RSTMH announces call for applications for the Robert Cochrane Fund for Leprosy To mark World Leprosy Day, we are opening a call for applications for the remaining £1,000 of the Robert Cochrane Fund for Leprosy. The funding is to be awarded to further research in the field of leprosy and in honour of Robert Cochrane, the eminent leprologist. 30 Jan 2018
RSTMH announces exciting changes to travel scholarships and small grants This new year brings a lot of exciting developments for the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Among many things, as part of our new strategy, we have made some changes to how our travel scholarships and small grants will be awarded. 08 Jan 2018
Professor Mike Service (1933-2017) It is with great sadness that the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene announces the death of Professor Mike Service, who has passed away aged 84. 12 Dec 2017
The Soulsby Foundation travelling fellowships: apply for up to £20,000 funding The Soulsby Foundation is offering travel fellowships to medical or veterinary graduates who propose an impactful project within the international field of One Health’. 02 Nov 2017
Health impacts of climate change already felt today, says Lancet report Climate change is already having an impact on health, impacting on labour productivity, the spread of infectious disease and exposure to air pollution and heatwaves, and affecting countries worldwide, according to the first report of The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change. 31 Oct 2017
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene to host ECTMIH 2019 in Liverpool As the 10th ECTMIH in Antwerp closes, the RSTMH announces it will host the 11th ECTMIH in 2019, on behalf of the FESTMIH, in Liverpool, UK. 25 Oct 2017
New access to old datasets provides huge potential in fight against malaria In a letter published by Nature this month, Snow et al have contributed significant insight into the multifaceted interactions affecting malaria transmission rates on the African continent over the past 115 years. 23 Oct 2017
Dr Neville Martin Bailey MD, MSc, DPH (1930-2017) We are sad to announce to death of Dr Neville Martin Bailey, an RSTMH fellow since 1966, whose papers on the treatment and diagnosis of Human Trypanosomiasis featured in several issues of Transactions. 19 Sep 2017
A new direction to guide our ambition of saving lives and improving health As our friends and members, you are central to everything we do at the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. We are therefore thrilled to tell you about the start of our journey to a more impactful way of working and communicating. More than anything, we look forward to taking you all on this journey with us. To coincide with our Annual Meeting, this year on the theme of Planetary Health, we are launching our new strategy 2017-2022. The strategy is the result of a review which involved RSTHM’s Board of Trustees, staff team, members, former members, and non-members. The six-month process included a comprehensive survey with approximately 200 respondents, and over 100 interviews. 13 Sep 2017
Results of our grants programme 2017/18 In response to our recent call for proposals for small grants and travel scholarships, RSTMH is pleased to announce that we have awarded more than £100,000 in grants funding for clinicians and scientists across the field of tropical medicine and hygiene. 24 Jul 2017
Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Prior (23 June 1926 – 08 May 2017) On Monday 8 May 2017, Lawson Soulsby died peacefully at his home in Swaffham Prior with his daughter, Katrina, at his side. 17 May 2017
Feedback on our membership survey As you will know, for the last few months we’ve been conducting a survey into membership of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH). We asked members, lapsed members and non-members, to tell us what they thought of our current membership programme, and to advise us on any improvements we should make. The survey was started in the summer of 2016, and extended at the end of 2016, to include additional questions relating to our wider strategy review. 10 Apr 2017
Round-up: 2023 Early Career Grants Programme applications Adheem Malik, RSTMH Grants Manager, provides a breakdown of the applications to this year's Early Career Grants programme - another record breaking year for applications. 02 Jun 2023
Tamar Ghosh: Strengthening our networks in India Earlier this month, RSTMH Chief Executive Tamar Ghosh returned to India to continue the society’s work in strengthening networks and connections with individuals and institutions across the country. In this blog, she outlines the conversations and meetings that took place, as well as the MOUs that were signed – an exciting development for RSTMH. 24 Apr 2023