Mphatso D.S. Phiri Profile
Mphatso D.S. Phiri

@MphaDSP

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Malawian. Medical doctor 👨🏽‍⚕️ Infectious disease epidemiologist @MLW_Programme. TB Transmission modeller in-training 📚. Views my own. RT not endorsement

Blantyre, Malawi
Joined September 2016
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Mphatso D.S. Phiri
2 years
Very excited to share recent 📹 of our @LIGHTonTB work @MLW_Programme in 🇲🇼. (Genius outtake! 😆idea credit to @JHG_LFC). Overall question: how much #TB can be ⬇️ at popn level by targeting men w/ community-based #TB active case finding strategies in 🇲🇼?. What are we doing? 🧵.
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2 years
📽️VIDEO!. @MphaDSP outlines how his modelling work is helping with⤵️. 🔎 finding and treating young men with undiagnosed #TB in Blantyre 🇲🇼. 📉reducing transmission within the community, including to women and children. Check it out! ⤵️.📽️ @MLW_Programme.
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RT @kc_horton: Just back from a fantastic week with @LIGHTonTB colleagues at #LIGHTAbuja2024 discussing strategies for a gender-responsive….
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Mphatso D.S. Phiri
9 months
What a week! One word to summarise the 7th Global Forum on TB Vaccines: #Optimism. The prospect of imminent adolescent & adult TB vaccines gives the global TB community hope for a future without #TB. Sentiments also shared by Sir Jeremy Farrar, WHO Chief Scientist. #7GF #EndTB
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RT @mcmc_stan: Postdoctoral position in statistical modelling of vaccine trials for pandemic preparedness, Oxford, UK. .
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Mphatso D.S. Phiri
10 months
Special mention to Juliette Unwin. Great to meet 2 years after Malawi visit. Really enjoyed the "Infectious disease modelling using Stan" tutorial. Very clearly presented. Super cool to see how it all connects 🔃. Special shout to Charles Margossian & all #StanCon organisers. 3/3.
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Mphatso D.S. Phiri
10 months
Richard gave the "Intro to Probabilistic Programming in Stan" tutorial at #StanCon. Nothing less. Jokes & memes as always. Complex material, clearly delivered for newbies to relate to. Spoke to him about my code. Bunch of others also let him know they're fans of his material. 2/3.
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Mphatso D.S. Phiri
10 months
Okay, not to name drop but meeting Richard McElreath after reading his book & watching Youtube vidoes for past 2 years was wild. Statistical Rethinking was first Bayesian stats book I read. Also first intro to probabilistic programming. Transformed my view of statistics. 1/3
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Mphatso D.S. Phiri
10 months
Special mention to Juliette Unwin. Great to meet 2 years after Malawi visit. Really enjoyed the "Infectious disease modelling using Stan" tutorial. Very clearly presented. Super cool to see how it all connects 🔃. Special shout to Charles Margossian & all #StanCon organisers. 3/3.
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2/3) medium-term: lots of analyses ahah moments!. 3/3) long-term: I guess depends how much work I put in going forward 🤔 (not looking back 💪🏾). Thank you #StanCon2024 team & sponsors for scholarship. Great to hear about cool work & developments in the community!
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Mphatso D.S. Phiri
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Stan Conference 2024 #StanCon2024 was unreal! Real people, great community!. Okay, tbh threw myself ↘️ deep end but paid off. 1) short-term: spoke to Stan devt team & awesome Bayesian stats teachers (Bob Carpenter, Richard McElreath, Aki Vehtari & +) ⬆️ motivation to learn. 2) ⤵️.
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Mphatso D.S. Phiri
10 months
RT @LIGHTonTB: To support the quantity & quality of media coverage on #TB in 🇳🇬, @LIGHTonTB partners in 🇳🇬 @ZankliC conducted a capacity st….
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RT @LIGHTonTB: Earlier this week, @LIGHTonTB partners in 🇲🇼 engaged with MPs, Hon. Dr. @matthews_ngwale, (Chair of the Parliamentary Health….
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Mphatso D.S. Phiri
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RT @ChimweMal: Hi. I have set up a GoFundMe to help cover costs of my work visa. While my university will reimburse me later, I need help t….
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RT @rlmcelreath: The folks at @ISBA_events tell me my book Statistical Rethinking has won the 2024 DeGroot Prize for its contributions to "….
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Mphatso D.S. Phiri
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RT @CFMcQuaid: Excited to see this out @LancetGH - using new efficacy/safety evidence for DR-TB TPT to estimate epi & econ impact of househ….
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Mphatso D.S. Phiri
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RT @rlmcelreath: Managing student/colleague confusion and failure is so important. I know this because I am managing my own all the time. W….
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RT @DrTomWingfield: Fantastic PharmacoEconomics article by @Ewmoto, Eve Worrall & @lstmnews team, rethinking #TB morbidity quantification.….
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RT @kc_horton: In our new short report in @JIDJournal, we estimate that half of all Mtb transmission occurs before individuals would be exp….
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RT @MLW_Programme: The State President of the Republic of Malawi Dr Lazarus Chakwera has officially opened the CREATOR Building at MLW in g….
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Mphatso D.S. Phiri
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RT @MLW_Programme: Press Release: Official Launch of CREATOR Building. Read more here : #ResearchDrivingHealth @L….
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