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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 14h

New study in @thelancet.com

“After nearly 2 years of war and severe restrictions in humanitarian aid, tens of thousands of preschool-aged children in the Gaza Strip are suffering from preventable acute malnutrition and facing an increased risk of mortality”

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Assessment of malnutrition in preschool-aged children by mid-upper arm circumference in the Gaza Strip (January, 2024–August, 2025): a longitudinal, cross-sectional, surveillance study

After nearly 2 years of war and severe restrictions in humanitarian aid, tens of thousands of preschool-aged children in the Gaza Strip are suffering from preventable acute malnutrition and facing an ...

www.thelancet.com

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Volodymyr Minin 🇺🇦🇺🇸 @vmminin.bsky.social · 3d

In another display of incredible resilience, Ukrainian mathematicians in 2022(❗) opened a new International Centre for Mathematics in Ukraine (ICMU): icmu.ua/en

It was pleasure to give an online mini-course on Bayesian Statistics to Ukrainian students and scientists: icmu.ua/en/events/in...

International Centre for Mathematics in Ukraine - ICMU

ICMU supports top-level research in mathematics, with special emphasis on training younger generations of scientists and the development of mathematics in Ukraine.

icmu.ua

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Daniel M. Parker @dmparker.bsky.social · 29d

Oh my. Might have been fun for a short while. What a bad place we are in though

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · Sep 9

Student, to professor: "I'm not entirely sure this is legal to be teaching, because according to our president there's only two genders... and I don't want to promote something that is against our president's laws as well as against my religious beliefs" www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...

A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum

The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.

www.kbtx.com

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · Sep 5

Absolutely off the charts public health capacity on display here.

BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Sep 5

In under 24h following the newly identified outbreak of #Ebola in the DRC, the virus has been isolated, sequenced and the virus sequence data made publicly available.
virological.org/t/the-16th-e...

The 16th Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Bulape Health Zone, Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A new spillover event from an unknown reservoir host

Background The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is currently facing concurrent outbreaks including mpox, cholera and malaria (1-4). The Ministry of Public Health, DRC has declared the 16th Ebola...

virological.org

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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · Sep 3

PSA for academic writers (post-PhD):

I’m a fan of this writing group and plan to participate again this fall. Jess is a great facilitator.

I know that the Tuesday option, at least, still has some spots open

Writing Groups

Write in community! Join a writing group Meet with a small cohort of faculty members and post-PhD researchers for mutual support, accountability, and dedicated writing time. Fall writing groups beg…

draftbydraft.com

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · Aug 29

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · Aug 26

We are hiring! The Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State seeks an Associate or Full Professor in Infectious Disease Dynamics 🦠

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

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James Holland Jones @juemos.bsky.social · Aug 21

This is quite the all-star lineup of demographers with expertise in fertility.

Period fertility (or mortality) rates are not destiny.

If we are really that concerned about future population growth, perhaps we should just make it easier for people to have families? It's in our power

Don’t Panic: Population Projection is Not a Crystal Ball

sites.utexas.edu

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N.S. Vitek @nsvitek.bsky.social · Aug 20

🚨 Job Alert! 🚨

Assistant Professor in Global Change and Disease Ecology at Stony Brook University, Department of Ecology & Evolution. Deadline: October 1.

#AcademicJobs #tenuretrack #facultyjobs

apply.interfolio.com/171403

(I love being here. Come join!)

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MIDAS Network @midas-network.bsky.social · Aug 19

Head of Data Engineering and Informatics Position Available -
www.iddo.org/about-us/jobs

Jobs | Infectious Diseases Data Observatory

www.iddo.org

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Aug 19

Economic Research Rescue Fund (for people whose NSF grants have been pulled). From UK ESRC. #academicsky
mailchi.mp/ssrc.org/rem...

Reminder: Economic Research Rescue Fund Accepting Applications

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James Holland Jones @juemos.bsky.social · Aug 19

This is an amazing article about the train wreck that is the University of Chicago. Very clear implications for R1 universities more generally.

www.compactmag.com/article/the-...

The Crisis of the University Started Long Before Trump

The University of Chicago is in crisis. Under extraordinary financial strain, it has diminished its faculty-student ratio and hired hundreds of “lecturers”: teachers whom it pays little and whom it do...

www.compactmag.com

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Vanessa Lamb @drvanessalamb.bsky.social · Aug 18

Please join us! I am co-convening 3 Royal Geographical Society panels on Feminist and Gendered Geographies of Resistance with @zalifung.bsky.social and Rebecca Elmhirst at the University of Birmingham next week. A great lineup of presentations. bit.ly/4lgkPnk @rgsibg.bsky.social

Panel description feminist and gendered geographies of resistance

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Daniel M. Parker @dmparker.bsky.social · Aug 18

www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/r...

Former CDC Director William Foege: How public health can fight back in a time of dangerous nonsense

“Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time,” writes former CDC Director William Foege.

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Daniel M. Parker @dmparker.bsky.social · Aug 18

🦟💧 Satellite data show that #Aedes aegypti #mosquitoes spike not when it rains, but when surface water is around—like irrigation puddles. We used remote-sensing in SoCal to map risk and guide smarter mosquito control. 🔬🌐 doi.org/10.1186/s130...

Environmental correlates of Aedes aegypti abundance in the West Valley region of San Bernardino County, California, USA, from 2017 to 2023: an ecological modeling study - Parasites & Vectors

Background Aedes mosquitoes, particularly Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus, are major vectors of globally significant diseases such as dengue, Zika, and chikungunya. Since 2013, Ae. aegypti population...

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Daniel M. Parker @dmparker.bsky.social · Aug 15

preliminary work from us on seroepidemiology of #Aedes borne disease in East #Ethiopia. Long story short - LOTS of exposure to #dengue and #chikungunya. There have been outbreaks, but looks endemic to me. More work needed on that. There might be Zika transmission too: : dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

High seroprevalence of antibodies to Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika viruses in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional survey in 2024

Author summary Mosquito-borne viruses such as dengue, chikungunya, and Zika pose growing public health challenges in many parts of Africa, but limited surveillance makes it difficult to assess their t...

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Aug 11

Bergen looking for more presenters at this conference. Interdisciplinary group seeking to 'change the narratives' around pandemic preparedness. #healthpolicy

www4.uib.no/en/research/...

Conference Preparing for health crises in a changing world:

Pandemisenter UiB Pandemic Centre Bergen University of Bergen Annual conference new nattatives for health crises

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Aug 8

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · Aug 8

As the US hits a 33-year high in measles infections, there is now a "race" to find a treatment for the disease.

One pharma company "is banking on a continuing decline in vaccination rates to fuel a need for measles treatments—and in turn, more investor interest"

🎁 link

www.wsj.com/health/healt...

The Race to Find a Measles Treatment as Infections Surge

The measles vaccine was so effective the disease was considered eliminated in the U.S., but a resurgence of outbreaks is spurring a need for drugs.

www.wsj.com

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Tim Shenk @timshenk.msf.ca · Aug 7

Cuts to malaria funding by the US are also evident now in Ethiopia’s Gambella region, where @doctorswithoutborders.org is receiving more patients and concerned about further increases: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/aid-c...

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Daniel M. Parker @dmparker.bsky.social · Aug 7

Incredibly cool work from Isaac H Goldstein: "The signal is not flushed away"
doi.org/10.48550/arX...

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Andrew Middleton @mapcenter.com · Aug 3

It's nice to know I'm still loved in Monterey. This is my book of diving maps for sale at Bamboo Reef. Jealous of the gorgeous pictures coming out of the area lately.

A five shop counter with a well loved copy of Diving Monterey on top

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Daniel M. Parker @dmparker.bsky.social · Aug 3

There is a whole lot to unpack from this. Insane #medical expenses; illogical #healthcare system; #infectious_disease concerns; folks chewing on bats (but not the late Ozzy)... www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Bat flies into woman's mouth in Arizona, costing her nearly $21,000 in medical bills

Erica Kahn, who lives in Massachusetts, wasn't insured when she had a close encounter with the flying mammal at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

www.nbcnews.com

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Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social · Jul 31

People thought I was overreacting when I said Trump’s list of “banned” words meant epidemiology was itself defacto being banned.

But this week U Michigan announced they aren’t even accepting applications for the 2026 epi PhD admissions cycle.

www.michigandaily.com/news/news-br...

UMich cancels doctoral epidemiology program admissions for 2026

The University of Michigan School of Public Health will not admit a 2025-2026 admissions cycle cohort to its PhD in Epidemiologic Sciences program.

www.michigandaily.com

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · Jul 31

I NEED to tell you the story of Tae Heung “William” Kim.

He's a graduate student at Texas A&M where he's working on a vaccine for Lyme disease.

He's a *legal permanent resident* of the United States.

And he's been in ICE detention for 12 days & counting, transferred Tuesday to South Texas.

From left to right, Dr. Albert Mulenga, William Tae Heung Kim, Dr. Thu Thuy Nguyen, Dr. Alex Kiarie Gaithuma, Dr Hassan Hakimi and Emily Bencosme Cuevas. Kim is a Texas A&M researcher who was detained in San Francisco last Monday despite being a permanent resident of the United States and a green card holder.

COURTESY OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

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