Kelsey Shaw
@kesdvm.bsky.social
DVM PhD | Disease ecologist | Postdoctoral fellow at Notre Dame | she/her
How the poster session started vs how it finished 🤣 #Epidemics10
December 2, 2025 at 2:52 AM
How the poster session started vs how it finished 🤣 #Epidemics10
Some great nationwide results last night and obviously I’m happy about the PSC race in GA but I’m worried people not from here are making too much of it. GA would have voted for a potted plant over the incumbents given how much our electricity has gone up the past few years.
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Some great nationwide results last night and obviously I’m happy about the PSC race in GA but I’m worried people not from here are making too much of it. GA would have voted for a potted plant over the incumbents given how much our electricity has gone up the past few years.
I love my retro-Patagonia color scheme so much for this figure but can never use it for publication so please all admire how cute it is ☺️
October 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I love my retro-Patagonia color scheme so much for this figure but can never use it for publication so please all admire how cute it is ☺️
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"This AI does literature search for me, and finds new experiments! But, then go and check just in case! But it's good! It saves me so much time!"
Seriously some of you should listen to yourselves 🧪
Seriously some of you should listen to yourselves 🧪
October 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"This AI does literature search for me, and finds new experiments! But, then go and check just in case! But it's good! It saves me so much time!"
Seriously some of you should listen to yourselves 🧪
Seriously some of you should listen to yourselves 🧪
I found In the Shadow of Man in the library + read it when I was 8. Through it I fell in love with primatology and the natural world. Jane Goodall has always been an inspiration to me to follow my scientific passions and make the world a better place. Her memory will continue to be a blessing to me
October 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I found In the Shadow of Man in the library + read it when I was 8. Through it I fell in love with primatology and the natural world. Jane Goodall has always been an inspiration to me to follow my scientific passions and make the world a better place. Her memory will continue to be a blessing to me
This is really cool and brings some good data to things that we often just hand wave about!
New Preprint! Co-led with Nicolas Banholzer *The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools* on MedRxiv. doi.org/10.1101/2025... (YET TO BE PEER REVIEWED)
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools.
Close-proximity interactions are considered a key risk factor for respiratory virus transmission, but their importance relative to shared space and air quality remains unclear. We conducted a six-week...
doi.org
August 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM
This is really cool and brings some good data to things that we often just hand wave about!
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NEW WRITING:
"What will you stay curious about, even when authoritarians try to shape your reality by telling you not to think, not to read, not to ask questions, not to dare consider the possibility that there’s more to life than this?" 🧪
"What will you stay curious about, even when authoritarians try to shape your reality by telling you not to think, not to read, not to ask questions, not to dare consider the possibility that there’s more to life than this?" 🧪
Feed Your Head
Even now, especially now, your curiosity is powerful.
news.chanda.science
August 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
NEW WRITING:
"What will you stay curious about, even when authoritarians try to shape your reality by telling you not to think, not to read, not to ask questions, not to dare consider the possibility that there’s more to life than this?" 🧪
"What will you stay curious about, even when authoritarians try to shape your reality by telling you not to think, not to read, not to ask questions, not to dare consider the possibility that there’s more to life than this?" 🧪
‘Let me tell you who “CDC staff” actually are’: they are scientists and public servants. They are my neighbors and my friends.
This is a very powerful letter from a current CDC employee.
Dear Decaturish — Silence is the loudest thing in the room
We accept letters to the editor. Letters to the editor are opinions of the authors of the letter, not Decaturish.com. Everyone has an equal opportunity to submit a letter to
www.decaturish.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
‘Let me tell you who “CDC staff” actually are’: they are scientists and public servants. They are my neighbors and my friends.
My daughter went to this daycare her first 18 months of life. My husband stops at that cvs frequently on his way home from work. I held both my girls and cried last night, like I have every time a mass shooting felt just a bit too close to becoming part of our story. We have to make this stop.
here are CDC parents being reunited with their kids from the campus's daycare after spending hours in lockdown
August 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
My daughter went to this daycare her first 18 months of life. My husband stops at that cvs frequently on his way home from work. I held both my girls and cried last night, like I have every time a mass shooting felt just a bit too close to becoming part of our story. We have to make this stop.
All the NPR news reporters this morning just sound so tired. I can’t blame them 😞
August 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
All the NPR news reporters this morning just sound so tired. I can’t blame them 😞
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The dismantling of the science-driven #ACIP continues, with members of professional groups (pediatricians, family docs, obgyns, etc) that have liaison status on the panel that shapes #CDC's vaccination policy told they are biased, can't serve on ACIP work groups. www.statnews.com/2025/08/01/c...
Representatives of expert groups to be barred from work supporting CDC’s vaccine advisers
The reshaping of the CDC's vaccine advisory panel has continued, with the apparent barring of reps of medical associations from ACIP work groups.
www.statnews.com
August 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The dismantling of the science-driven #ACIP continues, with members of professional groups (pediatricians, family docs, obgyns, etc) that have liaison status on the panel that shapes #CDC's vaccination policy told they are biased, can't serve on ACIP work groups. www.statnews.com/2025/08/01/c...
Got a $7.44 prepaid mastercard for the equifaxx data breach…whatever shall I do with this windfall 😒
July 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Got a $7.44 prepaid mastercard for the equifaxx data breach…whatever shall I do with this windfall 😒
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Important story: "If you are a Principal Investigator with a well-scored grant, just waiting for council review, and you think you are sure to receive an award, you should think again." NIH paylines for FY25 are about to fall dramatically unless there is immediate pushback against this policy.
New, from an anonymous NIH insider: Trump is being pushed to spend more NIH money. The White House is ordering NIH to do multi-year budgets for awards. This budget trick means fewer awards, fewer labs funded, and lower paylines for researchers. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/alert-the-...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/alert-the-...
Alert: The Trump administration is quietly slashing new NIH grant awards, and it's not via the budget
NIH’s sudden move to multiyear grant funding is forcing shocking cuts in the number of grants funded. This is an effective budget cut. It's bad, folks.
donmoynihan.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Important story: "If you are a Principal Investigator with a well-scored grant, just waiting for council review, and you think you are sure to receive an award, you should think again." NIH paylines for FY25 are about to fall dramatically unless there is immediate pushback against this policy.
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Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
www.scientificamerican.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
Well, submitted my ACIP comment FWIW. Feels like shouting into the wind but it is my moral duty to shout 🗣️
June 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Well, submitted my ACIP comment FWIW. Feels like shouting into the wind but it is my moral duty to shout 🗣️
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RFK Jr.‘s extreme anti-vax views — and his related conflicts of interest — were a huge problem during his confirmation process.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines.
apnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
RFK Jr.‘s extreme anti-vax views — and his related conflicts of interest — were a huge problem during his confirmation process.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
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UPDATE: David Huerta was just released from custody!
June 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
UPDATE: David Huerta was just released from custody!
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The AAUP calls for the immediate release of David Huerta & the immediate cessation of these violent & reckless ICE raids that are terrorizing hard-working families from coast to coast.
An injury to one is an injury to all. #FreeDavidEndRaids
www.aaup.org/media-releas...
An injury to one is an injury to all. #FreeDavidEndRaids
www.aaup.org/media-releas...
June 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The AAUP calls for the immediate release of David Huerta & the immediate cessation of these violent & reckless ICE raids that are terrorizing hard-working families from coast to coast.
An injury to one is an injury to all. #FreeDavidEndRaids
www.aaup.org/media-releas...
An injury to one is an injury to all. #FreeDavidEndRaids
www.aaup.org/media-releas...
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Seeing some reactions to this calling it a strongly worded letter.
While true in a literal sense that this is a letter, it’s unprecedented—and an escalation of a growing trend of unrest inside NIH.
This took bravery. Each of the signers put their career on the line.
We should acknowledge that.
While true in a literal sense that this is a letter, it’s unprecedented—and an escalation of a growing trend of unrest inside NIH.
This took bravery. Each of the signers put their career on the line.
We should acknowledge that.
BREAKING: Over 300 NIH workers have signed The Bethesda Declaration and delivered it to Director Bhattacharya accusing him and the admin of putting “political momentum over human safety and faithful stewardship of public resources” and demanding changes.
www.importantcontext.news/p/nih-worker...
www.importantcontext.news/p/nih-worker...
NIH Workers Demand Changes In New ‘Bethesda Declaration’
The public letter to NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya was signed by hundreds of agency personnel.
www.importantcontext.news
June 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Seeing some reactions to this calling it a strongly worded letter.
While true in a literal sense that this is a letter, it’s unprecedented—and an escalation of a growing trend of unrest inside NIH.
This took bravery. Each of the signers put their career on the line.
We should acknowledge that.
While true in a literal sense that this is a letter, it’s unprecedented—and an escalation of a growing trend of unrest inside NIH.
This took bravery. Each of the signers put their career on the line.
We should acknowledge that.
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Four members of the ACIP, which advises the CDC on vaccination policy, have had their status as special government employees terminated
www.statnews.com/2025/06/08/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/06/08/c...
With U.S. vaccine policy in flux, four members of CDC advisory panel receive termination notices
Four members of the ACIP, which advises the CDC on vaccination policy, have had their status as special government employees terminated
www.statnews.com
June 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Four members of the ACIP, which advises the CDC on vaccination policy, have had their status as special government employees terminated
www.statnews.com/2025/06/08/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/06/08/c...
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Let’s be clear: ICE injured and detained the president of SEIU California for peacefully observing.
ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him.
seiuca.org/press-releas...
ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him.
seiuca.org/press-releas...
SEIU California | SEIU California President David Huerta Injured, Detained at ICE Raid in Los Angeles
We are proud of President Huerta’s righteous participation as a community observer, in keeping with his long history of advocating for immigrant workers and with the highest values of our movement…
seiuca.org
June 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Let’s be clear: ICE injured and detained the president of SEIU California for peacefully observing.
ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him.
seiuca.org/press-releas...
ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him.
seiuca.org/press-releas...
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Every one of us should be demanding our institutions answer: when does it stop? What if we are told to stop providing financial aid to LGBTQIA+ students? To revoke tenure from Black faculty? To fire trans faculty? We know from history that compliance doesn't save what authoritarians want to destroy.
Again, whether the attacks are coming from the far right authoritarians at the state level or the federal level, all the statements from university leaders about defending our core values ring hollow, because it is completely impossible to do that & comply with the fascism:
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More incredibly sad news from my home state of Ohio.
Kent State University to close LGBTQ Center, Women’s Center and Multicultural Center ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/kent-...
Kent State University to close LGBTQ Center, Women’s Center and Multicultural Center ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/kent-...
June 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Every one of us should be demanding our institutions answer: when does it stop? What if we are told to stop providing financial aid to LGBTQIA+ students? To revoke tenure from Black faculty? To fire trans faculty? We know from history that compliance doesn't save what authoritarians want to destroy.
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Get the word out far and wide. New opportunity from the Simons Foundation in the Eco-Evo space.
2026 Simons Graduate Fellowship in Ecology and Evolution Awards, due July 31, 2025, only for incoming PhD students who plan to start their PhDs in Fall 2026.
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
2026 Simons Graduate Fellowship in Ecology and Evolution Awards, due July 31, 2025, only for incoming PhD students who plan to start their PhDs in Fall 2026.
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution
The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...
www.simonsfoundation.org
June 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Get the word out far and wide. New opportunity from the Simons Foundation in the Eco-Evo space.
2026 Simons Graduate Fellowship in Ecology and Evolution Awards, due July 31, 2025, only for incoming PhD students who plan to start their PhDs in Fall 2026.
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
2026 Simons Graduate Fellowship in Ecology and Evolution Awards, due July 31, 2025, only for incoming PhD students who plan to start their PhDs in Fall 2026.
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
I know my time will come when I get some shithead reviewer #2, but so far on every paper I’ve authored I’ve ended up astounded at how thoughtful/constructive the comments from reviewers were…even if it meant I had to do more work 😅. Keeps my faith in the scientific process alive
May 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I know my time will come when I get some shithead reviewer #2, but so far on every paper I’ve authored I’ve ended up astounded at how thoughtful/constructive the comments from reviewers were…even if it meant I had to do more work 😅. Keeps my faith in the scientific process alive
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When Americans raised concerns about RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine views, he said he was "not gonna take away vaccines from anybody."
But now he's taking them away from millions of mommas and babies.
Vaccine recommendations should be based on science, not RFK Jr.'s political agenda.
But now he's taking them away from millions of mommas and babies.
Vaccine recommendations should be based on science, not RFK Jr.'s political agenda.
May 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
When Americans raised concerns about RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine views, he said he was "not gonna take away vaccines from anybody."
But now he's taking them away from millions of mommas and babies.
Vaccine recommendations should be based on science, not RFK Jr.'s political agenda.
But now he's taking them away from millions of mommas and babies.
Vaccine recommendations should be based on science, not RFK Jr.'s political agenda.