Courses in Vector Biology at the LSTM

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Courses in Vector Biology at the LSTM

• Martin Donnelly,Vector Group,Liverpool School
  of Tropical Medicine

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Post-graduate diploma courses at the LSTM with
vector components

• Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance
• Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
• Diploma in Reproductive Health in Developing
  Countries
• Diploma in Biology and Control of Parasites
  Disease Vectors
• Diploma in Molecular Biology of Parasites and
  Disease Vectors
• Diploma in Veterinary Parasitology

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• MSc in Biology and Control of Parasites Disease
  Vectors
• MSc in Molecular Biology of Parasites and Disease
  Vectors

Core modules identical for both courses
(Difference in optional modules) Students can
switch between the two courses in Dec Students
can exit in December, April or July 1 credit
equates to 10 hours work (Contact or
self-study) MSc re-organised Sept 2007
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Field course (Preston Montford) TROP 731 Human
Parasitology (15 credits) TROP 732 Medical
Entomology (15 credits) TROP 733 Practical
Techniques in Vector Biology (7.5 credits) TROP
734 Comparative Parasitology (7.5 credits) TROP
735 Experimental Biology and biosystematics (15
credits) ASSESSMENT TROP 736 Statistics I (7.5
credits) TROP 737 Statistics II (7.5 credits)
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TROP 716 Study Design (Core- 15 credits)
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Factors affecting sex ratio of infants born in a
malaria endemic area Larval ecology of Anopheles
gambiae s.s. in Kumasi, Ghana Larval
survivorship of Culex quinquefasciatus in Accra,
Ghana Incrimination of the vectors of lymphatic
filariasis in the lower Shire Valley,
Malawi Epidemiology of malaria and anaemia among
children in two districts of Kumasi,
Ghana Co-occurrence of Cq and SP resistance in
urban Ghana Molecular genetics and systematics of
tsetse flies Distribution of pyrethroid knockdown
resistance in Anopheles gambiae in Southern and
Central Africa
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Course composition
Biology and Control 15-20 students 75 Home/EC
students (Principally Science graduates/
inter-calating medics) 15 DEC students 10
Developed world nationals (USA, Canada, Japan
etc) Molecular Biology 3 students 50 Home/EC
students 50 DEC students
Fate of graduates 2002-2005

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Vector Group at the LSTM

• Mike Lehane-Tsetse biology
• Janet Hemingway-Insecticide resistance
• Philip McCall- Vector ecology and control
• Mark Paine-Recombinant protein expression
• Martin Donnelly-Vector genetics and control
• Rod Dillon- Sandfly molecular biology
• A.N. Other
• Harold Townson (Emeritus) Vector biology
• 12 PDRAs and 20 PhD students

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Non-university accredited courses
LSTM-Vietnam link (British council) Annual short
course in molecular biology of vectors
Gates malaria partnership vector biology course
Annual short course in field and laboratory
skills of entomologists Malawi College of
Medicine, CDC http//www.liv.ac.uk/lstm/vectorcour
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