Is your child up to date with their vaccinations? Make sure you know by checking their Red Book or contacting your GP practice to find out & book in any missed doses. 📱📅

More info: nhs.uk/childhoodvacci…

Sharing some slides I use in my 'New Consultant' talk

A thread on Thriving and Surviving as a consultant 🧵

15 Short-term fellowships for advanced genomics ^ bioinformatics training with us in South Africa, deadline for application: 10 May 2024! ceri.org.za/news/?token=739

Proud of the launch of the World Health Organization (WHO) online platform to support countries in developing their preparedness and response plans based on benchmark recommendations from IHR assessments & health emergency prevention, preparedness, response & resilience capacities ihrbenchmark.who.int

PhD position (Berlin, Germany)
RSV immunisation strategies
with Stefan Flasche
at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
More details: iddjobs.org/jobs/rsv-immun…

Early career faculty (London, UK)
Advanced Research Fellow (equivalent to Lecturer level) to lead research program in applied infectious disease modelling.
with Azra Ghani
at @mrc_outbreak
More details: iddjobs.org/jobs/advanced-…

#Measles can be a serious infection that can lead to complications, especially in young children and those with weakened immune systems. 🧒

Make sure you and your loved ones are up to date with your #MMR vaccine. ✅

Find out more on the NHS website. NHS.uk/MMR

✅ NEW: MPs vote the Tobacco and Vapes Bill through to the next stage in Parliament.

Bringing a #SmokefreeGeneration one step closer.

👉 This Bill will protect future generations across the UK from the harmful effects of smoking and tackle youth vaping.

Tiny beads of carbon could potentially transform the way we treat a range of diseases - including cirrhosis of the liver - and save thousands of lives, according to researchers at @‌UCL and the Royal Free Hospital.

Discover more here 👇
royalfree.nhs.uk/news/tiny-bead…

Fascinating insights into the multidisciplinary approaches and research tackling infectious diseases by Susan Hopkins Rory Gibb Alba Fernández-Sanlés (Dr, she/her) and Dr Dalia Iskander at the UCL Health of the Public annual Symposium

Great to see Susan Hopkins speaking at this symposium. If you'd like to know more about the UKHSA Science Strategy🧬🦠🧫, which Susan discussed in the session, you can find details here: ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2023/05/16/ukh…

Professor Susan Hopkins (Susan Hopkins), Chief Medical Advisor at the UK Health Security Agency, talks about research priorities to reduce the impact of infectious diseases, at the UCL Health of the Public Annual Symposium.

Important new role UK Health Security Agency - combination of technical skills, management & leadership required. Essential to shape future pathogen genomics robust analytical pipelines, engaging with academia & NHS. Deputy Director - Bioinformatics - Civil Service Jobs - GOV.UK

BASHH president Dinner 2024 - massive thanks to everyone who has supported BASHH -am really looking forward to seeing what Matt Phillips and Kat Smithson will deliver 🙌🏽🔥special thanks to Kevin Fenton Jim McManus OCDS,FFPH 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 Susan Hopkins Laura Waters Richard Angell 🇺🇦 Deborah Gold

New The Health Foundation briefing out today, we dig into 5 national policy proposals that could support local gov do more to tackle tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food.

🧵 1/n
health.org.uk/publications/r…

We are recruiting an epidemiologist or modeller to work w Dr Roz Eggo & myself & team using OpenSAFELY. 3yr NIHR Research project predicting why/when/where NHS comes under pressure in Winter jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?i… - 1st of 4 jobs for project we will be advertising for project

Report on economic burden attributable to #AntimicrobialResistance & return from global interventions package ➡️US$7.7 trillion loss averted by 2035 (19.1 trillion by 2050) google.com/url?sa=t&sourc…
ROI for every $1 spent is between $7.1-13.1
Governments take heed!

🚨We’re hiring a Clinical Research Fellow in Sexual Health, HIV & Infection!
➡️ Join amazing & supportive team
➡️ Work on HIV, syphilis, viral hep, HSV, gonorrhoea & other exciting trials
➡️ Ideal for GUM/ID/Viro regs as OOP, or after IMT
🌐info & to apply ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Nice study showing whole system work

“chlorhexidine bathing / nasal decolonization were associated with significantly lower MDRO prevalence, incident clinical cultures. Infection-related hospitalizations, costs, & deaths among NH residents decreased”

#CROI2024 was a month ago, which means that CROI review season is all but over. Here's my slide set of highlights, with thanks to Mediahuset i Göteborg AB and IAS–USA for inviting me to put it together! 1/x dropbox.com/scl/fi/c7cgbdu…