William Werbel, MD PhD
@williamwerbel.bsky.social
Transplant/oncology infectious diseases @ Johns Hopkins. Personalized prevention of serious infections (eg, 💉 vs viruses). Advancing intersection of HIV & transplantation (#HOPEinAction). Views=me. https://emergingpathogens.jhmi.edu
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Did someone say Donation Derby? Our 2025 fundraiser is now open. Support the IDCOP by allocating the donation to us. If we hit 10% participation we get to keep 75% of funds for IDCOP!
www.myast.org/donationderby
www.myast.org/donationderby
October 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Did someone say Donation Derby? Our 2025 fundraiser is now open. Support the IDCOP by allocating the donation to us. If we hit 10% participation we get to keep 75% of funds for IDCOP!
www.myast.org/donationderby
www.myast.org/donationderby
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Well, this is a brilliant #IDSky article that cuts close to the bone! 😬
Reframes #academia as an infection for which the causative organism may be less easy to define, but that can be just as insidious on affected individuals (clinical academics)!
#AcademicSky #MedSky 🧪 @cidjournal.bsky.social
Reframes #academia as an infection for which the causative organism may be less easy to define, but that can be just as insidious on affected individuals (clinical academics)!
#AcademicSky #MedSky 🧪 @cidjournal.bsky.social
Infected With the Academic Bug
It starts innocently. A paper you’re proud of, the thrill of seeing your name on PubMed. Everyone is genuinely happy for you; you’re a threat to no one. Bu
academic.oup.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Well, this is a brilliant #IDSky article that cuts close to the bone! 😬
Reframes #academia as an infection for which the causative organism may be less easy to define, but that can be just as insidious on affected individuals (clinical academics)!
#AcademicSky #MedSky 🧪 @cidjournal.bsky.social
Reframes #academia as an infection for which the causative organism may be less easy to define, but that can be just as insidious on affected individuals (clinical academics)!
#AcademicSky #MedSky 🧪 @cidjournal.bsky.social
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Donor-derived infections with Rickettsia typhi (agent of murine typhus) in 2 kidney transplant recipients (1 fatal)
Teaching points
- 🐭 typhus transmitted by fleas (& transplant)
- Cases 📈 in Texas
- Death of diffuse 🫁 , 🧠 edema w/o dx=👎 tx
- cfDNA MGS (Karius) can dx
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
Teaching points
- 🐭 typhus transmitted by fleas (& transplant)
- Cases 📈 in Texas
- Death of diffuse 🫁 , 🧠 edema w/o dx=👎 tx
- cfDNA MGS (Karius) can dx
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
September 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Donor-derived infections with Rickettsia typhi (agent of murine typhus) in 2 kidney transplant recipients (1 fatal)
Teaching points
- 🐭 typhus transmitted by fleas (& transplant)
- Cases 📈 in Texas
- Death of diffuse 🫁 , 🧠 edema w/o dx=👎 tx
- cfDNA MGS (Karius) can dx
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
Teaching points
- 🐭 typhus transmitted by fleas (& transplant)
- Cases 📈 in Texas
- Death of diffuse 🫁 , 🧠 edema w/o dx=👎 tx
- cfDNA MGS (Karius) can dx
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
Congrats @sarabelga.bsky.social
👏 Congrats to VCHRI researchers Drs. @sarabelga.bsky.social, Gabrielle Legault, Reza Rafizadeh, Jenna-Lynn Senger & Karen Tran who received @healthresearchbc.bsky.social 2025 Scholar & Health Professional-Investigator awards supporting research excellence:
Building a healthier future: Announcing the 2025 Scholar and Health Professional-Investigator awardees
26 outstanding scientists and health professionals will receive Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar and Health Professional-Investigator (HP-I) salary awards, providing the support they need to expand their impact. BC researchers are at the forefront of tackling our province’s most pressing health challenges, advancing knowledge across biomedical, clinical, health system, and population health research. This...
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September 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Congrats @sarabelga.bsky.social
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Deadline: Sept 2, 2025
Join us Sept 8–9 for the Pamela Tucker Johns Hopkins Course in Transplant & Oncology Infectious Diseases.
Learn from top experts & earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Designed for ID, transplant, & oncology clinicians & more!
For more information + registration: buff.ly/9KVn8lX
Join us Sept 8–9 for the Pamela Tucker Johns Hopkins Course in Transplant & Oncology Infectious Diseases.
Learn from top experts & earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Designed for ID, transplant, & oncology clinicians & more!
For more information + registration: buff.ly/9KVn8lX
September 2, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Deadline: Sept 2, 2025
Join us Sept 8–9 for the Pamela Tucker Johns Hopkins Course in Transplant & Oncology Infectious Diseases.
Learn from top experts & earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Designed for ID, transplant, & oncology clinicians & more!
For more information + registration: buff.ly/9KVn8lX
Join us Sept 8–9 for the Pamela Tucker Johns Hopkins Course in Transplant & Oncology Infectious Diseases.
Learn from top experts & earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Designed for ID, transplant, & oncology clinicians & more!
For more information + registration: buff.ly/9KVn8lX
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We are recruiting an Transplant ID faculty at WashU Medicine Infectious Diseases Division.
Come work at one of the largest transplant centers in the country with some of THE BEST ID fellows in the world!
facultyopportunities.wustl.edu/Posting/Deta...
Come work at one of the largest transplant centers in the country with some of THE BEST ID fellows in the world!
facultyopportunities.wustl.edu/Posting/Deta...
August 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We are recruiting an Transplant ID faculty at WashU Medicine Infectious Diseases Division.
Come work at one of the largest transplant centers in the country with some of THE BEST ID fellows in the world!
facultyopportunities.wustl.edu/Posting/Deta...
Come work at one of the largest transplant centers in the country with some of THE BEST ID fellows in the world!
facultyopportunities.wustl.edu/Posting/Deta...
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With ACIP sidelined, the Vaccine Integrity Project is convening trusted experts to ensure immunization guidance remains evidence-based, with IDSA leading efforts for immunocompromised and high-risk populations. www.statnews.com/2025/07/03/v...
The U.S. government is failing on vaccine policy. The Vaccine Integrity Project is here to help
The Vaccine Integrity Project will convene experts to assess the evidence on influenza, RSV, and Covid-19 to equip clinicians with reliable, evidence-based information.
www.statnews.com
July 4, 2025 at 3:14 AM
With ACIP sidelined, the Vaccine Integrity Project is convening trusted experts to ensure immunization guidance remains evidence-based, with IDSA leading efforts for immunocompromised and high-risk populations. www.statnews.com/2025/07/03/v...
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STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
July 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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How bad will it be? Catastrophic.
Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.
But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.
Speak up now before it is too late.
(inflation adjusted $-s below)
Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.
But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.
Speak up now before it is too late.
(inflation adjusted $-s below)
May 31, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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While immunocompromised individuals had a heterogeneous antibody response to RSV vaccines, those who received the adjuvanted RSVPreF3-AS01 vaccine showed better neutralization.
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December 30, 2024 at 6:25 PM
While immunocompromised individuals had a heterogeneous antibody response to RSV vaccines, those who received the adjuvanted RSVPreF3-AS01 vaccine showed better neutralization.
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ja.ma/4iVzJzy
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I assume this will get a lot of media and mis/disinfo attention, so best to read details in this excellent document to answer Qs.
? does mRNA preF vaccination lead to higher risk for severe RSV disease in infants (namely 8-10m olds).
www.fda.gov/media/184301...
? does mRNA preF vaccination lead to higher risk for severe RSV disease in infants (namely 8-10m olds).
www.fda.gov/media/184301...
www.fda.gov
December 12, 2024 at 5:20 PM
I assume this will get a lot of media and mis/disinfo attention, so best to read details in this excellent document to answer Qs.
? does mRNA preF vaccination lead to higher risk for severe RSV disease in infants (namely 8-10m olds).
www.fda.gov/media/184301...
? does mRNA preF vaccination lead to higher risk for severe RSV disease in infants (namely 8-10m olds).
www.fda.gov/media/184301...
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Today we report that an engineered skin bacterium, swabbed gently on the head of a mouse, can unleash a potent antibody response against a pathogen. Could lead to topical vaccines that are applied in a cream. @djenetbousbaine.bsky.social led the charge... @natureportfolio.bsky.social 1/55
December 11, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Today we report that an engineered skin bacterium, swabbed gently on the head of a mouse, can unleash a potent antibody response against a pathogen. Could lead to topical vaccines that are applied in a cream. @djenetbousbaine.bsky.social led the charge... @natureportfolio.bsky.social 1/55
Great to pod it up with you @matih-id.bsky.social @ethelweld @payalpatel.bsky.social @mariasundaram.bsky.social & co - hope to catch up soon.
@idsainfo.bsky.social brought this amazing group of humans together to build the Real Time Learning Network during the COVID-19 pandemic. A variety of resources drawing from expertise spanning our discipline. I joined some of the associate editors for the latest Let’s Talk ID: bit.ly/4fu1rRV #IDsky
Building the Real-Time Learning Network
The medical editors of the Real-Time Learning Network recount their experiences building the project from the ground up.
www.idsociety.org
November 22, 2024 at 2:50 AM
Great to pod it up with you @matih-id.bsky.social @ethelweld @payalpatel.bsky.social @mariasundaram.bsky.social & co - hope to catch up soon.