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Want to come and study for a PhD with @JMatthiopoulos @dmdominoni @SofieSpatharis @ali__johnston and I on integrating spatial and temporal processes to understand how urbanisation shapes biodiversity? For more details and to apply, see
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Rebecca Mancy retweeted
❓ What is the evidence for symptom propagation in respiratory pathogens of public health concern? #EpiTwitter
📄 Review now published in @RSocPublishing #Interface
✍️ Authors: Phoebe Asplin @RebeccaMancy Tom Finnie @fergusac @MattJKeeling @EdMHill
🔗: doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2024.00…
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1/ 📢 New preprint! 📢
What is the evidence for presence/absence of symptom propagation in respiratory pathogens of public health concern? #EpiTwitter
✍️Authors: Phoebe Asplin @RebeccaMancy Tom Finnie @fergusac @MattJKeeling @EdMHill
@medrxivpreprint: doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.05.2…
Covid-19 and why we shouldn’t forget about it as an ongoing threat …
💥My new article @ConversationUK
COVID barely gets a mention these days–here’s why that’s a dangerous situation
We need:
💥To fight COVID complacency
💥Respect the harm COVID still causes
💥More proactive vax messaging&campaigns
💥Masks in healthcare
theconversation.com/covid-ba…
Rebecca Mancy retweeted
This must be a parody.
#BeatWinterViruses with good handwashing 🧼.
Airborne viruses like flu and COVID-19 linger on surfaces we touch daily.
Washing your hands with soap and water for at least 30 seconds will eliminate germs before passing them on.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Post does not consider WHO guidance for decreasing harmful effects of COVID by slowing airborne transmission/spread of SARS COV 2 virus by masks/social distancing/isolation/vaccine.
“How can we protect others and ourselves if we don't know who is infected?”
who.int/emergencies/di…
Rebecca Mancy retweeted
Students from the Global South interested in #Conservation Biology - Cambridge University is offering scholarships for their MSc in Conservation Leadership for candidates from "countries rich in biodiversity but poor in financial resources". Details ⬇️
wildhub.community/posts/camb…
Rebecca Mancy retweeted
We are absolutely delighted to announce the third round of applications for the James McCune Smith #PhD Scholarships is NOW OPEN!
The Scholarships are available for Black UK students.
For full eligibility & to apply gla.ac.uk/scholarships/mccun…
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ALT JMS Scholar 2023, Taylar Carty, wearing a black top and jeans. Image features a banner which reads 'join our world changers'.
Rebecca Mancy retweeted
Want to learn more about the risks faced by the 500 million pastoralists in the world? Join our speakers from @UofGlasgow @UniversityOfZim @FoLTurkana @SVAexpertmyndig for a webinar as part of @ESRCFestival and in support of @IYRP2026, 3-4pm UK time, 4 Nov festivalofsocialscience.com/…
Rebecca Mancy retweeted
Today is #OneHealth Day.
Have you heard of One Health❓
It’s a relationship between humans, animals, plants & the environment. It relies on the understanding of how human actions and policies could affect animal, plant & environment health & how it impacts humans as a result.
Learn more 👉bit.ly/40oYtHz
Rebecca Mancy retweeted
Are mutations random?
Here is a brief survey of groundbreaking mechanistic work that all evolutionary biologists should be familiar with:
Want to learn more about the risks faced by the 500 million pastoralists in the world? Join our speakers from @UofGlasgow @UniversityOfZim @FoLTurkana @SVAexpertmyndig for a webinar as part of @ESRCFestival and in support of @IYRP2026, 3-4pm UK time, 4 Nov festivalofsocialscience.com/…
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Livestock, risks and wellbeing: @RebeccaMancy will be leading an #ESRCFestival event on Sat 4th Nov as well as a hybrid seminar at 3-4pm at the @UofGByresHub @UofGSHW . More info: festivalofsocialscience.com/…
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New paper shows the immunity you gain from a COVID-19 infection helps you fight future infections, so you clear the virus faster. We see the same following vaccination.
Paper below ⬇️ nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
Rebecca Mancy retweeted
🚨 REPORT LAUNCH🚨
Places and Children’s Health: A Research and Policy Agenda 👉tinyurl.com/343p7hrd
This coproduced report summarises the most pressing research needs identified by stakeholders during a workshop held in May 2023.
ALT Research and Policy Agenda on Places and Children's Health
Great to see interest in our work on persistent mortality risk due to recurrent outbreaks following historical flu pandemics, coauthored with @lazarakis_s @maxschr90 and Konstantinos Angelopoulos.
Research co-authored by @RebeccaMancy on the persistent health impacts of flu pandemics beyond the main waves of infection🦠📊- piece by @MiriamStoppard in @DailyMirror
@UofGMVLS
mirror.co.uk/news/health/cov…
Whether or not similar patterns are observed for COVID remains to be seen, but continued surveillance will be critical to mount an appropriate response ... some encouraging signs that @UKHSA will increase surveillance theguardian.com/world/2023/s… ...
Rebecca Mancy retweeted
Postdoc (Tucson, USA)
Computational modeling of the ecology and evolution of bacterial zoonotic pathogens
with Liliana Salvador
at @UArizona
More details: iddjobs.org/jobs/computation…