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Changes to the RSTMH Early Career Grants Programme

The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) announces a pause to the opening of its 2026 Early Career Grants Programme.

08 Jan 2026

2025 Student Essay Prize Winner announced

RSTMH is excited to announce the winner of our 2025 Student Essay Prize, now in its seventh year.

25 Nov 2025

RSTMH announces a new Journal looking at Artificial Intelligence and Global Health

RSTMH is developing a new journal looking at Artificial Intelligence and Global Health, which will be launching in early 2026.

17 Nov 2025

RSTMH Medals and Awards Winners 2025

RSTMH has announced the winners of the 2025 Medals and Awards programme.

26 Sep 2025

Dr Wendy Harrison and Professor Margaret Gyapong start the second year of joint Presidency

Dr Wendy Harrison and Professor Margaret Gyapong will continue their leadership of RSTMH with a second year as joint Presidents.

26 Sep 2025

Former RSTMH President awarded OBE

Simon Bush, RSTMH president in 2022-2023 and trustee for ten years, has been awarded an OBE in King Charles III’s birthday honours, in recognition of his services to eliminating neglected tropical diseases.

11 Jul 2025

2025 RSTMH Early Career Grants Programme opens for applications

The 2025 RSTMH Early Career Grants Programme is now open for applications. Last year the Programme provided 299 grants to those early in their careers to carry out their first piece of research into tropical medicine or global health.

20 Feb 2025

Snakebite Special Issue published on World NTD Day

Today, on World Neglected Tropical Disease Day, RSTMH has published a Special Issue on ‘Addressing the snakebite challenge - progress towards the 2030 roadmap’ in its journal Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine.

30 Jan 2025

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2024 Student Essay Prize Winner announced

We are excited to announce the winner of our 2024 Student Essay Prize, now in its sixth year.

23 Jan 2025

ICTMM 2028 date and venue announced

We are excited to announce the date and venue for the 22nd International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria, which the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene will be hosting in Liverpool, UK in 2028.

28 Nov 2024

Dr Wendy Harrison and Professor Margaret Gyapong take up RSTMH joint Presidency

Dr Wendy Harrison and Professor Margaret Gyapong have taken up their roles as the RSTMH joint Presidents, which is the first time in RSTMH history that we have had two Presidents, and only the second time we have had a President based in Africa.

11 Oct 2024

RSTMH Medals and Awards Winners 2024

RSTMH has today announced the winners of the 2024 Medals and Awards programme at the RSTMH Annual Meeting which was held in London on 10-11 October 2024.

10 Oct 2024

Blogs

RSTMH in 2026: looking at the year ahead

January is always a good time to reflect on the past few years as a Society, and our goals for 2026, particularly as we enter the third full year of our current strategy. 

09 Jan 2026