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Stanford physician-scientist | Infectious diseases, epidemiology, modeling, and public health | Views mine | Lo Lab: profiles.stanford.edu/nathan-lo

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IDDjobs @iddjobs.org · 25/09/2026
Early career faculty (Stanford, USA) Infectious diseases assistant/associate prof with Marc Lipsitch Jason Andrews Nathan Lo David Relman Steve Luby at Stanford University More details: iddjobs.org/jobs/2594
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Julie Parsonnet @julieparsonnet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Stanford is looking for a faculty member in Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine (MD, PhD or MD-PhD). Stanford is such a great, collaborative place to do research. Please share and forward to anyone who might be interested. facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/physici...
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Physician Scientist or Scientist in Infectious Diseases - Stanford University, California, United States
The Department of Medicine/Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine at Stanford Medicine is recruiting a faculty at the Assistant Professor/Associate Professor levels to contribute to t...
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What's behind this tidal wave of epidemics? In the largest study ever conducted on emerging infectious diseases, we show that the popular explanation - "our relationship with nature is out of balance" - doesn't hold up. Out now in Nature, after half a decade of work: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The anthropogenic fingerprint on emerging infectious diseases - Nature
Emerging infectious disease outbreak risks are ubiquitous worldwide, and highest in landscapes where people, livestock and fragmented natural ecosystems coexist, but detection and data ...
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Nathan Lo @nathanlo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Exciting news - My academic home at @stanford-med-id.bsky.social has opened a faculty search for physician-scientists and scientists in infectious diseases. Come join our phenomenal ID division with brilliant and kind people! facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/physici...
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Physician Scientist or Scientist in Infectious Diseases - Stanford University, California, United States
The Department of Medicine/Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine at Stanford Medicine is recruiting a faculty at the Assistant Professor/Associate Professor levels to contribute to t...
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Peter MacPherson @petermacp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Very pleased to contribute to this meta-analysis. Among contacts of #TB, protection from preventive therapy waned quickly in high incidence settings, but persisted for years in low and medium incidence settings authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... @uofgshw.bsky.social 🦠🧪🛟
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Jessica Metcalf @jessmetcalf.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Apply to join Princeton EEB as an Assistant Prof: apply.interfolio.com/193474
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Emily Mullin @emilymullin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Seems like a good time to reup this story from last year. If current vaccination rates remain the same, researchers estimate that the US could see more than 850,000 measles cases and 2,500 deaths over the next 25 years. www.wired.com/story/scient...
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Scientists Find Measles Likely To Become Endemic in the US Over Next 20 Years
A new study forecasts more than 850,000 measles cases over the next 25 years if US vaccination rates stay the same. Millions of infections are possible if rates drop.
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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The Pennsylvania DOH has updated vaccine recommendations for children in light of the ongoing measles outbreak (link below). Children 6-11 months of age are now encouraged to get MMR and older kids should accelerate their 2nd dose. Thread for some context on the schedule:
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Nathan Lo @nathanlo.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🧵1/3 Our nation continues its downward slide in science, vaccine policy, and its commitment to protecting the health of Americans with today’s announcement to reduce the childhood vaccine schedule and break up the MMR vaccine. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/w...
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Trump Signs Executive Order Calling for Fewer Childhood Vaccines
It is not clear whether the order, the president’s third to address the topic in less than a year, has any legal power.
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Nathan Lo @nathanlo.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🧵1/3 Our nation continues its downward slide in science, vaccine policy, and its commitment to protecting the health of Americans with today’s announcement to reduce the childhood vaccine schedule and break up the MMR vaccine. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/w...
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Trump Signs Executive Order Calling for Fewer Childhood Vaccines
It is not clear whether the order, the president’s third to address the topic in less than a year, has any legal power.
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Isaac Bogoch @isaacbogoch.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
New World screwworm has returned to the U.S. after more than 40 years, threatening livestock & wildlife (including potentially billions in economic losses). This is a solvable "one health" issue. Link: tinyurl.com/y3k8hc7p, with Jason Andrews and J. Scott Weese.
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Isaac Bogoch @isaacbogoch.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
There was just a locally acquired case of dengue fever reported in Virginia, USA. The climate is becoming more suitable, the compatible mosquito species (Aedes) is already there, and we’ll likely see more cases across a wider area. Link: tinyurl.com/2pu4xrc5
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🚨 New today in Nature 🦟 After decades of debate, we show that climate change has probably made malaria worse in sub-Saharan Africa, causing about 1 extra case per 1,000 children. But: malaria eradication efforts have pulled the other direction 200 times harder. 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Graphical abstract for "The past and future impact of climate change on childhood malaria in Africa"
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Christina Homer @christinahomer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Excited to have a photo quiz published in CID on a topic near and dear to my heart. You can try you hand at the diagnosis here: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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A Lung Transplant Recipient With Unusual Cells on a Biopsy From a Pulmonary Nodule
A 59-year-old man who underwent a bilateral orthotopic lung transplant 13 years prior presented with cough and chest pain. His transplant history was remar
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Nathan Lo @nathanlo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
On the 25th anniversary of @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social, I am thrilled to join the International Advisory Board. I've always appreciated the journal's breadth of topics and methodologies, along with its focus on impactful research from across the globe. Congratulations to the editorial team!
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Our twenty-five year journey
This August issue marks the 25th anniversary of The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The journal was created in 2001 by our late Editor-in-Chief John McConnell whose vision for a journal for specialists in...
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Emily Mullin @emilymullin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
US measles cases have officially surpassed last year's count and it's only *checks calendar* July. 2026 to date: 2,318 2025 full year: 2,289 www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
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Joe Murphy @joemurph.com · 24/07/2026
NBC News is tracking measles case counts, which as of today's CDC release have hit a new, 35-year high. [no paywall] STORY: www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... TRACKER: www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...
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U.S. measles cases reach 35-year high in 2026, surpassing last year’s total
The sharp rise in cases comes amid a decadeslong decline in childhood vaccination rates.
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Nathan Lo @nathanlo.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Our new perspective article in @plosmedicine.org on re-emergence of vaccine-preventable diseases, led by Chirag Kumar @stanforduniversity.bsky.social
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Stanford Medicine, Infectious Diseases @stanford-med-id.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
A new four-paper Lancet series, co-led by our very own Dr. Amy Sturt, spotlights schistosomiasis in women and girls, a long-overlooked burden, and lays out a path toward integrated diagnosis, treatment, and policy change. Read the full article here: tr.ee/lancetseries.
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Mathew Kiang @mathewkiang.com · 24/06/2026
Looking for a postdoc? Interested in infectious disease modeling? Love causal inference? Want to work with @mlipsitch.bsky.social? Come do a postdoc with us at Stanford! postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/...
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Open Postdoctoral position, faculty mentor Marc Lipsitch | Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
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Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health @stanfordcigh.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
We are thrilled to announce the 2026 Global Health Seed Grant Awardees! ⁠These grants were chosen to enable multidisciplinary Stanford teams to develop novel, low-cost, and creative solutions alongside local healthcare providers.⁠ Learn more: globalhealth.stanford.edu/news/seeding...
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This #Ebola outbreak has quickly become alarmingly large & will be very hard to contain. But only the 3rd outbreak of the Bundibugyo Ebola virus, it presents a rare opportunity to study this virus, @kakape.bsky.social reports. www.science.org/content/arti...
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Big Ebola outbreak puts spotlight on little-known virus
The Bundibugyo virus only emerged twice before. Now, scientists see a chance to get to know it better
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Onisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"...most introductions end in rapid stochastic extinction, making sustained transmission unlikely despite the risk of localised superspreading events in higher-risk environments, such as crowded indoor spaces." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Transmission dynamics of Andes virus and implications for outbreak monitoring
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is a severe respiratory disease with a case-fatality rate historically exceeding 30%.1 Although most hantaviruses are primarily transmitted via the inhalation of aerosoli...
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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
After weeks of NIAID, the NIH's second largest institute, being in a leadership vacuum following Jeffrey Taubenberger stepping down, it has a new director: John H. Powers III www.statnews.com/2026/06/09/n...
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NIAID appoints new acting director after weeks-long questions over leadership
The NIH has appointed researcher John Powers III to lead its infectious disease institute on an acting basis, after weeks of being in leadership limbo.
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IDSA @idsainfo.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
ID fellows: Join us for the next virtual Fellows Case Conference on Monday, June 15 at 2pm ET. Explore a unique ID case alongside presenters Jonathan Huang, MD, and Melissa Kerkelis, MD, with faculty discussants Alex Zimmet, MD, and Courtney Harris, MD. Register: bit.ly/3RQmozx
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Nathan Lo @nathanlo.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Thrilled to receive the Rosenkranz Prize for our work in neglected tropical diseases and global health! healthpolicy.fsi.stanford.edu/news/rosenkr...
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Rosenkranz Prize Winner Nathan Lo Develops New Methods to Tackle a
Strongyloidiasis: a widely ignored yet dangerous tropical disease that can kill when immunity fails.
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Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
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Scientists play catch-up to startling Ebola outbreak
Testing, sequencing, and clinical trial efforts spring to life as Bundibugyo virus spreads
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda determined a public health emergency of international concern by WHO www.who.int/news/item/17...
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Epidemic of Ebola Disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda determined a public health emergency of international concern
Pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 12 - Determination of a public health emergency of international concern, including a pandemic emergency of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR), the Di...
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Nathan Lo @nathanlo.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Thrilled to be elected as a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America!
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Science Magazine @science.org · 06/05/2026
A hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has never been documented—the virus does not usually spread from person to person—and the incident has raised a series of challenges that researchers from around the world are teaming up to solve. scim.ag/4tSGaIP
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Cruise ship’s hantavirus outbreak puts researchers in uncharted territory
Questions about the culprit virus and its route of spread remain as health officials make plans for stranded passengers
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Stanford Medicine @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Stanford Medicine researchers are rethinking how to fight viruses by targeting the human cells they rely on. This “home turf” approach could lead to treatments that work against a wide range of viral threats. med.stanford.edu/news/insight...
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Behind the science: Why it pays to fight a virus on the home turf
The emergence of a nasty new virus or even an unexpected flu strain can pose a big public-health headache. Meanwhile, antiviral drug development moves at an agonizingly slow pace and cringingly high c...
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Nathan Lo @nathanlo.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Thrilled for the Weldy lab, great news for @stanforddeptmed.bsky.social and now is the time to join!
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Chad Weldy, MD, PhD @chadweldy.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I am thrilled to say that I have accepted a position as Assistant Prof at @stanforduniversity.bsky.social CV Medicine and am launching the Weldy Lab at Stanford! My work integrates genetics, epigenetics, RNA biology, and cardiovascular disease. Check it out: weldylab.org Recruiting!
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
That's right....and so dreadfully wrong www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026...
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JAMA @jama.com · 16/04/2026
Analysis of publicly reported data identified 272 deaths in #ICEDetention from fiscal year 2004 through January 2026, with mortality rates declining early in the period and increasing again in recent fiscal years. ja.ma/42cHNVo
Line graph titled "ICE mortality rate" shows mortality rate per 100,000 person-years from 2004 to 2026. The rate generally declines from 2004 to 2019, spikes in 2020, then fluctuates at a lower level, rising slightly in 2026. JAMA, Published online April 16, 2026
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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
SCOOP: The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has delayed publication of a CDC report showing covid-19 vaccine cut the likelihood of ED visits + hospitalizations for healthy adults last winter by about half. My latest. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Since I'm getting a questions about the new data - a few _preliminary_ comments: 1️⃣ Are the outbreaks in the US connected? 👉 Very likely. 2️⃣ Does this mean US will lose elimination status? 👉 Yes, but that's been clear for a while. Data: nextstrain.org/measles/geno... A few details + caveats 🧵👇
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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 01/04/2026
In a report from Singapore, the release of wolbachia-infected, irradiated male 𝘈𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘦𝘨𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘪 mosquitoes resulted in a reduction in the vector population and in the risk of dengue infection. Full trial results and Research Summary: nej.md/4atd2iN
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Dengue Virus Suppression by Wolbachia-Infected Mosquitoes 
A Research Summary based on Lim JT et al. | 10.1056/NEJMoa2503304 | Published on February 11, 2026 

Visual representations of the patients in the trial and the treatments they were assigned.       

Read the full Research Summary at NEJM.org.
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Barry Bloom, former dean of @hsph.harvard.edu & a leading immunologist, recently died at the age of 88. Two colleagues, @mlipsitch.bsky.social & @yhgrad.bsky.social, have written a lovely tribute of the man and his work. www.statnews.com/2026/03/30/b...
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Remembering public health pioneer Barry Bloom: a scientist, a mentor, a mensch
Marc Lipsitch and Yonatan Grad pay tribute to their former colleague and mentor Barry R. Bloom.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/03/2026
NEW: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been transforming a government that long championed vaccines into one that questions their safety. This is what could happen over the next 25 years if shots are unavailable even to the people who want them.
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The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
If they can spend $1.3 million every minute on war, imagine what else that kind of money could buy? @nickkristof.bsky.social breaks it down www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
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Video: Opinion | Trump’s $1.3 Million-a-Minute War
The war with Iran is costing America. That money, the Opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof argues, could be better spent ending childhood malnutrition, screening for cancer or providing free college tui...
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Stanford Department of Medicine @stanforddeptmed.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Match Day 2026 is here! 🎉 Meet the newest class of interns joining us for their residency at Stanford Department of Medicine: ✔️ 41 categorical internal medicine interns ✔️ 19 anesthesia & neurology interns Welcome to the #StanDOM Family! ❤️ #Match2026
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Nathan Lo @nathanlo.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Great article!
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
We wrote an amicus w @doritreiss.bsky.social and @weparmet.bsky.social in this case. A small victory today. Viva @defendpublichealth.bsky.social! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/h...
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Judge Strikes Down Kennedy’s Vaccine Policies
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
A big — if preliminary — win for #AAP and pro- #vaccine policy today. A court has ruled Robert Kennedy's reconstitution of #ACIP and his department's rewriting of the childhood vaccination schedule are likely illegal. Developing story. www.statnews.com/2026/03/16/k...
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Federal judge stalls health secretary RFK Jr.’s overhaul of vaccine policy
Breaking: A federal judge on Monday stalled major parts of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign to remake vaccine policy in the U.S.
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Theodore Pak @tedpak.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
🚨 My lab is hiring! @ucirvine.bsky.social Seeking full-time data scientists & machine learning engineers. We apply LLMs and AI tools to clinical data, rapidly scaling up epidemiological analyses and models of sepsis, hospital-acquired infections, and more. tpaklab.org #MedSky #IDsky 🧪 1/x
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Theodore Pak's Lab
Using A.I. to accelerate research on infectious diseases. We work at the intersection of epidemiology, clinical informatics, microbial genomics, and computer science. Our lab is based in the Division ...
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
The data is in: the NIH goalposts have shifted. What were once almost certain fundable scores have become coin flips and what used to be likely grants have become aspirational, leading to fewer awards. Another manifestation of how HHS policies have led to fewer awards and less science.
Graph of award probability of R35 and R01 from NIH factbook as a function of review rank percentile. As is apparent, 2025 is a significant departure, with lower award probabilities at all scores <40 and significant departures from norm, where even being in the top 10% is no longer a nearly certain indicator of success.

Data source: https://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/report/302
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Yonatan Grad @yhgrad.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Now published: our work using phylodynamics from surveillance data to quantify and experimentally validate the fitness impact of antibiotic resistance determinants & how this changes with patterns of antibiotic use: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Quantifying the real-world impact of antibiotic use and genetic determinants of resistance on gonococcal dynamics
Nature Microbiology - Phylodynamic modelling shows how the changing antibiotic landscape and genetic determinants of resistance shape real-world gonococcal dynamics. Experiments validated that...
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Nathan Lo @nathanlo.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
New @washingtonpost.com article reviewing the risk for re-emergence of vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States, with my comments based on our recent research:
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As measles cases climb, these 9 diseases threaten comebacks
When it comes to infectious diseases, measles is “the canary in the coal mine,” one expert said.
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Nathan Lo @nathanlo.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Wow - such important and impressive work to reduce HIV infections. Read below.
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Community health project in Kenya and Uganda dramatically cuts new HIV infections
Large-scale study finds that simplifying delivery of prevention medication and improving connections to clinics is key
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