What we choose to implement - and when - matters. Our work shows that proactive screening strategies can reduce transmission by ~40% vs reactive responses. A key lesson for preparedness. In PNAS Nexus: ow.ly/cLnu50YCrcn

Great discussion with @billhanage.bsky.social and the audience at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 during our session “Pathogens and people: modelling epidemics for preparedness”. Strong focus on how to improve preparedness in collaboration with public health institutes - lots to take forward.

Still few days to apply!

PhD opportunity at SUMOC (Sorbonne Université | INSERM), Paris, within the EPIcx lab. 🦠 Project: SPILL-AI (mobility data, AI, epidemic modeling) ⚠️ Selected candidate will be submitted to competitive funding (SCAI) Apply by April 12, 2026 www.epicx-lab.com/open-positio...

Join ESPIDAM 2026 — the European Summer Program in Infectious Disease Analysis & Modelling! A unique training opportunity for early-career researchers in epidemic modelling 🦠📊 ⏳ Early bird deadline: March 31 www.su.se/english/divi...

Two postdoc positions open at SUMOC (Sorbonne Université | INSERM), Paris, within the EPIcx lab. 🦠 Network epidemiology of healthcare-associated infections (ARCANE) 🧠 Coupled behavior–disease modeling (PREVIX) 2-y positions | Start June 2026 #epidemiology #networks #matrices

Mobility-based synthetic contact matrices offer a promising alternative for real-time pandemic response modeling. How do they compare with traditional empirical contact matrices? We address this question in our latest study, now published in Nature Communications ⬇️ doi.org/10.1038/s414...

*New paper in Nature Health* Why did the 2022 mpox outbreak in Paris decline so abruptly? rdcu.be/eZ24H

Time to party! 🎄✨ #SUMOC

Great second day at the #EPICONTACTS2025 workshop — engaging talks at the interface of contact matrices, epidemiology, behavioral data, and network science. This initiative is part of FRAME, the French Research Action on Modeling Epidemics supported by @anrs-mie.bsky.social

EPIcx diamonds 💎

Two days of great scientific discussions with >100 infectious disease modellers during the annual meeting of FRAME (the French Research Action on Modelling Epidemics), supported by @anrs-mie.bsky.social. What a fantastic research community!

Brilliant and inspiring talk by Shweta Bansal @bansallab.bsky.social at #Epidemics10 on contact patterns at the interface of data, modelling and public health — and even across species!

Many thanks to IReSP (Institut pour la Recherche en Santé Publique) and the Inserm Public Health Institute for the invitation to the Public Health Research Club #3. Proud to share #SUMOC perspectives on strengthening modeling in public health preparedness. @inserm.fr @fac-sante-sorbonne.bsky.social

Climate and health at the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. lincei.it/node/15488

🔬 A new #MOOD #HorizonEU study reveals how #COVID19 modelling, data use & collaboration evolved across #Europe - offering key lessons for future pandemics. 📖 🔊Read more + listen: www.worldpop.org/blog/lessons... @uosmedia.bsky.social @esthervk.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social @ukhsa.bsky.social

📈🦠 On how COVID-19 modelling supported public health decisions in Europe #Eurosurveillance www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...

Our analysis of modelling practices, data use, and science-policy interactions during the COVID-19 pandemic is out on @eurosurveillance.org this week. www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2... Wonderful collaborative effort conducted in the context of mood-h2020.eu Read the thread below 👇

International Workshop on Social Contacts for Epidemic Modeling Paris, Dec 8-9, 2025 epicontacts2025.weebly.com Dec 8: Training session on contact data for ID modeling. Dec 9: Workshop on methodological advances in the field, featuring a strong lineup of invited speakers. @anrs-mie.bsky.social

First SUMOC talk ✨ Prof. Mauricio Santillana (Northeastern University) on forecasting outbreaks using mathematical models & internet-based data - lessons from COVID-19. #SUMOC @sorbonne-universite.fr @fac-sante-sorbonne.bsky.social @inserm.fr

📣 Call for Abstracts! 📣 Join us at BehEpi Satellite, part of CCS 2025 in Siena, Italy (Sept 3–5). We’re exploring how human behavior influences epidemic dynamics. 🔗 More info and submission at: www.epicx-lab.com/behepi-satel... 📅 Deadline: June 13, 2025 #CCS25

Humbled and with deep emotion, I’m stepping into the historic halls of the Accademia dei Lincei for the first time as a speaker. www.lincei.it/it/manifesta...

So excited today as we launch the Sorbonne Université Modeling Outbreaks Center (SUMOC) - a hub dedicated to strengthening our ability to understand, anticipate, and respond to infectious disease threats. @sorbonne-universite.fr @fac-sante-sorbonne.bsky.social @inserm.fr @anrs-mie.bsky.social

PhD opening on "Socioeconomic inequalities in the individual response to the 2014–2015 Ebola epidemic in Guinea: Insights from mobile phone data (SES-EBOLA)" iddjobs.org/jobs/socioec...

Redefine epidemic response in LMICs! Join us at Sorbonne Université and INSERM for a PhD on data-driven strategies to tackle Ebola in Guinea using mobile phone & epidemiological data. Apply by April 16: www.epicx-lab.com/open-positio...

Passionate about equity in public health? PhD opening at Sorbonne Université and INSERM to explore SES disparities in behavioral response to Ebola via mobile phone data. Apply by April 21: www.epicx-lab.com/open-positio...