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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 11d

UNC Sociology is hiring for two tenure-track positions!

(1) An Assistant Professor specializing in computational sociology or advanced quantitative methods

(2) An Assistant/Associate Professor specializing in population health

Reviews begin 10/1. Links to positions below.

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Hampton Gaddy @hggaddy.bsky.social · Aug 27

📢 Interested in excess mortality methods, and want a challenge? I'm organising the "One Epidemic, Many Estimates" (1EME) project! Register *now* as a many analyst team (submissions due 15 March 2026), and then join us at LSE for a workshop on 21-22 May 2026! (1/n)

www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His...

One Epidemic, Many Estimates (1EME)

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Ewa Batyra @ewabatyra.bsky.social · Aug 25

I am looking for a postdoc to join my ERC StG project DIVREP to work on global, quantitative analyses of fertility and reproductive behaviour. The post is based in the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford. Let me know if you have any questions. More details below👇

Sociology at Oxford @sociologyoxford.bsky.social · Aug 20

🚨 New Job Alert! 🚨

Join Dr @ewabatyra.bsky.social as a Postdoc Researcher in Demography!

Contribute to a global study on disparities in reproductive behaviour, focusing on childbearing age & fertility levels 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦

Apply now 👉 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...

We're hiring: Postdoctoral Researcher in Demography, deadline: 30 September 2025

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Stéphane Helleringer @shelleringer.bsky.social · Jul 9

Our new editorial in Bulletin of the WHO about ongoing initiative to improve the measurement of adult mortality in low-and-middle-income countries, where major data gaps have recently been compounded by US decision to end support for Demographic & Health Surveys

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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Stéphane Helleringer @shelleringer.bsky.social · Jul 16

Aedes albopictus (the “tiger” mosquito) has rapidly spread over most of France in the past 20 years, and now there are locally transmitted Chikingunya outbreaks in several areas, including one in my hometown in southern France: 12 cases so far. #climatechange

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Stéphane Helleringer @shelleringer.bsky.social · Jul 9

Our new editorial in Bulletin of the WHO about ongoing initiative to improve the measurement of adult mortality in low-and-middle-income countries, where major data gaps have recently been compounded by US decision to end support for Demographic & Health Surveys

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · May 29

For 40 years, Americans have lived shorter lives than people in other rich countries.

For 10 years, that's been rapidly getting worse.

New research: in 2022-2023, there were 1.5 million "missing Americans," who died--but wouldn't have, if America didn't have such uniquely high death rates.

Excess US Deaths Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

This cohort study examines trends in excess deaths in the US before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Karen Grépin @karengrepin.bsky.social · May 15

New: Call for Papers Building Stronger National Health Information Systems: Leveraging #DHIS2 for Health Systems Performance, Policy and Research to be special edited by @jsaebo.bsky.social and myself. Please share with your networks! www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

SSM - Health Systems | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - SSM - Health Systems | ScienceDirect.com by ElsevierScienceDirect

Read the latest articles of SSM - Health Systems at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

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Ridhi Kashyap @ridhikashyap.bsky.social · Apr 14

*JOB OPENING*

Come join me and the Digital Gender Gaps team @sociologyoxford.bsky.social @oxforddemsci.bsky.social. We study digital gender inequalities and their consequences w/ social media, geospatial, and population data.

tinyurl.com/postdoc-oxf

Apply by 9 May, noon (UK)

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Peter MacPherson @petermacp.bsky.social · Apr 4

Distribution and transmission of
#tuberculosis in a high-HIV prevalence city
in Malawi: A genomic and spatial analysis 🛟🧪

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Stéphane Helleringer @shelleringer.bsky.social · Mar 31

Today’s #globalhealth message to the US administration (photo from central Kerala) #vaccines #GAVI

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Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · Mar 19

#Demographers! Run don't walk at the chance to work w/ the amazing José Manuel Aburto @lshtm.bsky.social.

3 year post working on mortality estimation & trends in life expectancy & lifespan inequality in low-& middle-income countries. Not to mention..LONDON!

jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

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...

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · Mar 19

Mobile phone surveys are a promising tool for rapid measurement of age-specific mortality in settings where face-to-face surveys are difficult to implement. Researchers computed mortality levels from national MPS conducted in 2021–2022 in Burkina Faso. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

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Stéphane Helleringer @shelleringer.bsky.social · Feb 27

With @otorrisi.bsky.social, we tested several methods to improve data on recent household deaths collected during surveys & censuses in many low-and-middle income countries. These are essential when civil registration of deaths is limited. Results in paper ⬇️ #EpiSky

academic.oup.com/ije/article/...

Improving retrospective data on recent household deaths: a multi-arm randomized trial in Guinea-Bissau

AbstractBackground. In countries with limited civil registration and vital statistics systems, assessing the impact of health crises requires precise retro

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Bruno Masquelier @brunomasquelier.bsky.social · Mar 4

Our study estimates excess deaths in children and parental loss due to the war in Gaza in 2023. From Oct 8 to Dec 31, 2023, 8120 children <18 were killed due to the conflict, 15127 children lost a father, and 9886 children lost a mother -in 3 months
pophealthmetrics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

A demographic assessment of the impact of the war in the Gaza Strip on the mortality of children and their parents in 2023 - Population Health Metrics

Background Following Hamas’s 7 October attack, Israel launched extensive aerial bombardments in the Gaza Strip, followed by a large-scale ground invasion. During the first 3 months of the conflict, up...

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Ined @ined.bsky.social · Feb 27

| Interview | Mesurer l’espérance de vie à Gaza

Après un an de conflit, l’espérance de vie dans la bande de Gaza a pratiquement été divisée par deux. Michel Guillot, directeur de recherche à l’Ined, explique la méthode utilisée pour arriver à cette conclusion.

www.ined.fr/fr/tout-savo...

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Stéphane Helleringer @shelleringer.bsky.social · Feb 27

With @otorrisi.bsky.social, we tested several methods to improve data on recent household deaths collected during surveys & censuses in many low-and-middle income countries. These are essential when civil registration of deaths is limited. Results in paper ⬇️ #EpiSky

academic.oup.com/ije/article/...

Improving retrospective data on recent household deaths: a multi-arm randomized trial in Guinea-Bissau

AbstractBackground. In countries with limited civil registration and vital statistics systems, assessing the impact of health crises requires precise retro

academic.oup.com

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Stéphane Helleringer @shelleringer.bsky.social · Feb 26

Surreal read of the day: a paper using USAID-funded and now terminated Demographic & Health Surveys to count the huge number of lives saved by the now frozen US PEPFAR program to fight HIV, co-authored by current US admin’s nominee to lead cuts in health research

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

HIV Development Assistance and Adult Mortality in Africa

To determine the effects of the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Bendavid and coauthors conducted analyses of adult mortality using person-level data from the Demographic and He...

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Stéphane Helleringer @shelleringer.bsky.social · Feb 26

From this paper, one of the clearest visualizations of the profound impact of supporting HIV treatment and prevention on mortality trends.

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Stéphane Helleringer @shelleringer.bsky.social · Feb 26

Surreal read of the day: a paper using USAID-funded and now terminated Demographic & Health Surveys to count the huge number of lives saved by the now frozen US PEPFAR program to fight HIV, co-authored by current US admin’s nominee to lead cuts in health research

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

HIV Development Assistance and Adult Mortality in Africa

To determine the effects of the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Bendavid and coauthors conducted analyses of adult mortality using person-level data from the Demographic and He...

jamanetwork.com

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Stéphane Helleringer @shelleringer.bsky.social · Feb 17

Yes, there is a stream nearby, as well as elaborate irrigation systems whc.unesco.org/en/list/1207/

Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman

The property includes five aflaj irrigation systems and is representative of some 3,000 such systems still in use in Oman. The origins of this system of irrigation may date back to AD 500, but archaeological ...

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Stéphane Helleringer @shelleringer.bsky.social · Feb 17

Further exploration of UNESCO world heritage sites in Oman 🇴🇲 . Bahla fort and necropolis at Al-Ayn

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Stéphane Helleringer @shelleringer.bsky.social · Dec 23

Faculty position in computational social science available in the division of social science at NYU Abu Dhabi. Details and application here ⬇️
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Florencia Torche @ftorche.bsky.social · Jan 8

JOB ALERT: I am looking to hire two full-time pre-doctoral scholar to work with me in projects related to social stratification, human capital formation and health disparities. Data management and statistical analysis skills required. The position offers competitive salary and benefits.

Careers | Human Resources

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Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · Jan 3

Job opening for full professor and head of dept in infectious disease epidemiology and dynamics at @lshtm.bsky.social. Deadline 31st Jan: jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at LSHTM: Professor (and Head of Department)

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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