A/Prof Meru Sheel
@merusheel.bsky.social
Global Health & infectious diseases, epidemiologist, vaccines | Science | Education, Feminism, Leadership | Runner | 🪑 WGH-Aus
🌐: https://www.sydney.edu.au/medicine-health/about/our-people/academic-staff/meru.sheel.html
🔗work: https://idie.sydney.edu.au/
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🔗work: https://idie.sydney.edu.au/
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A/Prof Meru Sheel
@merusheel.bsky.social
· Nov 28
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👋🏽 world of bluesky- been a little slow to get started but excited to re-connect with the world in pre-X fashion. Interested in all things infectious diseases, epidemiology, vaccines, surveillance & global health. Who are you following? Who should I follow!?
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So, as we celebrate discoveries made in science so far, let’s also reflect this week on working towards a future in science that includes and serves everyone.💪🌸
#NationalScienceWeek #STEM #WomenInGlobalHealth #GenderEquity #WomenInScience
#NationalScienceWeek #STEM #WomenInGlobalHealth #GenderEquity #WomenInScience
August 13, 2025 at 7:36 AM
So, as we celebrate discoveries made in science so far, let’s also reflect this week on working towards a future in science that includes and serves everyone.💪🌸
#NationalScienceWeek #STEM #WomenInGlobalHealth #GenderEquity #WomenInScience
#NationalScienceWeek #STEM #WomenInGlobalHealth #GenderEquity #WomenInScience
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This week is Australia's National Science Week.🧬It is an opportunity to celebrate science and scientists that have shaped our world! At WGH Aus, we recognise the incredible contributions of women scientists - whose work drives innovation, saves lives, and shapes a healthier, more equitable future.👩🏽🔬
August 13, 2025 at 7:36 AM
This week is Australia's National Science Week.🧬It is an opportunity to celebrate science and scientists that have shaped our world! At WGH Aus, we recognise the incredible contributions of women scientists - whose work drives innovation, saves lives, and shapes a healthier, more equitable future.👩🏽🔬
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Professor Fay Johnstone is a public health physician and environmental epidemiologist who focuses on the health impacts of air pollution. She is the lead investigator for Safe Air; an NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in air quality. Read her profile here: www.wghaustralia.org/profiling-se...
World Field Epidemiology Day: Prof Fay Johnston — Women in Global Health Australia
For World Field Epidemiology Day, Women’s Global Health Australia is proud to launch another special profiling series to highlight the incredible work of women in field epidemiology. This year's theme...
www.wghaustralia.org
September 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Professor Fay Johnstone is a public health physician and environmental epidemiologist who focuses on the health impacts of air pollution. She is the lead investigator for Safe Air; an NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in air quality. Read her profile here: www.wghaustralia.org/profiling-se...
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Dr Gina Samaan is Regional Emergency Director in WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme and she works on building sustainable systems for responding to health emergencies. Read her profile here: www.wghaustralia.org/profiling-se...
#WorldFieldEpidemiologyDay #WomenInGlobalHealth #PublicHealth
#WorldFieldEpidemiologyDay #WomenInGlobalHealth #PublicHealth
World Field Epidemiology Day: Dr Gina Samaan — Women in Global Health Australia
For World Field Epidemiology Day, Women’s Global Health Australia is proud to launch another special profiling series to highlight the incredible work of women in field epidemiology. This year's theme...
www.wghaustralia.org
September 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Dr Gina Samaan is Regional Emergency Director in WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme and she works on building sustainable systems for responding to health emergencies. Read her profile here: www.wghaustralia.org/profiling-se...
#WorldFieldEpidemiologyDay #WomenInGlobalHealth #PublicHealth
#WorldFieldEpidemiologyDay #WomenInGlobalHealth #PublicHealth
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Yesterday was World Field Epidemiology Day, centred on "Making our Mark"🦠. In honour, WGH Aus has launched a profiling series to share the stories of two remarkable women, Dr Gina Samaan and Prof Fay Johnston, and their work in field epidemiology.
@womeningh.bsky.social
@womeningh.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Yesterday was World Field Epidemiology Day, centred on "Making our Mark"🦠. In honour, WGH Aus has launched a profiling series to share the stories of two remarkable women, Dr Gina Samaan and Prof Fay Johnston, and their work in field epidemiology.
@womeningh.bsky.social
@womeningh.bsky.social
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The week beginning Aug 4 was the most dangerous, tragic week of RFK Jr’s tenure yet.
A Lancet Editorial outlines why—unpacking a movement that seeks to discredit mainstream medicine and portray institutions and experts as enemies, not partners. tinyurl.com/4zppw6ay
A Lancet Editorial outlines why—unpacking a movement that seeks to discredit mainstream medicine and portray institutions and experts as enemies, not partners. tinyurl.com/4zppw6ay
August 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The week beginning Aug 4 was the most dangerous, tragic week of RFK Jr’s tenure yet.
A Lancet Editorial outlines why—unpacking a movement that seeks to discredit mainstream medicine and portray institutions and experts as enemies, not partners. tinyurl.com/4zppw6ay
A Lancet Editorial outlines why—unpacking a movement that seeks to discredit mainstream medicine and portray institutions and experts as enemies, not partners. tinyurl.com/4zppw6ay
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@theipcinfo.bsky.social has just confirmed #famine in #Gaza governorate.
This man-made, widespread malnutrition means that even common & usually mild diseases like diarrhoea are becoming fatal, especially for children.
Gaza must be urgently supplied with food and medicines. Aid blockages must end!
This man-made, widespread malnutrition means that even common & usually mild diseases like diarrhoea are becoming fatal, especially for children.
Gaza must be urgently supplied with food and medicines. Aid blockages must end!
August 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
@theipcinfo.bsky.social has just confirmed #famine in #Gaza governorate.
This man-made, widespread malnutrition means that even common & usually mild diseases like diarrhoea are becoming fatal, especially for children.
Gaza must be urgently supplied with food and medicines. Aid blockages must end!
This man-made, widespread malnutrition means that even common & usually mild diseases like diarrhoea are becoming fatal, especially for children.
Gaza must be urgently supplied with food and medicines. Aid blockages must end!
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Meru Sheel—promoting vaccines and emergency responses
@merusheel.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@merusheel.bsky.social
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Meru Sheel—promoting vaccines and emergency responses
Meru Sheel probably grew up in one of the most pro-women homes in New Delhi, India,
with both her parents involved in women's advocacy and her father working in girls’
and women's education. “We would...
www.thelancet.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Meru Sheel—promoting vaccines and emergency responses
@merusheel.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@merusheel.bsky.social
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🦟💧 Satellite data show that #Aedes aegypti #mosquitoes spike not when it rains, but when surface water is around—like irrigation puddles. We used remote-sensing in SoCal to map risk and guide smarter mosquito control. 🔬🌐 doi.org/10.1186/s130...
Environmental correlates of Aedes aegypti abundance in the West Valley region of San Bernardino County, California, USA, from 2017 to 2023: an ecological modeling study - Parasites & Vectors
Background Aedes mosquitoes, particularly Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus, are major vectors of globally significant diseases such as dengue, Zika, and chikungunya. Since 2013, Ae. aegypti population...
doi.org
August 18, 2025 at 5:59 AM
🦟💧 Satellite data show that #Aedes aegypti #mosquitoes spike not when it rains, but when surface water is around—like irrigation puddles. We used remote-sensing in SoCal to map risk and guide smarter mosquito control. 🔬🌐 doi.org/10.1186/s130...
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Registration and the call for abstract submissions for #GHS2026 are officially open!
Do you have research, insights, or innovative work to share in advancing global health security? Submit your abstract and join us in Malaysia to be part of this vital global conversation.
👉 ghsconf.com
Do you have research, insights, or innovative work to share in advancing global health security? Submit your abstract and join us in Malaysia to be part of this vital global conversation.
👉 ghsconf.com
August 18, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Registration and the call for abstract submissions for #GHS2026 are officially open!
Do you have research, insights, or innovative work to share in advancing global health security? Submit your abstract and join us in Malaysia to be part of this vital global conversation.
👉 ghsconf.com
Do you have research, insights, or innovative work to share in advancing global health security? Submit your abstract and join us in Malaysia to be part of this vital global conversation.
👉 ghsconf.com
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📢 Launch of WHO Guidance on the Ethics of Health Research Priority Setting
www.glopid-r.org/who-releases...
www.glopid-r.org/who-releases...
WHO Releases New Guidance on the Ethics of Health Research Priority Setting – Global research collaboration for infectious disease preparednessGLOPID-R
www.glopid-r.org
July 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM
📢 Launch of WHO Guidance on the Ethics of Health Research Priority Setting
www.glopid-r.org/who-releases...
www.glopid-r.org/who-releases...
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🚨 Global immunization is under threat.
Here's why we should invest in disease surveillance and immunization monitoring so that cutbacks to immunization programmes don't go unnoticed. 👉 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@who.int @unicef.org @rki.de @merusheel.bsky.social #IA2030 #Vaccineswork
Here's why we should invest in disease surveillance and immunization monitoring so that cutbacks to immunization programmes don't go unnoticed. 👉 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@who.int @unicef.org @rki.de @merusheel.bsky.social #IA2030 #Vaccineswork
Global immunisation monitoring in times of drastic cutbacks
Outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases are increasing at a time when funding for
immunisation programmes is being cut.1 The full impact of the cutbacks might remain
hidden, as long-established surv...
www.thelancet.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🚨 Global immunization is under threat.
Here's why we should invest in disease surveillance and immunization monitoring so that cutbacks to immunization programmes don't go unnoticed. 👉 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@who.int @unicef.org @rki.de @merusheel.bsky.social #IA2030 #Vaccineswork
Here's why we should invest in disease surveillance and immunization monitoring so that cutbacks to immunization programmes don't go unnoticed. 👉 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@who.int @unicef.org @rki.de @merusheel.bsky.social #IA2030 #Vaccineswork
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Post-doc available at the Sydney School of Public Health @sydney.edu.au with the amazing @merusheel.bsky.social - surveillance systems for vaccine-preventable diseases in the Asia-Pacific region: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
Research Fellow-School of Public Health
Fixed term - 2 years full time / part time on site at Camperdown Campus Excellent opportunity as Post-doctoral Research Fellow Base Salary from Level A/B $116,679 – $127,433+ 17% superannuation (appoi...
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July 2, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Post-doc available at the Sydney School of Public Health @sydney.edu.au with the amazing @merusheel.bsky.social - surveillance systems for vaccine-preventable diseases in the Asia-Pacific region: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
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“It’s too late to save U.S.A.I.D. The question now is whether we can still save America’s willingness to show up when people are dying”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
Opinion | Why We Couldn’t Sell America on U.S.A.I.D.
www.nytimes.com
June 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
“It’s too late to save U.S.A.I.D. The question now is whether we can still save America’s willingness to show up when people are dying”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
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It's beyond time for debt relief. 🚩 NEW Jubilee Report calls out that developing countries need a fresh round of debt relief to prevent money urgently needed for health and education being diverted to creditors. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Developing countries ‘need more debt relief’ to fund education and health
Research warns poorer governments prioritising debt payments over essential development spending
www.theguardian.com
June 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
It's beyond time for debt relief. 🚩 NEW Jubilee Report calls out that developing countries need a fresh round of debt relief to prevent money urgently needed for health and education being diverted to creditors. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Strengthening Immunization Data: Protocol for the Evaluation of an Electronic Immunization Register - new publication by Meru Sheel, Cyra Patel, Gemma Saravanos et al. @merusheel.bsky.social @glsaravanos.bsky.social
www.researchprotocols.org/2025/1/e65663
www.researchprotocols.org/2025/1/e65663
Strengthening Immunization Data: Protocol for the Evaluation of an Electronic Immunization Register
Background: Electronic immunization registers (EIRs) can strengthen immunization systems and, if used effectively, can lead to greater efficiency and improvements in vaccination coverage. Several low-...
www.researchprotocols.org
June 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Strengthening Immunization Data: Protocol for the Evaluation of an Electronic Immunization Register - new publication by Meru Sheel, Cyra Patel, Gemma Saravanos et al. @merusheel.bsky.social @glsaravanos.bsky.social
www.researchprotocols.org/2025/1/e65663
www.researchprotocols.org/2025/1/e65663
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3/3WGH Aus spoke with Helena Hassani; founder of Boland Parwaz, an organisation working to abolish child & forced marriage. Afghanistan-born and forced to flee to Australia in 2009, she is now a researcher, social worker, and human rights advocate. Read more: www.wghaustralia.org/profiling-se...
Refugee Week: Helena Hassani - Founder of Boland Parwaz — Women in Global Health Australia
For Refugee Week 2025, Women in Global Health – Australia is proud to launch a special profiling series highlighting the voices and leadership of refugee women. Through the stories of two remarkable w...
www.wghaustralia.org
June 18, 2025 at 4:20 AM
3/3WGH Aus spoke with Helena Hassani; founder of Boland Parwaz, an organisation working to abolish child & forced marriage. Afghanistan-born and forced to flee to Australia in 2009, she is now a researcher, social worker, and human rights advocate. Read more: www.wghaustralia.org/profiling-se...
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2/3 WGH Aus spoke with Hon Ayor Makur Chuot MLC, the first African-Australian woman elected to WA Parliament. After childhood in a refugee camp, she overcame significant barriers to work in various areas before being elected to the Legislative Council in WA. www.wghaustralia.org/profiling-se...
Refugee Week: Hon. Ayor Makur Chuot MLC - Member of the Legislative Council WA — Women in Global Health Australia
For Refugee Week 2025, Women in Global Health – Australia is proud to launch a special profiling series highlighting the voices and leadership of refugee women. Through the stories of two remarkable w...
www.wghaustralia.org
June 18, 2025 at 4:20 AM
2/3 WGH Aus spoke with Hon Ayor Makur Chuot MLC, the first African-Australian woman elected to WA Parliament. After childhood in a refugee camp, she overcame significant barriers to work in various areas before being elected to the Legislative Council in WA. www.wghaustralia.org/profiling-se...
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1/3 Refugee Week 2025 centers on ‘Finding Freedom: Diversity in Community’. In honour, WGH Aus launches a profiling series ton two remarkable refugee women, Hon Ayor Makur Chuot MLC and Helena Hassani, and their work to drive change in gender and health.
@womeningh.bsky.social
@womeningh.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 4:20 AM
1/3 Refugee Week 2025 centers on ‘Finding Freedom: Diversity in Community’. In honour, WGH Aus launches a profiling series ton two remarkable refugee women, Hon Ayor Makur Chuot MLC and Helena Hassani, and their work to drive change in gender and health.
@womeningh.bsky.social
@womeningh.bsky.social
Read my new piece here....
Vaccination is key to protecting against measles – but the question of when exactly is best to give the vaccine is not black and white.
Measles cases are surging globally. Should children be vaccinated earlier?
theconversation.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Read my new piece here....
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NEW research published in PLOS Global Public Health by Delaram Akhavein, @merusheel.bsky.social and @seyeabimbola.bsky.social
How health securitisation shapes health system priorities: A realist synthesis
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How health securitisation shapes health system priorities: A realist synthesis
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
How health securitisation shapes health system priorities: A realist synthesis
Health securitisation – i.e., framing health issues as security issues or as threats– is growing in contemporary global health discourse. Given the power disparity between the actors who can frame a h...
journals.plos.org
May 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
NEW research published in PLOS Global Public Health by Delaram Akhavein, @merusheel.bsky.social and @seyeabimbola.bsky.social
How health securitisation shapes health system priorities: A realist synthesis
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
How health securitisation shapes health system priorities: A realist synthesis
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
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The 78th session of the World Health Assembly has just re-started.
Follow the #WHA78 discussions on our website: bit.ly/78thWorldHea...
Follow the #WHA78 discussions on our website: bit.ly/78thWorldHea...
Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly
The 78th World Health Assembly is being held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 19–27 May 2025. The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of WHO. It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member ...
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May 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The 78th session of the World Health Assembly has just re-started.
Follow the #WHA78 discussions on our website: bit.ly/78thWorldHea...
Follow the #WHA78 discussions on our website: bit.ly/78thWorldHea...
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Call for Nominations!!
The 2025 Paul Farmer Lectureship and Award for Global Health Equity
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The 2025 Paul Farmer Lectureship and Award for Global Health Equity
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May 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Call for Nominations!!
The 2025 Paul Farmer Lectureship and Award for Global Health Equity
www.mcgill.ca/spgh/about-u...
The 2025 Paul Farmer Lectureship and Award for Global Health Equity
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✨Final week to apply for a post-doc role in infectious diseases epidemiology and vaccines ✨
Working with me on two projects in Southeast Asia at the @sydney.edu.au . Apply through link here: www.seek.com.au/job/83861164
Great for those interested in global public health and field-based research.
Working with me on two projects in Southeast Asia at the @sydney.edu.au . Apply through link here: www.seek.com.au/job/83861164
Great for those interested in global public health and field-based research.
Research Fellow-School of Public Health Job in Sydney NSW - SEEK
Post-doctoral research fellow to contribute to important research focusing on designing methods to improve infectious diseases prevention and control
www.seek.com.au
May 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
✨Final week to apply for a post-doc role in infectious diseases epidemiology and vaccines ✨
Working with me on two projects in Southeast Asia at the @sydney.edu.au . Apply through link here: www.seek.com.au/job/83861164
Great for those interested in global public health and field-based research.
Working with me on two projects in Southeast Asia at the @sydney.edu.au . Apply through link here: www.seek.com.au/job/83861164
Great for those interested in global public health and field-based research.
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Most people who get COVID today will experience only a mild illness. But some are still at risk of severe illness. Here’s what the virus looks like 5 years on.
COVID is still around and a risk to vulnerable people. What are the symptoms in 2025? And how long does it last?
theconversation.com
May 7, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Most people who get COVID today will experience only a mild illness. But some are still at risk of severe illness. Here’s what the virus looks like 5 years on.