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Peter MacPherson @petermacp.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

UK health professionals: apply to do a Wellcome-funded PhD on #tuberculosis prevention and aging with me and @alexandra-richards.bsky.social at @uofgshw.bsky.social University of Glasgow and University Cape Town! Project -> www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate... Apply -> www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/multiple...?

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University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - Multiple Long-Term Conditions (MLTC) PhD Programme for Health Professionals - Research Projects - University of Glasgow Pr...

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Katherine Horton @kchorton.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

In our latest paper in @plosmedicine.org, we explore trade-offs in diagnostic algorithm, coverage, and duration of community screening for #TB, highlighting the importance of symptom-agnostic approaches and the need for strategies to sustain impact when screening ends. plos.io/4tuD2SM

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Katherine Horton @kchorton.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Great to see this work led by @alexandra-richards.bsky.social with @lightontb.bsky.social in @commsmed.nature.com. Further evidence that addressing gender disparities in TB burden and care are necessary for both an equitable response *and* an effective response. ⬇️

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Lauren Leek @laurenleek.eu · 09/12/2025

I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

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How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it

I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.

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The LIGHT Consortium @lightontb.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Our photos are telling a story are at a display at the #2025UnionConference #CommunityConnect, Bella Centre Balcony 3. 📷 Our photography exhibition features work that we have conducted using the photovoice study method. Learn more: light.lstmed.ac.uk/research-2

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The LIGHT Consortium @lightontb.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

TODAY! Innovation from Nigeria at the Union Conference! #WCLH2025 Nathan Zoakah presents an e-poster on how community-based initiatives improved TB knowledge and attitudes in Nasarawa — using machine learning to assess impact. #TB #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #Nigeria @zanklic.bsky.social

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The LIGHT Consortium @lightontb.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Is TB more common in cities or rural areas? New analysis presented by Seyed Alireza Mortazavi at #WCLH2025 today! • Urban > Rural in Africa • Rural > Urban in Western Pacific • Similar elsewhere 2.3 million participants 26 countries using a Bayesian model fitted to WHO data. 🤝 by @LIGHTonTB

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Katherine Horton @kchorton.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

All are welcome to join the Gender Equity in TB Working Group today at 12:30 in Room B4B @theunion.org! We'll share updates on working group activities and host a panel discussion on progress to date and ways forward to ensure an equitable and inclusive #TB response.

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The LIGHT Consortium @lightontb.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

💬 Can community-wide TB screening help bend the curve in Uganda? Today at #WCLH2025, @alexandra-richards.bsky.social presents modelling on Uganda’s twice-yearly active case-finding campaigns. The work suggests these community efforts are meaningfully reducing #TB incidence and mortality.

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

At the World Conference on Lung Health in Copenhagen, @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social apologized on behalf of his country (USA) for the aid cuts that are devastating “On behalf of my country, I am sorry and also that I am ashamed. It seems small minded but that’s because it is small minded”

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The LIGHT Consortium @lightontb.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Day 1: the LIGHT Annual Consortium meeting kicks off this morning at the Crown Plaza in Copenhagen. Consortium partners from Nigeria, Malawi, Kenya, Uganda and the UK meet to discuss the key research findings, research uptake and impact so far.

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Rebecca Clark @raclark18.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Reduced international donor funding through not only the termination of #USAID, but also announced reductions in donor pledges to #TheGlobalFund from other countries, could lead to substantial potential impacts on #TB morbidity and mortality. Read how in our new study in @lancetgh.bsky.social 👇

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Peter MacPherson @petermacp.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

In meta analysis of data from nearly half a million people, we found that men have higher M. #tuberculosis immunoreactivity risk than women. Likely to be key driver of sex differences in global tuberculosis morbidity & mortality @hannahrickman.bsky.social 🛟🧪 authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

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Two graphs showing a) prevalence of MTB immunoreactivity by sex and age and b) ARTI by sex and age

Figure showing male-to-female prevalence ratio in MTB immunoreactivity

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19/06/2025

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

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Michelle Kelly-Irving @mkellyirving.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

World report on social determinants of health equity by the @who.int "Conclusion: Equity is a political choice" ⬇️ This is a timely impressive report in both its breadth & depth 👏 iris.who.int/bitstream/ha...

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Katherine Horton @kchorton.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

#Tuberculosis prevention and care relies heavily on international donor funding in many settings. In our latest preprint, we examine the potential impact of reductions in international donor funding for #TB - by the US and by other major donor countries. 1/8 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

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The potential impact of reductions in international donor funding on tuberculosis in low- and middle-income countries

Background Tuberculosis services in many settings rely heavily on international donor funding. In 2025, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was dismantled, and other countri...

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Katherine Horton @kchorton.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

New pre-print modelling impact of US funding cuts on HIV, #TB, MCH and family planning. We estimate impact of termination of US funding to NTPs via #USAID & The Global Fund may lead to 2.2 (1.5-2.9) million excess TB deaths between 2025 and 2040, reversing over a decade of progress. bit.ly/4lowp18

Line chart showing median number of TB deaths in 79 low- and middle-income countries from 2010 through 2040. A black line shows a decline from 1.25 million deaths in 2010 to just under 1 million deaths in 2024. A blue line shows the number of deaths staying constant through 2040 if 2024 funding and programmes are maintained. A red line shows the number of deaths increasing to 1.2 million in 2040 if US funding to national TB programmes is terminated.

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Katherine Horton @kchorton.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Our latest pre-print led by @alexandra-richards.bsky.social shows that improving #TB treatment coverage among men to the level achieved among women could reduce morbidity and mortality in men, women, and children. Further evidence of the need for gender-responsive TB prevention and care!

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Alex Richards @alexandra-richards.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Great to be able to finally get this work out, closing out my time with @lshtm-tbmod.bsky.social

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Alex Richards @alexandra-richards.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

A year ago, I was tasked with creating a timeline for @lshtm-tbmod.bsky.social and we came across this amazing example of a way to keep track of a group with a long history. We now have a record of our history going back to 2011, and I hope that this can stay alive and continuously updated as well!

A timeline of all the members of the TB modelling group at LSHTM, with their start dates, promotion dates, and, where applicable, their end dates and new destinations, starting in 2011 and going forward to 2025

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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Trump Is Ceding Ground to a Deadly Enemy, an essay by me adapted from my book Everything Is Tuberculosis. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

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Trump Is Ceding Ground to a Deadly Enemy

By retracting foreign aid, the president could make tuberculosis untreatable again.

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IDDjobs @iddjobs.org · 07/02/2025

PhD position (London, UK) Quantify the effects of climate change on TB with @cfmcquaid.bsky.social @reinhouben.bsky.social @laragosce.bsky.social at @cmmid-lshtm.bsky.social @tb-lshtm.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social More details: iddjobs.org/jobs/2253

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Kate LeGrand @lekate.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Hot off the press! 🔥 Our new systematic review digs deep into #TB cluster randomised trials, exploring how contamination can influence results, and offers insights for improving trial design #TBSky #IDSky #MedSky doi-org.ez.lshtm.ac.uk/10.5588/ijtl...

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Contamination effects in cluster randomised trials of TB interven...: Ingenta ConnectBACKGROUNDMETHODSRESULTSCONCLUSION

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Gwen Knight @gmknght.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

The advert is now live here: jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/EPH-EPED-202... Until August 2027 we would be working on data analysis and modelling to try and untangle the dynamics of #AMR by age and sex exploring electronic health records 🧫📑👩‍💻. Get in touch if any questions!

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Job Opportunity at LSHTM: Research Fellow

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working i...

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Gwen Knight @gmknght.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I’m hiring! watch this space for a 2yr position on modelling and data analysis to determine how #AMR varies by age and sex @lshtm.bsky.social

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Kate LeGrand @lekate.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Reducing #TB burden requires understanding local contexts. Our new preprint emphasizes the importance of considering social contact patterns for interventions like active case finding, infection prevention & control, & cluster trial design #TBsky #IDsky #GlobalHealth www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Within-country heterogeneity in patterns of social contact relevant for tuberculosis infection transmission, prevention, and care

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) transmission is driven by variable social, environmental, and biological factors, including the number and duration of indoor contacts. Social contact data can provide...

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Hannah Rickman @hannahrickman.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

New preprint (with all pre-print caveats!) tinyurl.com/589ffhu4 on Mtb infection risk by sex & age. Men are at higher risk of #tuberculosis v women- but unclear how much driven by higher infection vs progression to disease. We meta-analysed Mtb immunoreactivity surveys to find out more🧵 #tbsky

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Sex Differences in the Risk of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Population-Based Immunoreactivity Surveys

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) killed 1·25 million people globally in 2023. Men have a 1·7-fold higher TB incidence than women, but it is not known to what exten

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