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Erin Welsh

@erinwelsh.bsky.social

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Science communicator, scientist, public health enthusiast, book nerd. Host and producer of @tpwky.bsky.social. Here to share new and ongoing projects, tidbits from the history of medicine, and thoughts on books. Send me your recommendations!

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · Nov 12

Hello #Bluesky! Let's talk diseases, medicine, history, biology, and whatever else is on your mind/bookshelf.

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · Mar 22

It's called Advances in Care! advances-in-care.simplecast.com

Advances in Care

On Advances in Care, epidemiologist and science communicator Erin Welsh sits down with physicians from NewYork-Presbyterian hospital to discuss the details behind cutting-edge research and innovative ...

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · Mar 11

Mark your calendars: Tonight at 5pm PT, the first episode in our pregnancy series premieres on YouTube! Erin and I will be logged in on YouTube as it debuts so we can chat with you all in real time! @tpwky.bsky.social

Check out the link here: youtu.be/Dx0ewmmMjnQ

This Podcast Will Kill You - Pregnancy: First Trimester

YouTube video by Exactly Right Media

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Sarah Senese @ssenese.bsky.social · Mar 8

My proudest accomplishment to date.

The work continues!

@jpvelotta.bsky.social @erinwelsh.bsky.social @aweiss.bsky.social @calvarezaranyos.bsky.social @bradleyallf.bsky.social @neuronickole.bsky.social, CO Senator Lisa Cutter, Meteorologist Mike Nelson, Scientist/Comedian Jessie Hanson

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · Mar 7

Stand up for science. Stand up for public health. Stand up for vaccines.

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · Feb 28

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · Feb 28

This is my new goal in life

Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · Feb 13

It was so much fun to finally get to nerd out about this adorable parasite and the importance of parasite conservation in this episode! I've been thinking about this isopod for YEARS 🐟

This Podcast Will Kill You @tpwky.bsky.social · Feb 11

This week's episode ... it's... well, it's about the isopod parasites that eat away and then functionally replace a fish's tongue. So. You're going to love it!

Photo Christian Gloor cc-2.0 via Flickr

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Feb 8

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.

I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.

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NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · Feb 7

So excited to announce my new hosting role on the Advances in Care podcast! Tune in for fascinating conversations with the physicians at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital who are on the cutting edge of medical research. Check out the first episode in the newest season: go.pddr.app/aic-smith-erin

Advancing Cardiology and Heart Surgery Through a History of Collaboration

Podcast Episode · Advances in Care · 02/06/2025 · 20m

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · Nov 27

A peer-reviewed guide to infectious disease podcasts?! And @tpwky.bsky.social made the list?! Yes please!!

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“Like and Subscribe”: A Compendium of Infectious Diseases Audio Podcasts

Abstract. In little more than 15 years, the podcast has gone from being virtually unknown to becoming a multibillion-dollar industry. There are an estimate

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · Nov 26

Turns out the Velveteen Rabbit still packs an emotional wallop even after all this time. Tune in to hear me unsuccessfully fighting back tears in our latest ep

#scarletfever #tpwky #podcast

This Podcast Will Kill You @tpwky.bsky.social · Nov 26

Scarlet fever once was deadly enough to require mandatory isolations and fill graveyards with its victims. Today, while Streptococcus pyogenes still flourishes, scarlet fever has, well, changed. Tune in to this week’s episode to find out how!

#podcast #spotify #applepodcast

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · Nov 20

You might be onto something there. Keeping the fibers flexible and whatnot

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Debbie Gale Mitchell @heydebigale.bsky.social · Nov 19

New nonfiction science book releases for November, 2024!

What books did I miss? Which of these books are on your tbr?

I am hoping to read THE SERVICEBERRY this month. I have heard it is a more distilled version of Wall Kimmerer's masterpiece BRAIDING SWEETGRASS.

Nonfiction Science New Releases
November, 2024

A teal background with 10 book covers:

LOST WONDERS by Tom Lathan
WHAT THE CHICKEN KNOWS by Sy Montgomery
VANISHING TREASURES by Katherine Rundell
THE SERVICEBERRY by Robin Wall Kimmerer
POWER METAL by Vince Beiser
THE LOST WORLD OF THE DINOSAURS by Armin Schmitt
TREEKEEPERS by Lauren E Oakes
CHAIN REACTIONS: The Hopeful History of Uranium
TIME EXPANSION EXPERIENCES by Steve Taylor
INTO THE THAW by Jon Waterman

In the bottom right-hand of the slide is a hand drawing of the molecule morphine.

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · Nov 20

I just came across a description of rope factories (or ropewalks) as being really prone to fire. So maybe working with them during the heat of the sun increased the chance of fire?

Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · Nov 20

Oooo that's an interesting thought!

Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · Nov 20

Does anyone know why you wouldn't be able to make rope while the sun was shining in 18th century England? This is not the setup to a punchline, I'm truly curious 😅

#history #britishhistory

From London Life In The Eighteenth Century by M. Dorothy George

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · Nov 19

Shoutout to 'sensitive plant' (Mimosa pudica) for setting us on the path to understand circadian rhythms

Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · Nov 19

I had such a great time chatting with @emonosson.bsky.social about her fascinating book Blight! It was a great reminder that I don't appreciate fungi as much as I should 🍄

This Podcast Will Kill You @tpwky.bsky.social · Nov 19

Do you, too, feel like fungi are under-appreciated? Well then this week’s book club is for you! Join us as we discuss Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic with author and environmental toxicologist Dr. Emily Monosson! @emonosson

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · Nov 18

1) I'm definitely judging this book by its cover and 2) it's making me want to read it

Found on Public Domain Review

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · Nov 17

Who's part of the club? Gotta love those old WPA posters

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Nov 16

Health officials in California have confirmed the first case of mpox clade I in the US. Patient is a returning traveller's who traveled to eastern Africa. This is not unexpected because the world is interconnected and there are ongoing outbreaks of clade I mpox in Africa.
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US health officials report 1st case of new form of mpox in a traveler

Health officials say they have confirmed the first U.S. case of a new form of mpox that was first seen in eastern Congo.

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · Nov 16

From Rats, Lice, and History by Hans Zinsser. Measles could easily be on that list too

Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · Nov 16

"Typhus, with its brothers and sisters - plague, cholera, typhoid, dysentery - has decided more campaigns than Caesar, Hannibal, Napoleon, and all the inspector generals of history. The epidemics get the blame for defeat, the generals get the credit for victory. It ought to be the other way around."

MTMcGurk @mtmcgurk.bsky.social · Nov 15

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This is all preventable. The vaccines work and are effective.

Long term, an Army cannot fight when it is sick. Disease and illness killed millions outside of the battlefield. Needless deaths and preventable.

Measles cases surge worldwide, infecting 10.3 million people in 2023: WHO

There were an estimated 10.3 million cases of measles in 2023 globally -- an increase of 20% from the previous year, according to a new WHO report.

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · Nov 15

This just unlocked a memory where my Amelia Earhart-obsessed 12-year-old self won a round of Balderdash because I was the only one who knew who Fred Noonan was

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · Nov 15

Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction

Graphic from Edward Tufte
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Graphic shows dramatic reduction in polio, rubella, mumps, measles, and hepatitis A cases after the introduction of vaccines for each disease.

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