The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has a global presence with collaboration at its heart. Our cross-disciplinary research draws on world-leading expertise to address major public and global health challenges. We have a unique range and depth of work integrating laboratory, clinical, population and social sciences. Our School is highly rated for impact and our research contributes to health policy and practice in the UK and around the world.
We have hundreds of research projects and groups working on all aspects of public and global health, while our strategic research centres focus on major health threats at home and overseas.
in the world for public health (Shanghai Ranking 2022)
in the UK for % of research published by female authors (CWTS Leiden Ranking 2021)
Sir Richard Doll and Sir Austin Bradford Hill first made the link between smoking and lung cancer at the School in 1950.
