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Douglas Somerville Bertram
Douglas Somerville Bertram (21 December 1913 – 24 October 1988) was a professor of medical entomology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He specialized in the study of arthropod vectors and human disease, particularly malaria. Bertram was born in Glasgow where he went to Glasgow University where he received a degree before becoming a demonstrator in zoology working until 1938 with Professor Edward Hindle. In 1938 he became an assistant to R. M. Gordon and lectured at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. He received a Ph.D. in 1940 and enlisted during World War II, serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps, and was captured by the Germans in Crete and released only at the end of the war. He worked on rat filariasis from 1946. In 1948 he became a reader at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He conducted research on mosquitoes, the transmission of malaria, and viruses. He was a consultant for the British Army and helped develop methods for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medical Entomology
The discipline of medical entomology, or public health entomology, and also ''veterinary entomology'' is focused upon insects and arthropods that impact human health. Veterinary entomology is included in this category, because many animal diseases can "jump species" and become a human health threat, for example, bovine encephalitis. Veterinary entomology can also help prevent zoonotic disease outbreaks. Medical entomology has advanced with technologies like genetic modification of mosquitoes. Also medical entomology includes scientific research on the behavior, ecology, and epidemiology of arthropod disease vectors, and involves a tremendous outreach to the public, including local and state officials and other stake holders in the interest of public safety. Public health entomology has seen a huge surge in interest since 2005, due to the resurgence of the bed bug, ''Cimex lectularius.'' Insects of medical importance There are many insects (and other arthropods) that affect hum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London School Of Hygiene And Tropical Medicine
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is a public university, public research university in Bloomsbury, central London, and a constituent college, member institution of the University of London that specialises in public health and tropical medicine. The institution was founded in 1899 by Sir Patrick Manson, after a donation from the Parsi, Indian Parsi philanthropist Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit, B. D. Petit. The annual income of the institution for 2023–24 was £255.7 million, of which £170 million was from research grants and contracts, with expenditures totalling £191.6 million during the same period. The university has one of the List of universities in the United Kingdom by endowment#Endowments per student greater than £10 thousand, largest endowment per student in the United Kingdom. History Origins (1899–1913) The school was founded on October 2, 1899, by Sir Patrick Manson as the London School of Tropical Medicine after the Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow (abbreviated as ''Glas.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals; ) is a Public university, public research university in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded by papal bull in , it is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four Ancient universities of Scotland, ancient universities. Along with the universities of University of St Andrews, St Andrews, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, and University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, the university was part of the Scottish Enlightenment during the 18th century. Glasgow is the List of universities in Scotland, second largest university in Scotland by total enrolment and -largest in the United Kingdom. In common with universities of the pre-modern era, Glasgow originally educated students primarily from wealthy backgrounds; however, it became a pioneer in British higher education in the 19th century by also providing for the needs o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Hindle
Edward Hindle FRS FRSE FIB FRGS FRPSG (21 March 1886–22 January 1973) was a British biologist and entomologist who was Regius Professor of Zoology at the University of Glasgow from 1935 to 1943. He specialised in the study of parasites. Early years Edward Hindle was born in Sheffield on 21 March 1886 the son of Sarah Elizabeth Dewar and Edward James Hindle. He was educated at home. From Bradford Technical College, now the University of Bradford, he obtained a scholarship in biology at the Royal College of Science in 1903. He was further educated at King's College London, and after research at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, he gained a Ph.D at Berkeley University of California in 1910. Returning to England, he entered Magdalene College, Cambridge, becoming DSc in 1926. First World War and following years Already a member of the Territorial Army, in 1914 he became a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers. He served in France and Palestine until he was demobi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupert Montgomery Gordon
Rupert Montgomery Gordon (August 23, 1898 – July 26, 1961) was a British professor of parasitology and entomology at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. He worked on rickettsial, protozoal, and metazoan parasites and their vectors. Gordon was born in Phoenix Park, Dublin, the son of Dr S.T. Gordon. He studied at Strangeways School and then went to Trinity College Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, and graduated with M.B., B.Ch. in 1916. He then joined the Royal Army Medical Corps serving in Serbia under C.M. Wenyon. He then became in-charge of field lab in Greece. After World War I ended, he did a diploma in tropical medicine in Liverpool and joined the staff thereafter. He worked in laboratories in Manaus, Brazil for two years, followed by thirteen years in Sierra Leone and then returned to England in 1937 and served as a professor until his retirement. Gordon developed methods for feeding vectors such as mosquitoes through a membrane; studied schistosomiasis, metazoan imm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
