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Seth Judson @sethjudson.bsky.social · 20d

Job alert! We are hiring a postdoc focused on Arbovirus epidemiology and modeling to join our group at UCLA. Please share and apply below
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recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10606

Postdoctoral Position in Infectious Diseases - Judson (PI) 2025-2026

University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!

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Seth Judson @sethjudson.bsky.social · 29d

We’re hiring a Senior Research Data Analyst for our group—the Translational Infectious Disease Eco-epidemiology (TIDE) lab. This will be a foundational role to help improve detection and mitigation of zoonotic and vector-borne diseases
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Hiring: Senior Research Data Analyst | Seth Judson, MD, MHS

We’re hiring! We have a unique opportunity to join our team, the Translational Infectious Disease Eco-epidemiology (TIDE) lab at UCLA, as our Senior Research Data Analyst. Our mission is to improve t...

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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · Sep 1

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."

It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · Aug 28

After six months of turmoil, the loss of the new director and a round of high-profile resignations marks a new low at the CDC

(Gift article)

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h...

Inside the C.D.C., a Growing Sense of Despair

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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · Aug 28

These letters of resignation from CDC officials are VERY MUCH worth your time.

PLEASE READ AND PROPAGATE.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Aug 28

All three are here: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

Breaking News: Read three top CDC officials' resignation emails.

The end of an era.

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Pandemic Action Network @panaction.bsky.social · Jul 30

⚠️ “We are flying blind, and there is nothing organized at the White House to protect us. We can’t detect, we can’t protect, and we would certainly respond later than other countries” should a pandemic occur.

STAT @statnews.com · Jul 30

Exclusive: Top White House pandemic preparedness official resigns www.statnews.com/2025/07/30/w...

Top White House pandemic preparedness official resigns, officials say, in sign of broader disarray

Exclusive: A top White House pandemic preparedness official has resigned, officials tell STAT, in a sign of broader disarray.

www.statnews.com

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Jul 28

4,000 NASA workers are leaving through deferred resignation. "The cuts amount to an estimated 20% of NASA's workforce" www.npr.org/2025/07/26/n...

Nearly 4,000 NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program

The employees who have chosen to leave the agency amount to about 20% of NASA's workforce.

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Seth Judson @sethjudson.bsky.social · Jul 2

Thank you! Hope you are doing well!

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Seth Judson @sethjudson.bsky.social · Jul 2

I'm thrilled that today I returned to UCLA as an Assistant Professor-in-Residence in the Division of Infectious Diseases.

I’m building an interdisciplinary team focused on globally emerging zoonotic and vector-borne diseases. More info soon!
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Overview — Seth Judson, MD

An overview of Seth Judson’s research on emerging infectious diseases, environmental contexts of health, and translating these findings for global policymakers and patients

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Seth Judson @sethjudson.bsky.social · Jun 28

As we head into West Nile season it is key to remember that there are still no treatments or vaccines for humans, so prevention is key.

We found significant impact of West Nile on our patient population over the last decade, highlighting this issue

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West Nile morbidity and mortality in a Mid-Atlantic healthcare system, 2013-2024

We investigated West Nile cases in a Mid-Atlantic healthcare system, finding significant morbidity and mortality from neuroinvasive disease, notably among immunocompromised patients. Encephalitis was ...

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Seth Judson @sethjudson.bsky.social · May 26

Research done at Rocky Mountain Labs has played a pivotal role in responding to infectious disease threats, including vector-borne diseases, Ebola, and COVID-19. It is a special place and has a major impact on the local community. Thinking of colleagues and community members there
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NPR @npr.org · May 26

Science is an economic driver in Hamilton, Mont., thanks to Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a federal research lab. Now, layoffs and funding cuts are having an impact in this town far from Washington.

A small Montana town grapples with the fallouts from federal worker cuts

Science is an economic driver in Hamilton, Mont., thanks to Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a federal research lab. Now, layoffs and funding cuts are having an impact in this town far from Washington.

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Seth Judson @sethjudson.bsky.social · May 2

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Exclusive: NIH to end billions of dollars in foreign research grants

Move by US biomedical agency jeopardizes thousands of projects on infectious diseases, cancer and more.

www.nature.com

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · May 1

New NIH Guide Notice about foreign subawards

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NOT-OD-25-104: Updated NIH Policy on Foreign Subawards

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Updated NIH Policy on Foreign Subawards NOT-OD-25-104. NIH

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Gavi @gavi.org · Apr 30

Yellow fever kills 30-60% of severely affected patients and an outbreak can double in size every 5-7 days. That's why the global emergency stockpile of 6 million #yellowfever vaccine doses is so crucial ➡️ bit.ly/42CaOLs

What is the yellow fever vaccine stockpile?

Yellow fever can spread quickly and kill between 30% and 60% of its severely-afflicted victims. However, an emergency stockpile of vaccine doses has been helping halt epidemics for a quarter of a…

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Usha Lee McFarling @usha.bsky.social · Apr 24

I made a timeline of all the actions in Trump's (almost) first 100 days that have upended science and health. It was staggering to me to see it all in one place, even though I reported on many on these events. www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t...

Day by day, how Trump is roiling science and health

STAT is tracking, day by day, what's happened in the words of science and health during the first months of the Trump administration.

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Seth Judson @sethjudson.bsky.social · Mar 29

I still remember vividly the relief and celebrations among healthcare workers on the first day that COVID-19 vaccines arrived in our hospital.
To see the process that led to those vaccines and other medical advancements being actively dismantled is devastating

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · Mar 29

“My hope is that during the coming years, the unprecedented assault on scientific truth that has adversely impacted public health in our nation comes to an end so that the citizens of our country can fully benefit from the breadth of advances in medical science”.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/h...

Top FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’ (Gift Article)

Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health.

www.nytimes.com

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Seth Judson @sethjudson.bsky.social · Mar 7

Joining fellow concerned citizens in our nation’s capitol today because science saves lives, and in the words of speaker @itaiyanai.bsky.social, science delivers

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Seth Judson @sethjudson.bsky.social · Feb 28

My experiences as a NIH postbac were critical to my growth as a physician-scientist—that program is now in jeopardy.

The incredible NIH scientists I worked with made discoveries to fight Ebola and COVID-19—they are now losing their jobs

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NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research

Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs

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Paul Sax @paulsaxmd.bsky.social · Feb 27

If someone thinks the measles outbreak and childhood death in Texas are "not unusual" or "happens all the time", they are deeply misinformed. h/t @adamratnermd.bsky.social for the inspiration.

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Tragic Childhood Death from Measles Reminds Us That Some Don't Understand Either the Medical Significance or the Human Heart

My ID colleague Dr. Adam Ratner, Chief of Pediatric ID at NYU Medical Center, just published an insightful and remarkably timely book called Booster Shots: The Urgent Lessons of Measles and the Uncer...

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Carolyn Ibberson @cbibberson.bsky.social · Feb 22

We are crowd sourcing reductions in graduate admissions and hiring freezes across biomedical research and higher ed in response to pauses in NIH funding and EO’s. If you have information if you could add to this spreadsheet, it would be greatly appreciated!: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Graduate Reductions Across Biomedical Sciences (2025)

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Seth Judson @sethjudson.bsky.social · Feb 22

A whole generation of early career scientists and physician-scientists, including colleagues and myself, are particularly vulnerable to these funding freezes and cuts, with jobs and careers depending on federal grants.

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U.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaos

Uncertain funding, government firings, and distressed universities hit vulnerable groups especially hard

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Seth Judson @sethjudson.bsky.social · Feb 22

Appreciate our city of Baltimore and the Baltimore US District Judge leading the defense of DEI programs which are critical for health and well-being
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Judge largely blocks Trump’s executive orders ending federal support for DEI programs

A federal judge on Friday largely blocked sweeping executive orders from President Donald Trump that seek to end government support for programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion. U.S. Distri...

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Seth Judson @sethjudson.bsky.social · Feb 20

Having seen many patients with influenza in the ICU this winter, the losses in our preparedness for seasonal flu and H5N1 over the past weeks also makes me worried. A helpful thread below on what recent decisions mean for vaccine preparedness
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · Feb 19

I have insomnia a lot lately so may as well share what’s literally keeping me up at night.

It’s a long list but tonight it’s flu. Yes, H5N1, but also seasonal flu. Firing federal scientists brings a flu-filled future.

Have you ever wondered how flu vaccine strains are chosen?

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Seth Judson @sethjudson.bsky.social · Feb 15

The repercussions of these decisions will increase risk of global and local catastrophic events—from wildfires to outbreaks
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Stunned federal workers brace for the real-world repercussions of Trump's purges

The Trump administration could face political backlash from voters in Republican and Democratic states who suddenly find a host of services vanish.

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Seth Judson @sethjudson.bsky.social · Feb 14

Thinking about colleagues at the CDC and currently in EIS. These cuts will make the US and the world less prepared for emerging infectious diseases.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Feb 14

CDC's "disease detectives" halved as part of DOGE cuts at health agencies www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-dis...

CDC's "disease detectives" halved as part of DOGE cuts at health agencies

More than 1 in 10 of the health agency's workers are being let go, including an entire new class of CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service officers.

www.cbsnews.com

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