BMC Medicine attends ASTMH
BMC Medicine recently attended the 67th ASTMH conference on Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in New Orleans from 28th Oct -1st Nov. Here are some of the… Read more »
Lin Lee
Lin studied at the University of Oxford, completing a PhD using Drosophila to model the disease pathology of Spinal Muscular Atrophy. She joined BioMed Central in October 2010, and is Chief Editor for BMC Medicine.
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- BMC Medicine attends ASTMH - 5th November 2018
- Global health security in an interconnected world: BMC Medicine attends CUGH 2016 - 26th April 2016
- Priority setting for Universal Health Coverage: BMC Medicine at the Prince Mahidol Award Conference - 2nd February 2016
Global health security in an interconnected world: BMC Medicine attends CUGH 2016
BMC Medicine recently attended the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) 2016 conference in San Francisco. Here, we summarize the highlights and… Read more »
Priority setting for Universal Health Coverage: BMC Medicine at the Prince Mahidol Award Conference
Last week, BMC Medicine attended the Prince Mahidol Award Conference in Bangkok to hear the debates regarding priority setting for universal health coverage.… Read more »
Malaria reservoir, Ebola challenges and counterfeit drugs: the ASTMH 64th annual meeting
Last week, BMC Medicine attended the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene conference to hear about the latest advances in tropical medicine. Here,… Read more »
A day in the life of a malaria researcher
To mark World Malaria Day, we spoke to Rose McGready, Deputy Director of the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit (SMRU), about a typical day in her life, how she was… Read more »
The Global Burden of Disease: non-communicable diseases increase premature death
Up-to-date knowledge of cause-specific mortality is essential for the formulation of health policies. Obtaining this evidence is a massive undertaking, and… Read more »
What’s killing us? The biggest causes of premature death
The general aim of medicine is to reduce the burden of ill-health and mortality, such that individuals are able to enjoy longer, healthier lives. Indeed,… Read more »
Global health research: managing the burden of mental illnesses, diabetes and HIV
The past two decades have shown an increase in the prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), affecting high-income as well as low- and middle-income… Read more »
Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis and the future of nephrology
A new article about Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) – a progressive kidney disease – was published in BMC Medicine today. We spoke to Jochen… Read more »
Type 2 diabetes and cancer: further evidence for treating one to prevent the other
Type 2 diabetes is a chronic condition whose prevalence has increased drastically in the past few decades, an increase which is largely attributed to an… Read more »