What we choose to implement - and when - matters. Our work shows that proactive screening strategies can reduce transmission by ~40% vs reactive responses. A key lesson for preparedness. In PNAS Nexus: ow.ly/cLnu50YCrcn
Great discussion with @billhanage.bsky.social and the audience at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 during our session “Pathogens and people: modelling epidemics for preparedness”. Strong focus on how to improve preparedness in collaboration with public health institutes - lots to take forward.
Still few days to apply!
PhD opportunity at SUMOC (Sorbonne Université | INSERM), Paris, within the EPIcx lab.
🦠 Project: SPILL-AI (mobility data, AI, epidemic modeling)
⚠️ Selected candidate will be submitted to competitive funding (SCAI)
Apply by April 12, 2026
www.epicx-lab.com/open-positio...
Join ESPIDAM 2026 — the European Summer Program in Infectious Disease Analysis & Modelling!
A unique training opportunity for early-career researchers in epidemic modelling 🦠📊
⏳ Early bird deadline: March 31
www.su.se/english/divi...
Two postdoc positions open at SUMOC (Sorbonne Université | INSERM), Paris, within the EPIcx lab.
🦠 Network epidemiology of healthcare-associated infections (ARCANE)
🧠 Coupled behavior–disease modeling (PREVIX)
2-y positions | Start June 2026
#epidemiology #networks #matrices
Mobility-based synthetic contact matrices offer a promising alternative for real-time pandemic response modeling. How do they compare with traditional empirical contact matrices?
We address this question in our latest study, now published in Nature Communications ⬇️
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Joint work with
@santepubliquefrance.fr
#mpox #publichealth #behavior #epidemiology
@inserm.fr @fac-sante-sorbonne.bsky.social
#SUMOC
These results highlight the key role of spontaneous community-driven behaviour change, and the importance of risk communication and community engagement in outbreak control.
Model results aligned with post-outbreak survey data (ERAS 2023) reporting that ~46% of MSM reduced sexual partners during that outbreak.
Instead, the decline was best explained by widespread behavioural change, adopted by ~half of MSM, *independently of individual risk level*.
This prevented an estimated ~70% of potential cases during summer 2022.
We found that vaccination and infection-induced immunity alone could not explain the early downturn.
We used a network model of mpox transmission among MSM, grounded in sexual behaviour data, to disentangle the drivers: post-exposure vaccination, immunity among highly active individuals, behavioural adaptations.
*New paper in Nature Health*
Why did the 2022 mpox outbreak in Paris decline so abruptly?
rdcu.be/eZ24H
Time to party! 🎄✨ #SUMOC
Great second day at the #EPICONTACTS2025 workshop — engaging talks at the interface of contact matrices, epidemiology, behavioral data, and network science.
This initiative is part of FRAME, the French Research Action on Modeling Epidemics supported by
@anrs-mie.bsky.social
EPIcx diamonds 💎
Two days of great scientific discussions with >100 infectious disease modellers during the annual meeting of FRAME (the French Research Action on Modelling Epidemics), supported by @anrs-mie.bsky.social. What a fantastic research community!
An oldie 😀🙏
Brilliant and inspiring talk by Shweta Bansal @bansallab.bsky.social at #Epidemics10 on contact patterns at the interface of data, modelling and public health — and even across species!
Many thanks to IReSP (Institut pour la Recherche en Santé Publique) and the Inserm Public Health Institute for the invitation to the Public Health Research Club #3. Proud to share #SUMOC perspectives on strengthening modeling in public health preparedness.
@inserm.fr @fac-sante-sorbonne.bsky.social
Climate and health at the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.
lincei.it/node/15488
🔬 A new #MOOD #HorizonEU study reveals how #COVID19 modelling, data use & collaboration evolved across #Europe - offering key lessons for future pandemics.
📖 🔊Read more + listen: www.worldpop.org/blog/lessons...
@uosmedia.bsky.social @esthervk.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social @ukhsa.bsky.social
📈🦠 On how COVID-19 modelling supported public health decisions in Europe #Eurosurveillance
www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...
Our analysis of modelling practices, data use, and science-policy interactions during the COVID-19 pandemic is out on @eurosurveillance.org this week.
www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...
Wonderful collaborative effort conducted in the context of mood-h2020.eu
Read the thread below 👇
International Workshop on Social Contacts for Epidemic Modeling
Paris, Dec 8-9, 2025
epicontacts2025.weebly.com
Dec 8: Training session on contact data for ID modeling.
Dec 9: Workshop on methodological advances in the field, featuring a strong lineup of invited speakers.
@anrs-mie.bsky.social
First SUMOC talk ✨
Prof. Mauricio Santillana (Northeastern University) on forecasting outbreaks using mathematical models & internet-based data - lessons from COVID-19.
#SUMOC
@sorbonne-universite.fr @fac-sante-sorbonne.bsky.social @inserm.fr
