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Alex Sundermann, DrPH
@sundermannaj.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor in Epidemiology @ Pitt Public Health | Outbreaks, Genomic Epidemiology, Public Health 🕵🏼‍♂️ | DrPH, CIC, FAPIC | Hubs & Dad of 2
https://www.publichealth.pitt.edu/directory/alexander-sundermann
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They’re closing the CDC museum?!
November 14, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Ignore the Halloween sticker my 4 year old placed on it 🧙🏻‍♀️
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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This one? 👀 @amandalitman.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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pitching @runforsomething.net - an awesome organization that helps folks just like this
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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@jon-otter.bsky.social thought this may be of interest to you!
November 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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a pink cartoon character with a huge mouth open
ALT: a pink cartoon character with a huge mouth open
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November 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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AMR spreads by plasmids that move between species. If we only track clones we miss core transmission biology.

We need plasmid surveillance and the pre-print/tool Nathan has made here attempts to lower that barrier and make it more accessible

#IDsky

Github: github.com/mpgriffith/a...
GitHub - mpgriffith/accio
Contribute to mpgriffith/accio development by creating an account on GitHub.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Still got the laptop sticker
October 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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The history one was my favorite!
October 24, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Meanwhile 🫠
www.statnews.com/2025/10/22/a...
Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century
More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year.
www.statnews.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Here in Pennsylvania…
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sundermannaj.bsky.social Alex Sundermann, DrPH @sundermannaj.bsky.social · Feb 27
The Pennsylvania house had a great informational hearing today on avian flu led by folks @ Penn (including @lhmoncla.bsky.social)

Great Qs asked by policy makers

R chair, however, asked if we could get sick eating vaccinated chickens & questioned COVID vax 🤦🏼‍♂️ (54:20)
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Agriculture and Rural Affairs & Health Committees -- February 26, 2025
YouTube video by Pa. House Video
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October 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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cc @emrsa15.bsky.social as well! 👏🏻
October 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Loved that presentation! Was reading more about the art piece from Egon Schiele

www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/u...
An Unwitting Monument | Stassa Edwards
On Egon Schiele’s pandemic year.
www.laphamsquarterly.org
October 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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~3 months: ~5.7 million views. Still figuring out what I’m doing tho 👀
October 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Lots of hurdles to cross still, but many colleagues agree it could be implemented.

Envision it’ll be a mix of in-house, public health, and commercial solutions for widespread adoption
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Pathogen genomics in healthcare: overcoming barriers to proactive surveillance | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
In the ever-evolving domain of healthcare, the introduction of whole genome sequencing (WGS) has emerged as a transformative tool. Its invaluable applications in medical research are well recognized, ...
journals.asm.org
October 15, 2025 at 12:53 AM