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Dr Joel C Miller

@joelcmiller.bsky.social
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Mathematical Biologist specializing in infectious diseases and network science.

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Dr Joel C Miller @joelcmiller.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
An announcement to EU / UK / Kiwi people: Australia will soon be eligible for EU Horizon grants. I'm very interested in any opportunities you have that I could meaningfully contribute to.
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Dr Joel C Miller @joelcmiller.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
(please retweet): Now that math social media is a little quieter I have an announcement: Our 2nd edition of "Mathematics of Epidemics on Networks" is out. 1 new co-author (Greg Rempala) 4 new chapters update to EoN software package link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Mathematics of Epidemics on Networks
Textbook, featuring practical simulation algorithms written in pseudocode with implemented code available online.
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Dr Joel C Miller @joelcmiller.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
For Europeans at #NetSci2026 I've just been told that Australia is joining Horizon Europe: research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all-res... If you think there are opportunities for collaboration, please find me to discuss.
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EU and Australia formally open negotiations on the association to Horizon Europe
Research and innovation news alert: Following the visit of President von der Leyen to Australia, the European Commission and Australia have today opened formal negotiations for the association to Hori...
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Dr Joel C Miller @joelcmiller.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Retweeting for those attending #NetSci2026 who are currently in different time zones
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Dr Joel C Miller @joelcmiller.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Reposting for those in different time zones.
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Dr Joel C Miller @joelcmiller.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Going to #NetSci2026 (@netsciconf.bsky.social)? Attend our contagions in networks satellite! Talks from: @nwlandry.bsky.social @lhd.bsky.social @leahkeating.bsky.social @julianataube.bsky.social @colincarlson.bsky.social and Jacob Liam Curran-Sebastian joelmiller.github.io/ContagionOnN...
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Epidemics on Networks Workshop
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Chiara Poletto @chpoletto.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Truly excited about this collaboration with ‪@praty1931.bsky.social and @joelcmiller.bsky.social: Network structure induced bias in estimates of intrinsic generation times journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
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Network structure induced bias in estimates of intrinsic generation times
Author summary When a new infectious disease outbreak starts, mathematical epidemiologists find themselves building or using mathematical models to understand its propagation, predict its future cours...
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Dr Joel C Miller @joelcmiller.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Had quite a weekend so far. before I get into it… Anyone know anyone who went to the Maurice Plant meet last night and then to Melbourne Sports and Aquatics Centre this morning? My weekend: 1) on Friday I gave students exam with one question that was harder than intended.
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Liz Fearon @lizfearon.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Exciting new Research Fellow position in modelling infectious diseases to reduce inequities in health outcomes in Africa! Join a multidisciplinary 4 year project with me at UCL and partners in Zimbabwe, Zambia, The Gambia, South Africa, Kenya and the UK. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Dr Joel C Miller @joelcmiller.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Thoughts?
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Dr Joel C Miller @joelcmiller.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I just got an email about disease forecasting. They seem to be interested in a *very* specific cohort. Here's the email subject: "Forecasting infectious disease epidemics in men who have sex with men on Friday, 6 February 2026, 11:00 AM"
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 07/10/2025
This new #InterfaceFocus issue presents a selection of papers on emerging topics within an exciting new interdisciplinary domain combining #InfectiousDisease modelling and public health #ethics: royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rsfs/202... @joelcmiller.bsky.social
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IDDjobs @iddjobs.org · 20/06/2025
PhD position (Dublin, Ireland) Transmission of bovine tuberculosis: deciphering biological mechanisms with statistical and mechanistic models. with Miriam Casey, Michael Fop at UCD-CVERA More details: iddjobs.org/jobs/2325
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IDDjobs @iddjobs.org · 20/06/2025
PhD position (Montpellier and Nairobi, France and Kenya) Modeling of vector and pathogen under global change and the efficacy of surveillance and control with @https://bsky.app/profile/antoinebarreaux.bsky.social at... More details: iddjobs.org/jobs/2324
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Dr Joel C Miller @joelcmiller.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Looking for potential PhD students - DEADLINE SOON: Mar 31 (Australia time - that's Mar 30 for US). Do you know a strong candidate who might like to spend 3-4 years outside the US on a PhD? Modeling epidemics &/or network dynamics? Let me know. www.latrobe.edu.au/research/gra...
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La Trobe graduate research scholarships
Browse our available research projects.
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
The former head of PEPFAR pleads for the preservation of the lifesaving program. @cohenjon.bsky.social speaks with John Nkengasong. www.science.org/content/arti...
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Outgoing head of heralded U.S. global HIV/AIDS program urges Trump to reverse cuts
John Nkengasong, who had helmed PEPFAR since 2022, says “history will remember we showed humanity”
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Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Let’s triple check the earth is round while we’re at it…
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Michele Tizzoni @mtizzoni.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
A new important work by @camzachreson.bsky.social @joelcmiller.bsky.social on integrating ethical frameworks in epidemic modelling: arxiv.org/abs/2502.00071
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Including frameworks of public health ethics in computational modelling of infectious disease interventions
Decisions on public health interventions to control infectious disease are often informed by computational models. Interpreting the predicted outcomes of a public health decision requires not only hig...
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Alexander Zarebski @aezarebski.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
A huge thank you to Nefel Tellioglu, Jessica Stockdale, Julie Spencer, Wasiur Rahman Khuda Bukhsh, @joelcmiller.bsky.social and Cameron Zachreson for including me on this @matrix-inst.bsky.social project we just preprinted results from t.co/9ioaiNWMQa 🤓
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https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2502.00071
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Dr Joel C Miller @joelcmiller.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Trump: "Therefore, Canada should become our Cherished 51st State... Much lower taxes, and far better military protection for the people of Canada – AND NO TARIFFS!" Come on Canada, call his bluff... Please?
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Dr Joel C Miller @joelcmiller.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
@xkcd.com just reminded me of an amusing story from Ambassador Nathaniel Davis, who was a professor at @harveymudd.bsky.social when I was a student there. His family had a new posting in Latin America (I forget the country).
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Nalini Joshi @monsoon0.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
The closing date for this position is 20 December 2024 and a direct link is here: usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_E...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate (Pure and Applied Maths)
Full time, 3 years fixed term, located at the Sydney Mathematical Research Institute (SMRI), Camperdown Campus and Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey USA. Opportunity to contribute to researc...
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Michael Plank @michaelplanknz.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Well this is a depressing read. I knew RFK was an antivaxer. I hadn't realised he visited Samoa specifically to spread antivax disinformation months before the epidemic that needlessly claimed the lives of 83 babies and children 😡 www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
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‘We learned the hard way’: Samoa remembers a deadly measles outbreak and a visit from RFK Jr
A few months before the outbreak in 2019, Kennedy travelled to Samoa and met with anti-vaccine figures, contributing to what health experts claim was a ‘significant disinformation campaign’
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James McCaw @jmccaw.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Well, I'm making my first post here, and it is a fun one: I have recently advertised for up to 4 post-doctoral research positions, 3-5 years in duration. If you are interested please get in touch or apply. An opportunity to work in Melbourne, great team, great city! Details at iddjobs.org:
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IDDjobs — Research Fellow - Infectious Disease Dynamics (Multiple Positions) — The University of Melbourne
Find infectious disease dynamics modelling jobs, studentships, and fellowships.
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Dr Joel C Miller @joelcmiller.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
A note to all of my Infectious disease modelling followers - you should follow @iddjobs.bsky.social, and use them to advertise any new infectious disease dynamics^* positions you are hiring for. * IDD = "Infectious Disease Dynamics"
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Jean-François Cudennec @limpetnerd.eurosky.social · 20/11/2024
I will not hide my inner convictions anymore. Be the change you want to see in the world ! #AcademicSky 🧪
A man holds a sign in the street saying « stop asking for slides a week in advance of a talk »
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Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
At what point will the policy response be “we really need to get this under control”? Or are we again going to wait until it’s beyond the point of control?
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Now that I've fled Leon's site for bluer skies, I'm sure I'll be called an #Ex-X, but personally, I'll always consider myself a #TwitterQuitter.
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Dr Joel C Miller @joelcmiller.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Hi all - I've collected a huge number of new followers recently. If you aren't a previous follower on twitter, I want to give a quick overview of what you'll get from me. Feel free to unfollow if you don't think it will be relevant to you.
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Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I’ll be giving a talk on epidemic dynamics at @lshtm.bsky.social next Monday at 5.30pm, from dengue and Zika to pandemic influenza and COVID. Free and open to all: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
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The perils of prediction: how untangling transmission drivers can improve epidemic response | LSHTM
Exploring research untangling the different factors driving epidemic transmission, from behaviour to immunity
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Tiago Peixoto @tiago.skewed.de · 18/11/2024
Reminder that we have a post-doc position open at the @invcomplexity.skewed.de lab, IT:U, Austria! 🇦🇹 This is a 3-year position, not tied to any particular project. The application deadline is 30 Nov 2024. For more infos, see: skewed.de/lab/call.html In case of questions, get in touch!
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Open post-doc position at the Inverse Complexity Lab – Tiago P. Peixoto
Inverse Complexity Lab
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Dr Joel C Miller @joelcmiller.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Alright, so maybe it shouldn't be a published paper, but it's truly fascinating to read: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Practice of neurosurgery on Saturn
The practice of neurosurgery on Saturn is almost identical to the one practiced on Earth. Because the art of practice of Medicine was transferred by h…
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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
You will know, despite it not being in my handle any more, that Math(s) is my homeland. So I've made this starter pack of excellent math(s) communicators in case you'd like to follow them too. go.bsky.app/8JvssAA
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Hensley Lab @scottehensley.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
The preliminary sequence from the H5N1 human case in British Columbia has been posted and it is not good news. The virus potentially has a quasispecies at HA residue 226 (H3 numbering). This is bad news because we know that mutations at residue 226 can increase binding to human receptors. 1/
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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
re-upping this thread in light of today's nomination news
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Dr Joel C Miller @joelcmiller.bsky.social · 19/04/2024
Postdoc to join our infectious disease modeling group at LaTrobe University: Leadership role in the development of multi-species malaria transmission model and calibration to data from malaria-endemic regions. More info - contact Rebecca Chisholm at LaTrobe: careers.pageuppeople.com/533/caw/en/j...
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Details - Research Officer or Research Fellow, Multi-species malaria modelling, La Trobe University
Jobs at La Trobe University
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Dr Joel C Miller @joelcmiller.bsky.social · 28/11/2023
I've arrived in Bologna for #EPIDEMICS9. I'll be presenting a poster at the first and second poster sessions, both related to ethics in infectious disease interventions. The second is on work by Pratyush Kollepara (unfortunately he couldn't make it), just accepted to Royal Society Interface.
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Markus Luczak-Roesch @mluczak.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
Call for abs.: Capital City Complex Systems Symposium, Feb 24 in New Zealand docs.google.com/forms/d/1c7C... Deadline appr. Exciting lineup of invited speakers @juniperlov.bsky.social Juyong Park @joelcmiller.bsky.social Ciro Cattuto www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/symposium/ 🧪 #academicsky #complexity
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Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2024
Join us in Wellington, New Zealand for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium, 13-14 February 2024.
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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 12/11/2023
'Unthinkable cruelty’: Kenyan expert working at Bristol University denied visa for six-year-old daughter Furious colleagues denounce decision that there are ‘no compassionate grounds’ to allow the child to join her mother
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‘Unthinkable cruelty’: Kenyan expert working at Bristol University denied visa for six-year-old ...
Furious colleagues denounce decision that there are ‘no compassionate grounds’ to allow the child to join her mother
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Molly M. King @mollymking.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
Come do a postdoc with me! We're hiring a network science scholar determinants and consequences of gender inequalities in scientific collaboration. Learn more here and please spread the word.
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Gender Differences& Co-authorship - Work with us!
We are currently soliciting applications for a one-year full-time post-doctoral fellowship with expertise in computational and network social science on the topic related to gender and collaboration. ...
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Dr Joel C Miller @joelcmiller.bsky.social · 29/10/2023
Australian academics - join NTEU before it's too late. The universities are actively trying to eliminate existing protections. Our conditions are bad enough. Victorian students cop penalties as universities turn to ‘hardline’ strike-busting tactics (smh.com.au)
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Dr Joel C Miller @joelcmiller.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
Joys of submitting theory papers. Title "Ethical dilemma in ..." Question on submission form: "Does the research require any ethical considerations?" Answer: No.
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Dr Joel C Miller @joelcmiller.bsky.social · 08/10/2023
I'm giving an undergrad lecture on communicating uncertainty with disease models. Telling them to emphasize qualitative descriptions and scenarios and making clear it's not a quantitative prediction. What other suggestions do people have?
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Michael Plank @michaelplanknz.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
This looks great! Really nice resource for anyone teaching/learning mathematical biology Thank you for making it freely available! sheffield.pressbooks.pub/introducingm...
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Dr Joel C Miller @joelcmiller.bsky.social · 03/10/2023
Migrating over here from joel_c_miller at twitter. Follow me for mathematics, mathematical biology, network science, and especially infectious disease modeling.
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