Non academic (Bilthoven / Utrecht, the Netherlands) Senior infectious disease modeller to lead and coordinate complex modelling projects with Jacco Wallinga at RIVM More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2380

Enjoying spring in Melbourne 🇦🇺

That's a wrap on my first #TidyDevDay, complete with ringing the gong! I was intimidated going into it, but everyone was super supportive. I had a great time and learned a lot. Thanks to all the folks @posit.co for organizing, especially @jennybryan.bsky.social - everyone's favorite Git therapist 😂

One week to go until #positconf2025! Tired of scattered analysis files and "which version is final?" anxiety? I'll be speaking about how R package structure can enhance ANY data project. A simple framework for data scientists that turns messy folders into transparent, reproducible work. #RStats

🎉 Excited to announce that {mitey} is now on CRAN (my very first CRAN submission)! 📦 A lightweight #rstats package for estimating infectious disease parameters: ✅ Serial intervals ✅ Time-varying case reproduction numbers ✅ Synthetic epidemic generation cran.r-project.org/package=mitey

Instead of doing what I should be doing, I procrastinated by updating the "About" page of my website with a scrollytelling career timeline, some fun stats, and a card grid of hobbies! It's amazing what you can do with @quarto.org! kylieainslie.github.io/about.html #rstats #AcademicSky

Hello #dataBS (& especially #TidyTuesday) fam! I'm trying to organize a thing to help me keep TidyTuesday running smoothly, but first I need to get a bit of a runway. Every week I curate a TT dataset, and it's wearing me down. Please see github.com/rfordatascie... for some ways you can help! #RStats

Come join me at @rladiesamsterdam.bsky.social 💜

@rladiesamsterdam.bsky.social is looking for new organisers! I have loved being an organiser! The @rladies.org community is wonderful. I highly recommend organising. 💜 Please reach out if you have any questions about getting involved. #rladies

Last week marked the end of my time at @rivm-nl.bsky.social. I'm excited to be joining @thedohertyinst.bsky.social and The University of Melbourne as Modelling for Policy Lead!

Excited to announce a search for an Associate or Full Professor in Infectious Disease Modeling at Penn State's Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics. Details at link and below. psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

Leon is kicking things off at pawsit::conf(2025). Who's joining? 🐶 🐾 🎾

We are launching a project on improving code sharing in health and medical research funded by @ukri.org and working with @floriannaudet.bsky.social and @bmj.com Read more here: bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/08/help-us-improve-code-sharing-in-health-research/

Excited to share my newest quarto revealjs plugin: imagemover Easily reposition and resize images directly in your quarto revealjs slides for a much smoother slidecrafting experience github.com/EmilHvitfeld... #quarto

Happening in 15 minutes!

Infectious Disease Modelling starter pack update! Many more modellers have joined Bluesky recently so this update is overdue. Pls keep on sending suggestions! (bio should contain experience relevant for this pack) IDModelling pack 1: go.bsky.app/86Ao1a5 IDModelling pack 2 : go.bsky.app/2oBB7KX

Great example of #quarto website, with JS and CSS features, and an amazing readme file! If you have time, give Kylie some feedback!

I created a @quarto.org website for a new collaborative ID modelling platform in NL: codemap-nl.github.io/codemap-nl-w... Still developing, but want to crowdsource feedback (following @cecibaldoni.bsky.social's lead)! What do you think? Code: github.com/codemap-nl/c... #IDSky #EpiSky

📣 Funded 3.5yr PhD opportunity (UK tuition fee rate) in @hpruezi.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social. #PhDSky 🧪 On "Optimising testing & control strategies in the early stages of infectious disease outbreaks" #IDSky #EpiSky ⏳ Deadline to apply: 07 Jul 2025 🔗: www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/opti...

New piece on why it’s unhelpful to characterise COVID debate as ‘lockdowns are bad’ vs ‘lockdowns are good’ when it was really about people who claimed that COVID was 100x less fatal than it was + optimal to have a massive epidemic immediately before vaccine… vs those who sense checked these claims.

I'm still not sure exactly what an API is (explanations welcome), but I looked at the number of APIs in each category on apis.guru for this week's #TidyTuesday. Top 3 API categories: ☁️ Cloud: 34.4% 🎬 Media: 12.3% 📊 Open Data: 11.5% Code: github.com/kylieainslie... #pydytuesday @dslc.io

I decided to change up my working conditions and camped out at Amsterdam's Marineterrein. Here is an action shot of my call with @seabbs.bsky.social 👇

We're hiring! We are looking for a Research Fellow to join us in the Infectious Disease Modelling Group at La Trobe University to work on Strep A transmission modelling. Full details here: careers.pageuppeople.com/533/caw/en/j...

Excited to give this talk in a few weeks for the @rladiesamsterdam.bsky.social community 😄

🚨 New Event 🚨 From Code to Crisis Response: Using #rstats for Public Health Impact at the CDC w/ @kcharniga.bsky.social 📅 July 1, 2025 ⏰ 16:00-17:00 CET 🔗 www.meetup.com/rladies-amst... Join us to learn practical R applications in crisis response and beyond! #rladies #EpiSky #IDSky @rladies.org

We're looking for more curators for the second half of 2025! Want to share your voice or know someone who should? 📝 Sign up to curate: airtable.com/appjkZZgtF0i... 📖 Learn what curating involves: guide.rladies.org/rocur/guide/ 💌 Nominate someone you admire: airtable.com/appFIBzsk2Ax...

Did you miss my talk about Scrollytelling with Quarto? 🥲 Well, despair no more! You can find it in the @rladiesamsterdam.bsky.social Youtube channel! Check out also the Github repo I built for this talk, you can find a working example and the slides I used: github.com/cecibaldoni/... <3

R-Ladies Amsterdam now has a YouTube channel! Our first video is @cecibaldoni.bsky.social's excellent talk about how to use @quarto.org and Closeread for scrollytelling science. This talk was excellent! If you missed it, check it out now! youtu.be/ytKZ357Xtqw?... #rladies #rstats #scicomm

I have definitely sent the explainer video about "What are infectious disease models?" to people. It's really well done. The video doesn't seem to work on the website, so here's the link to the youtube. youtu.be/IUpsekOsIxQ?...

New postdoc positions with a number of exciting epidemic modelling projects opening in our Unit at @pasteur.fr in beautiful Paris. Deadline for applications: 26th June. research.pasteur.fr/en/job/postd...

Several of my colleagues have decided not to attend conferences in the US this year*. I'm curious how other non-US-based researchers are approaching this decision. *I will still be attending conferences in the US because it's an opportunity to see family and friends. #EpiSky #AcademicSky #IDSky

📚 This week's #TidyTuesday: Project Gutenberg authors! By visualizing 8 centuries of literary lifespans we can see that authors lived progressively longer A surprising finding: works from authors born in 19th century (orange) completely dominates the collection 🧡 #pydytuesday #dataviz @dslc.io

I just came across this article in @nature.com which offers advice to ECRs about which programming language to use. It tackles 4 key Qs: What do you mean by ‘programming’? What are your colleagues using? Which tools are available? How big are your data? www.nature.com/articles/d41... #rstats #python

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...

Next week! ⬇️ #rstats #rladies @quarto.org

Call for papers! 📢  We are inviting papers that discuss, explore or evaluate the (potential) use of LLMs in any step of an epidemiological outbreak investigation, for the planned special issue of Epidemiology & Infection: Using large language models in outbreak response 👇

"Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites. All members are encouraged to attend." ♥️♥️♥️ #QuartoPub

Cool to see the next @rladiesamsterdam.bsky.social event featured in "this week in #rstats"! For more details or to sign up: www.meetup.com/rladies-amst...

Yuhuuu 🥳😍 thank you so much for the mention! And I take the opportunity to advertise SORTEE super quarto series this month: events.humanitix.com/sortee-works...

Join me on May 28th to talk about Scrollytelling 🥳😍

🚨 New Event! 🚨 Scrollytelling Science with Quarto and Closeread Featuring: @cecibaldoni.bsky.social 📅 May 28, 2025 | 18:00-19:00 CET Learn to create engaging scientific narratives with interactive storytelling techniques! Register: www.meetup.com/rladies-amst... @rladies.org #RStats #rladies

Today at 16:00 CET! www.epinowcast.org/seminars/202...

Understanding high-dimensional forecast scores is just another type of data analysis, so you can use a statistical model. Nice new paper from Katherine Sherratt and @sbfnk.bsky.social et al. making use of scoringutils and mgcv. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

I'm finally back at #pydytuesday this week and it's a doozy. We looked at NSF grant terminations (so far) by state by the Trump administration. Total funding terminations across all states were >$600 million Top 3 states: 1. CA ~$70 mil 2. NY ~$57 mil 3. TX ~$42 mil #rstats #TidyTuesday @dslc.io

Check out our new starter pack! go.bsky.app/2pCsUdA

📊 🕵️‍♂️ #rstats community! Do you sometimes feel like you're just pretending to be a data scientist? I'm researching imposter syndrome for my upcoming talk at posit::conf(2025) 🔍 I'd love to hear YOUR experiences in a short 5-10 minute anonymous survey: forms.gle/YkJtwZWquyKM... Please share! 🔄

📣 Current and former #USgov data scientists! Join @ropensci.org + @openscapes.bsky.social on May 6 for a community support and networking event: ropensci.org/events/datas... Co-hosted by former feds (NOAA, NASA, DOE, NSF, NIH + Federal Reserve) to discuss their paths to other sectors. #dataBS

Call for papers! 📢  We are inviting papers that discuss, explore or evaluate the (potential) use of LLMs in any step of an epidemiological outbreak investigation, for the planned special issue of Epidemiology & Infection: Using large language models in outbreak response 👇

We played with penguins data for this week's #TidyTuesday. I accepted @jonthegeek.com's challenge to recreate an existing plot. I recreated @allisonhorst.bsky.social's plot in #python using #plotnine. Can you guess which is the original? Code here: github.com/kylieainslie... #pydytuesday

📢 New preprint! We estimate the serial interval of scabies and characterise its transmission dynamics in the Netherlands over >10 yrs —offering new insights into the spread of a neglected but re-emerging disease. (1/4) 🔗 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #IDSky #EpiSky #AcademicSky #NTD