Shweta Bansal @bansallab.bsky.social · 16/03/2026We are very excited to have launched the establishment process for a global professional society for infectious disease dynamics. Join us! 0169
Reposted by Shweta BansalGlobal Society for Infectious Disease Dynamics (GSIDD) @gs-idd.bsky.social · 16/03/20261/ Update on the official launch process to establish the Global Society for Infectious Disease Dynamics 👥 Two online sessions on 26 Feb 2026 to officially launch the process had 230 attendees! #IDSky #EpiSky 🧪 🔗 'We have launched' post by @bansallab.bsky.social: www.gsidd.org/post/we-have...gsidd.orgWe have launched!On February 26th, we officially launched the process to establish the Global Society for Infectious Disease Dynamics (GSIDD), and we could not be more energized by the response! We hosted two sessions... 112
Reposted by Shweta BansalJames McCaw @jmccaw.bsky.social · 25/02/2026I'm excited to be co-hosting the launch with @bansallab.bsky.social! And please note for some people around the world, one or both of these sessions will be on Friday 27th (your local time - so please check the website and use the calendar invites on that page).gsidd.orgGlobal Society for Infectious Disease Dynamics (GSIDD) | infectious disease dynamicsGSIDD serves the global community of researchers, practitioners, and educators in infectious disease dynamics. 053
Reposted by Shweta BansalDr Roz Eggo @rozeggo.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Launch of the Global Society of Infectious Disease Dynamics. 🎉 2 online webinars on Thursday 26th. Do join to see what it's all about, and get involved in the community as it kicks off! www.gsidd.org/post/join-us...gsidd.orgJoin us for the launch event!We are excited to invite you to the official launch of the Global Society for Infectious Disease Dynamics (GSIDD) on February 26th, 2026.This launch marks an important milestone for our global communi... 12914
Reposted by Shweta BansalGiulia Pullano @giuliapullano.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Today I presented our new work at #Epidemics10 on understanding the drivers of influenza seasonality, with a particular focus on the role of indoor crowding and the built environment. It was so exciting to discuss it with so many experts in human flu! 😷 @bansallab.bsky.social 1191
Shweta Bansal @bansallab.bsky.social · 20/11/2025The CDC updated its vaccine page to claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is "not evidence-based" and studies were "ignored." This is an outrage. Decades of research have found no link. This isn't science, it's RFK Jr. using the CDC as propaganda. Children will die because of this. 186
Reposted by Shweta BansalDrug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Lauer is super concerned about the demoralizing impact of low success rates...now that it is white folks being affected drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/09/30/l...drugmonkey.wordpress.comLauer is super concerned about the demoralizing impact of low success rates…now that it is white folks being affectedMike Lauer, prior head of the Office of Extramural Research at the NIH, has been quoted in a recent Nature news bit by Max Kozlov on the Fiscal Year 2025 grant funding picture. Kozlov writes, in pa… 1112
Reposted by Shweta BansalJoshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 29/09/2025There is time to urge a change to the current #GRFP solicitation ( #NSF 25-547 ): reverse the eligibility restrictions and ensure applicants (including 2nd year PhD students) have a fair chance in the competition. Feel free to sign and share this open petition: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/laurenkuehne.github.ioPetition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition 14438
Reposted by Shweta BansalJoshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 27/09/2025NSF GRFP is out 2.5 months late w/key changes 1. 2nd year graduate students not eligible. 2. "alignment with Administration priorities" 3. Unlike prior years, they DO NOT specify the expected number of awards... that is a BIG problem. a brief 🧵 w/receipts www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...nsf.govNSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 39379
Reposted by Shweta BansalGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Tracy Beth Hoeg at FDA is highly likely to use the VAERS data to make spurious inferences on COVID vaccines. She comes with strong biases against childhood vaccination and no experience in infectious disease epidemiology. Beware what Hoeg, Makary and RFK are selling… 717465
Reposted by Shweta BansalElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Dr. Gonsalves has written a piece that is equal parts brilliant and tragic. Read it and use it as motivation to keep fighting the destruction of US science infrastructure. @gregggonsalves.bsky.socialthenation.comAmerica Is Sliding Into the AbyssOur science and health infrastructure lies in tatters. Once-dead viruses are roaring back to life. Many people will die. In other words, we’ve reached the point of no return. 11385175
Reposted by Shweta BansalGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 26/06/2025The great @jimalwine.bsky.social and I on the absolute necessity of restoring the NIH's funding. www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/n...statnews.comPrivate sector, philanthropy can’t replace Trump administration science cutsWeak plans that propose alternatives to NIH funding are giving false hope to researchers. 225588
Reposted by Shweta BansalShark Bay Dolphin Research Project @sb-dolphins.bsky.social · 06/06/2025New paper! Synchronized breathing data and network models show that age and sex shape infection risk in bottlenose dolphins—critical insight for protecting marine wildlife from future outbreaks. Collab w/ @bansallab.bsky.social rdcu.be/epHE8rdcu.beBreathing synchrony shapes respiratory disease risk in bottlenose dolphinsCommunications Biology - Social network modeling of wild dolphins reveals how age- and sex-structured contact patterns shape infection risk, offering insight into disease vulnerability and... 043
Reposted by Shweta BansalPLOS Climate @plosclimate.org · 19/06/2025🔥 When smoke from climate-linked wildfires drives people indoors, respiratory infections rise. But if 10% of people wear masks, this effect could be offset. New research in PLOS Climate by Arregui-García and colleagues 👇 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...journals.plos.orgDisruption of outdoor activities caused by wildfire smoke shapes circulation of respiratory pathogensAuthor summary The effects of climate change on human health are becoming more evident, but we often overlook one crucial factor: how extreme weather events influence our behaviors and, in turn, the s... 193
Shweta Bansal @bansallab.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Joining colleagues in backing NIH staff who wrote the Bethesda Declaration. Time to defend the research infrastructure that has made US biomedicine a global leader from harmful political interference. 050
Reposted by Shweta BansalNeedhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 13/05/2025important historical perspective on the value of federal funding of basic research at universities: "These are the building blocks of America's extraordinary strength, created over the last 100 years, and they are now being dismantled in 100 days" 🧪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qk4...youtube.comFareed’s Take: Trump is gutting what made American science greatYouTube video by CNN 010067
Reposted by Shweta BansalGabi Serrato Marks @gserratomarks.bsky.social · 20/05/2025NIH moved up the expiration date for some funding opportunities, effectively *canceling* the next application date without removing it from the standard table. I can't even imagine how many people are still prepping these grants. 👀 List of impacted opportunities: grants.nih.gov/grants/guide... 18779
Reposted by Shweta BansalCientífico Latino @cientificolatino.com · 29/04/2025Applying to STEM grad programs? 🎓 Apply now for #CLGSMI! 🤩 ➡️ cientificolatino.com/gsmi The GSMI program supports applicants through 1-on-1 mentorship, fee waivers, professional development, and community building! Applications accepted on a ROLLING basis until 5/31! 004
Reposted by Shweta BansalDr. David Miller 🏳️🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 18/04/2025So what should NSF grantees, worried by terminated grants, do? That's something I've been thinking a lot about, given my own NSF grants. First, I'd encourage to read this AAUP guide focused squarely on NSF grant termination policies: www.aaup.org/sites/defaul... 36839
Reposted by Shweta BansalApoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Drug-resistant gonorrhea, a form of the widespread sexually transmitted infection, is considered an urgent health threat worldwide. The US has just lost its ability to detect it. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/h...nytimes.comA Federal Lab That Tracked Rising S.T.I.s Has Been Shuttered (Gift Article)The United States can no longer keep tabs on drug-resistant gonorrhea, among other infections, scientists said. 33534306
Reposted by Shweta BansalScott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 28/03/2025UPDATE: Here's where we're at w/ NIH grant terminations: ❌ 429 NIH grants terminated* ❌ 137 related to HIV/AIDS prevention ❌ 27 on cancer ❌ 16 on Alzheimer's The full Airtable, thanks to wizardry of @noamross.net👇 *This is just what we know. There are certainly more we don't know about yet.airtable.comAirtable | Everyone's app platformAirtable is a low-code platform for building collaborative apps. Customize your workflow, collaborate, and achieve ambitious outcomes. Get started for free. 38673
Reposted by Shweta BansalElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 29/03/2025If the public already knows, then surely there is no harm in posting the results. But they want to suppress them because RFK Jr., who is an anti-vaxxer and who has never conducted scientific research, thinks vaccines are bad. www.propublica.org/article/meas...propublica.orgThe CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for VaccinationsThe move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines. 25017
Reposted by Shweta BansalElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 29/03/2025RFK Jr.’s lackey claims that the CDC doesn’t need to post the expert report on the measles outbreak. She says this because it shows that people are more susceptible to measles if they live in under-vaccinated places. She claims that the report “doesn’t say anything the public doesn’t know”. 813129
Shweta Bansal @bansallab.bsky.social · 12/03/2025I was just working with NCES data yesterday (to quantify how many 5-6 year olds are homeschooled and miss school vaccine requirements). NCES data aren't just important for education but critical for tracking and improving child nutrition and health too. 000
Reposted by Shweta BansalBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 27/02/202586 children and 19000 adults have died from flu this season in the U.S. and that's with a vaccine. If we have no vaccines come September these numbers will increase. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...nbcnews.comFDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shotsThe canceled meeting comes just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed. 414352
Reposted by Shweta BansalGiulia Pullano @giuliapullano.bsky.social · 19/02/2025🚨 Excited to see our work published in @jmirpub.bsky.social🚨 Our study characterizes the geographical connectivity across spatiotemporal scales, highlighting the significant heterogeneities that influence disease dynamics. W/ L Alvarez-Zuzek @vcolizza.bsky.social @bansallab.bsky.socialpublichealth.jmir.orgCharacterizing US Spatial Connectivity and Implications for Geographical Disease Dynamics and Metapopulation Modeling: Longitudinal Observational StudyBackground: Human mobility is expected to be a critical factor in the geographic diffusion of infectious diseases, and this assumption led to the implementation of social distancing policies during th... 023
Shweta Bansal @bansallab.bsky.social · 19/02/2025An excellent effort to get the voices of scientists heard throughout the country 👇👇👇 052
Reposted by Shweta BansalMadhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Since RFK Jr just got confirmed today, I am taking this chance to share this wonderful @sciam.bsky.social piece on The Staggering Success of Vaccines www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...scientificamerican.comSee How Many Lives Vaccines Have Saved around the WorldVaccines are the first step toward health equity in many parts of the world 8572295
Reposted by Shweta BansalJuliana Taube @julianataube.bsky.social · 04/02/2025There’s a lot going on right now & it can be hard to get work done! We’re offering a virtual space for @midas-network.bsky.social trainees to make some writing progress on Monday, Feb 10, at 2pm ET. Join us for an hour to write alongside supportive peers! Register: notredame.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 034
Reposted by Shweta BansalColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 28/01/2025🚨🧪😷 NEW research: What did outbreak reporting look like during Covid-19 and mpox? We found evidence of: ⚖️ Big moves from WHO on transparency 🌡️ More outbreaks potentially linked to climate change 🐔 Weird gaps and shifts in influenza outbreak reporting Please share! 🔓 journals.plos.org/globalpublic... 07520
Reposted by Shweta BansalColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 08/01/2025NEW 🦠‼️ Several countries and reports have called for the creation of an Intergovernmental Panel on Pandemics. Over the last two years, we brought global health law experts together with IPCC and IPBES members, and mapped out a blueprint for its scope and governance. 🔓 papers.ssrn.com/abstract=508...papers.ssrn.comThe scientific mission and governance of an Intergovernmental Panel on Pandemics: lessons from the IPCC and IPBES<span> <p><span>Pandemics pose a global threat to human-wellbeing, justice, economies, and ecosystems, comparable in urgency and impact to other planetary cris 24575118
Shweta Bansal @bansallab.bsky.social · 24/05/2024The addition of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) sessions at scientific conferences is excellent progress! ... 031
Shweta Bansal @bansallab.bsky.social · 07/05/2024Managing diseases in livestock in a country the size of the U.S. is a huge challenge due to the frequent and extensive movement of animals across the nation. Learn more in a piece I wrote for @statnews with my colleague, Colleen Webb (CSU): 041
Shweta Bansal @bansallab.bsky.social · 30/04/2024Pasteurization appears to inactivate #H5N1 so milk continues to be safe, but you might be surprised to learn how prevalent raw milk consumption is in the US. Raw milk sales are permitted in most states (thanks to @AlexesMerritt for the map, data from ) 020
Shweta Bansal @bansallab.bsky.social · 26/06/2023Hearty Congratulations to @casey_zipfel! So proud! 020
Shweta Bansal @bansallab.bsky.social · 01/12/2022As we near the end of the 2022 monkeypox PHE, it’s important to keep an eye on future orthopoxvirus outbreak risk with residual smallpox vaccine immunity waning globally. Check out our new study led by @julianactaube & @mtevarest w/@jlloydsmith 020
Shweta Bansal @bansallab.bsky.social · 09/09/2022So proud of @AlexesMerritt and @julianactaube who presented at #midas2022 and crushed it! Thanks to everyone who shared positive feedback with these amazing junior researchers. #WomenInIDD 020
Shweta Bansal @bansallab.bsky.social · 05/09/2022Does anyone have any resources to suggest on decolonizing population ecology? I've been trying in recent semesters to improve my population biology course, but have been limited by the resources available. Would love suggestions for more inclusive histories and case studies. 010
Shweta Bansal @bansallab.bsky.social · 31/08/2022I'm looking forward to seeing those of you that can make it to the @MIDAS_Network Annual Meeting in DC next week! ICYMI, the public health guidelines have been updated, and masking will now be required. Here's to a safe and productive meeting! #MIDAS2022 020
Shweta Bansal @bansallab.bsky.social · 01/08/2022The ongoing monkeypox outbreak has brought to the forefront the legacy of smallpox eradication. Historical smallpox vaccination efforts were heterogenous leaving a modern patchwork of long-lasting protection. We characterize this landscape in new work: . 🧵 020
Shweta Bansal @bansallab.bsky.social · 20/04/2022The pandemic has highlighted the increased risk of airborne transmission risk in INDOOR environments w/out ventilation. But it turns out we know very little about rates of indoor activity and how this varies by location. A 🧵on a new study in which we start to fill this gap (1/) 110
Shweta Bansal @bansallab.bsky.social · 26/02/2022Really enjoyed the faculty mentoring workshop led by @erindolan1 at @GUBiology today. Helpful evidence-based tools and much food for thought. Thank you so much for coming, Dr. Dolan! 010
Shweta Bansal @bansallab.bsky.social · 24/11/2021Just your neighborhood COVID vaccination tracker here with some positive news.👇is the progress we've made in 1-dose coverage over the last 3 weeks (thanks to 5-11-year-olds!). By the time we're at the Dec holidays, most of these 8.3 million indivs will be fully protected! 1/2 000
Shweta Bansal @bansallab.bsky.social · 11/11/2021Prospective PhD students: if you're considering programs in EEB/Biology, stop in for office hours/Q & A about the @GUBiology graduate program with some of the faculty today at 4pm or next week at the same time. It'll be informal. Bring your questions! 000
Shweta Bansal @bansallab.bsky.social · 04/11/2021Wherever you are in the world, I’m sure you had some good news this week and some dark. On this Diwali, may light dispel the darkness of our lives, and guide us towards gratitude for the good and hope for the possibilities to come. 🪔🪔🪔 000
Shweta Bansal @bansallab.bsky.social · 28/10/2021#Epidemics8 community, we are planning a networking/mentoring event at the Epidemics8 conference for early career researchers to talk about science and careers with senior folks one-on-one. What have you seen in past meetings that works? What would you like to see in this one? 000
Shweta Bansal @bansallab.bsky.social · 13/08/2021We have learned much about how US communities vary in disease burden & response (spatial heterogeneity). We focus less on how intensely connected we are via mobility (spatial connectivity). These forces together create a pandemic in which the actions of 1 community impact many.🧵 000
Shweta Bansal @bansallab.bsky.social · 21/07/2021It's a big day in the lab today with @casey_zipfel defending her @Georgetown @GUBiology PhD dissertation titled "The Interplay between Human Behavior and Infectious Disease Dynamics". I'm a proud mentor today. Go Casey! 💪🏽 000