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emmadoughty.bsky.social
Genomicist 🧬 at the intersection of bioinformatics 💻, epidemiology🫂 and global public health 🌍
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Have said before that conference organisers when deciding on a host country should consider how easy it is for people to get visas (particularly for those from the Global South). For example, applying for a Canadian visa from the UK takes 344 days (www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...).

submitted 55 days ago • 3 comments

A must-read for anyone doing Global North-South work: Ways to level the highly unequal playing field "the African academic is spending their precious time contributing to your success. How are you contributing to theirs?"

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

As more Global North countries swing towards the far right & openly become anti-immigrant, global health is even more a field for those with visa privilege www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...

submitted 79 days ago • 2 comments

Trump's actions seem to be having a knock-on effect all over the place www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

Landmark paper claxon! 'Evaluating the economic and health impact of proactive genomic epidemiology in a hospital setting' www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... Significant savings associated with proactive genomic epidemiology.

submitted 86 days ago • 4 comments

I've worked on cholera and its fascinating (two chromosome) genome, but beyond the data are very real human stories and public health need. This article gets at it well. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

Take away: Bacterial vaccines could reduce use of antibiotics, not only to treat bacterial infections, but all diseases. Decreasing the likelihood that an unknown disease has bacterial cause means prescribers are less likely to use antibiotics across all disease. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

We're not being replaced by AI yet! AI can be immensely useful, but its "knowledge" is only as good as the algorithms and underlying data, and even asking chatbots to undertake processes is subject to weird error. A useful tool, like many others, rather than a replacement for us

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

I can't even begin to explain how bad this for science and for America www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/s...

submitted 95 days ago • 1 comment

What a great start to #HIVTestingWeek! BHIVA is delighted to see Sir Keir Starmer continue his commitment to getting the UK to zero new #HIV transmissions by taking an HIV test. This makes him the first PM ever to do so publicly, which we hope will encourage others to do the same. #HIVSky #IDSky

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

#USA: "We urge the US government to immediately resume funding of critical humanitarian and health aid, either through rescinding relevant orders freezing funding or expanding the current narrow humanitarian waiver to cover all necessary health and humanitarian programs." - @avrilbenoit.bsky.social

submitted 97 days ago • 103 comments

The overview of AMR that you always wanted (someone else to write) - amazing! Truly brilliant paper with great figures! @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

submitted 99 days ago • 5 comments

Feeling very late to the party! Glad to see lots of scientists from Twitter in this friendlier environment! ❤️

submitted 99 days ago • 3 comments