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STIRIG @stirig-lshtm.bsky.social · 5d

Join our colleagues at the Centre for History in Public Health on 28th October for a seminar examining the relationship between AIDS and migration controls in Britain during the 1980s & ’90s.

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

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#HIV

AIDS and the screening debate: race, mobility and migration, 1985-1995 | LSHTM

This presentation explores how efforts to manage the spread of AIDS intersected with broader efforts to restrict African migration in late twentieth century Britain. Its target audience is students

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HIVMA @hivma.bsky.social · 13d

New CDC guidelines recommend twice-a-year injectable lenacapavir as a new option for #HIV prevention. FDA approved this medication in June 2025, expanding HIV PrEP options with the potential to advance efforts to end the HIV epidemic. #FundHIV. Read the full clinical recommendation: bit.ly/47WMx5P

Clinical Recommendation for the Use of Injectable Lenacapavir ...

This report describes a clinical recommendation to use injectable lenacapavir as an HIV preexposure prophylaxis.

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Minttu Rönn @mintturonn.bsky.social · 14d

"It was estimated that, by their 18th birthday, 61% (95% UI, 58%-63%) of US children were ever enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP and 42% (95% UI, 38%-46%) were ever uninsured." From Ye Shen et al. @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Health Insurance Dynamics During Childhood in the US

This decision analytical modeling study aimed to estimate childhood insurance outcomes, including the proportions of those who had ever been enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP or had ever been uninsured.

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Joe Sorg @thejoesorg.bsky.social · 26d

We're hiring! 5 tenure track assistant professors. 2 #microbiology, 2 #Evolution, 1 #biologicalclocks

jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/675062/f...

Five Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Positions in Microbiology, Evolution, and Biological Clocks - College Station, Texas job with Department of Biology - TAMU | 675062

Texas A&M University (TAMU) invites applications for five full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor positions

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Tobias Rüttenauer @ruettenauer.bsky.social · 20d

@sriucl.bsky.social is HIRING 2 permanent Lecturers 🚀 in #QuantitativeSocialScience!

It comes with smart and lovely colleagues🌟, a central London office, and many big ideas and questions 🧐

Apply now! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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MC Stan @mc-stan.org · 21d

MC Stan is here! Follow for the latest Stan news, and tag if you want us to repost your posts about new papers, packages, courses, etc. about Stan

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Scott P. Egan @scottpegan.bsky.social · 26d

The Dept. of BioSciences at #RiceUniversity, in Houston, Texas, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Evolutionary Biology, with a preferred focus on organismal responses to environmental change. Please RT!

Apply: apply.interfolio.com/173889

Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio

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Philippa Matthews @pippa-matt.bsky.social · 26d

📢 Call to anyone working in - or affected by - #HIV #HBV #hepatitis, as we gather data about impact of #funding cuts.
Can you help with a short questionnaire? link here ⬇️
forms.gle/nUJZFpMTdiwB...
Can be anonymous. Preliminary results in this thread.
#PEPFAR #CDC #NIH #MedSky #LiverSky #NoHep 🧪

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Ed Hill @edmhill.bsky.social · Sep 1

1/ 🚨 #JobOffer Two fixed term, Senior Executive Officer (PostDoc equivalent) Mathematical Modeller / Research Software Engineer positions at UKHSA.

🗓️ Appointment term: Fixed-term, available until Mar 2028
⏳ Application deadline: 23:59 BST, Wed 10 Sep 2025

#AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs #PublicHealth

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Whitney Robinson @whitneyepi.bsky.social · Sep 1

A Labor Day podcast recommend

The biggest changes I’ve made in 2025 all flow back to Robert Putnam’s ideas here:

thick, layered social groups —> functional local governments & better personal well-being & healthy national politics

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Join or Die with Robert Putnam

Podcast Episode · What Now? with Trevor Noah · 01/23/2025 · 1h 6m

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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · Aug 29

ICYMI: Chicago Has a Huge Lead Pipe Problem—and We Mapped It.
Collaboration @insideclimatenews.org @grist.org @wbez.org
insideclimatenews.org/news/2808202...

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · Aug 26

Excited to announce a search for an Associate or Full Professor in Infectious Disease Modeling at Penn State's Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics. Details at link and below.

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...

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IDDjobs @iddjobs.org · Aug 22

Other (London, UK)
Senior Mathematical Modeller/Research Software Engineer in the NIHR-funded Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU)
at UK HSA
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2350

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Jonathan Bartlett @jonathan-bartlett.bsky.social · Aug 20

We are recruiting a Research Fellow to develop machine learning based methods for handling missing data @lshtm.bsky.social. See jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... for more details.

Job Opportunity at LSHTM: Research Fellow

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working i...

jobs.lshtm.ac.uk

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The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · Aug 19

American Academy of Pediatrics has released our annual update to our immunization recommendations to best help children and adolescents build immunity and stay healthy.
Read our full policy statement to learn about AAP's updated immunization schedule.
www.aap.org/en/news-room...

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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · Aug 6

We invite applications for two postdoctoral scholars! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center in NYC. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J

Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality

The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.

stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu

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Kat Coyte @coytelab.bsky.social · Aug 12

A new 4 year PostDoc position in our lab! Modeling + experiments to explore dynamics of carbon fixing hot-spring microbiomes. Part of an exciting multidisciplinary team with Sophie Nixon, @brockhurstlab.bsky.social & others

Please share & get in touch if interested!

tinyurl.com/e7j7bha3

Research Associate in Microbiome Ecology:Oxford Road

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Aki Vehtari @avehtari.bsky.social · Aug 2

All three books I've co-authored are freely available online for non-commercial use:

- #Bayesian Data Analysis, 3rd ed (aka BDA3) at stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/book/

- #Regression and Other Stories at avehtari.github.io/ROS-Examples/

- Active Statistics at avehtari.github.io/ActiveStatis...

The cover of Bayesian Data Analysis book

The cover of Regression and Other Stories book

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Minttu Rönn @mintturonn.bsky.social · Aug 10

"In interviews, the employees conveyed sadness about the police officer who had died trying to keep them safe, and a feeling of betrayal and devastation at being demonized while working to improve Americans’ health." (OA link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...

After Years of Anger Directed at C.D.C., Shooting Manifests Worst Fears

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · Aug 7

We are honored to receive the @rooseveltinstitute.org's 2025 Four Freedoms Award for Freedom of Speech and Expression, and to be among a stellar class of laureates including @wck.org, @cvt.org, and more. Details: tnvge.co/ZMIUg7v

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CCDD @ccdd-hsph.bsky.social · Aug 4

New meta-analysis updates global estimates of perinatal & breastfeeding HIV transmission & effectiveness of prevention strategies. Findings inform new UNAIDS 2025 Epidemic Estimates - aidsinfo.unaids.org. From @mkwalters3.bsky.social‬, @jeff-imai-eaton.bsky.social & collaborators @ bit.ly/46BpIUw

AIDSinfo | UNAIDS

UNAIDS leads the world's most extensive data collection on HIV epidemiology, programme coverage and finance and publishes the most authoritative and up-to-date information on the HIV epidemic.

aidsinfo.unaids.org

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UW-Madison Sociology @uwsoc.bsky.social · Jul 29

We're hiring! Please share with your networks!

The Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in the field of demography of health and aging beginning in August 2026
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant Professor - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

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Sarah Alexander @sarah1alexander.bsky.social · Jul 29

Benefits and challenges of PoCT #STIHIV2025

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Nicola Low @nicolamlow.bsky.social · Jul 28

#stihiv2025 🧪
Leading the way on evidence for #STI screening in young people

STICH trial Zimbabwe @chidodc.bsky.social

Critical issues for a screening programme:
- ensuring treatment if positive
- partner notification
- does it actually reduce morbidity?

👍 Rashida Ferrand @lshtm.bsky.social

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