Ellen MH Mitchell
@emhmitchell.bsky.social
Thinking about TB, air, C02, public health, epi, transmission, frugal diagnostics, discrimination, stigma, measurement, social and reproductive justice, politics, and ultimate. Opinions my own.
Reposted by Ellen MH Mitchell
#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #pulmsky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky #neuroskyence #neurosci #PainResearch 🧪🛟 🫁💊
BREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
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February 5, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Good to be mindful of how much clinically DX TB is too much. Menzies et al.
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/g...
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/g...
TB or not TB? That is the question
A new study in "Nature Medicine" estimates that 2 million people are incorrectly told they have tuberculosis each year — and clinicians miss diagnosing TB in 1 million people. Why so many misdiagnoses...
www.npr.org
February 6, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Good to be mindful of how much clinically DX TB is too much. Menzies et al.
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/g...
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/g...
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Last chance to submit your abstract for the 3rd Conference on Innovations in Tuberculosis!
Join us in Tanzania and be part of the scientific exchange regarding clinically relevant advances in #Tuberculosis.
🗓 Deadline: 𝟭𝟯 𝗙𝗲𝗯 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
🔗 amededu.co/4iJVMcP
Join us in Tanzania and be part of the scientific exchange regarding clinically relevant advances in #Tuberculosis.
🗓 Deadline: 𝟭𝟯 𝗙𝗲𝗯 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
🔗 amededu.co/4iJVMcP
February 4, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Last chance to submit your abstract for the 3rd Conference on Innovations in Tuberculosis!
Join us in Tanzania and be part of the scientific exchange regarding clinically relevant advances in #Tuberculosis.
🗓 Deadline: 𝟭𝟯 𝗙𝗲𝗯 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
🔗 amededu.co/4iJVMcP
Join us in Tanzania and be part of the scientific exchange regarding clinically relevant advances in #Tuberculosis.
🗓 Deadline: 𝟭𝟯 𝗙𝗲𝗯 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
🔗 amededu.co/4iJVMcP
Tooting our own horn (again)🫁: www.itg.be/en/health-st... #TBsky #TB @itmantwerp.bsky.social @djaganath.bsky.social #EndTB#IDxPost#IDSky
New investment brings TB testing closer to communities
GHIT Fund invests USD 1.8 million to support research on the Lung Flute ECO
www.itg.be
February 5, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Tooting our own horn (again)🫁: www.itg.be/en/health-st... #TBsky #TB @itmantwerp.bsky.social @djaganath.bsky.social #EndTB#IDxPost#IDSky
Cool TB awards! Trialing the Lung Flute ECO in 5 new studies! #Tuberculosis/TB #EpiSky @itmantwerp.bsky.social 🫁 www.ghitfund.org/newsroom/pre...
Total Investment of... | GHIT Fund | Global Health Innovative Technology Fund
Press Release: Total Investment of... GHIT Fund(Global Health Innovative Technology Fund)
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February 3, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Cool TB awards! Trialing the Lung Flute ECO in 5 new studies! #Tuberculosis/TB #EpiSky @itmantwerp.bsky.social 🫁 www.ghitfund.org/newsroom/pre...
#TBSky -Cool new leprosy test shows how Leprosy PEP and ACF are consequential dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Large-scale field application of a fingerstick blood test for Mycobacterium leprae infection: Monitoring population-wide effects of case finding and post-exposure prophylaxis on transmission in the Co...
Since 2018, the WHO recommends provision of single-dose rifampicin post-exposure prophylaxis (SDR-PEP) to contacts of leprosy patients. In the Post-ExpOsure Prophylaxis for LEprosy (PEOPLE) trial that...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#TBSky -Cool new leprosy test shows how Leprosy PEP and ACF are consequential dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
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🔦Collections Spotlight🔦
Did you know that decommissioned Toronto street cars were once used to house Tuberculosis patients? This 1905 image shows the inside a converted street car at the Toronto Free Hosiptal for Consumptives.
#Tuberculosis #histmed #Toronto #MuseumofHealthCare
Did you know that decommissioned Toronto street cars were once used to house Tuberculosis patients? This 1905 image shows the inside a converted street car at the Toronto Free Hosiptal for Consumptives.
#Tuberculosis #histmed #Toronto #MuseumofHealthCare
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🔦Collections Spotlight🔦
Did you know that decommissioned Toronto street cars were once used to house Tuberculosis patients? This 1905 image shows the inside a converted street car at the Toronto Free Hosiptal for Consumptives.
#Tuberculosis #histmed #Toronto #MuseumofHealthCare
Did you know that decommissioned Toronto street cars were once used to house Tuberculosis patients? This 1905 image shows the inside a converted street car at the Toronto Free Hosiptal for Consumptives.
#Tuberculosis #histmed #Toronto #MuseumofHealthCare
Reposted by Ellen MH Mitchell
🚨Fully-funded PhD opportunity!🚨
Interested in researching how to improve risk prediction for people with #tuberculosis #TB and #multimorbidity?
Joint project between @uofgshw.bsky.social 🏴 and @ki.se 🇸🇪, funded by UK MRC.
Details here⬇️
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Interested in researching how to improve risk prediction for people with #tuberculosis #TB and #multimorbidity?
Joint project between @uofgshw.bsky.social 🏴 and @ki.se 🇸🇪, funded by UK MRC.
Details here⬇️
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - MRC DTP in Precision Medicine - Supervisors and Projects - Projects 2026 - Projects 26 - Peter MacPherson
www.gla.ac.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🚨Fully-funded PhD opportunity!🚨
Interested in researching how to improve risk prediction for people with #tuberculosis #TB and #multimorbidity?
Joint project between @uofgshw.bsky.social 🏴 and @ki.se 🇸🇪, funded by UK MRC.
Details here⬇️
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Interested in researching how to improve risk prediction for people with #tuberculosis #TB and #multimorbidity?
Joint project between @uofgshw.bsky.social 🏴 and @ki.se 🇸🇪, funded by UK MRC.
Details here⬇️
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
So much fun to learn about Outbreaks & Surveillance yesterday from these All-Stars @itmantwerp.bsky.social #TBSky #MPox #AMR #Arbovirus #airfilterforensics
November 6, 2025 at 7:50 AM
So much fun to learn about Outbreaks & Surveillance yesterday from these All-Stars @itmantwerp.bsky.social #TBSky #MPox #AMR #Arbovirus #airfilterforensics
#TBSky Great 🫁TB talks: @itmantwerp.bsky.social Access! Justice! Genomics! Transmission! Diagnostics! Y'All come: fs10.formsite.com/formulierenI...
Colloquium 2025 Registration_online possible
Register for the 65th ITM Colloquium.
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November 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
#TBSky Great 🫁TB talks: @itmantwerp.bsky.social Access! Justice! Genomics! Transmission! Diagnostics! Y'All come: fs10.formsite.com/formulierenI...
Air quality & Autism Risk - Preliminary signal url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Prenatal Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter Components and Autism Risk in Childhood
This cohort study of births in a Canadian province examines whether higher prenatal exposures to fine particulate matter and its components are associated with risk of autism spectrum disorder.
jamanetwork.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Air quality & Autism Risk - Preliminary signal url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
We are seeking a PhD student💡. 4-yrs 💶 for 🇲🇿 in locally co-designed #airborne infection control, #AMR surveillance in 🇿🇦 🇳🇬 Based in Maputo (FundacaoAurum) #TBSky #EpiSky @fvlscience.bsky.social Lusophone health/ lab w/ roots in 🇲🇿 #PublicHealth #EDCTP3 @itmantwerp.bsky.social Q: [email protected]
October 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
We are seeking a PhD student💡. 4-yrs 💶 for 🇲🇿 in locally co-designed #airborne infection control, #AMR surveillance in 🇿🇦 🇳🇬 Based in Maputo (FundacaoAurum) #TBSky #EpiSky @fvlscience.bsky.social Lusophone health/ lab w/ roots in 🇲🇿 #PublicHealth #EDCTP3 @itmantwerp.bsky.social Q: [email protected]
*Oportunidade de doutoramento em Ciências da Saúde* #TB #PhD #AMR #IPC projecto Tuberculosis Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (TASP), área de controle de infecções que em Moçambique c/ @fvlscience.bsky.social auruminstitute.org/what-we-do/a... @vuamsterdam.bsky.social @utoronto.ca
Aurum Mocambique
The Aurum Institute is a leading healthcare organisation that has been successfully battling the joint scourge of the HIV and TB for over 20 insightful years
auruminstitute.org
October 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
*Oportunidade de doutoramento em Ciências da Saúde* #TB #PhD #AMR #IPC projecto Tuberculosis Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (TASP), área de controle de infecções que em Moçambique c/ @fvlscience.bsky.social auruminstitute.org/what-we-do/a... @vuamsterdam.bsky.social @utoronto.ca
Experts warn loss of USAID endangers the fight against deadly TB
www.cidrap.umn.edu
September 30, 2025 at 7:31 AM
TB deaths up 5% in 6 months since USAID funds pulled from Napula, Mozambique: #USAID #TBsky #TBFighters #tuberculosis observador.pt/2025/09/24/t...
Tuberculose matou 71 pessoas na província moçambicana de Nampula em seis meses
As autoridades de saúde apontam a falta de financiamento como uma das causas do aumento da doença. Entre 2019 e 2024, do total de 108.242 casos notificados e tratados no país, 10.547 eram crianças.
observador.pt
September 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
TB deaths up 5% in 6 months since USAID funds pulled from Napula, Mozambique: #USAID #TBsky #TBFighters #tuberculosis observador.pt/2025/09/24/t...
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The #MIGoodCare call is now open! Led by #ISGlobal for @ecdc.europa.eu, it seeks good practice models for testing, linkage and care of #HIV, #hepatitis, #TB and #STIs in migrant populations across Europe.
Submit here: 🟠 https://f.mtr.cool/hrbwuqmvkf
#MigrantHealth
Submit here: 🟠 https://f.mtr.cool/hrbwuqmvkf
#MigrantHealth
September 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
TB deaths projected to rise due to aid cuts, State Dept cannot say current funding level.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
TB is the #1 killer among infectious diseases. A new study says its toll could mount
New research estimates that as many as 2.2 million more people could die of tuberculosis if U.S. cuts to foreign aid become permanent.
www.npr.org
September 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
TB deaths projected to rise due to aid cuts, State Dept cannot say current funding level.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Come join us! Researcher TB (MD/PhD)
Dept of Clinical Sciences www.itg.be/en/jobs-and-... #TBfighters #tbsky #CAD #AMR #DRTB #tuberculosis #IDSky #EndTB
Dept of Clinical Sciences www.itg.be/en/jobs-and-... #TBfighters #tbsky #CAD #AMR #DRTB #tuberculosis #IDSky #EndTB
Researcher Tuberculosis
More than 500 staff members at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) contribute every day to improving the health of millions of people world...
www.itg.be
September 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Come join us! Researcher TB (MD/PhD)
Dept of Clinical Sciences www.itg.be/en/jobs-and-... #TBfighters #tbsky #CAD #AMR #DRTB #tuberculosis #IDSky #EndTB
Dept of Clinical Sciences www.itg.be/en/jobs-and-... #TBfighters #tbsky #CAD #AMR #DRTB #tuberculosis #IDSky #EndTB
RFK Jr fails to protect us, endangers future generations, & peddles falsehoods. We require competent leadership in this context of emerging & returning pathogens. He must resign or be fired.
As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people.
Our statement: https://bit.ly/45LeJHi
Our statement: https://bit.ly/45LeJHi
September 4, 2025 at 5:43 AM
RFK Jr fails to protect us, endangers future generations, & peddles falsehoods. We require competent leadership in this context of emerging & returning pathogens. He must resign or be fired.
Reposted by Ellen MH Mitchell
The @rwjf.org Rapid Response Research funding is available to applicants who have received federal funding for their health equity research, but have had it partially or fully rescinded due to federal administrative actions. Deadline is 10/1/25. Details in the link:
www.rwjf.org/en/grants/ac...
www.rwjf.org/en/grants/ac...
Rapid Response: Reinvesting in Racial and Indigenous Health Equity Research
The purpose of this call for proposals is to meet the current moment by supporting timely, actionable health equity research that has been interrupted by shifts in federal funding.
www.rwjf.org
August 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The @rwjf.org Rapid Response Research funding is available to applicants who have received federal funding for their health equity research, but have had it partially or fully rescinded due to federal administrative actions. Deadline is 10/1/25. Details in the link:
www.rwjf.org/en/grants/ac...
www.rwjf.org/en/grants/ac...
Advocacy tool: impact of TB funds cuts: How many TB deaths can we attribute to cuts by each donor govt? www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The potential impact of reductions in international donor funding on tuberculosis in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study
We estimate substantial potential impacts on tuberculosis morbidity and mortality
due to reductions in international donor funding. Expanded support from domestic and
international donors is essential...
www.thelancet.com
August 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Advocacy tool: impact of TB funds cuts: How many TB deaths can we attribute to cuts by each donor govt? www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Lawyers harass & threaten award-winning climate Social Scientist J. Timmons Roberts. He eats polluters and dirty policy makers for lunch. Also: has receipts & a nerd army at the ready. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups
www.nytimes.com
August 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Lawyers harass & threaten award-winning climate Social Scientist J. Timmons Roberts. He eats polluters and dirty policy makers for lunch. Also: has receipts & a nerd army at the ready. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
Trump cuts result in waste of $10M in contraceptives paid for by U.S. working families. These commodities should be given to the ministries who ordered them, as mandated by Congress.
July 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Trump cuts result in waste of $10M in contraceptives paid for by U.S. working families. These commodities should be given to the ministries who ordered them, as mandated by Congress.
Reposted by Ellen MH Mitchell
We need new biomarkers to improve TB diagnosis in children. In the COMBO study, we performed a comprehensive plasma proteomic analysis across 4 countries and found several protein signatures that met the WHO target accuracy for a TB screening test: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#tbsky #idsky
#tbsky #idsky
Plasma proteomics for biomarker discovery in childhood tuberculosis - Nature Communications
In this work, through a comprehensive proteomics approach, the authors identified host plasma protein biosignatures that could distinguish tuberculosis (TB) disease in children.
www.nature.com
July 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We need new biomarkers to improve TB diagnosis in children. In the COMBO study, we performed a comprehensive plasma proteomic analysis across 4 countries and found several protein signatures that met the WHO target accuracy for a TB screening test: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#tbsky #idsky
#tbsky #idsky