Janet Hemingway (2000–2019) Prof. David Lalloo (2019–present) Staff Anton Breinl - discovered that atoxyl cures trypanosomiasis and established the first Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine in Townsville, Queensland, Australia Janet Hemingway, CBE, FRS, FMedSci, FRCP - A British Parasitologist. Current Professor of Insect Molecular Biology at LSTM. Warrington Yorke, FRS - A British parasitologist, and Professor of Tropical Medicine at the University of Liverpool. Was born on 11 April 1883 and he died on 24 April 1943, at the age of 71. Alumni The following are some of the notable alumni of the school: Francis Edward Camps, FRCP, FRCPath - An English pathologist, who lived from 1905 until 1972. Ian Clarke, MBChB BAO, DTM&H, MSc - Born and raised in Northern Ireland, he has both British and Ugandan citizenships. He migrated to Uganda in 1987 and built two hospitals from scratch. Ian Clarke is a physician, missionary, philanthropist, entrepreneur and politician, currently serving as Mayor of Makindye Division, a borough of Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. Kevin De Cock, MD, FRCP (UK), DTM&H - An American physician. Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Country Mission to Kenya. Matthew Lukwiya, MBChB, MSc, MPH - A Ugandan physician and pediatrician, formerly the Medical Director of St. Mary's Hospital Lacor. Died of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever at Lacor Hospital, on 5 December 2000, at the age of 43. Sir Milton Margai - The first Prime Minister of Sierra Leone. Letitia Obeng - studied at the school for her PhD in the early 1960s, becoming the first woman from Ghana to be awarded a doctorate. Her research focussed on the growth of disease vectors in freshwater lakes, particularly the blackfly that carry river blindness. She is often referred to as the 'grandmother of all female Ghanaian scientists'. Brigadier John Alexander Sinton, VC, OBE, FRS, DL - A British military officer, medical doctor and malariologist, who was born on 2 December 1884 and died on 25 March 1956. Professor Fred Wabwire-Mangen, MBChB, DTM&H, MPH, PhD - Ugandan physician, public health specialist and medical researcher. Professor of Epidemiology and Head of Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Makerere University School of Public Health. See also Hospital for Tropical Diseases in London Liverpool Knowledge Quarter Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, (Belgium) Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene References External links LSTM Home page B.G.Maegraith - "History of the Liverpool School