Julia Paoli
@julia-paoli.bsky.social
PhD Student @UF_EPI 🐊
@LSHTM epidemiology alumnus
Passionate about evolutionary virology, molecular epi, global health security 🦠
@LSHTM epidemiology alumnus
Passionate about evolutionary virology, molecular epi, global health security 🦠
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
October 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
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EXCLUSIVE: In her first interview all year, Susan Monarez, CDC director for only 29 days, tells me why Trump/RFK fired her and where this is all headed.
The CDC director is an “inherently political position, but that doesn’t mean that it has to be politically compromised”, she tells @nature.com.
The CDC director is an “inherently political position, but that doesn’t mean that it has to be politically compromised”, she tells @nature.com.
Exclusive: ex-CDC director talks about why she was fired
“I would never do that, as a scientist,” Susan Monarez says of being asked to approve changes to vaccine recommendations without knowing the details.
www.nature.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
EXCLUSIVE: In her first interview all year, Susan Monarez, CDC director for only 29 days, tells me why Trump/RFK fired her and where this is all headed.
The CDC director is an “inherently political position, but that doesn’t mean that it has to be politically compromised”, she tells @nature.com.
The CDC director is an “inherently political position, but that doesn’t mean that it has to be politically compromised”, she tells @nature.com.
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
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Hello 👋🏽 ! Just sharing an exciting opportunity from #CERI: applications are now open for the Training in Metagenomic Virus Discovery, 17–21 Nov 2025 in Stellenbosch 🇿🇦. Full funding available for participants from LMICs! 🌍
🗓️ Application deadline: 31 July 2025
🔗 Info: ceri.org.za/news/?token=...
🗓️ Application deadline: 31 July 2025
🔗 Info: ceri.org.za/news/?token=...
July 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Hello 👋🏽 ! Just sharing an exciting opportunity from #CERI: applications are now open for the Training in Metagenomic Virus Discovery, 17–21 Nov 2025 in Stellenbosch 🇿🇦. Full funding available for participants from LMICs! 🌍
🗓️ Application deadline: 31 July 2025
🔗 Info: ceri.org.za/news/?token=...
🗓️ Application deadline: 31 July 2025
🔗 Info: ceri.org.za/news/?token=...
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Please do. Having the best data we can helps on many fronts.
My ongoing request:
If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here.
NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h...
NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h...
Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred.
If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here.
NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h...
NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h...
Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred.
NSF appears to be terminating hundreds of its grants to Harvard, per internal sources at NSF and at Harvard. At least one division has had all its grants cut.
May 16, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Please do. Having the best data we can helps on many fronts.
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This shameful dismantling of NSF will materially affect the nation's economy, health, national security, and environment. The NSF spokesperson didn't go on the record with their name because they know it's wrong. A coward. www.science.org/content/arti...
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
www.science.org
May 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
This shameful dismantling of NSF will materially affect the nation's economy, health, national security, and environment. The NSF spokesperson didn't go on the record with their name because they know it's wrong. A coward. www.science.org/content/arti...
So grateful for the opportunity to teach at UF's Genomic Surveillance and Epidemiological Models for Outbreak Response workshop 🦠🐊
May 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
So grateful for the opportunity to teach at UF's Genomic Surveillance and Epidemiological Models for Outbreak Response workshop 🦠🐊
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BREAKING: Reports that Trump would try to cut NIH's budget by 40% have come true.
The request released moments ago would:
- Cut $18 BILLION to NIH's $47b budget
- Eliminate NIMHD, NCCIH, FIC
- Collapse ICs into five 'focus areas'
There's also a long screed about NIH's deficiencies.
The request released moments ago would:
- Cut $18 BILLION to NIH's $47b budget
- Eliminate NIMHD, NCCIH, FIC
- Collapse ICs into five 'focus areas'
There's also a long screed about NIH's deficiencies.
May 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
BREAKING: Reports that Trump would try to cut NIH's budget by 40% have come true.
The request released moments ago would:
- Cut $18 BILLION to NIH's $47b budget
- Eliminate NIMHD, NCCIH, FIC
- Collapse ICs into five 'focus areas'
There's also a long screed about NIH's deficiencies.
The request released moments ago would:
- Cut $18 BILLION to NIH's $47b budget
- Eliminate NIMHD, NCCIH, FIC
- Collapse ICs into five 'focus areas'
There's also a long screed about NIH's deficiencies.
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I talked to Nature about the latest development at NSF, which is a five-alarm fire for American science. The scale of immediate impact is massive. We narrowly escaped this affecting @viralemergence.org for now, but will have to shut down in a few months if this stays.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
www.nature.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I talked to Nature about the latest development at NSF, which is a five-alarm fire for American science. The scale of immediate impact is massive. We narrowly escaped this affecting @viralemergence.org for now, but will have to shut down in a few months if this stays.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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New policy is up, writing on an update to the story as quickly as possible
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
May 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
New policy is up, writing on an update to the story as quickly as possible
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
April 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
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Half of all US counties will lose at least $250K in revenue!
Cuts to NIH affect ALL americans! Check out this new analysis and look up your county here:
www.axios.com/2025/04/09/n...
Cuts to NIH affect ALL americans! Check out this new analysis and look up your county here:
www.axios.com/2025/04/09/n...
A closer look at the nationwide impact of NIH cuts
Nearly half of U.S. counties will see economic losses of at least $250,000 from cuts to indirect funding by the National Institutes of Health.
www.axios.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Half of all US counties will lose at least $250K in revenue!
Cuts to NIH affect ALL americans! Check out this new analysis and look up your county here:
www.axios.com/2025/04/09/n...
Cuts to NIH affect ALL americans! Check out this new analysis and look up your county here:
www.axios.com/2025/04/09/n...
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Just like H5N1, SARS-CoV-2, and Ebola, mpox virus didn't come from a lab.
In this case, it came from a squirrel.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
In this case, it came from a squirrel.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
An animal source of mpox emerges — and it’s a squirrel
Researchers solve the mystery of a disease outbreak through long-term surveillance of wildlife in Africa.
www.nature.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Just like H5N1, SARS-CoV-2, and Ebola, mpox virus didn't come from a lab.
In this case, it came from a squirrel.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
In this case, it came from a squirrel.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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In light of the latest news from Colossal Biosciences, now is the perfect time to announce my laboratory's groundbreaking Minion de-extinction project, which depends on state-of-the-art gene editing at 20 key sites in the genome of the common banana.
April 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
In light of the latest news from Colossal Biosciences, now is the perfect time to announce my laboratory's groundbreaking Minion de-extinction project, which depends on state-of-the-art gene editing at 20 key sites in the genome of the common banana.
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On health economist Jay Bhattacharya’s first day as head of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), the chiefs of four of the 27 institutes and centres that make up his agency were removed from their posts.
https://go.nature.com/3QZ8GGT
https://go.nature.com/3QZ8GGT
‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
go.nature.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
On health economist Jay Bhattacharya’s first day as head of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), the chiefs of four of the 27 institutes and centres that make up his agency were removed from their posts.
https://go.nature.com/3QZ8GGT
https://go.nature.com/3QZ8GGT
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We’re excited to share the completed preprint of Delphy — our new tool for scalable, near-real-time #Bayesianphylogenetics for outbreaks! 🚀
Check it out here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Explore Delphy: delphy.fathom.info
Led by #PatrickVarilly @sabetilab.bsky.social @fathom.info 🧵1/17
Check it out here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Explore Delphy: delphy.fathom.info
Led by #PatrickVarilly @sabetilab.bsky.social @fathom.info 🧵1/17
Delphy: scalable, near-real-time Bayesian phylogenetics for outbreaks
Pathogen genomic analysis is central to tracking, understanding, and containing outbreaks, but complexity and high costs of state-of-the-art (SOTA) phylogenetic tools limit global access and impact. W...
www.biorxiv.org
March 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
We’re excited to share the completed preprint of Delphy — our new tool for scalable, near-real-time #Bayesianphylogenetics for outbreaks! 🚀
Check it out here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Explore Delphy: delphy.fathom.info
Led by #PatrickVarilly @sabetilab.bsky.social @fathom.info 🧵1/17
Check it out here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Explore Delphy: delphy.fathom.info
Led by #PatrickVarilly @sabetilab.bsky.social @fathom.info 🧵1/17
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A gut-wrenching read on the US withdrawal from global health funding: "By dismantling this architecture of vigilance, the US will create blind spots where emerging diseases can incubate before they arrive fully fledged on the country’s doorstep." www.foreignaffairs.com/china/coming...
The Coming Global Health Crisis
America is retreating, and China won’t fill the void.
www.foreignaffairs.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:42 AM
A gut-wrenching read on the US withdrawal from global health funding: "By dismantling this architecture of vigilance, the US will create blind spots where emerging diseases can incubate before they arrive fully fledged on the country’s doorstep." www.foreignaffairs.com/china/coming...
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Important Q&A with PEPFAR head
"Q: If you met Trump, what would you say to him?
A: Preserve PEPFAR. It is the greatest act of humanity in the history of fighting infectious diseases that the world has ever known, and you should take credit for that as an American."
www.science.org/content/arti...
"Q: If you met Trump, what would you say to him?
A: Preserve PEPFAR. It is the greatest act of humanity in the history of fighting infectious diseases that the world has ever known, and you should take credit for that as an American."
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 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Important Q&A with PEPFAR head
"Q: If you met Trump, what would you say to him?
A: Preserve PEPFAR. It is the greatest act of humanity in the history of fighting infectious diseases that the world has ever known, and you should take credit for that as an American."
www.science.org/content/arti...
"Q: If you met Trump, what would you say to him?
A: Preserve PEPFAR. It is the greatest act of humanity in the history of fighting infectious diseases that the world has ever known, and you should take credit for that as an American."
www.science.org/content/arti...
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The Pandemic Agreement is the last, best chance to do something meaningful and multilateral: to get governments to act on agriculture and wildlife trade, to solve vaccine inequity, to make WHO stronger even without the U.S. There are 76 days until WHA. We have 76 days to prevent the next pandemic.
March 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The Pandemic Agreement is the last, best chance to do something meaningful and multilateral: to get governments to act on agriculture and wildlife trade, to solve vaccine inequity, to make WHO stronger even without the U.S. There are 76 days until WHA. We have 76 days to prevent the next pandemic.
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Excited to have Trevor Bedford talking at @lshtm.bsky.social tomorrow. If you’re interested in SARS-CoV-2 and influenza evolution, you won’t want to miss this: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Fitness flux in COVID-19 and seasonal influenza H3N2 | LSHTM
This seminar will explain how new variants of COVID-19 and flu appear as the viruses evolve to avoid human immunity. The talk will characterise this process of change, its rate and its relation to the
www.lshtm.ac.uk
March 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Excited to have Trevor Bedford talking at @lshtm.bsky.social tomorrow. If you’re interested in SARS-CoV-2 and influenza evolution, you won’t want to miss this: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
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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.
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It is worth paying close attention to the new bill "Dangerous Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act" introduced by Senator Roger Marshall.
If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines.
www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
🧵👇
If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines.
www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
🧵👇
February 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It is worth paying close attention to the new bill "Dangerous Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act" introduced by Senator Roger Marshall.
If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines.
www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
🧵👇
If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines.
www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
🧵👇
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In September in Geneva we applauded a major milestone in the effort to eradicate measles and rubella viruses from the face of the earth.
Today an unvaccinated child has died of measles in the country where the vaccine was developed.
This is not greatness.
Today an unvaccinated child has died of measles in the country where the vaccine was developed.
This is not greatness.
February 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
In September in Geneva we applauded a major milestone in the effort to eradicate measles and rubella viruses from the face of the earth.
Today an unvaccinated child has died of measles in the country where the vaccine was developed.
This is not greatness.
Today an unvaccinated child has died of measles in the country where the vaccine was developed.
This is not greatness.
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The entire business model of American R1 universities is not viable without restoration of federal funding, & every individual institution pretending it can solve this problem alone is also not viable. University presidents need to be speaking out, collectively & loudly about this, in DC, right now.
The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.
The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty
A spokesperson for the University told WESA Friday that the school has "temporarily paused additional Ph.D. offers of admission," while Pitt works to understand how proposed federal funding cuts could...
www.wesa.fm
February 22, 2025 at 5:14 AM
The entire business model of American R1 universities is not viable without restoration of federal funding, & every individual institution pretending it can solve this problem alone is also not viable. University presidents need to be speaking out, collectively & loudly about this, in DC, right now.
so tragic :(
Exclusively from @science.org : ‘Death by ax.’ Fate of millions of research animals at stake in NIH payments lawsuit | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
‘Death by ax.’ Fate of millions of research animals at stake in NIH payments lawsuit
Rodent and monkey facilities imperiled by Trump plan to cut overhead payments
www.science.org
February 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
so tragic :(