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Victoria Keevil
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Hospital Physician in Older People’s Health. Clinical Academic.
Delighted to share our fourth paper from a really rewarding collaboration bringing together biostatisticians, epidemiologists, applied physiologists and clinical and nursing experts in Geriatric Medicine and Infection Control.

www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S019...
The role of spatial distance in SARS-CoV-2 nosocomial transmission
The nosocomial transmission of respiratory viruses causes significant disruption to hospital care, but the spatial dynamics of transmission on hospital wards are poorly understood.
www.journalofhospitalinfection.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Adam Gordon explaining ‘macro’, ‘meso’ (a new concept for me!) and ‘micro’ politics, and how to keep going through iterative policy cycles, celebrating success along the way.
September 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
#EUGMS2025 National Plans for better care for older people: a means to catalyse innovation in Geriatric Medicine. Interesting examples from across Europe and important lessons for the ‘campaign trail’. A goal without a plan is just a wish……..
September 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
#EUGMS2025 ‘going beyond the glucose’. Virginia Boccardi explains the five I pillars of diabetes management in older adults with frailty. Indemnification, Individualisation, Innovation, Integration of technology and Intelligence with AI
September 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Big data, including routinely collected healthcare data, can answer clinically meaningful questions. Prof Claire Steves explains how data helped address the challenges older patients faced in the pandemic and its aftermath at #EUGMS2025
September 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A packed auditorium at the EUGMS for Emerging Diagnostics and the Aging Brain
September 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Excited to be @EUGMS conference in Reykjavik. Mixing light, amazing architecture, and Big Data…….
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Learning about the @nihrexeterbrc.bsky.social and the breadth of support for clinical academic career development across the South West
September 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The UK Health Security Agency reported that another baby died of whooping cough earlier this summer. These diseases, and the tragedy they cause, are real. We cannot make them relics of the distant past……..unless we vaccinate. Vaccination protects us all.

www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/ke...
Whooping cough vaccination in pregnancy
The whooping cough vaccination is recommended for all pregnant women, ideally at 20 weeks pregnant. Find out how this vaccine may help protect your baby's health.
www.nhs.uk
August 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Excited to be at SWAIH
July 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Reposted by Victoria Keevil
🧠📉 The 'pivot penalty' in science

A new study in @nature.com finds scientists get cited less after switching research fields – the bigger the shift, the steeper the drop.

🔗 doi.org/10.1038/d415...

#SciComm #AcademicSky 🧪
The ‘pivot penalty’: scientists get cited less after switching fields, analysis finds
Massive study of nearly 26 million research papers measures the consequences of striking out in another research area.
doi.org
May 31, 2025 at 12:22 PM
‘Borborygmi’ - a medical word I never knew! I think I’ll have a biscuit now…….
May 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
After four decades of neglect we have finally renovated the Dolls House. I might move in…..
March 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Something to inspire as we celebrated International Women’s Day this week.
Wonderful to visit the new redisplay of the Women’s Art Collection at Murray Edwards College (formerly New Hall), #Cambridge. A huge variety of art, from drawings and paintings to textiles and ceramics, and in a stunning setting! More about the collection here: womensart.murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk
March 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Yay! First daffodils. Hello
Spring
February 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Reposted by Victoria Keevil
We are thrilled to announce that Adilia Warris, joint theme Lead at the NIHR Exeter Biomedical Research Centre, has been elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.

Read more here 👇

tinyurl.com/yhvzheme
Professor Adilia Warris elected to the American Academy of Microbiology
Professor Adilia Warris, Professor at the University of Exeter and Co-Director of the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, academic career development and…
tinyurl.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM