This week Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, The Rt Honourable Pat McFadden MP, visited The Pandemic Institute in Liverpool. His visit coincided with the Government’s announcement to carry out the largest ever national pandemic response exercise to strengthen against future threats. The national pandemic exercise, which will take place over several months this Autumn,…
Research, partly funded by The Pandemic Institute, and carried out at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has developed the world’s first rapid, point of care Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) test, offering faster detection of this rare but deadly disease. The new lateral flow test enables healthcare workers to identify CCHF cases quickly, potentially saving…
The Pandemic Institute (TPI) & Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) are offering a new PhD Studentship opportunity for 2025. This project will look to uncover the mechanisms controlling pneumococcal carriage and transmission. Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is the main cause of pneumonia and meningitis worldwide and despite the global implementation of vaccine programmes, the…
The House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee (DSIT) recently chose Liverpool as their first official visit to find out how the region’s UK-leading approach to innovation is maximising its world-leading strengths and driving economic growth. Chaired by Chi Onwurah MP, the Committee visited key assets at Knowledge Quarter Liverpool, including a number…
The Pandemic Institute are launching a new Public Steering Group to open up a discussion about all things pandemic. The new group will start in January 2025 and is run in collaboration with The Thinker Hub, who run community discussion groups focussing on ‘big’ questions and themes. The group is open to people based in…
To mark four years since Liverpool led the world’s first voluntary mass testing for Covid-19, The Pandemic Institute has collaborated with Professor Iain Buchan to produce a short film exploring the city’s response, and how we can use data-driven community testing in future pandemics. In November 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, large-scale community testing with…
A world leading facility committed to helping the world prevent, prepare, and respond more effectively to pandemics, here at The Pandemic Institute, we have recently celebrated three years of vital work to keep the public safe. Since opening in autumn 2021, the Institute has advanced research to predict and prepare for the next pandemic, as…
The Pandemic Institute has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Pharma Latch, a company formed to transform how to deliver injectables such as vaccines. Staff and researchers from Liverpool travelled to the Pharma Latch office in Dublin last week to formalise the partnership. Currently, the vast majority of vaccines are delivered into patients arms intramuscularly…
The World Health Organisation has announced the highest level of alert for mpox. This follows an upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and a growing number of countries in Africa. Sweden’s public health agency has also recently recorded what it says is the first case of the more dangerous type…
The Pandemic Institute are pleased to have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the UK National Measurement Laboratory at LGC (NML) at an event held in Liverpool last week. The partnership will bring the organisations together to work more closely on pandemic preparedness, as well as strengthen industry and academic links in the Liverpool City…
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