A gentle reminder — applications close 6 June 2026 🕐 If you've been thinking about it, now is the time. LMIC discount still available. Apply here 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/course...

Epiverse TRACE@epiverse-trace.bsky.social · 3mo ago

1/5 🌍 Real-world outbreak analytics training, now open for July 2026 · 55 participants last cohort · 31 countries 🗓️ Tue & Wed AM/PM sessions 💰 50% off for LMIC applicants (deadline 6 Jun) ❓ Got questions? We're hosting a drop-in Q&A next Tuesday — details below 👇

1/5 🌍 Real-world outbreak analytics training, now open for July 2026 · 55 participants last cohort · 31 countries 🗓️ Tue & Wed AM/PM sessions 💰 50% off for LMIC applicants (deadline 6 Jun) ❓ Got questions? We're hosting a drop-in Q&A next Tuesday — details below 👇

📊 Do you use Epiverse-TRACE packages, educational materials, or associated tools? We're running a brief survey to understand how they're being used — available in English, Spanish, and French. 👉 forms.cloud.microsoft/e/SBbNYcEDRG Please share with your colleagues and networks!

📢Join the "Outbreak Analytics & Applied Modelling in R" short course!🌍📊 This will be the 2nd edition! 📅 Online | July 2026 🔹 Clean & validate data for Epicurves 🔹 Quantify transmission & severity 🔹 Account for superspreading 🔹 Simulate interventions 📌 Learn more: www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/course...

It’s a wrap! 🎉 Our 3-day Strengthening Adoption of Epiverse Tools in Africa training ends on a high note. As 10 epiverse fellows from 10 #WestAfrican countries are now equipped with new skills, thanks to #DataDotOrg & WHO African Region. #EpiverseTRACE @epiverse-trace.bsky.social

🎥 Missed our talk last Thursday? The Black In Maths Association (BMA) just released the full recording! We introduced #EpiverseTRACE for outbreak response and ran a live-coding SEIRV demo using #rstats packages: #epidemics, #EpiEstim, #epiparameter, #socialmixr. 📺 Watch: youtu.be/FSsXIBG_nwI?...

BMA Q4Webinar '25 | Epiverse-TRACE for Outbreak Analytics | Andree Valle Campos | Abdoelnaser Degoot

YouTube video by Black in Mathematics Association

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🎉 New on CRAN: the {readepi} package! We’re excited to announce the release of {readepi}, an R package that makes working with epidemiological data faster and easier.

🎓 Epiverse has launched a fellowship + training program in Africa — and YOU can be part of it! The Epiverse Epidemiological Data Science Training is a free, self-paced course tailored to the African public health context. 👉 Join here: groups.google.com/g/epiverse-t... 🧵(1/4)

#NewLaunchAlert! Our @epiverse-trace.bsky.social project launched the #EpiTrainingKit #Africa, an online course designed for Africa’s cultural, linguistic & epidemiological contexts. The course is now available in English: tinyurl.com/w83aaxbh French: tinyurl.com/yyawpj29 #PublicHealth

As part of the @epiverse-trace.bsky.social project, @mrcunitgambia.bsky.social staff with @lshtm.bsky.social are facilitating a two-week training at MRC Uganda. Participants are learning advanced outbreak analytics tools to strengthen real-time monitoring, analysis & response to health emergencies.

📢 Join us for our next TRACEing Epiverse webinar! We’re showcasing EpiNow2, an open-source R package developed with support from the Epiverse TRACE initiative to power real-time outbreak analytics and decision-making. 🧵👇

🚨 New FREE self-paced course! We are excited to launch the #EpiTrainingKit #Africa: Introduction to Infectious Disease Modelling for Public Health. 🎯 Tailored for the African context 🌍 With a gender perspective 🆓 Open-access and online #EpiTKit #Epiverse #PublicHealth

Back from Kenya, where I had the privilege of co-leading an Outbreak Data Science workshop with @jamesazam.bsky.social at KEMRI-Wellcome Trust. I'm proud to see open, reproducible tools like #EpiverseTRACE @epiverse-trace.bsky.social making a difference.

Living in #Uganda and looking to further your expertise in using data science tools to investigate and respond to disease outbreaks? Your opportunity is here! Hands-on training in Outbreak Analytics & Modelling with R, from 11 – 22 Aug 2025 in Entebbe. Apply here: forms.office.com/e/fvkyM1XCVG

🚨 Join us for our next TRACEing Epiverse hands-on webinar! 🚨 📅 Date: May 29, 2025 🕙 Time: 10:00 AM EST | 2:00 PM GMT | 4:00 PM CEST 📍 Location: Online (Zoom) 🔗 lnkd.in/e2rXwVRR By: @jwlambert.bsky.social on {simulist}and Karim Mané www.linkedin.com/in/karim-man... on {cleanepi} 🔁!

Great work by @andreevallecam.bsky.social leading an @epiverse-trace.bsky.social training working at the School of Public Health in University of Chile last month: saludpublica.uchile.cl/noticias/227...

2025 here we come! iddconf.org IDDconf will be September 2-4 2025 in Ambleside. Ticket info coming soon.

IDDconf 2025

A Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics. IDDconf is the second instalment of a new meeting series focussing on innovative research in infectious disease dynamics.

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📦 R Package of the Week: {linelist} Turn data frames into #linelist objects by: ✅ Tagging key epidemiological variables (so you're not tied to column names) ✅ Validation to ensure tagged variables are of the correct type ✅ Safeguard against accidental loss of tagged variables during wrangling 1/3

Need realistic outbreak simulation data? Want to test out your theories, teach or practice your skills? Look no further! {simulist} is an R package for simulating individual-level infectious disease outbreak data. 🧵 #simulist is our #EpiverseTRACE R Package of the Week! (1/4) #rstats

Here's a summary of our training materials.

Epiverse TRACE@epiverse-trace.bsky.social · last yr.

Building #PublicHealth data science capacity is key! At #EpiverseTRACE, we combine open-source tools #rstats with hands-on #training to equip the next generation of public health professionals and data scientists with cutting-edge analytical skills. We host Spanish and English #tutorials! 🧵(1/4)

Building #PublicHealth data science capacity is key! At #EpiverseTRACE, we combine open-source tools #rstats with hands-on #training to equip the next generation of public health professionals and data scientists with cutting-edge analytical skills. We host Spanish and English #tutorials! 🧵(1/4)

Must also credit Edwin van Leeuwen of @ukhsa.bsky.social for initially writing some of the internals of {finalsize}. Some recent changes not on CRAN yet: rough estimates of the effect of social contacts NPIs with (optional) age-varying effect. See the dev website for more.

Epiverse TRACE@epiverse-trace.bsky.social · last yr.

🔎 How can #finalsize help you? ✅ Calculate the final size of an epidemic given the R0; ✅ Estimate the epidemic size with differences/heterogeneities among demographic groups; ✅ Provide rough estimates of the effectiveness of pharmaceutical interventions. #EpiverseTRACE #rstats (2/5)

🚀 #rstats package of the week {finalsize} Looking for an open-source solution to calculate the final size of a SIR epidemic? #finalsize is part of the #EpiverseTRACE ecosystem, designed to support epidemiologists and public health professionals in tackling infectious disease challenges. 🧵 (1/5)

Excited to share that #EpiverseTRACE is now part of the Digital Public Goods Alliance #DPGA ecosystem! At Epiverse we believe open science and digital public goods are key to addressing global health challenges. Thanks, DPGA for recognizing our work! github.com/dpgalliance 🧵 report in thread (1/3)

Join Epiverse at the Pandemic & Epidemic Intelligence Innovation Forum! 🗓️ 24 March ⏰ 13:00–14:30 CET 📍 Online Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social & Hugo Gruson github.com/Bisaloo will present on cross-community collaboration! 👉 Register: shorturl.at/1h6Cc

🚀 Expanding the outbreak analytics ecosystem! 📦 New Epiverse tools join a growing suite of R packages boosting epidemic response worldwide. 👩‍💻 Check out our R project showing how to solve outbreak analytics tasks with Epiverse-TRACE, Epiforecasts, Reconverse, and R Epidemics Consortium packages. ⬇️

Adam Kucharski@adamjkucharski.bsky.social · last yr.

When an epidemic hits, how long does it take to get going with common epidemic analysis tasks? A couple of weeks ago, we asked representatives from over a dozen UK organisations and universities who work actively on epidemic analysis and modelling how long the below tasks would take them.... 1/

#EpiverseTRACE is now on Bluesky & LinkedIn! 🎉 We’re expanding to be more inclusive & diverse, reaching a wider audience in public health & data science. Want to know more about what we do?⁉️🤔 🧵a thread!