Shay Soremekun
@seyisoremekun.bsky.social
Epidemiologist @ LSHTM: Designing and evaluating policy-changing interventions to improve global health and human development.
📢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...
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
📢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...
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...
Reposted by Shay Soremekun
Surely the attendance of AI-generated pupils is going to be zero?
November 12, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Surely the attendance of AI-generated pupils is going to be zero?
📢I sat down with Dr Shubs Upadhyay from the brilliant Global Perspectives on Digital Health podcast 🌐
We talked #evaluation of #digital #health interventions in low resource settings, programme theory and equitable and decolonial approaches 👇🏽
www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-shu...
We talked #evaluation of #digital #health interventions in low resource settings, programme theory and equitable and decolonial approaches 👇🏽
www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-shu...
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
📢I sat down with Dr Shubs Upadhyay from the brilliant Global Perspectives on Digital Health podcast 🌐
We talked #evaluation of #digital #health interventions in low resource settings, programme theory and equitable and decolonial approaches 👇🏽
www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-shu...
We talked #evaluation of #digital #health interventions in low resource settings, programme theory and equitable and decolonial approaches 👇🏽
www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-shu...
Reposted by Shay Soremekun
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...
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
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...
www.rigb.org/explore-scie...
Tickets:
www.rigb.org/whats-on/dis...
Thoughtful @thelancet.com comment following an excellent Pumphandle Lecture by Professor Cesar Victora hosted by the John Snow Society earlier this month.
Are we adequately preparing for future health crises?
In a new Offline, Richard Horton explores how scenario planning can shape resilient health policies and ensure justice for health worldwide: tinyurl.com/28nt54xu
In a new Offline, Richard Horton explores how scenario planning can shape resilient health policies and ensure justice for health worldwide: tinyurl.com/28nt54xu
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, Braz...
tinyurl.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Thoughtful @thelancet.com comment following an excellent Pumphandle Lecture by Professor Cesar Victora hosted by the John Snow Society earlier this month.
Reposted by Shay Soremekun
📢The 2025 Pumphandle Lecture will be given by:
Dr Cesar Victora, Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology at Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil!!
"From Local Insights to Global Impact: Four Decades of Child Health and Nutrition Epidemiology in Pelotas, Brazil."
More information to come.
Dr Cesar Victora, Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology at Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil!!
"From Local Insights to Global Impact: Four Decades of Child Health and Nutrition Epidemiology in Pelotas, Brazil."
More information to come.
August 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
📢The 2025 Pumphandle Lecture will be given by:
Dr Cesar Victora, Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology at Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil!!
"From Local Insights to Global Impact: Four Decades of Child Health and Nutrition Epidemiology in Pelotas, Brazil."
More information to come.
Dr Cesar Victora, Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology at Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil!!
"From Local Insights to Global Impact: Four Decades of Child Health and Nutrition Epidemiology in Pelotas, Brazil."
More information to come.
Reposted by Shay Soremekun
🗣️NEW SPEAKER!
Professor Rebecca French will be speaking at LSHTM’s Health Misinformation UNPACKED, 15 September 2025, London/online. @lshtmcepr.bsky.social
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Professor Rebecca French will be speaking at LSHTM’s Health Misinformation UNPACKED, 15 September 2025, London/online. @lshtmcepr.bsky.social
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
July 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🗣️NEW SPEAKER!
Professor Rebecca French will be speaking at LSHTM’s Health Misinformation UNPACKED, 15 September 2025, London/online. @lshtmcepr.bsky.social
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Professor Rebecca French will be speaking at LSHTM’s Health Misinformation UNPACKED, 15 September 2025, London/online. @lshtmcepr.bsky.social
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Reposted by Shay Soremekun
New MSc Health Data in Practice @qmul-wiph.bsky.social
Prepare for leadership or strategic positions in the NHS or wider public and private sector organisations.
Find out more at: www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Register to join our webinar on 24th July, 1-2pm at qmul.tfaforms.net/166
Prepare for leadership or strategic positions in the NHS or wider public and private sector organisations.
Find out more at: www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Register to join our webinar on 24th July, 1-2pm at qmul.tfaforms.net/166
July 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
New MSc Health Data in Practice @qmul-wiph.bsky.social
Prepare for leadership or strategic positions in the NHS or wider public and private sector organisations.
Find out more at: www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Register to join our webinar on 24th July, 1-2pm at qmul.tfaforms.net/166
Prepare for leadership or strategic positions in the NHS or wider public and private sector organisations.
Find out more at: www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Register to join our webinar on 24th July, 1-2pm at qmul.tfaforms.net/166
We won the John Snow Society inaugural quiz (a month ago)!
Well done to the winning team:
...Quizzy Experimental Designs! ⚡
Who correctly answered niche questions such as 'What was Florence Nightingale doing during the 1854 Soho cholera outbreak?' and 'Provide at least one of Dr Snow's addresses in London?'
Here with their prizes:
...Quizzy Experimental Designs! ⚡
Who correctly answered niche questions such as 'What was Florence Nightingale doing during the 1854 Soho cholera outbreak?' and 'Provide at least one of Dr Snow's addresses in London?'
Here with their prizes:
July 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
We won the John Snow Society inaugural quiz (a month ago)!
📢Our mother-child bonding paper is out in @plosone.org!
In 2020 we developed a new tool to measure bonding, assessed its underlying constructs with structural equations and regression, showing bonding is affected by mode of birth and maternal depression.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
In 2020 we developed a new tool to measure bonding, assessed its underlying constructs with structural equations and regression, showing bonding is affected by mode of birth and maternal depression.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
April 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📢Our mother-child bonding paper is out in @plosone.org!
In 2020 we developed a new tool to measure bonding, assessed its underlying constructs with structural equations and regression, showing bonding is affected by mode of birth and maternal depression.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
In 2020 we developed a new tool to measure bonding, assessed its underlying constructs with structural equations and regression, showing bonding is affected by mode of birth and maternal depression.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
We co-developed a training initiative in quasi-experimental designs with LSHTM Centre for Evaluation and the Youth Endowment Fund 📉👇
Includes some great colleagues (most not on Bluesky)
www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
Includes some great colleagues (most not on Bluesky)
www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
April 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
We co-developed a training initiative in quasi-experimental designs with LSHTM Centre for Evaluation and the Youth Endowment Fund 📉👇
Includes some great colleagues (most not on Bluesky)
www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
Includes some great colleagues (most not on Bluesky)
www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
Reposted by Shay Soremekun
Call for Nominations: The 2025 Paul Farmer Lectureship and Award for Global Health Equity @mcgill.ca
www.mcgill.ca/spgh/about-u...
www.mcgill.ca/spgh/about-u...
Call for Nominations: The 2025 Paul Farmer Lectureship and Award for Global Health Equity
The McGill School of Population and Global Health is now accepting nominations for the 2025 Paul Farmer Award for Global Health Equity. The nomination deadline is Sunday, June 8th, 2025. Paul Farmer, ...
www.mcgill.ca
March 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Call for Nominations: The 2025 Paul Farmer Lectureship and Award for Global Health Equity @mcgill.ca
www.mcgill.ca/spgh/about-u...
www.mcgill.ca/spgh/about-u...
I can't recommend this scheme enough - working with my MP and having him visit the LSHTM, give a talk and meet my colleagues (and doing the same in Parliament) was a fantastic experience with positive consequences. @royalsociety.org
New MPs, civil servants and scientists are about to trade places and swap roles as the Royal Society Pairing Scheme 2025 kicks off on Monday. 30 UK scientists will be shadowing parliamentarians and civil servants over a week that will include the Spring Statement: royalsociety.org/news/2025/03...
March 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I can't recommend this scheme enough - working with my MP and having him visit the LSHTM, give a talk and meet my colleagues (and doing the same in Parliament) was a fantastic experience with positive consequences. @royalsociety.org
I was interviewed by one of our great student liaison officers Whitney Langlee for International Women's Day 👇
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology @lshtm.bsky.social, @seyisoremekun.bsky.social shares her journey into public health and evaluation.
Read the full interview👇
www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
Read the full interview👇
www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
March 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I was interviewed by one of our great student liaison officers Whitney Langlee for International Women's Day 👇
We independently analysed data for the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Nanoro and Oxford University on their new #malaria vaccine candidate RH5.1!
⬆️Up to 91% efficacy against very high parasitaemia
More results to follow...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
⬆️Up to 91% efficacy against very high parasitaemia
More results to follow...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
February 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
We independently analysed data for the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Nanoro and Oxford University on their new #malaria vaccine candidate RH5.1!
⬆️Up to 91% efficacy against very high parasitaemia
More results to follow...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
⬆️Up to 91% efficacy against very high parasitaemia
More results to follow...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
🎉New Grant Alert: Excited to start a new body of research with #BenWeobong on impacts of climate change 🌦️ on mental health in children, adolescents and women.
Even more so to meet fellow awardees in our first @medresfdn.bsky.social Equitable Partnerships week in Ghana.
Even more so to meet fellow awardees in our first @medresfdn.bsky.social Equitable Partnerships week in Ghana.
February 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
🎉New Grant Alert: Excited to start a new body of research with #BenWeobong on impacts of climate change 🌦️ on mental health in children, adolescents and women.
Even more so to meet fellow awardees in our first @medresfdn.bsky.social Equitable Partnerships week in Ghana.
Even more so to meet fellow awardees in our first @medresfdn.bsky.social Equitable Partnerships week in Ghana.
How to organise a global health conference (a guide):
'Your event will be one of 96% in the global north, but will probably be about global south problems'.
'Remember nothing says “global health” like a 5-star ocean view resort'
by Dr Hashim Hounkpatin
speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2024/07/26/h...
'Your event will be one of 96% in the global north, but will probably be about global south problems'.
'Remember nothing says “global health” like a 5-star ocean view resort'
by Dr Hashim Hounkpatin
speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2024/07/26/h...
How to organize a global health conference: a satirical guide
Welcome to the chaotic world of organizing a global health conference
speakingofmedicine.plos.org
February 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
How to organise a global health conference (a guide):
'Your event will be one of 96% in the global north, but will probably be about global south problems'.
'Remember nothing says “global health” like a 5-star ocean view resort'
by Dr Hashim Hounkpatin
speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2024/07/26/h...
'Your event will be one of 96% in the global north, but will probably be about global south problems'.
'Remember nothing says “global health” like a 5-star ocean view resort'
by Dr Hashim Hounkpatin
speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2024/07/26/h...
We need for better quality, translational trials of #AI interventions in healthcare - that incorporate proper implementation science.
Excited to join the steering committee of the new CANAIRI initiative led by @MMccradden and @DrXiaoLiu
@naturemedicine.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Excited to join the steering committee of the new CANAIRI initiative led by @MMccradden and @DrXiaoLiu
@naturemedicine.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
We need for better quality, translational trials of #AI interventions in healthcare - that incorporate proper implementation science.
Excited to join the steering committee of the new CANAIRI initiative led by @MMccradden and @DrXiaoLiu
@naturemedicine.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Excited to join the steering committee of the new CANAIRI initiative led by @MMccradden and @DrXiaoLiu
@naturemedicine.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The annual @JohnSnowSociety Pumphandle Lecture is always a fantastic event, this year given by the former @WHO Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan @doctorsoumya
My role, to introduce Dr Soumya in the ceremonial removal of the handle of a replica water pump was worth all the dress rehearsals.
My role, to introduce Dr Soumya in the ceremonial removal of the handle of a replica water pump was worth all the dress rehearsals.
February 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The annual @JohnSnowSociety Pumphandle Lecture is always a fantastic event, this year given by the former @WHO Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan @doctorsoumya
My role, to introduce Dr Soumya in the ceremonial removal of the handle of a replica water pump was worth all the dress rehearsals.
My role, to introduce Dr Soumya in the ceremonial removal of the handle of a replica water pump was worth all the dress rehearsals.
Great position piece in @UNICEF blog recently on the value of sustainable, scalable digital technologies to reach undervaccinated children in Africa, and good to see an increasing number of locally developed research studies in this area 👏🏽
@kkallander
www.unicef.org/blog/digital...
@kkallander
www.unicef.org/blog/digital...
Digital for zero-dose: Harnessing AI for global health equity
Harnessing AI and innovative solutions for global health equity.
www.unicef.org
February 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Great position piece in @UNICEF blog recently on the value of sustainable, scalable digital technologies to reach undervaccinated children in Africa, and good to see an increasing number of locally developed research studies in this area 👏🏽
@kkallander
www.unicef.org/blog/digital...
@kkallander
www.unicef.org/blog/digital...