Robin Thompson
@RobinNThompson
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Associate Professor of Mathematical Epidemiology (Univ. of Oxford - Mathematical Institute and St Hilda's College)
University of Oxford, UK
Joined December 2015
Pandemics aren’t random. They’re part of a changing, interconnected world. Join Prof John Drake as he explores how global change drives the rise of new infectious diseases. 📅 18 November 2025, 17:00–18:00 (GMT) 📍 Oxford Martin School & Online 🔗Register here:
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The freedom to go for it for three years? Our Hooke & Titchmarsh Fellowships in pure & applied mathematics give you the space to follow a research path of your choice, a path that has proved instrumental in the careers of many previous fellows. Details: https://t.co/E82WFz5aUV
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We are recruiting for two exciting Professorship opportunities in association with St Anne's and Jesus Colleges. Join one of the country's leading centres of statistical research. Applications to both roles are welcomed. Details: https://t.co/doFAcPZ0k0 Closing: 15 September
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Two Postdoc s(Oxford, UK) Infectious disease modelling of avian influenza outbreaks with Robin Thompson at @UniOfOxford More details:
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Two postdoc positions are available in my group at @OxUniMaths working on developing mathematical models of avian flu outbreaks and interventions. Please apply! https://t.co/TAZObQ1sWp
https://t.co/EcFPFYozcL
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📢 The inaugural Schmidt Faculty Fellowship Programme officially launched today and is accepting applications. The programme is recruiting 6 early-career faculty members from academic institutions in India or Africa to undertake fellowships at Oxford. 👉 https://t.co/ibM9Ud6UCk
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Job opening in Seirin's Lab‼️🥳 • Initially for 2 years, with the potential for extension based on performance and funding availability. • Interest in biomedical phenomena, involving mathematical modeling and/or data science. https://t.co/w68IbpvzqT
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New Paper Alert! Our latest paper has been published in Communications Medicine! 🎉:
nature.com
Communications Medicine - Jeong, Ejima and Kim et al. assess the effectiveness of various screening strategies with antigen tests for COVID-19 infections in schools and workplaces. A computational...
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How does landscape structure influence the rate and spread of crop diseases? See Suprunenko et al. Predicting the effect of landscape structure on epidemic invasion using an analytical estimate for infection rate @plantsci @LivUni_IVES @RSocPublishing
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📢 Calling all early-career researchers Do you want to: 🟠 develop your research identity 🟠 work on groundbreaking projects 🟠 gain leadership skills? Our Early-Career Award is for you. Apply by 25 Feb 2025 ➡️
wellcome.org
The Wellcome Early-Career Awards scheme provides research funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity.
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https://t.co/gW9FfsZqOZ A new potential PhD position at Belfast and @StrathMathStat on Combining Hazard Prediction and Animal and Plant Health Diagnostics for Enhanced One-Health Decision Support Under Climate Change
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Dr. Sarah Hayes is one of the #postdocs we’re featuring today! Dr. Hayes research interests lie in applying statistical and epidemiological methods to further our understanding of infectious disease transmission. Thank you, Dr. Hayes for your work! #LovePostDocs #NPAW2024
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2-year fellowship opportunity for postdocs from ASEAN countries: https://t.co/asTKTKtBYs. Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions!
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Warwick University is advertising two Assistant Professor positions, each of which is joint between Maths and Life Sciences. The SBIDER group in Warwick is friendly, collegiate, and an exciting place to build a research group. Come join us!
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New post on mpox, outlining how we got here – and where we might be going next: https://t.co/oQUp1Qm5Rv
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❓How to prioritise COVID-19 booster vaccination in a range of socio-economic settings to optimise public health outcomes? 📄 Explored in our modelling study in @PLOSCompBiol ✍️Authors: Ioana Bouros @EdMHill @MattJKeeling Sam Moore @RobinNThompson 🔗:
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This week's participants from the "Modelling and inference for pandemic preparedness - a focussed workshop". 👋 #NewtonMIP2024
📢 This week's INI-based workshop is the "Modelling and inference for pandemic preparedness - a focussed workshop", part of the #NewtonMIP2024 programme. 🔗 For more information on the workshop, see here: https://t.co/gaDlRJGJ2s
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📢 This week's INI-based workshop is the "Modelling and inference for pandemic preparedness - a focussed workshop", part of the #NewtonMIP2024 programme. 🔗 For more information on the workshop, see here: https://t.co/gaDlRJGJ2s
📢 A very warm welcome to all of the participants joining us as part of the 1 month programme on "Modelling and inference for pandemic preparedness", starting today at the Institute. This programme will be running from the 5th to the 30th of August 2024. #NewtonMIP2024
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1/ 📢 Preprint news! 📢 📄"Quantifying infectious disease epidemic risks: A practical approach for seasonal pathogens" #EpiTwitter ✍️Authors: @AlexRKaye @GiGuR0 @mjtildesley @RobinNThompson 💻 code: https://t.co/q2Y6Rci8W6 🔗:
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For many infectious diseases, the risk of outbreaks varies seasonally. If a pathogen is usually absent from a host population, a key public health policy question is whether the pathogen’s arrival...
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Our paper has been selected as one of the Top 25 COVID-19 Articles of 2023 in Nature Communications!🙌 @NatureComms 🔻The Top 25 COVID-19 Articles of 2023 https://t.co/0AxU5ahcuv 🔻Isolation may select for earlier and higher peak viral load but shorter duration in SARS-CoV-2
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