Seth Judson
@sethjudson.bsky.social
Infectious disease physician-scientist at UCLA studying zoonotic & vector-borne diseases
Rats catching bats—a new pathway for zoonotic disease? Happy Halloween!
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Rats filmed snatching bats from air for first time
Stunning hunting behaviour captured in German cave
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November 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Rats catching bats—a new pathway for zoonotic disease? Happy Halloween!
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Job alert! We are hiring a postdoc focused on Arbovirus epidemiology and modeling to join our group at UCLA. Please share and apply below
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Postdoctoral Position in Infectious Diseases - Judson (PI) 2025-2026
University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!
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September 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Job alert! We are hiring a postdoc focused on Arbovirus epidemiology and modeling to join our group at UCLA. Please share and apply below
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recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10606
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We’re hiring a Senior Research Data Analyst for our group—the Translational Infectious Disease Eco-epidemiology (TIDE) lab. This will be a foundational role to help improve detection and mitigation of zoonotic and vector-borne diseases
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Hiring: Senior Research Data Analyst | Seth Judson, MD, MHS
We’re hiring! We have a unique opportunity to join our team, the Translational Infectious Disease Eco-epidemiology (TIDE) lab at UCLA, as our Senior Research Data Analyst.
Our mission is to improve t...
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September 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We’re hiring a Senior Research Data Analyst for our group—the Translational Infectious Disease Eco-epidemiology (TIDE) lab. This will be a foundational role to help improve detection and mitigation of zoonotic and vector-borne diseases
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9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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After six months of turmoil, the loss of the new director and a round of high-profile resignations marks a new low at the CDC
(Gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h...
(Gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h...
Inside the C.D.C., a Growing Sense of Despair
www.nytimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
After six months of turmoil, the loss of the new director and a round of high-profile resignations marks a new low at the CDC
(Gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h...
(Gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h...
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These letters of resignation from CDC officials are VERY MUCH worth your time.
PLEASE READ AND PROPAGATE.
PLEASE READ AND PROPAGATE.
August 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
These letters of resignation from CDC officials are VERY MUCH worth your time.
PLEASE READ AND PROPAGATE.
PLEASE READ AND PROPAGATE.
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⚠️ “We are flying blind, and there is nothing organized at the White House to protect us. We can’t detect, we can’t protect, and we would certainly respond later than other countries” should a pandemic occur.
Exclusive: Top White House pandemic preparedness official resigns www.statnews.com/2025/07/30/w...
Top White House pandemic preparedness official resigns, officials say, in sign of broader disarray
Exclusive: A top White House pandemic preparedness official has resigned, officials tell STAT, in a sign of broader disarray.
www.statnews.com
July 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
⚠️ “We are flying blind, and there is nothing organized at the White House to protect us. We can’t detect, we can’t protect, and we would certainly respond later than other countries” should a pandemic occur.
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4,000 NASA workers are leaving through deferred resignation. "The cuts amount to an estimated 20% of NASA's workforce" www.npr.org/2025/07/26/n...
Nearly 4,000 NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program
The employees who have chosen to leave the agency amount to about 20% of NASA's workforce.
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July 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
4,000 NASA workers are leaving through deferred resignation. "The cuts amount to an estimated 20% of NASA's workforce" www.npr.org/2025/07/26/n...
I'm thrilled that today I returned to UCLA as an Assistant Professor-in-Residence in the Division of Infectious Diseases.
I’m building an interdisciplinary team focused on globally emerging zoonotic and vector-borne diseases. More info soon!
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I’m building an interdisciplinary team focused on globally emerging zoonotic and vector-borne diseases. More info soon!
#IDsky
#EpiSky
#SciSky
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Overview — Seth Judson, MD
An overview of Seth Judson’s research on emerging infectious diseases, environmental contexts of health, and translating these findings for global policymakers and patients
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July 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I'm thrilled that today I returned to UCLA as an Assistant Professor-in-Residence in the Division of Infectious Diseases.
I’m building an interdisciplinary team focused on globally emerging zoonotic and vector-borne diseases. More info soon!
#IDsky
#EpiSky
#SciSky
sethjudson.com/research-ove...
I’m building an interdisciplinary team focused on globally emerging zoonotic and vector-borne diseases. More info soon!
#IDsky
#EpiSky
#SciSky
sethjudson.com/research-ove...
As we head into West Nile season it is key to remember that there are still no treatments or vaccines for humans, so prevention is key.
We found significant impact of West Nile on our patient population over the last decade, highlighting this issue
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We found significant impact of West Nile on our patient population over the last decade, highlighting this issue
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West Nile morbidity and mortality in a Mid-Atlantic healthcare system, 2013-2024
We investigated West Nile cases in a Mid-Atlantic healthcare system, finding significant morbidity and mortality from neuroinvasive disease, notably among immunocompromised patients. Encephalitis was ...
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June 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
As we head into West Nile season it is key to remember that there are still no treatments or vaccines for humans, so prevention is key.
We found significant impact of West Nile on our patient population over the last decade, highlighting this issue
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www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
We found significant impact of West Nile on our patient population over the last decade, highlighting this issue
#IDsky
#EpiSky
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Research done at Rocky Mountain Labs has played a pivotal role in responding to infectious disease threats, including vector-borne diseases, Ebola, and COVID-19. It is a special place and has a major impact on the local community. Thinking of colleagues and community members there
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Science is an economic driver in Hamilton, Mont., thanks to Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a federal research lab. Now, layoffs and funding cuts are having an impact in this town far from Washington.
A small Montana town grapples with the fallouts from federal worker cuts
Science is an economic driver in Hamilton, Mont., thanks to Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a federal research lab. Now, layoffs and funding cuts are having an impact in this town far from Washington.
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May 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Yellow fever kills 30-60% of severely affected patients and an outbreak can double in size every 5-7 days. That's why the global emergency stockpile of 6 million #yellowfever vaccine doses is so crucial ➡️ bit.ly/42CaOLs
What is the yellow fever vaccine stockpile?
Yellow fever can spread quickly and kill between 30% and 60% of its severely-afflicted victims. However, an emergency stockpile of vaccine doses has been helping halt epidemics for a quarter of a…
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April 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Yellow fever kills 30-60% of severely affected patients and an outbreak can double in size every 5-7 days. That's why the global emergency stockpile of 6 million #yellowfever vaccine doses is so crucial ➡️ bit.ly/42CaOLs
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I made a timeline of all the actions in Trump's (almost) first 100 days that have upended science and health. It was staggering to me to see it all in one place, even though I reported on many on these events. www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t...
Day by day, how Trump is roiling science and health
STAT is tracking, day by day, what's happened in the words of science and health during the first months of the Trump administration.
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April 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I made a timeline of all the actions in Trump's (almost) first 100 days that have upended science and health. It was staggering to me to see it all in one place, even though I reported on many on these events. www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t...
I still remember vividly the relief and celebrations among healthcare workers on the first day that COVID-19 vaccines arrived in our hospital.
To see the process that led to those vaccines and other medical advancements being actively dismantled is devastating
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To see the process that led to those vaccines and other medical advancements being actively dismantled is devastating
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“My hope is that during the coming years, the unprecedented assault on scientific truth that has adversely impacted public health in our nation comes to an end so that the citizens of our country can fully benefit from the breadth of advances in medical science”.
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Top FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’ (Gift Article)
Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health.
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March 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Joining fellow concerned citizens in our nation’s capitol today because science saves lives, and in the words of speaker @itaiyanai.bsky.social, science delivers
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March 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Joining fellow concerned citizens in our nation’s capitol today because science saves lives, and in the words of speaker @itaiyanai.bsky.social, science delivers
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My experiences as a NIH postbac were critical to my growth as a physician-scientist—that program is now in jeopardy.
The incredible NIH scientists I worked with made discoveries to fight Ebola and COVID-19—they are now losing their jobs
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The incredible NIH scientists I worked with made discoveries to fight Ebola and COVID-19—they are now losing their jobs
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NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
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February 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
My experiences as a NIH postbac were critical to my growth as a physician-scientist—that program is now in jeopardy.
The incredible NIH scientists I worked with made discoveries to fight Ebola and COVID-19—they are now losing their jobs
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The incredible NIH scientists I worked with made discoveries to fight Ebola and COVID-19—they are now losing their jobs
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If someone thinks the measles outbreak and childhood death in Texas are "not unusual" or "happens all the time", they are deeply misinformed. h/t @adamratnermd.bsky.social for the inspiration.
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Tragic Childhood Death from Measles Reminds Us That Some Don't Understand Either the Medical Significance or the Human Heart
My ID colleague Dr. Adam Ratner, Chief of Pediatric ID at NYU Medical Center, just published an insightful and remarkably timely book called Booster Shots: The Urgent Lessons of Measles and the Uncer...
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February 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
If someone thinks the measles outbreak and childhood death in Texas are "not unusual" or "happens all the time", they are deeply misinformed. h/t @adamratnermd.bsky.social for the inspiration.
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We are crowd sourcing reductions in graduate admissions and hiring freezes across biomedical research and higher ed in response to pauses in NIH funding and EO’s. If you have information if you could add to this spreadsheet, it would be greatly appreciated!: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Graduate Reductions Across Biomedical Sciences (2025)
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February 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We are crowd sourcing reductions in graduate admissions and hiring freezes across biomedical research and higher ed in response to pauses in NIH funding and EO’s. If you have information if you could add to this spreadsheet, it would be greatly appreciated!: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
A whole generation of early career scientists and physician-scientists, including colleagues and myself, are particularly vulnerable to these funding freezes and cuts, with jobs and careers depending on federal grants.
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U.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaos
Uncertain funding, government firings, and distressed universities hit vulnerable groups especially hard
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February 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
A whole generation of early career scientists and physician-scientists, including colleagues and myself, are particularly vulnerable to these funding freezes and cuts, with jobs and careers depending on federal grants.
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Appreciate our city of Baltimore and the Baltimore US District Judge leading the defense of DEI programs which are critical for health and well-being
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Judge largely blocks Trump’s executive orders ending federal support for DEI programs
A federal judge on Friday largely blocked sweeping executive orders from President Donald Trump that seek to end government support for programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion. U.S. Distri...
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February 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Appreciate our city of Baltimore and the Baltimore US District Judge leading the defense of DEI programs which are critical for health and well-being
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Having seen many patients with influenza in the ICU this winter, the losses in our preparedness for seasonal flu and H5N1 over the past weeks also makes me worried. A helpful thread below on what recent decisions mean for vaccine preparedness
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I have insomnia a lot lately so may as well share what’s literally keeping me up at night.
It’s a long list but tonight it’s flu. Yes, H5N1, but also seasonal flu. Firing federal scientists brings a flu-filled future.
Have you ever wondered how flu vaccine strains are chosen?
It’s a long list but tonight it’s flu. Yes, H5N1, but also seasonal flu. Firing federal scientists brings a flu-filled future.
Have you ever wondered how flu vaccine strains are chosen?
February 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The repercussions of these decisions will increase risk of global and local catastrophic events—from wildfires to outbreaks
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Stunned federal workers brace for the real-world repercussions of Trump's purges
The Trump administration could face political backlash from voters in Republican and Democratic states who suddenly find a host of services vanish.
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February 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The repercussions of these decisions will increase risk of global and local catastrophic events—from wildfires to outbreaks
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Thinking about colleagues at the CDC and currently in EIS. These cuts will make the US and the world less prepared for emerging infectious diseases.
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CDC's "disease detectives" halved as part of DOGE cuts at health agencies www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-dis...
CDC's "disease detectives" halved as part of DOGE cuts at health agencies
More than 1 in 10 of the health agency's workers are being let go, including an entire new class of CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service officers.
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February 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Thinking about colleagues at the CDC and currently in EIS. These cuts will make the US and the world less prepared for emerging infectious diseases.
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