On Day 2, it was great to be joined by our UK Health Security Agency- based PhD students, Mollie Curran-French and Eilish Hart to update @hpruezi colleagues on their research with tick-borne diseases National Institute for Health and Care Research

Many thanks to all those from the HPRU EZI who joined us in Liverpool or online for our 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting. Looking forward to many more to come!

“Here’s one I prepared earlier” Brilliant start to the 'Mersey Marvels' Pint of Science #pint24 by Caitlin Thompson from LSTM, using props to explain lateral flow diagnostic tests for the very nasty Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever. With The Pandemic Institute University of Liverpool HPRU EZI

Our study is out now in the Journal of Medical Virology: "Diagnostic markers of acute encephalitis syndrome and COVID-associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children from Southern India" Find it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jm… #Encephalitis #GlobalHealth

Absolutely thrilled to be welcoming everyone back to Liverpool tomorrow for Neuro ID 2024! Let’s make it two days to remember! youtube.com/watch?v=T8WON_… #NeuroID #Neurology #InfectiousDiseases

Emerging Threats Funding Call – #Oropouche Virus: Alongside HPRU EZI we are launching a £300,000 funding call for research on Oropouche virus (OROV) to address critical research gaps in knowledge. Find out more and apply: thepandemicinstitute.org/collaborate/fu…

I passed my PhD Viva yesterday! 🥳Thank you to Sanjeev Krishna and Prof Jonathan Ball for taking the time to examine the thesis. Thank you to my supervisors dreradams, Tom Fletcher and Ana Isabel Cubas Atienzar for all the support these last few years!

🏆 Coming soon! Our brand new Impact Prizes will celebrate researchers & teams whose research has transformed people's lives or promoted economic growth. Join our webinar to learn more about the prizes, including tips for entering. 🗓️ 3 Oct, 2 - 3pm ➡️ nihr.ac.uk/about-us/our-i…

Data generated from the implementation of control measures during COVID-19 is filling epidemiology knowledge gaps & preparing us for future outbreaks. Thanks to Adam Kucharski from Centre for Epidemic Preparedness & Response, LSHTM for opening our new PSI seminar series yesterday. More ⬇️ psi.ox.ac.uk/news-and-opini…

The NIHR Short Placement Award Scheme is now open for applications. Eligible members of NIHR Academy can now apply for up to £15,000 to undertake bespoke short placement designed to optimise and enhance their research training experience, CVs and academic careers. Check your

We are looking for mentors to join our #NIHRMentoring Programme, who are: ⚪ Mid-career researchers ⚪ Senior research leaders We welcome applications from a the wide range of professional backgrounds. You must be an Academy member/associate member. Apply👉

We currently have an Emerging Threats Funding Call – open for #Mpox. We are hoping to fund work to address critical research gaps in knowledge, specifically in improving our understanding of the Clade I variant. Deadline: 23rd October. Full details: thepandemicinstitute.org/collaborate/fu…

🚨 Reminder: Emerging Threats Funding Call – Mpox Research 🚨 The deadline for the joint funding call from HPRU EZI and The Pandemic Institute is fast approaching! 🗓️ Deadline: 23 Oct 24 (17:00 UK time) 📄 Guidance: thepandemicinstitute.org/collaborate/fu… #mpox #emergingthreats #healthresearch

Great article in the Liverpool Echo about Caitlin Thompson from our founding partner LSTM, who is currently funded by The Pandemic Institute to carry on her vital research developing diagnostic tests for deadly viruses: shorturl.at/l7bu6

Great talk by ⁦Maya Holding⁩ at the first cross HPRU career development day on the role of the ⁦National Institute for Health and Care Research⁩ ⁦HPRU EZI⁩ in the development of her glittering career!

⌛️ Just 1 week left to enter our Impact Prizes. If your NIHR research has made a meaningful difference to people's lives, enter now! Applications close at 1pm on 13 November ⬇️ nihr.ac.uk/about-us/our-i…

Delighted to announce that we have been awarded a £5.5m funding boost to continue our emerging and zoonotic infections research! tinyurl.com/4xpzrvyt

Only two weeks to go to the UK Vector-Borne Diseases meeting in Liverpool (3-4th December). We are full and there is no further registration for in-person attendance. Therefore, we have opened up online attendance - see here if interested. @UK_VBD payments.liv.ac.uk/conferences-an…

FIS HIS International 2024 is this week! 📅 Only a few days to go until we welcome you to the ACC in Liverpool and there’s still time to register. Join us for 1, 2 or all 3 days of conference 👉 buff.ly/3vbudom FIS Conference Healthcare Infection Society BIA #IPC #HISevents

important work led by Ana Isabel Cubas Atienzar and the Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics (CDD) team showing poor (<16% sens) accuracy of commercial lateral flow tests for mpox tinyurl.com/bdhfz8r7. big effort including various on/not on twttr Tom Fletcher Alessandra Romero Ramirez Jake Dunning Susan Gould FIND