Sonia Boender
@soniaboender.bsky.social
Health Scientist & Field Epidemiologist, PhD
🦠 epidemics & infodemics 💬
Senior Researcher & Team Lead @ Dep Infectious Diseases #PublicHealth Service Amsterdam
🤝 Amsterdam UMC & @vuamsterdam.bsky.social; 🇪🇺 @ema.europa.eu
Senior Researcher & Team Lead @ Dep Infectious Diseases #PublicHealth Service Amsterdam
🤝 Amsterdam UMC & @vuamsterdam.bsky.social; 🇪🇺 @ema.europa.eu
Hey, nice to meet you!
We’re the European Medicines Agency or simply EMA, and we make sure medicines in Europe are safe and effective.
We talk about new medicines in the EU, latest health advancements, public and animal health news and much more.
Follow us
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We’re the European Medicines Agency or simply EMA, and we make sure medicines in Europe are safe and effective.
We talk about new medicines in the EU, latest health advancements, public and animal health news and much more.
Follow us
#health www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJl-...
What EMA does for public and animal health
YouTube video by European Medicines Agency
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January 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Reposted by Sonia Boender
GGD opent testlocaties voor blauwe bessen
GGD opent testlocaties voor blauwe bessen
Nu er hepatitis A in zakken blauwe bessen van de Albert Heijn is aangetroffen, opent de GGD testlocaties om bessen te testen.
speld.nl
January 14, 2025 at 11:01 AM
GGD opent testlocaties voor blauwe bessen
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Circling back (😉) to #ESCAIDE2024 - #DYK that we have launched the #ECDCLighthouse - a Community of Practice for social & behavioural sciences in infectious disease prevention?
Watch our #ESCAIDE correspondent @soniaboender.bsky.social talk to #ECDC's John Kinsman about it ⬇️
youtu.be/M0AhqeFhHoo
Watch our #ESCAIDE correspondent @soniaboender.bsky.social talk to #ECDC's John Kinsman about it ⬇️
youtu.be/M0AhqeFhHoo
#ESCAIDE2024 video wrap up - Day 2 | Let's talk about the ECDC Lighthouse
YouTube video by ECDC
youtu.be
January 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Circling back (😉) to #ESCAIDE2024 - #DYK that we have launched the #ECDCLighthouse - a Community of Practice for social & behavioural sciences in infectious disease prevention?
Watch our #ESCAIDE correspondent @soniaboender.bsky.social talk to #ECDC's John Kinsman about it ⬇️
youtu.be/M0AhqeFhHoo
Watch our #ESCAIDE correspondent @soniaboender.bsky.social talk to #ECDC's John Kinsman about it ⬇️
youtu.be/M0AhqeFhHoo
Reposted by Sonia Boender
Disease outbreak news on undiagnosed disease in #DRCongo bit.ly/3Zpj12M
December 8, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Disease outbreak news on undiagnosed disease in #DRCongo bit.ly/3Zpj12M
Reposted by Sonia Boender
Science friends 🧪🌎🦑, @altmetric.com tracks Bluesky posts now! Quote or reply to this post with a link to the paper you’re best known for or most proud of, and a brief plain-language summary of what you found and why it matters!
Let’s fill Bluesky with SCIENCE!
Let’s fill Bluesky with SCIENCE!
a man with glasses and suspenders is standing in front of a group of people and says science !!
ALT: a man with glasses and suspenders is standing in front of a group of people and says science !!
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Science friends 🧪🌎🦑, @altmetric.com tracks Bluesky posts now! Quote or reply to this post with a link to the paper you’re best known for or most proud of, and a brief plain-language summary of what you found and why it matters!
Let’s fill Bluesky with SCIENCE!
Let’s fill Bluesky with SCIENCE!
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Finland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial to Western democracy
Reminder post:
an anti-fake news initiative launched by Finland’s government in 2014, aimed at teaching residents, students, journalists and politicians .
edition.cnn.com/inte...
1/5
Reminder post:
an anti-fake news initiative launched by Finland’s government in 2014, aimed at teaching residents, students, journalists and politicians .
edition.cnn.com/inte...
1/5
Finland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial to Western democracy
Russia's neighbor has developed a plan for countering misinformation. Can it be exported to the rest of the world?
edition.cnn.com
December 3, 2024 at 7:52 AM
Finland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial to Western democracy
Reminder post:
an anti-fake news initiative launched by Finland’s government in 2014, aimed at teaching residents, students, journalists and politicians .
edition.cnn.com/inte...
1/5
Reminder post:
an anti-fake news initiative launched by Finland’s government in 2014, aimed at teaching residents, students, journalists and politicians .
edition.cnn.com/inte...
1/5
Very cool special issue of ViceVersa on #misinformation & health!
📰 www.viceversaglobal.com/misinformati...
It covers the wisdom of last week's line-up of the symposium:
Navigating Truths: Demystifying Mis- and #Disinformation in (Global) Health - find me on page 18-21!
#EpiSky #InfodemicManager
📰 www.viceversaglobal.com/misinformati...
It covers the wisdom of last week's line-up of the symposium:
Navigating Truths: Demystifying Mis- and #Disinformation in (Global) Health - find me on page 18-21!
#EpiSky #InfodemicManager
Misinformation & Health Special edition magazine - Vice Versa Global
Professor Mutsvairo discusses the rise of misinformation in global health with insights from Africa, the West, and innovative Dutch solutions
www.viceversaglobal.com
December 2, 2024 at 11:22 PM
Very cool special issue of ViceVersa on #misinformation & health!
📰 www.viceversaglobal.com/misinformati...
It covers the wisdom of last week's line-up of the symposium:
Navigating Truths: Demystifying Mis- and #Disinformation in (Global) Health - find me on page 18-21!
#EpiSky #InfodemicManager
📰 www.viceversaglobal.com/misinformati...
It covers the wisdom of last week's line-up of the symposium:
Navigating Truths: Demystifying Mis- and #Disinformation in (Global) Health - find me on page 18-21!
#EpiSky #InfodemicManager
Reposted by Sonia Boender
Up next, Nigel Nyamutumbu, @soniaboender.bsky.social and Lotte Schrijver regulatory and policy interventions to combat #misinformation & #disinformation.
#GlobalHealth #HealthCommunication #MedEd #PublicHealth
#GlobalHealth #HealthCommunication #MedEd #PublicHealth
November 27, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Up next, Nigel Nyamutumbu, @soniaboender.bsky.social and Lotte Schrijver regulatory and policy interventions to combat #misinformation & #disinformation.
#GlobalHealth #HealthCommunication #MedEd #PublicHealth
#GlobalHealth #HealthCommunication #MedEd #PublicHealth
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🤩 today’s symposium is one big reminder why #GlobalHealth and #Health people NEED to work with other disciplines to understand and respond to the rise of #misinformation and #desinformation.
Fantastic talks by @dannagal.bsky.social and Sander van der Linden.
#ClimateInformation #HealthPromotion
Fantastic talks by @dannagal.bsky.social and Sander van der Linden.
#ClimateInformation #HealthPromotion
November 27, 2024 at 9:45 AM
🤩 today’s symposium is one big reminder why #GlobalHealth and #Health people NEED to work with other disciplines to understand and respond to the rise of #misinformation and #desinformation.
Fantastic talks by @dannagal.bsky.social and Sander van der Linden.
#ClimateInformation #HealthPromotion
Fantastic talks by @dannagal.bsky.social and Sander van der Linden.
#ClimateInformation #HealthPromotion
Let’s start with a test:
Think you can beat #misinformation?
Try this #MisinformationSusceptibilityTest
It only takes 2-5 minutes!
➡️ yourmist.streamlit.app
#InfodemicManager #KCGH
Think you can beat #misinformation?
Try this #MisinformationSusceptibilityTest
It only takes 2-5 minutes!
➡️ yourmist.streamlit.app
#InfodemicManager #KCGH
It’s warm and cosy inside here at the KCGH Symposium 🍂
Navigating Truths: Demystifying Mis- and #Disinformation in (Global) Health
#PublicHealth #EpiSky #AcademicSky
www.kcgh.nl/activiteiten...
Navigating Truths: Demystifying Mis- and #Disinformation in (Global) Health
#PublicHealth #EpiSky #AcademicSky
www.kcgh.nl/activiteiten...
November 27, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Let’s start with a test:
Think you can beat #misinformation?
Try this #MisinformationSusceptibilityTest
It only takes 2-5 minutes!
➡️ yourmist.streamlit.app
#InfodemicManager #KCGH
Think you can beat #misinformation?
Try this #MisinformationSusceptibilityTest
It only takes 2-5 minutes!
➡️ yourmist.streamlit.app
#InfodemicManager #KCGH
It’s warm and cosy inside here at the KCGH Symposium 🍂
Navigating Truths: Demystifying Mis- and #Disinformation in (Global) Health
#PublicHealth #EpiSky #AcademicSky
www.kcgh.nl/activiteiten...
Navigating Truths: Demystifying Mis- and #Disinformation in (Global) Health
#PublicHealth #EpiSky #AcademicSky
www.kcgh.nl/activiteiten...
November 27, 2024 at 8:52 AM
It’s warm and cosy inside here at the KCGH Symposium 🍂
Navigating Truths: Demystifying Mis- and #Disinformation in (Global) Health
#PublicHealth #EpiSky #AcademicSky
www.kcgh.nl/activiteiten...
Navigating Truths: Demystifying Mis- and #Disinformation in (Global) Health
#PublicHealth #EpiSky #AcademicSky
www.kcgh.nl/activiteiten...
Gisteren was ik bij #NCHIV #NCHIV2024, het nationale congres over #hiv in Nederland
Kwam er zelf niet aan toe om te posten, maar @pieter020.bsky.social wel! 👇👇
Kwam er zelf niet aan toe om te posten, maar @pieter020.bsky.social wel! 👇👇
November 27, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Gisteren was ik bij #NCHIV #NCHIV2024, het nationale congres over #hiv in Nederland
Kwam er zelf niet aan toe om te posten, maar @pieter020.bsky.social wel! 👇👇
Kwam er zelf niet aan toe om te posten, maar @pieter020.bsky.social wel! 👇👇
Reposted by Sonia Boender
I write a monthly science column for some awesome small-town newspapers in rural New York. My main goal is to actively and diplomatically push back against pseudoscience. I'm the wife of a U.S. diplomat, so I know a few things about diplomacy:🧵🧪🔭
November 24, 2024 at 9:56 AM
I write a monthly science column for some awesome small-town newspapers in rural New York. My main goal is to actively and diplomatically push back against pseudoscience. I'm the wife of a U.S. diplomat, so I know a few things about diplomacy:🧵🧪🔭
Reposted by Sonia Boender
Day 1 of #ESCAIDE2024 conference summed up in one place: www.escaide.eu/en/news-even...
Keeping up in the theme of Day 1, our #ESCAIDE correspondent @soniaboender.bsky.social asked Camille Jacqueline about her views on the concept of prevention vs. cure.
Watch it here: youtu.be/EtIfexWFG38?...
Keeping up in the theme of Day 1, our #ESCAIDE correspondent @soniaboender.bsky.social asked Camille Jacqueline about her views on the concept of prevention vs. cure.
Watch it here: youtu.be/EtIfexWFG38?...
#ESCAIDE2024 video wrap up - Day 1 | Prevention, cure, both?
YouTube video by ECDC
youtu.be
November 21, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Day 1 of #ESCAIDE2024 conference summed up in one place: www.escaide.eu/en/news-even...
Keeping up in the theme of Day 1, our #ESCAIDE correspondent @soniaboender.bsky.social asked Camille Jacqueline about her views on the concept of prevention vs. cure.
Watch it here: youtu.be/EtIfexWFG38?...
Keeping up in the theme of Day 1, our #ESCAIDE correspondent @soniaboender.bsky.social asked Camille Jacqueline about her views on the concept of prevention vs. cure.
Watch it here: youtu.be/EtIfexWFG38?...
Soooo many #DutchDiseaseDetectives at #ESCAIDE2024!! 😱
Gotta catch em all! 🦠
Who’s on BlueSky? 🦋
Read more & join the Dutch Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group (DAIDEG)
👉 www.epidemiologie.nl/en/activitie...
Core DAIDEG-team @almatostmann.bsky.social Raïssa Tjon-Kon-Fat, Sonia Boender
Gotta catch em all! 🦠
Who’s on BlueSky? 🦋
Read more & join the Dutch Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group (DAIDEG)
👉 www.epidemiologie.nl/en/activitie...
Core DAIDEG-team @almatostmann.bsky.social Raïssa Tjon-Kon-Fat, Sonia Boender
Dutch Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group (DAIDEG) - Vereniging voor Epidemiologie
The Dutch Disease Detectives: Dutch Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group (DAIDEG) The Dutch Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology Working Group (i.e., Dutch Disease Detectives) aims to unit...
www.epidemiologie.nl
November 21, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Soooo many #DutchDiseaseDetectives at #ESCAIDE2024!! 😱
Gotta catch em all! 🦠
Who’s on BlueSky? 🦋
Read more & join the Dutch Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group (DAIDEG)
👉 www.epidemiologie.nl/en/activitie...
Core DAIDEG-team @almatostmann.bsky.social Raïssa Tjon-Kon-Fat, Sonia Boender
Gotta catch em all! 🦠
Who’s on BlueSky? 🦋
Read more & join the Dutch Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group (DAIDEG)
👉 www.epidemiologie.nl/en/activitie...
Core DAIDEG-team @almatostmann.bsky.social Raïssa Tjon-Kon-Fat, Sonia Boender
Channeling my inner content creater at #ESCAIDE2024!
#StayTuned #SoMe4epi #EpiSky #IDSky #SciComm
#ESCAIDEcorrespondent
@ecdc-eu.bsky.social
#StayTuned #SoMe4epi #EpiSky #IDSky #SciComm
#ESCAIDEcorrespondent
@ecdc-eu.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Channeling my inner content creater at #ESCAIDE2024!
#StayTuned #SoMe4epi #EpiSky #IDSky #SciComm
#ESCAIDEcorrespondent
@ecdc-eu.bsky.social
#StayTuned #SoMe4epi #EpiSky #IDSky #SciComm
#ESCAIDEcorrespondent
@ecdc-eu.bsky.social
#ESCAIDE2024 opening with Dr Pamela Rendi-Wagner
“Preparedness is much more than response. It is also #prevention.
The P is also in the #ECDC although it is not spelled. One of the most public health elements is prevention.”
@ecdc-eu.bsky.social
“Preparedness is much more than response. It is also #prevention.
The P is also in the #ECDC although it is not spelled. One of the most public health elements is prevention.”
@ecdc-eu.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 8:26 AM
#ESCAIDE2024 opening with Dr Pamela Rendi-Wagner
“Preparedness is much more than response. It is also #prevention.
The P is also in the #ECDC although it is not spelled. One of the most public health elements is prevention.”
@ecdc-eu.bsky.social
“Preparedness is much more than response. It is also #prevention.
The P is also in the #ECDC although it is not spelled. One of the most public health elements is prevention.”
@ecdc-eu.bsky.social
Reposted by Sonia Boender
Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
November 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
What a great day for #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth on BlueSky:
The #WHO ánd #ECDC joined!!
🌍 World Health Organization
@who-global.bsky.social
🇪🇺 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
@ecdc-eu.bsky.social
#EpiSky #IDSky #MedSky #SoMe4epi 😷🩺🧪🦠 🛟
The #WHO ánd #ECDC joined!!
🌍 World Health Organization
@who-global.bsky.social
🇪🇺 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
@ecdc-eu.bsky.social
#EpiSky #IDSky #MedSky #SoMe4epi 😷🩺🧪🦠 🛟
kermit the frog is sitting on a desk with a laptop and says yaaaaaay
ALT: kermit the frog is sitting on a desk with a laptop and says yaaaaaay
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2024 at 9:40 PM
What a great day for #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth on BlueSky:
The #WHO ánd #ECDC joined!!
🌍 World Health Organization
@who-global.bsky.social
🇪🇺 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
@ecdc-eu.bsky.social
#EpiSky #IDSky #MedSky #SoMe4epi 😷🩺🧪🦠 🛟
The #WHO ánd #ECDC joined!!
🌍 World Health Organization
@who-global.bsky.social
🇪🇺 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
@ecdc-eu.bsky.social
#EpiSky #IDSky #MedSky #SoMe4epi 😷🩺🧪🦠 🛟
Reposted by Sonia Boender
Very excited to be on the way to #ESCAIDE in Stockholm, and in particular to meet old and new EPIET/EUPHEM fellows 😄
On that note, if you are related to the fellowship and are not on this starter pack, let me know! go.bsky.app/EDqC8CG
On that note, if you are related to the fellowship and are not on this starter pack, let me know! go.bsky.app/EDqC8CG
November 19, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Very excited to be on the way to #ESCAIDE in Stockholm, and in particular to meet old and new EPIET/EUPHEM fellows 😄
On that note, if you are related to the fellowship and are not on this starter pack, let me know! go.bsky.app/EDqC8CG
On that note, if you are related to the fellowship and are not on this starter pack, let me know! go.bsky.app/EDqC8CG
Reposted by Sonia Boender
🚨 Big news today at the Institute
We are seeking a new lead author for the Digital News Report
Next year’s edition will be the last one led by Nic Newman, who launched the report in 2012. Here’s what the role requires and how to apply
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/reuters...
We are seeking a new lead author for the Digital News Report
Next year’s edition will be the last one led by Nic Newman, who launched the report in 2012. Here’s what the role requires and how to apply
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/reuters...
The Reuters Institute is seeking a new lead author for the Digital News Report
Next year’s edition will be the last one led by Nic Newman, who launched the report in 2012. Here’s what the role requires and how to apply.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
November 19, 2024 at 8:29 AM
🚨 Big news today at the Institute
We are seeking a new lead author for the Digital News Report
Next year’s edition will be the last one led by Nic Newman, who launched the report in 2012. Here’s what the role requires and how to apply
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/reuters...
We are seeking a new lead author for the Digital News Report
Next year’s edition will be the last one led by Nic Newman, who launched the report in 2012. Here’s what the role requires and how to apply
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/reuters...
Reposted by Sonia Boender
Looks like Bluesky will cross 20 million users some time before I wake up tomorrow morning ET.
The platform had 10 million users 2 months ago.
It had about 15 million users a week ago.
bsky-users.theo.io
The platform had 10 million users 2 months ago.
It had about 15 million users a week ago.
bsky-users.theo.io
November 18, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Looks like Bluesky will cross 20 million users some time before I wake up tomorrow morning ET.
The platform had 10 million users 2 months ago.
It had about 15 million users a week ago.
bsky-users.theo.io
The platform had 10 million users 2 months ago.
It had about 15 million users a week ago.
bsky-users.theo.io
We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how:
docs.bsky.app/docs/advance...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
docs.bsky.app/docs/advance...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
Action Intent Links | Bluesky
Authors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu...
docs.bsky.app
November 18, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Let’s talk numbers!
👉 Ask yourself whether you really need numbers to support your main message
👉 Explain numbers in practical terms
👉 Avoid percentages
👉 Choose simpler math concepts.
👉 Ask yourself whether you really need numbers to support your main message
👉 Explain numbers in practical terms
👉 Avoid percentages
👉 Choose simpler math concepts.
November 18, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Let’s talk numbers!
👉 Ask yourself whether you really need numbers to support your main message
👉 Explain numbers in practical terms
👉 Avoid percentages
👉 Choose simpler math concepts.
👉 Ask yourself whether you really need numbers to support your main message
👉 Explain numbers in practical terms
👉 Avoid percentages
👉 Choose simpler math concepts.