Alison L Hill
@alisonhill.bsky.social
Fighting infections with math | Moved to Ecology & Evolutionary Biology @utoronto.ca | Formerly at @jhu.edu
Experience in viral phylodynamics? Check out this awesome opportunity to use those tools to understand brain structure 🧠🦠. We'll be next door neighbors and you can join the amazing infectious disease dynamics and neuroscience communities at Johns Hopkins
The Kebschull and @rezakalhor.bsky.social labs are recruiting a joint postdoc for an exciting project at the interface of phylodynamics and neuroscience. Come join us at JHU BME. Spread the word, and contact us if you are interested. #hiring 🧪🧠. More on www.kebschull-lab.org and below.
December 11, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Experience in viral phylodynamics? Check out this awesome opportunity to use those tools to understand brain structure 🧠🦠. We'll be next door neighbors and you can join the amazing infectious disease dynamics and neuroscience communities at Johns Hopkins
👋 Exciting to see so many new accounts with familiar names popping up here the last few days! Looking forward to a new (and hopefully more sane) space to discuss science and public health. If you're also just starting out, check out these great starter packs for infectious disease modeling:
November 15, 2024 at 3:16 AM
👋 Exciting to see so many new accounts with familiar names popping up here the last few days! Looking forward to a new (and hopefully more sane) space to discuss science and public health. If you're also just starting out, check out these great starter packs for infectious disease modeling:
Groundbreaking Alaska <-> Boston heart transplant ❤️🩹 performed at @MGHSurgery by @S_Alireza_Rabi, David D’Alessandro + team https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/05/23/heart-transplant-breaks-distance-record/70246473007/
A heart was flown from Alaska to Boston, breaking a trans...
A heart traveled 2,506 miles, breaking the record for the...
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November 16, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Groundbreaking Alaska <-> Boston heart transplant ❤️🩹 performed at @MGHSurgery by @S_Alireza_Rabi, David D’Alessandro + team https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/05/23/heart-transplant-breaks-distance-record/70246473007/
Excited to share our new comprehensive review of #COVID19 vaccine efficacy and real-world effectiveness, a collab with many @JohnsHopkins and @IVACtweets scientists incl. Melissa Higdon, @brianwahl @carlijonessci @shaun_truelove @AnjalikaNande...
November 16, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Excited to share our new comprehensive review of #COVID19 vaccine efficacy and real-world effectiveness, a collab with many @JohnsHopkins and @IVACtweets scientists incl. Melissa Higdon, @brianwahl @carlijonessci @shaun_truelove @AnjalikaNande...
We are hiring! Faculty position open in infectious disease dynamics at @johnshopkinsepi. Join the amazing @JHIDDynamics super-group. Assistant or Associate Prof level. https://www.jhsph.edu/departments/epidemiology/faculty-and-staff-positions/faculty-positions.html
Epidemiology | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public H...
We improve the public’s health by training epidemiologist...
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November 16, 2024 at 8:57 AM
We are hiring! Faculty position open in infectious disease dynamics at @johnshopkinsepi. Join the amazing @JHIDDynamics super-group. Assistant or Associate Prof level. https://www.jhsph.edu/departments/epidemiology/faculty-and-staff-positions/faculty-positions.html
Is a new prion disease spreading in New Brunswick, Canada? So many possibilities to consider. Fascinating story for disease detectives https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/05/12/canada-new-brunswick-brain-disease/
November 16, 2024 at 9:04 AM
Is a new prion disease spreading in New Brunswick, Canada? So many possibilities to consider. Fascinating story for disease detectives https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/05/12/canada-new-brunswick-brain-disease/
Come to the @MIDAS_Network meeting next week all about infectious disease modeling! https://event.midas2021.exordo.com/
2021 MIDAS Network Annual Meeting | Ex Ordo
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November 16, 2024 at 9:04 AM
Come to the @MIDAS_Network meeting next week all about infectious disease modeling! https://event.midas2021.exordo.com/
Hey senior grad students + postdocs: If I can’t easily find your contact info online, you’re missing out on career-advancement opportunities! As a conference organizer/journal editor, I often want to invite the 1st author of those amazing papers, but can't find them! Some ideas:
November 16, 2024 at 9:12 AM
Hey senior grad students + postdocs: If I can’t easily find your contact info online, you’re missing out on career-advancement opportunities! As a conference organizer/journal editor, I often want to invite the 1st author of those amazing papers, but can't find them! Some ideas:
Our study estimating the impact of eviction bans on COVID-19 spread is out in @NatureComms! Huge collaborative effort including @AnjalikaNande @justinksheen @michaelzlevy @urbprof @emmalwalters @jkbren @mattk7 @svscarpino @alexvespi https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-22521-5
The effect of eviction moratoria on the transmission of S...
Massive unemployment during the COVID-19 pandemic could r...
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November 16, 2024 at 9:12 AM
Our study estimating the impact of eviction bans on COVID-19 spread is out in @NatureComms! Huge collaborative effort including @AnjalikaNande @justinksheen @michaelzlevy @urbprof @emmalwalters @jkbren @mattk7 @svscarpino @alexvespi https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-22521-5
Really nice study from @AdeetiU and team @Apple using #AppleWatch to monitor Parkinson's Disease symptoms in real time and improve clinical care! https://stm.sciencemag.org/content/13/579/eabd7865
November 16, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Really nice study from @AdeetiU and team @Apple using #AppleWatch to monitor Parkinson's Disease symptoms in real time and improve clinical care! https://stm.sciencemag.org/content/13/579/eabd7865
Making it Twitter official: I started a new faculty job at @HopkinsMedicine (part of @JHUBME @ICM_JHU @JHIDDynamics) and am recruiting students + postdocs to contribute to our work modeling infectious disease dynamics + evolution. Join us!
Postdoc job ad:...
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November 16, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Making it Twitter official: I started a new faculty job at @HopkinsMedicine (part of @JHUBME @ICM_JHU @JHIDDynamics) and am recruiting students + postdocs to contribute to our work modeling infectious disease dynamics + evolution. Join us!
Postdoc job ad:...
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The looming eviction crisis 🏠🔑 is bad news for transmission of #COVID19, according to our models: sharing some work-in-progress, since eviction protections are expiring soon in many districts. Draft results here: https://github.com/alsnhll/COVID19EvictionSimulations (1/10)
GitHub - alsnhll/COVID19EvictionSimulations: Simulates th...
Simulates the impact of evictions on the spread of SARS-C...
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November 16, 2024 at 9:27 AM
The looming eviction crisis 🏠🔑 is bad news for transmission of #COVID19, according to our models: sharing some work-in-progress, since eviction protections are expiring soon in many districts. Draft results here: https://github.com/alsnhll/COVID19EvictionSimulations (1/10)
Epi modelers: What journals do you think have been especially good or mostly bad at handling COVID-19 math modeling papers? Good = interested in topic, fast turnaround, appropriate reviewers, etc. (1/2)
November 16, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Epi modelers: What journals do you think have been especially good or mostly bad at handling COVID-19 math modeling papers? Good = interested in topic, fast turnaround, appropriate reviewers, etc. (1/2)
Can I just remind us all that 7 months into the pandemic and people STILL have to wear bandanas over their faces because we’re STILL out of 10 cent surgical masks
November 16, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Can I just remind us all that 7 months into the pandemic and people STILL have to wear bandanas over their faces because we’re STILL out of 10 cent surgical masks
New preprint out with @AnjalikaNande +@michaelzlevy + B. Adlam + J. Sheen: We dig into understanding how both the clinical course and transmission network structure of COVID-19 influence the epidemic trajectory under social distancing measures...
November 16, 2024 at 9:59 AM
New preprint out with @AnjalikaNande +@michaelzlevy + B. Adlam + J. Sheen: We dig into understanding how both the clinical course and transmission network structure of COVID-19 influence the epidemic trajectory under social distancing measures...
What are your favorite lesser-known data sources for COVID-19? We all know and love the @JHUSystems dashboard https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html but there's so much more out there. Here are a few great ones I’ve discovered recently (a thread):
COVID-19 Map - Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center
Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for Syste...
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November 16, 2024 at 9:59 AM
What are your favorite lesser-known data sources for COVID-19? We all know and love the @JHUSystems dashboard https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html but there's so much more out there. Here are a few great ones I’ve discovered recently (a thread):
I’m sharing a simulation tool I put together for studying COVID19 dynamics and generating visualizations without having to do a bunch of coding yourself. Hoping it can help with your coronavirus-related research and teaching. https://alhill.shinyapps.io/COVID19seir/ (1/7)
November 16, 2024 at 10:17 AM
I’m sharing a simulation tool I put together for studying COVID19 dynamics and generating visualizations without having to do a bunch of coding yourself. Hoping it can help with your coronavirus-related research and teaching. https://alhill.shinyapps.io/COVID19seir/ (1/7)
New preprint server for medical research just opened, @medrxivpreprint , from the creators of @biorxiv! Anyone clear on where the split is? Where would you send biomed modeling/comp.bio, infectious disease dynamics, eco/evo of drug resistance, systems pharmacology, etc?
November 16, 2024 at 10:25 AM
New preprint server for medical research just opened, @medrxivpreprint , from the creators of @biorxiv! Anyone clear on where the split is? Where would you send biomed modeling/comp.bio, infectious disease dynamics, eco/evo of drug resistance, systems pharmacology, etc?
One of my new all time favorite data visualizations. Watch child mortality and fertility rates fall around the world as the “demographic transition” occurs. Thanks @samuelmehr for sharing ! https://https://t.co/s7ml51L7jR
November 16, 2024 at 10:40 AM
One of my new all time favorite data visualizations. Watch child mortality and fertility rates fall around the world as the “demographic transition” occurs. Thanks @samuelmehr for sharing ! https://https://t.co/s7ml51L7jR
Program for Evolutionary Dynamics postdoc Ski Krieger takes a break from working on drug resistance to analyze the composition of Beowulf https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/04/did-beowulf-have-one-author-researchers-find-clues-in-stylometry/
Did 'Beowulf' have one author? Researchers find clues in ...
Using a statistical approach known as stylometry, which a...
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November 16, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Program for Evolutionary Dynamics postdoc Ski Krieger takes a break from working on drug resistance to analyze the composition of Beowulf https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/04/did-beowulf-have-one-author-researchers-find-clues-in-stylometry/
Our paper on bed bugs is now out! Modeling suggests "disclosure" policies are cost-effective ways to stem bed bug spread and incentivize treatment @PNASNews @michaelzlevy https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/02/26/1814647116
November 16, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Our paper on bed bugs is now out! Modeling suggests "disclosure" policies are cost-effective ways to stem bed bug spread and incentivize treatment @PNASNews @michaelzlevy https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/02/26/1814647116
The "Berlin patient" now has company: 2nd case of likely HIV cure (1.5 yrs off therapy with no virus detected) by @GuptaR_lab after bone marrow transplant from CCR5-mutant donor! https://nyti.ms/2EMBHRC
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November 16, 2024 at 11:20 AM
The "Berlin patient" now has company: 2nd case of likely HIV cure (1.5 yrs off therapy with no virus detected) by @GuptaR_lab after bone marrow transplant from CCR5-mutant donor! https://nyti.ms/2EMBHRC
New paper on the #biorxiv w/Ski Krieger: "Long-term coexistence and regional heterogeneity of antibiotic-resistant infections reproduced by a simple spatial model". <a href="http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/469171v1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/469171v1
Long-term coexistence and regional heterogeneity of antib...
Antibiotic-resistant infections are a growing threat to h...
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November 16, 2024 at 11:28 AM
New paper on the #biorxiv w/Ski Krieger: "Long-term coexistence and regional heterogeneity of antibiotic-resistant infections reproduced by a simple spatial model". <a href="http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/469171v1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/469171v1
We're looking for another John Harvard Fellow - skip the traditional postdoc, get support for your independent research agenda, and join a community of other young PIs! Open now for Physical Sciences aka physics/astro/chem/geo/enviro/stats/math...
November 16, 2024 at 11:35 AM
We're looking for another John Harvard Fellow - skip the traditional postdoc, get support for your independent research agenda, and join a community of other young PIs! Open now for Physical Sciences aka physics/astro/chem/geo/enviro/stats/math...
See the premiere in Boston Tues at 7pm! "Dance production at Harvard merges science with art to explain mechanisms of cooperation" https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/09/dance-production-at-harvard-merges-science-with-art-to-explain-mechanisms-of-cooperation/ via @Harvard....
Dance production at Harvard merges science with art to ex...
A multimedia production incorporates dance, music, and sp...
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November 16, 2024 at 11:51 AM
See the premiere in Boston Tues at 7pm! "Dance production at Harvard merges science with art to explain mechanisms of cooperation" https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/09/dance-production-at-harvard-merges-science-with-art-to-explain-mechanisms-of-cooperation/ via @Harvard....