Kari Lancaster
@karilancaster.bsky.social
Professor, Dept of Social & Policy Sciences, University of Bath | Editor ST&HV @sthv.bsky.social | Honorary, Burnet Institute | STS, health, drugs, outbreak science, viral elimination, planetary change, evidence | check out @contemporarycriticalthought.org
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Kari Lancaster
@karilancaster.bsky.social
· Jun 23
New paper! What does it mean to be epistemically prepared for the next disease outbreak?
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Led by @wombatscholar.bsky.social with @sonjavw.bsky.social @seyeabimbola.bsky.social @rachelankeny.bsky.social @engelmal.bsky.social @mstoove.bsky.social @cwaldby.bsky.social et al
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Led by @wombatscholar.bsky.social with @sonjavw.bsky.social @seyeabimbola.bsky.social @rachelankeny.bsky.social @engelmal.bsky.social @mstoove.bsky.social @cwaldby.bsky.social et al
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In London? I’m organising this series with Marsha Rosengarten and Nele Jensen as part of evolving happenings of @contemporarycriticalthought.org. Join us as we unravel the concept of the Herd, to experiment with new ways of thinking health amidst the here-and-now of our present planetary condition.
On March 3, Mariam Motamedi Fraser leads a discussion of Herd/Species. This is an in person event so spots are limited, you don't want to miss it.
Herd/Species
Rethinking Herd as /Species amidst the here-and-now of our present planetary condition.
www.contemporarycriticalthought.org
February 9, 2026 at 5:17 PM
In London? I’m organising this series with Marsha Rosengarten and Nele Jensen as part of evolving happenings of @contemporarycriticalthought.org. Join us as we unravel the concept of the Herd, to experiment with new ways of thinking health amidst the here-and-now of our present planetary condition.
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UK based sociologist of health? @fshi.bsky.social funding round for grant development, workshops, postgrad conference travel and post docs now open - closes 27th march www.shifoundation.org.uk/schemes/
Funding Schemes - Foundation for the Sociology of Health & Illness
The Foundation currently offers 4 different types of awards, across fellowships, conference travel, research development and symposia. Please note that the Foundation no longer funds PhD studentships.
www.shifoundation.org.uk
February 10, 2026 at 5:52 PM
UK based sociologist of health? @fshi.bsky.social funding round for grant development, workshops, postgrad conference travel and post docs now open - closes 27th march www.shifoundation.org.uk/schemes/
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New OnlineFirst article: "Post-Socialist Biotech: Labor, Value, and Risk in China's Transitional Economy" by Taomo Zhou + Hallam Stevens #risk #labour #value #biotech journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
February 4, 2026 at 10:06 PM
New OnlineFirst article: "Post-Socialist Biotech: Labor, Value, and Risk in China's Transitional Economy" by Taomo Zhou + Hallam Stevens #risk #labour #value #biotech journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "Unruly Aquifers: Groundwater, Karst Landscapes, and a Post-Yugoslav Border Site" by Dženeta Hodžić #unruliness #groundwater #karst #hydrogeology #transboundary journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Unruly Aquifers: Groundwater, Karst Landscapes, and a Post-Yugoslav Border Site - Dženeta Hodžić, 2026
This paper deploys the concept of unruliness to examine ethnographically how groundwater in karst landscapes resists being rendered knowable and governable. Foc...
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February 8, 2026 at 9:14 PM
New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "Unruly Aquifers: Groundwater, Karst Landscapes, and a Post-Yugoslav Border Site" by Dženeta Hodžić #unruliness #groundwater #karst #hydrogeology #transboundary journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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The CFP for #AusSTS2026 is now live! This year’s theme is ‘Antipodean Interruptions’. We invite submissions for presentations, written workshop papers, meet-ups, and Making and Doing sessions. Deadline is Friday 3 April (11:59pm NZST).
Full details on our ✨NEW WEBSITE✨ aussts.org/aussts2026
Full details on our ✨NEW WEBSITE✨ aussts.org/aussts2026
February 8, 2026 at 10:28 PM
The CFP for #AusSTS2026 is now live! This year’s theme is ‘Antipodean Interruptions’. We invite submissions for presentations, written workshop papers, meet-ups, and Making and Doing sessions. Deadline is Friday 3 April (11:59pm NZST).
Full details on our ✨NEW WEBSITE✨ aussts.org/aussts2026
Full details on our ✨NEW WEBSITE✨ aussts.org/aussts2026
In London? I’m organising this series with Marsha Rosengarten and Nele Jensen as part of evolving happenings of @contemporarycriticalthought.org. Join us as we unravel the concept of the Herd, to experiment with new ways of thinking health amidst the here-and-now of our present planetary condition.
On March 3, Mariam Motamedi Fraser leads a discussion of Herd/Species. This is an in person event so spots are limited, you don't want to miss it.
Herd/Species
Rethinking Herd as /Species amidst the here-and-now of our present planetary condition.
www.contemporarycriticalthought.org
February 9, 2026 at 5:17 PM
In London? I’m organising this series with Marsha Rosengarten and Nele Jensen as part of evolving happenings of @contemporarycriticalthought.org. Join us as we unravel the concept of the Herd, to experiment with new ways of thinking health amidst the here-and-now of our present planetary condition.
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DEADLINE EXTENSION! Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) has extended the deadline for conference Open Panel submissions until 9th February 2026. The conference is being held in Toronto, 7-10th Oct 2026.
Conference Theme: TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures
4sonline.org/call_for_ope...
Conference Theme: TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures
4sonline.org/call_for_ope...
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February 3, 2026 at 2:26 PM
DEADLINE EXTENSION! Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) has extended the deadline for conference Open Panel submissions until 9th February 2026. The conference is being held in Toronto, 7-10th Oct 2026.
Conference Theme: TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures
4sonline.org/call_for_ope...
Conference Theme: TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures
4sonline.org/call_for_ope...
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New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "A Postgenomic Quilt: The Turn to Endophenotypes and Deep Phenotyping in Human Genetics" by
Daniel Navon + Kathryne Metcalf #endophenotypes #deepphenotyping #psychiatry #biobanks #raredisease #postgenomics #genetics journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Daniel Navon + Kathryne Metcalf #endophenotypes #deepphenotyping #psychiatry #biobanks #raredisease #postgenomics #genetics journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
A Postgenomic Quilt: The Turn to Endophenotypes and Deep Phenotyping in Human Genetics - Daniel Navon, Kathryne Metcalf, 2025
How do experts stitch together seemingly irreconcilable scientific objects? This paper examines the way “endophenotypes” and “deep phenotyping” are deployed to ...
journals.sagepub.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "A Postgenomic Quilt: The Turn to Endophenotypes and Deep Phenotyping in Human Genetics" by
Daniel Navon + Kathryne Metcalf #endophenotypes #deepphenotyping #psychiatry #biobanks #raredisease #postgenomics #genetics journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Daniel Navon + Kathryne Metcalf #endophenotypes #deepphenotyping #psychiatry #biobanks #raredisease #postgenomics #genetics journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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New OnlineFirst article: "Mythologies of Wealth in Platform Economies: The Case of the Ride-Hailing Platform Didi in China" by Jun Zhang, Jack Linzhou Xing + Gonçalo D. Santos #enchantment #technology #platform #mythology #techno-optimism #speculativecapitalism journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Mythologies of Wealth in Platform Economies: The Case of the Ride-Hailing Platform Didi in China - Jun Zhang, Jack Linzhou Xing, Gonçalo D. Santos, 2025
This article reactivates the concept of myth—which is well-developed in social science literature—to study digital technologies and platform economies. It conce...
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December 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
New OnlineFirst article: "Mythologies of Wealth in Platform Economies: The Case of the Ride-Hailing Platform Didi in China" by Jun Zhang, Jack Linzhou Xing + Gonçalo D. Santos #enchantment #technology #platform #mythology #techno-optimism #speculativecapitalism journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "The Time Politics of Agroforestry Science" by Timothy McLellan @timmclellan.bsky.social #agroforestry #environmentalhumanities #fastscience #institutions #naturebasedsolutions #temporalempathy journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The Time Politics of Agroforestry Science - Timothy McLellan, 2025
This article examines the time politics of agroforestry science through an ethnographic study with scientists at the Institute for Farms and Forests (IFF) in Ch...
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January 12, 2026 at 10:48 PM
New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "The Time Politics of Agroforestry Science" by Timothy McLellan @timmclellan.bsky.social #agroforestry #environmentalhumanities #fastscience #institutions #naturebasedsolutions #temporalempathy journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "The Obligation to Know and the Right to Know: A Relational Approach to Environmental Justice Communication and Datafication" by Katherine L. Dickinson, Leah Horgan, Stephanie Pease, Carla Nyquist, et al. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
January 15, 2026 at 11:46 PM
New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "The Obligation to Know and the Right to Know: A Relational Approach to Environmental Justice Communication and Datafication" by Katherine L. Dickinson, Leah Horgan, Stephanie Pease, Carla Nyquist, et al. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "The Gamete Donor Register, Kinship, and Belonging: State-Organized Openness in the Nordic Context of Transnational Egg Donation" by Riikka Homanen #donoridentity #kinship #sociotechnical #technology #fertility #markets journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The Gamete Donor Register, Kinship, and Belonging: State-Organized Openness in the Nordic Context of Transnational Egg Donation - Riikka Homanen, 2025
Donor conception is an area where increased emphasis on “openness” has produced major changes to legal, medical, and kinship practices. Anonymous gamete donatio...
journals.sagepub.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:17 PM
New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "The Gamete Donor Register, Kinship, and Belonging: State-Organized Openness in the Nordic Context of Transnational Egg Donation" by Riikka Homanen #donoridentity #kinship #sociotechnical #technology #fertility #markets journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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New OnlineFirst article: "Making Queer Kin in the Labor of the Greenhouse" by Xan Sarah Chacko #botanicalhumanities #coloniality #greenhouse #kinship #feministSTS #pedagogy journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
February 1, 2026 at 10:41 PM
New OnlineFirst article: "Making Queer Kin in the Labor of the Greenhouse" by Xan Sarah Chacko #botanicalhumanities #coloniality #greenhouse #kinship #feministSTS #pedagogy journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#STS job in Sydney, at WSU - Senior Research Fellow, Technology and Society who will contribute to a world-leading inquiry exploring how technologies shape, and are shaped by, social, political and cultural forces. jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WesternSydne...
Senior Research Fellow, Technology and Society
Job Description: Full-time, Ongoing position.Parramatta South campus with flexible working arrangements.Salary: $147,138 – $169,011 per annum, plus 17% Super and Leave Loading.Lead impactful interdisc...
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February 3, 2026 at 8:46 AM
#STS job in Sydney, at WSU - Senior Research Fellow, Technology and Society who will contribute to a world-leading inquiry exploring how technologies shape, and are shaped by, social, political and cultural forces. jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WesternSydne...
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Submission to open panels—Extended deadline for 4S Toronto 2026!
Call closes Feb 9th 2026. You can submit here: www.xcdsystem.com/4sonline/abs...
Call closes Feb 9th 2026. You can submit here: www.xcdsystem.com/4sonline/abs...
February 2, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Submission to open panels—Extended deadline for 4S Toronto 2026!
Call closes Feb 9th 2026. You can submit here: www.xcdsystem.com/4sonline/abs...
Call closes Feb 9th 2026. You can submit here: www.xcdsystem.com/4sonline/abs...
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Join us! Lots happening as we kick off events in 2026 - wetlandic thought, animal readings, writing sessions, bringing down capitalism, book launches to come, big ideas, critical explorations and speculative experiments. What’s not to love? Sign up for updates at www.contemporarycriticalthought.org
January 22, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Join us! Lots happening as we kick off events in 2026 - wetlandic thought, animal readings, writing sessions, bringing down capitalism, book launches to come, big ideas, critical explorations and speculative experiments. What’s not to love? Sign up for updates at www.contemporarycriticalthought.org
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Deadline for EASST abstracts has been extended to 9 March!
I’m co-convening an open panel on watery encounters and knowledge making with @hetatarkkala.bsky.social. Wastewater epidemiology, water security, infrastructures, pollution, toxicity, disease, disasters… join us! #STS @easst.bsky.social 👇
I’m co-convening an open panel on watery encounters and knowledge making with @hetatarkkala.bsky.social. Wastewater epidemiology, water security, infrastructures, pollution, toxicity, disease, disasters… join us! #STS @easst.bsky.social 👇
Dear #sts folks working on watery topics. We are hosting a panel on ”Watery encounters and knoweldge” at EASST 2026 with @karilancaster.bsky.social and are looking forward your abstracts!
nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...
nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...
P078: Watery encounters and knowledge-flows
Water is a substance of knowledge-making, constituting what can be known of our unstable world and relations between technology, science, environments, and
nomadit.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Deadline for EASST abstracts has been extended to 9 March!
I’m co-convening an open panel on watery encounters and knowledge making with @hetatarkkala.bsky.social. Wastewater epidemiology, water security, infrastructures, pollution, toxicity, disease, disasters… join us! #STS @easst.bsky.social 👇
I’m co-convening an open panel on watery encounters and knowledge making with @hetatarkkala.bsky.social. Wastewater epidemiology, water security, infrastructures, pollution, toxicity, disease, disasters… join us! #STS @easst.bsky.social 👇
Deadline for EASST abstracts has been extended to 9 March!
I’m co-convening an open panel on watery encounters and knowledge making with @hetatarkkala.bsky.social. Wastewater epidemiology, water security, infrastructures, pollution, toxicity, disease, disasters… join us! #STS @easst.bsky.social 👇
I’m co-convening an open panel on watery encounters and knowledge making with @hetatarkkala.bsky.social. Wastewater epidemiology, water security, infrastructures, pollution, toxicity, disease, disasters… join us! #STS @easst.bsky.social 👇
Dear #sts folks working on watery topics. We are hosting a panel on ”Watery encounters and knoweldge” at EASST 2026 with @karilancaster.bsky.social and are looking forward your abstracts!
nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...
nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...
P078: Watery encounters and knowledge-flows
Water is a substance of knowledge-making, constituting what can be known of our unstable world and relations between technology, science, environments, and
nomadit.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Deadline for EASST abstracts has been extended to 9 March!
I’m co-convening an open panel on watery encounters and knowledge making with @hetatarkkala.bsky.social. Wastewater epidemiology, water security, infrastructures, pollution, toxicity, disease, disasters… join us! #STS @easst.bsky.social 👇
I’m co-convening an open panel on watery encounters and knowledge making with @hetatarkkala.bsky.social. Wastewater epidemiology, water security, infrastructures, pollution, toxicity, disease, disasters… join us! #STS @easst.bsky.social 👇
Join us! Lots happening as we kick off events in 2026 - wetlandic thought, animal readings, writing sessions, bringing down capitalism, book launches to come, big ideas, critical explorations and speculative experiments. What’s not to love? Sign up for updates at www.contemporarycriticalthought.org
January 22, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Join us! Lots happening as we kick off events in 2026 - wetlandic thought, animal readings, writing sessions, bringing down capitalism, book launches to come, big ideas, critical explorations and speculative experiments. What’s not to love? Sign up for updates at www.contemporarycriticalthought.org
Lecturer in Criminology job in Social and Policy Sciences at the University of Bath. Might be of interest to those out there working in drug policy/critical drug studies too? www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy... @issdrugpolicy.bsky.social
ED13355 Lecturer - Jobs at Bath
lecturer
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January 22, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Lecturer in Criminology job in Social and Policy Sciences at the University of Bath. Might be of interest to those out there working in drug policy/critical drug studies too? www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy... @issdrugpolicy.bsky.social
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📣 #STS folks contemplating EASST 2026 @easst.bsky.social panels, please consider joining me and @hetatarkkala.bsky.social as we consider watery encounters. Wastewater epidemiology, water security, infrastructures, pollution, toxicity, disease, disasters… get amongst it 👇
Dear #sts folks working on watery topics. We are hosting a panel on ”Watery encounters and knoweldge” at EASST 2026 with @karilancaster.bsky.social and are looking forward your abstracts!
nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...
nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...
P078: Watery encounters and knowledge-flows
Water is a substance of knowledge-making, constituting what can be known of our unstable world and relations between technology, science, environments, and
nomadit.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
📣 #STS folks contemplating EASST 2026 @easst.bsky.social panels, please consider joining me and @hetatarkkala.bsky.social as we consider watery encounters. Wastewater epidemiology, water security, infrastructures, pollution, toxicity, disease, disasters… get amongst it 👇
New paper! Drawing on the concept of desiring-assemblages, we asked ‘what can a body with PrEP do?’
Led by @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social in Sexualities:
The limits of promoting pleasure: Desiring-assemblages and #HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Led by @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social in Sexualities:
The limits of promoting pleasure: Desiring-assemblages and #HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
January 12, 2026 at 12:26 PM
New paper! Drawing on the concept of desiring-assemblages, we asked ‘what can a body with PrEP do?’
Led by @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social in Sexualities:
The limits of promoting pleasure: Desiring-assemblages and #HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Led by @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social in Sexualities:
The limits of promoting pleasure: Desiring-assemblages and #HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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I'm hiring 2 postdocs on my Wellcome project "How Did Infectious Diseases Become Wild?: Plague, Yellow Fever, and Disease Ecology in the Brazilian Hinterland (1920-1975)"
Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
King's College
3 years 01/10/26- 30/09/29
Deadline: 01/02/26
shorturl.at/KZ6Vh
Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
King's College
3 years 01/10/26- 30/09/29
Deadline: 01/02/26
shorturl.at/KZ6Vh
Postdoctoral Research Associate | King's College London
www.kcl.ac.uk
January 5, 2026 at 5:22 PM
I'm hiring 2 postdocs on my Wellcome project "How Did Infectious Diseases Become Wild?: Plague, Yellow Fever, and Disease Ecology in the Brazilian Hinterland (1920-1975)"
Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
King's College
3 years 01/10/26- 30/09/29
Deadline: 01/02/26
shorturl.at/KZ6Vh
Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
King's College
3 years 01/10/26- 30/09/29
Deadline: 01/02/26
shorturl.at/KZ6Vh
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we're hiring in STS @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social!
deadline coming up soon (February 8). focus is the social science-y corners of STS preferably w/ some interest in sustainability & environment - but interpreted broadly.
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
deadline coming up soon (February 8). focus is the social science-y corners of STS preferably w/ some interest in sustainability & environment - but interpreted broadly.
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
Assistant Professor Science, Technology and Society Studies
Assistant Professor Science, Technology and Society Studies
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl
January 6, 2026 at 3:55 PM
we're hiring in STS @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social!
deadline coming up soon (February 8). focus is the social science-y corners of STS preferably w/ some interest in sustainability & environment - but interpreted broadly.
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
deadline coming up soon (February 8). focus is the social science-y corners of STS preferably w/ some interest in sustainability & environment - but interpreted broadly.
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
📣 New paper in Social Science & Medicine!
Evidencing work: implementing HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and
on-demand dosing in Australia
#sts #hiv #prep #evidence #expertise @martinxholt.bsky.social @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
Evidencing work: implementing HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and
on-demand dosing in Australia
#sts #hiv #prep #evidence #expertise @martinxholt.bsky.social @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
December 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
📣 New paper in Social Science & Medicine!
Evidencing work: implementing HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and
on-demand dosing in Australia
#sts #hiv #prep #evidence #expertise @martinxholt.bsky.social @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
Evidencing work: implementing HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and
on-demand dosing in Australia
#sts #hiv #prep #evidence #expertise @martinxholt.bsky.social @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.so...