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A bittersweet KnightGroup meeting last week with a farewell to intern Jakob as well as Naomi Waterlow who gave an overview of all her fabulous work on my #AMR #MRC fellowship!

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PhD opportunity @lshtm-tbmod.bsky.social modelling intersection of TB (world #1 infectious killer) & climate change. Do apply to be part of a great group doing impactful work! www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a... @lshtm.bsky.social @cmmid-lshtm.bsky.social @reinhouben.bsky.social @laragosce.bsky.social

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Closing today… open to US scientists, just saying… Come join an interdisciplinary team looking #AMR dynamics from multiple angles!

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New: patterns of antibiotic use by age/sex + implications for stewardship and AMR! I’m particularly fond of the plots! See next post for the headlines or the paper for the stories the antibiotics tell... Co-authors: Tom Ashfield + @gmknght.bsky.social, part of Gwen's fellowhip on age/sex on AMR!

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🧵 Trump’s USAID funding freeze abruptly halted critical global health research, abandoning participants mid-trial. A gross ethical violation. @bachynski.bsky.social & I explain what happened and why it matters @bmj.com . ⬇️ www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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☎️ Calling #MEvoSky ☎️ 2x 5-year research associate / research assistant positions in experimental evolution ERC-funded project: How do mobile genetic elements and defence systems shape bacterial genome evolution? Join the friendly and exciting @mermanchester.bsky.social community in Manchester!

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🚨 Tackle the global threat of antimicrobial resistance! Join our online short course 📚 , Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): A Multidisciplinary Approach, to explore One Health responses & interventions. 📅 7–11 July 2025 📍 Online 🔗 Apply by 13 June 👉 bit.ly/3Q88vIT

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The deadline for this is Friday! do get in touch if you have any questions.

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Great pointers here for anyone thinking of applying to postdoc (RF) positions at @lshtm.bsky.social (including my current one on #AMR...). Thanks @rozeggo.bsky.social!

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The advert is now live here: jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/EPH-EPED-202... Until August 2027 we would be working on data analysis and modelling to try and untangle the dynamics of #AMR by age and sex exploring electronic health records 🧫📑👩‍💻. Get in touch if any questions!

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I’m hiring! watch this space for a 2yr position on modelling and data analysis to determine how #AMR varies by age and sex @lshtm.bsky.social

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Great to have heard such a variety of research at #womenshealth2025 conference @connectingscience.bsky.social Shame there wasn’t more on infection but glad to be one of two @lshtm.bsky.social presenters- #AMR burden varies by gender but we need to better understand the drivers!

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11 PhD studentships now available in Health Analytics, Epidemic Modelling and Health Economics, jointly between LSHTM, Imperial and UKHSA, to start autumn 2025. Deadline 7 March: www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...

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🚨 We are hiring for a 3-yr PDRA 🚨 The Whelan lab is seeking a microbiologist interested in microbe-pathogen competition and use of a Drosophila melanogaster chronic infection model to investigate the cystic fibrosis lung microbiome. For more info check out whelanlab.co.uk & apply at the link below:

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Nutritional care for TB-affected households is likely to be highly cost-effective & could avert a substantial amount of disease and death in India – our paper out now in Lancet Global Health @raclark18.bsky.social @reinhouben.bsky.social @lshtm-tbmod.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Join a supportive and focussed team as an Assistant Professor (fixed term, 4 years) using OpenSAFELY to model respiratory viruses and assess socioeconomic inequality. Closes Jan 12. jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

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Open Recruitment of a Full Professor and Head of the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Dynamics: jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... Good research culture, friendly colleagues, inspiring public health leaders, great connections across epi & PH, & very dedicated students. Join!

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New year, new opportunities to explore critical issues! 🎉 Dr Deepshikha Batheja will explore gender disparities in antibiotic use across the U.S & India, uncovering why women use more antibiotics & how socioeconomic factors play a role. 📅 Jan 14 ⏰ 12:30 📍 LSHTM 🔗 bit.ly/4h5HpO3

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Totally agree and think this commentary does a good job of critically assessing these estimates.

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A thread🧵 on application systems for postdoc jobs in the UK (applies to my university, but I've seen others and they're similar). I have seen (too many times) good applicants who don't seem to understand how recruitment is done on our side - not their fault! it's a privilege! - so here's how

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Many, many thanks to colleagues, collaborators, students, friends and family for being with me on this awesome journey to Professor @lshtm.bsky.social! It has involved lots of hard but fun work as well as the usual dose of luck. Onwards and upwards to trying to tackle more challenges in #AMR!

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jhenryc.bsky.social highlights a recent publication emphasising the critical need for enhanced local laboratory capacity to address antimicrobial resistance in sub-Saharan Africa. Building robust systems is essential for the effective detection and management of AMR. Read more 👉 bit.ly/3VwgpyU

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🚨 PhD opportunity 🚨 The Whelan lab, along w @brockhurstlab.bsky.social, are looking for a PhD student w bioinformatic experience/interest to investigate the evolution of transmissibility in bacterial pathogens, with a focus on P. aeruginosa. More info & link to apply below. Please spread the word!

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Last chance to register for our online #TARGetAMR Network Launch Event which starts at 12pm today. Learn all about TARGetAMR and how we will use #Genomics to tackle #AMR Sign up now via: www.targetamr.org.uk/hdrevents/ta...

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Now is the age of #AMR burden estimates - join us to hear from the expert @bugwonk.bsky.social next Thursday at 12.50 for "Rethinking how to understand the burden of antibiotic resistance bacteria (RHUBARB)" @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social @cmmid-lshtm.bsky.social www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

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Antibiotic-resistant infections in the #UK rose to 66,730 cases in 2023, surpassing pre-pandemic levels (62,314 in 2019). @rebeccaglover.bsky.social at @lshtm.bsky.social emphasises the critical need for strengthened infection prevention & #AMR control measures. Read more 👉 bit.ly/48ZZ5aR

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Three potential PhD positions are now open for applications! - MRCLID: (1) integrated with my fship - AMR prevalence by age&sex (2) long term collab. - AMR gene transfer - Nagasaki: new collaboration comparing UK&Japan AMR rates mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk/projects/ www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/resear...

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This event, happening a month after next week's UN meeting on #AMR, will allow us to come together as an #AMR community to reflect on what is needed from data to do better in tackling #AMR in the new policy space. Do join us!

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Interested in modelling? interested in #AMR? Then join #RESIST3 for a day of discussion with a focus on UK policy. We have an eventbrite - register to join in person or join us online! webinar link up soon. www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

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