Minttu Rönn
@mintturonn.bsky.social
Infectious disease epidemiologist at Harvard Chan School of Public Health. Public health, math models & coffee. Focus on STIs, HIV, reproductive health.
https://hsph.harvard.edu/profile/minttu-ronn/
https://hsph.harvard.edu/profile/minttu-ronn/
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New preprint: with increasing resistance to ceftriaxone, the last recommended antibiotic for gonorrhea, we urgently need new drugs. Two--zoliflodacin & gepotdiacin--are up for approval by the FDA in Dec. Here we show a point mutation can result in cross-resistance. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Zoliflodacin and gepotidacin cross-resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Resistance to zoliflodacin, a first-in-class antibiotic for gonorrhea treatment, can occur through gyrBD429N, but this mutation's impact on fitness and resistance to other topoisomerase targeting drug...
www.biorxiv.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM
New preprint: with increasing resistance to ceftriaxone, the last recommended antibiotic for gonorrhea, we urgently need new drugs. Two--zoliflodacin & gepotdiacin--are up for approval by the FDA in Dec. Here we show a point mutation can result in cross-resistance. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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We need your voice! CDC is requesting comments on the National HIV Surveillance System. Share how NHSS data informs HIV prevention & care in your community.
Submit your comments by Dec. 1: https://idsociety.quorum.us/campaign/143786/
Submit your comments by Dec. 1: https://idsociety.quorum.us/campaign/143786/
Opportunity to comment on the National HIV Surveillance System
The deadline to comment is Dec. 1, 2025.
idsociety.quorum.us
November 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
We need your voice! CDC is requesting comments on the National HIV Surveillance System. Share how NHSS data informs HIV prevention & care in your community.
Submit your comments by Dec. 1: https://idsociety.quorum.us/campaign/143786/
Submit your comments by Dec. 1: https://idsociety.quorum.us/campaign/143786/
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Curious about using census microdata in your research? 📊
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
Register for IPUMs International Online Session
Please use this form to register for the IPUMs International Session hosted by the Historical Economic Demography Group at LSE.
The session will be on Zoom from 15:15-16:30 UK Time on 12 November 202...
forms.gle
November 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Curious about using census microdata in your research? 📊
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
The CDC runs the National HIV Surveillance System, which is a foundational resource for tracking HIV trends and improving prevention and care. They are seeking public feedback to keep this important effort going. Comments open until Dec 1, 2025. 🛟🧪
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other ...
www.federalregister.gov
November 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The CDC runs the National HIV Surveillance System, which is a foundational resource for tracking HIV trends and improving prevention and care. They are seeking public feedback to keep this important effort going. Comments open until Dec 1, 2025. 🛟🧪
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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We’re hiring!
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We’re hiring!
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
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New study led by Salome Kuchukhidze, @mintturonn.bsky.social & @jeff-imai-eaton.bsky.social finds that over 1 in 4 US women living w/ HIV reported past-year intimate partner violence, with pregnant women at a particularly high risk. bit.ly/47YX2F2
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November 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
New study led by Salome Kuchukhidze, @mintturonn.bsky.social & @jeff-imai-eaton.bsky.social finds that over 1 in 4 US women living w/ HIV reported past-year intimate partner violence, with pregnant women at a particularly high risk. bit.ly/47YX2F2
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Interested in generative AI and computing education? We are looking for a PhD student to work on developing and studying tools that help novice programmers learn how to use generative AI at @csaalto.bsky.social. Find out more & apply here:
www.aalto.fi/en/open-posi...
www.aalto.fi/en/open-posi...
PhD Position in Educational Tools for Teaching Generative AI Use to Novice Programmers | Aalto University
To apply, please prepare a cover letter detailing your interest and qualifications for the position, a CV, and degree & study transcripts. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the position will be filled as soon as a suitable candidate is found, so don't delay.
www.aalto.fi
October 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Interested in generative AI and computing education? We are looking for a PhD student to work on developing and studying tools that help novice programmers learn how to use generative AI at @csaalto.bsky.social. Find out more & apply here:
www.aalto.fi/en/open-posi...
www.aalto.fi/en/open-posi...
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IPUMS MEPS (Medical Expenditure Household Survey) now offers 1,100 new variables from the 2023 survey. Easily accessible! @ipums.bsky.social @umn-idim.bsky.social
View data here: meps.ipums.org/meps/
View data here: meps.ipums.org/meps/
IPUMS MEPS
MEPS is a project dedicated to collecting and distributing census data from around the world. Its goals are to Collect and preserve data and documentation, Harmonize data, Disseminate the data absolut...
meps.ipums.org
October 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
IPUMS MEPS (Medical Expenditure Household Survey) now offers 1,100 new variables from the 2023 survey. Easily accessible! @ipums.bsky.social @umn-idim.bsky.social
View data here: meps.ipums.org/meps/
View data here: meps.ipums.org/meps/
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We are so excited to share that Bailey Bowcutt (@baileybowcutt.bsky.social), PhD student in the Grad Lab, moderated the Harvard Chan Studio event, “Dr. Anthony Fauci: Insights from 50 years of public service.”
🎦 Watch the full interview: youtu.be/qHxR75vO83M?...
🎦 Watch the full interview: youtu.be/qHxR75vO83M?...
October 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We are so excited to share that Bailey Bowcutt (@baileybowcutt.bsky.social), PhD student in the Grad Lab, moderated the Harvard Chan Studio event, “Dr. Anthony Fauci: Insights from 50 years of public service.”
🎦 Watch the full interview: youtu.be/qHxR75vO83M?...
🎦 Watch the full interview: youtu.be/qHxR75vO83M?...
"no babies were born with HIV or syphilis in 2022 and 2023, while a 2023 national survey confirmed 0 hepatitis B among young children...achievements are backed by universal health coverage, which guarantees free antenatal care, vaccines and diagnostic services for all residents, including migrants"
Maldives becomes the first country to achieve ‘triple elimination’ of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B
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October 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"no babies were born with HIV or syphilis in 2022 and 2023, while a 2023 national survey confirmed 0 hepatitis B among young children...achievements are backed by universal health coverage, which guarantees free antenatal care, vaccines and diagnostic services for all residents, including migrants"
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Undergrad Hackathon for Health Equity on infectious diseases. Oct 18 @buhaririinstitute.bsky.social (Boston). Come learn about epidemiology research & dive into real data with fun mentors and epi-curious colleagues. Info: bit.ly/46Na9ca. Register: bit.ly/3KL6pzd. #EpiSky #DataSciSky #PublicHealth
Hackathon for Health Equity
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October 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Undergrad Hackathon for Health Equity on infectious diseases. Oct 18 @buhaririinstitute.bsky.social (Boston). Come learn about epidemiology research & dive into real data with fun mentors and epi-curious colleagues. Info: bit.ly/46Na9ca. Register: bit.ly/3KL6pzd. #EpiSky #DataSciSky #PublicHealth
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Join our colleagues at the Centre for History in Public Health on 28th October for a seminar examining the relationship between AIDS and migration controls in Britain during the 1980s & ’90s.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
@lshtmhistory.bsky.social
#HIV
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
@lshtmhistory.bsky.social
#HIV
AIDS and the screening debate: race, mobility and migration, 1985-1995 | LSHTM
This presentation explores how efforts to manage the spread of AIDS intersected with broader efforts to restrict African migration in late twentieth century Britain. Its target audience is students
www.lshtm.ac.uk
October 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Join our colleagues at the Centre for History in Public Health on 28th October for a seminar examining the relationship between AIDS and migration controls in Britain during the 1980s & ’90s.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
@lshtmhistory.bsky.social
#HIV
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
@lshtmhistory.bsky.social
#HIV
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New CDC guidelines recommend twice-a-year injectable lenacapavir as a new option for #HIV prevention. FDA approved this medication in June 2025, expanding HIV PrEP options with the potential to advance efforts to end the HIV epidemic. #FundHIV. Read the full clinical recommendation: bit.ly/47WMx5P
Clinical Recommendation for the Use of Injectable Lenacapavir ...
This report describes a clinical recommendation to use injectable lenacapavir as an HIV preexposure prophylaxis.
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September 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
New CDC guidelines recommend twice-a-year injectable lenacapavir as a new option for #HIV prevention. FDA approved this medication in June 2025, expanding HIV PrEP options with the potential to advance efforts to end the HIV epidemic. #FundHIV. Read the full clinical recommendation: bit.ly/47WMx5P
"It was estimated that, by their 18th birthday, 61% (95% UI, 58%-63%) of US children were ever enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP and 42% (95% UI, 38%-46%) were ever uninsured." From Ye Shen et al. @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Health Insurance Dynamics During Childhood in the US
This decision analytical modeling study aimed to estimate childhood insurance outcomes, including the proportions of those who had ever been enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP or had ever been uninsured.
jamanetwork.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"It was estimated that, by their 18th birthday, 61% (95% UI, 58%-63%) of US children were ever enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP and 42% (95% UI, 38%-46%) were ever uninsured." From Ye Shen et al. @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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We're hiring! 5 tenure track assistant professors. 2 #microbiology, 2 #Evolution, 1 #biologicalclocks
jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/675062/f...
jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/675062/f...
Five Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Positions in Microbiology, Evolution, and Biological Clocks - College Station, Texas job with Department of Biology - TAMU | 675062
Texas A&M University (TAMU) invites applications for five full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor positions
jobs.sciencecareers.org
September 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
We're hiring! 5 tenure track assistant professors. 2 #microbiology, 2 #Evolution, 1 #biologicalclocks
jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/675062/f...
jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/675062/f...
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@sriucl.bsky.social is HIRING 2 permanent Lecturers 🚀 in #QuantitativeSocialScience!
It comes with smart and lovely colleagues🌟, a central London office, and many big ideas and questions 🧐
Apply now! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
It comes with smart and lovely colleagues🌟, a central London office, and many big ideas and questions 🧐
Apply now! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
@sriucl.bsky.social is HIRING 2 permanent Lecturers 🚀 in #QuantitativeSocialScience!
It comes with smart and lovely colleagues🌟, a central London office, and many big ideas and questions 🧐
Apply now! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
It comes with smart and lovely colleagues🌟, a central London office, and many big ideas and questions 🧐
Apply now! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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MC Stan is here! Follow for the latest Stan news, and tag if you want us to repost your posts about new papers, packages, courses, etc. about Stan
September 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
MC Stan is here! Follow for the latest Stan news, and tag if you want us to repost your posts about new papers, packages, courses, etc. about Stan
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The Dept. of BioSciences at #RiceUniversity, in Houston, Texas, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Evolutionary Biology, with a preferred focus on organismal responses to environmental change. Please RT!
Apply: apply.interfolio.com/173889
Apply: apply.interfolio.com/173889
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September 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The Dept. of BioSciences at #RiceUniversity, in Houston, Texas, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Evolutionary Biology, with a preferred focus on organismal responses to environmental change. Please RT!
Apply: apply.interfolio.com/173889
Apply: apply.interfolio.com/173889
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📢 Call to anyone working in - or affected by - #HIV #HBV #hepatitis, as we gather data about impact of #funding cuts.
Can you help with a short questionnaire? link here ⬇️
forms.gle/nUJZFpMTdiwB...
Can be anonymous. Preliminary results in this thread.
#PEPFAR #CDC #NIH #MedSky #LiverSky #NoHep 🧪
Can you help with a short questionnaire? link here ⬇️
forms.gle/nUJZFpMTdiwB...
Can be anonymous. Preliminary results in this thread.
#PEPFAR #CDC #NIH #MedSky #LiverSky #NoHep 🧪
September 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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1/ 🚨 #JobOffer Two fixed term, Senior Executive Officer (PostDoc equivalent) Mathematical Modeller / Research Software Engineer positions at UKHSA.
🗓️ Appointment term: Fixed-term, available until Mar 2028
⏳ Application deadline: 23:59 BST, Wed 10 Sep 2025
#AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs #PublicHealth
🗓️ Appointment term: Fixed-term, available until Mar 2028
⏳ Application deadline: 23:59 BST, Wed 10 Sep 2025
#AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs #PublicHealth
September 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
1/ 🚨 #JobOffer Two fixed term, Senior Executive Officer (PostDoc equivalent) Mathematical Modeller / Research Software Engineer positions at UKHSA.
🗓️ Appointment term: Fixed-term, available until Mar 2028
⏳ Application deadline: 23:59 BST, Wed 10 Sep 2025
#AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs #PublicHealth
🗓️ Appointment term: Fixed-term, available until Mar 2028
⏳ Application deadline: 23:59 BST, Wed 10 Sep 2025
#AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs #PublicHealth
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A Labor Day podcast recommend
The biggest changes I’ve made in 2025 all flow back to Robert Putnam’s ideas here:
thick, layered social groups —> functional local governments & better personal well-being & healthy national politics
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
The biggest changes I’ve made in 2025 all flow back to Robert Putnam’s ideas here:
thick, layered social groups —> functional local governments & better personal well-being & healthy national politics
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Join or Die with Robert Putnam
Podcast Episode · What Now? with Trevor Noah · 01/23/2025 · 1h 6m
podcasts.apple.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A Labor Day podcast recommend
The biggest changes I’ve made in 2025 all flow back to Robert Putnam’s ideas here:
thick, layered social groups —> functional local governments & better personal well-being & healthy national politics
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
The biggest changes I’ve made in 2025 all flow back to Robert Putnam’s ideas here:
thick, layered social groups —> functional local governments & better personal well-being & healthy national politics
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
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ICYMI: Chicago Has a Huge Lead Pipe Problem—and We Mapped It.
Collaboration @insideclimatenews.org @grist.org @wbez.org
insideclimatenews.org/news/2808202...
Collaboration @insideclimatenews.org @grist.org @wbez.org
insideclimatenews.org/news/2808202...
August 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
ICYMI: Chicago Has a Huge Lead Pipe Problem—and We Mapped It.
Collaboration @insideclimatenews.org @grist.org @wbez.org
insideclimatenews.org/news/2808202...
Collaboration @insideclimatenews.org @grist.org @wbez.org
insideclimatenews.org/news/2808202...
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Excited to announce a search for an Associate or Full Professor in Infectious Disease Modeling at Penn State's Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics. Details at link and below.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
Full or Associate Professor in Infectious Disease Modeling
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Excited to announce a search for an Associate or Full Professor in Infectious Disease Modeling at Penn State's Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics. Details at link and below.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
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Other (London, UK)
Senior Mathematical Modeller/Research Software Engineer in the NIHR-funded Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU)
at UK HSA
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2350
Senior Mathematical Modeller/Research Software Engineer in the NIHR-funded Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU)
at UK HSA
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2350
August 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Other (London, UK)
Senior Mathematical Modeller/Research Software Engineer in the NIHR-funded Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU)
at UK HSA
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2350
Senior Mathematical Modeller/Research Software Engineer in the NIHR-funded Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU)
at UK HSA
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2350