Em Prestige
@emprestige.bsky.social
(they/them) | PhD student at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine using Electronic Health Records (EHRs) to investigate health inequalities. Currently on a 6-month part-time secondment with the Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science.
The poster that went on tour! Happy to present my work at the Vaccinology symposium held at Nagasaki University after I completed the Vaccinology short course this week. Grateful to have had the opportunity to hear from so many brilliant people working in the world of vaccines
September 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The poster that went on tour! Happy to present my work at the Vaccinology symposium held at Nagasaki University after I completed the Vaccinology short course this week. Grateful to have had the opportunity to hear from so many brilliant people working in the world of vaccines
Had the opportunity to present my poster today at #iscb46 where I have detailed the methods we've been using to identify respiratory virus outcomes in the #OpenSAFELY secure analytics platform from @bennettoxford.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Had the opportunity to present my poster today at #iscb46 where I have detailed the methods we've been using to identify respiratory virus outcomes in the #OpenSAFELY secure analytics platform from @bennettoxford.bsky.social
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Which medicines are being used the most, in which hospitals? We made OpenPrescribing.net for GP data... And now you can also use... hospitals.openprescribing.net too! Here's a blog about our first public outing
www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/06...
www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/06...
OpenPrescribing Hospitals Meets the Public | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science
Brian MacKenna demonstrated OpenPrescribing Hospitals at the 2025 Clinical Pharmacy Congress last month. Here’s his thoughts on how it went.
www.bennett.ox.ac.uk
June 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Which medicines are being used the most, in which hospitals? We made OpenPrescribing.net for GP data... And now you can also use... hospitals.openprescribing.net too! Here's a blog about our first public outing
www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/06...
www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/06...
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NEW ONLINE: long-term #kidney outcomes after COVID-19 in the OpenSAFELY platform www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Long-term kidney outcomes after COVID-19: a matched cohort study using the OpenSAFELY platform
We observed increased long-term kidney outcomes in people hospitalised with COVID-19,
as well as notable ethnic differences. Our results suggest strategies to minimise
severe COVID-19 should continue ...
www.thelancet.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
NEW ONLINE: long-term #kidney outcomes after COVID-19 in the OpenSAFELY platform www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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The British Medical Association Resident Doctors are the backbone of the NHS, they look after us all in hospital.
They passed this motion at their conference which pulls the “supreme” court judgement to pieces.
They call it
“scientifically illiterate”
and
“biologically nonsensical”
1/3
They passed this motion at their conference which pulls the “supreme” court judgement to pieces.
They call it
“scientifically illiterate”
and
“biologically nonsensical”
1/3
April 29, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The British Medical Association Resident Doctors are the backbone of the NHS, they look after us all in hospital.
They passed this motion at their conference which pulls the “supreme” court judgement to pieces.
They call it
“scientifically illiterate”
and
“biologically nonsensical”
1/3
They passed this motion at their conference which pulls the “supreme” court judgement to pieces.
They call it
“scientifically illiterate”
and
“biologically nonsensical”
1/3
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New post about qualifications with qualifications: kucharski.substack.com/p/incredible...
April 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
New post about qualifications with qualifications: kucharski.substack.com/p/incredible...
Happy to share the publication of our work "Estimating social contact rates for the COVID-19 pandemic using Google mobility and pre-pandemic contact surveys", huge thanks to my co-authors @christopherjarvis.bsky.social @ngdavies.bsky.social @pietro-coletti.bsky.social Jantien Backer and John Edmunds
Redirecting
doi.org
April 28, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Happy to share the publication of our work "Estimating social contact rates for the COVID-19 pandemic using Google mobility and pre-pandemic contact surveys", huge thanks to my co-authors @christopherjarvis.bsky.social @ngdavies.bsky.social @pietro-coletti.bsky.social Jantien Backer and John Edmunds
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Our first #WorldImmunizationWeek podcast episode is live now!
Tune in to hear from @emprestige.bsky.social about their journey from MSc to PhD @lshtm.bsky.social. They also share insider tips on the best lunch spots in central London, so don't miss this.
soundcloud.com/user-7893872...
Tune in to hear from @emprestige.bsky.social about their journey from MSc to PhD @lshtm.bsky.social. They also share insider tips on the best lunch spots in central London, so don't miss this.
soundcloud.com/user-7893872...
April 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Our first #WorldImmunizationWeek podcast episode is live now!
Tune in to hear from @emprestige.bsky.social about their journey from MSc to PhD @lshtm.bsky.social. They also share insider tips on the best lunch spots in central London, so don't miss this.
soundcloud.com/user-7893872...
Tune in to hear from @emprestige.bsky.social about their journey from MSc to PhD @lshtm.bsky.social. They also share insider tips on the best lunch spots in central London, so don't miss this.
soundcloud.com/user-7893872...
Listen along today to my short feature on the podcast series for #worldimmunisationweek
April 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Listen along today to my short feature on the podcast series for #worldimmunisationweek
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The @nytimes.com just discovered parallel computing.
March 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The @nytimes.com just discovered parallel computing.
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Yesterday, a Government press release claimed the number of people “considered too sick to work” had "quadrupled" since the pandemic (a "383% rise"). This is incorrect. In fact, it’s not even close. It's more like 40%.
This thread explains why 🧵1/7
This thread explains why 🧵1/7
March 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Yesterday, a Government press release claimed the number of people “considered too sick to work” had "quadrupled" since the pandemic (a "383% rise"). This is incorrect. In fact, it’s not even close. It's more like 40%.
This thread explains why 🧵1/7
This thread explains why 🧵1/7
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Big news: we are setting up a new non-profit organization to run bioRxiv and medRxiv. It's called openRxiv [no it's not a new preprint server; it's dedicated organization to oversee the servers] openrxiv.org 1/n
Homepage - openRxiv
openRxiv is an independent non-profit, the new organizational home for bioRxiv and medRxiv, enabling researchers to instantly share groundbreaking findings with the global scientific community.
openrxiv.org
March 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Big news: we are setting up a new non-profit organization to run bioRxiv and medRxiv. It's called openRxiv [no it's not a new preprint server; it's dedicated organization to oversee the servers] openrxiv.org 1/n
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You Are Unvaccinated and Got Sick. These Are Your Odds.
Comparing the dangerous effects of three diseases with the minimal side effects of their corresponding vaccines.
www.nytimes.com/2020...
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Comparing the dangerous effects of three diseases with the minimal side effects of their corresponding vaccines.
www.nytimes.com/2020...
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February 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
You Are Unvaccinated and Got Sick. These Are Your Odds.
Comparing the dangerous effects of three diseases with the minimal side effects of their corresponding vaccines.
www.nytimes.com/2020...
1/5
Comparing the dangerous effects of three diseases with the minimal side effects of their corresponding vaccines.
www.nytimes.com/2020...
1/5
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When it comes to false claims about vaccines and autism, it was never really about the wellbeing of the population and whether vaccines were safe - fundamentally, it was about whether the alternative could be profitable to the people promoting nonsense:
As it happened, the whole false MMR and autism claims came about in part because people with an undeclared conflict of interest wanted a *switch* in vaccines, not a suspension. Hoax-peddlers were trying to get a cheap, effective & overwhelmingly safe vaccine replaced with one they would profit from.
February 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
When it comes to false claims about vaccines and autism, it was never really about the wellbeing of the population and whether vaccines were safe - fundamentally, it was about whether the alternative could be profitable to the people promoting nonsense:
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Fiona Fox’s recent article in Research Professional News cautions that expelling Elon Musk from the Royal Society could undermine public trust in science.
I disagree...
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www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
I disagree...
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www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
If the Royal Society expels Musk, it could harm trust in science - Research Professional News
Scientists might achieve more for the public by staying out of politics, writes Fiona Fox
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Fiona Fox’s recent article in Research Professional News cautions that expelling Elon Musk from the Royal Society could undermine public trust in science.
I disagree...
🧵
1/25
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
I disagree...
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1/25
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
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Nature covers @scurry.bsky.social open letter to @royalsociety.org "which calls for the society to stand up for the science community and “the values it claims to believe in”" ⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Royal Society will meet amid campaign to revoke Elon Musk’s fellowship
More than 1,300 scientists have signed a letter calling on the world’s oldest science society to reassess the billionaire’s membership following cuts to US science.
www.nature.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Nature covers @scurry.bsky.social open letter to @royalsociety.org "which calls for the society to stand up for the science community and “the values it claims to believe in”" ⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Amazing opportunity: a few PhD positions in Health Analytics, Epidemic Modelling and Health Economics available with myself and colleagues from @mrc-outbreak.bsky.social, @ccmid.bsky.social and @ukhsa.bsky.social. Please apply/circulate widely!
January 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Amazing opportunity: a few PhD positions in Health Analytics, Epidemic Modelling and Health Economics available with myself and colleagues from @mrc-outbreak.bsky.social, @ccmid.bsky.social and @ukhsa.bsky.social. Please apply/circulate widely!
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Looking for a position - postdoc, PhD, faculty - in infectious disease dynamics (broadly defined)?
Follow @iddjobs.bsky.social and check IDDjobs.org
This is a community site started in 2017 for open positions in our wide and varied field. Add your jobs, look for jobs, share opportunities!
Follow @iddjobs.bsky.social and check IDDjobs.org
This is a community site started in 2017 for open positions in our wide and varied field. Add your jobs, look for jobs, share opportunities!
January 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Looking for a position - postdoc, PhD, faculty - in infectious disease dynamics (broadly defined)?
Follow @iddjobs.bsky.social and check IDDjobs.org
This is a community site started in 2017 for open positions in our wide and varied field. Add your jobs, look for jobs, share opportunities!
Follow @iddjobs.bsky.social and check IDDjobs.org
This is a community site started in 2017 for open positions in our wide and varied field. Add your jobs, look for jobs, share opportunities!
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1/ 📢 In our new PREPRINT - tinyurl.com/2pmudzrk - we evaluate how symptom-agnostic, population-wide screening interventions could significantly reduce the TB burden in Viet Nam. These require a substantial front-loaded investment but yield lasting cost savings. 🧵 #Tuberculosis #TBSky
Potential impact, costs, and benefits of population-wide screening interventions for tuberculosis in Viet Nam: a mathematical modelling study
Background Population-wide screening may accelerate the decline of tuberculosis (TB) incidence, but the optimal screening algorithm and duration must weigh resource considerations.
Methods We calibra...
tinyurl.com
January 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
1/ 📢 In our new PREPRINT - tinyurl.com/2pmudzrk - we evaluate how symptom-agnostic, population-wide screening interventions could significantly reduce the TB burden in Viet Nam. These require a substantial front-loaded investment but yield lasting cost savings. 🧵 #Tuberculosis #TBSky
Do consider joining an amazing team of individuals and get the chance to build something worthwhile
We are hiring a tech lead! We build high impact national health data infrastructure that is open, productive, and beautiful - like our OpenSAFELY - in a truly mixed team, where software developers and researchers all share skills, status, knowledge, and best practice!
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Job Details
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December 20, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Do consider joining an amazing team of individuals and get the chance to build something worthwhile
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This is excellent, and a great example of where 'none of the above' can perform better than a 'yes/no' question
becoming-a-teacher.design-history.education.gov.uk/apply-for-te...
#accessibility
becoming-a-teacher.design-history.education.gov.uk/apply-for-te...
#accessibility
Changing how we ask about disabilities and health conditions
Why we no longer ask people if they are disabled, and instead show everyone a list of disabilities and health conditions.
becoming-a-teacher.design-history.education.gov.uk
December 16, 2024 at 12:05 PM
This is excellent, and a great example of where 'none of the above' can perform better than a 'yes/no' question
becoming-a-teacher.design-history.education.gov.uk/apply-for-te...
#accessibility
becoming-a-teacher.design-history.education.gov.uk/apply-for-te...
#accessibility
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Women more likely to need mobility aids but less likely to use them, LSHTM & @uclofficial.bsky.social study finds
Shereen Hussein explains gender gap in access to equipment & how cost, design bias, & social stigma may disproportionally affect women.👥 #PublicHealth
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
Shereen Hussein explains gender gap in access to equipment & how cost, design bias, & social stigma may disproportionally affect women.👥 #PublicHealth
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
December 13, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Women more likely to need mobility aids but less likely to use them, LSHTM & @uclofficial.bsky.social study finds
Shereen Hussein explains gender gap in access to equipment & how cost, design bias, & social stigma may disproportionally affect women.👥 #PublicHealth
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
Shereen Hussein explains gender gap in access to equipment & how cost, design bias, & social stigma may disproportionally affect women.👥 #PublicHealth
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...