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20 grants to be awarded as part of Hamish Ogston Foundation Platinum Jubilee Grants for early career health professionals

RSTMH is delighted to announce its partnership with the Hamish Ogston Foundation and the funding of 20 grants of £5,000 each, for early career health professionals wishing to embark upon a scientific project in Tropical Medicine and Global Health.

07 Jun 2022

RSTMH Medals and Awards open for nominations

We have extended the deadline for our RSTMH Medals and Awards 2022 to 17:00 BST, 15 July 2022.

06 May 2022

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

Blogs

Credit: Global Alliance for Rabies Control

Rabies Article Collection

To mark World Rabies Day on September 28th, 2023, we have collated the most recent rabies research published across the RSTMH portfolio, as well as the most impactful and highly cited articles from previous issues.

28 Sep 2023

Photo title: Textures in vipers Photo credit: Edgar Neri-Castro Photo caption: Close-up of a Atheris squamigera, a species of the genus Atheris. Species of this genus have a very showy strongly keeled scale pattern.

ISBAD 2023: Hear from our Early Career Grant awardees

For this year's International Snakebite Awareness Day, taking place on 19 September 2023, we spoke to our Early Career Grant awardees about why they chose to conduct research into snakebite.

19 Sep 2023

Photo title: Shared landscapes Photo credit: Gnaneswar Ch Photo caption: Snakes are an important part of agrarian landscapes, as rodent controllers. Being an epicenter for snakebite, at least 58,000 people die in India annually. Russell's vipers are considered to contribute to most of these deaths but if they aren't provoked they cause no harm and can coexist peacefully as seen in the picture. The complexities in treatment, venom variation, and poor policies make it a nightmare for the victi

International Snakebite Awareness Day 2023: Article Collection

To mark International Snakebite Awareness Day on September 19th, 2023, we have collated the most recent, impactful snakebite research from across the RSTMH portfolio.