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Kayla Strong

@k-strong.bsky.social
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✨ I like public health, vaccines, and a lot of cat hair. 👩‍💻 Veterinary Epidemiologist | Research Lead at the AMR Policy Accelerator, Global Strategy Lab 📍Ottawa, Canada

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Kayla Strong @k-strong.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
It’s my favourite time of the month, when the #UnpackingAMR podcast comes out. Check out the latest episode 👀
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Global Strategy Lab @gstrategylab.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
In the latest #UnpackingAMR episode, we explore a new perspective that helps us understand how urbanization, social inequities, infrastructure, and global systems contribute to the rise of antimicrobial resistance. FT. Raphael Aguiar & @k-strong.bsky.social 🎧Listen here: bit.ly/44NNhrM
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Kayla Strong @k-strong.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Excited to share the newest episode of #UnpackingAMR - I chat with @gstrategylab.bsky.social about Urban Political Ecology (UPE) & its impact on AMR.🏙️ 💊 A UPE lens on AMR shows how inequalities, regulation & service access shape risk—and why communities are key to better responses. bit.ly/44NNhrM
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New Conceptions to Manage AMR – Part 2 - Global Strategy Lab
In the second episode of the “New Conceptions to Manage AMR” series, we explore a new perspective, looking at antimicrobial resistance through the lens of urban political ecology (or UPE).
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
I picked Heater up and held her to my chest for like 2 minutes on a whim and she purred the entire time. I’m convinced it’s because she’s happy about Zohran.
Heater making biscuits on my legs in bed
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Kayla Strong @k-strong.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
A brief detour from regular AMR content to share some very cute animals spotted during my trip to Zambia. Rhinos! Elephants! Completely stole the show.
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Kayla Strong @k-strong.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
It is always a a privilege to hear @sabihaessack.bsky.social discuss her work regarding knowledge mobilisation strategies. Work conducted with @icarsglobal.bsky.social explores if AMR interventions will work in the real world, drawing on stakeholder knowledge and local context . #AARC25
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Kayla Strong @k-strong.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Fantastic presentation from @gstrategylab.bsky.social’s Dr. Geneviève Boily-Larouche on Knowledge translation at #AARC25 - it takes up to 17 yrs for evidence to go into practice, risking suboptimal care. KT fills the gap between research, policy & practice, & accelerates evidence integration
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Kayla Strong @k-strong.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Fantastic presentation from @msfsea.bsky.social partners describing AMR in vulnerable populations at #AARC25. They highlighted the need for governmental support to continue surveillance & adaption of treatment guidelines to local contexts and resistance trends. #AMR @gstrategylab.bsky.social
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GEAR Up @gearupamr.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Our colleagues @bethhollihead.bsky.social and @snehapaul.bsky.social are representing GEAR up at the @southcentre.bsky.social ReAct Africa 11th Annual AMR Regional Conference #AARC25 in Lusaka, Zambia this week. A brilliant opportunity to discuss all things gender and #AMR across Africa!
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Kayla Strong @k-strong.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Dr. Kadia Patricca discusses #AMR National Action Plans requiring prioritisation of “high impact, feasible, and efficient” activities. Smart Choice provides a tool for prioritising activities, as quick wins, game changers, best buys, or equity drivers. #AARC25 @gstrategylab.bsky.social
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Kayla Strong @k-strong.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Looking forward to Day 2 of the Annual AMR Regional Conference! Excited to see my colleagues Geneviève and Kadia from @gstrategylab.bsky.social sharing some of our latest research. Stay tuned—important conversations ahead. #RANSC_AARC25 #AMR
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Kayla Strong @k-strong.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Incredibly humbling to see the development aid reductions in 2025 - thank you for highlighting Prof Mirfin Mpundu! #AARC25 @gstrategylab.bsky.social
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Kayla Strong @k-strong.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Thrilled to be starting Day 1 of the ReAct Annual AMR Regional Conference #AARC25 with the @gstrategylab.bsky.social team. It will be a fantastic opportunity to learn from colleagues across the African Continent. Truly honoured to attend 🙏
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Kayla Strong @k-strong.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
I feel so incredibly proud to be involved in this course - it’s been an honour to learn from my colleagues who are working with AMR policy in the African region. ✨🌍💊
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Morgan Sobol @msobol.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
🚨 I’m hiring a postdoc for Fall 2025 with experience in microbial ‘omics data analysis and phylogenetics/genomics. Projects will be centered around ancient microbial ecology & evolution. Click here for more information: bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/wp.txstate.e... Please share, thank you 🙏🏻
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Kayla Strong @k-strong.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Just attended an excellent webinar from @gstrategylab.bsky.social colleagues Tina and Mehedi on gender, culture, and smoking behaviours around the world. 🌍🧵
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Kayla Strong @k-strong.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Really looking forward to this webinar from @gstrategylab.bsky.social on building a healthier, more equitable, tobacco-free world. A 1-hour session on what’s working, what isn’t, and what needs to happen next. Timely ahead of #WorldNoTobaccoDay. 📅 May 29 |⏰ 10 AM EDT |🔗 Register here: bit.ly/3Sfv5jL
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Date: May 29, 2025Time: 10 AM EDT / 2 PM GMT Register here Tobacco is one of the biggest public health threats we've ever faced. Since the adoption of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (...
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daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Two gray and white bunnies snuggle on green grass, surrounded by a wire fence.
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CSIRO Publishing @csiropublishing.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
“Every time I see a platypus glide back into the river, I’m reminded why I keep coming back.” @unswbees.bsky.social's Platypus Conservation Initiative is calling for a new way to train wildlife researchers to work on animal anaesthesia: cosmosmagazine.com/nature/the-p... #AusMammalogy
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New way to train platypus researchers in anaesthetics
An experienced platypus research group is calling for researchers to work on animal anaesthesia without having undertaken a full veterinary degree.
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Global Strategy Lab @gstrategylab.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
@pfafard.bsky.social (Research Director of Public Health Institutions) was recently quoted in the Globe and Mail. His analysis gives insight into not just the Conservative leader, but hints at broader shifts in the Canadian political landscape. 🔗Read the full article: tinyurl.com/ycy5ahzu
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Pierre Poilievre has spent two decades in politics, but Canadians still wonder what he believes
Even to the Conservative Leader’s friends, it can be difficult to tell where the persona ends and the core principles begin
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Kayla Strong @k-strong.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
May your Monday be as content as Melodie’s. 💕
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Scary things that you may have recently read headlines about that it turned out you didn’t have to worry about include: microplastics in your brain, black plastic spatulas, intermittent fasting, and plant based meat alternatives. Also, no, you do not eat a credit card’s worth of plastic a month.
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Mathieu JP Poirier @mathieujpp.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Come work with me at the Global Strategy Lab! This is a great opportunity to conduct research with a highly productive interdisciplinary team in the emerging field of global legal epidemiology. Applications due May 1st:
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Kayla Strong @k-strong.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
🎉 Huge congrats to Amina Yaqoob on receiving York U’s Robert J. Tiffin Student Leadership Award! @gstrategylab.bsky.social was lucky to have her as an intern—her leadership and heart shine through in all she does. So proud! 🙌 🔗 www.yorku.ca/yfile/2025/0...
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York U celebrates student leaders with Robert Tiffin award  - YFile
Meet the 11 honourees of the Robert J. Tiffin Leadership Award who have demonstrated excellence in their mentorship and contributions to the York community.
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Global Strategy Lab @gstrategylab.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
GSL is currently looking for a Research Associate to join our GLE team! This is an ideal position for someone with expertise in international law and global health who is motivated to lead academic research projects. Apply here ➡️ bit.ly/41YmBDm
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
We de-extincted dire wolves.
Be honest.

We created a dire wolf.
Be honest.

It's a genetically modified puppy dog.
Thank you.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
One of the best decisions I made in my academic career: create a dedicated teaching website: ~20 years of course materials, handouts, tip sheets, videos & more! FREE to use for teaching with credit! www.teachepi.org
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Kayla Strong @k-strong.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
As a Canadian, my heart hurts for my southern neighbours. The science community can be really thankless and messy, especially for early career researchers - support and funding is urgently needed. ❤️‍🩹 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
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Kayla Strong @k-strong.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Just attended a powerful webinar on #WASH & #AMR equity – huge thanks to the amazing speakers! Takeaways: 🧭 Ask. Listen. Act. 💧 Centre community needs, esp. women & girls 📊 Data + evidence matter 🤝 Don’t work in silos @gstrategylab.bsky.social @wfa.bsky.social @wateraid.bsky.social
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Global Strategy Lab @gstrategylab.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
⏰ MARCH 27th: Don’t miss this online panel exploring #AMR, #WASH & gender equity, within the context of public health & livestock systems! @wfa.bsky.social @wateraid.bsky.social ▶️ Register here: bit.ly/41Syyci FYI: @yorkuniversity.bsky.social, @shoffmania.bsky.social, @mathieujpp.bsky.social
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Global Strategy Lab @gstrategylab.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Strengthening #WASH & improving wastewater management: ✅ contributes to a cleaner environment 🌍 ✅ reduces spread of diseases to people & animals 🐢 ✅ reduces risk of antimicrobial resistance 🩺 Join our webinar on #AMR, WASH & gender equity bit.ly/41Syyci @wateraid.bsky.social @wfa.bsky.social
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Kayla Strong @k-strong.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Happy Friday!
A long haired dilute tortie cat is resting between me and my keyboard. Her belly is up.
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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Today's animal distraction from The Horrors: The thing that drives beavers to build dams is a burning genetic hatred for the sound of running water.
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a beaver is standing on its hind legs with its mouth open
Alt: A beaver walking on its webbed feet through an open building to the camera, its mouth open, its paws held close to its chest.
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Kayla Strong @k-strong.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
🔬 Breakthrough in antibody tech! @cepivaccines.bsky.social & @astrazeneca.bsky.social are advancing #VHH antibodies——smaller, cheaper & more stable than monoclonals. Targeting multiple flu strains, they could boost global access & outbreak response. Boosting pandemic prep!💪 🔗 tinyurl.com/28yuw23b
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CEPI and AstraZeneca to advance discovery into novel antibody to help prevent infection during outbreaks | CEPI
Novel antibody technology could help tackle future infectious disease outbreaks and pandemics swiftly and more affordably.
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Saskia Popescu @saskiapopescu.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Outbreaks are complicated & it’s common we don’t get the level of info we want/need for causal relationships, but one thing I increasingly think about - the need for better prevention across all potential sources. We can & should invest in prevention (1/2)
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The Origins of Covid-19 — Why It Matters (and Why It Doesn’t) | NEJM
It is worth examining the efforts to discover SARS-CoV-2’s origins. But regardless of the origins of the virus, the global community can take steps to reduce future pandemic threats.
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Kayla Strong @k-strong.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Check out the upcoming webinar on WASH and AMR - I’m really excited to see equity and livestock perspectives in this discussion 👌🐐🌎
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Kayla Strong @k-strong.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Mel’s reaction when I tell her it’s only Thursday. 🤣
A long hair cat, photographed mid yawn.
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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane. Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
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a statue of a hippopotamus with its mouth open and teeth showing .
Alt: A hippo being tossed a watermelon, which it crushes in its massive jaws.
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Kayla Strong @k-strong.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Interesting study came out this week from @bostonu.bsky.social which fills in some of the gaps when it comes to AMR and microplastics. Congratulations to Neila Gross and the fellow co-authors! 🙌 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Effects of microplastic concentration, composition, and size on Escherichia coli biofilm-associated antimicrobial resistance | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the world's most pressing global health crises. With the pipeline of antibiotics running dry, it is imperative that mitigation strategies understand the mechanisms that drive the genesis of AMR. One emerging ...
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 07/02/2025
🌿Are you an interdisciplinary expert on #biodiversity & nature's contributions to people? Here's your opportunity to be an author on the new @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment2!🌍 🎯Academics, Indigenous knowledge-holders, practitioners etc.🧪 Apply by 28 March: www.ipbes.net/second-globa...
A close-up photo of a jaguar’s face, Overlay text reads “Call for nominations of experts for the second global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Deadline: 28 March 2025, #GlobalAssessment2”
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Kayla Strong @k-strong.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Back from the amr-conference.com - Some key takeaways: 🧑‍⚕️ Pull > Push incentives – Industry knows, policy lags. 🔬 This field is tiny – ~600 attendees, nearly half of developers. 🐄 Where are the vet products? – Big gap in animal health. ✨Biggest lesson? Policy & drug development don’t talk enough.
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AMR Conference – Novel Antimicrobials & AMR Diagnostics
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
The Ugandan #Ebola outbreak isnt over. Still not clear how this outbreak started and whether the first case we know of was the true index case www.cidrap.umn.edu/ebola/second...
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Second cluster reported in Uganda's Ebola Sudan outbreak
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Global Strategy Lab @gstrategylab.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Did you know that empowering women in livestock systems can improve household & community economies, boosting spending on food & education? #AMR research that better incorporates gender analysis is needed. Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/3XtXntO 📝 Research in collaboration w/ @ilri.org #IWD2025
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