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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 03/10/2025

Our #GlobalHealth course had a wonderful day here in #Geneva! We visited #FIND and @icrc.org before touring @ungeneva.bsky.social @un.org. We rounded off the day with a wrap-up session and our customary dinner together! 🌍 @uni-muenster.de @eilewomisa.bsky.social @epibreze.bsky.social

Above the outside of the ICRC the windows have the words "Even wars have rules #GenevaConventions"

Group photo on the grounds of the United Nations in Geneva

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 02/10/2025

Thanks to everyone at @who.int who spoke to our #GlobalHealth students today! We had an incredible time visiting the #WHO headquarters and learning about several of their areas of focus from inspiring and dedicated speakers! 🌍 @uni-muenster.de @eilewomisa.bsky.social @epibreze.bsky.social

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 30/09/2025

Thank you to representatives from #GermanDoctors and @giz.de for speaking to our #GlobalHealth students today! We had some great and inspiring discussions! Now we're tucking up into our cabin onboard the #NightJet on our way to Geneva 🇨🇭🌍

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 01/10/2025

🌍 We made it to Geneva! After arriving this morning, our @uni-muenster.de #GlobalHealth course visited @unhcr.org to hear about their history and current work #WithRefugees. Then there was time to walk along the lake before dinner! @eilewomisa.bsky.social @epibreze.bsky.social

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 29/09/2025

Our #GlobalHealth elective led by @eilewomisa.bsky.social & @epibreze.bsky.social is underway! Thanks to @globalhealthde.bsky.social for speaking to the students about #GLOHRA! We finished the day with a thought-provoking interactive session on decolonising global health 🌍

Student presentation on migration and health

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 29/09/2025

No time to rest! After the excitement of #DGEpi2025 last week, @eilewomisa.bsky.social & @epibreze.bsky.social are busy preparing for this year’s week-long #GlobalHealth elective, which kicks off today! Stay tuned for updates on what we get up to at @uni-muenster.de and in Geneva!

Preparing the room before the students arrive

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 25/09/2025

Special thanks to our organisation committee (including @baumeister-se.bsky.social @eilewomisa.bsky.social @andkarch.bsky.social @heikeminnerup.bsky.social @ruebli.bsky.social) and all of the helping hands who helped make #DGEpi2025 possible!

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 25/09/2025

That’s a wrap on #DGEpi2025! Thanks to everyone who joined us at @uni-muenster.de, we hope you had a fantastic time! We look forward to seeing everyone again next year in Ulm @uniulm.bsky.social at #DGEpi2026!

A DGEpi welcome flag hanging outside the conference location

The Fürstenberghaus, the main conference location

A view of the LWL Museum (Location of Poster Sessions and the DGEpi Night at the Museum) and the Fürstenberghaus (the main conference location)

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 23/09/2025

What a night to remember! 🎉 #KlausBerger and @andkarch.bsky.social from @uni-muenster.de welcomed #DGEpi2025 participants to an unforgettable evening at the #lwlmkk! Participants enjoyed each other's company, explored the museum on guided walking tours & had a blast at the games corner. 🤩 #Party

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 23/09/2025

The first posters of #DGEpi2025 have been presented! Two members from our team were among those presenting a wide range of ~70 posters today! @EpiBreze.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de #EpiSky #IDSky

4 people stand in front of a poster, 1 of whom shares her poster's findings

Poster room filled with conference attendees

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 23/09/2025

#DGEpi2025 has officially started! Welcome everyone, we hope you have a lovely few days here at @uni-muenster.de! We will provide lots of updates on the action here on Bluesky and will post a daily summary of everything that occurred over on our LinkedIn account: de.linkedin.com/company/clin...

Arrow on the ground showing the way to the DGEpi conference

Handing out DGEpi gifts to conference attendees

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 22/09/2025

Final preparations are underway before we welcome everyone to @uni-muenster.de in @stadt-muenster.de tomorrow for the start of #DGEpi2025! We will be keeping you updated as much as possible, so follow along here and on LinkedIn regardless of whether or not you’ll be joining us in person! #EpiSky

Cleaning all of the thermos mugs for the attendee gifts

Thermos mugs drying and waiting to be packed

Loading up the car to transport everything to the conference venue

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 16/09/2025

Just 1 week to go until #DGEpi2025 kicks off here at @uni-muenster.de in the beautiful @stadt-muenster.de! We are looking forward to several days full of epidemiology! Not registered yet? Sign up now! 2025.dgepi.de/home/registr... Check out the conference program: 2025.dgepi.de/home/program/

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 14/07/2025

📣 Attention, early birds! The early bird discount for #DGEpi2025 is ending soon! Register now and save! Deadline: 07/31/2025 #EarlyBirdDiscount @gmds-ev.bsky.social @rki.de @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social @pei.de @bnitm.bsky.social @dkfz.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de @nako.de

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 14/07/2025

🆕 We recently published a study on how contact behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic differed by vaccination status or immunity (vaccination + previous infection) status using data from 2 large German studies: #COVIMOD and #MuSPAD. Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04211-x @uni-muenster.de

Forest plot of negative binomial regression model effect estimates displayed as a contact ratios (CRs) for total, household, and non-household contact numbers by vaccination status in the COVIMOD study. CRs for contacts are given with 95% confidence intervals (CI).
Fully vaccinated individuals (i.e. 1 dose of J&J or 2 doses of other vaccines) had 1.28 (CI: 1.22-1.35) times as many total contacts and 1.43 (CI: 1.32-1.56) times as many non-household contacts as unvaccinated individuals.

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 11/07/2025

Yesterday's IMMIDD Inaugural Symposium "From Chaos to Cohesion - The Future of Infectious Disease Modeling" at @uni-muenster.de was a success! Thanks to our invited speakers for providing valuable insights and to the audience for joining in the discussions! www.uni-muenster.de/news/view.ph...

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 09/06/2025

That's a wrap on the transmission dynamics module as part of the master's programme of the #NOZGEKA project! We had a lovely 2 weeks in Mzuzu, Malawi. Thanks to the fabulous students and lectures as well as MZUNI and UNILIA for having us! @eilewomisa.bsky.social @epibreze.bsky.social

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 30/05/2025

Week 1 of the transmission dynamics module was a success! We're enjoying getting to know the first cohort of Master's students of the #NOZGEKA project and are looking forward to seeing their progress over the course of their degrees! www.nozgeka.eu @daadworldwide.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de

Students pointing at a projected figure, discussing the interpretation

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 23/05/2025

We're excited to be heading back to Malawi to coordinate & teach a 2-week module on transmission dynamics in the first cohort of Master's students specializing in infectious disease #epidemiology as part of the @daadworldwide.bsky.social funded #NOZGEKA project. Follow along to see how it goes!

2 women surrounded by their luggage as they work while waiting for check-in to start at the airport

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 16/05/2025

New publication alert! We looked at how social contact behaviour changed in Germany during the #COVID-19 pandemic using data from the COVIMOD study 👉 doi.org/10.1186/s128... @uni-muenster.de @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social @unihalle.bsky.social #EpiSky

Figure showing social contact variation between April 2020 and December 2021 in Germany. (A) The proportion of household and non-household contacts among all contacts; (B) mean number of contacts per person per day; (C) mean cumulative duration of contacts per person per day (in hours) over time.
For comparison, the stringency of the NPIs in Germany over the study period is provided in grey shadow on the right y-axis for B and C. For B and C, the solid line represents the mean number of contacts; the shaded area illustrates the 95% CI obtained using bootstrapping.

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 28/04/2025

Symposium announcement! The new Interdisciplinary Center for Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Disease Dynamics (IMMIDD) will host an inaugural symposium with international speakers and panel discussions on July 10. Info & registration: www.uni-muenster.de/IMMIDD/en/ak... @uni-muenster.de

Symposium flyer with additional information on the symposium, including:
10 July 2025 1:30-6:00 PM
Keynote Speakers: Mirjam Kretzschmar (UMC Utrecht), Niel Hens (Hasselt University), Michael Meyer-Hermann (Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research), and Richard Boucherie (University of Twente)

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 10/04/2025

The abstract submission deadline for #DGEpi2025 has been extended to April 24th! Submissions in English are very welcome. We would love to see many of you join us in Münster in September! 👉 Conference website and abstract submission: 2025.dgepi.de @uni-muenster.de #DGEpi #EpiSky

Buildings from Münster's city centre along with informative text on the DGEpi annual conference and a QR code linking to the abstract submission portal on the conference website

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 14/03/2025

That's a wrap on our 2025 #IDEpi Spring School! Thanks to all our participants from @uni-muenster.de @inserm.fr @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social @lstmnews.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social and many other institutes across Europe! 🌍 Thanks for following along! #IDSky #EpiSky

Course participants and organisers posing for the camera on a staircase

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 13/03/2025

Following yesterday's successful closure to the outbreak practical, our #IDEpi course participants have been busy learning about mathematical modelling, with lots of practicals along the way! #IDSky #EpiSky @uni-muenster.de

Room filled with course participants busy working on practicals on their laptops while course instructors answer questions

Rows of course participants listening to a lecture on modelling. A slide with oscillating measles case numbers is on display

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 12/03/2025

Final interviews and analyses are underway in our #IDEpi short course fictional outbreak! Soon we'll know if the groups got to the bottom of the outbreak when they present their findings to their respective target audiences! #IDSky #EpiSky

2 people busy conducting telephone interviews while seated or standing in a hallway

Excel sheet of fictional collected data with groups working in the background

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 11/03/2025

It's our favourite time of the year! Our #IDEpi course outbreak practical is underway and our course participants are busy developing questionnaires, conducting interviews, and analysing data to figure out the cause of the fictional outbreak at @EileWoMiSa.bsky.social's house! Will they succeed?

Name sign for one of the fictional party guests including a sign that says "Family time!!! Come back tomorrow by 7:30am"

2 interviews being conducted between course participants and fictional party guests

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 11/03/2025

Thanks to Michaela Diercke and Hendrik Wilking of @rki.de for travelling to @uni-muenster.de to speak to our #IDEpi course about surveillance and outbreak investigation today! 🦠🔍 #IDSky #EpiSky

Room of course participants sitting in rows facing the lecturer and a colourful title slide featuring a map of Germany

Close up of a title slide on "outbreak investigation and response" with the corresponding lecturer standing beside it in action while introducing the lecture topic

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 10/03/2025

Today's #IDEpi lectures introduced infectious diseases & transmission dynamics thanks to talks by Esther Künzli of @swisstph.ch & our own @andkarch.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de. With that, the basis for the rest of the week has been laid & we're all set to keep building tomorrow! #IDSky #EpiSky

Room full of participants working in groups during a practical on transmission dynamics

Lecturer in front of a slide with a map illustrating antibiotic use in human medicine around the world in 2018

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 10/03/2025

By now it's tradition that the first day of our #IDEpi course finishes off with dinner together. This way, we get to know one another early on in the course and help develop a strong group dynamic while accompanied by yummy food 🍕

Restaurant tables with empty wood boards as remaining evidence of the many Flammkuchen that have been eaten

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 10/03/2025

Our week-long Infectious Disease Epidemiology Spring School 2025 is underway! This year our participants have travelled from across Europe to take part in our course composed of lectures, modelling practicals, and a thrilling outbreak practical! #IDEpi #IDSky #EpiSky @uni-muenster.de

Photo of course schedule in front of a blurred background of the course location

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 28/02/2025

Here's what our team got up to in our free time at #MONID2025! Visiting the Brandenburg Gate and enjoying the view over Berlin from the dome of the @bundestag.de was a great way to spend our free evening 🌆 @eilewomisa.bsky.social @epibreze.bsky.social @jasuer.bsky.social @rasmuspedersen.com

Selfie of 3 colleagues inside the dome of the Reichstag Building

Selfie of 3 colleagues in front of the Brandenburg Gate

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 28/02/2025

That's a wrap on #MONID2025! Lovely way to end off with a poster prize win for @epibreze.bsky.social 🎉 @uni-muenster.de

All 3 prize winners on stage with their awards

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 27/02/2025

Day 2 of #MONID2025 was also a success! Today we were involved in a symposium on contacts and chairing sessions. @uni-muenster.de @eilewomisa.bsky.social @andkarch.bsky.social @epibreze.bsky.social

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 27/02/2025

Here's a quick recap of day 1 of the #MONID2025 conference yesterday. The day was filled with talks, elevator pitches, poster tours, and a highly entertaining science slam followed by a lovely get-together.

Presenter standing behind a podium and giving a short elevator pitch

Poster presenter and poster session co-chair standing at a poster during a poster walk

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 11/02/2025

Get ready for #DGEpi2025! Abstract submissions are now open for this year's annual #DGEpi conference, which will take place here in Münster! Submission is open until April 14th. Check out our conference website: 2025.dgepi.de @uni-muenster.de

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 13/01/2025

🚨Few spots left for our Infectious Disease Epi course in March! It is free and a lot of fun. Come and join! @uni-muenster.de #InfectiousDisease

Information on the short course "infectious disease epidemiology"

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 08/01/2025

We had a great time at our institute's New Year's Get-Together yesterday! Several rounds of Eisstockschießen (ice stock sport) were followed by dinner, a pub quiz, and lots of table tennis!

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 19/12/2024

We had lots of fun during yesterday's mid-week trip to the Christmas Markets in @stadt-muenster.de and couldn't pass up the opportunity to take a cheesy photo 😄 @eilewomisa.bsky.social @ruebli.bsky.social @rasmuskristoffer.bsky.social @epibreze.bsky.social

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 12/12/2024

We had a lovely time at the 2024 Workshop on Teaching Epi in Berlin! There was great discussion and insights into some of the challenges and opportunities facing epi teaching. A trip to the Christmas Market had to be included! Thanks @jlrohmann.bsky.social and @epibreze.bsky.social for organising!

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Clinical Epi Group at University of Münster @clinicalepi.de · 28/11/2024

It was a pleasure to present our scoping review on reporting guidelines and quality assessment tools for infectious disease modelling studies during today’s webinar of the Epi Parameter Community coordinated by @who.int. Thanks for having us!

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