Postdoc (Easter Bush, UK) Modelling highly pathogenic avian influenza in cattle and other species in the US and UK combining phylogenetic and epidemiological data. at University of Edinburgh More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2588
Ewan Colman
@ewancolman.bsky.social
Maths person posting random stuff. Currently working for University of Bristol. (he/him)
PhD position (Bristol, UK) Modelling HIV transmission and the impact of innovations in pre-exposure prophylaxis against a background of structural and behavioural complexity with Hannah Fraser @ewancolman David Gillespie Adam Williams More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2586
(please retweet): Now that math social media is a little quieter I have an announcement: Our 2nd edition of "Mathematics of Epidemics on Networks" is out. 1 new co-author (Greg Rempala) 4 new chapters update to EoN software package link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Mathematics of Epidemics on Networks
Textbook, featuring practical simulation algorithms written in pseudocode with implemented code available online.
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New Preprint: "Symptom clusters in Long COVID in the UK: prospective community-based cohort study using unsupervised machine learning" Long COVID, alongside other post-viral conditions, remains a large problem with many open questions. We use a large community dataset to > arxiv.org/abs/2609.05213
Symptom clusters in Long COVID in the UK: prospective community-based cohort study using unsupervised machine learning
Long COVID is a condition usually defined by persisting symptoms following infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus beyond the acute phase of infection. The condition has a significant impact on healthcare s...
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The Government is letting data centre developers bypass local scrutiny... BUT they don't even know what the data centres are being used for 🤯 It's time to put the brakes on. It's time for a national data centre strategy.
🚨 PDRA opportunity in avian influenza modelling in cattle. 🏫 Based at University of Edinburgh with @rowlandkao.bsky.social. 👥 Collab w/ Colorado State University, Linköping University, University of Liverpool, University of Warwick. 📅 21-month fixed term post. ⏳ Apply by 23:59 BST, 29 Sep 2026.
Postdoctoral Research Associate at The University of Edinburgh
An academic position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.
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PhD position (London, UK) Modelling for UK Measles Transmission with @ngdavies.bsky.social @rozeggo.bsky.social @alxsrobert.bsky.social at LSHTM @cmmid-lshtm.bsky.social More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2572
We have a new Economic Inequality topic page— Public attention to economic inequality has grown a lot over the last twenty years. At the same time, the available data has greatly improved too: it now covers many more countries and longer time periods, and is more comparable and accessible than ever
Findings from new modelling by @hpruebs.bsky.social researchers adds to the evidence considered by JCVI in its latest recommendation on MenB vaccination in teenagers. 👇 #MenB #Vaccination @katymet.bsky.social tinyurl.com/m9ccukfc
New modelling finds teenage ‘MenB’ vaccination could offer good value for the NHS
New modelling by researchers at the NIHR HPRU in Evaluation and Behavioural Science at University of Bristol has fed into the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s (JCVI) considerati...
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Bristol officially declared a City of Harm Reduction! Bristol City Council passed a Green motion calling for a smarter, more compassionate approach to drug policy. Today was an important step towards a safer Bristol. Now it’s time for national government to catch up.
Stunning and sobering report from my colleague Finbarr O’Reilly, showing how burial practices may be contributing to Ebola spread in the DRC 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/w...
A Risky Burial in the Heart of an Ebola Outbreak
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Starmer’s goodbye gift to Britain: a US pharma deal that could be more lethal than Covid | Aditya Chakrabortty
Starmer’s goodbye gift to Britain: a US pharma deal that could be more lethal than Covid | Aditya Chakrabortty
The deal on medicine imports will cost the NHS billions and take funding away from doctors, nurses, cancer scans and the rest, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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Thrilled that our international team is funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social for a 5 year project to develop insights into treatment delivery & outcomes tackling #HepatitisB #Elimination in #Africa. #CapeTown #AddisAbaba #Vestfold #HBV @crick.ac.uk @suhealthsci.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social 🧪
Group leader @pippa-matt.bsky.social and her team, the HBV Elimination Lab, are working with an international team of research groups to better understand the impact of scaling up hepatitis B treatment on African populations. https://bit.ly/4weLN4S
What would an existentialist philosopher think of Love Island? open.substack.com/pub/rorycolm...
Heidegger on the Love Island: don’t deep it
Heidegger on the Love Island: don’t deep it
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Another new paper from our lab! A mathematical model of Culex population abundance and the impact of vector control interventions in a patchy environment How much does it matter that mosquito populations and controls are spatially heterogeneous? A lot, actually
Redirecting
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How strong is the evidence that live shingles vaccination prevents the risk of dementia? A talk yesterday @oxprimarycare.bsky.social on this available here youtu.be/qlTnnQytOJ0
Guest Lecture 17 June 2026, does the shingles vaccine prevent dementia?
YouTube video by Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Science
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Come work @lshtm.bsky.social modelling STIs in UK & evaluation of new interventions. 3yr research fellow modelling post - feel free to get in touch to discuss. Current closing date 30th June @rozeggo.bsky.social @adamjkucharski.bsky.social @grahammedley.bsky.social @drlouisedyson.bsky.social
Job Opportunity at LSHTM: Research Fellow
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working i...
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At the end of the term I asked my college creative wriing students to submit anonymous thoughts on AI. No real surprises: Mood ranges from resignation to despair, capitulation from embittered erosion of standards to total, feelings of betrayal from deep to furious. 1/
Not sure where to start? Try our episode looking at how board games can be used to explain mathematical models, in which we spoke to researchers Jess Enright @researcherjess.bsky.social, Erica Thompson, and Chris Skinner @geoskinner.games. plusmathsorg.podbean.com/e/adventures...
Truly excited about this collaboration with @praty1931.bsky.social and @joelcmiller.bsky.social: Network structure induced bias in estimates of intrinsic generation times journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Network structure induced bias in estimates of intrinsic generation times
Author summary When a new infectious disease outbreak starts, mathematical epidemiologists find themselves building or using mathematical models to understand its propagation, predict its future cours...
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New paper out with @joelcmiller.bsky.social @chpoletto.bsky.social This paper's for you if you are interested in relationships between realised and intrinsic generation intervals for epidemics on networks! doi.org/10.1371/jour...
📰News!📰 We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded £1.75million to lead the Knowledge Mobilisation & Public & Community Involvement, Engagement & Participation themes within the newly formed HPRU Network! More ▶️ tinyurl.com/yu2dmsmk @drclarethomas.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social
New £1.75m funding to lead knowledge mobilisation and public involvement in health protection research
We are delighted to announce that the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) in Evaluation and Behavioural Science at the University of Bristol has been awarded £1.75million to lead the […...
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1/ 📢 Join us for our next IDD Connect event, in partnership with the Center for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (CEMA)! 🌏 Region: Africa 💪 Theme: “Strengthening Infectious Disease Modelling in Africa”. #IDsky #EpiSky #PublicHealth #OneHealth 🧪
1/2 Why AI is unlikely to become conscious – my 2026 TED talk is now online. What do you think about the prospects for 'conscious AI'? www.ted.com/talks/anil_s...
"Farming mink is essentially a dangerous genetic experiment that we allow to take place in the complete absence of necessary protective measures." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ban fur farming or risk a new pandemic | Neil Vora
Banning an industry that is brutal to animals could be one of the most consequential public-health measures in decades
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Announcing details for our second IDD Connect Series event! #IDsky #EpiSky 🧪 🌏 Region: Africa 🗓️ Time & date: 12:00-13:00 East Africa Time, 13 May 2026. 🔗 Zoom link | Add to calendar link | Time zone guide: To be added on www.gsidd.org/events.
Project on developing ethnicity-stratified transmission models with me and Neil Ferguson. Please get in touch with any questions! Limited to home fees eligible students.
PhD position (London, UK) Modelling health inequalities in infectious disease transmission in the UK with @rozeggo.bsky.social and Neil Ferguson at @cmmid-lshtm.bsky.social More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2525
Credited with saving 26 million lives, PEPFAR suffered big blows to its impact after the Trump administration’s abrupt stop and restart of its activities last year, according to the first tranche of data from the program since 2024. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/h...
New PEPFAR Data Show Worrying Declines in Testing and Treatment for H.I.V.
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Being unemployed is not always a bad thing.
Other (Delhi and Bristol, India and UK) Research assistant in infectious disease modelling of structural factors on HIV risk. with Peter Vickerman, Shruti Mehta, Jack Stone, Sunil Solomon, Aditya Singh at John Hopkins India and... More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2509
New in @science.org ‼️ In the most comprehensive study to date, we show that wildlife trade is driving animal-to-human zoonotic spillover at a planetary scale, with +1 spillover per host every 10 years. Live animal markets and illegal trade pose even greater risks. 🔓 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...