Mhairi McCormack
@mhairijan.bsky.social
PhD student @UofGlasgow @CVRinfo - she/her-seroepidemiology-Malawi-community studies
New paper!!! 🦠
This project with @CVRinfo, @MEIRU_MALAWI and @health_malawi explored SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in a longitudinal cohort from urban (Lilongwe) and rural (Karonga) Malawi 🇲🇼
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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This project with @CVRinfo, @MEIRU_MALAWI and @health_malawi explored SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in a longitudinal cohort from urban (Lilongwe) and rural (Karonga) Malawi 🇲🇼
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Characterising protective immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 in urban and rural Malawi between February 2021 and April 2022 - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Characterising protective immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 in urban and rural Malawi between February 2021 and April 2022
www.nature.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
New paper!!! 🦠
This project with @CVRinfo, @MEIRU_MALAWI and @health_malawi explored SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in a longitudinal cohort from urban (Lilongwe) and rural (Karonga) Malawi 🇲🇼
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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This project with @CVRinfo, @MEIRU_MALAWI and @health_malawi explored SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in a longitudinal cohort from urban (Lilongwe) and rural (Karonga) Malawi 🇲🇼
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Check out this CVR news article on our new paper! 🦠
📃 A Hidden Glitch: How HIV drugs can distort virus immunity tests
@mhairijan.bsky.social & colleagues found a flaw in widely used virus immunity tests. HIV drugs can interfere with lab results, causing false positives that mislead our understanding of immune responses.
gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
@mhairijan.bsky.social & colleagues found a flaw in widely used virus immunity tests. HIV drugs can interfere with lab results, causing false positives that mislead our understanding of immune responses.
gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
August 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Check out this CVR news article on our new paper! 🦠
🚨Are we overestimating viral immunity in people with HIV?🚨
In our new study, we found that a widely used lab test might give false positives for people with HIV who are on certain types of medication (integrase inhibitors)
Here’s what we found 🧵1/n
In our new study, we found that a widely used lab test might give false positives for people with HIV who are on certain types of medication (integrase inhibitors)
Here’s what we found 🧵1/n
August 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🚨Are we overestimating viral immunity in people with HIV?🚨
In our new study, we found that a widely used lab test might give false positives for people with HIV who are on certain types of medication (integrase inhibitors)
Here’s what we found 🧵1/n
In our new study, we found that a widely used lab test might give false positives for people with HIV who are on certain types of medication (integrase inhibitors)
Here’s what we found 🧵1/n
Thrilled to share my first first-author paper is now published!
Detailing SARS-CoV-2 immune responses in Scottish healthcare settings, this is an important insight into current population immunity.
#SARSCoV2 #Immunology #PhD
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Detailing SARS-CoV-2 immune responses in Scottish healthcare settings, this is an important insight into current population immunity.
#SARSCoV2 #Immunology #PhD
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Estimating population immunity to SARS-CoV-2 by random sampling from primary and secondary healthcare in Scotland, May 2024
As the COVID-19 pandemic has ended, the global focus has shifted from “pandemic response” to “long-term management”. With no ongoing nationwide serosu…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Thrilled to share my first first-author paper is now published!
Detailing SARS-CoV-2 immune responses in Scottish healthcare settings, this is an important insight into current population immunity.
#SARSCoV2 #Immunology #PhD
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Detailing SARS-CoV-2 immune responses in Scottish healthcare settings, this is an important insight into current population immunity.
#SARSCoV2 #Immunology #PhD
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Had a wonderful time in Oxford this week filled with data modelling, presentations, meetings, and beautiful lunch spots! Huge thanks to @jameshay.bsky.social for inviting me down and all the wonderful researchers who have taken the time to speak with me #PhD #BigData @ox.ac.uk
March 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Had a wonderful time in Oxford this week filled with data modelling, presentations, meetings, and beautiful lunch spots! Huge thanks to @jameshay.bsky.social for inviting me down and all the wonderful researchers who have taken the time to speak with me #PhD #BigData @ox.ac.uk
Thrilled to be visiting the Big Data Institute in Oxford this week to collaborate with data modellers on analysis for my PhD project! 🖥️🦠 #PhD #BigData #epidemiology
March 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Thrilled to be visiting the Big Data Institute in Oxford this week to collaborate with data modellers on analysis for my PhD project! 🖥️🦠 #PhD #BigData #epidemiology
Reposted by Mhairi McCormack
Great turnout from the @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epidemiology Group at #RTI2025. 🦠🫁
@mhairijan.bsky.social & Elen Vink presenting their #PhD work tomorrow.
@mhairijan.bsky.social & Elen Vink presenting their #PhD work tomorrow.
February 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Great turnout from the @cvrinfo.bsky.social Clinical Viral Epidemiology Group at #RTI2025. 🦠🫁
@mhairijan.bsky.social & Elen Vink presenting their #PhD work tomorrow.
@mhairijan.bsky.social & Elen Vink presenting their #PhD work tomorrow.