The John Snow Society

The picture shows Hanover Square in Central London - the original site of the LES (the LES is now incorporated into the Royal Scoeity of Medicine)

#OnThisDay is the 175th anniversary of the first full meeting of the London Epidemiological Society, one of the oldest known societies of its kind.

Its creation was prompted by an urgent desire to understand and prevent disease epidemics.

(and John Snow was a founding member)

Meta-analysis of students concludes handwritten note taking is superior to typing for studying and memory commitment - contributing to higher grades.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

When combinations of humans and AI are useful: A systematic review and meta-analysis - Nature Human Behaviour Vaccaro et al. present a systematic review and meta-analysis of the performance of human–AI combinations, finding that on average, human–AI combinations performed significantly worse than the best of…

When humans and AI work together to solve problems, sometimes outcomes are worse than AI or humans alone.

Paper in @nathumbehav.nature.com "When combinations of humans and AI are useful: A systematic review and meta-analysis"👇🏽

Dr Klauss Garcia 🇧🇷 took part in a prestigious overseas PhD placement in the UK - and wanted a marker of his positive London experience.

An erudite choice Klauss 👏🏽

#publichealth #epidemiology #sohomap

📡Major Announcement:

We will be celebrating Paul Fine, co-Founder of the John Snow Society and Professor of Communicable Disease Epidemiology at the @lshtm.bsky.social at his retirement lecture on the 9th December.

Open to all. See below link for details 👇

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

📢New #PhD project! For 2026 to offer under the MRC @ukri.org Doctoral Training Studentship Scheme.

The project will investigate the links between heat and crime rates in youth in the UK.

Fully funded+living costs - open to anyone in the world 🌍

mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk/2026-27-proj...

The Hand of John Snow The Mode on Communication of Cholera is a scientific publication by John Snow, the doctor, physician, and, unbeknownst to him, early epidemiologist. It contains his findings on Cholera and how it w…

Lunchtime read:
The mystery of the handwritten note in an old copy of On the Mode of Transmission of Cholera - was it John Snow himself? by the Historier

Ultra-Processed Foods and Human Health This 3-paper Series reviews the evidence about the increase in ultra-processed foods in diets globally and highlights the association with many non-communicable diseases. This rise in ultra-processed ...

New @thelancet.com series on ultra-processed foods documents their outsize threat to #publichealth

www.thelancet.com/series-do/ul...

One of our top recommendations for #thingstodo in #London next week is to see the John Snow MD musical (yes - you heard right) showing for *two nights only* at @OldOpTheatre 18-19th Nov 2025:

oldoperatingtheatre.com/event-posts/...

John Snow - Historical Giant in Epidemiology British physician John Snow (1813-1858) is considered by many as the "father of modern epidemiology" for his seminal investigations of cholera in London, long before the bacterial agent and its…

After a full year of intensive effort by emeritus Prof Ralph Frerichs, a shiny new @uclacollege.bsky.social Fielding School of Public Health John Snow MD site is up!
A fantastic resource, also cross-posted on the Society pages:

Techniques to reflect an additional small portion of sunlight back into space could help cool the planet if deployed globally, but they cannot address the full range of climate impacts or replace emission cuts, says our new briefing released this week: bit.ly/4oX7yCA

Eric Topol (@erictopol.bsky.social) The prominent role of circadian rhythm in cardiovascular and metabolic health and disease https://ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001388

The impacts of disrupted #circadianrhythms on #health

Did US #covid19 mask mandates work 🧐?
Using data from over 34,000 people in the weeks before and after mandates, authors use #interruptedtimeseries approaches and show that as a behaviour change mechanism, mandates might need some work...
#PublicHealth
academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...

Are deadly mosquitoes, pathogen laden ticks, and waterborne infections being brought to the UK by climate change? Evidence is mounting that climate change is bringing new disease threats to the UK. Kate Bowie reports Climate change is no longer a distant concern for health systems; it is already reshaping patter...

Are deadly mosquitoes, pathogen laden ticks, and waterborne infections being brought to the UK by #climatechange?

www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Dr Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock Meet Dame Maggie – this year’s Lecturer for the CHRISTMAS LECTURES from the Royal Institution.

We end this #BlackHistoryMonth2025 series with Dr Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock, multi-award winning British space scientist and physicist who'll be giving the 2025 @rigb.org #Christmas Lecture!
www.rigb.org/explore-scie...

Tickets:
www.rigb.org/whats-on/dis...

Professor Isabella Oyier leads critical and high profile work on malaria parasite #genomics at @ox.ac.uk and KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme

#BlackHistoryMonth2025
www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/team/isabell...

Did you see this? The editors-in-chief of @IntJEpidemiol discussed the #Trump administration's approach to science, and how it's affecting the fields of #epidemiology and #publichealth 👇

academic.oup.com/ije/article/...

AJE Advances: Research in Epidemiology is the newest #OpenAccess journal from @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social and the Society for Epidemiologic Research.
A good home for papers on emerging methods incl. #socialepi #spatialepi

academic.oup.com/ajeadvances/...

Prof Patricia Bath's (1942-2019) groundbreaking work in #opthalmology pushed for better research and treatment options for black people with sight conditions - in whom she and others demonstrated were already at higher risk of #blindness 👇

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

#BlackHistoryMonth2025

Prof Khalid Beshir leads vital work building capacity and global resilience against #biological #threats.

His #genomic tools power local labs across Africa and Asia — helping detect and respond to emerging pathogens faster.

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

#BlackHistoryMonth2025

The global outbreak of mpox began in May 2022 and continues to this day.
Mpox clades in Africa - map
#globalhealth
www.gov.uk/guidance/cla...

Offline: The past is not the future Cesar Victora delivered a terrific Pumphandle Lecture at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine last week. He surveyed 40 years of his research on child health and nutrition in Pelotas,…

We're in the @thelancet.com !
Richard Horton's editorial provides urgent context to Prof Victora's #PumphandleLecture - a call for critical research to continue even under difficult circumstances.

Prof Cesar Victora, the keynote speaker for our latest Society #PumphandleLecture made his own pilgrimage to a historic John Snow MD site - the Broad Street pump and Pub in Soho, London. 🍻

The recording of his excellent talk will be available soon. 📡
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Professor Toyin Togun of the @lshtm.bsky.social is leading critical work on the development of a unique biosignature to distinguish childhood #TB from other diseases.

www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi...

Leading to a major @ukri.org award 👇🏼
www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/uni...

#BlackHistoryMonth2025

Artificial intelligence for modelling infectious disease epidemics - Nature This Perspective considers the application to infectious disease modelling of AI systems that combine machine learning, computational statistics, information retrieval and data science.

#Perspective in @Nature - how #AI will change the landscape for #infectiousdisease #modelling

A transformative programme treats #knifecrime as a #PublicHealth problem with drivers and risk groups who can benefit from respectful interventions.
Led by @martinpgriff @LDN_VRU

londonviolencereduction.nhs.uk/fighting-kni...

#BlackHistoryMonth2025

Because you asked... another #BehindTheScenes photo from the John Snow Society 2025 #PumphandleLecture, this with Society steering committee members Paul and William contemplating the empty plinth before the return of the pump.

Caribbean Women and the NHS @england.nhs.uk

#BlackHistoryMonth #PublicHealth

www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/sect...

Another #BehindTheScenes picture from this year's #PumphandleLecture.

Prof Victora and his wife having tea and biscuits with @lshtm.bsky.social 's Liam (Director) and Caroline (pro-Director, Reseach), John Snow Society co-Chair Charlie, and founders Paul and Jimmy 🫖🍰