Dr Roz Eggo
@rozeggo.bsky.social
Professor of Infectious Disease Dynamics.
Epidemiology. Modelling. Respiratory viruses. Vaccination. Electronic Health Records. Health Inequalities. Comorbidities. Open Science. Big Data. Policy support. Science Communication.
at LSHTM.
Run IDDjobs.org
Epidemiology. Modelling. Respiratory viruses. Vaccination. Electronic Health Records. Health Inequalities. Comorbidities. Open Science. Big Data. Policy support. Science Communication.
at LSHTM.
Run IDDjobs.org
IDDconf 2025 is next week! Very exciting! Follow us on @iddconf.bsky.social where I will post updates on the neat infectious disease dynamics research presented!
August 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
IDDconf 2025 is next week! Very exciting! Follow us on @iddconf.bsky.social where I will post updates on the neat infectious disease dynamics research presented!
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The UKHSA and @lshtm.bsky.social’s UK Public Health Rapid Support Team worked with the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) to deliver a 3-day training event in Trinidad, expanding regional public health emergency response capacity in the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA).
August 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The UKHSA and @lshtm.bsky.social’s UK Public Health Rapid Support Team worked with the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) to deliver a 3-day training event in Trinidad, expanding regional public health emergency response capacity in the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA).
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Academia may not give you job security, flexibility, or wealth, but it will let you unexpectedly connect to eduroam in foreign cities
August 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Academia may not give you job security, flexibility, or wealth, but it will let you unexpectedly connect to eduroam in foreign cities
PhD position for January start with me and Neil Ferguson, doing some neat model development for ethnicity-stratified transmission models. Please get in touch with any questions.
Home fees (UK) only unfortunately.
Home fees (UK) only unfortunately.
PhD position (London, UK)
Health inequalities in infectious disease transmission in the UK
with @rozeggo.bsky.social Neil Ferguson
at @cmmid_lshtm.bsky.social @LSHTM.bsky.social Imperial College London
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2343
Health inequalities in infectious disease transmission in the UK
with @rozeggo.bsky.social Neil Ferguson
at @cmmid_lshtm.bsky.social @LSHTM.bsky.social Imperial College London
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2343
July 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
PhD position for January start with me and Neil Ferguson, doing some neat model development for ethnicity-stratified transmission models. Please get in touch with any questions.
Home fees (UK) only unfortunately.
Home fees (UK) only unfortunately.
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Great to see our work on the value of better influenza vaccines published in Plos Med today. Led by the amazingly talented @lucygoodfellow.bsky.social, together with @rozeggo.bsky.social, @markjit.bsky.social and other colleagues @cmmid-lshtm.bsky.social and elsewhere.
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
The potential global health impact and cost-effectiveness of next-generation influenza vaccines: A modelling analysis
Using influenza surveillance data, Lucy Goodfellow and colleagues model the potential global health impacts and cost effectiveness of next-generation influenza vaccines designed to increase efficacy a...
doi.org
July 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Great to see our work on the value of better influenza vaccines published in Plos Med today. Led by the amazingly talented @lucygoodfellow.bsky.social, together with @rozeggo.bsky.social, @markjit.bsky.social and other colleagues @cmmid-lshtm.bsky.social and elsewhere.
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Charlotte Rae telling us about the benefits of and methods to implement the 4 day working week.
June 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Charlotte Rae telling us about the benefits of and methods to implement the 4 day working week.
Very exciting! Michael is a star!
Tomorrow (29th May) I will be giving my inaugural lecture @lshtm.bsky.social Open to people who are in London & online for those who are not.
Hugely grateful to a wonderful array of collaborators & colleagues around the world whose work really underpins the research I will be talking about.
Hugely grateful to a wonderful array of collaborators & colleagues around the world whose work really underpins the research I will be talking about.
What exactly is it that you do anyway, Michael? with Professor Michael Marks |
Professor Michael Marks’ inaugural lecture will explore his portfolio of research in global health, starting from his time as a clinical fellow at LSHTM living and working in the Pacific to his
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May 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Very exciting! Michael is a star!
Hurray! Come join a fun infectious disease modelling conference near Lake Windermere!
IDDconf 2025 registration is open!
Information and sign up at IDDconf.org
Looking forward to it already!
Information and sign up at IDDconf.org
Looking forward to it already!
IDDconf 2025
A Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics. IDDconf is the second instalment of a new meeting series focussing on innovative research in infectious disease dynamics.
IDDconf.org
May 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Hurray! Come join a fun infectious disease modelling conference near Lake Windermere!
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The amount of money that @who.int is asking for an entire year in its already reduced budget, $2.1 billion, is what the world spends on its military every 8 hours, @drtedros.who.int says in his opening remarks at the World Health Assembly in Geneva.
#globalhealth #IDsky
#globalhealth #IDsky
WHO faces a 21% reduction from the original proposed budget for the 2026-27 biennium.
“If we think US$ 2.1 billion a year is ambitious—or $ 4.2 billion for the biennium—then either we must lower our ambitions for what WHO is and does, or we must raise the money.” - @drtedros.who.int
bit.ly/3ZrwCXZ
“If we think US$ 2.1 billion a year is ambitious—or $ 4.2 billion for the biennium—then either we must lower our ambitions for what WHO is and does, or we must raise the money.” - @drtedros.who.int
bit.ly/3ZrwCXZ
May 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The amount of money that @who.int is asking for an entire year in its already reduced budget, $2.1 billion, is what the world spends on its military every 8 hours, @drtedros.who.int says in his opening remarks at the World Health Assembly in Geneva.
#globalhealth #IDsky
#globalhealth #IDsky
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I know that the US has seen worse life expectancy trends than other high income countries in recent years, but I hadn't realised things were so bad across all ages - particularly people of working age.
US 20-59 year olds are dying at several times the rate of their peers, and it's getting worse.
US 20-59 year olds are dying at several times the rate of their peers, and it's getting worse.
May 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I know that the US has seen worse life expectancy trends than other high income countries in recent years, but I hadn't realised things were so bad across all ages - particularly people of working age.
US 20-59 year olds are dying at several times the rate of their peers, and it's getting worse.
US 20-59 year olds are dying at several times the rate of their peers, and it's getting worse.
This is neat!
And the music in the linked youtube video is by my cousin. 😀
(which I did not know when I clicked it!)
And the music in the linked youtube video is by my cousin. 😀
(which I did not know when I clicked it!)
OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
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In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
May 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This is neat!
And the music in the linked youtube video is by my cousin. 😀
(which I did not know when I clicked it!)
And the music in the linked youtube video is by my cousin. 😀
(which I did not know when I clicked it!)
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The impact of the PEPFAR funding freeze on HIV deaths and infections: a mathematical modelling study of seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa
The sudden cessation of #PEPFAR funding likely results in tens of thousands of #HIV deaths and new infections
www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
#MedSky
The sudden cessation of #PEPFAR funding likely results in tens of thousands of #HIV deaths and new infections
www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
#MedSky
April 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The impact of the PEPFAR funding freeze on HIV deaths and infections: a mathematical modelling study of seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa
The sudden cessation of #PEPFAR funding likely results in tens of thousands of #HIV deaths and new infections
www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
#MedSky
The sudden cessation of #PEPFAR funding likely results in tens of thousands of #HIV deaths and new infections
www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
#MedSky
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Given discussions at I had at #ESCMIDGlobal, it might be useful for new researchers to know how a journal editor screens submissions (obviously this is my approach and so it might differ for others).
April 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Given discussions at I had at #ESCMIDGlobal, it might be useful for new researchers to know how a journal editor screens submissions (obviously this is my approach and so it might differ for others).
So, to the infectious disease modellers: how are we feeling about Epidemics conference this year?
(So sorry to US colleagues for what is happening. A true nightmare. )
(So sorry to US colleagues for what is happening. A true nightmare. )
April 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
So, to the infectious disease modellers: how are we feeling about Epidemics conference this year?
(So sorry to US colleagues for what is happening. A true nightmare. )
(So sorry to US colleagues for what is happening. A true nightmare. )
MSCA Postdoc Fellowships - happy to hear from infectious disease epis/modellers who want to come to LSHTM.
Eligibility: "researchers of any nationality who wish to engage in R&I projects by...coming to Europe from any country in the world" marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p...
Eligibility: "researchers of any nationality who wish to engage in R&I projects by...coming to Europe from any country in the world" marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p...
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD and who wish to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, interdisciplinary ...
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu
April 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
MSCA Postdoc Fellowships - happy to hear from infectious disease epis/modellers who want to come to LSHTM.
Eligibility: "researchers of any nationality who wish to engage in R&I projects by...coming to Europe from any country in the world" marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p...
Eligibility: "researchers of any nationality who wish to engage in R&I projects by...coming to Europe from any country in the world" marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p...
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2025 here we come!
iddconf.org
IDDconf will be September 2-4 2025 in Ambleside.
Ticket info coming soon.
iddconf.org
IDDconf will be September 2-4 2025 in Ambleside.
Ticket info coming soon.
IDDconf 2025
A Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics. IDDconf is the second instalment of a new meeting series focussing on innovative research in infectious disease dynamics.
iddconf.org
April 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
2025 here we come!
iddconf.org
IDDconf will be September 2-4 2025 in Ambleside.
Ticket info coming soon.
iddconf.org
IDDconf will be September 2-4 2025 in Ambleside.
Ticket info coming soon.
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The richest Americans have survival rates similar to the poorest in northern/western Europe.
That’s the striking finding from a new study tracking 74,000 adults (50–85 yrs) in the US & 16 European countries (2010–2022). #MedSky 🧪
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
That’s the striking finding from a new study tracking 74,000 adults (50–85 yrs) in the US & 16 European countries (2010–2022). #MedSky 🧪
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Association between Wealth and Mortality in the United States and Europe | NEJM
Amid growing wealth disparity, we have little information on how health among older Americans compares with that among older Europeans across the distribution of wealth. We performed a longitudinal...
www.nejm.org
April 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The richest Americans have survival rates similar to the poorest in northern/western Europe.
That’s the striking finding from a new study tracking 74,000 adults (50–85 yrs) in the US & 16 European countries (2010–2022). #MedSky 🧪
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
That’s the striking finding from a new study tracking 74,000 adults (50–85 yrs) in the US & 16 European countries (2010–2022). #MedSky 🧪
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Great to be able to finally get this work out, closing out my time with @lshtm-tbmod.bsky.social
New preprint led by @alexandra-richards.bsky.social & @kchorton.bsky.social from @lightontb.bsky.social
Eliminating men’s excess risks for #TB & improving access to treatment to comparable rates to women could have major gains for men, women & children.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Eliminating men’s excess risks for #TB & improving access to treatment to comparable rates to women could have major gains for men, women & children.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
April 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Great to be able to finally get this work out, closing out my time with @lshtm-tbmod.bsky.social
Exciting 2 year postdoc position with Ed Parker at LSHTM working on vaccines in EHR: jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... Closes April 7. Visa eligible.
Job Opportunity at LSHTM: Research Fellow
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working i...
jobs.lshtm.ac.uk
March 31, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Exciting 2 year postdoc position with Ed Parker at LSHTM working on vaccines in EHR: jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... Closes April 7. Visa eligible.
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🚀 #rstats package of the week {finalsize}
Looking for an open-source solution to calculate the final size of a SIR epidemic?
#finalsize is part of the #EpiverseTRACE ecosystem, designed to support epidemiologists and public health professionals in tackling infectious disease challenges.
🧵 (1/5)
Looking for an open-source solution to calculate the final size of a SIR epidemic?
#finalsize is part of the #EpiverseTRACE ecosystem, designed to support epidemiologists and public health professionals in tackling infectious disease challenges.
🧵 (1/5)
March 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🚀 #rstats package of the week {finalsize}
Looking for an open-source solution to calculate the final size of a SIR epidemic?
#finalsize is part of the #EpiverseTRACE ecosystem, designed to support epidemiologists and public health professionals in tackling infectious disease challenges.
🧵 (1/5)
Looking for an open-source solution to calculate the final size of a SIR epidemic?
#finalsize is part of the #EpiverseTRACE ecosystem, designed to support epidemiologists and public health professionals in tackling infectious disease challenges.
🧵 (1/5)
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There are numerous reasons why Trump and his government’s pervasive blathering about turning Canada into the “51st state” shouldn’t be dismissed as a “Madman Theory”-negotiating tactic, or as performative MAGA trolling. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump's Threat To Take Over Canada Is a Scandal
Trump keeps threatening to annex Canada. Americans would never accept such talk from another country.
www.rollingstone.com
March 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
There are numerous reasons why Trump and his government’s pervasive blathering about turning Canada into the “51st state” shouldn’t be dismissed as a “Madman Theory”-negotiating tactic, or as performative MAGA trolling. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
February 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
PhD studentship, deadline March 7.
Incorporating ethnicity into mathematical models of respiratory virus transmission iddjobs.org/jobs/incorpo...
Supervised by me and Neil Ferguson (Imperial).
Home fees only (sorry).
Incorporating ethnicity into mathematical models of respiratory virus transmission iddjobs.org/jobs/incorpo...
Supervised by me and Neil Ferguson (Imperial).
Home fees only (sorry).
IDDjobs — Incorporating stratification by ethnicity in mathematical models of respiratory virus transmission in England — LSHTM
Find infectious disease dynamics modelling jobs, studentships, and fellowships.
iddjobs.org
February 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
PhD studentship, deadline March 7.
Incorporating ethnicity into mathematical models of respiratory virus transmission iddjobs.org/jobs/incorpo...
Supervised by me and Neil Ferguson (Imperial).
Home fees only (sorry).
Incorporating ethnicity into mathematical models of respiratory virus transmission iddjobs.org/jobs/incorpo...
Supervised by me and Neil Ferguson (Imperial).
Home fees only (sorry).
Did not know where this was going, but I liked it. 👏 👏
Once upon a time, some villagers came across a large, ornate wooden box in the local woods. On the side of the box was a message:
“Whatever money you put in this box will, in future, grow to become 2.5 times larger.”
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“Whatever money you put in this box will, in future, grow to become 2.5 times larger.”
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February 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Did not know where this was going, but I liked it. 👏 👏
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When it comes to epidemic analysis software, there's documentation and there's documentation...
Having talked with hundreds of learners and practitioners as part of the Epiverse initiative in recent years, it's clear it's not enough to just publish code - or even just document what functions do.
Having talked with hundreds of learners and practitioners as part of the Epiverse initiative in recent years, it's clear it's not enough to just publish code - or even just document what functions do.
February 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
When it comes to epidemic analysis software, there's documentation and there's documentation...
Having talked with hundreds of learners and practitioners as part of the Epiverse initiative in recent years, it's clear it's not enough to just publish code - or even just document what functions do.
Having talked with hundreds of learners and practitioners as part of the Epiverse initiative in recent years, it's clear it's not enough to just publish code - or even just document what functions do.