Stephen Lawn TB-HIV Research Leadership Prize 2026 | LSHTM

Stephen Lawn TB-HIV Research Leadership Prize 2026 | LSHTM

Tuberculosis (TB) disproportionately affects low-income populations due to socioeconomic barriers. Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are promising str…

The infant tuberculosis vaccine, BCG, prevents severe tuberculosis disease, but protection is rarely durable beyond childhood. New tuberculosis vaccines are being developed for the prevention of infec...

Each year, an estimated 10.7 million people develop tuberculosis (TB), with 96% affected by drug-sensitive TB (DS TB) — a form of the disease that continues to have devastating consequences for

Directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) are a key epidemiological tool currently underutilised in TB studies, which often involve complex social factors. In describing her team’s recent DAG development

Zintle was aged 23 years when she presented for the first time to our clinic in South Africa. Her oxygen saturation was 59% on room air, and for months she had been too short of breath to leave her ho...

This annual lecture is organised in honour of the life and work of Stephen Lawn. Steve was Professor of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

“Respiratory medicine is deeply connected to social and structural determinants of health in terms of the diseases that we try to prevent and we treat. I think that connection to people's lives and so...

In 2021, a global tuberculosis vaccine research and development roadmap proposed a series of actions to accelerate the development of new, effective, and affordable vaccines that are urgently needed t...

This seminar will present evidence on how conditional cash transfer programmes, such as Bolsa Família, influence tuberculosis incidence and mortality. It will explore how these effects vary by race

Each year, many LSHTM TB researchers participate in the UNION World Conference on Lung Health, the world's largest conference on TB and lung health. This year, the conference takes place in

Each year, many LSHTM TB researchers participate in the UNION World Conference on Lung Health, the world's largest conference on TB and lung health. This year, the conference takes place in

Climate change is likely to exacerbate a range of determinants that drive tuberculosis, the world's leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. However, tuberculosis is often neglected in w...

New TB Centre Theme Areas announced | LSHTM

Until recently, pregnant women have been excluded from clinical trials of DR-TB drugs. For 12 years, the South African Medical Research Council have been running a cohort of pregnant women with DR-TB

Professor Jayne Sutherland’s inaugural lecture will explore her portfolio of research in immunology, starting from her time as a PhD student in Australia using castration to regenerate the aging

The recent withdrawal of U.S. financial support threatens essential TB service delivery, including diagnostics, treatment, TB-HIV co-infection interventions and research initiatives critical to eradic...