Shweta Bansal
bansallab.bsky.social
Shweta Bansal
@bansallab.bsky.social
Professor in infectious disease ecology and mathematical epidemiology at Georgetown University (Washington DC). #socialbehavior, #netsci, #networks, #spatialepi, #bigdata, #mathbio, #inequities, #openscience, she/her. http://bansallab.com
Thank you, @lizneeley.bsky.social! Very grateful for your work in these maddening times.
November 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Yes! You made it happen!
August 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Far too kind. ❤️ 🙏.
July 31, 2025 at 10:27 PM
🙏🏽 Congrats, Giulia and the whole team!
June 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Reposted by Shweta Bansal
So what should NSF grantees, worried by terminated grants, do? That's something I've been thinking a lot about, given my own NSF grants.

First, I'd encourage to read this AAUP guide focused squarely on NSF grant termination policies: www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
April 18, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Reposted by Shweta Bansal
If the public already knows, then surely there is no harm in posting the results. But they want to suppress them because RFK Jr., who is an anti-vaxxer and who has never conducted scientific research, thinks vaccines are bad. www.propublica.org/article/meas...
The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations
The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.
www.propublica.org
March 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Congrats!
March 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM