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Centres, groups and projects

With research grant income of more than £180 million per year, LSHTM is home to a large number of exciting and impactful research activities. We have a global presence with staff conducting research in more than 100 countries and we are deeply committed to working in collaboration with external partners. We are also home to four designated World Health Organization Collaborating Centres.

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A randomised controlled trial of an intervention delivered by mobile phone messaging to reduce sexually transmitted infections (STI) by increasing sexual health precaution behaviours in young people.

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The project aims to characterise global antibody targets during a controlled (and natural) human schistosomiasis infection among endemic populations.

Schistosomiasis life cycle
Uganda
Parasitology
Immunology
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The Schools Infection Survey (SIS) is a flagship study investigating the role of schools in the spread of COVID-19 and how transmission within and from schools can be minimised. 

Covid-19
Schools
Adolescent health
Public health
Children
Epidemiology
England
Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases
Immunoepidemiology
Population health
Health
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The Sustainable Evaluation through Analysis of Routinely Collected HIV data (SEARCH) is a collaboration between the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the Ministries of Health in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia, and is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Eastern Africa
Southern Africa
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Using participatory stakeholder elicitation, health economic modelling, and multi-criterion decision analysis to rank antimicrobial stewardship interventions from a One Health perspective in England, Senegal and Denmark.

AMR
Global health
Health economics
Planetary Health
Economic evaluation
Epidemiology
England
Senegal
Denmark
AMR
Global health
Health economics
Epidemiology
Mathematical modelling
PROJECT

National evaluation of the health and social impacts of selective licensing for private rented housing in England

Public health
Housing
Health inequalities
Evaluation
England
United Kingdom
GROUP

Strengthening health service delivery and quality of care through high-impact, interdisciplinary research.

PROJECT

Our LSHTM team are conducting a multidisciplinary study using participatory, community-driven approaches to obtain evidence for improving sexual health services among older adults and informing relevant policy recommendations.

Sexually transmitted diseases and infection
Older people's health
Sexual behaviour
Sexual health
United Kingdom
China
Public health
GROUP

SHARE contributes to achieving universal access to effective, sustainable and equitable sanitation and hygiene by generating evidence to improve policy and practice worldwide.

Neglected Tropical Diseases
Malnutrition
Diarrhoeal diseases
Disability
Infectious disease
Behaviour change
Hygiene
Eastern Africa
Southern Africa
Southeast Asia
Anthropology
Engineering
Epidemiology
Policy analysis
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Working in partnership across five institutions, we conduct multi-disciplinary research in Ghana and Ethiopia to improve experiences of severe and stigmatising neglected tropical diseases of the skin.

Neglected Tropical Diseases
Dermatology
Complex interventions
Implementation science
Ghana
Ethiopia
Epidemiology
Economics
Anthropology
Clinical research
GROUP

We are a group of multidisciplinary academics working on a diverse portfolio of epidemiology research, largely focused on skin disease.

GROUP

SNMP is a set of tailored programmes on the theory and application of social norms in research and programme development through comprehensive training and mentorship.

Child protection
Mixed Methods
PROJECT

SORT will assess inequalities in receipt of cancer treatments and the relative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of curative surgery versus radiotherapy for three types of cancer (lung, oesophageal and bladder).

Cancer
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of surgery
Non-communicable diseases
Data analysis
Health inequalities
Economic evaluation
Electronic health records
England
Epidemiology
Health economics
Statistics
Data science
GROUP

Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and facilitated by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, SPEAK India brings together researchers and technical experts alike, with an aim to develop a consensus on the additional knowledge required to ensure VL transmission is successfully interrupted and elimination is sustained.

Infectious disease
Neglected Tropical Diseases
Vector borne disease
Health systems
Surveillance
Vector control
India
South Asia
Entomology
Epidemiology
Mathematical modelling
Operational research
Parasitology
PROJECT

SPRING for MDG’s (Sustainable Program Incorporating Nutrition and Games)  is a seven year research programme funded by the Wellcome Trust that brings together researchers from the UK, India and Pakistan.

South Asia
GROUP

SSACAB brings together African and Northern academic and research institutions to develop and improve biostatistical skills among researchers.

Eastern Africa
Western Africa
Southern Africa
Middle Africa
Statistics
GROUP

Cross-faculty and cross-disciplinary group to promote STI research conducted at LSHTM

Sexually transmitted diseases and infection
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The NIHR Global Health Research Centre for Non-Communicable Disease Control in West Africa is part of the NIHR and hosted by LSHTM and the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons

NCDs
Non-communicable diseases
Global health
Chronic disease
Capacity Building
Public health
Evaluation
Social and structural determinants of health
Impact evaluation
Ghana
Burkina Faso
Low and Middle Income Countries
Sub-Saharan Africa
Research
Policy and Health Systems
Health Systems Research
Implementation research
Policy analysis
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200 million people still live in trachoma-endemic regions and are at risk of becoming blind despite concerted international effort to tackle the disease. With the clock ticking towards the 2020 elimination goal, novel strategies are urgently needed to accelerate and strengthen the SAFE strategy.

Trachoma
Eye diseases
Neglected Tropical Diseases
Infectious disease
Behaviour change
Clinical trials
Hygiene
Sanitation
Vector control
Ethiopia
Eastern Africa
Entomology
Epidemiology
Genomics
Mathematical modelling
Social science
PROJECT

Recognising that people with psychosocial disabilities are best positioned to define their own needs, SUCCEED is co-producing the design and evaluation of community-based interventions for people with psychosis in Africa.

Co-production
Mental health
Inclusion
Africa
Psychosocial disabilities
Inclusive community development
Nigeria
Malawi
Sierra Leone
Zimbabwe
Mental Health
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Sudan Research Group is a collaboration between humanitarian and public health academics, and Sudanese youth researchers and volunteers.

Public health
Sudan
Africa
Public health
Population health
Health policy
Community empowerment
Development
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We are assessing how UK funding to Support the National Malaria Programme in Nigeria is affecting change.

PROJECT

This research project aims to improve surgical services for women with urinary incontinence in England.

Europe
United Kingdom
PROJECT

SHEFS is a programme aiming to provide policy makers with novel, interdisciplinary evidence to define future food systems policies that deliver nutritious and healthy foods in an environmentally sustainable and socially equitable manner.

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We conduct formative research into the health and wellbeing needs and priorities of host communities in which around 30 Anglo-American mines are situated, in eight countries.

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A participatory evaluation of how UK charity National Ugly Mugs – a community-based violence prevention and support service – affects sex workers’ safety and mental health. 

Evaluation
Mixed methods
UK
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A five-year programme of research and evaluation funded by the UK Department of International Development (DFID). SWiFT assesses, evaluates and informs the International Labour Organisation’s DFID-funded “Work in Freedom” multi-country intervention to minimise women’s vulnerability to labour trafficking in South Asia and the Middle East.

Behaviour change
Implementation research
Missing data
Capacity Building
Migration
Gender
Behaviour change
South Asia
India
Public health
Health services
Social Sciences
Social Policy
Programme evaluation