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Joe Tucker

@joetucker.bsky.social
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infectious diseases physician passionate about participatory research, social innovation, syphilis, hepatitis, diagnostics, pay-it-forward, China, Nigeria, SESH (www.seshglobal.org), 4YouthByYouth (4yby.org)

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Nicola Low @nicolamlow.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
🧪🤣 #syphilis Brilliant #MustSee for all following #SISS2025 in Shanghai or online Maybe @glaucomflecken.bsky.social would also have fainted at the worldwide shortage of benzathine penicillin @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social @joetucker.bsky.social @chidodc.bsky.social HT @catherineberry.bsky.social
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National Committee on U.S.-China Relations @ncuscr.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
@ncuscr.bsky.social is delighted to announce the twenty fellows who make up the ninth cohort of our Public Intellectuals Program. Learn more about the newest #PIPFellows: www.ncuscr.org/twenty-leadi...
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Twenty Leading China Specialists Selected for Ninth Round of Public Intellectuals Program
The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations is pleased to announce the ninth round of fellows in its  Public Intellectuals Program (PIP), generously funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York. The ...
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Nicola Low @nicolamlow.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
#stihiv2025 🧪 day 2 Publish and thrive Enthusiasm for writing to publish you science is vital Great to be here with editors of 📣 Sexually Transmitted Infections 📣 Sexually Transmitted Diseases 📣 Journal of the IAS 📣 Sexual Health Me @joetucker.bsky.social Jason Ong Kees Rietmeijer Kenneth Mayer
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Joe Tucker @joetucker.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Interested in youth (15-24 years old) co-creation? TDR are organizing a practical guide and seeking peer reviewers. We are particularly interested in LMIC researchers and people excited about youth engagement. Deadline for interest 30 July. Details: forms.gle/7yJzUYZ1Y4gG...
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Nicola Low @nicolamlow.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Looking forward to talking #STI 🧪 @stihiv2025.org with @chidodc.bsky.social @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social @oriolmitja.bsky.social @joetucker.bsky.social @picardonhealth.bsky.social @yhgrad.bsky.social @mckline98.bsky.social @stirig-lshtm.bsky.social
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Joe Tucker @joetucker.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Strong panel moderated by Korede Adedeji at the CHANGE Challenge this week on writing grant applications. Thank you Dr Funto, Dr Ucheoma, and Dr Temi! @sesh-global.bsky.social
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Joe Tucker @joetucker.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/u...
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‘Tears My Heart to Pieces’: North Carolina Braces for Medicaid Cuts
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Joe Tucker @joetucker.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Interested in health research mentorship? TDR is organizing a practical guide and seeking peer reviewers. We are particularly interested in LMIC researchers, inside and outside of TDR networks. Deadline 2 July. Details: forms.gle/ojWwu319596h...
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Public Peer Review for Mentorship Guide
Thank you for your interest in contributing to the peer review for the HERMES practical guide on health research mentorship. The purpose of this peer review is to provide feedback, identify weaknesses...
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Joe Tucker @joetucker.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Japan embraces partnerships and open borders to facilitate conferences like APACC: excellent opening remarks from Ambassador Ryo Nakamura @uncglobalhealth.bsky.social
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Joe Tucker @joetucker.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Writing a letter of recommendation for a woman? Here are three tips to make your letter more effective:
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Joe Tucker @joetucker.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Great mentor mentee relationships are not transactional and are special in many ways from Dr Stefan Jansen from the University of Rwanda
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Joe Tucker @joetucker.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Cuts to LGBTQ science have been severe and are likely driven illegal www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/h...
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Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health
More than $800 million in N.I.H. grants canceled as of early May — nearly half of those terminated to date — covered the health of sexual and gender minority groups, The Times found.
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Joe Tucker @joetucker.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Congrats to Dr Alice Zhang at Penn State on her NIDA K23 NOA - you rock! @uncglobalhealth.bsky.social
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Onisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Given discussions at I had at #ESCMIDGlobal, it might be useful for new researchers to know how a journal editor screens submissions (obviously this is my approach and so it might differ for others).
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Joe Tucker @joetucker.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Walking increases creativity : cool study from Dr Marily Oppezzo at Stanford: www.apa.org/pubs/journal...
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Doing good science is 90% finding a science buddy to constantly talk to about the project.
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Joe Tucker @joetucker.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
The King of STI research: rest in power Dr King Homes www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/s...
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King K. Holmes, a Pioneer in STD Research, Dies at 87
He took a down-to-earth approach to sexually transmitted infections, a subject no one wanted to discuss, arriving at novel methods of treatment and prevention.
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Joe Tucker @joetucker.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
“Don’t write for the Nobel laureates in your field. Write for the students — and your parents, because they want to read your writing more badly than anyone.” Brilliant piece from @vigocarpathian on writing rdcu.be/edUCp @NatureBiotech
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An open letter to graduate students and other procrastinators: it’s time to write
Nature Biotechnology - An open letter to graduate students and other procrastinators: it’s time to write
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Joe Tucker @joetucker.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Are you passionate about participatory health research? We are evaluating TDR’s guides to enhance their impact! Share your insights in this survey and shape the future of community-engaged research. Deadline April 23 survey: unc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... @sesh-global.bsky.social @who.int
Participatory health research
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Joe Tucker @joetucker.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Africa can and must lead on the HIV response - wonderful piece from LGH www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Africa's defining moment: the time to lead the HIV response is now
For decades, external actors, such as donors, funders, and implementing partners, have shaped Africa's HIV response. Although this strategy has saved millions of lives, it entrenched dependency, leavi...
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Joe Tucker @joetucker.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Love the early spring!
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Joe Tucker @joetucker.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
“What is something good that happened to you today” crowdsourced snippets from UNC Chapel Hill go viral www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/power...
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The power of positivity: how a simple question went viral
The viral success of a social media post offers insights on how universities can use simple, authentic and emotionally resonant content to drive engagement and strengthen community
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Joe Tucker @joetucker.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
UNC global health symposium going on now: globalhealth.unc.edu/event/3rd-an... @sesh-global.bsky.social @uncpublichealth.bsky.social
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3rd Annual Global Health Scholars Symposium | Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases
Join us in Bioinformatics 1131 for this annual event featuring research from MD/PhD students, doctoral candidates, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty from global sites around the world, hosted by...
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Joe Tucker @joetucker.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Young person with Schistosomiasia haematobium
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Joe Tucker @joetucker.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
800 million people have this worm in them - Ascaris . Recovered from a patient
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Joe Tucker @joetucker.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Tell patients that they need to get vaccines. Helpful practical tips from Prof David Weber @sesh-global.bsky.social @ighid.bsky.social
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Joe Tucker @joetucker.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Measles, polio, and whooping cough vaccination rates decreasing among US children : sad trends from Prof David Weber at UNC
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Catherine Sheard @sheardcat.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
If you're a non-UK scientist who wants to come to the UK for a postdoc, this year's Newton Fellowships are now open. You'll need a lab to host you (which could be me, but truly, could be any PI, so get in touch with someone you'd like to work with!) royalsociety.org/grants/newto...
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Newton International Fellowships | Royal Society
This fellowship is for non-UK scientists who are at an early stage of their research career and wish to conduct research in the UK.
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Joe Tucker @joetucker.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
women who lost income loss during COVID-19 faced increased barriers to family planning: www.frontiersin.org/journals/glo... great work from sara cavagnis and senior mentorship from Dr. Chelsea Morroni @lshtm.bsky.social @stirig-lshtm.bsky.social
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SESH Global @sesh-global.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Our systematic review in EclinicalMed highlights how financial incentives can enhance adolescent HIV treatment in high-burden countries. Check it out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @niaidnews.bsky.social @unicef.org @joetucker.bsky.social #UHCDAY #HIV #HealthcareInnovation #AdolescentHealth
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Joe Tucker @joetucker.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Do you have a manuscript on sexual health among older adults? The journal Sexual Health is organizing a special collection on this important topic. Deadline 1 April 2025 www.publish.csiro.au/SH/SH24137
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Joe Tucker @joetucker.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Interested in defining co-creation for health research? Our team is writing a conceptual piece on co-creation practical steps and methods. If interested, more details here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... - deadline 8 December @sesh-global.bsky.social
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SESH Global @sesh-global.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Differentiated service delivery can enhance virological suppression among adolescents with HIV: find our more at our systematic review: sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @niaidnews.bsky.social @unicef.org @joetucker.bsky.social #AIDSDAY #HIV #HealthcareInnovation #AdolescentHealth
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Joe Tucker @joetucker.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Adolescents who volunteered to help others had improvements in cardiovascular health. Cool RCT from Dr. Hannah M. Schreier at Penn State jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Effect of Volunteering on Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Schreier et al test a novel intervention that assigned adolescents to volunteer with elementary school-aged children as a means of improving adolescents' cardiovascular risk profiles.
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Nicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
The bacteria in your gut depend on where you are in the social network around you. The microbes within us treat our social networks as the extended environment in which they thrive. They can spread from person to person. New #HNL work out today in @natureportfolio.bsky.social . 1/
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Joe Tucker @joetucker.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
“No one has ever become poor by giving.” -Anne Frank
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