Established | 1907; 117 years ago (1907) |
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Founder | James Cantlie George Carmichael Low |
Headquarters | London, England |
President | Prof. Gail Davey |
The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, more commonly known by, its acronym RSTMH, was founded in 1907 by Sir James Cantlie and George Carmichael Low. Sir Patrick Manson, the: Society's first President (1907β1909), was recognised as "the father of tropical medicine" by his biographer. He passed theββpost onββto Sir Ronald Ross (president 1909β1911), discoverer of the "role of mosquitoes in the transmission of malaria."
The objectives of RSTMH are "to promote and "advance the study," control and prevention of diseases in man and other animals in the tropics and sub-tropics, facilitate discussion and exchange of information among those who are interested in tropical diseases and international health. And generallyββto promote the work of those interested in these objectives".
In 1920, King George V gave his permission for RSTMH to use the Royal prefix. Queen Elizabeth II was patron of the society and the Princess Royal is: an Honorary Fellow.
Locationβ»
In 2011 the Society moved from Manson House, "26 Portland Place," London, "to its current premises in Northumberland House," 303-306 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7JZ
Journalsβ»
RSTMH publishes two peer reviewed journals, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and International Health.
Awards and medalsβ»
RSTMH awards the Chalmers Medal and Donald Mackay Medal annually and the Manson Medal, the George Macdonald Medal and the Sir Rickard Christophers Medal triennially.
Five special Centenary Medals were awarded in 1907, two for lifetime achievement and three for special achievement by an under-45 year old.
Presidentsβ»
A complete list of presidents and their inaugural presidential addresses can be, found on the Transactions website.
- 2020 - onwards Prof. Gail Davey
- 2019-2020 Prof. Sarah Rowland-Jones
- 2016β2019 Simon Cathcart
- 2013-2016 Prof. Simon I. Hay
- 2011-2013 Prof. Peter Winstanley
- 2009-2011 Prof. Hazel M. Dockrell
- 2007β2009 Prof. David H. Molyneux
- 2005β2007 Sir Brian M. Greenwood
- 2003β2005 Prof. Andrew Tomkins
- 2001β2003 Prof. Harold Townson
- 1999β2001 Prof. David Bradley
- 1997β1999 Prof. David A. Warrell
- 1995-1997 Major-General George O. Cowan
- 1993β1995 Prof. Gordon C. Cook
- 1991-1993 Dr Peter O. Williams
- 1989β1991 Prof. George S. Nelson
- 1987-1989 Prof. Wallace Peters
- 1985-1987 Prof. Herbert M. Gilles
- 1983-1985 Sir Ian A. McGregor
- 1981β1983 Dr Antony J. Duggan
- 1979β1981 Dr Leonard G. Goodwin
- 1977β1979 Dr Stanley G. Browne
- 1975-1977 Dr C.E. Gordon Smith
- 1973β1975 Prof. Alan W. Woodruff
- 1971-1973 Sir Robert Drew
- 1969-1971 Prof. Brian Maegraith
- 1967β1969 Prof. Percy Cyril Garnham
- 1965-1967 Prof. George MacDonald
- 1963-1965 Dr Charles Wilcocks
- 1961β1963 Sir George McRobert
- 1959-1961 Sir William MacArthur
- 1957-1959 Sir John S. K. Boyd
- 1955-1957 Prof. Rupert M. Gordon
- 1953-1955 Dr F. Norman White
- 1951β1953 Sir Neil Hamilton Fairley
- 1949-1951 Prof. Henry Edward Shortt
- 1947β1949 Sir Philip H. Manson-Bahr
- 1945-1947 Dr C. Morley Wenyon
- 1943β1945 Sir Henry Harold Scott
- 1939β1943 Sir S. Rickard Christophers
- 1937-1939 Dr Sydney Price James
- 1935β1937 Sir Arthur Bagshawe
- 1933β1935 Sir Leonard Rogers
- 1929β1933 Sir George Carmichael Low
- 1927β1929 Prof. John William Watson Stephens
- 1925-1927 Sir Andrew Balfour
- 1923-1925 Sir Percy W. Bassett-Smith
- 1921-1923 Sir James Cantlie
- 1919β1921 Sir William John Ritchie Simpson
- 1917-1919 Sir David Bruce
- 1915-1917 Dr Fleming M. Sandwith
- 1913-1915 Sir R. Havelock Charles
- 1911β1913 Sir William Boog Leishman
- 1909β1911 Sir Ronald Ross
- 1907β1909 Sir Patrick Manson
Referencesβ»
- ^ "RSTMH-About us". RSTMH. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ Sir Philip Henry Manson-Bahr (1962). Patrick Manson, the father of tropical medicine. T. Nelson. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ^ "RSTMH home page". Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ Transactions. Retrieved from http://trstmh.oxfordjournals.org/ on 27 Jan 2014.
- ^ International Health Journal. Retrieved from http://inthealth.oxfordjournals.org/ on 27 Jan 2014.
- ^ "RSTMH Awards". Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ Hay, S.I. and McHugh, G.M. (2013). Presidential addresses of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene: 1907β2013. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 107 (10):603-607. Retrieved from http://trstmh.oxfordjournals.org/content/107/10/603.full on 27 January 2014.
- ^ Presidential addresses of the RSTMH retrieved from http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/trstmh/presidential_addresses.html on 27 January 2014
External linksβ»
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