The Institute was originally established in 1891 as The British Institute of Preventive Medicine
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Originally a Research Institute developing, and subsequently producing on a commercial scale, vaccines and antitoxins it has over the years adapted to the changing research environment; always seeking to support research in an innovative way. Take a look at our heritage and find out more about us. Today, from its endowment funds, it is a grant-giving charity whose principal award is the Lister Research Prize Fellowship. The Institute has sought to retain the ‘Lister family’ tradition and remains in touch with all its former and current Fellows.
The Lister Institute’s competitive research prizes give young scientists the opportunity to develop their potential through flexible funding over a five-year period.
The awards are aimed at younger, researchers in the early years of running their own groups, for whom receipt of the prize would make a significant difference to their research work.
2016 Lister Fellow Danny Smith will head up one of five new UKRI research hubs dedicated to severe mental illness (SMI). The Edinburgh hub, opening this month, will explore the correlation between metaboli...
Rebecca Fitzgerald has been making headlines with a new clinical triage technique – involving a sponge on a string....
Two current Lister Fellows are celebrating major achievements in preventive medicine. For Ravi Gupta, February saw the release of a global report by the pandemic risk task force of which he is a Chair. For...
