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We are honored to receive the @rooseveltinstitute.org's 2025 Four Freedoms Award for Freedom of Speech and Expression, and to be among a stellar class of laureates including @wck.org, @cvt.org, and more. Details: tnvge.co/ZMIUg7v

New meta-analysis updates global estimates of perinatal & breastfeeding HIV transmission & effectiveness of prevention strategies. Findings inform new UNAIDS 2025 Epidemic Estimates - aidsinfo.unaids.org. From @mkwalters3.bsky.social‬, @jeff-imai-eaton.bsky.social & collaborators @ bit.ly/46BpIUw

Assistant Professor - Madison, Wisconsin, United States Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

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The Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in the field of demography of health and aging beginning in August 2026
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Benefits and challenges of PoCT #STIHIV2025

#stihiv2025 🧪
Leading the way on evidence for #STI screening in young people

STICH trial Zimbabwe @chidodc.bsky.social

Critical issues for a screening programme:
- ensuring treatment if positive
- partner notification
- does it actually reduce morbidity?

👍 Rashida Ferrand @lshtm.bsky.social

I am vicariously experiencing #stihiv2025 through social media!

Looking forward to talking #STI 🧪 @stihiv2025.org
with
@chidodc.bsky.social @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social @oriolmitja.bsky.social @joetucker.bsky.social @picardonhealth.bsky.social @yhgrad.bsky.social @mckline98.bsky.social @stirig-lshtm.bsky.social

STI&HIV2025 World Congress starts in Montreal Sunday 27th July https://stihiv2025.org/

STI & HIV 2025 World Congress #stihiv2025 starts Montreal Sunday 27th July stihiv2025.org/program/ @stihiv2025.org

Absolutely delighted for this to be my first 🧪 feed post

The world's biggest conference dedicated to research on sexually transmitted infections #chlamydia #gonorrhoea #syphilis
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📲 Access all oral #abstracts, poster exhibitions, e-posters, late breakers and #mpox abstracts from #IAS2025 for free in our #abstract book:

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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

We're hiring a modelling postdoc at PSI Oxford for two exciting projects: 1) modelling the early immune responses to Nipah vaccination, and 2) joining the PRESTO team working on immunobridging in vaccine evaluation studies.

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Get in touch for more info! Deadline 4th August.

How do research careers compare across countries? New global database has some answers Online tool from the Research and Innovation Careers Observatory allows users to compare salary, typical career destinations, and more

In which countries do scientists earn the most? Does having a doctorate degree provide greater job security than having a master’s degree? What sectors and jobs do Ph.D.-holders in different parts of the world end up in?

These questions and more are now easier to answer, thanks to a new database… ⮛

The first page of the Lancet Public Health manuscripts

Two graphs showing a) prevalence of MTB immunoreactivity by sex and age and b) ARTI by sex and age

Figure showing male-to-female prevalence ratio in MTB immunoreactivity

In meta analysis of data from nearly half a million people, we found that men have higher M. #tuberculosis immunoreactivity risk than women.

Likely to be key driver of
sex differences in global tuberculosis morbidity & mortality

@hannahrickman.bsky.social 🛟🧪

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Just few days left to apply to one of these postdoc positions in my infectious disease modelling Unit at @pasteur.fr in Paris!

Postdoc (Paris, France)
Modelling the spread of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria over healthcare networks
with Laura Temime
at @mesurs-cnam
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2323

🚨 We're hiring! 🚨

If you love science and are passionate about advancing health in the Americas through evidence-based policy, consider joining our team as a Senior Editor at @lancetrh-americ.bsky.social!

✨This is a full-time position based in Brazil ✨

🔗Apply now: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

Introducing Break the Barriers Co-producing better maternity care with and for Black, African, Caribbean, and mixed-Black families—grounded in lived experience, advocacy, and research.

🚨New blog: Break the Barriers!🚨

For my PhD, my lived experience partners & I are co-producing research to address #racism in maternity care for Black families in NW London, and we want to share our journey!

🔗 First post + subscribe: bit.ly/3Hw2If4

#BlackMaternalHealth #coproduction #healthequity

This post introduces a new blog about a produced project to improve maternity care for Black families. This is part of a PhD study by one of my fantastic students. Have a read and subscribe to the blog!

Boston is the first major Northeastern city to launch a pilot program offering free sunscreen dispensers in public parks.

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Early Stage Investigator Spotlight Seminar (ESI Talk) Alicer Andrew, PhD (UCSF CFAR)

📣🦠ℹ️HU CFAR Pathway Opportunities Steering Committee presents ESI Talk (Thursday, June 12 at 1 pm US ET) “HIV-specific CD8+ T cells from Elite Controllers exhibit unique features that may mediate ART-free HIV control” with Alicer Andrew, PhD (UCSF CFAR). RSVP at mailchi.mp/fc70d67708b0...

Re-upping one small idea: Universities should commit to preserving library/journal/software access for students and researchers who have to leave academia because of funding cuts. We need concrete, practical ways of preserving scholarship.

“I’ve found that often the solution to misinformation is not simply more information. Instead, it is more compassion, more curiosity and more trust building.
Before you advise you must listen, and we must do so with benevolence, by showing real, genuine care and interest in the person we're serving”

World-first gonorrhoea vaccine offered on NHS to combat rise in super strain STI Gay and bisexual men who are most at risk of catching the infection will be invited to get the jab

Gonorrhoea vaccine available in the UK for men who have sex with men. STIRIG Co-Director @ehardingesch.bsky.social comments for the Independent.

www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

#STIs #STISky #gonorrhoea #gonorrhea

YouTube video by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Yunge Xiao, SM ’25, gained confidence as a researcher at Harvard Chan School

Yunge Xiao, SM ’25, was just 20 years old when she began pursuing a degree at Harvard Chan School.

“Whatever stage of life you’re in, you can inspire a lot of people who have been in the field for a while,” she says. “I bring a lot of enthusiasm, that’s for sure.”

YouTube video by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Harvard’s public health research, in 7 words or less

Harvard Chan School is home to a wide variety of research initiatives, with faculty, researchers, and students all working together to improve health, prevent disease, and support well-being.

We asked some of them if they could explain their research in 7 words.

Postdoc (London, UK)
Position available in the world-leading tuberculosis (TB) Modelling group at LSHTM
with @raclark18.bsky.social‬ @richardwhite321.bsky.social
at LSHTM @lshtm-tbmod.bsky.social
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2314

Demystifying the other side of the journal submission process What do Editors do with your submission?

I've tried putting some initial journal submission tips into a substack post. If this is of interest, I'll try to pull together some more hints and tips.

Other ideas I have are how I choose reviewers and what to do if you're asked to review. Any suggestions?

open.substack.com/pub/onisillo...

We can't remain indifferent to suffering: Catholic Church now champions HPV vaccination From opposition to advocacy: After dismissing vaccine over promiscuity fears, church now tells faithful early intervention saves lives

This is such an important shift. For many years the catholic church withheld support for HPV vaccination which prevents cervical cancer.
119,000 women die from this cancer in Africa every year.
This full throated support of the HPV vaxx by the church will help uptake.
nation.africa/kenya/health...

#WHO is developing global guidance on DoxyPEP for #STI prevention and they want to hear from you!

🗣️ Submit your input by May 31: extranet.who.int/dataformv6/i....

Learn more about #DoxyPEP for STI prevention, www.stiwatch.org/prevention.

A CNN news notification : The convicted killer crab walked between two walls and pushed through the newly installed razor wire to break out of prison, authorities say

*crab-walked