Sign in

Daniel Pan

@dp440.bsky.social
876 followers 2.5K following 60 posts

Physician-scientist, infectious diseases and general medicine at #UniversityofLeicester. I follow back these topics. Interested in #respiratoryviruses #transmission #healthinequalities and #AMR le.ac.uk/people/daniel-pan

PostsRepliesMedia
Daniel Pan @dp440.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Academic research and Muay Thai have more in common than you’d think. 🧵 #academicsky #muaythaisky #kickboxingsky
120
Daniel Pan @dp440.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
It was a great pleasure to chat to BBC radio Leicester about the work our group has been doing focused on respiratory virus research! #NIHR #AcademicSky #Infectionsky
050
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Breathe: Speak Out @breathespeakout.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
What an incredible two days! A huge thank you to everyone who came along - your enthusiasm made this event truly special. We loved every moment of sharing science, sparking conversations, and creating memories together. Until next time! @dp440.bsky.social @leicestersresearch.bsky.social
021
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Breathe: Speak Out @breathespeakout.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
We’ve been reflecting on all the feedback from day 1 of Breathe: Speak Out - and it’s meant a lot to us. Thank you to everyone who took part and shared their thoughts. Your responses are exactly why we’re here. We’re looking forward to welcoming more of you today for day 2! @dp440.bsky.social
022
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Breathe: Speak Out @breathespeakout.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
📣 DAY 1 – We’re live! Breathe: Speak Out kicks off today at the King Power Stadium! Come explore how viruses spread in the home of LCFC. 🎟️ It’s FREE, fun, and open to all 📍 King Power Stadium, Leicester 🕙 We’re here till 3pm — don’t miss it! @leicestersresearch.bsky.social @dp440.bsky.social
021
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Breathe: Speak Out @breathespeakout.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
What an incredible first day! Thank you to everyone who joined us! ✨ Missed it? Don’t worry, we’re back tomorrow! 🕙 10am-3pm 📍 King Power Stadium, Leicester 🎟️ Free entry – register here for day two: www.tickettailor.com/events/nihrl... @dp440.bsky.social @leicestersresearch.bsky.social
011
Reposted by Daniel Pan
MUSICC @musiccproject.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
MUSICC will be at Breathe: Speak Out showcasing our beautiful vignette by @72kilos.bsky.social, along with some of our other engagement pieces. Thanks to @dp440.bsky.social from MUSICC partner @uniofleicester.bsky.social for making this happen! Register for a free ticket via the link below ⬇️
012
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Breathe: Speak Out @breathespeakout.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Less than a week to go, don’t forget to register for Breathe: Speak Out! Step inside the story of how viruses spread, hear real-life experiences, and get hands-on with science. 👉 Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/nihrl... @leicestersresearch.bsky.social @dp440.bsky.social
011
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Breathe: Speak Out @breathespeakout.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
From an ethnic minority or culturally diverse background? Your voice matters in shaping the future of health research. Join us at BREATHE: SPEAK OUT — a free event at Leicester City FC’s King Power Stadium! 📆 Thursday July 31 and Friday August 1 🎟️ Book your free tickets here: tinyurl.com/tje9hs2r
tinyurl.com
Book tickets for Breath In Speak Out 2025 Exhibition – FREE Breathe Speak Out Exhibition 2025 – LCFC King Power Stadium
Step into a day of discovery with hands-on science activities, interactive stations, and a chance to win exciting giveaways or ...
021
Daniel Pan @dp440.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
🧵1/10 Migrants' voices are essential for inclusive health research, yet participation is often low. Our latest study explores what factors influence decision making around participation in research for migrants in Leicester, UK. #MigrantHealth #ResearchInclusion
200
Daniel Pan @dp440.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
It was a great honour to kick off the #NIHRLeicesterBRCHalfTime earliar this week. I always get anxious before speaking. How do I deal with this? Turn up early and pace around the stage and go through slides. That way when I give my talk, it feels like others are entering my space. #Academicsky
110
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 19/06/2025
🦟🍄 Can fungi STDs kill mosquitos A new study shows transgenic mosquito-killing fungi can spread during mating – turning mosquitoes into agents of their own destruction. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm #Malaria #VectorControl 🧪
nature.com
Transmission of transgenic mosquito-killing fungi during copulation - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Transmission of transgenic mosquito-killing fungi during copulation
1243
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Viktoria Cologna @colognaviktoria.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Our global study on the state of trust in scientists is now out in Nature Human Behaviour! 🥳 With a team of 241 researchers, we surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries, providing the largest dataset on trust in scientists post-pandemic 👇🧵https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5
24903384
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Sébastien Simoncelli @ssimoncellimwtc.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
🧵6/6 To recap, 2025 is your year on Bluesky if you: ✔ Post weekly with purpose ✔ Share research as a story, not a headline ✔ Ask questions ✔ Show the messy side of science Tag a labmate. Bookmark this. We’re just getting started. #BlueskyScience #AcademicChatter #SciComm
031
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Scott McGrath @smcgrath.phd · 12/06/2025
🧪 The NIH has terminated 1,450 grants, totaling over $750 million. This unprecedented move, justified by the administration as curbing 'wasteful spending,' impacts critical research in areas like pandemic preparedness, dementia, and HIV prevention. #AcademicSky #MedSky
projects.propublica.org
Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPu...
22320
Daniel Pan @dp440.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
🚨 New study alert from UK-REACH, led by @profmanishpareek.bsky.social, Chris Martin and Ji Soo Choi We looked at how ethnicity and migration status impact NHS healthcare workers' placement within pay bands (Agenda for Change). Key findings👇 #HealthcareEquitysky #UKREACH #academicsky #ethnicitysky
131
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 31/05/2025
🧠📉 The 'pivot penalty' in science A new study in @nature.com finds scientists get cited less after switching research fields – the bigger the shift, the steeper the drop. 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/d415... #SciComm #AcademicSky 🧪
doi.org
The ‘pivot penalty’: scientists get cited less after switching fields, analysis finds
Massive study of nearly 26 million research papers measures the consequences of striking out in another research area.
43222
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Michael Marks @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Tomorrow (29th May) I will be giving my inaugural lecture @lshtm.bsky.social Open to people who are in London & online for those who are not. Hugely grateful to a wonderful array of collaborators & colleagues around the world whose work really underpins the research I will be talking about.
lshtm.ac.uk
What exactly is it that you do anyway, Michael? with Professor Michael Marks |
Professor Michael Marks’ inaugural lecture will explore his portfolio of research in global health, starting from his time as a clinical fellow at LSHTM living and working in the Pacific to his
1224
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Dr Rasu Shrestha @rasushrestha.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
How COVID-19 affected academic publishing: a 3-year study of 17 million research papers academic.oup.com/ije/article/... #medsky #IDsky @meganranney.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social @richard.medsky.social @luckytran.com @erictopol.bsky.social @epiellie.bsky.social
academic.oup.com
How COVID-19 affected academic publishing: a 3-year study of 17 million research papers
AbstractBackground. The COVID-19 pandemic induced an unprecedented response from the scientific research community. Previous studies have described disrupt
042
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 27/05/2025
A genome-wide study by the Long COVID Host Genetics Initiative identifies an association between the FOXP4 locus and long COVID, implicating altered lung function in its pathophysiology, according to a paper in Nature Genetics. go.nature.com/3Fw1aku #medsky 🧬 🧪
This is figure 5, which shows genetic correlations and Mendelian randomization causal estimates between long COVID and potential risk factors, biomarkers and diseases.
0117
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Ankur Gupta-Wright @ankurgw.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Despite molecular diagnostics for TB, 40% of patients are still diagnosed clinically. We also found a 50% higher mortality in this group, suggesting overtreatment/missing conditions other than TB. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @imperialinfect.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social
sciencedirect.com
Clinically diagnosed tuberculosis and mortality in high burden settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Clinical diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB), referring to diagnosis without bacteriological confirmation, is common and may affect an individuals’ outcome…
121
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Children vaccinated early with the MMR before 8.5 months of age, instead of at 12 months of age, had a rapid decline in measles antibodies, with >70% losing protection by 6 years, even with a 2nd MMR dose at 14 months. buff.ly/tm6fqXe #medsky #IDsky
buff.ly
Long-term Dynamics of Measles Virus–Specific Neutralizing Antibodies in Children Vaccinated Before 12 Months of Age
Children vaccinated before 8.5 months of age lose their protective neutralizing antibody levels within 6 years. Early measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccina
3152
Daniel Pan @dp440.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Pleased to present my PhD work supported by #NIHR at #ESCMIDGlobal2025, where I was awarded an #ESCMIDTravelGrant. Met some interesting delegates!
160
Daniel Pan @dp440.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Presented my PhD work to @HKU faculty, supported by @nihr.bsky.social and Sino-British Travel Fellowship. What an amazing presentation venue! Thank you so much to Prof Cowling and group for hosting me for this month. Epic hiking too (see final photo)! #respiratoryviruses #IDSky #Academicsky
130
Reposted by Daniel Pan
NEJM.org @nejm.org · 25/02/2025
How much training do you need to do to run a 5K? 🏃 The NEJM Evidence team aims to find out in this Stats, STAT! animated video on linear regression. Watch the full video: youtu.be/qUfVrYKetfA  #MedSky #ScienceSky #Statistics
0167
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Marion Koopmans @marionkoopmans.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Day 1. withdrawal from the WHO. All personnel and contractors will be stopped. Withdraw from the pandemic treaty negotiations. Anyone cheering this has no idea of global health. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
1429597
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Marcel Salathé @marcelsalathe.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Academic writing is getting harder to read - the humanities most of all www.economist.com/science-and-techn…
2143
Reposted by Daniel Pan
NEJM.org @nejm.org · 22/01/2025
A 38-year-old woman with a history of disordered eating was found to have ground-glass opacities on a chest CT. Cytologic examination of bronchoalveolar-lavage fluid showed lipid-laden macrophages and droplets of oil. Full case details: nej.md/428CqI5 #MedSky #PulmSky
Images in Clinical Medicine
Exogenous Lipoid Pneumonia

Panel A: High-resolution CT of the chest.

Panel B: A photo of yellow secretions observed in the bronchial lumen during bronchoscopy.

Panel C: The secretions separated out in the bronchoalveolar-lavage (BAL) fluid.

Panel D: Cytologic examination of the BAL fluid showing lipid-laden macrophages and extracellular droplets of oil.

Panel E: Histopathological analysis of a lung-biopsy specimen showing numerous macrophages phagocytosing lipid droplets.
0103
Reposted by Daniel Pan
S. Evan Cooper 🦠 @scooper-id.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Preventable infectious diseases will resurface in all age groups if immunization continues to fall #IDSky www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/h...
nytimes.com
Even Adults May Soon Be Vulnerable to ‘Childhood’ Diseases
Outbreaks among the unvaccinated are a predictable consequence of falling immunization rates. But even vaccinated adults may be vulnerable to some illnesses.
35223
Reposted by Daniel Pan
NEJM.org @nejm.org · 13/01/2025
This report describes a novel tickborne orthonairovirus species identified in patients presenting with an acute febrile illness in China. Read the full report: nej.md/40byyn9 #MedSky #IDSky
nej.md
Human Infection with a Novel Tickborne Orthonairovirus Species in China | NEJM
This report describes a novel tickborne orthonairovirus species identified in patients presenting with an acute febrile illness in China.
1174
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Tatiana Prowell, MD @tmprowell.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
#MedSky #IDSky #PublicHealth “Before the first #measles vax was introduced in the 1960s, the disease killed -2.6M people 🌎 each yr. The virus cripples immune defenses, leaving the body vulnerable to other pathogens.” Say it plainly: we will not go back to that. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/h...
nytimes.com
Even Adults May Soon Be Vulnerable to ‘Childhood’ Diseases (Gift Article)
Outbreaks among the unvaccinated are a predictable consequence of falling immunization rates. But even vaccinated adults may be vulnerable to some illnesses.
613453
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
To overcome vaccine hesistancy, we must do a better job of explaining the risks of illness vs vaccine side effects Really important & timely @plosglobalpublichealth.org commentary by Dr Peter Hotez journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
611252
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Tatiana Prowell, MD @tmprowell.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
#MedSky #IDSky #PublicHealth NEW Analysis of 641K hospital admissions (10 hospitals in 3.5y) finds ending universal masking & #COVID19 testing was assoc w/ a 25% ⬆️ in hospital-onset resp viral infections (w/ longer stay & ⬆️ mortality) & resumption of universal masking w a 33% ⬇️. #WearAMask /1
616372
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Jason Gale @jasongale.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
The data don’t lie. Covid was (and still is) a tragic and deadly public health, social, and economic disaster. Here are 8 charts that illustrate the effects on mortality in the US, via free-gift link. ⬇️ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
How the Pandemic Increased US Deaths Visualized in Eight Charts
The emergence of Covid-19 five years ago marked one of the worst public health crises in modern history. During the pandemic’s first two years, life expectancy in the US plummeted by about 2.7 years —...
19420162
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Star, MD MPH @starmd.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
ICU work is as emotionally devastating as, it can be, rewarding. What an incredible gift to this patient. @3wishesprogram.bsky.social
0203
Reposted by Daniel Pan
MUSICC @musiccproject.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
We are now recruiting for a challenge study, involving giving the virus that causes COVID-19 to healthy volunteers, to better understand COVID-19. Participants will be reimbursed for their time and travel. For more information please use the following link: www.imperial.ac.uk/infectious-d...
Advertisement stating volunteers are needed for a COVID-19 challenge study as part of the MusiCC project. Logos of the project's co-funders, CEPI and the European Union, are included in the bottom left corner. The MusiCC project's logo is included in the top right corner.
012
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Matt Oliver @sameo416.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
www.donotpanic.news/p/the-arctic... “By the end of the trip, Isabel says the ship doctor estimated more than half of the roughly one hundred passengers had contracted covid.
donotpanic.news
The Arctic Plague Ship That Disabled A Best Selling Author
In August more than one hundred writers, musicians and artists converged on Longyearbyen, the world’s northernmost town, before setting sail around Svalbard, a group of islands in the Arctic circle.
16529
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Health Nerd @gidmk.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Nearly five years after publication, and after 4,000 retractions, the paper that sparked the use of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 has been retracted. The publisher cites a range of scientific and ethical concerns. I have some thoughts 1/n
6382126
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Donna @donnairl.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
The real luxuries in life.
1134138867
Daniel Pan @dp440.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
When you spend a whole day formatting and submitting a paper including 30+ coauthors and a consortium and it’s rejected within 24 hours… #medsky #academicsky #sciencesky #muaythai #kickboxing
1111
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Winter is here - hold on to your seats, it could be a bumpy ride #getvaccinated Chris Whitty (has he made it here yet) posted in the other place: t.co/eo5MFz6Hvs
36731
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 22/10/2024
It's publication day for "Asymptomatic" via Johns Hopkins U Press. The book explores the paradox of asymptomatic transmission and rationale for proactive steps to confront future pandemics: bit.ly/asymptomatic...
413325
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Moritz Kraemer @mugkraemer.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Recent work on how COVID-19 pandemic interventions reshaped the global dispersal of seasonal influenza viruses Out in Science Magazine: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
science.org
COVID-19 pandemic interventions reshaped the global dispersal of seasonal influenza viruses
The global dynamics of seasonal influenza viruses inform the design of surveillance, intervention, and vaccination strategies. The COVID-19 pandemic provided a singular opportunity to evaluate how inf...
182
Daniel Pan @dp440.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Non-academic post. In 2020 I had a nasty bout of #COVID. Decided to prioritise my health and take up kickboxing. In 2022 I had my first bout. Nowadays it is a key part of my life. I’m aiming for 50 bouts by 40 years old. Round 1 of bout number 1 is below. #Muaythai #kickboxing #combatsports
210
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
One of the most depressing aspects of this pandemic is the lack of learning. #medsky #academicsky #healthpolicy
15509156
Daniel Pan @dp440.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Case reports are impactful. The first news about novel infectious diseases could appear from anywhere - from reports online, to ProMED or academic journals. We shouldn't dismiss them just because they are low on the hierarchy of evidence!
3213
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Rajeka Lazarus (she/her) @rajlaz.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
#H5N1 episode, although mentioned elephant the room remains intensive farming. Maximisation of profit at the cost of future pandemics, AMR,global warming (methane and deforestation) and cancers (associated with processed meat), and exploitation of animals, people and land. #IDsky
171
Reposted by Daniel Pan
Mandy Whelan @burkey71.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
We wiped out a strain of Influenza B when we all masked and distanced in 2020! Masking works to reduce/eliminated exposure to respiratory viruses!
0168
Daniel Pan @dp440.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect ethnic minority groups, and how do we mitigate disproportionate effects for the next pandemic? A short 🧵 (1/8)
271