Estimating the current size of the 2026 DRC Bundibugyo virus outbreak: a joint Bayesian re-analysis of the McCabe et al. report w/ @kathsherratt.bsky.social Sam Brand and @sbfnk.bsky.social
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A research group @lshtm.bsky.social working on the real-time modelling and forecasting of infectious disease dynamics.
🎓 One last PhD studentship on offer on health analytics and modelling, jointly between @hpruham.bsky.social and @hprurespinf.bsky.social. Real-time use of data from household studies to inform pandemic and epidemic preparedness, with Anne Cori, @seabbs.bsky.social and Chris Overton. Link ↓
Really enjoyed this thought-provoking workshop this week at @cmmid-lshtm.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social on evaluation & responsibility in infectious disease modelling. Brilliantly organised and led by @kathsherratt.bsky.social, with Erica Thompson. Great discussions on both practice and training.
Kath Sherratt@kathsherratt.bsky.social · 5mo ago<< How do we evaluate infectious disease modelling work, and what does that imply for modelling responsibly? >> If that sounds interesting, you're very welcome to join us! * Workshop: Evaluation & Responsible Modelling * 24 March 2026 | LSHTM, London More @ epiforecasts.io/responsible-...
Great talk on composable infectious disease modelling. Making real-time outbreak modelling more principled and flexible has been a long-standing challenge, and Sam has been leading the charge on solving it. With a growing group of people keen on this it feels like we're finally getting somewhere.
Sam Abbott@seabbs.bsky.social · 6mo agoI had a great time talking at the Juniper seminar series last week about composable infectious disease models. Some very good discussion after the talk. The recording is now up! youtu.be/FQYOqGnbJWA?...
PhD position (London, UK) Real-time modelling of infectious disease outbreaks. with @sbfnk.bsky.social @anne-cori.bsky.social @seabbs.bsky.social at @epiforecasts.io @cmmid-lshtm.bsky.social More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2440
Two more fully funded PhDs in real-time infectious disease modelling & forecasting — developing methods for operational use by @ukhsa.bsky.social and others in outbreak response. UK home students, starting April or September 2026. www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
PhD Studentships in Health Analytics and Modelling | LSHTM
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Imperial College London and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) are pleased to invite applications for two PhD studentships in real-time
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IDDjobs@iddjobs.org · last yr.2 PhD positions (London, UK) In real-time infectious disease modelling with @@sbfnk.bsky.social @@anne-cori.bsky.social @@seabbs.bsky.social at @@lshtm.bsky.social @@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @@ukhsa.bsky.social More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2336
2 PhD positions (London, UK) In real-time infectious disease modelling with @@sbfnk.bsky.social @@anne-cori.bsky.social @@seabbs.bsky.social at @@lshtm.bsky.social @@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @@ukhsa.bsky.social More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2336
I was speaking about the epinowcast package, ecosystem, and community with a little bit of a pitch for modelling in Julia at the end. If any of this work takes your interest this PhD on delay estimation may interest you. bsky.app/profile/iddj...
IDDjobs@iddjobs.org · last yr.PhD position (London, UK) Improving Estimation and Analysis of Epidemiological Delays for Infectious Disease Outbreaks with @sbfnk.bsky.social @anne-cori.bsky.social @seabbs.bsky.social at @cmmid-lshtm.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social... More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2261
The new epidist release just dropped which includes support for the marginal model as well as lots of other goodies epidist.epinowcast.org/news/index.h... TLDRP: its 20-lots faster depending on number of stratifications in the data and not approximate.
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Sam Abbott@seabbs.bsky.social · last yr.A new minor release for primarycensored should be on a CRAN server near you shortly. primarycensored.epinowcast.org/news/index.h...
It's rare to have so many PhD studentships open at the same time that are fully funded at the project level - do apply if any of these strike your interest (unfortunately, UK home fee eligible candidates only). I'll describe the 3 projects that involve me / @epiforecasts.io in a bit more detail.
Adam Kucharski@adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 2y ago11 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...
Excited to share that today was my first day as an Assistant Professor at LSHTM @lshtm.bsky.social working in the @epiforecasts.bsky.social group! Looking forward to working with so many talented people, acquainting to London life, and maybe actually posting some content on here 🇬🇧☔️