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Rachel E. Baker

@rebaker.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor of Environment and Society, and Epidemiology @BrownUniversity rachelelizabethbaker.com

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 23/06/2026

A model of influenza outbreaks reveals a U-shaped relationship with specific humidity. Very humid and very dry conditions can both favor influenza. The model can predict outbreaks in temperate and tropical climates. In PNAS Nexus: ow.ly/E2yk50Zfn1g

Predicted average daily basic reproduction number (R0) based on climate from best fit parameters for each location (vertically scaled).

Rachel E. Baker @rebaker.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

New paper from my group led by PhD student Aleksandra Stamper on the environmental drivers of influenza across tropical and temperate locations. @pandemiccenter.bsky.social @brownpublichealth.bsky.social @brown-ibes.bsky.social academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

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Unified climate factors predict influenza outbreak seasonality across tropical and temperate regions

Abstract. Influenza represents a source of considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide, exhibiting seasonal outbreak patterns that vary by location. Tem

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Institute at Brown for Environment & Society (IBES) @brown-ibes.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

IBES & @brown-epi.bsky.social Asst Prof @rebaker.bsky.social is lead author of a new review article in @natmed.nature.com ⤵️ @pandemiccenter.bsky.social @brownpublichealth.bsky.social

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Jessica Metcalf @jessmetcalf.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

New (on theme) paper led by @rebaker.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Climate change and infectious diseases - Nature Medicine

This Review examines how climate variables affect pathogen transmission, seasonality and outbreak patterns, how these interact with weather extremes and demographic change, and how current data stream...

Rachel E. Baker @rebaker.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Our new review paper on climate and infectious disease is out now in Nature Medicine!

Rachel E. Baker @rebaker.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

New paper from my group, led by Presley Kimball www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Urban contact patterns shape respiratory syncytial virus epidemics with implications for vaccination

The age structure and intensity of RSV outbreaks differ across urban and rural locations.

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Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

My latest post on a remarkable mathematical CV: kucharski.substack.com/p/the-ten-ye...

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The ten-year-old who published a Nature paper

A remarkable – but oft-forgotten – mathematical CV