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Kath Sherratt

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Epidemiology (infectious disease modelling) at @cmmid-lshtm.bsky.social‬ I get excited about collaborative science, science history, London, bread, tomatoes, and trees. kathsherratt.github.io/kathsherratt

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(who are maybe closer to the data etc.) to do those analyses.

So the work we should provide incentives for most academics is support for using their "thing" and plugging specialist gaps.

24.09.2025 10:14 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Famine and genocide in Gaza: A personal view | LSHTM Famine and genocide in Gaza: A personal view | LSHTM

In a personal blog, Professor Francesco Checchi discusses the pressing situation in #Gaza amidst increased levels of starvation, and what this may mean for the future 👇

www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

28.07.2025 10:56 — 👍 9    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 0
Ethics and integrity in uncertain times - Nature Medicine The newly launched PREPARED Code presents a much-needed framework to ensure that research during pandemics is trustworthy and accessible to all.

"The newly launched PREPARED Code presents a much-needed framework to ensure that research during pandemics is trustworthy and accessible to all." - Nature Medicine

Read more in the full editorial here www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#researchethics #pandemics

12.06.2025 07:11 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Improving modelling for epidemic response: a progress update from a community of UK infectious disease modellers We reflect on the sustainability of modelling infectious disease outbreaks from the perspective of modelling as a field of practice. We formed a community of practice among UK infectious disease model...

A few years ago we ran a workshop for members of the modelling community to reflect on how modelling support for outbreaks could be improved from a staffing perspective.

Now @kathsherratt.bsky.social has led a follow up looking at what, if anything has changed....

sciety.org/articles/act...

21.06.2025 14:06 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Visualizing Clinical Evidence: Citation Networks for the Incubation Periods of Respiratory Viral Infections Simply by repetition, medical facts can become enshrined as truth even when there is little empirical evidence supporting them. We present an intuitive and clear visual design for tracking the citatio...

In a similar vein, I really like this Nick Reich / @justinlessler.bsky.social paper exploring citation networks for incubation periods. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

22.05.2025 18:52 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

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