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Life & Work at LSHTM
Prof Della Freeth: Pro-Director (Learning & Teaching)
Dr Hannah Babad: Associate Dean (Student Experience) & PHP
Taught Course Director
Dr Graham Clark: Associate Dean (Quality) & ITD Taught Course
Director
Mr Craig Higgins: Associate Dean (Technology-enhanced Learning)
& EPH Taught Course Director
Kate Marshall: Head of Quality Enhancement
Improving health worldwide
www.lshtm.ac.uk
Taught Course Directors
• Each Faculty has a Taught Course
• Each TCD also has a School
Director with oversight of their
level role as an Associate Dean
portfolio of taught courses
• For Research Degree students
• Responsibilities include:
each Faculty has Research
Degree Director(s) with similar
– liaising with Course Directors,
oversight responsibilities
Module Organisers and
Academic Support Services
– liaising with student course reps
– meeting individual MSc
students as needed
Taught Course Directors
• Craig Higgins
• Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
• Also Associate Dean (Technology Enhanced Learning & Teaching)
MSc Clinical Trials by Distance Learning
MSc Demography and Health
MSc Epidemiology, and MSc Epidemiology by Distance Learning
MSc Global Mental Health (joint with Kings College and Institute of Psychiatry)
MSc Medical Statistics
MSc Nutrition for Global Health
MSc Reproductive and Sexual Health Research
MSc Veterinary Epidemiology (joint with Royal Veterinary College)
MSc Public Health in Developing Countries (cross-Faculty)
Taught Course Directors
• Hannah Babad
• Faculty of Public Health and Policy
• Also Associate Dean (Student Experience and Programme Support)
MSc Control of Infectious Diseases (cross-Faculty)
MSc Global Health Policy by Distance Learning
MSc Health Policy, Planning and Financing (joint with London School of Economics)
MSc Public Health (six study streams)
MSc Public Health by Distance Learning
MSc Public Health in Developing Countries (cross-Faculty)
Taught Course Directors
• Graham Clark
• Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases
• Also Associate Dean (Quality Management and Enhancement)
MSc Control of Infectious Diseases (cross-Faculty)
MSc Immunology of Infectious Diseases
MSc Infectious Diseases by Distance Learning
MSc Medical Entomology for Disease Control
MSc Medical Microbiology
MSc Medical Parasitology
MSc Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases
MSc One Health (Infectious Diseases) (joint with Royal Veterinary College)
MSc Public Health for Eye Care
MSc Public Health in Developing Countries (cross-Faculty)
MSc Tropical Medicine and International Health
Faculty Research Degree
Directors
• Epidemiology & Population Health (EPH)
– Prof Suzanne Filteau & Prof Simon Cousens
• Infectious & Tropical Diseases (ITD)
– Dr Ron Behrens & Dr Jayne Webster
• Public Health & Policy (PHP)
– Prof Judith Green & Dr Nicki Thorogood
Things people say about the School
Vibrant
Close-knit
Academically
demanding
International
Diverse
backgrounds and
aspirations
Challenging and
supportive
Intense
workload
“The best time
of my life”
Brilliant network
Activity: Some dimensions of
diversity in this room
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Who is a research student?
Who is a part-time student?
Who has previously studied in the UK?
How many years is it since you were last
studying for a university degree?
• How many years of work experience do you
have that will be relevant to your LSHTM
studies?
London MSc Students by Country, Summer 2015
Country
Afghanistan
Australia
Austria
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Bermuda
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Canada
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cyprus
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
No
2
7
3
4
2
4
1
10
2
2
34
3
2
1
2
2
1
2
Country
Eritrea
Estonia
Finland
France
Gambia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guernsey
Hong Kong
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Kenya
Korea, South
No
1
1
1
12
1
17
4
6
1
2
2
8
3
11
13
16
13
7
Country
Lebanon
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malawi
Malaysia
Malta
Mexico
Mozambique
Nepal
Netherlands
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Pakistan
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
No
2
2
2
2
4
2
2
1
2
10
1
28
2
5
1
2
3
3
Country
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Singapore
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
St. Lucia
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
Tanzania
Trinidad & Tobago
Uganda
United Kingdom
United States of America
Zimbabwe
No
1
1
3
1
2
5
15
1
2
1
3
1
1
2
6
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79
3
Research Degree Students by Country, Summer 2015
Country
No
Country
No
Country
No
Country
No
Afghanistan
1
Ethiopia
2
Malawi
5
Slovakia
1
Australia
1
Finland
1
Malaysia
4
Slovenia
1
Austria
2
France
8
Malta
1
South Africa
1
Bangladesh
3
Gambia
2
Mexico
2
Spain
3
Belgium
5
Germany
7
Nepal
2
Sweden
2
Brazil
9
Ghana
3
Netherlands
6
Switzerland
2
Brunei
1
Greece
1
New Zealand
2
Tanzania
8
Cameroon Republic
3
India
17
Nigeria
12
Thailand
4
Canada
14
Indonesia
2
Norway
3
Trinidad & Tobago
2
Chile
1
Ireland
7
Philippines
1
Uganda
5
China
3
Italy
6
Poland
3
United Kingdom
145
Colombia
1
Japan
9
Portugal
4
United States of America
42
Denmark
4
Kenya
12
Romania
3
Zambia
4
Ecuador
2
Latvia
1
Saudi Arabia
4
Zimbabwe
2
Egypt
1
Lebanon
1
Senegal
2
Potential opportunities
Buzz exercise 1:
What are the advantages/opportunities of
studying in community as diverse as LSHTM?
Potential challenges
Buzz exercise 2:
What are the challenges of studying in a
diverse community like LSHTM?
Returning to study
Buzz exercise 3:
What excites you about
continuing/returning to study?
What are the challenges of
continuing/returning to study?
Help and Support
• People – staff (academic and support services), fellow
students, friends, family, local student-focused
organisations (e.g. London Nightline; International
Students’ House)
• Key Skills sessions: e.g. Academic English; Library;
Maths Refresher; Research Methods …
• Written sources: e.g. programme handbooks, School
web site, Study Skills Guides
and for research students vitae.ac.uk particularly the
‘Doing a Doctorate’ pages (use your School email to
register for free)
And finally …
• This is likely to be one of the busiest periods of your
life
• Your studies at LSHTM will be finished much sooner
than you think
• We hope you experience a lot of happy times, and
we recognise there may be difficult times too
• There is so much opportunity here … you can’t do
everything, but choose well and do lots
• Have fun
• Ask if you need help