Alex Richards
@alexandra-richards.bsky.social
Research Associate at University of Glasgow
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Our photos are telling a story are at a display at the #2025UnionConference #CommunityConnect, Bella Centre Balcony 3.
📷 Our photography exhibition features work that we have conducted using the photovoice study method.
Learn more: light.lstmed.ac.uk/research-2
📷 Our photography exhibition features work that we have conducted using the photovoice study method.
Learn more: light.lstmed.ac.uk/research-2
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Our photos are telling a story are at a display at the #2025UnionConference #CommunityConnect, Bella Centre Balcony 3.
📷 Our photography exhibition features work that we have conducted using the photovoice study method.
Learn more: light.lstmed.ac.uk/research-2
📷 Our photography exhibition features work that we have conducted using the photovoice study method.
Learn more: light.lstmed.ac.uk/research-2
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TODAY!
Innovation from Nigeria at the Union Conference! #WCLH2025
Nathan Zoakah presents an e-poster on how community-based initiatives improved TB knowledge and attitudes in Nasarawa — using machine learning to assess impact.
#TB #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #Nigeria @zanklic.bsky.social
Innovation from Nigeria at the Union Conference! #WCLH2025
Nathan Zoakah presents an e-poster on how community-based initiatives improved TB knowledge and attitudes in Nasarawa — using machine learning to assess impact.
#TB #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #Nigeria @zanklic.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
TODAY!
Innovation from Nigeria at the Union Conference! #WCLH2025
Nathan Zoakah presents an e-poster on how community-based initiatives improved TB knowledge and attitudes in Nasarawa — using machine learning to assess impact.
#TB #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #Nigeria @zanklic.bsky.social
Innovation from Nigeria at the Union Conference! #WCLH2025
Nathan Zoakah presents an e-poster on how community-based initiatives improved TB knowledge and attitudes in Nasarawa — using machine learning to assess impact.
#TB #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #Nigeria @zanklic.bsky.social
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Is TB more common in cities or rural areas?
New analysis presented by Seyed Alireza Mortazavi at #WCLH2025 today!
• Urban > Rural in Africa
• Rural > Urban in Western Pacific
• Similar elsewhere
2.3 million participants 26 countries using a Bayesian model fitted to WHO data.
🤝 by @LIGHTonTB
New analysis presented by Seyed Alireza Mortazavi at #WCLH2025 today!
• Urban > Rural in Africa
• Rural > Urban in Western Pacific
• Similar elsewhere
2.3 million participants 26 countries using a Bayesian model fitted to WHO data.
🤝 by @LIGHTonTB
November 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Is TB more common in cities or rural areas?
New analysis presented by Seyed Alireza Mortazavi at #WCLH2025 today!
• Urban > Rural in Africa
• Rural > Urban in Western Pacific
• Similar elsewhere
2.3 million participants 26 countries using a Bayesian model fitted to WHO data.
🤝 by @LIGHTonTB
New analysis presented by Seyed Alireza Mortazavi at #WCLH2025 today!
• Urban > Rural in Africa
• Rural > Urban in Western Pacific
• Similar elsewhere
2.3 million participants 26 countries using a Bayesian model fitted to WHO data.
🤝 by @LIGHTonTB
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All are welcome to join the Gender Equity in TB Working Group today at 12:30 in Room B4B @theunion.org! We'll share updates on working group activities and host a panel discussion on progress to date and ways forward to ensure an equitable and inclusive #TB response.
November 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
All are welcome to join the Gender Equity in TB Working Group today at 12:30 in Room B4B @theunion.org! We'll share updates on working group activities and host a panel discussion on progress to date and ways forward to ensure an equitable and inclusive #TB response.
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💬 Can community-wide TB screening help bend the curve in Uganda?
Today at #WCLH2025, @alexandra-richards.bsky.social presents modelling on Uganda’s twice-yearly active case-finding campaigns.
The work suggests these community efforts are meaningfully reducing #TB incidence and mortality.
Today at #WCLH2025, @alexandra-richards.bsky.social presents modelling on Uganda’s twice-yearly active case-finding campaigns.
The work suggests these community efforts are meaningfully reducing #TB incidence and mortality.
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
💬 Can community-wide TB screening help bend the curve in Uganda?
Today at #WCLH2025, @alexandra-richards.bsky.social presents modelling on Uganda’s twice-yearly active case-finding campaigns.
The work suggests these community efforts are meaningfully reducing #TB incidence and mortality.
Today at #WCLH2025, @alexandra-richards.bsky.social presents modelling on Uganda’s twice-yearly active case-finding campaigns.
The work suggests these community efforts are meaningfully reducing #TB incidence and mortality.
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At the World Conference on Lung Health in Copenhagen, @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social apologized on behalf of his country (USA) for the aid cuts that are devastating
“On behalf of my country, I am sorry and also that I am ashamed. It seems small minded but that’s because it is small minded”
“On behalf of my country, I am sorry and also that I am ashamed. It seems small minded but that’s because it is small minded”
November 18, 2025 at 10:17 AM
At the World Conference on Lung Health in Copenhagen, @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social apologized on behalf of his country (USA) for the aid cuts that are devastating
“On behalf of my country, I am sorry and also that I am ashamed. It seems small minded but that’s because it is small minded”
“On behalf of my country, I am sorry and also that I am ashamed. It seems small minded but that’s because it is small minded”
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Day 1: the LIGHT Annual Consortium meeting kicks off this morning at the Crown Plaza in Copenhagen.
Consortium partners from Nigeria, Malawi, Kenya, Uganda and the UK meet to discuss the key research findings, research uptake and impact so far.
Consortium partners from Nigeria, Malawi, Kenya, Uganda and the UK meet to discuss the key research findings, research uptake and impact so far.
November 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Day 1: the LIGHT Annual Consortium meeting kicks off this morning at the Crown Plaza in Copenhagen.
Consortium partners from Nigeria, Malawi, Kenya, Uganda and the UK meet to discuss the key research findings, research uptake and impact so far.
Consortium partners from Nigeria, Malawi, Kenya, Uganda and the UK meet to discuss the key research findings, research uptake and impact so far.
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Sobering study on the devastating impact of aid cuts on tuberculosis incidence and mortality in low and middle income countries
Governments of highest TB burden nations will need to wake up and invest more!
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Governments of highest TB burden nations will need to wake up and invest more!
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The potential impact of reductions in international donor funding on tuberculosis in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study
We estimate substantial potential impacts on tuberculosis morbidity and mortality
due to reductions in international donor funding. Expanded support from domestic and
international donors is essential...
www.thelancet.com
July 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Sobering study on the devastating impact of aid cuts on tuberculosis incidence and mortality in low and middle income countries
Governments of highest TB burden nations will need to wake up and invest more!
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Governments of highest TB burden nations will need to wake up and invest more!
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Reduced international donor funding through not only the termination of #USAID, but also announced reductions in donor pledges to #TheGlobalFund from other countries, could lead to substantial potential impacts on #TB morbidity and mortality.
Read how in our new study in @lancetgh.bsky.social 👇
Read how in our new study in @lancetgh.bsky.social 👇
Our work estimating the potential impacts of reductions in international donor funding for #TB is now out in @lancetgh.bsky.social:
bit.ly/3TDl28T
@raclark18.bsky.social @cfmcquaid.bsky.social @alexandra-richards.bsky.social @top-j.bsky.social @reinhouben.bsky.social @richardwhite321.bsky.social
bit.ly/3TDl28T
@raclark18.bsky.social @cfmcquaid.bsky.social @alexandra-richards.bsky.social @top-j.bsky.social @reinhouben.bsky.social @richardwhite321.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Reduced international donor funding through not only the termination of #USAID, but also announced reductions in donor pledges to #TheGlobalFund from other countries, could lead to substantial potential impacts on #TB morbidity and mortality.
Read how in our new study in @lancetgh.bsky.social 👇
Read how in our new study in @lancetgh.bsky.social 👇
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Our work estimating the potential impacts of reductions in international donor funding for #TB is now out in @lancetgh.bsky.social:
bit.ly/3TDl28T
@raclark18.bsky.social @cfmcquaid.bsky.social @alexandra-richards.bsky.social @top-j.bsky.social @reinhouben.bsky.social @richardwhite321.bsky.social
bit.ly/3TDl28T
@raclark18.bsky.social @cfmcquaid.bsky.social @alexandra-richards.bsky.social @top-j.bsky.social @reinhouben.bsky.social @richardwhite321.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Our work estimating the potential impacts of reductions in international donor funding for #TB is now out in @lancetgh.bsky.social:
bit.ly/3TDl28T
@raclark18.bsky.social @cfmcquaid.bsky.social @alexandra-richards.bsky.social @top-j.bsky.social @reinhouben.bsky.social @richardwhite321.bsky.social
bit.ly/3TDl28T
@raclark18.bsky.social @cfmcquaid.bsky.social @alexandra-richards.bsky.social @top-j.bsky.social @reinhouben.bsky.social @richardwhite321.bsky.social
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In meta analysis of data from nearly half a million people, we found that men have higher M. #tuberculosis immunoreactivity risk than women.
Likely to be key driver of
sex differences in global tuberculosis morbidity & mortality
@hannahrickman.bsky.social 🛟🧪
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
Likely to be key driver of
sex differences in global tuberculosis morbidity & mortality
@hannahrickman.bsky.social 🛟🧪
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
July 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
In meta analysis of data from nearly half a million people, we found that men have higher M. #tuberculosis immunoreactivity risk than women.
Likely to be key driver of
sex differences in global tuberculosis morbidity & mortality
@hannahrickman.bsky.social 🛟🧪
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
Likely to be key driver of
sex differences in global tuberculosis morbidity & mortality
@hannahrickman.bsky.social 🛟🧪
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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World report on social determinants of health equity by the @who.int
"Conclusion: Equity is a political choice"
⬇️
This is a timely impressive report in both its breadth & depth 👏
iris.who.int/bitstream/ha...
"Conclusion: Equity is a political choice"
⬇️
This is a timely impressive report in both its breadth & depth 👏
iris.who.int/bitstream/ha...
iris.who.int
May 7, 2025 at 7:41 AM
World report on social determinants of health equity by the @who.int
"Conclusion: Equity is a political choice"
⬇️
This is a timely impressive report in both its breadth & depth 👏
iris.who.int/bitstream/ha...
"Conclusion: Equity is a political choice"
⬇️
This is a timely impressive report in both its breadth & depth 👏
iris.who.int/bitstream/ha...
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#Tuberculosis prevention and care relies heavily on international donor funding in many settings. In our latest preprint, we examine the potential impact of reductions in international donor funding for #TB - by the US and by other major donor countries. 1/8
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
The potential impact of reductions in international donor funding on tuberculosis in low- and middle-income countries
Background Tuberculosis services in many settings rely heavily on international donor funding. In 2025, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was dismantled, and other countri...
www.medrxiv.org
April 27, 2025 at 6:16 AM
#Tuberculosis prevention and care relies heavily on international donor funding in many settings. In our latest preprint, we examine the potential impact of reductions in international donor funding for #TB - by the US and by other major donor countries. 1/8
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Climate-driven migration and displacement and their potential impact on TB in Latin America gh.bmj.com/content/10/4... @cfmcquaid.bsky.social @reinhouben.bsky.social @lshtm-tbmod.bsky.social
Tuberculosis and the climate crisis in Latin America: a predicament of poverty, migration and displacement
Tuberculosis (TB) has long been associated with poverty and displacement, through food insecurity, overcrowding, poor living conditions and reduced access to healthcare, which significantly increase t...
gh.bmj.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Climate-driven migration and displacement and their potential impact on TB in Latin America gh.bmj.com/content/10/4... @cfmcquaid.bsky.social @reinhouben.bsky.social @lshtm-tbmod.bsky.social
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New pre-print modelling impact of US funding cuts on HIV, #TB, MCH and family planning. We estimate impact of termination of US funding to NTPs via #USAID & The Global Fund may lead to 2.2 (1.5-2.9) million excess TB deaths between 2025 and 2040, reversing over a decade of progress.
bit.ly/4lowp18
bit.ly/4lowp18
April 9, 2025 at 8:32 AM
New pre-print modelling impact of US funding cuts on HIV, #TB, MCH and family planning. We estimate impact of termination of US funding to NTPs via #USAID & The Global Fund may lead to 2.2 (1.5-2.9) million excess TB deaths between 2025 and 2040, reversing over a decade of progress.
bit.ly/4lowp18
bit.ly/4lowp18
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Our latest pre-print led by @alexandra-richards.bsky.social shows that improving #TB treatment coverage among men to the level achieved among women could reduce morbidity and mortality in men, women, and children. Further evidence of the need for gender-responsive TB prevention and care!
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 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Our latest pre-print led by @alexandra-richards.bsky.social shows that improving #TB treatment coverage among men to the level achieved among women could reduce morbidity and mortality in men, women, and children. Further evidence of the need for gender-responsive TB prevention and care!
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
A year ago, I was tasked with creating a timeline for @lshtm-tbmod.bsky.social and we came across this amazing example of a way to keep track of a group with a long history.
We now have a record of our history going back to 2011, and I hope that this can stay alive and continuously updated as well!
We now have a record of our history going back to 2011, and I hope that this can stay alive and continuously updated as well!
March 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A year ago, I was tasked with creating a timeline for @lshtm-tbmod.bsky.social and we came across this amazing example of a way to keep track of a group with a long history.
We now have a record of our history going back to 2011, and I hope that this can stay alive and continuously updated as well!
We now have a record of our history going back to 2011, and I hope that this can stay alive and continuously updated as well!
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Trump Is Ceding Ground to a Deadly Enemy, an essay by me adapted from my book Everything Is Tuberculosis.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Trump Is Ceding Ground to a Deadly Enemy
By retracting foreign aid, the president could make tuberculosis untreatable again.
www.theatlantic.com
March 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Trump Is Ceding Ground to a Deadly Enemy, an essay by me adapted from my book Everything Is Tuberculosis.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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PhD position (London, UK)
Quantify the effects of climate change on TB
with @cfmcquaid.bsky.social @reinhouben.bsky.social @laragosce.bsky.social
at @cmmid-lshtm.bsky.social @tb-lshtm.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2253
Quantify the effects of climate change on TB
with @cfmcquaid.bsky.social @reinhouben.bsky.social @laragosce.bsky.social
at @cmmid-lshtm.bsky.social @tb-lshtm.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2253
February 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
PhD position (London, UK)
Quantify the effects of climate change on TB
with @cfmcquaid.bsky.social @reinhouben.bsky.social @laragosce.bsky.social
at @cmmid-lshtm.bsky.social @tb-lshtm.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2253
Quantify the effects of climate change on TB
with @cfmcquaid.bsky.social @reinhouben.bsky.social @laragosce.bsky.social
at @cmmid-lshtm.bsky.social @tb-lshtm.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2253
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Hot off the press! 🔥 Our new systematic review digs deep into #TB cluster randomised trials, exploring how contamination can influence results, and offers insights for improving trial design #TBSky #IDSky #MedSky doi-org.ez.lshtm.ac.uk/10.5588/ijtl...
Contamination effects in cluster randomised trials of TB interven...: Ingenta ConnectBACKGROUNDMETHODSRESULTSCONCLUSION
www.ingentaconnect.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Hot off the press! 🔥 Our new systematic review digs deep into #TB cluster randomised trials, exploring how contamination can influence results, and offers insights for improving trial design #TBSky #IDSky #MedSky doi-org.ez.lshtm.ac.uk/10.5588/ijtl...
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The advert is now live here:
jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/EPH-EPED-202...
Until August 2027 we would be working on data analysis and modelling to try and untangle the dynamics of #AMR by age and sex exploring electronic health records 🧫📑👩💻. Get in touch if any questions!
jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/EPH-EPED-202...
Until August 2027 we would be working on data analysis and modelling to try and untangle the dynamics of #AMR by age and sex exploring electronic health records 🧫📑👩💻. Get in touch if any questions!
February 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The advert is now live here:
jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/EPH-EPED-202...
Until August 2027 we would be working on data analysis and modelling to try and untangle the dynamics of #AMR by age and sex exploring electronic health records 🧫📑👩💻. Get in touch if any questions!
jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/EPH-EPED-202...
Until August 2027 we would be working on data analysis and modelling to try and untangle the dynamics of #AMR by age and sex exploring electronic health records 🧫📑👩💻. Get in touch if any questions!
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I’m hiring! watch this space for a 2yr position on modelling and data analysis to determine how #AMR varies by age and sex @lshtm.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I’m hiring! watch this space for a 2yr position on modelling and data analysis to determine how #AMR varies by age and sex @lshtm.bsky.social
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Reducing #TB burden requires understanding local contexts. Our new preprint emphasizes the importance of considering social contact patterns for interventions like active case finding, infection prevention & control, & cluster trial design #TBsky #IDsky #GlobalHealth
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Within-country heterogeneity in patterns of social contact relevant for tuberculosis infection transmission, prevention, and care
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) transmission is driven by variable social, environmental, and biological factors, including the number and duration of indoor contacts. Social contact data can provide...
www.medrxiv.org
January 23, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Reducing #TB burden requires understanding local contexts. Our new preprint emphasizes the importance of considering social contact patterns for interventions like active case finding, infection prevention & control, & cluster trial design #TBsky #IDsky #GlobalHealth
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...