Dr Joel C Miller
@joelcmiller.bsky.social
Mathematical Biologist specializing in infectious diseases and network science.
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Dr Joel C Miller
@joelcmiller.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Hi all - I've collected a huge number of new followers recently.
If you aren't a previous follower on twitter, I want to give a quick overview of what you'll get from me.
Feel free to unfollow if you don't think it will be relevant to you.
If you aren't a previous follower on twitter, I want to give a quick overview of what you'll get from me.
Feel free to unfollow if you don't think it will be relevant to you.
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This new #InterfaceFocus issue presents a selection of papers on emerging topics within an exciting new interdisciplinary domain combining #InfectiousDisease modelling and public health #ethics: royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rsfs/202... @joelcmiller.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This new #InterfaceFocus issue presents a selection of papers on emerging topics within an exciting new interdisciplinary domain combining #InfectiousDisease modelling and public health #ethics: royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rsfs/202... @joelcmiller.bsky.social
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PhD position (Dublin, Ireland)
Transmission of bovine tuberculosis: deciphering biological mechanisms with statistical and mechanistic models.
with Miriam Casey, Michael Fop
at UCD-CVERA
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2325
Transmission of bovine tuberculosis: deciphering biological mechanisms with statistical and mechanistic models.
with Miriam Casey, Michael Fop
at UCD-CVERA
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2325
June 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
PhD position (Dublin, Ireland)
Transmission of bovine tuberculosis: deciphering biological mechanisms with statistical and mechanistic models.
with Miriam Casey, Michael Fop
at UCD-CVERA
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2325
Transmission of bovine tuberculosis: deciphering biological mechanisms with statistical and mechanistic models.
with Miriam Casey, Michael Fop
at UCD-CVERA
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2325
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PhD position (Montpellier and Nairobi, France and Kenya)
Modeling of vector and pathogen under global change and the efficacy of surveillance and control
with @https://bsky.app/profile/antoinebarreaux.bsky.social
at...
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2324
Modeling of vector and pathogen under global change and the efficacy of surveillance and control
with @https://bsky.app/profile/antoinebarreaux.bsky.social
at...
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2324
June 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
PhD position (Montpellier and Nairobi, France and Kenya)
Modeling of vector and pathogen under global change and the efficacy of surveillance and control
with @https://bsky.app/profile/antoinebarreaux.bsky.social
at...
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2324
Modeling of vector and pathogen under global change and the efficacy of surveillance and control
with @https://bsky.app/profile/antoinebarreaux.bsky.social
at...
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2324
Looking for potential PhD students - DEADLINE SOON: Mar 31 (Australia time - that's Mar 30 for US).
Do you know a strong candidate who might like to spend 3-4 years outside the US on a PhD?
Modeling epidemics &/or network dynamics?
Let me know.
www.latrobe.edu.au/research/gra...
Do you know a strong candidate who might like to spend 3-4 years outside the US on a PhD?
Modeling epidemics &/or network dynamics?
Let me know.
www.latrobe.edu.au/research/gra...
La Trobe graduate research scholarships
Browse our available research projects.
www.latrobe.edu.au
March 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Looking for potential PhD students - DEADLINE SOON: Mar 31 (Australia time - that's Mar 30 for US).
Do you know a strong candidate who might like to spend 3-4 years outside the US on a PhD?
Modeling epidemics &/or network dynamics?
Let me know.
www.latrobe.edu.au/research/gra...
Do you know a strong candidate who might like to spend 3-4 years outside the US on a PhD?
Modeling epidemics &/or network dynamics?
Let me know.
www.latrobe.edu.au/research/gra...
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The former head of PEPFAR pleads for the preservation of the lifesaving program. @cohenjon.bsky.social speaks with John Nkengasong. www.science.org/content/arti...
Outgoing head of heralded U.S. global HIV/AIDS program urges Trump to reverse cuts
John Nkengasong, who had helmed PEPFAR since 2022, says “history will remember we showed humanity”
www.science.org
March 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The former head of PEPFAR pleads for the preservation of the lifesaving program. @cohenjon.bsky.social speaks with John Nkengasong. www.science.org/content/arti...
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Let’s triple check the earth is round while we’re at it…
March 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Let’s triple check the earth is round while we’re at it…
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A new important work by @camzachreson.bsky.social @joelcmiller.bsky.social on integrating ethical frameworks in epidemic modelling: arxiv.org/abs/2502.00071
Including frameworks of public health ethics in computational modelling of infectious disease interventions
Decisions on public health interventions to control infectious disease are often informed by computational models. Interpreting the predicted outcomes of a public health decision requires not only hig...
arxiv.org
February 6, 2025 at 10:28 AM
A new important work by @camzachreson.bsky.social @joelcmiller.bsky.social on integrating ethical frameworks in epidemic modelling: arxiv.org/abs/2502.00071
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A huge thank you to Nefel Tellioglu, Jessica Stockdale, Julie Spencer, Wasiur Rahman Khuda Bukhsh, @joelcmiller.bsky.social and Cameron Zachreson for including me on this @matrix-inst.bsky.social project we just preprinted results from
t.co/9ioaiNWMQa 🤓
t.co/9ioaiNWMQa 🤓
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2502.00071
t.co
February 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A huge thank you to Nefel Tellioglu, Jessica Stockdale, Julie Spencer, Wasiur Rahman Khuda Bukhsh, @joelcmiller.bsky.social and Cameron Zachreson for including me on this @matrix-inst.bsky.social project we just preprinted results from
t.co/9ioaiNWMQa 🤓
t.co/9ioaiNWMQa 🤓
Trump: "Therefore, Canada should become our Cherished 51st State... Much lower taxes, and far better military protection for the people of Canada – AND NO TARIFFS!"
Come on Canada, call his bluff... Please?
Come on Canada, call his bluff... Please?
February 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Trump: "Therefore, Canada should become our Cherished 51st State... Much lower taxes, and far better military protection for the people of Canada – AND NO TARIFFS!"
Come on Canada, call his bluff... Please?
Come on Canada, call his bluff... Please?
@xkcd.com just reminded me of an amusing story from Ambassador Nathaniel Davis, who was a professor at @harveymudd.bsky.social when I was a student there. His family had a new posting in Latin America (I forget the country).
January 9, 2025 at 5:28 AM
@xkcd.com just reminded me of an amusing story from Ambassador Nathaniel Davis, who was a professor at @harveymudd.bsky.social when I was a student there. His family had a new posting in Latin America (I forget the country).
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The closing date for this position is 20 December 2024 and a direct link is here: usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_E...
November 27, 2024 at 3:08 AM
The closing date for this position is 20 December 2024 and a direct link is here: usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_E...
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Well this is a depressing read. I knew RFK was an antivaxer. I hadn't realised he visited Samoa specifically to spread antivax disinformation months before the epidemic that needlessly claimed the lives of 83 babies and children 😡
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
‘We learned the hard way’: Samoa remembers a deadly measles outbreak and a visit from RFK Jr
A few months before the outbreak in 2019, Kennedy travelled to Samoa and met with anti-vaccine figures, contributing to what health experts claim was a ‘significant disinformation campaign’
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 5:33 AM
Well this is a depressing read. I knew RFK was an antivaxer. I hadn't realised he visited Samoa specifically to spread antivax disinformation months before the epidemic that needlessly claimed the lives of 83 babies and children 😡
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
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Well, I'm making my first post here, and it is a fun one: I have recently advertised for up to 4 post-doctoral research positions, 3-5 years in duration. If you are interested please get in touch or apply. An opportunity to work in Melbourne, great team, great city! Details at iddjobs.org:
IDDjobs — Research Fellow - Infectious Disease Dynamics (Multiple Positions) — The University of Melbourne
Find infectious disease dynamics modelling jobs, studentships, and fellowships.
iddjobs.org
November 24, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Well, I'm making my first post here, and it is a fun one: I have recently advertised for up to 4 post-doctoral research positions, 3-5 years in duration. If you are interested please get in touch or apply. An opportunity to work in Melbourne, great team, great city! Details at iddjobs.org:
A note to all of my Infectious disease modelling followers - you should follow @iddjobs.bsky.social, and use them to advertise any new infectious disease dynamics^* positions you are hiring for.
* IDD = "Infectious Disease Dynamics"
* IDD = "Infectious Disease Dynamics"
November 26, 2024 at 9:18 AM
A note to all of my Infectious disease modelling followers - you should follow @iddjobs.bsky.social, and use them to advertise any new infectious disease dynamics^* positions you are hiring for.
* IDD = "Infectious Disease Dynamics"
* IDD = "Infectious Disease Dynamics"
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I will not hide my inner convictions anymore. Be the change you want to see in the world !
#AcademicSky 🧪
#AcademicSky 🧪
November 20, 2024 at 11:04 AM
I will not hide my inner convictions anymore. Be the change you want to see in the world !
#AcademicSky 🧪
#AcademicSky 🧪
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At what point will the policy response be “we really need to get this under control”?
Or are we again going to wait until it’s beyond the point of control?
Or are we again going to wait until it’s beyond the point of control?
I spoke to @mscribe.bsky.social @theguardian.com about the H5N1 case in BC.
More and more human cases are occurring, along with mutations that indicate further human adaptation.
We need to treat these cases like a warning, because that is what they are.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
More and more human cases are occurring, along with mutations that indicate further human adaptation.
We need to treat these cases like a warning, because that is what they are.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
Bird flu in Canada may have mutated to become more transmissible to humans
Scientists are racing to understand what a hospitalized teen’s case of bird flu may mean for future outbreaks
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:22 PM
At what point will the policy response be “we really need to get this under control”?
Or are we again going to wait until it’s beyond the point of control?
Or are we again going to wait until it’s beyond the point of control?
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Now that I've fled Leon's site for bluer skies, I'm sure I'll be called an #Ex-X, but personally, I'll always consider myself a #TwitterQuitter.
November 18, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Now that I've fled Leon's site for bluer skies, I'm sure I'll be called an #Ex-X, but personally, I'll always consider myself a #TwitterQuitter.
Hi all - I've collected a huge number of new followers recently.
If you aren't a previous follower on twitter, I want to give a quick overview of what you'll get from me.
Feel free to unfollow if you don't think it will be relevant to you.
If you aren't a previous follower on twitter, I want to give a quick overview of what you'll get from me.
Feel free to unfollow if you don't think it will be relevant to you.
November 18, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Hi all - I've collected a huge number of new followers recently.
If you aren't a previous follower on twitter, I want to give a quick overview of what you'll get from me.
Feel free to unfollow if you don't think it will be relevant to you.
If you aren't a previous follower on twitter, I want to give a quick overview of what you'll get from me.
Feel free to unfollow if you don't think it will be relevant to you.
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I’ll be giving a talk on epidemic dynamics at @lshtm.bsky.social next Monday at 5.30pm, from dengue and Zika to pandemic influenza and COVID. Free and open to all: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
The perils of prediction: how untangling transmission drivers can improve epidemic response | LSHTM
Exploring research untangling the different factors driving epidemic transmission, from behaviour to immunity
www.lshtm.ac.uk
November 18, 2024 at 7:59 PM
I’ll be giving a talk on epidemic dynamics at @lshtm.bsky.social next Monday at 5.30pm, from dengue and Zika to pandemic influenza and COVID. Free and open to all: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
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Reminder that we have a post-doc position open at the @invcomplexity.skewed.de lab, IT:U, Austria! 🇦🇹
This is a 3-year position, not tied to any particular project.
The application deadline is 30 Nov 2024.
For more infos, see: skewed.de/lab/call.html
In case of questions, get in touch!
This is a 3-year position, not tied to any particular project.
The application deadline is 30 Nov 2024.
For more infos, see: skewed.de/lab/call.html
In case of questions, get in touch!
November 18, 2024 at 7:47 AM
Reminder that we have a post-doc position open at the @invcomplexity.skewed.de lab, IT:U, Austria! 🇦🇹
This is a 3-year position, not tied to any particular project.
The application deadline is 30 Nov 2024.
For more infos, see: skewed.de/lab/call.html
In case of questions, get in touch!
This is a 3-year position, not tied to any particular project.
The application deadline is 30 Nov 2024.
For more infos, see: skewed.de/lab/call.html
In case of questions, get in touch!
Alright, so maybe it shouldn't be a published paper, but it's truly fascinating to read:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Practice of neurosurgery on Saturn
The practice of neurosurgery on Saturn is almost identical to the one practiced on Earth. Because the art of practice of Medicine was transferred by h…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 18, 2024 at 6:29 AM
Alright, so maybe it shouldn't be a published paper, but it's truly fascinating to read:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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You will know, despite it not being in my handle any more, that Math(s) is my homeland.
So I've made this starter pack of excellent math(s) communicators in case you'd like to follow them too.
go.bsky.app/8JvssAA
So I've made this starter pack of excellent math(s) communicators in case you'd like to follow them too.
go.bsky.app/8JvssAA
November 15, 2024 at 4:37 PM
You will know, despite it not being in my handle any more, that Math(s) is my homeland.
So I've made this starter pack of excellent math(s) communicators in case you'd like to follow them too.
go.bsky.app/8JvssAA
So I've made this starter pack of excellent math(s) communicators in case you'd like to follow them too.
go.bsky.app/8JvssAA
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The preliminary sequence from the H5N1 human case in British Columbia has been posted and it is not good news. The virus potentially has a quasispecies at HA residue 226 (H3 numbering). This is bad news because we know that mutations at residue 226 can increase binding to human receptors. 1/
November 16, 2024 at 3:19 PM
The preliminary sequence from the H5N1 human case in British Columbia has been posted and it is not good news. The virus potentially has a quasispecies at HA residue 226 (H3 numbering). This is bad news because we know that mutations at residue 226 can increase binding to human receptors. 1/
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re-upping this thread in light of today's nomination news
Last week I went to WHO with a folks from academia, NGOs, and foundations to present the case for universal introduction of rubella vaccination in all countries yet to do so 1/
November 15, 2024 at 12:34 AM
re-upping this thread in light of today's nomination news
Postdoc to join our infectious disease modeling group at LaTrobe University: Leadership role in the development of multi-species malaria transmission model and calibration to data from malaria-endemic regions.
More info - contact Rebecca Chisholm at LaTrobe: careers.pageuppeople.com/533/caw/en/j...
More info - contact Rebecca Chisholm at LaTrobe: careers.pageuppeople.com/533/caw/en/j...
Details - Research Officer or Research Fellow, Multi-species malaria modelling, La Trobe University
Jobs at La Trobe University
careers.pageuppeople.com
April 19, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Postdoc to join our infectious disease modeling group at LaTrobe University: Leadership role in the development of multi-species malaria transmission model and calibration to data from malaria-endemic regions.
More info - contact Rebecca Chisholm at LaTrobe: careers.pageuppeople.com/533/caw/en/j...
More info - contact Rebecca Chisholm at LaTrobe: careers.pageuppeople.com/533/caw/en/j...