be trained in tropical medicine to treat British colonial administrators and others working throughout Britain's tropical empire. He also encouraged and mentored Ronald Ross
during this period to uncover the correct etiology of malaria, which Ross subsequently discovered in 1898, winning the Nobel Prize
for his efforts. The original School was established as part of the Seamen's Hospital Society
.
In 1920 the School moved, with the Hospital for Tropical Diseases
, to Endsleigh Gardens in central London, taking over a former hotel which had been used as a hospital for officers during the First World War.
In 1921 the Athlone Committee recommended the creation of an institute of state medicine, which built on a proposal by the Rockefeller Foundation
to develop a London-based institution that would lead the world in the promotion of public health and tropical medicine. This enlarged School, now named the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine was granted its Royal Charter
in 1924.
A competition to design a new School building to be sited along Gower Street
in Bloomsbury
was held involving five architects, all experienced in laboratory design and construction. This was won in 1925 by Morley Horder and Verner Rees who located the main entrance in Keppel Street. This building was opened in 1929 by HRH the Prince of Wales. The purchase of the site and the cost of a new building was made possible through a gift of $2m from the Rockefeller Foundation.
The School is part of the University of London and is the University's major resource for postgraduate teaching and research in public health and tropical medicine. On successful completion of their studies, students gain a University of London degree.
The Faculty has expertise in:
Other goals of the Faculty are;
To inform policy concerning major public health issues, at local, national and global level.
To contribute to the improvement of public health through effective teaching.
To elucidate the aetiological pathways and disease mechanisms of major health problems.
To map trends over time, and the public health consequences of a changing world.
To describe epidemiological differences between and within countries, and to contribute to the reduction of inequalities and inequity in health.
To contribute to better understanding of national and global health issues.
To evaluate and improve interventions:
To generate and evaluate strategies which will reduce the excess burden of disease, suffered by the poor and the vulnerable.
To evaluate new treatments, medical interventions, screening, patient information needs and counselling services.
To assess hazards and threats to health in order to inform policy, in response to widespread public concern.
There is close interaction between scientists in different research teams. The Faculty has strong overseas links which provide a basis for field studies and international collaborations in developed and developing countries. Funding for research in the Faculty comes from around 45 funding organizations and agencies. Major funders of research include the Department for International Development, Medical Research Council, Wellcome Trust, BBSRC, GlaxoSmithKline and the Commission of European Communities.
The School has the largest numbers of research active staff in the areas of epidemiology, public health and health services research in the UK. The Faculty of Public Health and Policy has over 220 members of staff, including epidemiologists, public health physicians, economists, policy analysts, anthropologists, sociologists, historians, psychologists, statisticians and mathematicians. The Faculty's research programmes, with an annual spend of over £7m, focus on public health problems of importance both globally and in the UK, and build on an extensive network of collaborations.
The research programmes exploit multidisciplinary and multi-method approaches, generate new knowledge for specific contexts and test transferability to different settings, and engage with policymakers and providers of health care to ensure research is relevant and translated into practice.
The Faculty is renowned for its influential research in diverse areas concerned with global health such as:
The Faculty hosts School Centres in the areas of History in Public Health
, Research on Drugs and Health Behaviours, Spatial Analysis in Public Health, Global Change and Health, Health of Societies in Transition (ECOHOST), and Gender Violence and Health. In addition, staff participate in Centres based in other departments, notably the Malaria Centre and the Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Disease.
In keeping with its focus on the interface between scientific research, policy and practice, faculty staff are engaged in a very wide range of policy-influencing roles, including membership of key government advisory groups, leadership of professional bodies, membership of research funding bodies, and provision of expert advice to global health institutions.
All three Faculties offer a wide range of MSc courses and Research Degrees.
More recently, a team of researchers led by Professor Richard Hayes at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, have been awarded $37 million to test an innovative combination of strategies to prevent HIV in African countries.
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
, specialising in public health
Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...
and tropical medicine
Tropical medicine
Tropical medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with health problems that occur uniquely, are more widespread, or prove more difficult to control in tropical and subtropical regions....
. Founded by Sir Patrick Manson
Patrick Manson
Sir Patrick Manson was a Scottish physician who made important discoveries in parasitology and was the founder of the tropical medicine field....
in 1899, the London School is a research-led postgraduate centre of excellence in public health, international health and tropical medicine. The School's mission is to contribute to the improvement of health worldwide through the pursuit of excellence in research, postgraduate teaching and advanced training in national and international public health and tropical medicine, and through informing policy and practice in these areas.
History
The School was founded in 1899 by Sir Patrick MansonPatrick Manson
Sir Patrick Manson was a Scottish physician who made important discoveries in parasitology and was the founder of the tropical medicine field....
as the London School of Tropical Medicine and located at the Albert Dock Seamen's Hospital
Albert Dock Seamen's Hospital
The Albert Dock Seamen's Hospital was a hospital provided by the Seamen's Hospital Society for the care of ex-members of the Merchant navy, the fishing fleets and their dependents....
in the London Docklands. Just prior to this teaching in tropical medicine had been commenced in 1899 at the Extramural School at Edinburgh and even earlier at London's Livingstone College founded in 1893 by Charles F. Harford-Battersby (1865–1925). Before giving lectures at St. George's Hospital, London, in 1895, Livingstone College afforded Manson his first opportunity to teach courses in tropical medicine. Manson's early career was as a physician in the Far East where he deduced the correct etiology of filariasis, a parasitic vector based disease, transmitted through the bite of a mosquito. On his return to London, he was appointed Medical Advisor to the Colonial Office. He strongly believed that doctors should be trained in tropical medicine to treat British colonial administrators and others working throughout Britain's tropical empire. He also encouraged and mentored Ronald Ross
Ronald Ross
Sir Ronald Ross KCB FRS was a British doctor who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for his work on malaria. He was the first Indian-born person to win a Nobel Prize...
during this period to uncover the correct etiology of malaria, which Ross subsequently discovered in 1898, winning the Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
for his efforts. The original School was established as part of the Seamen's Hospital Society
Seamen's Hospital Society
The Seamen's Hospital Society is a UK charity established in 1821 with the purpose of helping people currently or previously employed in the Merchant Navy or fishing fleets, and their dependants...
.
In 1920 the School moved, with the Hospital for Tropical Diseases
Hospital for Tropical Diseases
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases is a specialist tropical disease hospital located in London, United Kingdom. It is part of the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is closely associated with University College London and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine...
, to Endsleigh Gardens in central London, taking over a former hotel which had been used as a hospital for officers during the First World War.
In 1921 the Athlone Committee recommended the creation of an institute of state medicine, which built on a proposal by the Rockefeller Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation is a prominent philanthropic organization and private foundation based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The preeminent institution established by the six-generation Rockefeller family, it was founded by John D. Rockefeller , along with his son John D. Rockefeller, Jr...
to develop a London-based institution that would lead the world in the promotion of public health and tropical medicine. This enlarged School, now named the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine was granted its Royal Charter
Royal Charter
A royal charter is a formal document issued by a monarch as letters patent, granting a right or power to an individual or a body corporate. They were, and are still, used to establish significant organizations such as cities or universities. Charters should be distinguished from warrants and...
in 1924.
A competition to design a new School building to be sited along Gower Street
Gower Street (London)
Gower Street is a street in Bloomsbury, Central London, England, running between Euston Road to the north and Montague Place to the south.North Gower Street is a separate street running north of the Euston Road...
in Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury
-Places:* Bloomsbury is an area in central London.* Bloomsbury , related local government unit* Bloomsbury, New Jersey, New Jersey, USA* Bloomsbury , listed on the NRHP in Maryland...
was held involving five architects, all experienced in laboratory design and construction. This was won in 1925 by Morley Horder and Verner Rees who located the main entrance in Keppel Street. This building was opened in 1929 by HRH the Prince of Wales. The purchase of the site and the cost of a new building was made possible through a gift of $2m from the Rockefeller Foundation.
The School is part of the University of London and is the University's major resource for postgraduate teaching and research in public health and tropical medicine. On successful completion of their studies, students gain a University of London degree.
Academics
Degree programs
LSHTM offers a range of taught Masters degrees as well as research degrees leading to the University of London degree of DrPH, MPhil and PhD.Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
The Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health aims to be a methodological centre of excellence for research in national and global health issues, to expand the limits of epidemiological thinking & multi-disciplinary research to further understanding of health issues in their full complexity, to develop, refine and disseminate tools & methods for research design, data collection, analysis and evaluation, and to conduct rigorous research in national and global health.The Faculty has expertise in:
- Clinical trials
- Analysis of routinely collected statistics
- Indirect techniques for measuring mortality in developing countries
- Conduct and analysis of observational studies
- Large-scale field trials
- Design and evaluation of interventions
- National and global health
Other goals of the Faculty are;
To inform policy concerning major public health issues, at local, national and global level.
To contribute to the improvement of public health through effective teaching.
To elucidate the aetiological pathways and disease mechanisms of major health problems.
To map trends over time, and the public health consequences of a changing world.
To describe epidemiological differences between and within countries, and to contribute to the reduction of inequalities and inequity in health.
To contribute to better understanding of national and global health issues.
To evaluate and improve interventions:
To generate and evaluate strategies which will reduce the excess burden of disease, suffered by the poor and the vulnerable.
To evaluate new treatments, medical interventions, screening, patient information needs and counselling services.
To assess hazards and threats to health in order to inform policy, in response to widespread public concern.
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases
The Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Disease s (ITD) was formed in August 1997 and encompasses all of the laboratory-based research in the School as well as that on the clinical and epidemiological aspects of infectious and tropical diseases. It is currently headed by Simon Croft, who is Professor of Parasitology. The Faculty is organised into four large research departments. The range of disciplines represented in the aculty is very broad and inter-disciplinary research is a feature of much of our activity. The spectrum of diseases studied is wide and there are major research groups working on topics which include:- HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases
- malaria and other vector borne diseases
- tuberculosis
- vaccine development and evaluation
- vector biology and disease control
There is close interaction between scientists in different research teams. The Faculty has strong overseas links which provide a basis for field studies and international collaborations in developed and developing countries. Funding for research in the Faculty comes from around 45 funding organizations and agencies. Major funders of research include the Department for International Development, Medical Research Council, Wellcome Trust, BBSRC, GlaxoSmithKline and the Commission of European Communities.
Faculty of Public Health and Policy
The Faculty of Public Health and Policy aims to improve global health through research, teaching and the provision of advice in the areas of health policy, health systems and services, and individual, social and environmental influences on health. Interests and activities embrace the health needs of people living in countries at all levels of development.The School has the largest numbers of research active staff in the areas of epidemiology, public health and health services research in the UK. The Faculty of Public Health and Policy has over 220 members of staff, including epidemiologists, public health physicians, economists, policy analysts, anthropologists, sociologists, historians, psychologists, statisticians and mathematicians. The Faculty's research programmes, with an annual spend of over £7m, focus on public health problems of importance both globally and in the UK, and build on an extensive network of collaborations.
The research programmes exploit multidisciplinary and multi-method approaches, generate new knowledge for specific contexts and test transferability to different settings, and engage with policymakers and providers of health care to ensure research is relevant and translated into practice.
The Faculty is renowned for its influential research in diverse areas concerned with global health such as:
- Understanding the policy-making process in health and using this understanding to improve the quality of public decision-making
- Evaluating ways of improving health system performance in countries across the world, from the UK to fragile states such as Afghanistan
- Improving the quality, organisation and management of health services
- Using economic and epidemiological analysis to guide disease prevention and treatment in areas such as malaria, HIV/AIDS, TB, vaccine-preventable diseases, child health, and cancers
- Pioneering ways of using routine data to evaluate and improve service quality in areas such as surgery
- Understanding the influences on health of individual behaviours including sexual practices, drug use, and gender violence, and evaluating behavioural change interventions
- Assessing the effect of environmental factors on health, especially climate change, air pollution, housing and transport, and evaluating public health policies in these areas
- Understanding global influences on health and health systems including the role of transnational companies such as the tobacco industry, and the spread of pandemic diseases.
The Faculty hosts School Centres in the areas of History in Public Health
Centre for History in Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Part of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, The Centre for History in Public Health was established in 2003, having originally developed from the AIDS Social History Programme in the late 1980s...
, Research on Drugs and Health Behaviours, Spatial Analysis in Public Health, Global Change and Health, Health of Societies in Transition (ECOHOST), and Gender Violence and Health. In addition, staff participate in Centres based in other departments, notably the Malaria Centre and the Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Disease.
In keeping with its focus on the interface between scientific research, policy and practice, faculty staff are engaged in a very wide range of policy-influencing roles, including membership of key government advisory groups, leadership of professional bodies, membership of research funding bodies, and provision of expert advice to global health institutions.
All three Faculties offer a wide range of MSc courses and Research Degrees.
Research centres
- Centre for the Evaluation of Public Health Interventions
- Centre on Global Change and Health
- European Centre on Health of Societies in Transition (ECOHOST)
- Gender Violence & Health Centre
- Malaria Centre
- MARCH Centre for Maternal, Reproductive & Child Health
- Clinical Trials Unit
- Centre for Global Mental Health
- Bloomsbury Centre for Genetic Epidemiology and Statistics
- Centre for Disability and Development
- Centre for Statistical Methodology
- Centre for History in Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineCentre for History in Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicinePart of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, The Centre for History in Public Health was established in 2003, having originally developed from the AIDS Social History Programme in the late 1980s...
- Hygiene Centre
- Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases
- Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour
- International Centre for Eye Health
- Wellcome Bloomsbury Centre
Awards
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has won the 2009 Gates Award for Global Health established by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and will receive $ 1 million in prize money. The award recognises organizations that have made an outstanding contribution to improving global health.More recently, a team of researchers led by Professor Richard Hayes at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, have been awarded $37 million to test an innovative combination of strategies to prevent HIV in African countries.
Donald Reid Medal
- Donald Reid MedalDonald Reid MedalThe Donald Reid Medal is awarded triennially by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in recognition of distinguished contributions to epidemiology.-Institution:...
- this is awarded triennially by the School in recognition of distinguished contributions to epidemiologyEpidemiologyEpidemiology is the study of health-event, health-characteristic, or health-determinant patterns in a population. It is the cornerstone method of public health research, and helps inform policy decisions and evidence-based medicine by identifying risk factors for disease and targets for preventive...
.
Rankings
In 2008, the UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) confirmed the School as a world leading centre for research. The School has been ranked one of the top three research institutions in the country in the Times Higher Education Table of Excellence, which is based on the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. The results indicate that in both Epidemiology and Public Health and Health Services Research the School has the largest concentration of world leading research in the UK. In Epidemiology and Public Health, 35% of the School's research activity was assessed as 4 (world leading), with a further 35% rated as 3 (internationally excellent). This result is particularly impressive in light of the fact that the School entered by far the highest number of staff of any UK institution (135.37), more than double the number entered by any other institution. In Health Services Research, 30% of its research activity received a 4* rating, and a further 35% was rated as 3. In Infection and Immunology, 80% of research activity was rated 3 or 4. There are no current relevant world rankings of institutions of public health (including the Times Higher Education University Rankings), however, LSHTM remains one of the most prestigious postgraduate institutions in public health globally.Deans
- Sir Francis Lovell Dean of London School of Tropical Medicine from 1903 to 1916
- Sir Havelock Charles Dean of the London School of Tropical Medicine 1916 to 1924
- Sir Andrew BalfourAndrew BalfourSir Andrew Balfour KCMG, CB, LL D was a Scottish Medical Officer who specialised in tropical medicine. Balfour spent twelve years in Khartoum, Sudan and was the Medical Officer of Health in the city. Balfour is noted as a medical author and also wrote fiction novels, the majority of which were...
Director from 1923 to 1931 - Wilson JamesonWilson JamesonSir William Wilson Jameson was a Scottish medical doctor and Chief Medical Officer of England 1940 - 1950....
from 1931 to 1940 - 1939 to 1945 - Successive changes of Dean because of wartime commitments of Wilson Jameson and Brigadier Parkinson
- J M Mackintosh from January 1945 to 1950
- Andrew Topping from 1950 to 1955
- Austin Bradford HillAustin Bradford HillSir Austin Bradford Hill FRS , English epidemiologist and statistician, pioneered the randomized clinical trial and, together with Richard Doll, was the first to demonstrate the connection between cigarette smoking and lung cancer...
from 1955 to 1957 - James Kilpatrick from 1957 to 1960
- E T C Spooner from 1960 to 1970
- Professor Gordon Smith from 1970 to 1989
- Professor Richard FeachemRichard FeachemSir Richard George Andrew Feachem, KBE, FREng is Professor of Global Health at both the University of California, San Francisco, and the University of California, Berkeley, and Director of the at UCSF Global Health Sciences...
from 1989 to 1995 - B S Drasar Acting during 1995
- Harrison Spencer from 1996 to 2000
- Geoffrey Targett Acting during 2000
- Sir Andrew HainesAndrew HainesProfessor Sir Andrew Paul Haines was the Director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine until September 2010.He was educated at Latymer Upper School, and at King's College London...
from 2001 to 2010 - Peter PiotPeter PiotBaron Peter Piot, MD, PhD FRCP is a former Under Secretary-General of the United Nations, former Executive Director of the UN specialized agency UNAIDS, and a professor at Imperial College London...
from 2010
Notable faculty and staff
- Donald AchesonDonald AchesonSir Donald Acheson KBE was a British physician and epidemiologist who served as Chief Medical Officer of the United Kingdom from 1983–91...
- Abraham Manie AdelsteinAbraham Manie AdelsteinAbraham Manie "Abe" Adelstein was a South African born doctor who became the United Kingdom's Chief Medical Statistician.-Career:...
- Elizabeth AnionwuElizabeth AnionwuElizabeth Nneka Anionwu CBE FRCN RN, is an Emeritus Professor of Nursing at Thames Valley University.Before her retirement in August 2007 she was a nurse and Head of the Mary Seacole Centre for Nursing Practice and Honourary Professor of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine...
- Peter ArmitagePeter ArmitagePeter Armitage is a statistician specialising in medical statistics.Peter Armitage attended Huddersfield College and went on to read mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge. Armitage belonged to the generation of mathematicians who came to maturity in the Second World War...
- Andrew BalfourAndrew BalfourSir Andrew Balfour KCMG, CB, LL D was a Scottish Medical Officer who specialised in tropical medicine. Balfour spent twelve years in Khartoum, Sudan and was the Medical Officer of Health in the city. Balfour is noted as a medical author and also wrote fiction novels, the majority of which were...
- Kazem BehbehaniKazem BehbehaniKazem Behbehani is a Kuwaiti immunologist and retired professor. He has done research on tropical diseases before he became International Health Advocat at WHO.-Biography:...
- Val Beral
- Claire BertschingerClaire BertschingerDame Claire Bertschinger DBE is a Swiss-British nurse and activist in advocacy on behalf of the suffering people in the developing world.-Biography:...
- James CantlieJames CantlieSir James Cantlie was a Scottish physician. He was a pioneer of First Aid, which in 1875 was unknown: even the police had no knowledge of basic techniques such as how to stop serious bleeding and applying splints...
- Geoffrey Douglas Hale CarpenterGeoffrey Douglas Hale CarpenterG.D. Hale Carpenter MBE MA DM FRS was a British entomologist and physician. He worked first at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and in Uganda, on tse-tse flies and sleeping sickness...
- Sandy CairncrossSandy CairncrossAlexander Messent Cairncross OBE is an epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine . He has an interest in environmental interventions for disease control, including both technical issues and policy....
- Aldo CastellaniAldo CastellaniSir Aldo Castellani was an Italian pathologist and bacteriologist.-Life and achievements:Castellani was born in Florence and educated there, qualifying in medicine in 1899. He worked for a time in Bonn and joined the School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London in 1901...
- Havelock Charles
- David ClaytonDavid ClaytonDavid George Clayton, born 13 June 1944, is a distinguished British statistician and epidemiologist. He is titular Professor of Biostatistics in the University of Cambridge and Wellcome Trust and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Principal Research Fellow in the Diabetes and Inflammation...
- Christopher DyeChristopher DyeChristopher Dye is Director of Health Information in the Office of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases at the World Health Organization and, from 2006–2009, was also Gresham Professor of Physic in the City of London.-Career:...
- David EvansDavid Evans (microbiologist)Sir David Gwynne Evans was a British microbiologist. He studied at Manchester University from 1930 to 1933, when he graduated with a degree in physics and chemistry, and he gained his MSc in 1934. He finished his PhD in 1938 and began working at the National Institute for Medical Research two...
- Richard FeachemRichard FeachemSir Richard George Andrew Feachem, KBE, FREng is Professor of Global Health at both the University of California, San Francisco, and the University of California, Berkeley, and Director of the at UCSF Global Health Sciences...
- Neil Hamilton FairleyNeil Hamilton FairleyBrigadier Sir Neil Hamilton Fairley KBE CStJ FRACP FRCP FRCPE FRS was an Australian physician, medical scientist, and army officer; who was instrumental in saving thousands of Allied lives from malaria and other diseases....
- David FlavellDavid FlavellDr David J Flavell BSc PhD FRCPath is a British academic research scientist specialising in the development of antibody-based treatments for adults and children with various forms of leukaemia and lymphoma....
- John FoxJohn Fox (statistician)John Fox is a British statistician, who has worked in both the public service and academia.He was born on 25 April 1946, the son of Fred Frank Fox OBE. He was educated at Dauntsey's School, University College London and Imperial College London...
- Brian GreenwoodBrian GreenwoodBrian Mellor Greenwood, CBE, FRCP, FRS is a British physician, biomedical research scientist, academic, and recipient of the first Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize....
- Major GreenwoodMajor GreenwoodMajor Greenwood FRS was an English epidemiologist and statistician.Major Greenwood junior was born in Shoreditch in London's East End, the only child of a doctor in general practice there...
- Andrew HainesAndrew HainesProfessor Sir Andrew Paul Haines was the Director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine until September 2010.He was educated at Latymer Upper School, and at King's College London...
- Michael HealyMichael Healy (statistician)Michael John Romer Healy is a British statistician known for his contributions to statistical computing, auxology, laboratory statistics and quality control, and methods for analysing longitudinal data, among other areas. He was professor of medical statistics at the London School of Hygiene and...
- Austin Bradford HillAustin Bradford HillSir Austin Bradford Hill FRS , English epidemiologist and statistician, pioneered the randomized clinical trial and, together with Richard Doll, was the first to demonstrate the connection between cigarette smoking and lung cancer...
- Joseph Oscar IrwinJoseph Oscar IrwinJoseph Oscar Irwin British statistician who advanced the use of statistical methods in biological assay and other fields of laboratory medicine. Irwin’s grasp of modern mathematical statistics distinguished him not only from older medical statisticians like Major Greenwood but contemporaries like...
- Wilson JamesonWilson JamesonSir William Wilson Jameson was a Scottish medical doctor and Chief Medical Officer of England 1940 - 1950....
- Robert LeiperRobert LeiperRobert Leiper was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Essex. He was born in Woodford Green....
- George Carmichael LowGeorge Carmichael LowGeorge Carmichael Low was a Scottish parasitologist.He was born in Monifieth, Forfarshire, Scotland, the son of Samuel Miller Low, a manufacturer of flax machinery and educated at the University of St Andrews. Having gradusted MA from St Andrews he then studied for a medical degree at Edinburgh...
- Patrick MansonPatrick MansonSir Patrick Manson was a Scottish physician who made important discoveries in parasitology and was the founder of the tropical medicine field....
- Michael MarmotMichael MarmotSir Michael Gideon Marmot is professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London.- Career :Michael Marmot was born in London, England. He moved to Australia as a young child and graduated in Medicine from the University of Sydney, Australia, in 1968. He earned a MPH in 1972...
- Archibald McIndoeArchibald McIndoeSir Archibald McIndoe CBE FRCS was a pioneering New Zealand plastic surgeon who worked for the Royal Air Force during World War II. He greatly improved the treatment and rehabilitation of badly burned aircrew.-Background:...
- David NabarroDavid NabarroDr. David Nabarro , works as the Senior UN System Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza at United Nations Headquarters in New York. He has been seconded to this position from the World Health Organization.-Biography:...
- S. Jay OlshanskyS. Jay OlshanskyStuart Jay Olshansky is currently a Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Research Associate at the Center on Aging at the University of Chicago and at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.-Biography:He received his Ph.D...
- Julian PetoJulian PetoJulian Peto is an English statistician and cancer epidemiologist. He is Cancer Research UK Chair of Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Institute of Cancer Research...
- Peter PiotPeter PiotBaron Peter Piot, MD, PhD FRCP is a former Under Secretary-General of the United Nations, former Executive Director of the UN specialized agency UNAIDS, and a professor at Imperial College London...
- Stuart PocockStuart PocockStuart J. Pocock is a British medical statistician. He has been professor of medical statistics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine since 1989. His research interests include statistical methods for the design, monitoring, analysis and reporting of randomized clinical trials...
- Anne Marie RaffertyAnne Marie RaffertyAnne Marie Rafferty, CBE, FRCN is a British nurse, administrator, academic and researcher. She is currently Dean of the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College London...
- Geoffrey Rose
- William SimpsonWilliam SimpsonWilliam Simpson may refer to:*William Dunlap Simpson , Governor of South Carolina from 1879*William Simpson , Scottish war artist and correspondent*William John Simpson , journalist and political figure in Quebec...
- John Alexander SintonJohn Alexander SintonBrigadier John Alexander Sinton, VC, OBE, FRS, DL was a British medical doctor, malariologist and soldier, being a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Early...
- Peter SmithPeter Smith (epidemiologist)Peter G Smith CBE BSc DSc HonMFPHM FMedSci, is an eminent epidemiologist and Professor of Tropical Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine .-Background:...
- Fiona StanleyFiona StanleyFiona Stanley, AC is an Australian epidemiologist noted for her public health work, and her research into child and maternal health, and birth disorders such as cerebral palsy.-Life:...
- Vincent WigglesworthVincent WigglesworthSir Vincent Brian Wigglesworth FRS was a British entomologist who made significant contributions to the field of insect physiology.In particular, he studied metamorphosis...
Notable alumni
The School's alumni work in more than 160 countries. Notable alumni include:- Abraham Manie AdelsteinAbraham Manie AdelsteinAbraham Manie "Abe" Adelstein was a South African born doctor who became the United Kingdom's Chief Medical Statistician.-Career:...
- Dlawer Ala'AldeenDlawer Ala'AldeenDlawer Ala'Aldeen دلاوهر عبدالعزيز علاءالدين, MD, PhD, FRCPath, is the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq...
- Anne AlvikAnne AlvikAnne Alvik is a Norwegian physician and civil servant.She was born in Namsos. She graduated with the cand.med. degree from the University of Oslo in 1962, and with a Master of Science degree in community medicine at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 1980...
- Nils BejerotNils BejerotNils Bejerot was a Swedish psychiatrist and criminologist best known for his work on drug abuse and for coining the phrase, Stockholm syndrome.-Work:...
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Further reading
- Lise Wilkinson and Anne Hardy, Prevention and cure: the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: a 20th century quest for global public health, Kegan Paul Limited, 2001, ISBN 0-7103-0624-5
- G.D. Hale CarpenterGeoffrey Douglas Hale CarpenterG.D. Hale Carpenter MBE MA DM FRS was a British entomologist and physician. He worked first at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and in Uganda, on tse-tse flies and sleeping sickness...
joined the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and took the DMDM-Academia:* Doctor of Management, an academic management degree* Doctorate in Medicine, an academic medical degree* Doctor of Music, an academic music-performance degree, also known as D.M.A-Science:* Adamsite, a chemical agent used in riot control...
in 1913 with a dissertation on the tsetse flyTsetse flyTsetse , sometimes spelled tzetze and also known as tik-tik flies, are large biting flies that inhabit much of mid-continental Africa between the Sahara and the Kalahari deserts. They live by feeding on the blood of vertebrate animals and are the primary biological vectors of trypanosomes, which...
(Glossina palpalis) and sleeping sickness. He published: A Naturalist on Lake Victoria, with an Account of Sleeping Sickness and the Tse-tse Fly; 1920. T.F. Unwin Ltd, London; Biodiversity Archive
External links
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine website
- Chronology
- The History of Higher Education in Bloomsbury and Westminster London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine entry
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine student lists
- Bug Central: inside the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine