Steven Lam

#OneHealthOpportunity
WHO is hiring a One Health Consultant to join the Emerging Diseases & Zoonoses team and strengthen arbovirus preparedness, surveillance & response.

Apply here:
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Understanding zoonotic pathogens and risk factors from wildlife in Southeast Asia: a systematic literature review The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the significance of the human-animal interface in the emergence of zoonotic diseases, with wildlife serving as an important source of infection. A better unde...

New paper on zoonotic risks from wildlife in Southeast Asia, and a BIG congrats to Ha Nguyen on her first paper as part of her PhD 🎉👏!

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Insights and future directions: Applying the One Health approach in international agricultural research for development to address food systems challenges For more than 15 years, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has been striving to understand and address One Health challenges at the…

New article on lessons learned in One Health, based on two decades of ILRI's research-for-development experience in this area, as well as its broader history in zoonoses, animal health, and food systems work across Africa and Asia

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To overcome vaccine hesistancy, we must do a better job of explaining the risks of illness vs vaccine side effects

Really important & timely @plosglobalpublichealth.org
commentary by Dr Peter Hotez

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Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky

1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research

Open Access
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Come be my colleague!

UNC Epidemiology just opened search for tenured/tenure track RPPE faculty at the assistant or associate professor level. Posting here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/291...

I'm not involved in the search, but am happy to chat about general UNC things- feel free to reach out.

We still have a relatively poor understanding of the relationship between evidence and policy. Program evaluation in particular is often motivated by a desire to make policy better. But how effective is program evaluation itself?Michelle Rao's JMP tackles this question. www.michellerao.com/research

Rethinking Barriers and Enablers in Qualitative Health Research: Limitations, Alternatives, and Enhancements - Abby Haynes, Victoria Loblay, 2024 Explorations of barriers and enablers (or barriers and facilitators) to a desired health practice, implementation process, or intervention outcome have become s...

Loving this paper 'Rethinking barriers and enablers'. How many thousands of weak research studies have reduced complex change to 'identifying and addressing barriers and enablers'? Here's how to do better!
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Hi Bluesky friends! I’m a global health researcher and evaluator focused on One Health, food systems, environment, and equity. Looking forward to connect 🙂