Seth Edmunds
@phealthy.bsky.social
Epidemiology PhD candidate, interested in disease dynamics and novel surveillance systems
Intrusive thought for the night: instead of using actual expert opinions on these elicitation forecast models, just prompt an LLM with various experts' CVs and generate the elicitations
November 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Intrusive thought for the night: instead of using actual expert opinions on these elicitation forecast models, just prompt an LLM with various experts' CVs and generate the elicitations
Reposted by Seth Edmunds
New Paper🚀! Our work analysing the Swiss national SARS-CoV-2 wastewater 🚱 monitoring data is now published in PLOS Water 💧 @plos.org journals.plos.org/water/articl... (Julien Riou, @tanjastadler.bsky.social @trj2.bsky.social Christoph Ort et al)
November 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
New Paper🚀! Our work analysing the Swiss national SARS-CoV-2 wastewater 🚱 monitoring data is now published in PLOS Water 💧 @plos.org journals.plos.org/water/articl... (Julien Riou, @tanjastadler.bsky.social @trj2.bsky.social Christoph Ort et al)
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🚨 Another funded PhD alert🚨
We are recruiting again! For a PhD student to start with us in the @langridgelab.bsky.social October 2026 - please share 👀
If you are interested in foodborne pathogens, public health and phage, look no further 🦠🏥🧬
➡️ tinyurl.com/3zvavp2t ⬅️
Apply by 6 Jan 2026 🗓️
We are recruiting again! For a PhD student to start with us in the @langridgelab.bsky.social October 2026 - please share 👀
If you are interested in foodborne pathogens, public health and phage, look no further 🦠🏥🧬
➡️ tinyurl.com/3zvavp2t ⬅️
Apply by 6 Jan 2026 🗓️
October 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🚨 Another funded PhD alert🚨
We are recruiting again! For a PhD student to start with us in the @langridgelab.bsky.social October 2026 - please share 👀
If you are interested in foodborne pathogens, public health and phage, look no further 🦠🏥🧬
➡️ tinyurl.com/3zvavp2t ⬅️
Apply by 6 Jan 2026 🗓️
We are recruiting again! For a PhD student to start with us in the @langridgelab.bsky.social October 2026 - please share 👀
If you are interested in foodborne pathogens, public health and phage, look no further 🦠🏥🧬
➡️ tinyurl.com/3zvavp2t ⬅️
Apply by 6 Jan 2026 🗓️
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POSTDOC JOB AD: I'm hiring a Bayesian ecologist to build a (IMO, extremely fun) model of humpback whale spatiotemporal dynamics in California
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
Fredston Lab: Postdoctoral Scholar
University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucsc.edu
October 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
POSTDOC JOB AD: I'm hiring a Bayesian ecologist to build a (IMO, extremely fun) model of humpback whale spatiotemporal dynamics in California
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
Nothing to see here, just Indiana trying to unilaterally annex most of the rural Illinois counties...
www.wthr.com/article/news...
www.wthr.com/article/news...
Indiana's commission looking at taking counties from Illinois is about to have its first meeting
The new Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission is meant to look into bringing disgruntled Illinois into Indiana.
www.wthr.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Nothing to see here, just Indiana trying to unilaterally annex most of the rural Illinois counties...
www.wthr.com/article/news...
www.wthr.com/article/news...
Utah seeing measles outbreaks and <80% vaccination rates. I predict we lose elimination status next year.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/w...
More Than 100 Cases of Measles Reported in Utah and Arizona
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Utah seeing measles outbreaks and <80% vaccination rates. I predict we lose elimination status next year.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/w...
Dismantling CDC will for sure have a higher death toll but this doesn't feel good either.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/19/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/19/p...
Federal agency overseeing US nuclear stockpile will furlough most of its workforce starting Monday | CNN Politics
The federal agency responsible for overseeing and modernizing the US nuclear stockpile will furlough the vast majority of its staff Monday as the government shutdown drags on, according to the Departm...
www.cnn.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Dismantling CDC will for sure have a higher death toll but this doesn't feel good either.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/19/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/19/p...
People voted for this guy? "The Pelosi precedent" certainly sounds good until it's pointed out the Representative requested that date.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIhI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIhI...
Democrats are ‘playing politics’: Johnson on the government shutdown
YouTube video by ABC News
www.youtube.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:44 AM
People voted for this guy? "The Pelosi precedent" certainly sounds good until it's pointed out the Representative requested that date.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIhI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIhI...
It's funny that OSC isn't on that list and the US attorneys office isn't shitposting Hatch Act Violations. In fact, OSC has a sane closure announcement
October 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
It's funny that OSC isn't on that list and the US attorneys office isn't shitposting Hatch Act Violations. In fact, OSC has a sane closure announcement
I did my MPH thesis as a vignette-based KAP study but we decided early on to not use exam style questions, is there better engagement with one vs the other?
#episky
#episky
Mori et al. found substantial knowledge gaps among non-infectious diseases physicians regarding bacterial bloodstream infection management:
doi.org/10.1093/jaca...
#JACAMRNews #IDSky @bsacandjac.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jaca...
#JACAMRNews #IDSky @bsacandjac.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I did my MPH thesis as a vignette-based KAP study but we decided early on to not use exam style questions, is there better engagement with one vs the other?
#episky
#episky
October 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I'm getting the sense that IU is aiming for the worst university for free speech.
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
Indiana University cuts IDS print entirely, hours after firing student media director
Indiana University's independent student newspaper.
www.idsnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I'm getting the sense that IU is aiming for the worst university for free speech.
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
Rejection kind of depends on perspective, my MPH wasn't published but I still got an MPH. CDC made me write reports without an author, but I still claim them. I had a paper take 5 years to publish but it got there eventually. My PhD has been a tough journey but I see light.
Every academic career is built on rejection, but we don’t show it.
CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
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CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
🧵
Fail Better: Why Your Rejections Will Shape You More Than Your Publications
The Art of Learning from Rejection
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Rejection kind of depends on perspective, my MPH wasn't published but I still got an MPH. CDC made me write reports without an author, but I still claim them. I had a paper take 5 years to publish but it got there eventually. My PhD has been a tough journey but I see light.
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Pregnancy doubles the risk of severe COVID-19.
Infants < 6 months old have approx = risk of severe disease as those 65-74 yrs old.
➡️ Pregnancy = priority for COVID 💉
Modeling the Health Impact of Discontinuing COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy in the US : jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Infants < 6 months old have approx = risk of severe disease as those 65-74 yrs old.
➡️ Pregnancy = priority for COVID 💉
Modeling the Health Impact of Discontinuing COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy in the US : jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Modeling the Health Impact of Discontinuing COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy in the US
This decision analytical model study estimates the number of avertable COVID-19 hospitalizations in US infants younger than 6 months and pregnant persons with vaccinations during pregnancy.
jamanetwork.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Pregnancy doubles the risk of severe COVID-19.
Infants < 6 months old have approx = risk of severe disease as those 65-74 yrs old.
➡️ Pregnancy = priority for COVID 💉
Modeling the Health Impact of Discontinuing COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy in the US : jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Infants < 6 months old have approx = risk of severe disease as those 65-74 yrs old.
➡️ Pregnancy = priority for COVID 💉
Modeling the Health Impact of Discontinuing COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy in the US : jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Good thing those don't exist.
The acting director of the CDC called for vaccine makers to develop separate shots against measles, mumps and rubella to replace combination MMR vaccines, despite no evidence of any benefit to getting the shots separately.
Acting CDC director, citing Trump directive, calls for MMR shot to be split into three despite no evidence of benefit | CNN
The acting director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called for vaccine makers to develop separate shots against measles, mumps and rubella to replace combination MMR vaccines, des...
www.cnn.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Good thing those don't exist.
Safety and efficacy of early medical abortion at home between 10+0 and 11+6 weeks' gestation: a retrospective review
srh.bmj.com/content/earl...
srh.bmj.com/content/earl...
srh.bmj.com
October 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Safety and efficacy of early medical abortion at home between 10+0 and 11+6 weeks' gestation: a retrospective review
srh.bmj.com/content/earl...
srh.bmj.com/content/earl...
Can't believe I missed that the @societyforepi.bsky.social podcast recently had stochastic modeling episodes, kinda glad they send out those summary email blasts.
seriousepi.blubrry.net
seriousepi.blubrry.net
SERious EPI | A podcast from the Society for Epidemiologic Research
seriousepi.blubrry.net
October 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Can't believe I missed that the @societyforepi.bsky.social podcast recently had stochastic modeling episodes, kinda glad they send out those summary email blasts.
seriousepi.blubrry.net
seriousepi.blubrry.net
This is pretty crazy, study models millions of indirect hurricane deaths potentially driving/contributing to the life expectancy disparity in the US:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is pretty crazy, study models millions of indirect hurricane deaths potentially driving/contributing to the life expectancy disparity in the US:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This reminds me of the fetal cell lines used for testing, at what point does religion say, "maybe our >1,000 year old book doesn't cover this"?
apnews.com/article/indo...
apnews.com/article/indo...
Halal concerns drive vaccine hesitancy as Indonesia fights measles outbreak
Health workers in Sumenep, Indonesia, are delivering measles vaccines to children. This effort is part of a campaign to curb a deadly measles outbreak on Madura Island, which has persisted for nine mo...
apnews.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This reminds me of the fetal cell lines used for testing, at what point does religion say, "maybe our >1,000 year old book doesn't cover this"?
apnews.com/article/indo...
apnews.com/article/indo...
Systematic review of animal studies on early acetaminophen exposure shows inconsistent results, with wide variation in methods and dosing, little replication, and overall weak evidence with no clear signal for autism
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A quantitative weight-of-evidence review of preclinical studies examining the potential developmental neurotoxicity of acetaminophen
Acetaminophen [paracetamol; N-acetyl-para-aminophenol (APAP)] is an antipyretic/analgesic commonly used in the treatment of fever and mild to moderate pain, headache, myalgia, and dysmenorrhea. Rec...
www.tandfonline.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Systematic review of animal studies on early acetaminophen exposure shows inconsistent results, with wide variation in methods and dosing, little replication, and overall weak evidence with no clear signal for autism
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
So CDC is just done with hiring ORISE?
September 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
So CDC is just done with hiring ORISE?