Research partners
LSHTM
About LSHTM
Founded 125 years ago in 1899, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is a unique network of specialist centres, units and partners around the world. Staff and students are working together to create a more healthy, sustainable and equitable world for everyone. LSHTM believes our shared future depends on our shared health.
With an international presence and collaborative ethos, LSHTM is uniquely placed to help shape health policy and translate research findings into tangible impact to meet today’s challenges. The results of the latest government’s Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021) acknowledged the strength and depth of LSHTM’s world-leading research. LSHTM were ranked first for the key measure of impact and joint 10th overall of all universities in the UK, in tables published by the Times Higher Education.
Research income has grown to more than £190 million per year from national and international funding sources including UK government and research councils, the European Union, the Wellcome Trust, Gates Foundation and other philanthropic sources. Their staff are conducting research in more than 100 countries.
Meet the team
Oliver Cumming
Oliver Cumming is the Director of the Environmental Health Group at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, an inter-disciplinary research group of approximately 40 researchers focused on the public health aspects of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH).
His research focuses on the epidemiology of WASH and he currently leads several studies in different parts of the world to understand how different WASH interventions affect a range of infectious diseases as well as child growth and development.
