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Prof Chloe Orkin

@profchloeorkin.bsky.social
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MBE| Prof of Infection & Inequities QMUL| Director SHARE Collaborative for Health Equity| Dean for Healthcare Transformation | Co-Chair #HIVGlasgow | Ex BHIVA Chair | #HIVsky #Gender #Disabilitysky #LGBTQ+ #IDsky en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloe_Orkin

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Harun. The poxie one. @haruntulunay.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Have you completed the Ask Us Europe survey? For the first time, it asks about neurodiversity-and we need more autistic/ADHD voices to understand how HIV treatment is being discussed across Europe. If you’re autistic and/or have ADHD and living with HIV, please take part. bit.ly/4m5ktRm
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Neurodiversity & HIV: Your Experience Can Change Treatment | Ask Us Europe
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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
The Ask Us Europe team at #EACS2025 following Megan’s poster presentation. If you’re on HIV treatment and live in Europe, please take part - it takes 10 minutes and the results should help improve treatments for us. @shareeastlondon.bsky.social @profchloeorkin.bsky.social bit.ly/4oqzvCG
Me, Angelina, Megan, Chloe and Chloe of SHARE Research Collaborative at EACS. We’re all smiling.
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Barts Charity @bartscharity.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Well done to @profchloeorkin.bsky.social & @shareeastlondon.bsky.social. They won the Impact-led Initiative Award at @knowledgeexchange.bsky.social Awards for their inclusive response to the Mpox outbreak. @qmul.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social
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Queen Mary University of London @qmul.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Huge congratulations to @profchloeorkin.bsky.social and the @shareeastlondon.bsky.social for winning the Impact led Initiative Award at the KE Awards. A brilliant recognition of community driven mpox research and partnership working. Full story: www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...
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hideta77.bsky.social @hideta77.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Pleased to inform that a consortium of Japanese doctors has published a paper on LAI. I’m honored to be listed as a co-author. Prof. Orkin encouraged us to form the consortium. We appreciate your support. @profchloeorkin.bsky.social @toshtaniguc.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Evaluation of cabotegravir plus rilpivirine in routine clinical settings in Japan: A multicentre study of efficacy, safety and biomarker dynamics
Objectives Long-acting cabotegravir plus rilpivirine (CAB+RPV) offers an alternative to daily oral therapy, but real-world data in East Asia remain scarce. This study aims to evaluate the impact of ...
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UK-CAB @ukcab.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
We encourage all people living with HIV in Europe to join this short study run by @shareeastlondon.bsky.social & @profchloeorkin.bsky.social to share their experiences with new HIV treatments & conversations with the clinical teams about treatment choices. Visit the page & complete the survey below
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Are you: ✅working in a UK sexual health service that provides #PrEP, AND ✅willing to take part in a 15 minute survey? We are conducting a brief survey of sexual health clinics for our #beyondtheclinic study. You can complete the survey here: bit.ly/40weNaX #studyparticipants
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Beyond the Clinic Survey | SHARE Research Collaborative
A survey to understand the breadth and scale of issues which may impact equitable implementation of CAB-LA outside of sexual health clinics in the UK.
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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Do you live with HIV? Are you in Europe and currently on treatment? Please take part in the Ask Us Europe survey, which aims to improve treatment and care for people with HIV. I am proud to have worked on it with @shareeastlondon.bsky.social and a powerful group of people with HIV. Please share. 🙏
Flyer for the Ask Us Europe study, including a QR code. I will add the link to the survey in a post that I will thread to this one.
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Our latest study to understand the perspective of people living with HIV in Europe is now live! We created it together with an amazing steering group of community members from 17 countries. Please do the survey if you are living with HIV in UK and Europe and SHARE widely !! 🙏🙏🙏🙏
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WHO @who.int · 27/03/2025
A decline in funding for the HIV response could result in millions of preventable new infections and deaths, with up to 120,000 of these deaths affecting children. International cooperation is essential to sustain the advances we’ve made in HIV prevention, testing, and treatment. bit.ly/43uTfxA
10 million potential new HIV infections by 2030; 3 million potential more deaths, including 120,000 children, due to HIV-related causes by 2030. This could be the impact of HIV funding cuts.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
🚨1.25 million people died of TB in 2023 🚨10.8 million new cases of TB were diagnosed in 2023 🚨Multi-drug resistant TB is a public health crisis 🚨US$ 22 billion is needed annually for TB prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care, but funding is being cut. 🚨Poverty fuels TB globally #WorldTBDay2025
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
#DEI , women’s rights, LGBTQ+ rights, disability rights, global & domestic public health are under attack and being censored in the US. Let’s remember the phenomenon of ‘social contagion’ -the concept that thoughts 💭 can be as contagious as viruses 🦠 and keep committing to celebrating #DEI 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊🏿♿️
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Celebrating Women's History
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'Stories of everyday sexism and sexual harassment appear almost daily in the news because sexism and harassment continue to be perpetrated in the workplace with depressing frequency.
That's why celebrating women who speak up and beat a better path for those who follow them continues to be relevant.'
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Nice to see your lovely photos again
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Re-suppression post CAB LA PrEP 083 #CROI2025 9/44 had INSTI resistance before ART 6/6 people suppressed on INSTIs (VL less than / equal to 50 c/ML) 15/16 on other ART 5 further participants from other oral regimens switched to INSTIs afterwards and maintained suppression where data available.
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Very strong data from the PILLAR study LA CAB PrEP #CROI2025 60% were cis BiPOC men and were 6% trans men •201 people •0 transmissions •High retention and coverage •22% had not taken PrEP in past 3/12
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Brazilian CAB PrEP cohort #CROI2025 •genXpert test at baseline •diverse cohort •86% chose CAB LA •CAB adherence very high •PREP coverage much higher than oral PrEP •no incident infections on CAB •6% did not persist on CAB • 4% switched away due to side effects
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Very strong data on LA CAB PrEP from Kaiser Permanente large US real world cohort #CROI2025: •141 received LA CAB •25% had never taken PrEP •75% persistence •No incident infections •> 90% of injections given on time
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WHO @who.int · 12/03/2025
✅ WHO does not impose lockdowns or policies on countries. It does not have the authority to do this and isn't trying to get it. Only governments can make those decisions. Know the facts ⬇️
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Open label arm of #mpox STOMP trial (people with severe disease/HIV/ pregnant/exfoliative skin) with lab confirmed mpox • 122 participants •43% PLWH •no statistical differences in response or viral clearance
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Optimising on demand TDF/FTC in Cis & trans women: •drug levels & tissue effectiveness of PrEP > in rectal than vaginal tissue (FGT)+ last much longer •authors found four days on demand more effective than three days •2-2-2-2 dose effective in 94% •2-2-2-1 better than 2-2-1
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
ARV session part 2: •nucleocapsid resistance may be an important piece of the puzzle of INSTI resistance •NC mutations alone decrease DTG susceptibility 2-3 fold •Integrase and NC mutations combined have significantly more phenotypic resistance (4 fold)
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
ARV session highlights #CROI2025: •Once yrly LEN dose tolerable with good PK •VH499 (capsid inhibitor) with LA potential led to rapid resistance at lowest dose •VH184 3rd gen INSTI appears potent against multiple mutations •ZAB/TAB/LEN-1 breakthru VF (low LEN levels & single bNAb susceptibility)
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
For those at #CROI2025 there is a ‘Save our Science’ rally this evening at Yerba gardens next to the Moscone centre Non US people CAN attend but you won’t be able to register Hope to see you there @iasociety.bsky.social @hivpxresearch.bsky.social @bhiva.bsky.social
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
National datasets with data or guidelines on gender identity and sexuality have been removed off CDC (centre for disease control ) government websites in recent months. I am here to listen to science on vaccines at a time when high profile meetings on flu strains have been cancelled/ postponed.
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Unlike federally employed US scientists I have been able to travel here(they are subject to a travel ban). I am able to present data that reports on gender identity (this is banned for government employees as part of the war on ‘woke’ which prevents all research on transgender people and GAHT).
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Post from #CROI2025 San Francisco: I have been re-posting recently to amplify voices of US colleagues on the war on science and public health that is taking place in the US and the cuts to public funding for PEPFAR HIV programmes supporting treatment and HIV prevention for millions worldwide.
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
@qmul.ac.uk @blizardinstitute.bsky.social @bhiva.bsky.social
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
At a time where these principles are under siege 🇺🇸 let’s stand proud and together. Let’s commit to be better and to do better 🏳️‍🌈✊🏿♿️🏳️‍⚧️
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Let’s all keep fighting for equity diversity and inclusion, for a better understanding of intersectionality. Let’s remember that the playing field is not level for all women to succeed.
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Happy IWD too to all male and gender diverse allies. Your voices remain hugely important as everyday sexism as well as harassment and gender-based violence remain rife in medicine, in academia, in the workplace, in the home, in the UK and all over the world.
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Happy IWD to all the wonderful, wise women I am so fortunate to have in my life - first and foremost my wife of 24 years, my friends, my colleagues and fellow human rights activists.
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WHO @who.int · 07/03/2025
Violence against women demands urgent attention. One in three women faces physical or sexual violence, and nearly 25% of workplace violence happens in hospitals or clinics — and women are most affected. #BeijingPlus30 #IWD2025
1 in 3 women worldwide experiences physical or sexual violence.
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
@qmul.ac.uk
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Here is a blog by Vanessa Apea and I describing the story behind most recent SHARE-net manuscript on the healthcare provider perspective during the 2022/23 #mpox outbreak. The paper has been published in PLOS Global Public Health eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Behind the Paper: International Healthcare Workers’ Experiences and Perceptions of the 2022 Mpox Outbreak
PLOS Global Public Health was a natural home for our study due to its commitment to open-access publishing and its focus on amplifying research from diverse and resource-limited settings. Given the gl...
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control @ecdc.europa.eu · 17/02/2025
Check out our latest #CDTR - the weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and public health professionals with updates on: ➡️ #STIs ➡️ #chikungunya ➡️ #Ebola ➡️ #measles ➡️ #AvianInfluenza ➡️ #SwineInfluenza ➡️ #influenza & respiratory virus epidemiology. Read full here: bit.ly/41iaY9P #IDsky #EpiSky
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Communicable disease threats report, 8 - 14 February 2025, week 7
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 8-14 February and includes updates on STI cases, chikungunya, Ebola, measles, avian influenza A (H9N2, H5N1), swine ...
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
@brendacrabtreer.bsky.social @cla-cor.bsky.social @drlaurajwaters.bsky.social @ecdc.europa.eu @who.int @martinxholt.bsky.social @rahayes92.bsky.social @melaniesmuk.bsky.social @boghuma.bsky.social
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
In these unthinkably dark days for global public health I’m proud to share the results of this international survey which describes the challenging and distressing experiences of clinicians in 12 countries during the 2022/23 #mpox pandemic. eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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International healthcare workers’ experiences and perceptions of the 2022 multi-country mpox outbreak
In May 2022, the most widespread outbreak of sustained transmission of mpox outside of countries historically affected countries in Western and Central Africa occurred. We aimed to examine the persona...
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 28/01/2025
The PEPFAR program, which distributes HIV drugs, is estimated to have saved 25 million lives. The Trump administration has stopped it and taken its computer system offline, raising fears the program is done for good. Story by @apoorvanyt.bsky.social [Gift link] nyti.ms/4aCJHSx 2/12
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Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries (Gift Article)
PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
It is important to follow the threat to science as it unfolds in the US. See the thread below
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Queen Mary Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry @qmulfmd.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Fantastic to see this profile of our Professor of Infection and Inequities! Congratulations, @profchloeorkin.bsky.social
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Thanks QMUL for highlighting this Lancet profile of my work. I’m very honoured to have been profiled & very grateful it foregrounded my work outside of the biomedical model of health & disease & beyond high impact papers. She foregrounded the activism & inclusion work I am most proud of.
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SHARE Collaborative @shareeastlondon.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Excited to share a new research paper (open access) from our collaboration with @thelovetankcic.bsky.social and the HIV/STI and Emergency Preparedness teams at @who.int.bsky.social doi.org/10.1186/s129...
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“If that would have lessened my symptoms, that would have been great...”: a qualitative study about the acceptability of tecovirimat as treatment for mpox - BMC Medicine
Background Tecovirimat, an antiviral treatment for smallpox, was approved as a treatment for mpox by the European Medicines Agency in January 2022. Approval was granted under “exceptional circumstance...
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Agree with @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social and @boghuma.bsky.social. More research needed and results chime with PALM007.
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
US based STOMP trial of tecovirimat (tpoxx) for clade 2 mpox fails to demonstrate efficacy benefit. Just as it did not in PALM 007 in clade 1 mpox in DRC. There is no known treatment for mpox Vaccination is the key control strategy and more research is needed. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38190312/
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Early Tecovirimat Treatment for Mpox Disease Among People With HIV - PubMed
Results of this cohort study support starting tecovirimat in all PWH as soon as an mpox diagnosis is suspected. Additional research is warranted to confirm these findings.
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Kamakura Japan 🇯🇵 - an Autumn/ Fall spectacle to behold 🍁🍂.
A nature scene:
Dark vertical tree trunks are separated by patches of bright Autumn foliage in red, amber and yellow and green leaves.
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Bluesky 🦋 etiquette question: Is it ok to post photos of trees in the good place? @brendacrabtreer.bsky.social @cla-cor.bsky.social
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Wonderful to see this incredibly important work foregrounded. Delighted to see @shareeastlondon.bsky.social Dr’s Vanessa Apea and Rebecca Mbewe playing a leading role.
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Prof Chloe Orkin @profchloeorkin.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
This is so brilliant! Had to repost this from the inimitable @paulsaxmd.bsky.social
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Darcy Wooten (she/her) @darcy-id-doc.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Be sure to join @profchloeorkin.bsky.social and me today as we discuss the latest in HIV treatment and prevention!
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