Dr. Amelia Bertozzi-Villa
@abertozz
Followers
464
Following
3K
Media
172
Statuses
1K
Malaria modeling and data science education. Views my own. she/her
Joined March 2014
Thrilled to announce the culmination of a multi-year project at @malariaatlas with @drsamirbhatt and @petergething: detailed time-series maps of insecticide-treated net access, use, and nets-per-capita in Africa from 2000 to 2020! @NatureComms 1/ https://t.co/OEF4PUmA3n
nature.com
Nature Communications - Insecticide treated nets (ITNs) are an important part of malaria control in Africa and WHO targets aim for 80% coverage. This study estimates the spatio-temporal access and...
2
16
71
SOS 🆘: Our house in Tal Al-Hawa has been bombed. All my family members have been killed except for my father and my brother. My father is critically injured. He is bleeding. I don’t know what to do. No one can move at all. We are shouting from under the rubble. We are
95
2K
2K
NYU faculty creating a ring around the Gaza solidarity encampment to protect their students after the school threatened mass arrest. So beautiful.
4K
16K
80K
I cannot stress enough how necessary it is for all of us to wake up every morning & believe and insist that we can and must live in a world where children aren't drone-striked at a playground. Israel is counting on your fatigue and hopelessness.
In the past hour an Israeli drone fired a missile into a group of children in a playground. 11 children have been killed with more injured. Hani Mahmoud reporting.
42
9K
15K
Proud to have been part of the team that computationally analyzed the New York Times' biased coverage of Israel and Palestine. This is part of a broader effort by Writers Against the War On Gaza @wawog_now, who released today a tour-de-force exposé of NYT: https://t.co/rQZn3UYj2P
195
5K
10K
Namibia rejects Germany’s Support of the Genocidal Intent of the Racist Israeli State against Innocent Civilians in Gaza On Namibian soil, #Germany committed the first genocide of the 20th century in 1904-1908, in which tens of thousands of innocent Namibians died in the most
6K
75K
171K
I grew up in a Zionist household, spent 12 years in a Zionist youth movement, lived 4 years in Israel, and have friends and family who served in the IDF. When that is your world, it's hard to see apartheid when it's happening. 1/16
1K
43K
78K
Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor at Columbia Uni & an unparalleled authority on Palestine. This entire interview is a must-read. I was esp impressed by Khalidi’s advice for pro-Palestine activists, whom he argues must persuade the metropoles: https://t.co/Wz13JLTT2J
125
1K
4K
come nerd out about mosquito nets with me and @battle_kt! It'll be fun, promise 🦟🥅😊
Malaria team at @IDMOD_ORG is looking for a research scientist to join our team for 6 months to help with a literature review and data extraction effort for ITNs/LLINs🦟 Working with me and @abertozz 😎 Details here:
0
0
1
On my soapbox about cortisol (the “stress hormone” in mammals) Scientists measure it as a proxy for stress but what if it’s, just, not? Here me out: 1/12
14
30
376
the academic argument that academic writing isn’t accessible is a pretentious stance that hides the fact that academic writing is just boring. it’s not that folks can’t Google your big words, it’s that what you say & how you say it isn’t captivating enough for someone to want to
10
46
368
now all of my dissertation chapters have left the nest 🥲 🕊️
1
0
5
If I say, "I'm not going to sweep what you did under the rug for the sake of congeniality," that's not me treating you as irredeemable. If anything, it's the opposite—it's me being clear on the circumstances under which our connection can be restored, if you'd like to restore it.
3
114
2K
I'm a developmental scientist who studies how children grow & learn across cultures. I'm also an American mom who feels the extreme pressure put on parents in the West. I'm here to offer you some parenting ANTI-advice — here are a few things you can worry less about: 1/🧵
222
3K
16K