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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · Aug 11

Superb last sentence 👏

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Ellie Delight @elliedelight.bsky.social · Jul 24

Excited to share our new research exploring gender and environmental health in four flood-prone communities in Salvador, Brazil. The study examines exposure pathways to leptospirosis through perceptions of disease and high-risk behaviours, using a sex-disaggregated and causally informed approach.

Gender differences in Leptospira exposure risk, perceptions of disease severity, and high-risk behaviours in Salvador, Brazil: A cross-sectional study

Vulnerability to climate hazards and infectious diseases is not gender-neutral, meaning that men, women, and other gender identities experience different risks. Leptospirosis is a zoonotic climate-sen...

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Environmental Health Group (EHG), LSHTM @lshtm-ehg.bsky.social · Jul 24

New paper out in @plosglobalpublichealth.org from EHG PhD student @elliedelight.bsky.social exploring how gender, perceptions of disease severity, and behaviours shape zoonotic spillover risk in urban Brazil.

See below! 👇

Ellie Delight @elliedelight.bsky.social · Jul 24

Excited to share our new research exploring gender and environmental health in four flood-prone communities in Salvador, Brazil. The study examines exposure pathways to leptospirosis through perceptions of disease and high-risk behaviours, using a sex-disaggregated and causally informed approach.

Gender differences in Leptospira exposure risk, perceptions of disease severity, and high-risk behaviours in Salvador, Brazil: A cross-sectional study

Vulnerability to climate hazards and infectious diseases is not gender-neutral, meaning that men, women, and other gender identities experience different risks. Leptospirosis is a zoonotic climate-sen...

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · Jun 20

LSHTM's Director writes to UK Government about #Gaza public health catastrophe

Professor Liam Smeeth's letter to the Prime Minister & Foreign Secretary urges action to prevent a greater #PublicHealth disaster:

👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza on 9 November 2023 amid Israel's bombardment and siege of the enclave, and intense fighting between the Israeli military and Hamas fighters in the north. Credit: Mohammed Zaanoun/TNH

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · Jun 20

A call from LSHTM urging the UK government to act now: stop the genocide in Gaza and prevent the public health catastrophe there from worsening.

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LSHTM's Director writes to UK Government about Gaza public health catastrophe |

To: Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer and Rt Hon Mr David Lammy MPDear Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary,As Director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) I feel it is my duty to write

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · Jun 17

The intervention is making good progress, but in other areas inadequate drainage and unpaved roads persist, where standing water and mud create reservoirs for environmentally persistent pathogens. These increase the risk of diseases, like leptospirosis, especially during Salvador’s rainy season.

Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · Jun 17

Great morning spent with CONDER officials and collaborators at UFBA’s Institute of Collective Health, reviewing progress on the intervention we're evaluating for our project: ‘Simplified sewerage to interrupt multiple transmission pathways of environmental and zoonotic diseases in urban communities’

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · Jun 16

Excellent presentation today by @elliedelight.bsky.social to researchers at the Institute of Collective Health (Federal University of Bahia, Brazil) on her PhD studying vulnerability to environmentally persistent zoonoses ('ZAPs' in Portuguese!) during flooding events.

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Environmental Health Group (EHG), LSHTM @lshtm-ehg.bsky.social · May 19

🚨 New EHG publication! 🚽

Manual pit latrine emptying is vital but costly

EHG’s Hiroaki Tomoi, @laurabraun.bsky.social & Oliver Cumming worked with collaborators to identify barriers & enablers to applying a group-based service model to manual emptying

🔍 Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...

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Data & Statistical Science for Health, LSHTM @lshtm-dash.bsky.social · Apr 24

🎙️ Check out our interview with @pmasselot.bsky.social and @maxeyre.bsky.social who discuss their recent seminar series focusing on causal inference in environmental epidemiology

Read more 🔽
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Data & Statistical Science for Health, LSHTM @lshtm-dash.bsky.social · Apr 7

👋 Hi Bluesky. We’re the Centre for Data and Statistical Science for Health (DASH) at @lshtm.bsky.social

We are the hub for data and statistical science in LSHTM, applying our expertise and data science resources to the biggest problems in global health

Find out more about us 👇

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Pierre Masselot @pmasselot.bsky.social · Apr 7

LSHTM DASH Centre is on Bluesky. We have done a cool seminar series on Causal Inference for Environmental Epidemiology for the Centre so check it out.

Data & Statistical Science for Health, LSHTM @lshtm-dash.bsky.social · Apr 7

👋 Hi Bluesky. We’re the Centre for Data and Statistical Science for Health (DASH) at @lshtm.bsky.social

We are the hub for data and statistical science in LSHTM, applying our expertise and data science resources to the biggest problems in global health

Find out more about us 👇

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Nina Finley @ninafinley.bsky.social · Apr 1

Good morning from the DCD retreat @lshtm.bsky.social @lshtm-ehg.bsky.social @jackieknee.bsky.social @lshtm-malaria.bsky.social @maxeyre.bsky.social @laurabraun.bsky.social @rdreibe.bsky.social @mrcunitgambia.bsky.social

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · Mar 30

Good piece about three bacterial diseases that are constantly drawing the short straw for attention even in the NTD world journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...

Leptospirosis, melioidosis, and rickettsioses in the vicious circle of neglect

The global priorities in the field of infectious diseases are constantly changing. While emerging viral infections have regularly dominated public health attention, which has only intensified after th...

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · Feb 11

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Mitigating spatial confounding in observational studies | LSHTM

As part of a seminar series in environmental epidemiology, Professor Brian Reich from the Department of Statistics at North Carolina State University will discuss approaches for mitigating spatial

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · Feb 11

Reminder! Tomorrow (Wednesday) @ 3PM (UK) - 3rd DASH @lshtm.bsky.social series talk on Causal Inference in Environmental Epidemiology!

Prof. Brian Reich from NCSU will discuss approaches for mitigating spatial confounding in observational studies.

Link below!

#CausalInference #spatial #epi

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · Jan 29

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Innovative methods for studying the health effects of air pollution | LSHTM

Dr Heejun Shin and Michael Cork will explore some essential methods for researching health problems associated with air pollution.

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · Jan 29

Reminder! Today @ 3PM (UK) - 2nd DASH series talk on Causal Inference in Environmental Epidemiology!
@lshtm.bsky.social

Dr. Heejun Shin & Michael Cork from @harvardchanschool.bsky.social will discuss innovative methods for studying the health effects of air pollution

#CausalInference #CausalSky

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · Jan 22

More info + webinar link -> www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Open to all!

Causal inference in environmental health | LSHTM

As part of a seminar series on Causal Inference in Environmental Epidemiology, Dr Marie-Abèle Bind will discuss how causal inference is essential for understanding how environmental exposures impact h...

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · Jan 22

Reminder! Today at 3PM (UK) the DASH series on 'Causal Inference in Environmental Epidemiology' kicks off! @lshtm.bsky.social .

Dr Marie-Abèle Bind from @harvardmed.bsky.social will discuss using causal inference to understand how environmental exposures impact health.

#CausalInference #CausalSky'

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Antonio Gasparrini @gasparrini.bsky.social · Jan 17

Seminar series on ‘Causal Inference in Environmental Epidemiology’ hosted by the DASH Centre, with experts from Harvard, North Carolina State, and LSHTM.
First seminar on 22 January (15:00 - 16:00).
Info and links:
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

#CausalInference #LSHTM #AirPollution #DataScience

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The Centre for Data and Statistical Science for Health brings together data science expertise from across LSHTM to generate new opportunities for research, training and knowledge exchange into policy ...

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · Jan 7

bookdown.org/ansellbr/WEH... Enjoy!

Introduction to R - tidyverse

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Rachel Lowe 🌺 @drrachellowe.bsky.social · Nov 22

Interested in a PhD on predicting vector-borne disease epidemics? Want to work with @adamjkucharski.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social and the Barcelona global health resilience group? Check out this opportunity:

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@emiliefinch.bsky.social @chloefletcher.bsky.social

2025-26 Project (Kucharski & Lowe) - MRC London Intercollegiate Doctoral Training Partnership Studentships

Combining epidemiological, immunological and climatic data to understand and predict vector-borne epidemics SUPERVISORY TEAM Supervisor...

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Nov 24

Non-native English speakers need 50% more time to write a paper

When they do, they face a 2.5 times higher chance of being rejected because of language

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · Nov 23

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