NIHR to fund 150 Early Career Grants The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), the research function of the UK Department of Health and Social Care, will fund, using UK aid, around 150 Early Career Grants in 2022. 06 May 2022
New Editor in Chief for Transactions Professor Nick Day has been appointed to the role of Editor in Chief of Transactions, as Professor Sir Brian Greenwood steps down after four years in the role. 08 Apr 2022
New International Health supplement published as part of first dissemination partnership Today, on World Health Day, we are publishing a new International Health supplement on advancing eye health, developed as part of a dissemination partnership with international charity Sightsavers. 07 Apr 2022
New Editor in Chief for International Health appointed Dr Stefanie Meredith has been appointed Editor in Chief of RSTMH journal International Health, as David Molyneux steps down following four years at its helm. 28 Mar 2022
Report looks at vector-borne disease risk in Ukraine A situation report from Global Vector Hub has revealed the vector-born disease risk in Ukraine, which includes a moderate risk of Lyme borreliosis (LB) and tick-borne encephalitis (TBE). 17 Mar 2022
Trachoma and scabies research funding announced We can now announce new funding for the RSTMH Early Career Grants Programme, with partners funding projects on trachoma and scabies. 15 Mar 2022
Student Essay Prize Winner announced This year’s prize was on Universal Health Coverage in Sri Lanka 25 Feb 2022
Applications for 2022 grant programme now open The RSTMH Early Career Grants Programme – formerly called the RSTMH Small Grants Programme – opened for applications today at 9am (GMT) 1 February 2022. The programme is still for those early in their research careers, and for whom the grants represent an exciting and important opportunity. 01 Feb 2022
In Memoriam: Malcolm Molyneux We are so very sad to announce that our long-standing Fellow and former Trustee, Professor Malcolm Molyneux OBE FmedSci Dsc died last week. 26 Nov 2021
Janet Hemingway announced as RSTMH President, alongside Medals and Awards ceremony Following RSTMH’s Annual General Meeting, which took place today in Liverpool, we are delighted to announce Professor Janet Hemingway as our new President. 07 Oct 2021
2021 President’s Fund awardees announced At this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), our now Past President, Professor Gail Davey, announced the four awardees of the 2021 President’s Fund. 07 Oct 2021
RSTMH announces winner of "Global Challenges in Health" photo competition Today, at the closing ceremony of ECTMIH 2021, RSTMH announced the winner of its photo competition in partnership with the Congress, entitled “Global Challenges in Health: Your stories from around the world”. 30 Sep 2021
Professor Gail Davey: ‘Act now. Act together. Invest in tackling neglected tropical diseases for health equity and social justice’ For World NTD Day, Professor Gail Davey, Trustee and Past President of RSTMH and a medical epidemiologist specialising in skin-related Neglected Tropical Diseases at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, looks at why it is crucial that we act now and together to end NTDs and says that NTD programmes can no longer be considered in isolation from endemic country health systems. 30 Jan 2023
Professor David Mabey: Progress has been made against NTDs but the battle is far from over Professor David Mabey, Past President and Trustee of RSTMH and Chair of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Group of the WHO Department of NTDs, looks at what progress has been made in the fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and says that now is the time for us all to act, act together and invest in NTDs. 30 Jan 2023
World NTD Day: Early Career Grant Research into NTDs World NTD Day is taking place today on 30 January. To mark this year, we spoke to a number of our Early Career Grant awardees about why they chose to focus on NTDs in their Early Career Grant research, and what this year’s theme of ‘Act now. Act together. Invest in NTDs’ means to them. 30 Jan 2023