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Liz Fearon

@lizfearon.bsky.social

Associate Professor in infectious disease epidemiology at UCL. Interested in transmission dynamics, health equity, networks, HIV, sexual health, epidemic response.

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Scholarships and Funding Institute for Global Health

๐ŸŽ“The deadline for Institute for Global Health Postgraduate Bursaries applications is June 27th.
Get ยฃ2,000 towards tuition if you're a UK or Overseas student in financial need, studying one of the three MSc programmes at IGH.

23.06.2025 06:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The gonorrhoea vaccine is an incredible breakthrough. It could also be a terrible missed opportunity | Benjamin Weil Vaccines that work need systems that work. Britainโ€™s starved services must be supported to reach those most at risk, says researcher Benjamin Weil

The gonorrhoea vaccine is an incredible breakthrough. It could also be a terrible missed opportunity | Benjamin Weil

27.05.2025 11:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 130    ๐Ÿ” 38    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
This image depicts colourful letters reading join our team. The letters are on a pink background. There are five colourful lollipops around the text

This image depicts colourful letters reading join our team. The letters are on a pink background. There are five colourful lollipops around the text

Time is running out to apply for our Marketing and Communications Co-ordinator role. Deadline for application: Midnight Thursday 8 May.

Read our blog to find out more and how to apply: www.coproductioncollective.co.uk/news/job-opp...

#coproduction #livedexperience

07.05.2025 09:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Research Associate in Mathematical Epidemiology :Manchester

Come and work with us! Postdoctoral research job to look at methods for working with early pandemic "First Few X" datasets in resource-limited contexts. Please consider applying if of interest and circulate around your networks.

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

06.05.2025 14:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia We call on all trans-inclusive feminist academics and educators to sign this statement: โ€˜Not In Our Nameโ€™ We are non-trans feminist academics and educators. We write in support of trans rights, tran...

STATEMENT: 'Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia'
Read the statement online here: tinyurl.com/mud7va29
Co-sign the statement, fill in this form: forms.gle/oDYgnobrMiSc...

30.04.2025 07:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 471    ๐Ÿ” 240    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 46
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We are open for recruitment! The @spearstudy.bsky.social is investigating antibiotic resistance and microbiome changes in people using and not using doxyPEP to prevent STIs. Visit doxypep.me/spear
@uclglobalhealth.bsky.social @cnwlnhs.bsky.social @thelovetankcic.bsky.social

27.03.2025 13:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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UK DoxyPEP study recruiting participants - beyondpositive SPEAR, a new study in the UK, is investigating the effect of DoxyPEP on the gut microbiome. The study is now recruiting participants.

SPEAR - a new study by UCL, CNWL NHS and @thelovetankcic.bsky.social is investigating the impact of #DoxyPEP (use of Doxycycline to prevent STIs after sex) on the gut microbiome ๐Ÿ’Š๐Ÿ”ฌ

Participants can now apply - with incentives available.

More here: www.beyondpositive.org/2025/03/27/d...

27.03.2025 10:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Let's keep telling the story of the devastating impacts of funding and the fallout of ending USAID
Lives lost, livelihoods lost, compassion lost, kindness lost, solidarity and support lost.
Like HIV there is a "death" tracker telling the story of devastation to TB programs.
tb.impactcounter.com

03.03.2025 16:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 199    ๐Ÿ” 90    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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DoxyPEP: thinking towards implementation The rise in sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates over the last three years has renewed discussions about innovative approaches to prevention. Among these, doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (...

thrilled that this is out in the lancet today, summarising the currently key considerations for doxyPEP roll-out - with @jgarciaiglesias.bsky.social @gilmorejnurse.bsky.social @edftmxxx.bsky.social and more!

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

19.02.2025 09:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Open letter to the President of the Royal Society โ€“ time to stand up for your values If you wish to show your support for the letter below regarding apparent inaction by the Royal Society in the face of breaches of its code of conduct by Elon Musk FRS, please sign below. I invite anyo...

British Scientists! The Royal Society is one of our great institutions, Fellowship of which is regarded as one of the highest honours. Please sign this to encourage them to revoke Elon Musk's fellowship; he is antithetical to our values.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

12.02.2025 18:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections Email Forms

The NIHR HPRU in Blood-Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections at UCL, in collaboration with UKHSA, is launching a newsletter! ๐Ÿ“ฐ

Stay informed about the latest research, innovations, and developments in the field of blood-borne and sexually transmitted infections.

Subscribe now!

31.01.2025 07:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Postgraduate taught open events | UCL Population Health Sciences Join us for our upcoming postgraduate open events. Meet our programme directors, explore the Master's degrees that interest you, and get answers to any questions you may have. Book your place today.

Join us this week for the virtual open day of our Global Health and Development MSc programme. Engage with our programme directors, discover our range of modules, and get your questions answered.

๐Ÿ“… 12th February, 13:00-14:00

Reserve your spot today: https://buff.ly/3YFMAMW.

#GlobalHealth

10.02.2025 07:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm conducting a review on existing evaluation frameworks for patient and public involvement #PPI and/or #co-production. If anyone has any papers, reports, docs that could help please share #academicsupport #academicsky

(P.S. it's my first post on here!๐Ÿ‘‹)

20.01.2025 11:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Postgraduate taught open events | UCL Population Health Sciences Join us for our upcoming postgraduate open events. Meet our programme directors, explore the Master's degrees that interest you, and get answers to any questions you may have. Book your place today.

Register for our virtual open events to explore our postgraduate programmes.

๐ŸŒŽ Global Health and Development MSc: 12 Feb & 19 Feb
๐Ÿ“ˆ Health Economics and Decision Science MSc: 18 Feb
๐Ÿงฌ Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology MSc: 20 Feb & 26 Feb

Find out more: https://buff.ly/3PuECSw

22.01.2025 07:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Research Degrees The MPhil/PhD programme we offer at the Institute for Global Health is relevant to a variety of disciplines across the field of global health.

UCLโ€™s main research scholarship schemes are now open for 2025/26 entry! ๐ŸŽ“

Research Excellence Scholarship
UCL Research Opportunity Scholarship
China Scholarship Council-Joint Research Scholarships

Find out more information and apply now!

10.12.2024 12:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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IGH Postgraduate Taught Programmes The UCL Institute for Global Health offers cutting edge programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level. These unite public health and clinical medicine with epidemiology, economics, politicalโ€ฆ

Ready to start your journey in global health? Graduate applications are now open for our inspiring MSc programmes:

๐ŸŒŽGlobal Health and Development MSc
๐Ÿ“ˆ Health Economics and Decision Science MSc
๐Ÿงฌ Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology MSc

Read more:

12.12.2024 07:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Opportunity to join the project team for the co-produced Mathematical Modelling of Epidemics Together (COMMET) project | Co-Production Collective

**Please Circulate!**

Opportunity to join the project team for the co-produced Mathematical Modelling of Epidemics Together (COMMET) project. We are looking for two people to join our team and help co-produce this project.

www.coproductioncollective.co.uk/news/commetp...

29.11.2024 10:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Starter pack of researchers linked to JUNIPER (Joint UNIversities Pandemic & Epidemiological Research).

JUNIPER (maths.org/juniper/) is a collaborative network of researchers who work at interface between modelling, infectious disease control & health policy. #IDSky #EpiSky ๐Ÿงช

go.bsky.app/Mxh96pG

26.11.2024 13:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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UCL โ€“ 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).

Belated intro post: Hi, I'm Liz, interested in social influences on infectious disease dynamics, particularly in sexual health and always in the interests of health equity. We are looking for an ID modeller postdoc to work on co-production of epidemic models: join us! tinyurl.com/24ze4x5c

26.11.2024 16:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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MPOX 2024: what we know so far โ€” QueerHealth

Our updated MPOX (monkeypox) info site is now available in English, Spanish and Portuguese (Polish to follow).

Stay up-to-date here - www.queerhealth.info/projects/mpox

17.11.2024 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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UCL โ€“ 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).

Work with @lizfearon.bsky.social and some other great people! Note job has flexibility on hours and salary. We are looking at public voices in epidemic modelling, with an initial focus on Mpox.

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

15.11.2024 20:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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