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The John Snow Society aims to promote the life and works of Dr John Snow, the pioneer of epidemiological method and celebrated anaesthetist.
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Dr Klauss Garcia 🇧🇷 took part in a prestigious overseas PhD placement in the UK - and wanted a marker of his positive London experience.

An erudite choice Klauss 👏🏽

#publichealth #epidemiology #sohomap
November 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
📡Major Announcement:

We will be celebrating Paul Fine, co-Founder of the John Snow Society and Professor of Communicable Disease Epidemiology at the @lshtm.bsky.social at his retirement lecture on the 9th December.

Open to all. See below link for details 👇

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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📢New #PhD project! For 2026 to offer under the MRC @ukri.org Doctoral Training Studentship Scheme.

The project will investigate the links between heat and crime rates in youth in the UK.

Fully funded+living costs - open to anyone in the world 🌍

mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk/2026-27-proj...
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Lunchtime read:
The mystery of the handwritten note in an old copy of On the Mode of Transmission of Cholera - was it John Snow himself? by the Historier
The Hand of John Snow
The Mode on Communication of Cholera is a scientific publication by John Snow, the doctor, physician, and, unbeknownst to him, early epidemiologist. It contains his findings on Cholera and how it w…
anhistoriersmiscellany.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
One of our top recommendations for #thingstodo in #London next week is to see the John Snow MD musical (yes - you heard right) showing for *two nights only* at @OldOpTheatre 18-19th Nov 2025:

oldoperatingtheatre.com/event-posts/...
November 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
After a full year of intensive effort by emeritus Prof Ralph Frerichs, a shiny new @uclacollege.bsky.social Fielding School of Public Health John Snow MD site is up!
A fantastic resource, also cross-posted on the Society pages:
John Snow - Historical Giant in Epidemiology
British physician John Snow (1813-1858) is considered by many as the "father of modern epidemiology" for his seminal investigations of cholera in London, long before the bacterial agent and its…
epi-snow.ph.ucla.edu
November 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Techniques to reflect an additional small portion of sunlight back into space could help cool the planet if deployed globally, but they cannot address the full range of climate impacts or replace emission cuts, says our new briefing released this week: bit.ly/4oX7yCA
November 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Did US #covid19 mask mandates work 🧐?
Using data from over 34,000 people in the weeks before and after mandates, authors use #interruptedtimeseries approaches and show that as a behaviour change mechanism, mandates might need some work...
#PublicHealth
academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...
November 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
We end this #BlackHistoryMonth2025 series with Dr Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock, multi-award winning British space scientist and physicist who'll be giving the 2025 @rigb.org #Christmas Lecture!
www.rigb.org/explore-scie...

Tickets:
www.rigb.org/whats-on/dis...
Dr Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Meet Dame Maggie – this year’s Lecturer for the CHRISTMAS LECTURES from the Royal Institution.
www.rigb.org
October 31, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Professor Isabella Oyier leads critical and high profile work on malaria parasite #genomics at @ox.ac.uk and KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme

#BlackHistoryMonth2025
www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/team/isabell...
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Did you see this? The editors-in-chief of @IntJEpidemiol discussed the #Trump administration's approach to science, and how it's affecting the fields of #epidemiology and #publichealth 👇

academic.oup.com/ije/article/...
October 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
AJE Advances: Research in Epidemiology is the newest #OpenAccess journal from @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social and the Society for Epidemiologic Research.
A good home for papers on emerging methods incl. #socialepi #spatialepi

academic.oup.com/ajeadvances/...
October 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Prof Patricia Bath's (1942-2019) groundbreaking work in #opthalmology pushed for better research and treatment options for black people with sight conditions - in whom she and others demonstrated were already at higher risk of #blindness 👇

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

#BlackHistoryMonth2025
October 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Prof Khalid Beshir leads vital work building capacity and global resilience against #biological #threats.

His #genomic tools power local labs across Africa and Asia — helping detect and respond to emerging pathogens faster.

www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

#BlackHistoryMonth2025
October 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The global outbreak of mpox began in May 2022 and continues to this day.
Mpox clades in Africa - map
#globalhealth
www.gov.uk/guidance/cla...
October 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM
We're in the @thelancet.com !
Richard Horton's editorial provides urgent context to Prof Victora's #PumphandleLecture - a call for critical research to continue even under difficult circumstances.
Offline: The past is not the future
Cesar Victora delivered a terrific Pumphandle Lecture at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine last week. He surveyed 40 years of his research on child health and nutrition in Pelotas,…
www.thelancet.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Prof Cesar Victora, the keynote speaker for our latest Society #PumphandleLecture made his own pilgrimage to a historic John Snow MD site - the Broad Street pump and Pub in Soho, London. 🍻

The recording of his excellent talk will be available soon. 📡
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
October 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Professor Toyin Togun of the @lshtm.bsky.social is leading critical work on the development of a unique biosignature to distinguish childhood #TB from other diseases.

www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi...

Leading to a major @ukri.org award 👇🏼
www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/uni...

#BlackHistoryMonth2025
October 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
A transformative programme treats #knifecrime as a #PublicHealth problem with drivers and risk groups who can benefit from respectful interventions.
Led by @martinpgriff @LDN_VRU

londonviolencereduction.nhs.uk/fighting-kni...

#BlackHistoryMonth2025
October 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Because you asked... another #BehindTheScenes photo from the John Snow Society 2025 #PumphandleLecture, this with Society steering committee members Paul and William contemplating the empty plinth before the return of the pump.
October 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
October 15, 2025 at 8:50 AM