Research Projects
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Wellcome Trust Biomedical Resource; Schistosome and Snail Resource (SSR)
The is a joint project between the LSHTM and the Natural History Museum (London) providing live schistosome life-cycle stages and their intermediate snail hosts for schistosomiasis research purposes.
WHO Collaborating Centre for Sexually Transmitted Infections
LSHTM is one of eight WHO Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Collaborating Centres worldwide. This Centre is closely aligned with LSHTM’s Sexually Transmitted Infections Research Interest Group (STIRIG), which is made up of more than 50 cross-Faculty, interdisciplinary LSHTM researchers and students conducting research on sexual health and STIs. The Centre works with the WHO Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Programme (HHS), the UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), and a network of international collaborators on activities to improve the prevention, control and management of STIs worldwide.
Woman Trial
The WOMAN trial, coordinated by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) is an international clinical trial of the effect of tranexamic acid on death, hysterectomy and other maternal outcomes, in women with PPH.14.
World AsthmaPhenotypes Study (WASP)
The World AsthmaPhenotypes Study (WASP) aims to better understand and characterise different sub-types (phenotypes) of asthma.