Josh Colston, PhD.
@jmcolston.bsky.social
epidemiologist 🌍🔬demographer👶🏽💀 post-punk/dream-pop enthusiast 🎧🧑🏾🎤👩🏻🎤👨🏽🎤proudly woke progressive✊🏽 democratic socialist 🌹 & anti-Zionist 🍉 father/husband 🧑🧑🧒🧒 www.planeo.earth/josh-colston
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💻 Big shout-out to UVA’s Research Computing team! 🙌
With support from the Data Analytics Center and Ivy Secure Environment, Plan-EO built the data infrastructure powering our geospatial dashboard ☁️🗺️.
🔗 Learn more: www.rc.virginia.edu/project/plan...
#PlanEO #UVA #Episky #GlobalHealth #DataScience
With support from the Data Analytics Center and Ivy Secure Environment, Plan-EO built the data infrastructure powering our geospatial dashboard ☁️🗺️.
🔗 Learn more: www.rc.virginia.edu/project/plan...
#PlanEO #UVA #Episky #GlobalHealth #DataScience
October 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
💻 Big shout-out to UVA’s Research Computing team! 🙌
With support from the Data Analytics Center and Ivy Secure Environment, Plan-EO built the data infrastructure powering our geospatial dashboard ☁️🗺️.
🔗 Learn more: www.rc.virginia.edu/project/plan...
#PlanEO #UVA #Episky #GlobalHealth #DataScience
With support from the Data Analytics Center and Ivy Secure Environment, Plan-EO built the data infrastructure powering our geospatial dashboard ☁️🗺️.
🔗 Learn more: www.rc.virginia.edu/project/plan...
#PlanEO #UVA #Episky #GlobalHealth #DataScience
Mash up bands:
Selena & Gomez
Selena & Gomez
mash up bands:
Bone Thugz N’ Hanson
Bone Thugz N’ Hanson
Mash up bands:
Boyz II Bunnymen
Boyz II Bunnymen
October 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Mash up bands:
Selena & Gomez
Selena & Gomez
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🌍 Plan-EO makes all its data open and accessible! 💡📊
Our paper in PLOS Global Public Health maps where homes in low and middle-income countries are more likely to have covered floors, a key factor in child health 🏠🦠
📄 Read: journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
#OpenData #GlobalHealth #PlanEO #Episky
Our paper in PLOS Global Public Health maps where homes in low and middle-income countries are more likely to have covered floors, a key factor in child health 🏠🦠
📄 Read: journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
#OpenData #GlobalHealth #PlanEO #Episky
October 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
🌍 Plan-EO makes all its data open and accessible! 💡📊
Our paper in PLOS Global Public Health maps where homes in low and middle-income countries are more likely to have covered floors, a key factor in child health 🏠🦠
📄 Read: journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
#OpenData #GlobalHealth #PlanEO #Episky
Our paper in PLOS Global Public Health maps where homes in low and middle-income countries are more likely to have covered floors, a key factor in child health 🏠🦠
📄 Read: journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
#OpenData #GlobalHealth #PlanEO #Episky
Reposted by Josh Colston, PhD.
📝 New blog up on @defeatdd.bsky.social
Hundreds of thousands of kids die from diarrheal disease each year—yet it’s preventable. In our new Q&A, Plan-EO members share how big data is helping change that. @jmcolston.bsky.social
👉 defeatdd.org/blog/plan-eo...
#DefeatDD #PlanEO #GlobalHealth #Episky
Hundreds of thousands of kids die from diarrheal disease each year—yet it’s preventable. In our new Q&A, Plan-EO members share how big data is helping change that. @jmcolston.bsky.social
👉 defeatdd.org/blog/plan-eo...
#DefeatDD #PlanEO #GlobalHealth #Episky
How Plan-EO is using big data to tackle diarrheal disease
The Plan-EO team's dashboard brings together huge amounts of big data to track and predict where diarrhea-causing pathogens are.
defeatdd.org
September 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
📝 New blog up on @defeatdd.bsky.social
Hundreds of thousands of kids die from diarrheal disease each year—yet it’s preventable. In our new Q&A, Plan-EO members share how big data is helping change that. @jmcolston.bsky.social
👉 defeatdd.org/blog/plan-eo...
#DefeatDD #PlanEO #GlobalHealth #Episky
Hundreds of thousands of kids die from diarrheal disease each year—yet it’s preventable. In our new Q&A, Plan-EO members share how big data is helping change that. @jmcolston.bsky.social
👉 defeatdd.org/blog/plan-eo...
#DefeatDD #PlanEO #GlobalHealth #Episky
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🌏🌟 Earlier this month Plan-EO coordinator Josh Colston, traveled to Japan 🎌 to present the project at the Awaji International Forum on Infection & Immunity. He was impressed by the science and the spirit of collaboration.
@jmcolston.bsky.social
#PlanEO #GlobalHealth #epiSky
@jmcolston.bsky.social
#PlanEO #GlobalHealth #epiSky
September 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
🌏🌟 Earlier this month Plan-EO coordinator Josh Colston, traveled to Japan 🎌 to present the project at the Awaji International Forum on Infection & Immunity. He was impressed by the science and the spirit of collaboration.
@jmcolston.bsky.social
#PlanEO #GlobalHealth #epiSky
@jmcolston.bsky.social
#PlanEO #GlobalHealth #epiSky
Reposted by Josh Colston, PhD.
💧 In 2019, unsafe WASH caused over 1M child deaths, including 69% of diarrheal deaths worldwide according to @who.int. @planeoproject.bsky.social is building a dashboard under @jmcolston.bsky.social leadership linking climate + child health to guide solutions.
#EpiSky #GlobalHealth #Plan-EO
#EpiSky #GlobalHealth #Plan-EO
September 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
💧 In 2019, unsafe WASH caused over 1M child deaths, including 69% of diarrheal deaths worldwide according to @who.int. @planeoproject.bsky.social is building a dashboard under @jmcolston.bsky.social leadership linking climate + child health to guide solutions.
#EpiSky #GlobalHealth #Plan-EO
#EpiSky #GlobalHealth #Plan-EO
Stay tuned, folks. 🤫😉
👀 Coming soon: Plan-EO’s child health data dashboard led by @jmcolston.bsky.social !
One place for global data + insights to accelerate progress against diarrheal disease. Not live yet, but close! Stay tuned 🚀
www.planeo.earth
#EpiSky #GlobalHealth #ChildHealth
One place for global data + insights to accelerate progress against diarrheal disease. Not live yet, but close! Stay tuned 🚀
www.planeo.earth
#EpiSky #GlobalHealth #ChildHealth
August 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Stay tuned, folks. 🤫😉
The airplane I will accept as a bribe
May 16, 2025 at 2:17 AM
The airplane I will accept as a bribe
I've done it. It's great.
March 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I've done it. It's great.
This is an absolute travesty that will have devastating downstream impacts on vulnerable populations worldwide. We are witnessing an all-out war on the global health sector and our resources. #resist #episky #GlobalHealthSolidarity ✊🌎🌍🌏🔵 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/h...
Trump Administration Ends Global Health Research Program
The Demographic and Health Surveys were the only sources of reliable information in many countries on metrics such as mortality, nutrition and education.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This is an absolute travesty that will have devastating downstream impacts on vulnerable populations worldwide. We are witnessing an all-out war on the global health sector and our resources. #resist #episky #GlobalHealthSolidarity ✊🌎🌍🌏🔵 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/h...
Huge thanks to Kate Nuechterlein and the team at @29news.bsky.social for the interview and news segment last night about our recently published research. 🛖 🏠 🪲 🦟 🦠 🌎 🌍 🌏 #publichealth #episky
www.29news.com/2025/02/03/r...
www.29news.com/2025/02/03/r...
Researchers aim to prevent spread of disease by zeroing in on housing materials
The materials used to build your home can be a crucial factor in preventing the spread of infectious diseases, particularly in developing countries, says a team of UVA researchers.
www.29news.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Huge thanks to Kate Nuechterlein and the team at @29news.bsky.social for the interview and news segment last night about our recently published research. 🛖 🏠 🪲 🦟 🦠 🌎 🌍 🌏 #publichealth #episky
www.29news.com/2025/02/03/r...
www.29news.com/2025/02/03/r...
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🏠 Did you know your home impacts your health?
@jmcolston.bsky.social's study shows how durable housing materials reduce disease risk globally, especially in regions like sub-Saharan Africa. Better housing means healthier lives. The models developed are publicly available.
Read more: bit.ly/4j5pn01
@jmcolston.bsky.social's study shows how durable housing materials reduce disease risk globally, especially in regions like sub-Saharan Africa. Better housing means healthier lives. The models developed are publicly available.
Read more: bit.ly/4j5pn01
January 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🏠 Did you know your home impacts your health?
@jmcolston.bsky.social's study shows how durable housing materials reduce disease risk globally, especially in regions like sub-Saharan Africa. Better housing means healthier lives. The models developed are publicly available.
Read more: bit.ly/4j5pn01
@jmcolston.bsky.social's study shows how durable housing materials reduce disease risk globally, especially in regions like sub-Saharan Africa. Better housing means healthier lives. The models developed are publicly available.
Read more: bit.ly/4j5pn01
Read our new paper in @plosglobalpublichealth.org in which we map the coverage of improved housing materials, that protect against infectious diseases in LMICs dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour... #GlobalHealth #SpatialDemography #Epidemiology #GeospatialHealth #EpSky 🛖🏚️🏠🌎🌍🌏🦟🧫
Spatial variation in housing construction material in low- and middle-income countries: A Bayesian spatial prediction model of a key infectious diseases risk factor and social determinant of health
Housing infrastructure and quality is a major determinant of infectious disease risk and other health outcomes in regions where vector borne, waterborne and neglected tropical diseases are endemic. It...
dx.plos.org
December 20, 2024 at 2:35 AM
Read our new paper in @plosglobalpublichealth.org in which we map the coverage of improved housing materials, that protect against infectious diseases in LMICs dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour... #GlobalHealth #SpatialDemography #Epidemiology #GeospatialHealth #EpSky 🛖🏚️🏠🌎🌍🌏🦟🧫
Fue una experiencia increíble visitar nuestro sitio de investigación en Perú y trabajar con mis colegas iquiteños. Que privilegio es trabajar con este talentoso equipo para comprender los problemas de salud que enfrentan las familias en la Amazonía peruana y en los trópicos. ¡Adelante! 💪🏼🙌🏼🇵🇪🧑🏻🔬👨🏽🔬👩🏼🔬
December 17, 2024 at 2:33 AM
Fue una experiencia increíble visitar nuestro sitio de investigación en Perú y trabajar con mis colegas iquiteños. Que privilegio es trabajar con este talentoso equipo para comprender los problemas de salud que enfrentan las familias en la Amazonía peruana y en los trópicos. ¡Adelante! 💪🏼🙌🏼🇵🇪🧑🏻🔬👨🏽🔬👩🏼🔬