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Official account of the Univ of WA ID Fellowship Program | PD Meena Ramchandani & APD Fred Buckner
Content: Cynthia K Wallace, Chief Fellow
Official account of the Univ of WA ID Fellowship Program | PD Meena Ramchandani & APD Fred Buckner
Content: Cynthia K Wallace, Chief Fellow
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Meet Michael Dagher, F1!
From: Beirut, Lebanon
Trained: Duke
ID passion: How policy/systems affect healthcare delivery to vulnerable populations
❤️UW ID Fellowship? Supportive mentorship, awesome co-fellows
❤️PNW? Infinite options for fun, stunning views, water everywhere!
#IDSky
From: Beirut, Lebanon
Trained: Duke
ID passion: How policy/systems affect healthcare delivery to vulnerable populations
❤️UW ID Fellowship? Supportive mentorship, awesome co-fellows
❤️PNW? Infinite options for fun, stunning views, water everywhere!
#IDSky
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🏆 The Washington Research Foundation has awarded a $5.2 million grant to @fredhutch.org and @seattlechildrens.org scientists to develop a program that enables clinical trials of innovative therapeutics.
Congratulations to Drs. Folashade Otegbeye and Mignon Loh: https://bit.ly/47F5yro
Congratulations to Drs. Folashade Otegbeye and Mignon Loh: https://bit.ly/47F5yro
November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
🏆 The Washington Research Foundation has awarded a $5.2 million grant to @fredhutch.org and @seattlechildrens.org scientists to develop a program that enables clinical trials of innovative therapeutics.
Congratulations to Drs. Folashade Otegbeye and Mignon Loh: https://bit.ly/47F5yro
Congratulations to Drs. Folashade Otegbeye and Mignon Loh: https://bit.ly/47F5yro
Great Faculty/Fellow dinner hosted by UW/FHCC’s Dr Emily Ford & partner Jon. Featuring discussion of Seattle Fire Department’s Health One mobile response team that engages people where they are with the services they need.
(Also Sir Pumpkin the cat!) #IDSky
www.seattle.gov/fire/safety-...
(Also Sir Pumpkin the cat!) #IDSky
www.seattle.gov/fire/safety-...
November 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Great Faculty/Fellow dinner hosted by UW/FHCC’s Dr Emily Ford & partner Jon. Featuring discussion of Seattle Fire Department’s Health One mobile response team that engages people where they are with the services they need.
(Also Sir Pumpkin the cat!) #IDSky
www.seattle.gov/fire/safety-...
(Also Sir Pumpkin the cat!) #IDSky
www.seattle.gov/fire/safety-...
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Deep dive into the link between a fungus (chytrid) killing off frogs and health outcomes in humans
Yet another reason we should care more about fungi (& 🐸)
Gift link wapo.st/47Slsij
Yet another reason we should care more about fungi (& 🐸)
Gift link wapo.st/47Slsij
First, the frogs died. Then people got sick.
An emerging area of research is uncovering hidden links between nature and human health.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Deep dive into the link between a fungus (chytrid) killing off frogs and health outcomes in humans
Yet another reason we should care more about fungi (& 🐸)
Gift link wapo.st/47Slsij
Yet another reason we should care more about fungi (& 🐸)
Gift link wapo.st/47Slsij
"Rather than democratizing scientific publishing, Open Access has helped commercial publishers generate more profits (publishers found ways to shift paywalls from readers to authors). More stringent reforms are required to tackle misaligned drivers of scientific publishing."
Fernanda Beigel et al.
Fernanda Beigel et al.
November 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
UN targets 10% reduction in resistant BSI mortality. This model predicts change in rates.
Burden of resistant BSI varies substantially by country & bacteria-abx combination. 10% reduction hard to achieve for several bacteria-antibiotic combinations. #IDSky
journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...
Burden of resistant BSI varies substantially by country & bacteria-abx combination. 10% reduction hard to achieve for several bacteria-antibiotic combinations. #IDSky
journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...
Combining demographic shifts with age-based resistance prevalence to estimate future antimicrobial resistance burden in Europe and implications for targets: A modelling study
Author summary Why was this study done? Infections caused by bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics are a major and growing threat to public health. Older adults and men are at higher risk of...
journals.plos.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
UN targets 10% reduction in resistant BSI mortality. This model predicts change in rates.
Burden of resistant BSI varies substantially by country & bacteria-abx combination. 10% reduction hard to achieve for several bacteria-antibiotic combinations. #IDSky
journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...
Burden of resistant BSI varies substantially by country & bacteria-abx combination. 10% reduction hard to achieve for several bacteria-antibiotic combinations. #IDSky
journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...
PRIMVAC and PAMVAC are two candidate vaccines under investigation to prevent placental malaria which causes ~50K deaths of women & 200K of infants/yr. #IDSky
ADVANCE-VAC4PM is initiative to advance clinical development & improve immune response for future phase 2/3 trials.
www.advance-vac4pm.eu
ADVANCE-VAC4PM is initiative to advance clinical development & improve immune response for future phase 2/3 trials.
www.advance-vac4pm.eu
HOME | Advance-VAC4PM
www.advance-vac4pm.eu
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
PRIMVAC and PAMVAC are two candidate vaccines under investigation to prevent placental malaria which causes ~50K deaths of women & 200K of infants/yr. #IDSky
ADVANCE-VAC4PM is initiative to advance clinical development & improve immune response for future phase 2/3 trials.
www.advance-vac4pm.eu
ADVANCE-VAC4PM is initiative to advance clinical development & improve immune response for future phase 2/3 trials.
www.advance-vac4pm.eu
Our very own @lucialunaw.bsky.social presenting her research on PROTAC targeted protein degraders for Trypanosomal infection at the recently concluded ASTMH conference in Toronto! Joining her are mentor, Dr. Fred Buckner, and UW alum Dr. Jorge Robledo. 🥳
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Our very own @lucialunaw.bsky.social presenting her research on PROTAC targeted protein degraders for Trypanosomal infection at the recently concluded ASTMH conference in Toronto! Joining her are mentor, Dr. Fred Buckner, and UW alum Dr. Jorge Robledo. 🥳
WHO Global TB Report 2025 is now available.
Good news, TB deaths dropped in 2024. TB diagnoses increased but may be evidence of better screening and diagnosis.
#IDSky
www.who.int/teams/global...
Good news, TB deaths dropped in 2024. TB diagnoses increased but may be evidence of better screening and diagnosis.
#IDSky
www.who.int/teams/global...
Global Tuberculosis Report 2025
The WHO Global tuberculosis report 2025 provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic and of progress in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease, at global, regional and country levels. This is done in the context of global TB commitments, strategies and targets.
www.who.int
November 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
WHO Global TB Report 2025 is now available.
Good news, TB deaths dropped in 2024. TB diagnoses increased but may be evidence of better screening and diagnosis.
#IDSky
www.who.int/teams/global...
Good news, TB deaths dropped in 2024. TB diagnoses increased but may be evidence of better screening and diagnosis.
#IDSky
www.who.int/teams/global...
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🧒 Marking the start of the 2025/26 season for respiratory diseases in Europe, we are issuing a rapid scientific advice on effective ways to mitigate the impact of #RSV disease in infants through immunisation interventions.
Read more on our portal: bit.ly/4qSWLex
#IDsky #EpiSky #UnitedInProtection
Read more on our portal: bit.ly/4qSWLex
#IDsky #EpiSky #UnitedInProtection
Protecting infants against respiratory syncytial virus this winter — ECDC issues advice
ECDC has issued a rapid scientific advice on effective ways to mitigate the impact of RSV disease in infants through immunisation interventions.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
🧒 Marking the start of the 2025/26 season for respiratory diseases in Europe, we are issuing a rapid scientific advice on effective ways to mitigate the impact of #RSV disease in infants through immunisation interventions.
Read more on our portal: bit.ly/4qSWLex
#IDsky #EpiSky #UnitedInProtection
Read more on our portal: bit.ly/4qSWLex
#IDsky #EpiSky #UnitedInProtection
Smallpox vaccine LC16m8, made by Japanese pharma KM Biologics, being rolled out in DRC under emergency use exception in response to Mpox outbreak. 3 million doses donated by gov’t of Japan 🇯🇵… #IDSky
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New Mpox Vaccine Study to Launch in DRC – Africa CDC
Amid the ongoing mpox outbreak, new research is due to launch in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to provide important real-world data on the performance of the LC16m8 mpox vaccine in Africa...
africacdc.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Smallpox vaccine LC16m8, made by Japanese pharma KM Biologics, being rolled out in DRC under emergency use exception in response to Mpox outbreak. 3 million doses donated by gov’t of Japan 🇯🇵… #IDSky
africacdc.org/news-item/ne...
africacdc.org/news-item/ne...
A wild polio strain found in German sewage, matches strain found circulating in Afghanistan.
Unlikely to cause disease because of high vaccination rates but another indicator of why vax is so important. Viruses do not respect borders… #IDSky #vaccines
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Unlikely to cause disease because of high vaccination rates but another indicator of why vax is so important. Viruses do not respect borders… #IDSky #vaccines
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A wild polio strain found in German sewage, matches strain found circulating in Afghanistan.
Unlikely to cause disease because of high vaccination rates but another indicator of why vax is so important. Viruses do not respect borders… #IDSky #vaccines
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Unlikely to cause disease because of high vaccination rates but another indicator of why vax is so important. Viruses do not respect borders… #IDSky #vaccines
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
New treatment for malaria on the horizon?
Phase 3 trial in 1,688 adults and children across 12 African countries w/99% cured.
Ganaplacide disrupts the parasite’s internal protein transport systems, which it needs to survive in red blood cells… #IDSky #malaria
www.wsj.com/health/pharm...
Phase 3 trial in 1,688 adults and children across 12 African countries w/99% cured.
Ganaplacide disrupts the parasite’s internal protein transport systems, which it needs to survive in red blood cells… #IDSky #malaria
www.wsj.com/health/pharm...
First New Malaria Drug in Years Performs Strongly in Late-Stage Testing
Novartis said its experimental treatment cured more than 99% of malaria cases in the trial, marking a big step toward approval.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
New treatment for malaria on the horizon?
Phase 3 trial in 1,688 adults and children across 12 African countries w/99% cured.
Ganaplacide disrupts the parasite’s internal protein transport systems, which it needs to survive in red blood cells… #IDSky #malaria
www.wsj.com/health/pharm...
Phase 3 trial in 1,688 adults and children across 12 African countries w/99% cured.
Ganaplacide disrupts the parasite’s internal protein transport systems, which it needs to survive in red blood cells… #IDSky #malaria
www.wsj.com/health/pharm...
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Reposted by UW Infectious Disease Fellowship Program
Exercise improves well-being after COVID 💪
This is great… and also, wouldn’t this be true of almost any population studied? #IDSky #COVID
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
This is great… and also, wouldn’t this be true of almost any population studied? #IDSky #COVID
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Resistance Exercise Therapy After COVID-19 Infection
This randomized clinical trial assesses the effects of a personalized resistance exercise intervention on exercise capacity, health status, and psychological function among adults after COVID-19 infec...
jamanetwork.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Exercise improves well-being after COVID 💪
This is great… and also, wouldn’t this be true of almost any population studied? #IDSky #COVID
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
This is great… and also, wouldn’t this be true of almost any population studied? #IDSky #COVID
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
A person with measles travelled through the New Orleans Airport Sunday 11/9/25 pm.
People who were in Concourse B at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport between 5 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on Sunday may have been exposed. #IDSky #measles
www.nola.com/news/healthc...
People who were in Concourse B at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport between 5 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on Sunday may have been exposed. #IDSky #measles
www.nola.com/news/healthc...
A person with measles passed through the New Orleans airport. What is the risk to others?
Someone with measles was at the New Orleans airport Sunday night. Here’s what it means for you.
www.nola.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A person with measles travelled through the New Orleans Airport Sunday 11/9/25 pm.
People who were in Concourse B at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport between 5 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on Sunday may have been exposed. #IDSky #measles
www.nola.com/news/healthc...
People who were in Concourse B at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport between 5 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on Sunday may have been exposed. #IDSky #measles
www.nola.com/news/healthc...
SINGAPORE: A new agency to prevent, manage and control infectious diseases in Singapore was officially launched by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Wednesday (Nov 12). #IDSky
www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/co...
www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/co...
Singapore officially launches new Communicable Diseases Agency for pandemic preparedness
The agency will take the lead to refresh and update national pandemic plans, says Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.
www.channelnewsasia.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
SINGAPORE: A new agency to prevent, manage and control infectious diseases in Singapore was officially launched by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Wednesday (Nov 12). #IDSky
www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/co...
www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/co...
Salmonella circulation between humans, animals & environment in rural Malawi.
The intricate web w/in this ecosystem underscores importance of adopting a multi-faceted ‘One Health’ strategy for control in low-intensity agricultural systems. #IDSky #onehealth
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The intricate web w/in this ecosystem underscores importance of adopting a multi-faceted ‘One Health’ strategy for control in low-intensity agricultural systems. #IDSky #onehealth
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Circulation of Salmonella spp. between humans, animals and the environment in animal-owning households in Malawi - Nature Communications
In this work, Wilson et al., examined sharing of Salmonella between humans, animals and the environment using household samples from Malawi. They revealed an interconnected web of Salmonella circulati...
www.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Salmonella circulation between humans, animals & environment in rural Malawi.
The intricate web w/in this ecosystem underscores importance of adopting a multi-faceted ‘One Health’ strategy for control in low-intensity agricultural systems. #IDSky #onehealth
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The intricate web w/in this ecosystem underscores importance of adopting a multi-faceted ‘One Health’ strategy for control in low-intensity agricultural systems. #IDSky #onehealth
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In T. Cruzi infxn, T cells control initial parasitemia but are unable to clear the infxn.
Multigene family genes are expressed during infections. However, variability in their Ab-binding sites might help parasites avert Ab recognition. #IDSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Multigene family genes are expressed during infections. However, variability in their Ab-binding sites might help parasites avert Ab recognition. #IDSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Variation in surface protein expression leads to heterogeneous Trypanosoma cruzi populations during host cell infection - Nature Communications
The authors assembled a high-resolution genome of Trypanosoma cruzi and, integrating transcriptomics, proteomics, and patient antibody responses, uncovered that this pathogen uses antigenic variation,...
www.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
In T. Cruzi infxn, T cells control initial parasitemia but are unable to clear the infxn.
Multigene family genes are expressed during infections. However, variability in their Ab-binding sites might help parasites avert Ab recognition. #IDSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Multigene family genes are expressed during infections. However, variability in their Ab-binding sites might help parasites avert Ab recognition. #IDSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Interesting look at using doxycycline to decrease neuroinflammation in mouse model of human CNS TB.
In this study, the mice had improved neuroinflammatory markers and survival with doxy… #IDSky
jneuroinflammation.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
In this study, the mice had improved neuroinflammatory markers and survival with doxy… #IDSky
jneuroinflammation.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
MMPs and NETs are detrimental in CNS-tuberculosis with MMP Inhibition in CNS-tuberculosis mice improving survival - Journal of Neuroinflammation
Despite anti-tuberculous treatment (ATT), central nervous system tuberculosis (CNS-TB) still causes permanent neurological deficits and death. To identify prognostic factors, we profiled a prospective...
jneuroinflammation.biomedcentral.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Interesting look at using doxycycline to decrease neuroinflammation in mouse model of human CNS TB.
In this study, the mice had improved neuroinflammatory markers and survival with doxy… #IDSky
jneuroinflammation.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
In this study, the mice had improved neuroinflammatory markers and survival with doxy… #IDSky
jneuroinflammation.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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and our short animation:
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#ECDCAccessionSupport #EUEnlargement #WHOEurope
The threat hidden in pipes - how to stay safe from the Legionnaires' disease? | #Prevention
YouTube video by ECDC
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November 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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