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Rachel Lowe 🌺
@drrachellowe.bsky.social
ICREA Research Professor | Global Health Resilience Group Leader at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center | Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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🎟️ Register now for the in-person UK launch of the 2025 Lancet Countdown Global Report with @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social

📚 Hear from leading voices on climate & health as we explore the latest science & policy insights.

🔗 Register: buff.ly/Y7xZmkh
October 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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⏰ Final call!
Deadline’s tomorrow (16 Oct) to submit new indicators on #climate & #health for the Lancet Countdown Europe 2027 Report 🌍
Focus: projections and attributions.
Don’t miss your chance to contribute! 🚀
Info & contacts 👉 [email protected]
#ClimateHealth #LancetCountdown #Europe
Watch back: Contribute to the development of new Lancet Countdown Europe indicators - Lancet Countdown
Find out more about submitting new indicator proposals to monitor the connections between health and climate change in Europe.
lancetcountdown.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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📣 Last days to apply as a Chapter Scientist to support author teams for IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report.

The deadline for applications is 18 October 2025.

More details: lnkd.in/dGvmmWeC
📣 Attention: Early-career researchers from developing countries & countries in transition!

Are you interested in becoming a Chapter Scientist and supporting author teams for #IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report?

Apply by 18 Oct 2025

🔗 www.ipcc.ch/2025/10/07/c...
October 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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🌏BSC researcher @drrachellowe.bsky.social explores how early warning systems can harness technology to predict & prepare for disease outbreaks, a vital step in strengthening global health resilience

🎧 Hear more on the 'When Science Finds a Way' podcast by @wellcometrust.bsky.social: lnk.to/wvjSUz
October 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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"A Catalunya cada cop hi ha més preocupació per les malalties transmeses per paparres, flebòtoms i rates"

🗞️ @drrachellowe.bsky.social i @daalenkim.bsky.social al Diari Ara.
Rachel Lowe i Kim van Daalen: "A Catalunya cada cop hi ha més preocupació per les malalties transmeses per paparres, flebòtoms i rates"
Investigadora Icrea al BSC i epidemiòloga a la Universitat de Cambridge
www.ara.cat
September 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Anticipatory action for disease #outbreak preparedness

🏗️ A new framework sets out how #humanitarian actors can predict, contain & potentially prevent disease outbreaks in fragile, climate-sensitive or conflict-affected settings

Read more: www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

@drrachellowe.bsky.social
Anticipatory action: a new paradigm for outbreak responses in crisis settings |
Anticipatory action: a new paradigm for outbreak responses in crisis settings | LSHTM
www.lshtm.ac.uk
August 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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🌱🧠 Today’s youth will live longest with #climatechange.
They must understand its impact on #health. Our new article breaks it down for them.

💡 Climate education is empowering to act, advocate & lead

Infographics: lancetcountdown.org/multimedia-resources
Full text: doi.org/10.3389/frym.2025.1556941
August 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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🌍🌱 New for young readers (8–15): How climate change affects health, and how climate action helps!

Our new Frontiers for Young Minds article turns @countdowneurope.bsky.social findings into clear, hopeful insights.

🔗 Read: kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
📊 Infographics: shorturl.at/wmt0X
August 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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It presents a positive perspective on

🔹 How climate change affects our health
🔹 The health benefits of climate action
🔹 The role of governments, businesses, and citizens
August 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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📰 New publication!

Tilly Alcayna et al. present a framework for developing triggers for anticipatory action for climate-sensitive infectious disease outbreaks in #humanitarian settings

🤝 Informed by practices from ‪Red Cross Red Crescent, UN agencies & ‪MSF

gh.bmj.com/content/10/7...
Integrating anticipatory action in disease outbreak preparedness and response in the humanitarian sector
In the humanitarian sector, anticipatory action entails acting ahead of predicted hazardous events to prevent or mitigate potential impacts and needs. It leverages early warnings to bridge preparednes...
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July 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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July 29, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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🦟 Europe’s mosquitoes are on the move — and they’re arriving early.

In 2025, France reported 6 chikungunya outbreaks by May. That’s weeks ahead of the usual season.

Read our news item on the current situation and #ECDC's response: bit.ly/4esZ0zr

#MosquitoBorneDiseases #ECDC
New ECDC weekly reports and guidance to tackle mosquito-borne diseases across Europe
As Europe enters this year’s mosquito season, ECDC has launched a new series of weekly surveillance updates to help public health authorities monitor mosquito-borne diseases in a timely way, covering ...
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July 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Great science yesterday at the @ibeidlabex.bsky.social meeting at ENVA at Maisons Alfort with fantastic talks from our guest @drrachellowe.bsky.social and many others! @salehlabparis.bsky.social @fernando-batista.bsky.social @pasteur.fr @anses-fr.bsky.social @inserm.fr @ap-hp.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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🎭🔥 Estrena de ‘Crema, Groenlàndia’

L'espectacle, que ha comptat amb la participació del BSC, s’endinsa en l’ #emergènciaclimàtica des de l’escenari, combinant fets reals, ciència i ficció

📅 18 de juny
www.bsc.es/Ztt

🟢Iniciativa de l’Institut de Ciència i Teatre finançada per #FECYT #Crearte
June 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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🙌La investigadora del BSC @drrachellowe.bsky.social es una de las 8 finalistas de los premios Vanguardia de la Ciencia por 'La #crisisclimática ya es una crisis sanitaria'

☑La ganadora se elegirá por votación popular, que estará abierta hasta el 22 de junio: bsc.es/Ztp
June 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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🌡🌍 “España lidera el incremento de muertes por calor en Europa”

La investigadora del BSC @drrachellowe.bsky.social, finalista de los premios Vanguardia de la Ciencia

☑ La ganadora se elegirá por votación popular: bsc.es/Ztp

Entrevista en @lavanguardia.com: bsc.es/Zth
June 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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🗣️ “We try to understand how a disease spreads, anticipate where and when an outbreak is likely, and give this info to public health services so they can act,” says @drrachellowe.bsky.social from @bsc-cns.bsky.social.

🔝 Don't miss the interview for the Catalan TV. ⬇️ www.3cat.cat/324/temporad...
Temporada de mosquits: Catalunya es prepara per evitar que el dengue es faci endèmic
Comença la temporada de vigilància intensiva del mosquit tigre, transmissor de malalties tropicals que poden arribar a ser molt greus
www.3cat.cat
June 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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"El cambio climático no es un escenario teórico para un futuro lejano: ya está aquí y mata"

@drrachellowe.bsky.social investigadora del @bsc-cns.bsky.social

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“España lidera el incremento de muertes por calor en Europa”
La mortalidad relacionada con el calor ha aumentado un 94% en Europa entre 2000 y 2020. Así lo indica el informe The Lancet Countdown Europe 2024, publicado en The
www.lavanguardia.com
June 1, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Yesterday @ianguelovski.bsky.social @pkotsila.bsky.social
served as jury members for the 2024 Ciudad de Barcelona Awards @barcelonacat.bsky.social awarding the Lancet Countdown’s Europe Report on Health & Climate Change. Congrats to lead authors @daalenkim.bsky.social @drrachellowe.bsky.social!
May 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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🙌La investigadora del BSC @drrachellowe.bsky.social es una de las 8 finalistas de los premios Vanguardia de la Ciencia por 'La #crisisclimática ya es una crisis sanitaria'

☑La ganadora se elegirá por votación popular, que estará abierta hasta el 22 de junio: www.bsc.es/Ztp
May 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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🌍 Big news! @drrachellowe.bsky.social, our former Director, has been nominated for the @lavanguardia.com Science Prize 2025 for leading the 2024 #LancetCountdown #Europe report!
🗳️ Cast your vote and support science that drives change: www.lavanguardia.com/vanguardia-d...
#Climate #Health #vote
Vota a las finalistas del premio Vanguardia de la Ciencia 2025
La votación para elegir a las ganadoras del premio Vanguardia de la Ciencia estará abierta hasta el domingo 22 de junio a las 23.59 (hora peninsular).
www.lavanguardia.com
May 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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🎉 Congratulations to @drrachellowe.bsky.social , member of the #E4Warning consortium and finalist for the @lavanguardia.com Science Award for her excellent research at @bsc-cns.bsky.social!

🗳️ Support her with your vote before June 22:

👉 www.lavanguardia.com/ciencia

#WomenInScience
May 26, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Join our Editor-in-Chief, Pooja Jha & colleagues from
@thelancet.com group in an upcoming webinar: "Pathways to Publication in Infectious Diseases".

We’ll also share insights on processes & opportunities to maximize the impact of your research.

Register here: hubs.li/Q03hG35S0
May 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Did you know:

* Heat stress & pollution affect fertility, miscarriage & maternal health?

* Love for the next generation is the #1 reason people act on climate?

* Parent groups are among the fastest-growing climate movements?

Excited for my Mother’s Day edition! Sign up here so you won't miss it.
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May 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Està preparada Catalunya per afrontar les malalties que vindran❓

🌍L'escalfament global accelera i la globalització connecta: malalties abans llunyanes ja es transmeten localment

🗞En parla la investigadora del BSC @drrachellowe.bsky.social al Diari Ara

www.bsc.es/ZFu

#dengue #mosquits #virus
May 6, 2025 at 6:59 AM