Sarah Allstaff
@drsarahallstaff.bsky.social
“Cool wine aunt”🍷, childless cat/dog lady 🐾, Sexual Health and HIV doc 🌈🩺, Med Ed 🤓, mediocre wife 👰🏼, Dundee 🏴, snacks are life 🍿, views mine 👈🏻
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“One of them was Derek’s in the February but that was what our life was like then, and it bears repeating because I know there’s a younger generation that has somehow missed out on knowing enough about it.” – Tilda Swinton #HIV #AIDS #DerekJarman www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/21/t...
Tilda Swinton went to '43 funerals’ in one year during AIDS crisis
Tilda Swinton has recalled going to "43 funerals" in one year at the height of the Aids crisis, including one for her friend, Derek Jarman.
www.thepinknews.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
“One of them was Derek’s in the February but that was what our life was like then, and it bears repeating because I know there’s a younger generation that has somehow missed out on knowing enough about it.” – Tilda Swinton #HIV #AIDS #DerekJarman www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/21/t...
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📣Attention medical students and resident doctors!!
Join this free taster day to explore what a career in Genitourinary Medicine (GUM) could look like, from a day-in-the-life perspective to understanding the training requirements and research opportunities.
➡️ bit.ly/460dBPW
Join this free taster day to explore what a career in Genitourinary Medicine (GUM) could look like, from a day-in-the-life perspective to understanding the training requirements and research opportunities.
➡️ bit.ly/460dBPW
September 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
📣Attention medical students and resident doctors!!
Join this free taster day to explore what a career in Genitourinary Medicine (GUM) could look like, from a day-in-the-life perspective to understanding the training requirements and research opportunities.
➡️ bit.ly/460dBPW
Join this free taster day to explore what a career in Genitourinary Medicine (GUM) could look like, from a day-in-the-life perspective to understanding the training requirements and research opportunities.
➡️ bit.ly/460dBPW
When patients decide to stop taking the annual seasonal flu vaccine because they “never even get the flu” 🤯🙈😩
September 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
When patients decide to stop taking the annual seasonal flu vaccine because they “never even get the flu” 🤯🙈😩
National dog day innit 🐕 🐾
Pepper, 2 years and 10 months old, Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla, menace to society, my sidekick, my joy.
Pepper, 2 years and 10 months old, Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla, menace to society, my sidekick, my joy.
August 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
National dog day innit 🐕 🐾
Pepper, 2 years and 10 months old, Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla, menace to society, my sidekick, my joy.
Pepper, 2 years and 10 months old, Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla, menace to society, my sidekick, my joy.
Oftart.
Blessed be the fruit.
May the mouth open.
Blessed be the fruit.
May the mouth open.
June 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Oftart.
Blessed be the fruit.
May the mouth open.
Blessed be the fruit.
May the mouth open.
Severe FOMO hearing updates from @bashhuk.bsky.social … proud of my superstar student Katie Hepburn who presented an oral abstract this morning.
June 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Severe FOMO hearing updates from @bashhuk.bsky.social … proud of my superstar student Katie Hepburn who presented an oral abstract this morning.
June 2, 2025 at 6:34 AM
University of Dundee Year 5 medics… that’s a wrap! 👏🏻 👩🏼🎓 🍾
May 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
University of Dundee Year 5 medics… that’s a wrap! 👏🏻 👩🏼🎓 🍾
Reposted by Sarah Allstaff
Gonorrhoea is of increasing concern for global sexual health.
This article considers the challenges of diagnosis and holistic management of gonorrhoea as well as current and future treatment strategies.
Includes a #BMJInfographic
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
This article considers the challenges of diagnosis and holistic management of gonorrhoea as well as current and future treatment strategies.
Includes a #BMJInfographic
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
May 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Gonorrhoea is of increasing concern for global sexual health.
This article considers the challenges of diagnosis and holistic management of gonorrhoea as well as current and future treatment strategies.
Includes a #BMJInfographic
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
This article considers the challenges of diagnosis and holistic management of gonorrhoea as well as current and future treatment strategies.
Includes a #BMJInfographic
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Could barely move* at the Dundee Overgate for all the Terfs protesting this in the name of women’s safety…
*strong sarcasm
*strong sarcasm
April 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Could barely move* at the Dundee Overgate for all the Terfs protesting this in the name of women’s safety…
*strong sarcasm
*strong sarcasm
Reposted by Sarah Allstaff
Editorial in The Lancet HIV stresses importance of gender-affirming hormones for #HIV care and says #TDOV is “more crucial than ever”:
i-base.info/htb/50802
And reports that #transgender people accessing #HRT were more likely to stay #undetectable and less likely to become #HIVpositive.
#HIVsky
i-base.info/htb/50802
And reports that #transgender people accessing #HRT were more likely to stay #undetectable and less likely to become #HIVpositive.
#HIVsky
April 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Editorial in The Lancet HIV stresses importance of gender-affirming hormones for #HIV care and says #TDOV is “more crucial than ever”:
i-base.info/htb/50802
And reports that #transgender people accessing #HRT were more likely to stay #undetectable and less likely to become #HIVpositive.
#HIVsky
i-base.info/htb/50802
And reports that #transgender people accessing #HRT were more likely to stay #undetectable and less likely to become #HIVpositive.
#HIVsky
#Unimentalhealthweek at Dundee Medical School kicked off with staff vs students cycle-off. Raising money for Student Minds. Link for donations in comments.
Roll on the Bake off on Friday 🍰 . Same personal goal as today: don’t puke 🤮
Roll on the Bake off on Friday 🍰 . Same personal goal as today: don’t puke 🤮
March 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
#Unimentalhealthweek at Dundee Medical School kicked off with staff vs students cycle-off. Raising money for Student Minds. Link for donations in comments.
Roll on the Bake off on Friday 🍰 . Same personal goal as today: don’t puke 🤮
Roll on the Bake off on Friday 🍰 . Same personal goal as today: don’t puke 🤮
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40 years of progress in controlling the HIV epidemic are about to be completely shattered if nothing is done. Keep speaking out and keep education on what is unfolding.
March 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
40 years of progress in controlling the HIV epidemic are about to be completely shattered if nothing is done. Keep speaking out and keep education on what is unfolding.
Reposted by Sarah Allstaff
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.
blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
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...
blogs.jwatch.org
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.
blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
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It was hoped that we could end AIDS deaths by 2030.
Instead, it is now projected that an additional 6.3 million people will die of AIDS if US global aid (specifically PEPFAR) is not restored.
This assumes all else remains even.
If the UK and others also reduce aid these figures could be even worse.
Instead, it is now projected that an additional 6.3 million people will die of AIDS if US global aid (specifically PEPFAR) is not restored.
This assumes all else remains even.
If the UK and others also reduce aid these figures could be even worse.
February 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
It was hoped that we could end AIDS deaths by 2030.
Instead, it is now projected that an additional 6.3 million people will die of AIDS if US global aid (specifically PEPFAR) is not restored.
This assumes all else remains even.
If the UK and others also reduce aid these figures could be even worse.
Instead, it is now projected that an additional 6.3 million people will die of AIDS if US global aid (specifically PEPFAR) is not restored.
This assumes all else remains even.
If the UK and others also reduce aid these figures could be even worse.
Reposted by Sarah Allstaff
Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990.
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
February 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990.
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
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We're pleased to see that the Scottish Medicines Consortium approval of injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) for the prevention of HIV on the NHS in Scotland
This new option may help those facing barriers to using oral #PrEP
A significant step forward in #HIV prevention for people living in Scotland 🏴
This new option may help those facing barriers to using oral #PrEP
A significant step forward in #HIV prevention for people living in Scotland 🏴
February 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
We're pleased to see that the Scottish Medicines Consortium approval of injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) for the prevention of HIV on the NHS in Scotland
This new option may help those facing barriers to using oral #PrEP
A significant step forward in #HIV prevention for people living in Scotland 🏴
This new option may help those facing barriers to using oral #PrEP
A significant step forward in #HIV prevention for people living in Scotland 🏴
Reposted by Sarah Allstaff
After hearing from two of my colleagues in Africa who work with USAID/PEPFAR, and the consequences already of recent events, I had to write this.
So sad. And so pointless! #IDSky
blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
So sad. And so pointless! #IDSky
blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
Could This Be the End of PEPFAR?
Short email from a longtime colleague, working in Africa at a PEPFAR site: Without USAID, PEPFAR is essentially dead. I got chills reading this. PEPFAR, the abbreviation for the President’s Emergency ...
blogs.jwatch.org
February 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
After hearing from two of my colleagues in Africa who work with USAID/PEPFAR, and the consequences already of recent events, I had to write this.
So sad. And so pointless! #IDSky
blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
So sad. And so pointless! #IDSky
blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
Actual note made during actual meeting… Fast Track Cities Scotland 🏴
January 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Actual note made during actual meeting… Fast Track Cities Scotland 🏴
From The Epistle to the Reverend John M’Math
God knows, I'm no the thing I should be,
Nor am I even the thing I could be,
But twenty times I rather would be
An atheist clean,
Than under gospel colours hid be
Just for a screen.
Happy Burns Day
#imwithher
God knows, I'm no the thing I should be,
Nor am I even the thing I could be,
But twenty times I rather would be
An atheist clean,
Than under gospel colours hid be
Just for a screen.
Happy Burns Day
#imwithher
January 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
From The Epistle to the Reverend John M’Math
God knows, I'm no the thing I should be,
Nor am I even the thing I could be,
But twenty times I rather would be
An atheist clean,
Than under gospel colours hid be
Just for a screen.
Happy Burns Day
#imwithher
God knows, I'm no the thing I should be,
Nor am I even the thing I could be,
But twenty times I rather would be
An atheist clean,
Than under gospel colours hid be
Just for a screen.
Happy Burns Day
#imwithher
Heads up GUM peeps who dabble in genital dermatology! Excellent resource by excellent people!
One of my most important projects in 2024 was publication of this open access textbook on lichen sclerosus - an inflammatory scarring skin condition that affects 1-3 % of women. It was a huge effort and has ++great info. Available for free at lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/MNHdhXw/I...
January 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Heads up GUM peeps who dabble in genital dermatology! Excellent resource by excellent people!
First Bluesky post… the goodest girl in the low winter light of a Sunday morning… 🧡
December 8, 2024 at 6:57 PM
First Bluesky post… the goodest girl in the low winter light of a Sunday morning… 🧡