LSHTM Alumni
@lshtmalumni.bsky.social
Welcome to the LSHTM Alumni network, a global health community of over 30,000 alumni in more than 180 countries.
Pinned
Hello BlueSky 👋
This is the official account for the LSHTM alumni community. A space for sharing updates, opportunities, events, and stories from across our global network.
We’re glad you’re here 💙🌍
#LSHTMalumni #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth @lshtm.bsky.social
This is the official account for the LSHTM alumni community. A space for sharing updates, opportunities, events, and stories from across our global network.
We’re glad you’re here 💙🌍
#LSHTMalumni #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth @lshtm.bsky.social
Reposted by LSHTM Alumni
We join the #GlobalHealth community in mourning Professor Sir Nicholas White, a towering figure in malaria research.
His leadership transformed malaria treatment worldwide, saving millions of lives.
Our thoughts are with his family at this time.
His leadership transformed malaria treatment worldwide, saving millions of lives.
Our thoughts are with his family at this time.
February 5, 2026 at 11:04 AM
We join the #GlobalHealth community in mourning Professor Sir Nicholas White, a towering figure in malaria research.
His leadership transformed malaria treatment worldwide, saving millions of lives.
Our thoughts are with his family at this time.
His leadership transformed malaria treatment worldwide, saving millions of lives.
Our thoughts are with his family at this time.
Reposted by LSHTM Alumni
🏥 Join us next week with stakeholders from govt, business & academia for our @lshtm.bsky.social #healthecon symposium
We'll look at changes to NICE threshold and its wider impact on the #NHS and UK healthcare
📆 Wed 11 February from 10:00
🏛️ LSHTM | Online
Details 🔽
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
We'll look at changes to NICE threshold and its wider impact on the #NHS and UK healthcare
📆 Wed 11 February from 10:00
🏛️ LSHTM | Online
Details 🔽
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
February 5, 2026 at 10:52 AM
🏥 Join us next week with stakeholders from govt, business & academia for our @lshtm.bsky.social #healthecon symposium
We'll look at changes to NICE threshold and its wider impact on the #NHS and UK healthcare
📆 Wed 11 February from 10:00
🏛️ LSHTM | Online
Details 🔽
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
We'll look at changes to NICE threshold and its wider impact on the #NHS and UK healthcare
📆 Wed 11 February from 10:00
🏛️ LSHTM | Online
Details 🔽
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Reposted by LSHTM Alumni
For #WorldCancerDay, we’re highlighting our talented global alumni community making real-world impact in #PublicHealth.
William Wang shares how studying at LSHTM prepared him for a career in #cancer research & dreams to improve treatment & access to care @lshtmalumni.bsky.social
🎥 bit.ly/4kjqhqL
William Wang shares how studying at LSHTM prepared him for a career in #cancer research & dreams to improve treatment & access to care @lshtmalumni.bsky.social
🎥 bit.ly/4kjqhqL
February 4, 2026 at 12:12 PM
For #WorldCancerDay, we’re highlighting our talented global alumni community making real-world impact in #PublicHealth.
William Wang shares how studying at LSHTM prepared him for a career in #cancer research & dreams to improve treatment & access to care @lshtmalumni.bsky.social
🎥 bit.ly/4kjqhqL
William Wang shares how studying at LSHTM prepared him for a career in #cancer research & dreams to improve treatment & access to care @lshtmalumni.bsky.social
🎥 bit.ly/4kjqhqL
Reposted by LSHTM Alumni
📊 Later this month, @georgiatomova.bsky.social will discuss her new paper exploring how different modes of survey data collection can introduce bias #datascience #CausalSky
📆 Thursday 26 February (12:50-13:50)
🏛️ LSHTM | Online
Details 🔽
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
📆 Thursday 26 February (12:50-13:50)
🏛️ LSHTM | Online
Details 🔽
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
February 4, 2026 at 8:42 AM
📊 Later this month, @georgiatomova.bsky.social will discuss her new paper exploring how different modes of survey data collection can introduce bias #datascience #CausalSky
📆 Thursday 26 February (12:50-13:50)
🏛️ LSHTM | Online
Details 🔽
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
📆 Thursday 26 February (12:50-13:50)
🏛️ LSHTM | Online
Details 🔽
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Reposted by LSHTM Alumni
📣Scholarship opportunity📣
@lshtm.bsky.social is offering a range of widening participation scholarships to tackle barriers to further education.
🎓Next Gen Scholarships - home students, on-campus.
🎓LSHTM First Gen Scholarship - distance learning MSc.
⏰Deadline 27 March 26
Apply👉 bit.ly/4qhlurn
@lshtm.bsky.social is offering a range of widening participation scholarships to tackle barriers to further education.
🎓Next Gen Scholarships - home students, on-campus.
🎓LSHTM First Gen Scholarship - distance learning MSc.
⏰Deadline 27 March 26
Apply👉 bit.ly/4qhlurn
February 3, 2026 at 9:43 AM
📣Scholarship opportunity📣
@lshtm.bsky.social is offering a range of widening participation scholarships to tackle barriers to further education.
🎓Next Gen Scholarships - home students, on-campus.
🎓LSHTM First Gen Scholarship - distance learning MSc.
⏰Deadline 27 March 26
Apply👉 bit.ly/4qhlurn
@lshtm.bsky.social is offering a range of widening participation scholarships to tackle barriers to further education.
🎓Next Gen Scholarships - home students, on-campus.
🎓LSHTM First Gen Scholarship - distance learning MSc.
⏰Deadline 27 March 26
Apply👉 bit.ly/4qhlurn
Reposted by LSHTM Alumni
Cape Verde stomach bug deaths
Damien Tully & Brendan Wren give advice on #Shigella & how good hygiene can help you avoid sickness:
Wash hands with soap & warm water after restroom use & before eating, & drink boiled or bottled water.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
Damien Tully & Brendan Wren give advice on #Shigella & how good hygiene can help you avoid sickness:
Wash hands with soap & warm water after restroom use & before eating, & drink boiled or bottled water.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
February 3, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Cape Verde stomach bug deaths
Damien Tully & Brendan Wren give advice on #Shigella & how good hygiene can help you avoid sickness:
Wash hands with soap & warm water after restroom use & before eating, & drink boiled or bottled water.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
Damien Tully & Brendan Wren give advice on #Shigella & how good hygiene can help you avoid sickness:
Wash hands with soap & warm water after restroom use & before eating, & drink boiled or bottled water.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
Reposted by LSHTM Alumni
🎓 LSHTM is pleased to invite applications for a NIHR-funded #PhD studentship on health inequalities in infectious disease transmission in the UK
The studentship is open to Home fee status students and will start in September 2026
Apply by 18 Feb 🔽
www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
The studentship is open to Home fee status students and will start in September 2026
Apply by 18 Feb 🔽
www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
February 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🎓 LSHTM is pleased to invite applications for a NIHR-funded #PhD studentship on health inequalities in infectious disease transmission in the UK
The studentship is open to Home fee status students and will start in September 2026
Apply by 18 Feb 🔽
www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
The studentship is open to Home fee status students and will start in September 2026
Apply by 18 Feb 🔽
www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
Reposted by LSHTM Alumni
Looking to build a foundational knowledge of #InfectiousDisease modelling?
Join our hybrid short course delivered by LSHTM and @ukhsa.bsky.social introducing key modelling tools and practical applications.
Runs from 15 - 26 June 2026
Apply by 15 May 2026👉 bit.ly/3bw2bWH
Join our hybrid short course delivered by LSHTM and @ukhsa.bsky.social introducing key modelling tools and practical applications.
Runs from 15 - 26 June 2026
Apply by 15 May 2026👉 bit.ly/3bw2bWH
February 2, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Looking to build a foundational knowledge of #InfectiousDisease modelling?
Join our hybrid short course delivered by LSHTM and @ukhsa.bsky.social introducing key modelling tools and practical applications.
Runs from 15 - 26 June 2026
Apply by 15 May 2026👉 bit.ly/3bw2bWH
Join our hybrid short course delivered by LSHTM and @ukhsa.bsky.social introducing key modelling tools and practical applications.
Runs from 15 - 26 June 2026
Apply by 15 May 2026👉 bit.ly/3bw2bWH
Alumni Spotlight: Hear from William Wang (MSc Epidemiology, 2023) on how studying at @lshtm.bsky.social shaped his path into cancer research.
🎥 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW9_...
🎥 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW9_...
How I became a scientist at Astrazeneca: William's Story
YouTube video by LSHTM
www.youtube.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Alumni Spotlight: Hear from William Wang (MSc Epidemiology, 2023) on how studying at @lshtm.bsky.social shaped his path into cancer research.
🎥 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW9_...
🎥 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW9_...
Reposted by LSHTM Alumni
#Nipah virus: top virologists discuss deadly outbreak & how likely it is to spread
In The Mirror, Kaja Abbas explains how virus can cause severe respiratory & neurological disease, but human-to-human transmission limited & unlikely to lead to widespread pandemic.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...
In The Mirror, Kaja Abbas explains how virus can cause severe respiratory & neurological disease, but human-to-human transmission limited & unlikely to lead to widespread pandemic.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...
Truth about Nipah virus from four top virologists
Four top virologists provide a run down on the Nipah virus emerging from India - including how deadly it is and how likely it is to spread
www.mirror.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 10:33 AM
#Nipah virus: top virologists discuss deadly outbreak & how likely it is to spread
In The Mirror, Kaja Abbas explains how virus can cause severe respiratory & neurological disease, but human-to-human transmission limited & unlikely to lead to widespread pandemic.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...
In The Mirror, Kaja Abbas explains how virus can cause severe respiratory & neurological disease, but human-to-human transmission limited & unlikely to lead to widespread pandemic.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...
👩🔬 This #WorldNTDDay we’re also featuring Dr Shomik Maruf (MSc Medical Parasitology, 2020) — this year's Study UK Alumni Award winner for Science and Sustainability in Bangladesh, whose work spans surveillance, health systems integration, and mentorship in the fight against NTDs.
January 30, 2026 at 2:05 PM
👩🔬 This #WorldNTDDay we’re also featuring Dr Shomik Maruf (MSc Medical Parasitology, 2020) — this year's Study UK Alumni Award winner for Science and Sustainability in Bangladesh, whose work spans surveillance, health systems integration, and mentorship in the fight against NTDs.
🌍 For #WorldNTDDay, we’re spotlighting @moniquewasunna.bsky.social (MSc Clinical Tropical Medicine, 1986; PhD Medicine, 1991) — whose leadership advancing equitable access to treatments and clinical research for NTDs across East Africa shows the impact of sustained collaboration.
January 30, 2026 at 9:59 AM
🌍 For #WorldNTDDay, we’re spotlighting @moniquewasunna.bsky.social (MSc Clinical Tropical Medicine, 1986; PhD Medicine, 1991) — whose leadership advancing equitable access to treatments and clinical research for NTDs across East Africa shows the impact of sustained collaboration.
Alumni Blog Spotlight:
Dr Jehangir Sheriff (MSc Public Health, 2020) and his father, Dr Mohamed Sheriff (DTM&H, 1988), reflect on returning to LSHTM together — and how studying here shaped their lives and careers.
Read more:
www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/alum...
#LSHTMalumni #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth
Dr Jehangir Sheriff (MSc Public Health, 2020) and his father, Dr Mohamed Sheriff (DTM&H, 1988), reflect on returning to LSHTM together — and how studying here shaped their lives and careers.
Read more:
www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/alum...
#LSHTMalumni #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth
Reflections across two generations: father and son return to LSHTM | LSHTM
What first inspired you to study at LSHTM, and how did you decide on your particular programme?Mohamed: As a young doctor I really was not sure what I wanted to study next. As it happened, I was
www.lshtm.ac.uk
January 29, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Alumni Blog Spotlight:
Dr Jehangir Sheriff (MSc Public Health, 2020) and his father, Dr Mohamed Sheriff (DTM&H, 1988), reflect on returning to LSHTM together — and how studying here shaped their lives and careers.
Read more:
www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/alum...
#LSHTMalumni #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth
Dr Jehangir Sheriff (MSc Public Health, 2020) and his father, Dr Mohamed Sheriff (DTM&H, 1988), reflect on returning to LSHTM together — and how studying here shaped their lives and careers.
Read more:
www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/alum...
#LSHTMalumni #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth
Reposted by LSHTM Alumni
BREAKING NEWS: #Nipah virus outbreak in #India
After cases confirmed in #WestBengal some countries bring in airport screening.
Kaja Abbas & Sol Kim comment on Nipah symptoms & transmission, efforts to control outbreak & risk to wider region. #PublicHealth
👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
After cases confirmed in #WestBengal some countries bring in airport screening.
Kaja Abbas & Sol Kim comment on Nipah symptoms & transmission, efforts to control outbreak & risk to wider region. #PublicHealth
👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
January 28, 2026 at 4:08 PM
BREAKING NEWS: #Nipah virus outbreak in #India
After cases confirmed in #WestBengal some countries bring in airport screening.
Kaja Abbas & Sol Kim comment on Nipah symptoms & transmission, efforts to control outbreak & risk to wider region. #PublicHealth
👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
After cases confirmed in #WestBengal some countries bring in airport screening.
Kaja Abbas & Sol Kim comment on Nipah symptoms & transmission, efforts to control outbreak & risk to wider region. #PublicHealth
👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
Hello BlueSky 👋
This is the official account for the LSHTM alumni community. A space for sharing updates, opportunities, events, and stories from across our global network.
We’re glad you’re here 💙🌍
#LSHTMalumni #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth @lshtm.bsky.social
This is the official account for the LSHTM alumni community. A space for sharing updates, opportunities, events, and stories from across our global network.
We’re glad you’re here 💙🌍
#LSHTMalumni #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth @lshtm.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Hello BlueSky 👋
This is the official account for the LSHTM alumni community. A space for sharing updates, opportunities, events, and stories from across our global network.
We’re glad you’re here 💙🌍
#LSHTMalumni #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth @lshtm.bsky.social
This is the official account for the LSHTM alumni community. A space for sharing updates, opportunities, events, and stories from across our global network.
We’re glad you’re here 💙🌍
#LSHTMalumni #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth @lshtm.bsky.social