The John Snow Society
@johnsnowsociety.bsky.social
The John Snow Society aims to promote the life and works of Dr John Snow, the pioneer of epidemiological method and celebrated anaesthetist.
johnsnowsociety.org
johnsnowsociety.org
Cholera is surging in Africa. A new generation of vaccines could slow it @telegraph.co.uk
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Cholera is surging in Africa. A new generation of vaccines could slow it
Experts say the three jabs have the potential to make protection faster, more accessible, and more equitable than ever
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Cholera is surging in Africa. A new generation of vaccines could slow it @telegraph.co.uk
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
New @thelancet.com commission outlines the three major threats to global health in the post #covid era:
1. Non-communicable diseases,
2. Outbreaks of infectious diseases, and
3. Environmental degradation.
spkl.io/6018AoZ5s
1. Non-communicable diseases,
2. Outbreaks of infectious diseases, and
3. Environmental degradation.
spkl.io/6018AoZ5s
The Lancet Commission on improving population health post-COVID-19
An increasing number of national and international commitments have failed to reduce
three intimately interconnected major global threats to population health: non-communicable
diseases, outbreaks of ...
spkl.io
January 19, 2026 at 2:08 PM
New @thelancet.com commission outlines the three major threats to global health in the post #covid era:
1. Non-communicable diseases,
2. Outbreaks of infectious diseases, and
3. Environmental degradation.
spkl.io/6018AoZ5s
1. Non-communicable diseases,
2. Outbreaks of infectious diseases, and
3. Environmental degradation.
spkl.io/6018AoZ5s
Wishing you a very 🎄Merry Christmas from the John Snow Society
December 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Wishing you a very 🎄Merry Christmas from the John Snow Society
#Aboutlastweek: Some pictures from a fantastic lecture and celebration for Professor Paul Fine, co-founder of the John Snow Society.
🎙️Paul's talk "Serendipity and Transmissibility"
📸An original polaroid (?!) of the 5 Society founders
🥳The celebration
🎙️Paul's talk "Serendipity and Transmissibility"
📸An original polaroid (?!) of the 5 Society founders
🥳The celebration
December 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
#Aboutlastweek: Some pictures from a fantastic lecture and celebration for Professor Paul Fine, co-founder of the John Snow Society.
🎙️Paul's talk "Serendipity and Transmissibility"
📸An original polaroid (?!) of the 5 Society founders
🥳The celebration
🎙️Paul's talk "Serendipity and Transmissibility"
📸An original polaroid (?!) of the 5 Society founders
🥳The celebration
Reposted by The John Snow Society
Incredible retirement talk by Prof. Paul Fine @lshtm.bsky.social Career dedicated to global health, critical enquiry & passion for training next generation in UK & esp Malawi where he left huge legacy. Privilege spend 10+yrs at same institution & humbling to know its not even 1/3 time hes been here.
December 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Incredible retirement talk by Prof. Paul Fine @lshtm.bsky.social Career dedicated to global health, critical enquiry & passion for training next generation in UK & esp Malawi where he left huge legacy. Privilege spend 10+yrs at same institution & humbling to know its not even 1/3 time hes been here.
A final reminder for today's event @LSHTM , celebrating Professor Paul Fine🎊, co-founder of the John Snow Society.
📅 9 December 2025
⏲️ 17.30
📍LSHTM | John Snow Lecture Theatre
👇
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
📅 9 December 2025
⏲️ 17.30
📍LSHTM | John Snow Lecture Theatre
👇
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
December 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
A final reminder for today's event @LSHTM , celebrating Professor Paul Fine🎊, co-founder of the John Snow Society.
📅 9 December 2025
⏲️ 17.30
📍LSHTM | John Snow Lecture Theatre
👇
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
📅 9 December 2025
⏲️ 17.30
📍LSHTM | John Snow Lecture Theatre
👇
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
#OnThisDay is the 175th anniversary of the first full meeting of the London Epidemiological Society, one of the oldest known societies of its kind.
Its creation was prompted by an urgent desire to understand and prevent disease epidemics.
(and John Snow was a founding member)
Its creation was prompted by an urgent desire to understand and prevent disease epidemics.
(and John Snow was a founding member)
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
#OnThisDay is the 175th anniversary of the first full meeting of the London Epidemiological Society, one of the oldest known societies of its kind.
Its creation was prompted by an urgent desire to understand and prevent disease epidemics.
(and John Snow was a founding member)
Its creation was prompted by an urgent desire to understand and prevent disease epidemics.
(and John Snow was a founding member)
Meta-analysis of students concludes handwritten note taking is superior to typing for studying and memory commitment - contributing to higher grades.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Meta-analysis of students concludes handwritten note taking is superior to typing for studying and memory commitment - contributing to higher grades.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
When humans and AI work together to solve problems, sometimes outcomes are worse than AI or humans alone.
Paper in @nathumbehav.nature.com "When combinations of humans and AI are useful: A systematic review and meta-analysis"👇🏽
Paper in @nathumbehav.nature.com "When combinations of humans and AI are useful: A systematic review and meta-analysis"👇🏽
When combinations of humans and AI are useful: A systematic review and meta-analysis - Nature Human Behaviour
Vaccaro et al. present a systematic review and meta-analysis of the performance of human–AI combinations, finding that on average, human–AI combinations performed significantly worse than the best of…
www.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
When humans and AI work together to solve problems, sometimes outcomes are worse than AI or humans alone.
Paper in @nathumbehav.nature.com "When combinations of humans and AI are useful: A systematic review and meta-analysis"👇🏽
Paper in @nathumbehav.nature.com "When combinations of humans and AI are useful: A systematic review and meta-analysis"👇🏽
Dr Klauss Garcia 🇧🇷 took part in a prestigious overseas PhD placement in the UK - and wanted a marker of his positive London experience.
An erudite choice Klauss 👏🏽
#publichealth #epidemiology #sohomap
An erudite choice Klauss 👏🏽
#publichealth #epidemiology #sohomap
November 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Dr Klauss Garcia 🇧🇷 took part in a prestigious overseas PhD placement in the UK - and wanted a marker of his positive London experience.
An erudite choice Klauss 👏🏽
#publichealth #epidemiology #sohomap
An erudite choice Klauss 👏🏽
#publichealth #epidemiology #sohomap
📡Major Announcement:
We will be celebrating Paul Fine, co-Founder of the John Snow Society and Professor of Communicable Disease Epidemiology at the @lshtm.bsky.social at his retirement lecture on the 9th December.
Open to all. See below link for details 👇
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
We will be celebrating Paul Fine, co-Founder of the John Snow Society and Professor of Communicable Disease Epidemiology at the @lshtm.bsky.social at his retirement lecture on the 9th December.
Open to all. See below link for details 👇
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
📡Major Announcement:
We will be celebrating Paul Fine, co-Founder of the John Snow Society and Professor of Communicable Disease Epidemiology at the @lshtm.bsky.social at his retirement lecture on the 9th December.
Open to all. See below link for details 👇
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
We will be celebrating Paul Fine, co-Founder of the John Snow Society and Professor of Communicable Disease Epidemiology at the @lshtm.bsky.social at his retirement lecture on the 9th December.
Open to all. See below link for details 👇
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Reposted by The John Snow Society
📢New #PhD project! For 2026 to offer under the MRC @ukri.org Doctoral Training Studentship Scheme.
The project will investigate the links between heat and crime rates in youth in the UK.
Fully funded+living costs - open to anyone in the world 🌍
mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk/2026-27-proj...
The project will investigate the links between heat and crime rates in youth in the UK.
Fully funded+living costs - open to anyone in the world 🌍
mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk/2026-27-proj...
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
📢New #PhD project! For 2026 to offer under the MRC @ukri.org Doctoral Training Studentship Scheme.
The project will investigate the links between heat and crime rates in youth in the UK.
Fully funded+living costs - open to anyone in the world 🌍
mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk/2026-27-proj...
The project will investigate the links between heat and crime rates in youth in the UK.
Fully funded+living costs - open to anyone in the world 🌍
mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk/2026-27-proj...
Lunchtime read:
The mystery of the handwritten note in an old copy of On the Mode of Transmission of Cholera - was it John Snow himself? by the Historier
The mystery of the handwritten note in an old copy of On the Mode of Transmission of Cholera - was it John Snow himself? by the Historier
The Hand of John Snow
The Mode on Communication of Cholera is a scientific publication by John Snow, the doctor, physician, and, unbeknownst to him, early epidemiologist. It contains his findings on Cholera and how it w…
anhistoriersmiscellany.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Lunchtime read:
The mystery of the handwritten note in an old copy of On the Mode of Transmission of Cholera - was it John Snow himself? by the Historier
The mystery of the handwritten note in an old copy of On the Mode of Transmission of Cholera - was it John Snow himself? by the Historier
New @thelancet.com series on ultra-processed foods documents their outsize threat to #publichealth
www.thelancet.com/series-do/ul...
www.thelancet.com/series-do/ul...
Ultra-Processed Foods and Human Health
This 3-paper Series reviews the evidence about the increase in ultra-processed foods in diets globally and highlights the association with many non-communicable diseases. This rise in ultra-processed ...
www.thelancet.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
New @thelancet.com series on ultra-processed foods documents their outsize threat to #publichealth
www.thelancet.com/series-do/ul...
www.thelancet.com/series-do/ul...
One of our top recommendations for #thingstodo in #London next week is to see the John Snow MD musical (yes - you heard right) showing for *two nights only* at @OldOpTheatre 18-19th Nov 2025:
oldoperatingtheatre.com/event-posts/...
oldoperatingtheatre.com/event-posts/...
November 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
One of our top recommendations for #thingstodo in #London next week is to see the John Snow MD musical (yes - you heard right) showing for *two nights only* at @OldOpTheatre 18-19th Nov 2025:
oldoperatingtheatre.com/event-posts/...
oldoperatingtheatre.com/event-posts/...
After a full year of intensive effort by emeritus Prof Ralph Frerichs, a shiny new @uclacollege.bsky.social Fielding School of Public Health John Snow MD site is up!
A fantastic resource, also cross-posted on the Society pages:
A fantastic resource, also cross-posted on the Society pages:
John Snow - Historical Giant in Epidemiology
British physician John Snow (1813-1858) is considered by many as the "father of modern epidemiology" for his seminal investigations of cholera in London, long before the bacterial agent and its…
epi-snow.ph.ucla.edu
November 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
After a full year of intensive effort by emeritus Prof Ralph Frerichs, a shiny new @uclacollege.bsky.social Fielding School of Public Health John Snow MD site is up!
A fantastic resource, also cross-posted on the Society pages:
A fantastic resource, also cross-posted on the Society pages:
Reposted by The John Snow Society
Techniques to reflect an additional small portion of sunlight back into space could help cool the planet if deployed globally, but they cannot address the full range of climate impacts or replace emission cuts, says our new briefing released this week: bit.ly/4oX7yCA
November 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Techniques to reflect an additional small portion of sunlight back into space could help cool the planet if deployed globally, but they cannot address the full range of climate impacts or replace emission cuts, says our new briefing released this week: bit.ly/4oX7yCA
The impacts of disrupted #circadianrhythms on #health
Eric Topol (@erictopol.bsky.social)
The prominent role of circadian rhythm in cardiovascular and metabolic health and disease https://ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001388
bsky.app
November 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The impacts of disrupted #circadianrhythms on #health
Did US #covid19 mask mandates work 🧐?
Using data from over 34,000 people in the weeks before and after mandates, authors use #interruptedtimeseries approaches and show that as a behaviour change mechanism, mandates might need some work...
#PublicHealth
academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...
Using data from over 34,000 people in the weeks before and after mandates, authors use #interruptedtimeseries approaches and show that as a behaviour change mechanism, mandates might need some work...
#PublicHealth
academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...
November 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Did US #covid19 mask mandates work 🧐?
Using data from over 34,000 people in the weeks before and after mandates, authors use #interruptedtimeseries approaches and show that as a behaviour change mechanism, mandates might need some work...
#PublicHealth
academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...
Using data from over 34,000 people in the weeks before and after mandates, authors use #interruptedtimeseries approaches and show that as a behaviour change mechanism, mandates might need some work...
#PublicHealth
academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...
Are deadly mosquitoes, pathogen laden ticks, and waterborne infections being brought to the UK by #climatechange?
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Are deadly mosquitoes, pathogen laden ticks, and waterborne infections being brought to the UK by climate change?
Evidence is mounting that climate change is bringing new disease threats to the UK. Kate Bowie reports
Climate change is no longer a distant concern for health systems; it is already reshaping patter...
www.bmj.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Are deadly mosquitoes, pathogen laden ticks, and waterborne infections being brought to the UK by #climatechange?
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
We end this #BlackHistoryMonth2025 series with Dr Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock, multi-award winning British space scientist and physicist who'll be giving the 2025 @rigb.org #Christmas Lecture!
www.rigb.org/explore-scie...
Tickets:
www.rigb.org/whats-on/dis...
www.rigb.org/explore-scie...
Tickets:
www.rigb.org/whats-on/dis...
Dr Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Meet Dame Maggie – this year’s Lecturer for the CHRISTMAS LECTURES from the Royal Institution.
www.rigb.org
October 31, 2025 at 11:44 AM
We end this #BlackHistoryMonth2025 series with Dr Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock, multi-award winning British space scientist and physicist who'll be giving the 2025 @rigb.org #Christmas Lecture!
www.rigb.org/explore-scie...
Tickets:
www.rigb.org/whats-on/dis...
www.rigb.org/explore-scie...
Tickets:
www.rigb.org/whats-on/dis...
Professor Isabella Oyier leads critical and high profile work on malaria parasite #genomics at @ox.ac.uk and KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
#BlackHistoryMonth2025
www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/team/isabell...
#BlackHistoryMonth2025
www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/team/isabell...
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Professor Isabella Oyier leads critical and high profile work on malaria parasite #genomics at @ox.ac.uk and KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
#BlackHistoryMonth2025
www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/team/isabell...
#BlackHistoryMonth2025
www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/team/isabell...
Did you see this? The editors-in-chief of @IntJEpidemiol discussed the #Trump administration's approach to science, and how it's affecting the fields of #epidemiology and #publichealth 👇
academic.oup.com/ije/article/...
academic.oup.com/ije/article/...
October 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Did you see this? The editors-in-chief of @IntJEpidemiol discussed the #Trump administration's approach to science, and how it's affecting the fields of #epidemiology and #publichealth 👇
academic.oup.com/ije/article/...
academic.oup.com/ije/article/...
AJE Advances: Research in Epidemiology is the newest #OpenAccess journal from @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social and the Society for Epidemiologic Research.
A good home for papers on emerging methods incl. #socialepi #spatialepi
academic.oup.com/ajeadvances/...
A good home for papers on emerging methods incl. #socialepi #spatialepi
academic.oup.com/ajeadvances/...
October 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
AJE Advances: Research in Epidemiology is the newest #OpenAccess journal from @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social and the Society for Epidemiologic Research.
A good home for papers on emerging methods incl. #socialepi #spatialepi
academic.oup.com/ajeadvances/...
A good home for papers on emerging methods incl. #socialepi #spatialepi
academic.oup.com/ajeadvances/...
Prof Patricia Bath's (1942-2019) groundbreaking work in #opthalmology pushed for better research and treatment options for black people with sight conditions - in whom she and others demonstrated were already at higher risk of #blindness 👇
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#BlackHistoryMonth2025
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#BlackHistoryMonth2025
October 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Prof Patricia Bath's (1942-2019) groundbreaking work in #opthalmology pushed for better research and treatment options for black people with sight conditions - in whom she and others demonstrated were already at higher risk of #blindness 👇
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#BlackHistoryMonth2025
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#BlackHistoryMonth2025