Russ Stothard
@russstothard.bsky.social
Medical parasitologist at LSTM https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/about/people/professor-j-russell-stothard editor-in-chief of Parasitology https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/parasitology. Drummer for pumphandle blues band http://www.pumphandleband.co.uk/.
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Freshwater snail faecal metagenomes reveal environmental reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance genes across two continents. Read the full article in MGen: doi.org/10.1099/mgen... #MGen
September 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Freshwater snail faecal metagenomes reveal environmental reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance genes across two continents. Read the full article in MGen: doi.org/10.1099/mgen... #MGen
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Professor Trudie Lang gave a keynote at #ECTMIH on how addressing the dual challenges of pandemics and diseases of poverty demands bold action.
Photo Credit: Dino Schachten / Federation of European Societies for Tropical Medicine and International Health (FESTMIH)
#globalhealth #pandemics
Photo Credit: Dino Schachten / Federation of European Societies for Tropical Medicine and International Health (FESTMIH)
#globalhealth #pandemics
September 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Professor Trudie Lang gave a keynote at #ECTMIH on how addressing the dual challenges of pandemics and diseases of poverty demands bold action.
Photo Credit: Dino Schachten / Federation of European Societies for Tropical Medicine and International Health (FESTMIH)
#globalhealth #pandemics
Photo Credit: Dino Schachten / Federation of European Societies for Tropical Medicine and International Health (FESTMIH)
#globalhealth #pandemics
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A reminder to register and submit your abstract for our annual conference on 11/12th September 2025 in Liverpool! 🗓️
We can’t wait to see you all there!!!🦟🐌🪱🐶🐓🪲
Deadline for abstracts: 11th August 2025
Link: www.myeventflo.com/event.aspx?m...
We can’t wait to see you all there!!!🦟🐌🪱🐶🐓🪲
Deadline for abstracts: 11th August 2025
Link: www.myeventflo.com/event.aspx?m...
We will be hosting our annual conference in association with @bspparasitology.bsky.social on the 11-12th September 2025 at the Guild Hall @liverpooluni.bsky.social 🪱
This will be an in-person meeting, registration and abstract submission are now open: www.myeventflo.com/event.aspx?m...
This will be an in-person meeting, registration and abstract submission are now open: www.myeventflo.com/event.aspx?m...
BAVP annual conference in association with the BSP
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July 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A reminder to register and submit your abstract for our annual conference on 11/12th September 2025 in Liverpool! 🗓️
We can’t wait to see you all there!!!🦟🐌🪱🐶🐓🪲
Deadline for abstracts: 11th August 2025
Link: www.myeventflo.com/event.aspx?m...
We can’t wait to see you all there!!!🦟🐌🪱🐶🐓🪲
Deadline for abstracts: 11th August 2025
Link: www.myeventflo.com/event.aspx?m...
A new blog on #onehealth and its interplay with research and teaching www.lstmed.ac.uk/news-events/...
Bridging Research and Education: Strengthening One Health Across Borders
The first event was the ESCCAP Directors' Meeting in Malvern, UK, which brought together veterinary parasitologists and public health experts from 19 countries. I shared updates from our HUGS project
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April 19, 2025 at 8:14 AM
A new blog on #onehealth and its interplay with research and teaching www.lstmed.ac.uk/news-events/...
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@afro.who.int w partners is hosting #NTD Programme Managers Meeting 15–17 Apr in 🇹🇬, driving discussions on innovations to end #NTDs in the region.
✅ Strategies to reach #NTDs2030 goals
✅ Innovations to end NTDs
✅ New financing models for lasting impact
🌍 Tune in rb.gy/mgkkmt
@scianouk.bsky.social
✅ Strategies to reach #NTDs2030 goals
✅ Innovations to end NTDs
✅ New financing models for lasting impact
🌍 Tune in rb.gy/mgkkmt
@scianouk.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
@afro.who.int w partners is hosting #NTD Programme Managers Meeting 15–17 Apr in 🇹🇬, driving discussions on innovations to end #NTDs in the region.
✅ Strategies to reach #NTDs2030 goals
✅ Innovations to end NTDs
✅ New financing models for lasting impact
🌍 Tune in rb.gy/mgkkmt
@scianouk.bsky.social
✅ Strategies to reach #NTDs2030 goals
✅ Innovations to end NTDs
✅ New financing models for lasting impact
🌍 Tune in rb.gy/mgkkmt
@scianouk.bsky.social
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This is very relevant after the great news that the first pre-school aged child has just been treated with arpraziquantel www.pediatricpraziquantelconsortium.org/newsroom/fir...
First Preschool-Aged Child Treated with Our New Pediatric Treatment for Schistosomiasis | Pediatric Praziquantel Consortium
The Pediatric Praziquantel Consortium has achieved a significant milestone with the first administration of its new pediatric treatment to a preschool-aged child in Uganda. This innovative therapy, de...
www.pediatricpraziquantelconsortium.org
March 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is very relevant after the great news that the first pre-school aged child has just been treated with arpraziquantel www.pediatricpraziquantelconsortium.org/newsroom/fir...
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New preprint, by myself and Roy Anderson, looking at what impact including PSAC in MDA for schistosomiasis will have and how much it could vary between communities.
Pre-school Age Participation in Mass Drug Administration: Analysing the Impact on Community-wide Schistosomiasis Control https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.06.25323487v1
March 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
New preprint, by myself and Roy Anderson, looking at what impact including PSAC in MDA for schistosomiasis will have and how much it could vary between communities.
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Schistosomiasis remains underdiagnosed, undertreated, and underestimated as an NTD.
In a new Lancet article Prof. Russell Stothard explores the urgent need for better diagnostics, treatment, and global investment to meet WHO’s 2030 targets.
Read his piece on this important topic: lstm.ac/4kCohK7
In a new Lancet article Prof. Russell Stothard explores the urgent need for better diagnostics, treatment, and global investment to meet WHO’s 2030 targets.
Read his piece on this important topic: lstm.ac/4kCohK7
Schistosomiasis: the hidden struggle for diagnosis and control
Diagnostic dilemmaFor any disease, accurate diagnosis is the cornerstone of effective treatment and control. Yet, for schistosomiasis, existing diagnostic tools are far from perfect.Diagnosis is done
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March 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Schistosomiasis remains underdiagnosed, undertreated, and underestimated as an NTD.
In a new Lancet article Prof. Russell Stothard explores the urgent need for better diagnostics, treatment, and global investment to meet WHO’s 2030 targets.
Read his piece on this important topic: lstm.ac/4kCohK7
In a new Lancet article Prof. Russell Stothard explores the urgent need for better diagnostics, treatment, and global investment to meet WHO’s 2030 targets.
Read his piece on this important topic: lstm.ac/4kCohK7
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🦠🌍 It's World Parasite Awareness Day!
Our brilliant PhD student, Eve O'Kelly, is inspiring future scientists by sharing her career journey & advice with BSc Biotechnology students at @uniofgalway.bsky.social🎓🔬
#ParasiteAwareness #STEMCareers #Biotech #LiverFluke #Fasciola
Our brilliant PhD student, Eve O'Kelly, is inspiring future scientists by sharing her career journey & advice with BSc Biotechnology students at @uniofgalway.bsky.social🎓🔬
#ParasiteAwareness #STEMCareers #Biotech #LiverFluke #Fasciola
March 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🦠🌍 It's World Parasite Awareness Day!
Our brilliant PhD student, Eve O'Kelly, is inspiring future scientists by sharing her career journey & advice with BSc Biotechnology students at @uniofgalway.bsky.social🎓🔬
#ParasiteAwareness #STEMCareers #Biotech #LiverFluke #Fasciola
Our brilliant PhD student, Eve O'Kelly, is inspiring future scientists by sharing her career journey & advice with BSc Biotechnology students at @uniofgalway.bsky.social🎓🔬
#ParasiteAwareness #STEMCareers #Biotech #LiverFluke #Fasciola
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It's Parasite Awareness Day! 🧪
#parasiteawarenessday
Diversity of biting midges, mosquitoes and sand flies at four dog shelters in rural and peri-urban areas of Central Morocco [2024]
doi.org/10.1051/para...
#parasiteawarenessday
Diversity of biting midges, mosquitoes and sand flies at four dog shelters in rural and peri-urban areas of Central Morocco [2024]
doi.org/10.1051/para...
March 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
It's Parasite Awareness Day! 🧪
#parasiteawarenessday
Diversity of biting midges, mosquitoes and sand flies at four dog shelters in rural and peri-urban areas of Central Morocco [2024]
doi.org/10.1051/para...
#parasiteawarenessday
Diversity of biting midges, mosquitoes and sand flies at four dog shelters in rural and peri-urban areas of Central Morocco [2024]
doi.org/10.1051/para...
Our meeting at the Royal Society on hybrid schistosomes can now be viewed online royalsociety.org/science-even...
Parasite evolution and impact in action: assessing the importance of hybrid schistosomes in Africa | Royal Society
Science+ meeting organised by Professor J Russell Stohard, Professor Janelisa Musaya, Dr Alexandra Juhasz, and Dr Lucas Cunningham
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March 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Our meeting at the Royal Society on hybrid schistosomes can now be viewed online royalsociety.org/science-even...
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In this feature, we meet some of the 2024/25 Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program students under the Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx), which aims to increase the number of African students pursuing postgraduate degrees at the University.
Read more ⬇️
Read more ⬇️
Africa’s change-makers: meet the Mastercard Foundation Scholars with
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March 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
In this feature, we meet some of the 2024/25 Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program students under the Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx), which aims to increase the number of African students pursuing postgraduate degrees at the University.
Read more ⬇️
Read more ⬇️
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Great opportunity to learn from #Malawi's experience in integrating #FGSchisto into their STI Guidelines. The evidence provided to see what integration would look like helped the process of the review, made possible by the intensive advocacy campaign undertaken.
#BeatNTDs #SRHR4All #Schistosomiasis
#BeatNTDs #SRHR4All #Schistosomiasis
February 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Great opportunity to learn from #Malawi's experience in integrating #FGSchisto into their STI Guidelines. The evidence provided to see what integration would look like helped the process of the review, made possible by the intensive advocacy campaign undertaken.
#BeatNTDs #SRHR4All #Schistosomiasis
#BeatNTDs #SRHR4All #Schistosomiasis
A useful scientific summary and general reference for human schistosomiasis www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Human schistosomiasis
Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by infection with blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma. Widely distributed in the Middle East,…
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February 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A useful scientific summary and general reference for human schistosomiasis www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Forum in our February issue: #Schistosoma #mattheei & #zoonotic #schistosomiasis, by @russstothard.bsky.social Alexandra Juhász & Janelisa Musaya. #Hybrid #Praziquantel #OneHealth @lstmnews.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/paras...
www.cell.com/trends/paras...
February 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Forum in our February issue: #Schistosoma #mattheei & #zoonotic #schistosomiasis, by @russstothard.bsky.social Alexandra Juhász & Janelisa Musaya. #Hybrid #Praziquantel #OneHealth @lstmnews.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/paras...
www.cell.com/trends/paras...
For those interested in paediatric schistosomiasis and its future control - a quick read for the weekend doi.org/10.1093/inth...
Schistosomiasis treatment in young children: a welcome step towards deployment of the paediatric praziquantel formulation
Abstract. It is an awkward fact that effective public health control of schistosomiasis in Africa has yet to deliver a fully comprehensive intervention for
doi.org
January 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
For those interested in paediatric schistosomiasis and its future control - a quick read for the weekend doi.org/10.1093/inth...
Our recent paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... on zoonotic schistosomiasis now online #Onehealth
January 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Our recent paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... on zoonotic schistosomiasis now online #Onehealth
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Exceptional opportunity. Great department. Lovely colleagues. Come join!
Job opening for full professor and head of dept in infectious disease epidemiology and dynamics at @lshtm.bsky.social. Deadline 31st Jan: jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at LSHTM: Professor (and Head of Department)
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working i...
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January 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Exceptional opportunity. Great department. Lovely colleagues. Come join!