To mark the 210th anniversary of John Snow’s birth, we’ve launched a new competition for the month of September: Can you use creativity and modern methods to recreate his 1854 Soho map? Further details here.
Category archives: News
2023 Broadsheet now available to read
This year’s Broadsheet introduces our 2023 Pumphandle Lecture speaker Dr Okonjo-Iweala of the WTO – we are very pleased she will join us on the 3rd of October. You can access the Broadsheet at this link for more news and updates from our global community: https://johnsnowsociety.org/files/2023/08/John-Snow-BroadSheet-2023.pdf
2022 Andy Haines – The imperative of climate action for health
28th September5:30 pm London time Please note that you can join this event in person in the John Snow lecture theatre or you can watch the live broadcast. More information is available on the LSHTM webpage.
2021 Broadsheet now available to read
We had to wait a year, but the 2021 broadsheet is now available and as always packed with stories from around the world about John Snow and the society. Enjoy the read https://johnsnowsociety.org/files/2021/08/Broad-Sheet-2021-final.pdf
2021 Tony Fauci – COVID-19: Lessons Learned and Remaining Challenges
The John Snow Society Annual Pumphandle Lecture was given by Dr Anthony Fauci, Director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The recording can be found here
The history of discovery of Vibrio cholerae
“The Greatest Missed Microscopical Opportunity?” by Paul Bingham was recently published by the Postal Microscopical Society. It is an excellent account of the discovery of Vibrio cholerae including the works of John Snow.
2020 Broadsheet now available
We had to wait a year, but the 2020 broadsheet is now available and as always packed with stories from around the world about John Snow and the society. Enjoy the read
2020 Pumphandle lecture
Our biggest event of the year is coming up. We are excited to let you know that this year’s pumphandle lecture will be given John Nkengasong on 10th September 3pm UK time!The lecture will be held remotely – please register here.
2019 Pumphandle Lecture & Broadsheet
As announced today in the 2019 Broadsheet, the 2019 Pumphandle Lecture will be held at 17.30 on Wednesday 4th September 2019 at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The lecture will be given by Eliza Manningham-Buller, Chair of The Wellcome Trust and Co-President of Chatham House, and ex-Director General of MI5. She will …
2018 Broadsheet now available to read
This year’s Broadsheet is now available.