Minttu Rönn

Minttu Rönn

@mintturonn.bsky.social

Infectious disease epidemiologist at Harvard Chan School of Public Health. Public health, math models & coffee. Focus on STIs, HIV, reproductive health. https://hsph.harvard.edu/profile/minttu-ronn/

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Based on the current evidence, 𝗘𝗖𝗗𝗖 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘅𝘆-𝗣𝗘𝗣 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲.

Any use should be considered case by case by clinicians, and aligned with national guidance.

Where used, it needs to be part of a broader sexual health approach.

Read more: bit.ly/45fcsna

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Zoliflodacin and gepotidacin cross-resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae Resistance to zoliflodacin, a first-in-class antibiotic for gonorrhea treatment, can occur through gyrBD429N, but this mutation's impact on fitness and resistance to other topoisomerase targeting drug...

New preprint: with increasing resistance to ceftriaxone, the last recommended antibiotic for gonorrhea, we urgently need new drugs. Two--zoliflodacin & gepotdiacin--are up for approval by the FDA in Dec. Here we show a point mutation can result in cross-resistance. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Opportunity to comment on the National HIV Surveillance System The deadline to comment is Dec. 1, 2025.

We need your voice! CDC is requesting comments on the National HIV Surveillance System. Share how NHSS data informs HIV prevention & care in your community.

Submit your comments by Dec. 1: https://idsociety.quorum.us/campaign/143786/

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Register for IPUMs International Online Session Please use this form to register for the IPUMs International Session hosted by the Historical Economic Demography Group at LSE. The session will be on Zoom from 15:15-16:30 UK Time on 12 November 202...

Curious about using census microdata in your research? 📊

Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.

🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...

Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.

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4 months ago
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Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other ...

The CDC runs the National HIV Surveillance System, which is a foundational resource for tracking HIV trends and improving prevention and care. They are seeking public feedback to keep this important effort going. Comments open until Dec 1, 2025. 🛟🧪
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

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We’re hiring!

Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.

Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply

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New study led by Salome Kuchukhidze, @mintturonn.bsky.social & @jeff-imai-eaton.bsky.social finds that over 1 in 4 US women living w/ HIV reported past-year intimate partner violence, with pregnant women at a particularly high risk. bit.ly/47YX2F2

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PhD Position in Educational Tools for Teaching Generative AI Use to Novice Programmers | Aalto University To apply, please prepare a cover letter detailing your interest and qualifications for the position, a CV, and degree & study transcripts. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the position will be filled as soon as a suitable candidate is found, so don't delay.

Interested in generative AI and computing education? We are looking for a PhD student to work on developing and studying tools that help novice programmers learn how to use generative AI at @csaalto.bsky.social. Find out more & apply here:
www.aalto.fi/en/open-posi...

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IPUMS MEPS MEPS is a project dedicated to collecting and distributing census data from around the world. Its goals are to Collect and preserve data and documentation, Harmonize data, Disseminate the data absolut...

IPUMS MEPS (Medical Expenditure Household Survey) now offers 1,100 new variables from the 2023 survey. Easily accessible! @ipums.bsky.social @umn-idim.bsky.social

View data here: meps.ipums.org/meps/

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Dr. Anthony Fauci in a black suit and tie.

We are so excited to share that Bailey Bowcutt (@baileybowcutt.bsky.social), PhD student in the Grad Lab, moderated the Harvard Chan Studio event, “Dr. Anthony Fauci: Insights from 50 years of public service.”

🎦 Watch the full interview: youtu.be/qHxR75vO83M?...

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Sue Goldie Has Parkinson’s Disease (Gift Article) An acclaimed researcher is an expert at explaining complicated problems. Now she has to confront the most vexing question: What is happening to her?

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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5 months ago

"no babies were born with HIV or syphilis in 2022 and 2023, while a 2023 national survey confirmed 0 hepatitis B among young children...achievements are backed by universal health coverage, which guarantees free antenatal care, vaccines and diagnostic services for all residents, including migrants"

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Hackathon for Health Equity

Undergrad Hackathon for Health Equity on infectious diseases. Oct 18 @buhaririinstitute.bsky.social (Boston). Come learn about epidemiology research & dive into real data with fun mentors and epi-curious colleagues. Info: bit.ly/46Na9ca. Register: bit.ly/3KL6pzd. #EpiSky #DataSciSky #PublicHealth

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AIDS and the screening debate: race, mobility and migration, 1985-1995 | LSHTM This presentation explores how efforts to manage the spread of AIDS intersected with broader efforts to restrict African migration in late twentieth century Britain. Its target audience is students

Join our colleagues at the Centre for History in Public Health on 28th October for a seminar examining the relationship between AIDS and migration controls in Britain during the 1980s & ’90s.

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

@lshtmhistory.bsky.social

#HIV

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Clinical Recommendation for the Use of Injectable Lenacapavir ... This report describes a clinical recommendation to use injectable lenacapavir as an HIV preexposure prophylaxis.

New CDC guidelines recommend twice-a-year injectable lenacapavir as a new option for #HIV prevention. FDA approved this medication in June 2025, expanding HIV PrEP options with the potential to advance efforts to end the HIV epidemic. #FundHIV. Read the full clinical recommendation: bit.ly/47WMx5P

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Health Insurance Dynamics During Childhood in the US This decision analytical modeling study aimed to estimate childhood insurance outcomes, including the proportions of those who had ever been enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP or had ever been uninsured.

"It was estimated that, by their 18th birthday, 61% (95% UI, 58%-63%) of US children were ever enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP and 42% (95% UI, 38%-46%) were ever uninsured." From Ye Shen et al. @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Five Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Positions in Microbiology, Evolution, and Biological Clocks - College Station, Texas job with Department of Biology - TAMU | 675062 Texas A&M University (TAMU) invites applications for five full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor positions

We're hiring! 5 tenure track assistant professors. 2 #microbiology, 2 #Evolution, 1 #biologicalclocks

jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/675062/f...

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UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

@sriucl.bsky.social is HIRING 2 permanent Lecturers 🚀 in #QuantitativeSocialScience!

It comes with smart and lovely colleagues🌟, a central London office, and many big ideas and questions 🧐

Apply now! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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MC Stan is here! Follow for the latest Stan news, and tag if you want us to repost your posts about new papers, packages, courses, etc. about Stan

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6 months ago
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The Dept. of BioSciences at #RiceUniversity, in Houston, Texas, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Evolutionary Biology, with a preferred focus on organismal responses to environmental change. Please RT!

Apply: apply.interfolio.com/173889

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📢 Call to anyone working in - or affected by - #HIV #HBV #hepatitis, as we gather data about impact of #funding cuts.
Can you help with a short questionnaire? link here ⬇️
forms.gle/nUJZFpMTdiwB...
Can be anonymous. Preliminary results in this thread.
#PEPFAR #CDC #NIH #MedSky #LiverSky #NoHep 🧪

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1/ 🚨 #JobOffer Two fixed term, Senior Executive Officer (PostDoc equivalent) Mathematical Modeller / Research Software Engineer positions at UKHSA.

🗓️ Appointment term: Fixed-term, available until Mar 2028
⏳ Application deadline: 23:59 BST, Wed 10 Sep 2025

#AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs #PublicHealth

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Join or Die with Robert Putnam Podcast Episode · What Now? with Trevor Noah · 01/23/2025 · 1h 6m

A Labor Day podcast recommend

The biggest changes I’ve made in 2025 all flow back to Robert Putnam’s ideas here:

thick, layered social groups —> functional local governments & better personal well-being & healthy national politics

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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ICYMI: Chicago Has a Huge Lead Pipe Problem—and We Mapped It.
Collaboration @insideclimatenews.org @grist.org @wbez.org
insideclimatenews.org/news/2808202...

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Full or Associate Professor in Infectious Disease Modeling APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

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...

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Other (London, UK)
Senior Mathematical Modeller/Research Software Engineer in the NIHR-funded Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU)
at UK HSA
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2350

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Job Opportunity at LSHTM: Research Fellow The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working i...

We are recruiting a Research Fellow to develop machine learning based methods for handling missing data @lshtm.bsky.social. See jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... for more details.

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American Academy of Pediatrics has released our annual update to our immunization recommendations to best help children and adolescents build immunity and stay healthy.
Read our full policy statement to learn about AAP's updated immunization schedule.
www.aap.org/en/news-room...

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Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.

We invite applications for two postdoctoral scholars! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center in NYC. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J

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