I’m honored to be part of @thenation.com's 160th anniversary issue, These Dis-United States! Writing in from Utah, this wondrous, wild, and complicated state.

I had a great time talking with @davidcondos.bsky.social about how the rapid development of St. George and encroachment into fragile desert habitats is creating intense dusk exposures, including exposures to the Valley fever fungus. www.kuer.org/health/2025-...

Postdoc (Salt Lake City, USA) Genomics and transmission of M. tuberculosis with @katwalter.bsky.social at @utah.edu More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2306

Are you interested in TB, genomics, and transmission? We're looking for a postdoc to join our lab, in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains. utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/181... @utah-idd.bsky.social @tbjournalclub.bsky.social @epijobs.bsky.social

StopTB has a new report estimating the impact of the foreign aid freeze. It's useful to understand the huge impact that global health efforts have everyday, and worrying. Some highlights... 🧵

Vaccines and immunization fact sheets you can't find on CDC website anymore are archived at the link below. May be helpful to bookmark this for future reference. www.immunize.org/vaccines/vis...

The CDC is removing data sets that researchers widely rely upon because they include information on sexual orientation and gender identity. “It feels like they’re trying to will us out of existence,” one researcher tells @theresagaff.bsky.social: www.statnews.com/2025/01/31/c...

I am with dozens of Utah scientists, healthcare providers, and educators who urge Senators Lee and Curtis to vote no on RFK’s dangerous nomination. The health of Utahns and Americans is at risk. www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm... @sltrib.com @gregggonsalves.bsky.social

Wow! Susana Keeshin and Katie Walter (my former classmate at @yalesph.bsky.social) call on Utah Senators Mike Lee and John Curtis to reject the nomination of #RFK Jr. for #HHS Secretary. www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...

Happy to see this work led by @katwalter.bsky.social out! In #TB outbreaks & high transmission settings, we often see many Mtb genomes that are identical or have 1-2 SNVs. Katharine asked whether we could leverage within host diversity & shared minority variants to better link transmission pairs.

I wrote about the transformation of parched Mojave Desert landscapes into luxury golf courses and master-planned communities—and the rise of Valley fever www.noemamag.com/the-making-o...