REMINDER 1) Last week to apply for a PhD studentship working on near patient syphilis diagnostics - deadline 5th December. 2) We also have an STI modelling PhD open for applications until mid January. If interested do get in touch.

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗼𝘄: PhD supervisor training for Southern Africa Research Capacity Network (SOFAR) led by Prof. Liezel Frick & Dr @nompilo.bsky.social (StellenboschUni). The 2-day program will strengthen supervision, research capacity & doctoral success. @kkranzer.bsky.social @zambartresearch.bsky.social

Finishing TB treatment isn’t the finish line. Our TB Champions are speaking out, showing why #PostTBCare needs urgent research. Their voices are the drivers of change. 💛 #EndTB #PostTB @posttbcare.bsky.social

@gunkal.bsky.social - thank you! Hope to see you at the TB union conference In Copenhagen.

Thank you @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social for your v kind words!

Proud moment for THRU ZIM! Our Co-Director, Prof. @kkranzer.bsky.social, received the EDCTP Women Scientific Leadership Prize at #EDCTP2025 in Kigali. Watch the moment here 🎥👇 youtu.be/UqYKkiyUQdE?... #WeAreTHRUZIM #WomenInScience #GlobalHealth #Leadership

Many congrats and a big applause to our affiliated researcher @kkranzer.bsky.social who received the EDCTP Women Scientific Leadership Prize at the EDCTP Forum in Kigali, Rwanda (June 15-20, 2025), and well as to all the other awardees! 🏆 🎊 Photo: Global Health EDCTP3

I am grateful for the opportunity to present at the #EDCTPforum in Kigali. We had a great session on #Tuberculosis prediction and early TB trajectories, with Shima Abdulgader and Edson Marambire. Chaired by @kkranzer.bsky.social & @willyssengooba.bsky.social

Registrations will close soon for our 2nd edition of the Reimagining Global Health course! Do check out the agenda & reading list, and register soon, if you are keen!! www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...

We are $5 billion/year short of our needs in TB research. This curable, preventable disease can be eliminated with concerted, sustained attention. The current toddler- tantrum approach is, shall we say, less than helpful. #TBSky

I'm pleased to announce i've a new paper published. It's a review on dengue diagnosis I did the searches for. It's part of the @lshtm.bsky.social FIEBRE project www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen.... Available on the Lancet Microbe at www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #sysrev #dengue #diagnosis

Sepsis is one of the most frequent causes of death worldwide & yet in many LMICs we have no or low quality phenotypic diagnostics to guide our therapy. This is particularly problematic in the context of neonatal sepsis where ESBL Kleb pneumo is often implicated. @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social

Molecular cartridge based diagnostics have been a game changer for TB diagnostics - why can we not do the same for blood cultures? Please see our newest publication in collaboration with FIND, Sally Mugabe Central Hospital, the NMRL & @thruzim.bsky.social PLOS: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

Today I chaired the early career researcher club at UZ in collaboration with @thruzim.bsky.social great presentations about #SRH service integration, infertility & movement of vultures. So much to learn! Thank you to all presenters.

Such great work @ioanaolaru.bsky.social @thruzim.bsky.social @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social

NEW research in PLOS Global Public Health from @emarambire.bsky.social & colleagues from @lshtm.bsky.social and @tropeninstitut.bsky.social : Prediction models for Mtb infection among adolescent and adult household contacts in high tuberculosis incidence settings journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

Today 15.00 'The Cost of Treating Tuberculosis' the first in a series of 3 webinars focused on topics related to health economics and TB, hosted by ERA4TB, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and COMBINE. Register forms.biocom.de/index.php/68... @sedonasweeney.bsky.social

Thank you for this important work! While we all know that the US funding cuts will have huge implications, seeing the high number of access TB deaths is shocking & saddening. @tb-lshtm.bsky.social @kchorton.bsky.social

I presented at the #ZiMA sensitization event, organized by #BRTI TB team. Representing ERASE TB, I shared our 3-year journey, insights into integrated health screening for TB-affected households—key steps toward shaping policy and programming for impact! @erasetb.bsky.social @thruzim.bsky.social

@emarambire.bsky.social congratulation to not just publishing this paper but also to submitting your #PhD thesis today. I feel v privileged to have v been part of your journey for the last 5 years! Massive congrat! @lmumuenchen.bsky.social @thruzim.bsky.social

Changes in incarceration and #tuberculosis notifications from prisons during the #COVID-19 pandemic in Europe & the Americas: a time-series analysis of national surveillance data Lower than expected #TB notifications! due to missing diagnoses? Lower transmission? www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

If you can't afford to use a diagnostic test, then its relative performance characteristics become irrelevant. Important issue raised re blood cultures 👇 @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social #ClinMicro #IDSky #AMR www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

We’re thrilled to launch the 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 (𝗦𝗢𝗙𝗔𝗥) website – a hub dedicated to strengthening research capacity across Africa Visit: www.sofarafrica.org @kkranzer.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social @zambartresearch.bsky.social @tropeninstitut.bsky.social

Thank you @edctp3-cryptott.bsky.social for funding this transformative consortium which will support researcher in #Mozambique #Zambia and #Zimbabwe across different levels of their career.

Academic Clinical Lecturer Posts in Infection now out: for people training in ID in UK & hold/imminently completing PhD. 2 posts @lshtm.bsky.social shorturl.at/EIUIz 1 at St Georges & 1 at Kings shorturl.at/8kDY3 If interested in @lshtm.bsky.social posts get in touch. UK ID people please share!!

We’re hiring! Looking for a laboratory post-doc fellow to help us disentangle protective and pathogenic T cells in TB, so we can stratify disease-risk after infection, and develop more effective vaccines. Interdisciplinary science in the heart of London. What's not to like? More here: bit.ly/4iIEiwu

#livedexperience experts are essential in the development of the #AtlasLongitudinalDatasets. During pilot testing sessions and via regular feedback, LEEs have ensured that the Atlas uses accessible language and is intuitive to navigate. Find the Atlas here atlaslongitudinaldatasets.ac.uk

Qualitative researchers are active listening to people. Sometimes people talk about sad & painful experiences. Providing emotional support to researchers is really important. Thank you Nonhlanhla for your insightful presentation. @thruzim.bsky.social

A few months ago, I was honoured to receive the Stephen Lawn prize (with Ali Esmail). The Lancet wrote a profile of me, published today! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan.... I'm v looking forward to being at the Steve Lawn lecture on Thursday, by Dr Tereza Kasaeva. www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Hoping post nightshift tactical napping will allow me to catch key sessions Don't miss Martha Chipinduro's turbo talk! #IDSky

More tickets are now available - register now for in-person attendance! Free and open to all.

20th March: don't miss The Stephen Lawn Memorial Lecture 2025 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Umweltverschmutzer-Lobbyisten und rechte Kräfte wollen Europas Klimaplan untergraben. 🚨 Wir brauchen einen stärkeren Green Deal – für unseren Planeten und eine nachhaltige Wirtschaft! 📢 Unterschreiben Sie JETZT, um unsere Zukunft zu schützen! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-02...

This is fantastic! The #tuberculosis community has not capitalised enough on existing longitudinal dataset. @erasetb.bsky.social @tb-lshtm.bsky.social

We just published analysis that in England ethnicity and socioeconomic deprivation are associated with a higher risk of acquiring blood-stream infections caused by E. coli, K. pneumoniae, P. aeruginosa, and MSSA/MRSA - now we must redress that imbalance www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...

Register now to join us for this year's #WTBD symposium! With sessions on post-TB lung disease, the UK's place in national and international policy, and asymptomatic TB, plus a debate on Pan-TB regimens and turbo talks from early career researchers @tb-lshtm.bsky.social & @ucltb.bsky.social!

At the end of January @vickysimms-epi.bsky.social led a 2-week R course for @thruzim.bsky.social students and staff. Feedback was overwhelmingly positive. Thank you to all facilitators!

🚨 Drastic cuts to global health funding are leaving millions without essential HIV services. Young people, key populations, and marginalized communities are being abandoned. Millions are at risk. Act now, save lives! Learn more: 🔗 bit.ly/41CDnrD #ZeroDiscrimination

I love taking PhD students out for cake. Martha Chipinduro is currently @tropeninstitut.bsky.social for her second stint of her residential training. @thruzim.bsky.social Thank you EDCTP!

“This is absolutely shattering, heartbreaking, and incomprehensible. The termination letters issued by the US state department in the last 24 hours mark the abrupt and devastating end to years — decades — of investment in lifesaving programmes” bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

This is a really exciting opportunity. Please consider applying if you are interested in health economics. @thruzim.bsky.social @emarambire.bsky.social @tb-lshtm.bsky.social

I would love to be part of that. Jumping is so much fun!

Let's talk about sex! Join our webinar on raising #STI awareness among young people in 2025. Learn what messages & channels resonate with youth today. 🗓️ 2 April, 15:00-16:30 CET. Register: bit.ly/4hInxkM #YouthHealth #SexualHealth #ECDC #EACS #CHIP #IDsky #EpiSky #SexEd #SexualEducation

Climate change is likely to exacerbate determinants which drive TB, the world’s leading infectious disease killer. Commissioned by WHO, we developed an analytical framework outlining potential causal relationships between climate change and TB: medrxiv.org/cgi/content/... @lshtm.bsky.social @who.int

Yesterday at THRU-ZIM, @englishse.bsky.social shared fascinating insights on how stress during pregnancy affects both mothers and offspring, drawing from evolutionary biology. The talk explored heatwaves, maternal susceptibility, and long-term impacts on child health. #MaternalHealth

Had a fantastic afternoon at @thruzim.bsky.social yesterday, giving a seminar in the wonderful setting of a thatched gazebo and enjoyed all the subsequent discussions. So much interesting and important, interdisciplinary health research there! I look forward to future collaborations.

My PhD students representing Sutherland lab at Keystone TB meeting in Boston. So proud! Please visit Ismaila's poster and say hi! #DEI

On this 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, we honor the incredible contributions of women in STEM fields who are shaping the future of research, innovation, and discovery. From breaking barriers to leading groundbreaking studies, women in science continue to inspire the next generation

Im Wahlkampf werden die Themenschwerpunkte ewig damit gerechtfertigt, dass das ja "die" entscheidenden Themen für die Menschen wären. Ich wäre ernsthaft für eine Umfrage, die "die Menschen" mal fragt, ob "ihre Themen", denn wirklich (genug) im Wahlkampf stattfinden. #TVDuell