I'm happy to announce the 3rd BEH net Summer School on Behavioral Health Economics, financed by Erasmus Centre for Health Economics Rotterdam. Dates: 17-19 July 2023. Location: Erasmus University Rotterdam. PhD and MSc candidates can apply here: forms.gle/VVzky7wTbMMpUh…

1) In our recent review we introduce what are economic costs and why they are used in health economic studies Laura Downey Anna Vassall HITAP Mark Jit resource-allocation.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

My first author paper sheds new light on age-prevalence co-infection trends for schistosomiasis in Mangochi District doi.org/10.1016/j.pare…

🚨 BSP Autumn Symposium - Tues 12th Sept, 2023 🚨 - Save the date for our 1-day, in-person symposium! - De Montfort University, Leicester - Registration at bitly.ws/Ibuv - Abstract submission deadline: 15th Aug 2023 - Full details of topics at: bitly.ws/IbvF

🚨🚨New textbook alert!!🚨🚨 Introducing Mathematical Biology: An Open Education Resource sheffield.pressbooks.pub/introducingmat… Key points: * It's FREE * It's interactive * It's accessible * It's...standard math-bio content for undergrads but did I mention it's FREE?

Last week my university @UGent approved non-competitive research financing for all professors. The idea is that each professor (all ranks) would receive a yearly amount of research funding of ca. 30.000 euro (so two professors can jointly hire one PhD student). 1/2

“From a rabies perspective, the core misunderstanding is that fewer dogs means fewer cases. But rabies transmission rate... stays pretty constant regardless of reductions or differences in density.” Elly Hiby ICAM Find out more in Episode 3 of #RabiesToday.

📣We've just launched a new guide for data visualisation Covering the core principles & elements of #datavis - the structure of charts & tables and how they can be refined to aid readability. Read it here ⬇️ rss.org.uk/news-publicati…

Following a recent surge in models predicting zoonotic risk of viruses, Daniel Streicker and I review current progress and discuss some ideas for what needs to happen next. doi.org/10.1016/j.covi…🧵(1/7)

UNHCR has created the refugees R package, a free statistical software which provides data on forcibly displaced populations. Kudos to our very own Hisham Galal and Ahmadou Dicko, who have developed this package! unhcr.org/refugee-statis…

Twenty neglected tropical diseases are prioritised by the World Health Organization (WHO) for eradication or control by 2030. Read about progress towards this aim in this new #PhilTransB issue bit.ly/PTB1887 #NTDs #BeatNTDs

"How correlations between treatment access and surveillance inclusion impact neglected tropical disease monitoring and evaluation" A new proof from @iamjessclark JM Prada @emmalouisedavis DeirdreHollingsworth Alison Krentel Katie Gass journals.plos.org/plosntds/artic…

🚨 Save the Date! BSP 2024 in Liverpool! 🚨 - Dates: 𝟮-𝟱 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 (Tues-Fri) - Host: University of Liverpool (University of Liverpool) - Featuring: EDI & ECR sessions, in-person & remote attendance, Young Parasitologist's Party (YPP), Dinner & Cèilidh, & more

Time to panic

Always wondered how internet challenges go viral? Check out our new video taking a look at how maths can be used to predict the spread of TikTok dances (and infectious diseases) Epidemics Mini-Series Episode 2: Going "viral" youtu.be/LyraS2evXHA?si… #TikTokviral #MathsisFun

🆕Supplement by NTD_Modelling with World Health Organization (WHO) & other experts explores how mathematical models of neglected tropical diseases can accelerate progress towards NTD control & elimination by 2030. #BeatNTDs Funded by @GatesFoundation LiKaShing Foundation Big Data Institute​ 🔗bit.ly/3WjdWJc

A bit nerve-wracking to do (even such a short interview) :)

PhD position (Guildford, United Kingdom) Operational effectiveness under new and emerging infectious disease threats with JM Prada at SurreyVet Prada Modelling Lab More details: iddjobs.org/jobs/phd-proje…