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Erin Welsh

@erinwelsh.bsky.social
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Science communicator, scientist, public health enthusiast, book nerd. Host and producer of @tpwky.bsky.social. Here to share new and ongoing projects, tidbits from the history of medicine, and thoughts on books. Send me your recommendations!

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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Mark your calendars: Tonight at 5pm PT, the first episode in our pregnancy series premieres on YouTube! Erin and I will be logged in on YouTube as it debuts so we can chat with you all in real time! @tpwky.bsky.social Check out the link here: youtu.be/Dx0ewmmMjnQ
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This Podcast Will Kill You - Pregnancy: First Trimester
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Sarah Senese @ssenese.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
My proudest accomplishment to date. The work continues! @jpvelotta.bsky.social @erinwelsh.bsky.social @aweiss.bsky.social @calvarezaranyos.bsky.social @bradleyallf.bsky.social @neuronickole.bsky.social, CO Senator Lisa Cutter, Meteorologist Mike Nelson, Scientist/Comedian Jessie Hanson
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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Stand up for science. Stand up for public health. Stand up for vaccines.
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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
It was so much fun to finally get to nerd out about this adorable parasite and the importance of parasite conservation in this episode! I've been thinking about this isopod for YEARS 🐟
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 08/02/2025
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
So excited to announce my new hosting role on the Advances in Care podcast! Tune in for fascinating conversations with the physicians at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital who are on the cutting edge of medical research. Check out the first episode in the newest season: go.pddr.app/aic-smith-erin
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Advancing Cardiology and Heart Surgery Through a History of Collaboration
Podcast Episode · Advances in Care · 02/06/2025 · 20m
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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
A peer-reviewed guide to infectious disease podcasts?! And @tpwky.bsky.social made the list?! Yes please!! academic.oup.com/ofid/article...
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“Like and Subscribe”: A Compendium of Infectious Diseases Audio Podcasts
Abstract. In little more than 15 years, the podcast has gone from being virtually unknown to becoming a multibillion-dollar industry. There are an estimate
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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Turns out the Velveteen Rabbit still packs an emotional wallop even after all this time. Tune in to hear me unsuccessfully fighting back tears in our latest ep #scarletfever #tpwky #podcast
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Debbie Gale Mitchell @heydebigale.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
New nonfiction science book releases for November, 2024! What books did I miss? Which of these books are on your tbr? I am hoping to read THE SERVICEBERRY this month. I have heard it is a more distilled version of Wall Kimmerer's masterpiece BRAIDING SWEETGRASS.
Nonfiction Science New Releases
November, 2024

A teal background with 10 book covers:

LOST WONDERS by Tom Lathan
WHAT THE CHICKEN KNOWS by Sy Montgomery
VANISHING TREASURES by Katherine Rundell
THE SERVICEBERRY by Robin Wall Kimmerer
POWER METAL by Vince Beiser
THE LOST WORLD OF THE DINOSAURS by Armin Schmitt
TREEKEEPERS by Lauren E Oakes 
CHAIN REACTIONS: The Hopeful History of Uranium
TIME EXPANSION EXPERIENCES by Steve Taylor
INTO THE THAW by Jon Waterman

In the bottom right-hand of the slide is a hand drawing of the molecule morphine.
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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Does anyone know why you wouldn't be able to make rope while the sun was shining in 18th century England? This is not the setup to a punchline, I'm truly curious 😅 #history #britishhistory From London Life In The Eighteenth Century by M. Dorothy George
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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Shoutout to 'sensitive plant' (Mimosa pudica) for setting us on the path to understand circadian rhythms
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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I had such a great time chatting with @emonosson.bsky.social about her fascinating book Blight! It was a great reminder that I don't appreciate fungi as much as I should 🍄
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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
1) I'm definitely judging this book by its cover and 2) it's making me want to read it Found on Public Domain Review
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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Who's part of the club? Gotta love those old WPA posters
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Health officials in California have confirmed the first case of mpox clade I in the US. Patient is a returning traveller's who traveled to eastern Africa. This is not unexpected because the world is interconnected and there are ongoing outbreaks of clade I mpox in Africa. apnews.com/article/mpox...
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US health officials report 1st case of new form of mpox in a traveler
Health officials say they have confirmed the first U.S. case of a new form of mpox that was first seen in eastern Congo.
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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
"Typhus, with its brothers and sisters - plague, cholera, typhoid, dysentery - has decided more campaigns than Caesar, Hannibal, Napoleon, and all the inspector generals of history. The epidemics get the blame for defeat, the generals get the credit for victory. It ought to be the other way around."
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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction Graphic from Edward Tufte More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
Graphic shows dramatic reduction in polio, rubella, mumps, measles, and hepatitis A cases after the introduction of vaccines for each disease.
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This Podcast Will Kill You @tpwky.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
We've been hinting at it and now it's finally time... we are prepping a FOUR PART SERIES on pregnancy. And we need your help!
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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
#Vaccines save lives Pic: Wellcome Collection
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Jon Velotta @jpvelotta.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Check out coverage of our work on the mechanisms of adaptation to high altitude. stories.du.edu/magazine/dep...
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Research at 14,000 Feet
The Velotta Lab seeks to understand how tiny mammals have genetically adapted to survive at Colorado’s highest altitudes.
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Medical historian here to remind you of the benefits of #vaccines! This is the final stage of tetanus when nerves fire continuously & body contorts into agonizing posture known as opisthotonus. The mastication muscles clamp down to form the hallmark lockjaw. A vaccine didn't appear until 1924. .
A painting depicting a nude man, his back is arched and his fists are clenched. He stares up at the ceiling.
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
A podcast for your science ethics class, esp on why we have IRBs. There are many you can use from This @tpwky.bsky.social episode puts human experiments in perspective. TW: describes experiments on incarcerated Black people to test various skin creams. #WomenInSTEM 🧪 megaphone.link/ERM5606501901
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Ep 157 Retinoids Part 2: …how it’s going by This Podcast Will Kill You
That same little bottle of retinol serum sitting on your bathroom counter - how does it work? Does it actually work? Those are the questions we’re taking on in part two of our retinoids two-parter. Th...
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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
We just released a two-parter on #retinoids on @tpwky.bsky.social, which gives me a chance to shout out the excellent book Acres of Skin by Allen Hornblum, which exposes the unethical experiments conducted at Holmesburg Prison. Any similar books you'd recommend?
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Don't forget my #starterpack on STEM writers and medical/science historians! It's not quite full, so if you'd like to be added to this one, give me a shout. Let's find our people over here on #BlueSky! go.bsky.app/3DuVT6Z
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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Our signoff "wash your hands, ya filthy animals" has never been more appropriate 🦠
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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Making room for this on my bookshelf
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Erin Welsh @erinwelsh.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Hello #Bluesky! Let's talk diseases, medicine, history, biology, and whatever else is on your mind/bookshelf.
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
More good news for #Bluesky! @tpwky.bsky.social (THIS PODCAST WILL KILL YOU) & host @erinwelsh.bsky.social have joined us! This is one of my favorite science podcasts about epidemics and weird medical mysteries. Follow swiftly - you won't regret it. And let's continue building our geeky community!
Logo for the podcast featuring a cartoon head of a woman and she is looking at a syringe in her hand.
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