Kelly Charniga
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Postdoc in infectious disease epidemiology and modeling at Institut Pasteur in Paris, France
#IDSky
This is today! Looking forward to it 😃
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25 days ago
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The MOOC “Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases” from Institut Pasteur Education starts today! 🚀 Registration is free:
www.fun-mooc.fr/en/courses/m...
@pasteuredu.bsky.social
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Modeling of Infectious Diseases
In this online MOOC you will learn a basic, yet very general approach to mathematical modeling of infectious disease dynamics.
https://www.fun-mooc.fr/en/courses/modeling-infectious-diseases/
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Epiverse TRACE
about 2 months ago
📢 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. 🧵👇
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Instead of our usual epinowcast seminar this afternoon, we will have show and tell. Hope to see you there!
www.epinowcast.org/seminars/202...
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Community Show and Tell - Recent work and ideas – Epinowcast
Epinowcast community site
https://www.epinowcast.org/seminars/2025-08-06-community-show-tell/index.html
about 2 months ago
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Epiverse TRACE
about 2 months ago
🚨 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
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PREPSS: Pre-Publication Support Service
2 months ago
Join our PREPSS team today! Fill out the form below to join!
forms.gle/gYkwSS9TfRzA...
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Our pre-print on West Nile virus in Algeria 🇩🇿 is now available online. Nice collab between two members of the Pasteur Network. Check it out here:
sciety.org/articles/act...
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Patterns of Emergence and Circulation of West Nile Virus in Algeria
In recent years, many countries have experienced increased outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases, such as West Nile virus (WNV). WNV is transmitted to humans by Culex mosqu...
https://sciety.org/articles/activity/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6960212/v1
3 months ago
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Antoine Brault
3 months ago
Join the MOOC “Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases” from
@pasteuredu.bsky.social
and learn to: • Estimate R₀ • Build SIR models • Simulate the impact of interventions 🚀 Enroll now for free:
www.fun-mooc.fr/en/courses/m...
📅 Course starts Sept 2.
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Modeling of Infectious Diseases
In this online MOOC you will learn a basic, yet very general approach to mathematical modeling of infectious disease dynamics.
https://www.fun-mooc.fr/en/courses/modeling-infectious-diseases/
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I made a website! Been meaning to do this for a while. Feedback welcome :)
kcharniga.github.io
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Biography
https://kcharniga.github.io
3 months ago
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3 months ago
For todays
#epinowcast
seminar at 3pm UK time we have Maile Thayer talking about Real-time modeling during the 2024-2025 Dengue Epidemic in Puerto Rico: Applications and insights
www.epinowcast.org/seminars/202...
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Maile Thayer - Real-time modeling during the 2024-2025 Dengue Epidemic in Puerto Rico: Applications and insights – Epinowcast
Epinowcast community site
https://www.epinowcast.org/seminars/2025-07-02-maile-thayer/index.html
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For next Wednesday’s epinowcast seminar, Maile Thayer from CDC’s Dengue Branch will talk about real-time modeling during the 2024-2025 dengue epidemic 🦠 🦟 in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
www.epinowcast.org/seminars/202...
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Maile Thayer - Real-time modeling during the 2024-2025 Dengue Epidemic in Puerto Rico: Applications and insights – Epinowcast
Epinowcast community site
https://www.epinowcast.org/seminars/2025-07-02-maile-thayer/index.html
3 months ago
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Excited to give this talk in a few weeks for the
@rladiesamsterdam.bsky.social
community 😄
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3 months ago
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Antoine Brault
4 months ago
Plague remains a health issue in several parts of the world—especially in Madagascar, where epidemics follow a seasonal pattern. In our new
@pnas.org
paper, we link that seasonality to rat and flea dynamics and quantify the impact of various control strategies.
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2502161122
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Last night we guided 561 people through a journey of art, science, and history on the
@pasteur.fr
campus for Nuit Blanche. 🖼️🔬📚 Nice collaboration with artists Aristide Barraud and Marie-Sarah Adenis 👏
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Come work with us! 😄
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4 months ago
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4 months ago
Reminder that this very interesting talk will be tomorrow!
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4 months ago
For the June
#epinowcast
seminar on the 4th at 3pm UK time we have Alba Halliday speaking about “Modelling diseases with delayed reporting and nested structures using a hierarchical framework” More here and joining info:
www.epinowcast.org/seminars/202...
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Alba Halliday - Modelling diseases with delayed reporting and nested structures using a hierarchical framework – Epinowcast
Epinowcast community site
https://www.epinowcast.org/seminars/2025-06-04-Alba-Halliday/index.html
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First evening of
#pint25
last night in Paris. I talked about epidemic science during “peace time” and the importance of sustaining public health funding between pandemics. Great questions from the audience!
@pintofscience.fr
4 months ago
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5 months ago
For tomorrows
#epinowcast
seminar series (at 3pm UK time) we have Dongxuan Chen talking about "From generation interval to superspreading potential, from population level estimates to setting-specific estimates, in the case of COVID-19"
www.epinowcast.org/seminars/202...
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Dongxuan Chen - From generation interval to superspreading potential, from population level estimates to setting-specific estimates, in the case of COVID-19 – Epinowcast
Epinowcast community site
https://www.epinowcast.org/seminars/2025-05-07-dongxuan-chen/index.html
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Pint of Science FR
6 months ago
🎉WOUHOU ! Les tickets pour les soirées
#pint25
sont disponibles sur le site, le plus dur sera de faire un choix ! 🎟
pintofscience.fr
🎟 🗓 19-21 mai /📍60 villes Les places dans les bars étant limitées, ne tardez pas à réserver vos places pour vos évènements préférés !
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Tomorrow is the first Wednesday of the month. That means we have an epinowcast seminar! Excited to hear from
@kylieainslie.bsky.social
about her work on scabies at 4 pm Paris/3 pm UK/10 am Eastern time!
www.epinowcast.org/seminars/202...
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Kylie Ainslie - Scabies, who cares? – Epinowcast
Epinowcast community site
https://www.epinowcast.org/seminars/2025-04-02-kylie-ainslie/index.html
6 months ago
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Pint of Science FR
6 months ago
🎉ÇA Y EST !! Le programme
#pint25
de presque toutes les villes est en ligne !! À consulter ici 👉
pintofscience.fr
👈 🎫Vous avez deux semaines pour le découvrir tranquillement, les tickets seront en ligne lundi 14 avril ! 👓🧠❤🔥Alors, quelle est votre soirée préférée
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Big turnout today in Paris to show solidarity with US-based scientists ❤️ 🗽
#StandUpforScienceFrance
@pasteur.fr
7 months ago
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Institut Pasteur | 130 years of biomedical research
7 months ago
Science, research & public health face unprecedented attacks in the U.S. We stand with our American colleagues & support the Stand Up for Science call. Join the global march tomorrow, incl. in Paris! 🧪✊ 📍 March 7, 13:30 – Place Jussieu 🔗 More info:
standupforscience.fr
#StandUpForScience
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7 months ago
This is tomorrow
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Department of Statistics
7 months ago
🐔 Calling all backyard poultry keepers in England! We want to hear your thoughts on avian influenza control measures. If you have fewer than 50 birds, please share your experiences and suggestions for future strategies. Survey 🔗
tinyurl.com/e535naw4
#AvianInfluenza
#AnimalHealth
#OxfordStatistics
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Excited for this seminar which will actually happen next Wednesday, March 5 🤗 (same time)
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7 months ago
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7 months ago
Wrote this highly personal piece about my family this week. Check it out!
www.freep.com/story/money/...
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How UAW benefits shaped an immigrant family
He had been dead 42 years, but my great-uncle's benefits sustained and, in many ways, shaped the remainder of my great-aunt’s life.
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2025/02/19/how-uaw-benefits-shaped-an-immigrant-family/78062537007/
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Simon Cauchemez
8 months ago
Serological data provide key insights on pathogen circulation. We introduce a new R package, Rsero, which is a pipeline to store and analyze age-stratified sero data, estimate the history of pathogen circulation and compare different transmission models.
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
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RSero: A user-friendly R package to reconstruct pathogen circulation history from seroprevalence studies
Author summary Antibodies are immune markers of past infections. Seroprevalence studies that characterize the seropositivity status in the population have been used for decades in epidemiological stud...
https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012777
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IDDjobs
8 months ago
PhD position (Oxford, UK) Social optimisation of public-facing digital tools for health protection and trial frameworks for NPIs with
@christldonnelly.bsky.social
@christophraser.bsky.social
@runningmadprof.bsky.social
at
@ox.ac.uk
More details:
http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2243
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Michael White
8 months ago
Exciting opportunity to work with the excellent
@conniciavarella.bsky.social
in sunny Montpellier in the south of France.
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New paper out yesterday on surveillance of the JN.1 variant of SARS-CoV-2 in France last year. Nice collaboration between private and public partners from public health and research!
www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...
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Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 variants with complementary surveillance systems: risk evaluation of the Omicron JN.1 variant in France, August 2023 to January 2024
Background Early detection and characterisation of SARS-CoV-2 variants have been and continue to be essential for assessing their public health impact. In August 2023, Santé publique France implemente...
https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2025.30.1.2400293
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This seminar has been rescheduled for tomorrow, Jan. 8 (same time). Looking forward to it!
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9 months ago
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10 months ago
A post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Statistics! All areas of stats research work - including statistical epidemiology :) Please apply
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Ardem Patapoutian
10 months ago
I joined 75+
@nobelprize.bsky.social
laureates urging US Senators to oppose RFK Jr.'s confirmation as DHHS Secretary. If you’re in a state with GOP senators, PLEASE reach out to them! I’d deeply appreciate it if you amplified this post! 🙏
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...
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Our paper on excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Western Europe was published today 🥳
bmcglobalpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Patterns and drivers of excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in 13 Western European countries - BMC Global and Public Health
Background Important differences in excess mortality between European countries during the COVID-19 pandemic have been reported. Understanding the drivers of these differences is essential to pandemic...
https://bmcglobalpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s44263-024-00103-z
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The epinowcast seminar with Spencer will be this Wednesday, December 4. Hope to see you there!
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10 months ago
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10 months ago
Join our 1-week course on Infectious Disease Mathematical Modelling at Institut Pasteur in beautiful Paris, April 7-11 2025! Deadline for applications: 7 December 2024. More information at
www.pasteur.fr/en/education...
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I’ve been a peer reviewer for Pre-Publication Support Service (PREPSS) since 2022 and am kind of obsessed with their efforts to increase equity in health research. 🤩
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2PS...
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About PREPSS Video
YouTube video by PREPSS Academic Writing Support
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10 months ago
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Zulma M. Cucunubá
11 months ago
If you’re a Latin American researcher in infectious disease modelling, please reach out – let’s connect and strengthen our regional network!
#InfectiousDisease
#LatinAmerica
#DataScience
#IDModelling
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Hi 🙋🏻♀️ I’m Kelly. Here’s an intro about me for newcomers to this app: I’m an infectious disease epidemiologist/modeler at Institut Pasteur in Paris 🇫🇷 where I mainly work on COVID-19 🦠
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