ℹ️ Our IDD Connect Series is a monthly initiative that brings together the global infectious disease dynamics community through region-focused sessions. 📹 See recordings of our previous sessions focusing on Oceania, Africa & Asia: www.gsidd.org/events 📣 The next event will focus on North America.

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📄 From public health pioneer to civic AI: Liverpool City Region’s next global opportunity ✍ An @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social substack was authored by our colleague Prof. Iain Buchan (@profbuchan.bsky.social). 👇 Read about how we can apply civic principles to Artificial Intelligence.

From public health pioneer to civic AI: Liverpool City Region’s next global opportunity

Nearly 180 years ago, Liverpool pioneered a civic response to industrial change. Today, the City Region can apply the same principles: to build AI that improves lives and shares prosperity more widely

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⏳ Final call for input into the community review of the draft Global Society for Infectious Disease Dynamics (GSIDD) Bylaws! @gs-idd.bsky.social 🔗: www.gsidd.org/bylaws

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Global Society for Infectious Disease Dynamics (GSIDD)@gs-idd.bsky.social · last wk.

📣 Community Review of draft GSIDD Bylaws 📣 ⏳ Feedback requested by 31 July 2026 | 4 days remaining. 🔗 Provide your feedback here: www.gsidd.org/bylaws 🔍 Founding Committee to review input. 🗳️ Final Bylaws document to be voted on & adopted in late 2026. #IDsky #EpiSky #PublicHealth #OneHealth 🧪

🏁 Event wrap up: 'Behavioural modelling for policy in energy and health' ℹ️ Contributions at today’s event at University of Nottingham included panel discussion, networking & invited talks. 🔗 full programme: gateway.newton.ac.uk/event-file/o... 🔗 event webpage: gateway.newton.ac.uk/event/OFBW76/

DRC's #Ebola case count continues to climb. As of 07/22, there have been 2,905 confirmed cases, 1,269 of them fatal. At this pace it may not be long before this outbreak surpasses the 2018-2020 North Kivu outbreak, the 2nd largest on record (3470 cases, 2287 of them fatal). insp.cd/sitrep-n069-...

Update of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in DRC & Uganda - 23 July --- DRC: On 22 July, DRC reported a total of 2536 confirmed cases & 1033 deaths. 63 new cases & 34 deaths were reported since the last update. --- EU/EEA: 1 confirmed case reported in France on 24 June. #PublicHealth #Ebola #IDsky

Was an honor to get to play a small role in this — congrats @hadley-liza.bsky.social on a really nice article on strengthening communication between scientists and policymakers! www.nature.com/articles/s44...

How understanding the diversity of perspectives and systems in governments can increase the impact of scientific research - Communications Health

Communications Health - How understanding the diversity of perspectives and systems in governments can increase the impact of scientific research

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⏰ Just over a week left to apply for these three fully funded PhD opportunities in emerging pathogen research. If you know a talented researcher who could be interested, please share this opportunity with them! 👇 Applications close at 5pm BST on 31 July 2026. #pandemicpreparedness

Prof Tom Solomon CBE@runningmadprof.bsky.social · 3w ago

We are delighted @thepandemicinst.bsky.social to be offering three funded PhD opportunities as part of our Dstl @hpruezi.bsky.social PhD cohort. Applications close 31 July For more info - www.thepandemicinstitute.org/collaborate/phdstudentships/

1/ 📣 New Perspectives article 📣 📄 How understanding the diversity of perspectives & systems in governments can increase the impact of scientific research. ✍️ Co-authors from 14 countries share experiences as infectious disease modellers during COVID-19 pandemic to unravel science-policy interface.

How understanding the diversity of perspectives and systems in governments can increase the impact of scientific research - Communications Health

Communications Health - How understanding the diversity of perspectives and systems in governments can increase the impact of scientific research

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#USDA reports that Utah has another #H5N1 #birdflu infected dairy cow herd, its 14th since the beginning of June & 28th overall. That makes 1,167 confirmed infections in herds in 19 states since this outbreak was first detected in March 2024. www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...

🦆 High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza – WOAH Sit Rep 84 #IDSky #OneHealth 🧪 🗓️ Covers June 2026 📊 Outbreaks reported in Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe & Oceania: 40 in poultry; 69 in non-poultry birds & mammals. ▶️ Reported 284,000 poultry birds died or culled. 🔗: www.woah.org/app/uploads/...

Update of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in DRC & Uganda - 21 July --- DRC: On 20 July, DRC reported a total of 2423 confirmed cases & 967 deaths. 79 new cases & 37 deaths were reported since our last update. --- EU/EEA: 1 confirmed case reported in France on 24 June. #PublicHealth #Ebola #IDsky

1/ 🤲 Day 5 of #ECMTB2026! As the conference nears its conclusion, I share below links to summaries and presentation slides of talks I have given during the week. 🔗 ECMTB 2026: ecmtb2026.org

European Conference on Mathematical & Theoretical Biology 2026 | ECMTB 2026

Join us in Graz, Austria, from July 13–17, 2026, for the 14th European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology (ECMTB'26)!

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🙌 Thanks to all those who attended mine and Matt Ryan's minisymposium yesterday on ‘Epidemiological-behavioural modelling to address health challenges’ at @ecmtb2026.org! #ECMTB2026 🔗: ecmtb2026.org/contribution...

Dr Edward Hill@edmhill.bsky.social · 4w ago

1/ Interested in epidemiological-behavioural modelling & attending @ecmtb2026.org? ℹ️ Myself and Matt Ryan have a minisymposium on Tuesday (14 July) on ‘Epidemiological-behavioural modelling to address health challenges’. #IDsky #EpiSky 🧪 🗣️ See below for a summary of talk titles and presenters.

From early morning to late evening; from registration to reception: it's a wrap for the first day of #ECMTB26! Looking forward to more exciting talks, discussions, and the first round of poster presentations tomorrow!

1/ Interested in epidemiological-behavioural modelling & attending @ecmtb2026.org? ℹ️ Myself and Matt Ryan have a minisymposium on Tuesday (14 July) on ‘Epidemiological-behavioural modelling to address health challenges’. #IDsky #EpiSky 🧪 🗣️ See below for a summary of talk titles and presenters.

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1/ For those attending @ecmtb2026.org, I will be presenting three talks during the conference. #IDsky #EpiSky 🧪 🔗 ECMTB 2026: ecmtb2026.org 👇 See thread for further talk details and associated papers.

European Conference on Mathematical & Theoretical Biology 2026 | ECMTB 2026

Join us in Graz, Austria, from July 13–17, 2026, for the 14th European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology (ECMTB'26)!

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Update of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in DRC & Uganda - 9 July: --- DRC: On 8 July, DRC reported a total of 1759 confirmed cases and 600 deaths. 51 new cases & 55 deaths were reported since the last update. --- EU/EEA: 1 confirmed case reported in France on 24 June.

#H5N1 #birdflu update: 2 more confirmed infected herds from Texas from late June were slid into #USDA 's tally today, bringing the state's confirmed total to 34 & the national total to 1,160 herds in 19 states. www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...

Really enjoyed giving a short workshop on what is a forecast and is it any good at #iddconf. I lasted attended (I think) 8 years ago as Phd student and loved it so looking forward to the talks and community. Our workshop material is here: nfidd.github.io/iddconf2026/

⏳ IDD Connect - Asia | 1 day to go | 08 July 2026 | 12:30:13:30 Indian Standard Time 👥 Hear from experts from across the continent to show how modelling is shaping public health decision-making in Asia. 🔗 Zoom link | Time zone guide: www.gsidd.org/events #IDsky #EpiSky #PublicHealth #OneHealth 🧪

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Global Society for Infectious Disease Dynamics (GSIDD)@gs-idd.bsky.social · last mo.

1/ 📢 Next IDD Connect event is in partnership with the MIDSEA Network (Modelling Infectious Diseases in South East Asia) 🌏 Region: Asia 👥 Hear from experts from across the continent to show how modelling is shaping public health decision-making in Asia. #IDsky #EpiSky #PublicHealth #OneHealth 🧪

My first PhD project is finally a paper! 🎉🥹 In 2020, we paused this work to respond to COVID-19. But as mobile phone data became largely available and key to disease modeling, that detour provided the perfect context for this paper. @bansallab.bsky.social @stefania Rubrichi @vcolizza.bsky.social

Mobility data resolution needed to inform predictive models of spatial epidemic spread from mobile phone data

Author summary Human mobility patterns play a crucial role in the spatial spread of infectious diseases, as pathogens move between communities through the movements of infected individuals. During the...

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1/ 📢 Next IDD Connect event is in partnership with the MIDSEA Network (Modelling Infectious Diseases in South East Asia) 🌏 Region: Asia 👥 Hear from experts from across the continent to show how modelling is shaping public health decision-making in Asia. #IDsky #EpiSky #PublicHealth #OneHealth 🧪

#Ebola update: DRC confirmed 47 new cases on 6/27; 12 of them are already dead. That brings the outbreak total in DRC so far to 1274 cases and 239 deaths. 87% of known contacts of cases were being followed as of yesterday. insp.cd/sitrep-n044-...

🦆 High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza – WOAH Sit Rep 83 #IDSky #OneHealth 🧪 🗓️ Covers May 2026 📊 Outbreaks reported in Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe & Oceania: 51 in poultry; 32 in non-poultry birds & mammals. ▶️ Reported 2,156,000 poultry birds died or culled. 🔗: www.woah.org/app/uploads/...

Overview of our enhanced surveillance, carried out during spring 2025. No HPAI detected, but redetection of LPAI viruses from 2024, which were intercontinental reassortants. 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#Ebola update from DRC: there were 48 new confirmed cases on 6/25, 11 of them already dead. This brings DRC's outbreak total to 1,203 cases & 321 deaths. The percentage of case contacts being followed continue to rise, which is good news, but the number of known contacts per case remains too low.

1/ 🎙️ New 'Health Data Decoded' episode! #SciComm @livunihls.bsky.social ❓ How can we identify & evaluate new health treatments & devices? 👤 Guests: Efstathia Gkioni, Ella Brayshaw & Rachael Cooper from Liverpool Clinical Trials Centre. 📹 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8yE... 🎧 Spotify👇

Health Data Decoded | Liverpool Clinical Trials Centre [Ep. 15]

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The first Ebola case has been reported today in France. Our rapid risk assessment last month showed that France consistently ranked among the European countries at highest risk of importation if an Ebola case were to arrive in Europe from the ongoing Bundibugyo outbreak.

Vittoria Colizza@vcolizza.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our recent analyses on the international dissemination risk associated with the current Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC are discussed in @lemonde.fr today: www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti... #SUMOC @inserm.fr @fac-sante-sorbonne.bsky.social

A clinical trial to test 2 possible #Ebola therapies will begin in DRC next week. There are currently no licensed vaccines or therapeutics for Bundibugyo ebolavirus. If either or both of these improve survival, that could entice Ebola patients to treatment units. www.statnews.com/2026/06/24/e...

Clinical trial set to test two drugs for fast-growing Ebola outbreak

A clinical trial testing two drugs against the Bundibugyo ebolavirus, which is driving a fast-moving outbreak in Central Africa, is set to begin next week, WHO officials said.

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