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Isaac Stopard

@isaacstopard.bsky.social
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Epidemiology postdoc. Researching socioeconomic and environmental determinants of health.

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 27/05/2026
While Tony Blair is trashing UK govt energy policy, NESTA analysis finds "early signs [it] may be working" 2022: Gas prices went up 100%, electricity 83% (roughly 1:1) 2026: Gas +28%, elec 6% (5:1 = "electricity beginning to decouple from gas") www.nesta.org.uk/blo...
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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Happy 100th birthday! theconversation.com/from-fossick...
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From fossicking for fossils to a champion for life on Earth: Sir David Attenborough at 100
David Attenborough has captured and told the stories of nature to millions of people – and inspired scientists and conservationists the world over.
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Scot Hunter @scothunter.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Men and women living in the most deprived areas of England and Wales are far more likely to die from causes that are preventable or treatable than those in the least deprived communities.
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Isaac Stopard @isaacstopard.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Would highly recommend applying for PhD scholarships at UNSW Sydney. A great team and beautiful place to live!
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IDDjobs — Using mathematical modelling to explore the future health impact of combination vaccines for respiratory viruses — UNSW Sydney
Find infectious disease dynamics modelling jobs, studentships, and fellowships.
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Nature @nature.com · 29/01/2026
Nature research paper: Projected impacts of climate change on malaria in Africa go.nature.com/4a0Ae7X
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Projected impacts of climate change on malaria in Africa - Nature
Projected impacts of climate change on malaria burden in Africa by 2050 highlight the urgent need for climate-resilient malaria control strategies and robust emergency response systems to safeguard progress towards malaria eradication.
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Dr Steven White @drstevenmwhite.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
New PhD Opportunity. We are advertising for a modeller to model the impacts of mosquito-borne disease in the Americas. The project is funded by The Leverhulme Trust via University of Glasgow, and supervised by Christina Cobbold, Dom Brass and myself. Deadline 6th March 2026. t.ly/Z-tqt
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Ecological Data Science - Projects
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LSHTM Malaria Centre @lshtm-malaria.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
📢 Join us for Professor @jackiecook.bsky.social’s inaugural lecture 🌍🦟 In this lecture, she will share insights from her career in malaria epidemiology and discuss the urgent need for new strategies in malaria control. 📅 22 Jan ⏰ 17:15 📍LSHTM | Online 🔗 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
The Drain of Scientific Publishing arxiv.org/pdf/2511.04820
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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
“This is a very important development,” says Dyann Wirth, a malaria researcher at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health who was not involved in the work. “We’ve been looking for this for a long time.” 🧪 #IDsky www.science.org/content/arti...
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‘A sigh of relief’: New malaria drug succeeds in large clinical trial
As existing drugs falter because of resistance, the world gets a backup—but hard choices loom on how to use it
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Israel’s arms imports from UK hit record high values
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Israel’s arms imports from UK hit record high values
Last week, our FactCheck team exclusively revealed that Israel’s imports of UK arms hit a record high value in June. Now, we can reveal new figures showing September was the second highest month on re...
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
NY TImes www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
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Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
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Anne Cori @anne-cori.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Exciting HPRU PhD opportunities (home fees only) at LSHTM with co-supervision at Imperial and UKHSA: www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
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PhD studentships in real-time infectious disease modelling | LSHTM
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Imperial College London and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) are pleased to invite applications for two PhD studentships in real-time
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 07/05/2025
Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
The vast fire on #Dartmoor should alert us to the ecological disaster there. This should not be a fire-prone landscape. Were it not for the elimination of trees by grazing, the vegetation type on the high moor would be temperate rainforest, which is extremely hard to burn. But only specks remain.
Photo of Wistman's Wood, a tiny remaining fragment of rainforest on Dartmoor, by Neil Burnell.
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Paul Voosen @voosen.me · 11/04/2025
BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency. Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
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Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency
White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
“People will die,” said @ckyobutungi.bsky.social, executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.” nyti.ms/41yWNgN
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U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World (Gift Article)
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
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Tom Churcher @thomaschurcher.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
A very sad and counterproductive decision. Aid when you don’t know where diseases are is immensely inefficient. DHS is a vital long-term resource, both in counties with diseases like malaria, but also those finding new global threats. Everyone will be flying blind. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/h...
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Trump Administration Ends Global Health Research Program
The Demographic and Health Surveys were the only sources of reliable information in many countries on metrics such as mortality, nutrition and education.
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Caroline Voaden @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
What we need is a housing strategy tailored to local needs, and in South Devon, that means more social housing available to buy or rent so our hospitals, schools, and other vital services can get the staff they so desperately need.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
“We’re cutting off our hand to spite our face" www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
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Trump Cuts Target Next Generation of Scientists and Public Health Leaders (Gift Article)
A core group of so-called disease detectives, who track outbreaks, was apparently spared. But other young researchers are out of jobs.
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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
In case you missed it: Good character guidance amended to block refugees from naturalisation | Sonia Lenegan
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Good character guidance amended to block refugees from naturalisation - Free Movement
There have been some important additions to pages 50 and 51 of the Good Character guidance (a comparison of the new and old versions is here) that have the
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WHO @who.int · 06/02/2025
Today is the International Day to #EndFGM Female genital mutilation (FGM) is an extreme form of discrimination, violates #HumanRights, and leads to serious health harms for millions of women and girls. It must be prevented! bit.ly/3WNPkYm
End female genital mutilation!

Every woman and girl has the right to live free from violence and harmful practices.
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Heather Ferguson @drheatherferg.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Several postdoc and senior scientist jobs are available at @swisstph.ch working on infectious disease modelling, in great team led by Nakul Chitnis Themes of #malaria dog movement, #rabies #IDsky #infectiousdiseasemodelling jobs.swisstph.ch/Vacancies/10...
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3 Senior Scientists or Postdoctoral Scientists in infectious disease modelling (80-100%) - Swiss TPH
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MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis @mrc-outbreak.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
NEW EPISODE #ScienceInContext This week @eonore.bsky.social speaks with prof @thomaschurcher.bsky.social about the recent World Malaria report, #malaria control interventions, modelling and bed nets 👇 youtu.be/B0spuTWEF2c
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Ep 114. Science in Context - Malaria nets with Prof Thomas Churcher (24-01-2025
YouTube video by MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis
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MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis @mrc-outbreak.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
APPLICATIONS OPEN NOW! Always wanted to learn about applied infectious diseases modelling? 💡Annual short course 15-26th September '25 🗓️ Application deadline for limited number of full scholarships 16th March ✏️Find out more & apply www.infectiousdiseasemodels.org/index.php
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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 10/01/2025
Accurately measuring mortality helps quantify the impact of conflict but remains challenging. ⬇️ In a peer-reviewed study, authors from @lshtm.bsky.social draw on multiple data sources to estimate traumatic injury mortality in the Gaza Strip. 1/3
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Marcus Rowcliffe @marcusrowcliffe.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Looking for a PhD in #AI for #biodiversity #conservation? The AI-INTERVENE programme is for you! www.ai-intervene.net Partnerhip between @zslscience.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social @uniofreading.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social @kewgardens.bsky.social & CEH.
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Looking for a PhD which focusses on improving #GlobalHealth? These training studentships funded by MRC combines expertise from LSHTM & St George's, University of London to offer specialist research projects, skills & training. #PublicHealth Learn more and apply👉 mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk/projects/?ut...
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Phil Levin @phillevin.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
A Lancet editorial highlights the reality: nature & biodiversity underpin our survival. We must act decisively-75% of emerging diseases stem from disrupted ecosystems. There are ethical/moral arguments for protecting biodiversity. + Nature's health is our health. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Biodiversity loss: a health crisis
The Earth is approaching a critical threshold of irreversible biodiversity loss. World leaders, environmental activists, and prominent researchers are gathered in Colombia for the 16th meeting of the ...
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Tom Churcher @thomaschurcher.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Insecticidal nets prevent more malaria than anything else. Trials in Benin and Tanzania show newer nets that kill more mosquitoes are better than those currently used, but they are unable to assess their overall impact as you cannot leave people without a net and unprotected.
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