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Sabine van Elsland
@eonore.bsky.social
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Infectious disease epidemiologist with a passion for knowledge translation from scientific evidence to public health policy and programs. External relationships and communications manager at @MRC-Outbreak.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
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Exciting new episode of #ScienceInContext with Dr Tamyo Mbisa @ukhsa.bsky.social & Vinicius Franceschi @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social on the genetic evolution of HIV disease progression, viral load & CD4 count trends across different HIV variants & evidence of more virulent HIV clusters in the UK 👇
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NEW EPISODE #ScienceInContext! Dr @eonore.bsky.social joins Dr Tamyo Mbisa @ukhsa.bsky.social & Vinicius Franceschi @imperialsph.bsky.social to speak about genetic evolution of #HIV disease progression 👇
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September 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Discover the award-winning work at the heart of the pandemic response of @eonore.bsky.social as part of @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social Celebrating Engagement series 👇
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Making sense of it all at the heart of Imperial's pandemic response
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July 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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NEW EPISODE! @eonore.bsky.social is joined by @thomrawson.bsky.social & Christian Morgenstern to talk about #SARS, differences between SARS-CoV-1 & SARS-CoV-2 (virus causing COVID19), their systematic review of models, outbreaks & parameters to inform future responses👇
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Ep 127. Science in Context - SARS with Dr Thomas Rawson & Christian Morgenstern (24-07-2025)
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July 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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NEW EPISODE #ScienceInContext! This week @eonore.bsky.social speaks with @profhelenward.bsky.social about the REACT study & the most important findings from the past five years & the next big questions👇
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July 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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NEW EPISODE #ScienceInContext! This week @eonore.bsky.social speaks with Camila Llanes-Kidder & @thomrawson.bsky.social about #COVID19 transmission across England. What stood out from the wealth of data available & vaccination coverage, what does this mean for policy planning?

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June 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Now under review. With @chpoletto.bsky.social @vcolizza.bsky.social @mugkraemer.bsky.social @eonore.bsky.social @sdellicour.bsky.social @mariusgilbert.bsky.social @francescodilauro.bsky.social and others #Episky #IDsky 5/5
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March 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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NEW EPISODE #ScienceInContext! This week @eonore.bsky.social speaks with Dr Katy Gaythorpe about the Vaccine Impact Modelling Consortium, an international community of mathematical modellers providing high quality estimates of public health impact of vaccination
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March 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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NEW EPISODE #ScienceInContext! This week @eonore.bsky.social speaks with @liza-semenova.bsky.social & Samir Bhatt about #AI & modelling infectious disease outbreaks
👉 How can AI contribute to pandemic preparedness?
👉 Examples of AI in modelling & the Nobel Peace Prize
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March 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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5 years since COVID-19 was declared a global emergency—what have we learned? 🤔

Tune in to #ScienceInContext as Ryan O'Hare explores the policy impact of @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social's COVID-19 Response Team with @eonore.bsky.social 🎙️📊

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January 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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NEW EPISODE #ScienceInContext! This week @eonore.bsky.social takes you behind the scenes of Bridging the Gap Hackathon bringing together policymakers, technical experts & researchers to create free, open-source resources to inform policy decisions in Kenya @ojwatson.bsky.social
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Ep 116. Science in Context - Bridging the Gap Hackathon (10-02-2025)
YouTube video by MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis
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February 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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NEW EPISODE #ScienceInContext! This week @eonore.bsky.social speaks with Dr Cyril Geismar about methods to estimate group transmission assortativity, what exactly is assortativity and how reliable are these newly developed methods in small outbreak settings?
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Ep 117. Science in Context - Assortativity with Dr Cyril Geismar 20-02-2025
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February 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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What is the role of artificial intelligence #AI in infectious disease modelling & preparing for the next pandemic? New study published today in @natureportfolio.nature.com explores how AI saves lives 👇
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AI could save lives and transform pandemic preparedness | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Advances in artificial intelligence can help us prepare for the next pandemic and save lives, a global group of scientists find.
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February 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Especially stoked with this week's episode of #ScienceInContext where the roles were reversed and Ryan O'Hare interviewed me about our work on the policy impact of the @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social #COVID19 Response Team
January 30, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Applications to our annual short course are open again! Limited number of full scholarships are available (application deadline 16th of March). Find out more 👇
mrc-outbreak.bsky.social MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis @mrc-outbreak.bsky.social · Jan 27
APPLICATIONS OPEN NOW! Always wanted to learn about applied infectious diseases modelling?

💡Annual short course 15-26th September '25
🗓️ Application deadline for limited number of full scholarships 16th March
✏️Find out more & apply www.infectiousdiseasemodels.org/index.php
January 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Brand new episode with @thomaschurcher.bsky.social about effectiveness of bed nets in malaria control 👇
January 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Day one of five exciting days in Nairobi working together with an incredible group of experts
mrc-outbreak.bsky.social MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis @mrc-outbreak.bsky.social · Jan 20
Bridging the gap #hackathon has kicked off! A week where public health decision-makers, developers, technical experts, academics & researchers come together to create free, open-source resources to address health policy needs in Kenya
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January 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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New episode of #ScienceInContext! Dr Susan Hillis and Dr Oliver Ratmann join me to speak about Orphanhood in the USA and explain trends. Drug overdose was the leading cause of orphanhood. Watch this episode and find out more 👇
mrc-outbreak.bsky.social MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis @mrc-outbreak.bsky.social · Jan 20
New episode #ScienceInContext! This week @eonore.bsky.social speaks with Dr Susan Hillis & Dr Oliver Ratmann about Orphanhood in the United States, what trends we see and what is needed going forward 👇
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January 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Exciting new episode where I get to speak with Prof Joseph Mfutso-Bengo and Prof Timothy Hallett about health systems and their impact on population health 👇
mrc-outbreak.bsky.social MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis @mrc-outbreak.bsky.social · Dec 19
NEW EPISODE #ScienceInContext! This week @eonore.bsky.social speaks with Prof Joseph Mfutso-Bengo & Prof Timothy Hallett about Thanzi La Onse:
❓ What are health systems?
❓ What is the impact of the health system in Malawi?
❓ What are the next steps? 👇
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Ep 111. Science in Context -Thanzi la Onse with Tim Hallett & Joseph Mfutso-Bengo (19-12-2024)
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December 20, 2024 at 8:06 AM
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Inspiring conversations about scientific evidence for policy decisionmaking during public health emergencies and the importance of science communication #ICID2024 @eonore.bsky.social @anne-cori.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @imperialsph.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 2:04 PM
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Great chat with Dr @drpdoohan.bsky.social about the importance of this recent Lassa fever review to inform future real-time outbreak analysis, & the wider immense effort by the PERG team on outbreaks, methods and parameters of 9 blueprints priority pathogens www.imperial.ac.uk/mrc-global-i...
December 5, 2024 at 10:02 AM
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Coming home to Cape Town for #ICID2024 I feel inspired by cutting edge global infectious disease research, from clinical & AMR to outbreak prevention & one health to engaging policy discussions
mrc-outbreak.bsky.social MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis @mrc-outbreak.bsky.social · Dec 3
Gorgeous welcome in Cape Town as the international conference on infectious disease is about to kick off #ICID2024
December 4, 2024 at 9:36 AM
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NEW EPISODE #ScienceInContext This week @eonore.bsky.social speaks with Sara Almeida about the economics of medicine sampling & quality testing: the public health concern posed by substandard & falsified medicines & the STARmeds data visualisation tool 👇
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November 25, 2024 at 10:10 AM
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Engaging presentation on the optimization of wastewater surveillance sample processing for multiple pathogen detection by Shannon Fitz today at #ICID2024
December 4, 2024 at 9:23 AM
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A place of joy: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky👇 @natureportfolio.bsky.social

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‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.
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November 26, 2024 at 2:16 PM
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Brand new episode of our weekly video podcast providing insight in the most amazing work from across @mrc-outbreak.bsky.social this week I speak with Sara V Almeida about falsified medicine in Indonesia 👇
mrc-outbreak.bsky.social MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis @mrc-outbreak.bsky.social · Nov 25
NEW EPISODE #ScienceInContext This week @eonore.bsky.social speaks with Sara Almeida about the economics of medicine sampling & quality testing: the public health concern posed by substandard & falsified medicines & the STARmeds data visualisation tool 👇
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November 25, 2024 at 11:09 AM