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Islesâ€™ delegation grabs $30M in UH earmarks  -  25 Mar 2008
Honolulu Star-Bulletin,The grants range from $62000 for termite research to $1 million for studies on tropical medicine and infectious disease and $9 million for development of

Tuberculosis: New Priorities, New Challenges  -  25 Mar 2008
Doctors Without Borders,Additionally, to increase our ability to diagnose MDR-TB, we upgraded our collaborative work with the laboratory of the Institute of Tropical Medicine at

Medicine men go wild in Dundee  -  Mar 24, 2008
HULIQ,This yearâ€™s topic is Tropical Medicine, which made the inclusion of the van Tulleken brothers a natural choice to be invited to speak.

Kakaako to get new biosafety facility  -  Mar 23, 2008
Honolulu Star-Bulletin,Gubler directs the Asia-Pacific Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the medical school and chairs the Department of Tropical Medicine

Royal Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene  -  Mar 5, 2008
Guardian,The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene aims to promote and advance the study, control, prevention and treatment of tropical diseases,

African Examples Doctorâ€™s vital duty to save Africa ">  -  Mar 22, 2008
Standard,His PhD was in Tropical Medicine at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in 1988. "I was determined to ascend the academic ladder and pay

Active with words  -  Mar 9, 2008
Malaysia Star,Prof Balasundaram also did a stint in Knightswood Hospital, after he completed a course in tropical medicine at the London School of Tropical Medicine and

Wichita to train doctors for work in Third World  -  Mar 2, 2008
Kansas City Star,..."The program at Via Christi, in my view, has the right mix of public health, tropical medicine and other course work that helps in the sparse resources of

Let's Try a Dose. We're Bound to Feel Better.  -  Mar 22, 2008
Washington Post,Meanwhile, a recent analysis of 19 rich nations by Ellen Nolte and C. Martin McKee of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found that the

London School of Hygiene celebrates new $59 million Gates funding  -  Mar 6, 2008
EurekAlert (press release),The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has been awarded grant funding totalling $46.4 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Tycoon gives Â£15m malaria grant  -  Mar 7, 2008
BBC News,Researchers at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine will lead the project with 38 partners across the world. Malaria is a major cause of severe

Gates gives Â£20m to health school  -  Mar 7, 2008
The Press AssociationLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine is to receive Â£20m from a foundation set up by computer mogul Bill Gates to fight HIV and Aids.

Anaemia defeats malaria by sheer numbers  -  Mar 17, 2008
New Scientist (subscription),Now Karen Day, a tropical medicine specialist at New York University School of Medicine, has dispelled that theory - and provided a convincing alternative.

Nigeria: Why New Malaria Strain Resists Drugs  -  Mar 17, 2008
AllAfrica.com,Asian Tropical Medicine Research Programme, in collaboration with the Chinese authorities uncovered A MEGA fake anti-malaria drugs syndicate in China.

African trials aim for effective TB vaccine against 2 million ...  -  Mar 23, 2008
The Canadian Press,Paul Fine, professor of communicable disease epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, finds the targets are optimistic given that

China warming 'could widen scale of schistosomiasis'  -  Mar 11, 2008
Checkbiotech.org (press release),The study, carried out by an international team and published in the February issue of the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, looked at the

Lessons on the ancient Olympians  -  Mar 20, 2008
Newham Recorder,Dr Karen Lock of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and Mike Brace, UEL governor and Chair of the British Paralympic Association.

Tycoon pledges a further Â£15m for Liverpool scientists leading ...  -  Mar 6, 2008
Liverpool Daily Post,MICROSOFT billionaire Bill Gates has pledged a further $30m (Â£15m) grant to the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine for pioneering malaria research.

Second study finds treating herpes won't stop HIV  -  Mar 12, 2008
Reuters India,Dr. Deborah Watson-Jones of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and colleagues reported on 659 workers aged 16 to 35 at recreational

Operation Jupiter rains on fake antimalarials  -  Feb 28, 2008
In-PharmaTechnologist.com,...the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) and the Wellcome Trust-University of Oxford South-east Asian Tropical Medicine Research

Should Researchers Have More Access To Birth And Death Data?  -  Mar 6, 2008
Medical News Today,In the debate, Daniel Chandramohan (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) and colleagues claim that DSS data in the INDEPTH database should be

London congestion charge improves life expectancy  -  Feb 28, 2008
OnMedica,Dr Paul Wilkinson, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London , said particulate matter levels fell less because a large amount comes from

Billionaire tycoon gives Liverpool school Â£15m to fight malaria  -  Mar 7, 2008
Liverpool Echo,The Gates Foundation has a long-standing relationship with the cityâ€™s School of Tropical Medicine, investing millions of dollars in its research of global

Health school gets Â£20m from Bill Gates Foundation  -  Mar 7, 2008
Worthing Today,The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine is to receive more than Â£20m from a foundation set up by computer mogul Bill Gates to help the fight

Science Briefing: Genetic clue to MND cause  -  Feb 28, 2008
Financial Times,This estimate, by researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Kingâ€™s College London, is the first to assess the impact of the

Red States and Rosier Views on US Healthcare  -  Mar 21, 2008
U.S. News & World Report,...researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found that the United States ranked last among 19 industrialized countries in

Congestion charge 'boosts health'  -  Feb 27, 2008
BBC News,Scientists at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and King's College London wanted to examine further if traffic reductions since 2003 could

Meet our guest editors  -  Feb 27, 2008
Jamaica Gleaner,MBBS from the University of the West Indies and a Master's of Science in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Cardiff for Africa conference set to improve global health  -  Mar 22, 2008
HULIQ,It also includes a number of academic experts in tropical medicine, dentistry and engineering. Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing,

Lapdap - The Breckenridge Connection  -  Mar 2, 2008
OpEdNews,...the World Health Organization, the University of Liverpool, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and the UK Department for International

Treating Genital Herpes Does Not Reduce Risk of HIV, Study Says  -  Mar 14, 2008
Kaiser network.org,For the study, Deborah Watson-Jones of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and colleagues enrolled 659 female workers ages 16 to 35 at

WHO: Progress against TB slowing  -  Mar 22, 2008
North County Times,...friends, work mates and anyone else they were in contact with,â€? said Ruth McNerney, a TB expert at London's School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Two Views Of Medical Science - Observational Research Versus ...  -  Mar 11, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),...essay is based upon the prestigious Austin Bradford Hill Memorial Lecture given at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on April 24, 2007.

Patient management issues forms the cream of  -  Mar 19, 2008
Africa Science News Service,Earlier emphasis has been put on tropical medicine buoyed by the notion that chronic diseases like cancer, diabetes and hypertension only affected the high

LSTM to lead $30 million research program into malaria in pregnancy  -  Mar 7, 2008
EurekAlert (press release),The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has received a $30 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to improve the control and treatment of

False sense of travel health  -  Mar 6, 2008
24 Hours Vancouver,Dr. Jay Keystone, a Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto who specializes in travel and tropical medicine, spoke in Vancouver yesterday about

New Natural Family Planning Method Appeals To Wide Range Of Women  -  Mar 18, 2008
Science Daily (press release)University Medical Center's Institute for Reproductive Health; and Erin E. Anastasi, MPH, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Liverpool appoints Salford QS  -  Mar 5, 2008
QS Week,...run by the University of Liverpool, the Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.

Congestion charge is 'good for health'  -  Mar 5, 2008
Cambridge Evening News,The scientists, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and King's College, used a computer model to work out changes in air pollution

Veteran doctor pulls all-nighters for medical exams  -  Mar 4, 2008
Kingston This Week,Austria, and completed his masterâ€™s in public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine at University of London, England.

Mt Frere starvation deaths: Government taken to court  -  Mar 17, 2008
Dispatch Online,School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, made front-page headlines across the country and provided sensational source material for television programmes

Keeping Up Appearances  -  Mar 12, 2008
Irish Voice,Dr. Cahill, who features annually in Irish America magazineâ€™s â€œTop 100 Irish Americansâ€? list, is a world authority on tropical medicine and was the grand

Helping older people live safely and independently  -  Feb 28, 2008
News-Medical.net,Andrew Beswick of Bristol's Department of Social Medicine and colleagues at Oxford University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine did a

120 posts vacant as  -  Feb 28, 2008
Zimbabwe Guardian,...where 18 lecturers are required at under and postgraduate level for disciplines ranging from cardiology to dermatology and tropical medicine.

Congestion charging in London has improved the life expectancy of ...  -  Feb 28, 2008
InTheNews.co.uk,Researchers from King's College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine studied models of annual levels of air pollution based on

Patricia Wright: Way beyond the science  -  Mar 12, 2008
Plenty Magazine,...became question 33 on the medical schoolâ€™s tropical medicine final. The answer was leishmaniasis, a parasite transmitted via the bite of a sand fly;

Severe Anemia in Malawian Children  -  Feb 27, 2008
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),The study was approved by the ethics committees of the College of Medicine, Malawi, and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom.

Doctors are on a mission to bring healthcare to the underprivileged  -  Feb 23, 2008
MiamiHerald.com,He completed his studies in medicine at the University of North Texas and obtained a graduate degree in tropical medicine at Tulane University.

Stamping out disease  -  Mar 16, 2008
IPP Media - Guardian,David Molyneux, director of the LF support centre and professor of tropical health science at Liverpool University`s School of Tropical Medicine,

GlaxoSmithKline, Drugs For Neglected Diseases Initiative To ...  -  Mar 6, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),...of researchers from GSK at its Tres Cantos facility along with leading academic centres like the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).

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