These are key places to focus surveillance, diagnostics and vector control before the virus arrives and they provide a foundation for future early warning tools.
The study was co led by my postdoc Laura Alexander, in collaboration with colleagues across Brazil and the University of Kentucky.
This “risk of outbreak given an introduction” is what preparedness and prevention need. It reveals rural communities that have not yet seen Oropouche but have the right ingredients for emergence.
By combining more than 30,000 cases from Brazil with real weather, environmental and demographic data, we identify the vector, human and environmental conditions, and the timing, that let introductions turn into sustained outbreaks.
Our new study bit.ly/4srWRKd looks beyond “where could the virus survive?” and asks a more practical question: if Oropouche is introduced into a community, where is it most likely to ignite an outbreak. #orov #arbovirus #brazil
Happy International Women’s Day! Grateful for the incredible women in my life and special shout out to the women in my lab whose ideas, creativity, and perseverance make our science and our community stronger every day. It’s a joy to learn from and work alongside you.
Excited to connect this to my ongoing work modeling measles spatial transmission dynamics and school-level vaccination impacts in the US, informing strategies for stronger outbreak prevention. Links www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6... and www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
Excited to connect this to my ongoing work modeling measles spatial transmission dynamics and school-level vaccination impacts in the US, informing strategies for stronger outbreak prevention. Links Inkd.in/eQXQHg8K and Inkd.in/eGBJxBKf
Our new study shows that it is not just county‑level MMR coverage but the spatial clustering of unvaccinated kids that separates a contained outbreak in TX (414 cases) from sustained transmission in SC (>900 cases, with ~5.7x higher local susceptible density) www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6... #measles
New study from my group on measles in the US helps explain why South Carolina’s 789‑case outbreak is exactly what you’d expect when under‑vaccinated schools and cross‑county school‑district corridors are invisible to county‑level surveillance
Preprint: doi.org/10.64898/202... #measles #surveillance
Can’t wait!
The U.S. will very likely lose its measles-elimination status next month, and Americans will have to confront how difficult this virus can be to control, @katherinejwu.com reports:
So happy to have this out! #bordetella #adaptation
📌 Save the Date!
The flagship conference of the Network Science Society - 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - is coming to Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute, 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭-𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.
Prepare to share ideas, discoveries & challenges in network science.
Registration opens soon! 🔗 www.netsci2026.com
Visited @lmrocha.bsky.social today at #gimm #universidadecatolica in Oeiras. We are cooking exciting ideas 💡
Thanks @midas-network.bsky.social trainee committee for inviting me to present today, it was lovely to meet you all!
Poster for event titled "How to Give an Engaging and Technical Research Talk" on June 6, 2025 at 1pm EDT. The speaker is Dr. Ana Bento from Cornell University and the slide contains a QR code and link to register.
Want to make your research presentations more compelling and accessible? Join @midas-network.bsky.social trainees for a workshop on how to give an effective research talk!
We'll hear from @anaisabelbento.bsky.social on how to tailor talks for different audiences & then apply what we've learned.
Congrats! So cool
Congrats!
Beyond excited to attend the British netsci symposium. Can’t wait to meet the next generation of scientists!
Although there is no photo evidence Carla Mavian (@cmavian.bsky.social) was visiting me this week, it was amazing to have her 😊 shame it was so short but we got lots done stay tuned!
Thanks Scott! It was amazing to visit Rice 😊 great discussions and colleagues and students!
The vaccine against Shingles helps protect against dementia, results of a natural experiment, adding to prior evidence
"implications are profound"
New @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
Emerging infectious diseases conference 60th anniversary of the US - Japan cooperative sciences program so excited
to be here in Tokyo as guest speaker thanks to the NIH
Contracting measles isn't great at any time of life, but it can be a pretty nasty infection for adults. And increasing numbers of adults are susceptible to this vaccine-preventable illness. www.statnews.com/2023/08/02/adult-measles...
I have been thinking the same 🤓
I had shingles 6 months into the pandemic (lil sleep and lots of stress) it was terrible… the dr was shocked I had it because I was not on the right age group. Glad you’re getting it cos we are in for stressful times 😣 feel better soon
Those are cool!
For the roughly 60% of US adults who haven’t gotten their flu shot yet this year, and the 80% who haven’t gotten an up to date COVID booster: now would be an excellent time before the holidays.
www.cdc.gov/respvaxview/...
Thank you so much for being a wonderful host @senpei.bsky.social it was so great to visit you, to meet your team & other colleagues in the dept!