Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Coordinates: 53°24′31″N 2°58′12″W / 53.4086°N 2.9699°W / 53.4086; -2.9699

Original building opened in 1914 on the left and the new building opened in 2007 on the right

The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is a research and teaching institution focused on neglected tropical diseases and the control of diseases caused by poverty. It is a registered charity affiliated to the University of Liverpool. It was founded on 12 November 1898 by a Liverpool shipowner, Sir Alfred Lewis Jones, to investigate diseases affecting his employees and became the first institution in the world primarily devoted to tropical health.^[1] The school has made many contributions to tropical medicine especially in identifying the vector for malaria, for which Sir Ronald Ross, who lectured at the School from 1899 to 1916, won the first British Nobel Prize in 1902. Today it holds a research portfolio of £192 million^[2] including a recent $50 million pledge by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation^[3] to combat diseases such as tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, malaria, dengue and pneumonia. Since it opened its first overseas laboratory, in Sierra Leone, in 1921, the School has expanded its collaborations to more than 60 countries.In 2011 the Diploma in Tropical Nursing was restablished at the School.^[4].

Original Building

New building

The new and original buildings

Notable alumni

• Francis Camps
• Kevin De Cock
• Matthew Lukwiya
• Sir Milton Margai - first Prime Minister of Sierra Leone^[5]
• Brig. John A. Sinton, VC, FRS

See also

• Liverpool Knowledge Quarter
• Michael Chan, Baron Chan
• Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, (Belgium)
• Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

References

1. ^ Hamer, Martin (26 December 2005). "School thrives under new director". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/4463266.stm. 
2. ^ "About LSTM". LSTM. http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/about-lstm. 
3. ^ "Bill Gates gives malaria grant for Liverpool scientists". BBC News. 22 November 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-11809057. 
4. ^ "Diploma in Tropical Nursing". http://www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/learning--teaching/lstm-courses/professional-diplomas/dtn. 
5. ^ Sir Milton Augustus Striery Margai, UXL Newsmakers, 2005

External links

• LSTM Home page
• B.G.Maegraith - "History of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine" from National Institutes of Health
• BBC Report on Bill Gates donation
• A Century of Achievement for the School of Tropical Medicine
• Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases
• Video profile on the New Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine complex (video)

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