Exciting new Research Fellow position in modelling infectious diseases to reduce inequities in health outcomes in Africa! Join a multidisciplinary 4 year project with me at UCL and partners in Zimbabwe, Zambia, The Gambia, South Africa, Kenya and the UK. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Thoughts?

I just got an email about disease forecasting. They seem to be interested in a *very* specific cohort. Here's the email subject: "Forecasting infectious disease epidemics in men who have sex with men on Friday, 6 February 2026, 11:00 AM"

This new #InterfaceFocus issue presents a selection of papers on emerging topics within an exciting new interdisciplinary domain combining #InfectiousDisease modelling and public health #ethics: royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rsfs/202... @joelcmiller.bsky.social

PhD position (Dublin, Ireland) Transmission of bovine tuberculosis: deciphering biological mechanisms with statistical and mechanistic models. with Miriam Casey, Michael Fop at UCD-CVERA More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2325

PhD position (Montpellier and Nairobi, France and Kenya) Modeling of vector and pathogen under global change and the efficacy of surveillance and control with @https://bsky.app/profile/antoinebarreaux.bsky.social at... More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2324

Looking for potential PhD students - DEADLINE SOON: Mar 31 (Australia time - that's Mar 30 for US). Do you know a strong candidate who might like to spend 3-4 years outside the US on a PhD? Modeling epidemics &/or network dynamics? Let me know. www.latrobe.edu.au/research/gra...

The former head of PEPFAR pleads for the preservation of the lifesaving program. @cohenjon.bsky.social speaks with John Nkengasong. www.science.org/content/arti...

Let’s triple check the earth is round while we’re at it…

A new important work by @camzachreson.bsky.social @joelcmiller.bsky.social on integrating ethical frameworks in epidemic modelling: arxiv.org/abs/2502.00071

A huge thank you to Nefel Tellioglu, Jessica Stockdale, Julie Spencer, Wasiur Rahman Khuda Bukhsh, @joelcmiller.bsky.social and Cameron Zachreson for including me on this @matrix-inst.bsky.social project we just preprinted results from t.co/9ioaiNWMQa 🤓

Trump: "Therefore, Canada should become our Cherished 51st State... Much lower taxes, and far better military protection for the people of Canada – AND NO TARIFFS!" Come on Canada, call his bluff... Please?

@xkcd.com just reminded me of an amusing story from Ambassador Nathaniel Davis, who was a professor at @harveymudd.bsky.social when I was a student there. His family had a new posting in Latin America (I forget the country).

The closing date for this position is 20 December 2024 and a direct link is here: usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_E...

Well this is a depressing read. I knew RFK was an antivaxer. I hadn't realised he visited Samoa specifically to spread antivax disinformation months before the epidemic that needlessly claimed the lives of 83 babies and children 😡 www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

Well, I'm making my first post here, and it is a fun one: I have recently advertised for up to 4 post-doctoral research positions, 3-5 years in duration. If you are interested please get in touch or apply. An opportunity to work in Melbourne, great team, great city! Details at iddjobs.org:

A note to all of my Infectious disease modelling followers - you should follow @iddjobs.bsky.social, and use them to advertise any new infectious disease dynamics^* positions you are hiring for. * IDD = "Infectious Disease Dynamics"

I will not hide my inner convictions anymore. Be the change you want to see in the world ! #AcademicSky 🧪

At what point will the policy response be “we really need to get this under control”? Or are we again going to wait until it’s beyond the point of control?

Now that I've fled Leon's site for bluer skies, I'm sure I'll be called an #Ex-X, but personally, I'll always consider myself a #TwitterQuitter.

Hi all - I've collected a huge number of new followers recently. If you aren't a previous follower on twitter, I want to give a quick overview of what you'll get from me. Feel free to unfollow if you don't think it will be relevant to you.

I’ll be giving a talk on epidemic dynamics at @lshtm.bsky.social next Monday at 5.30pm, from dengue and Zika to pandemic influenza and COVID. Free and open to all: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Reminder that we have a post-doc position open at the @invcomplexity.skewed.de lab, IT:U, Austria! 🇦🇹 This is a 3-year position, not tied to any particular project. The application deadline is 30 Nov 2024. For more infos, see: skewed.de/lab/call.html In case of questions, get in touch!

Alright, so maybe it shouldn't be a published paper, but it's truly fascinating to read: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

You will know, despite it not being in my handle any more, that Math(s) is my homeland. So I've made this starter pack of excellent math(s) communicators in case you'd like to follow them too. go.bsky.app/8JvssAA

The preliminary sequence from the H5N1 human case in British Columbia has been posted and it is not good news. The virus potentially has a quasispecies at HA residue 226 (H3 numbering). This is bad news because we know that mutations at residue 226 can increase binding to human receptors. 1/

re-upping this thread in light of today's nomination news

Postdoc to join our infectious disease modeling group at LaTrobe University: Leadership role in the development of multi-species malaria transmission model and calibration to data from malaria-endemic regions. More info - contact Rebecca Chisholm at LaTrobe: careers.pageuppeople.com/533/caw/en/j...

I've arrived in Bologna for #EPIDEMICS9. I'll be presenting a poster at the first and second poster sessions, both related to ethics in infectious disease interventions. The second is on work by Pratyush Kollepara (unfortunately he couldn't make it), just accepted to Royal Society Interface.

Call for abs.: Capital City Complex Systems Symposium, Feb 24 in New Zealand docs.google.com/forms/d/1c7C... Deadline appr. Exciting lineup of invited speakers @juniperlov.bsky.social Juyong Park @joelcmiller.bsky.social Ciro Cattuto www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/symposium/ 🧪 #academicsky #complexity

'Unthinkable cruelty’: Kenyan expert working at Bristol University denied visa for six-year-old daughter Furious colleagues denounce decision that there are ‘no compassionate grounds’ to allow the child to join her mother

Come do a postdoc with me! We're hiring a network science scholar determinants and consequences of gender inequalities in scientific collaboration. Learn more here and please spread the word.

Australian academics - join NTEU before it's too late. The universities are actively trying to eliminate existing protections. Our conditions are bad enough. Victorian students cop penalties as universities turn to ‘hardline’ strike-busting tactics (smh.com.au)

Joys of submitting theory papers. Title "Ethical dilemma in ..." Question on submission form: "Does the research require any ethical considerations?" Answer: No.

I'm giving an undergrad lecture on communicating uncertainty with disease models. Telling them to emphasize qualitative descriptions and scenarios and making clear it's not a quantitative prediction. What other suggestions do people have?

This looks great! Really nice resource for anyone teaching/learning mathematical biology Thank you for making it freely available! sheffield.pressbooks.pub/introducingm...

Migrating over here from joel_c_miller at twitter. Follow me for mathematics, mathematical biology, network science, and especially infectious disease modeling.