Estimating the current size of the 2026 DRC Bundibugyo virus outbreak: a joint Bayesian re-analysis of the McCabe et al. report w/ @kathsherratt.bsky.social Sam Brand and @sbfnk.bsky.social

🎓 One last PhD studentship on offer on health analytics and modelling, jointly between @hpruham.bsky.social and @hprurespinf.bsky.social. Real-time use of data from household studies to inform pandemic and epidemic preparedness, with Anne Cori, @seabbs.bsky.social and Chris Overton. Link ↓

Really enjoyed this thought-provoking workshop this week at @cmmid-lshtm.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social on evaluation & responsibility in infectious disease modelling. Brilliantly organised and led by @kathsherratt.bsky.social, with Erica Thompson. Great discussions on both practice and training.

Great talk on composable infectious disease modelling. Making real-time outbreak modelling more principled and flexible has been a long-standing challenge, and Sam has been leading the charge on solving it. With a growing group of people keen on this it feels like we're finally getting somewhere.

PhD position (London, UK) Real-time modelling of infectious disease outbreaks. with @sbfnk.bsky.social @anne-cori.bsky.social @seabbs.bsky.social at @epiforecasts.io @cmmid-lshtm.bsky.social More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2440

Two more fully funded PhDs in real-time infectious disease modelling & forecasting — developing methods for operational use by @ukhsa.bsky.social and others in outbreak response. UK home students, starting April or September 2026. www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...

Come do a PhD with us!

2 PhD positions (London, UK) In real-time infectious disease modelling with @‪@sbfnk.bsky.social‬ @‪@anne-cori.bsky.social‬ @‪@seabbs.bsky.social‬ at @‪@lshtm.bsky.social‬ @‪@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social‬ @‪@ukhsa.bsky.social‬ More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2336

I was speaking about the epinowcast package, ecosystem, and community with a little bit of a pitch for modelling in Julia at the end. If any of this work takes your interest this PhD on delay estimation may interest you. bsky.app/profile/iddj...

The new epidist release just dropped which includes support for the marginal model as well as lots of other goodies epidist.epinowcast.org/news/index.h... TLDRP: its 20-lots faster depending on number of stratifications in the data and not approximate.

It's rare to have so many PhD studentships open at the same time that are fully funded at the project level - do apply if any of these strike your interest (unfortunately, UK home fee eligible candidates only). I'll describe the 3 projects that involve me / @epiforecasts.io in a bit more detail.

Excited to share that today was my first day as an Assistant Professor at LSHTM @lshtm.bsky.social working in the @epiforecasts.bsky.social group! Looking forward to working with so many talented people, acquainting to London life, and maybe actually posting some content on here 🇬🇧☔️