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Dr Wendy Harrison and Professor Margaret Gyapong start the second year of joint Presidency

Dr Wendy Harrison and Professor Margaret Gyapong will continue their leadership of RSTMH with a second year as joint Presidents.

26 Sep 2025

RSTMH Medals and Awards Winners 2025

RSTMH has announced the winners of the 2025 Medals and Awards programme.

26 Sep 2025

Former RSTMH President awarded OBE

Simon Bush, RSTMH president in 2022-2023 and trustee for ten years, has been awarded an OBE in King Charles III’s birthday honours, in recognition of his services to eliminating neglected tropical diseases.

11 Jul 2025

2025 RSTMH Early Career Grants Programme opens for applications

The 2025 RSTMH Early Career Grants Programme is now open for applications. Last year the Programme provided 299 grants to those early in their careers to carry out their first piece of research into tropical medicine or global health.

20 Feb 2025

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From left to right, Greta Holmes - RSTMH Grant Manager, Irene Atii, and Walter Okello, with their young child.

Balancing family life with research

As our only married grant awardees (as far as we are aware), we caught up with Walter and Irene to hear more about their research specialisms and how they balance their family life with busy work lives.

23 Oct 2025

Highlights from the World Health Summit 2025

The annual World Health Summit brings together international stakeholders from key sectors to inspire solutions for better health and wellbeing for all.

16 Oct 2025

A spotlight on women’s health: Attending the Women’s Health Innovation Equity Forum

Tamar Ghosh, RSTMH’s Chief Executive, was lucky enough to join more than 150 global leaders, innovators and funders at the Women’s Health Innovation Equity Forum in Berlin, in the run up to the World Health Summit.

16 Oct 2025

A photo looking over someone's shoulder who is reading the Annual Meeting 2025 Programme.

Promises and risks of AI in global health: Key learnings from RSTMH Annual Meeting 2025

The event provided the unique opportunity of getting many healthcare, global health and tropical medicine experts in one room, alongside those working for NGOs and industry specialists in health AI and technology. In this blog, we share highlights from two days of presentations, conversation and debate.

07 Oct 2025

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