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Erica Pool

@ericapool.bsky.social
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HIV/Sexual Health Doctor in the NHS. NIHR Research Fellow at UCL Institute for Global Health. Interests: #PrEP, inclusion health, HIV treatment and prevention. She/Her

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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
3 months in, 2 of my speculative candidates are in 🇸🇦🇶🇦 and 2 have ruled themselves out 🇧🇷🇬🇧. www.bmj.com/content/393/...
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Centre on Climate Change & Planetary Health, LSHTM @lshtm-planet.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
🌡️Why are we seeing another #heatwave in the UK this week? Dr Malcolm Mistry explains why record-breaking heatwaves are becoming more frequent across Europe and the UK. 🔗 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n... @malmistry1977.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
Mitigation and adaptation are not going to be cheap, but if we wait longer the cost of inaction will only increase in the future. Malcolm Mistry, Assistant Professor, LSHTM
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Erica Pool @ericapool.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Apply for my old job - Clinical Research Fellow in HIV/Sexual Health/ID at UCL. Great OOP for a GUM/ID/Viro SpR. Fantastic team, exciting research. **Deadline extended to Friday 15.5.26** Message me if helpful www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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Erica Pool @ericapool.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Our editorial now out - written along with Binta Sultan, Marc Thompson, @maryamshj.bsky.social Jo Gibbs from @uclglobalhealth.bsky.social - England must prioritise socially excluded populations in order to stop HIV transmission.
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Nature @nature.com · 13/04/2026
This researcher created a fictional illness, and fake studies funded by the Professor Sideshow Bob Foundation and University of the Fellowship of the Ring and the Galactic Triad. LLMs warned people the illness was real. go.nature.com/3Q60KXd
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Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real
Nature - Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?
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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 24/03/2026
Tuberculosis remains a leading cause of death worldwide among persons with HIV. In this report, the effect of the PEPFAR program on incident cases of tuberculosis and related deaths is presented. Read the full report: nej.md/4bt9UDV #WorldTBDay #MedSky #IDSky
A figure showing tuberculosis cases averted by PEPFAR (2003–2024).
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Erica Pool @ericapool.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
In a cohort of people experiencing homelessness in East London, the median age at death was as 54 for men and 47 for women. #Pathways
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AVAC @avac.org · 10/03/2026
Injectable #lenacapavir for #PrEP (LEN) moved faster than any prevention product before it, because lessons from past rollouts were applied early and equity stayed front and center. Read AVAC’s Review to see how:
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Getting LEN Rollout Right
In June 2025, the US Food & Drug Administration’s approval of injectable lenacapavir (LEN) provided a much-needed boost for HIV prevention, particularly given the strength of the science and the…
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
"Sixteen US states do not require sex education or HIV/STI instruction to be age-appropriate or medically accurate" Eliminating sex-Ed does not stop young people from having sex, the just do it less safely🤷‍♀️ www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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A Mississippi mother couldn’t find accurate sex ed for her kids. So she started a class at church
As states scale back requirements for comprehensive sex ed, some parents and faith communities are stepping in to teach what schools won’t
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Erica Pool @ericapool.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
What is inclusion health? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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AVAC @avac.org · 25/02/2026
#CROI2026 Community Breakfast Club recordings are now available! For 3 days, researchers & community members dug into what it will take to move #HIV prevention science, cure & implementation research from innovation to real-world impact. 🎥 avac.org/event/croi20... @eatgroup.bsky.social #IDsky
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CROI 2026 Community Breakfast Meetings
The Community Breakfast Club is a joint initiative made possible through collaboration among AVAC, the European AIDS Treatment Group, the Treatment Action Group, Fiocruz, and other partners. They feat...
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Erica Pool @ericapool.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
RCT of tecovirimat for mpox: n=412 randomised to teovirimat vs placebo. There was no difference in time to clinical resolution, reduced pain, or increased viral clearance www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... #mpox
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Tecovirimat for the Treatment of Mpox | NEJM
Tecovirimat is approved for smallpox treatment under the Food and Drug Administration Animal Rule on the basis of efficacy in nonhuman primate models of mpox (previously known as monkeypox). Howeve...
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Lenacapavir for PrEP was the big "star" of #CROI2026 after showing almost 100% effectiveness in preventing HIV in 2 large RCTs. Unfortunately at a pricing point of 28000$ a year it remains inaccessible to most. A drug is only as great as the number of people who can access and benefit from it.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/02/2026
Record number of rough sleepers in England last year, official figures show
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Record number of rough sleepers in England last year, official figures show
An estimated 4,793 people slept rough in tents, doorways or parks on single night in autumn – up 3% year on year Record numbers of people slept rough on the streets of England last year, according to the latest official statistics. An estimated 4,793 people spent the night in tents, doorways and parks on a single night in autumn 2025, up 3% year on year, and overtaking the previous peak of 4,751 in 2017, though charities believe these figures underestimate the scale of the nation’s homelessness crisis. Continue reading...
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AVAC @avac.org · 23/02/2026
Congrats to Dr. Dieffenbach whose leadership is rooted in partnership. And thanks for reminding us why this work remains urgent & shared: “Disease doesn't respect borders… health & access to healthcare is a fundamental right, no matter where you live, who you ❤️ or the color of your skin.” #CROI2026
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Clinical Infectious Diseases @cidjournal.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
The Potential Effect of Ending CDC Funding for HIV Tests: A Modeling Study in 18 States ✅ Just Accepted 🔗 bit.ly/4trboGZ
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Erica Pool @ericapool.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
PrEP delivery through community pharamcies reached people who inject drugs and women, facilitated by their attendance for OAT &emergency contraception. “It’s been easier with the (customers collecting) methadone because obviously we’ve got a relationship with them" sti.bmj.com/content/earl...
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Development and implementation of a pharmacy PrEP awareness-raising and referral pathway: acceptability and feasibility of a UK pilot
Objectives To develop and pilot a community pharmacy pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) awareness-raising and referral pathway, informed by a literature review and interviews with pharmacists and communi...
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Erica Pool @ericapool.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science, especially to these two wonderful women and scientists @ninavora.bsky.social and Binta
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Philippa Matthews @pippa-matt.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Our #liver #health project ‘MoLo’ for the #Mongolian Community in #London: #education, assessment for #diabetes, metabolic liver disease #MASLD, #HIV & viral #hepatitis, & linkage to care. Huge team effort with brilliant engagement. @who.int @crick.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk #HBV #HCV #LiverSky #MedSky 🧪🇲🇳
MoLo project team photo by the University College London inclusion health outreach van with the Mongolian Community Organisation hosting the project. Team members set up in advance for point of care testing Kit for point of care testing for HIV, HBV, HCV and syphilis
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UNAIDS Global @unaids.org · 14/01/2026
Good news!👏 @unitaid.bsky.social's new investment to accelerate access to lenacapavir through innovative, community-based approaches will help ensure this breakthrough HIV prevention option reaches people most in need.
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Erica Pool @ericapool.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Woahhhhhh
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Piers Haslam 🌺 @phghaslam.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Queer history types! Can anyone recommend scholarship that looks at asylum / psychiatric hospital records through a queer or trans lens?
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Onisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
This reminds me of the shock authors expressed when I mentioned that journals can see the filenames of their submissions (eg, Finalised_manuscript_FINAL_final_Final_version23.doc). I'm very much here for filenames like the one below. 😁
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Philippa Matthews @pippa-matt.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
All opportunities to develop and share robust evidence to help us enhance progress towards #elimination of viral #hepatitis should be welcomed! Note special issue of #BMCInfectiousDiseases planned for 2026. #HepSky #MedSky #GastroSky #IDSky 🧪
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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Do you live with HIV? Are you in Europe and currently on treatment? Please take part in the Ask Us Europe survey, which aims to improve treatment and care for people with HIV. I am proud to have worked on it with @shareeastlondon.bsky.social and a powerful group of people with HIV. Please share. 🙏
Flyer for the Ask Us Europe study, including a QR code. I will add the link to the survey in a post that I will thread to this one.
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British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) @bashhuk.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Some great advice for GUM health care professionals on ways to support good care for trans people in sexual health services and beyond from Alison Berner and Joe Smith Great feeback on impact of well designed service from Oliver Ellis from Waverley Care #BASHH2025
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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
“Trans women have never felt like a risk or a threat or a problem. While I can’t speak for everyone I honestly can’t think of an example where our trans-inclusive policy has been a problem for a service user.” - Katie Russell, CEO of a rape crisis support service. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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‘Trans women have never felt a threat’: women’s refuges grapple with supreme court ruling
UK gender decision ignites debate among professionals working in the domestic abuse and rape crisis spheres
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Dr Richard Ma PhD 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🍉🕺⚕️🩺🎓 @richard-ma.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Are you a healthcare professional in the UK caring for people living with HIV aged over 50? What are the important issues for you & your patients? We are creating a bank of research questions to bring to a workshop to prioritise research in this area. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...
Survey header with University of Bristol logo.

Have your say to improve the care of people aged over 50 living with HIV in the UK


We are looking for research ideas to improve health and care for people aged over 50 living with HIV in the UK.

This is a survey for people with HIV aged over 50, their carers, and healthcare professionals involved in their care.
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The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Our Love Hub will return as part of @fringefilmfest.bsky.social on 19-21 Sept 2025 in east London. Got an idea for an event, workshop, panel or performance? Send your brief concepts to maureen@thelovetank.info by 3pm on Friday 2 May. We provide bursaries to develop activities at the Love Hub :)
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Michael Marks @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
A reminder we have 2 Academic Clinical Lecturer Posts in Infection @lshtm.bsky.social shorturl.at/EIUIz Open to people training in ID in UK & hold/imminently completing PhD. Open to people with broad range of infection research interests. If interested get in touch. Applications close April 28
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Published vacancies that are available for applicants to apply to. This includes key information suchs as the training programme(s), post type(s), advert information and duration.
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Onisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
The silver lining to April Fools is that you can pretend, for a brief moment, that this isn't really happening.
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Phil Samba @idiosyncraticxl.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Research like this is how we'll get DoxyPEP on the NHS?! Please take part of you can
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Carlos del Río, MD, FACP, FIDSA @docdelrio.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
As Paul Farmer used to say, “We do not have the luxury of being pessimistic on other people’s behalf.” It is time to stand up for science, for global HIV and for everything we have fought so hard over decades. #CROI2025
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Liz Highleyman @lizhighleyman.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
There's always a few withdrawn presentations at conferences, but seeing 3 withdrawals in a session on diversity is sad. I wonder how many CDC & NIH colleagues couldn't come? #CROI2025
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Sarah Alexander @sarah1alexander.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Are you responsible for syphilis services? Please help us further our understanding of neurosyphilis diagnosis by completing the survey below.... @bashhuk.bsky.social
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National AIDS Trust @nat.org.uk · 18/02/2025
With LGBT+ rights being challenged across the globe, this year’s theme of LGBT+ History Month of activism and social change offers an opportunity to reflect on the actions of previous generations and their lessons for today, Joe Parry writes on our website: #LGBTplusHM. nat.org.uk/views/joe...
"From the early days of HIV advocacy to the ongoing struggles for LGBT+ rights, activists have always faced attempts to silence them - and they have always persisted."

Joe Parry. Director of Communications
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Lindsay Mallick, Ph.D. @marmelinz.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Not confirmed yet, but The DHS Program, which has operated for 40+ years collecting data in over 90+ countries and is the primary source of data for monitoring global health, is on the list of contracts to be cut. This is devastating on so many levels.
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Censor CDC scientists and ask them to withdraw papers from medical journals? This is not how it works, Mr President. Our response @bmj.com on the Trump Executive Order and his "forbidden words" www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Grace Sumner @graceyoutreach.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
If you're thinking of applying for a Masters in Public Health & have experience of inequality, consider applying for the IMPACT Scholarship at UCL. Happy to answer any questions you have! www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology...
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The IMPACT Scholarship
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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Thank you Race and Health for including an excerpt from #Unheard in your newsletter! Free to read here (from chapter 6 ROAR where I’m sitting in a lecture by @madhupai.bsky.social at LSHTM) www.raceandhealth.org/post/book-ex...
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JAMA @jama.com · 19/12/2024
This JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis focuses on the recent CDC guidelines on use of doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) to prevent bacterial sexually transmitted infections. ja.ma/41FWRvL
PDF preview of article.
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Erica Pool @ericapool.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Really feeling this as I prepare to hop on my bike shortly... even more so as I'm doing it at 35 weeks pregnant (yes the bump to thigh contact occurs even on the flat)
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Erica Pool @ericapool.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
My teams background has become very themed for both Christmas and sexual health today! Ten points if you can name all of these bugs….
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National AIDS Trust @nat.org.uk · 12/12/2024
PrEP, the #HIV prevention drug, should be accessible beyond #sexualhealth clinics. We welcome the announcement from the Welsh Government of a pilot project to access PrEP in community pharmacies next year so more people can benefit from it. #Wales #Cymru pharmaceutical-journ...
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Access to PrEP from community pharmacies could be piloted from autumn 2025
HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) could be provided in community pharmacies in Wales from autumn 2025, the Welsh government has told The Pharmaceutical Journal. In a written update on the ‘HIV Action Plan for Wales 2023–2026’, published on 18 November 2024, Jeremy Miles, cabinet secretary for health and social care, said that Wales was making “encouraging […]
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The Love Tank CIC @thelovetankcic.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
We are deeply concerned by the decision by @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social to ban puberty blockers. It's hard to fathom how he can say he cares for the wellbeing, safety and dignity of trans people, based on this decision. This is wrong, cruel and heartless.
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Kate LeGrand @lekate.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
The LSHTM #TB Modelling Group is offering 3 #PhD studentships through the MRC LID scheme. Exciting projects, world-class mentorship. Apply now! Details in thread🧵 mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk @lshtm.bsky.social #TBSky
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Home - MRC London Intercollegiate Doctoral Training Partnership Studentships
About MRC LID Information for prospective studentship applicants Information for current studentship holders Information for...
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
US based STOMP trial of tecovirimat (tpoxx) for clade 2 mpox fails to demonstrate efficacy benefit. Just as it did not in PALM 007 in clade 1 mpox in DRC. There is no known treatment for mpox Vaccination is the key control strategy and more research is needed. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38190312/
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Early Tecovirimat Treatment for Mpox Disease Among People With HIV - PubMed
Results of this cohort study support starting tecovirimat in all PWH as soon as an mpox diagnosis is suspected. Additional research is warranted to confirm these findings.
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Stunning and sick. But not new - the lack of progress and change to better care for and serve US women especially Black women is despairing.
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Erica Pool @ericapool.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Really interesting responses here to @gregowen.bsky.social ‘s informal survey. So far only 30% yes would switch. Reasons given for staying on oral PrEP: inconvenience of frequent appointments (for injections), not liking needles, happy with pills.
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