Union Summer: So far⤵️🧵

The strike vote happening this week by 48,000 University of California workers in @uaw_4811 is a prime example of how labor power can make political protests a million times stronger. This is the future. https://t.co/FAg2Ifg7UO

“what exact time were you born” sorry i won’t be complicit in biopolitics

Looking for postdoc positions? Join us at @BUSPH! If you're at @ASTMH, please come talk to me! @lfwhite14 and I are hiring multiple postdocs to work together on exciting projects on ID epi & outbreak modeling & causal inference 🦠#TropMed23 #PostdocOpportunities

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Mosquitos -- the syringes of the sky -- can be a complementary tool to monitor the spread of drug-resistant malaria. Our new study (and my 3rd dissertation chapter!) here, with the amazing people at @YaleEMD, @CSU_MIP, and #IRSS in Burkina. 🦟💉🩸🦠🇧🇫

Just a rough ballpark on this, using NSF data on non-business research spending and publications in US the average cost of a paper in US is ~$425k. That includes direct and indirect costs. So gotta figure it’s at least 2x that for an average “high impact” paper.

Even though he was a wild apex predator, P-22 was our local celebrity — and a beloved one at that. His journey to our backyard in Griffith Park was a Hollywood movie made real. He was also a victim of car culture, while being a brilliant reminder of the Los Angeles before it.

I stand in strong solidarity with the 48,000 academic workers at the University of California who are on strike for higher wages, better child care benefits, and expanded paid leave.

It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea

Our Green Task Force is asking the global health community about steps to begin the process of contending with our contributions to greenhouse gas emissions. Take the climate survey by Oct. 15. Results will be presented at #TropMed22: https://t.co/HdLYCPPKDE

Melanie Elliot supports MS and PhD students "from the time we are merely YSPH applicants, over each and every hurdle throughout our coursework and research, and all the way to graduation." Read more about Elliot's huge impact on YSPH: https://t.co/1E6jT1K2FA

bat, france, 14th century

YSPH Team Science Research Award: 🌟 @hanna_y_e_, @TheBeiLab, Dan Weinberger, Josh Warren and Sunil Parikh 🌟 Tyler Shelby, Xin Zhou, Donna Spiegelman, Lauretta Grau, Linda Niccolai and @LDavisMD

To avoid straining your eyes when you're continuously working, follow the 20-20-20 rule. After 20 minutes of work, look at something 20 feet away, then spend 20 years in the forest.

As most global health security experts will tell you, a mass migration/evacuation of people nearly always triggers outbreaks and health crises. Public health doesn’t stop and it’s vital we support all displaced peoples and ensure their safety and health. (6/6)

Some personal news: I will be joining @JHSPH_HPM @JohnsHopkinsSPH this fall as an Assistant Professor!! I could not be more excited to be joining the amazing faculty in HPM - this is a dream come true.

The new normal is just like the old normal. But with dramatically higher levels of disease, disability, and death. And without improved social or wage supports to compensate