🧪🤣 #syphilis
Brilliant #MustSee for all following #SISS2025 in Shanghai or online

Maybe @glaucomflecken.bsky.social would also have fainted at the worldwide shortage of benzathine penicillin

@drmichaelmarks.bsky.social @joetucker.bsky.social @chidodc.bsky.social
HT @catherineberry.bsky.social

Congrats to the whole group! A distinguished group

Twenty Leading China Specialists Selected for Ninth Round of Public Intellectuals Program The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations is pleased to announce the ninth round of fellows in its  Public Intellectuals Program (PIP), generously funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York. The ...

@ncuscr.bsky.social is delighted to announce the twenty fellows who make up the ninth cohort of our Public Intellectuals Program.

Learn more about the newest #PIPFellows:
www.ncuscr.org/twenty-leadi...

#stihiv2025 🧪 day 2
Publish and thrive

Enthusiasm for writing to publish you science is vital
Great to be here with editors of
📣 Sexually Transmitted Infections
📣 Sexually Transmitted Diseases
📣 Journal of the IAS
📣 Sexual Health

Me
@joetucker.bsky.social
Jason Ong
Kees Rietmeijer
Kenneth Mayer

Thx @nicolamlow.bsky.social - you guessed it! Excited for the workshop

Interested in youth (15-24 years old) co-creation? TDR are organizing a practical guide and seeking peer reviewers. We are particularly interested in LMIC researchers and people excited about youth engagement. Deadline for interest 30 July. Details: forms.gle/7yJzUYZ1Y4gG...

Looking forward to talking #STI 🧪 @stihiv2025.org
with
@chidodc.bsky.social @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social @oriolmitja.bsky.social @joetucker.bsky.social @picardonhealth.bsky.social @yhgrad.bsky.social @mckline98.bsky.social @stirig-lshtm.bsky.social

Strong panel moderated by Korede Adedeji at the CHANGE Challenge this week on writing grant applications. Thank you Dr Funto, Dr Ucheoma, and Dr Temi! @sesh-global.bsky.social

‘Tears My Heart to Pieces’: North Carolina Braces for Medicaid Cuts

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/u...

Public Peer Review for Mentorship Guide Thank you for your interest in contributing to the peer review for the HERMES practical guide on health research mentorship. The purpose of this peer review is to provide feedback, identify weaknesses...

Interested in health research mentorship? TDR is organizing a practical guide and seeking peer reviewers. We are particularly interested in LMIC researchers, inside and outside of TDR networks. Deadline 2 July. Details: forms.gle/ojWwu319596h...

Japan embraces partnerships and open borders to facilitate conferences like APACC: excellent opening remarks from Ambassador Ryo Nakamura @uncglobalhealth.bsky.social

3. Check for bias—then revise.
Use open access tools (slowe.github.io/genderbias/, from Tom Forth) to unpack some of the potential gender bias in the text

2. Use strong, active language.
Avoid faint praise or hedging. Say “She led the analysis and published in Lancet” not “She was involved and did a good job.”

1. Focus on accomplishments, not personality.
Studies show letters for women often overemphasise warmth ("kind," "helpful") instead of expertise. Prioritise impact, leadership, and skills.

Writing a letter of recommendation for a woman? Here are three tips to make your letter more effective:

Great mentor mentee relationships are not transactional and are special in many ways from Dr Stefan Jansen from the University of Rwanda

Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health More than $800 million in N.I.H. grants canceled as of early May — nearly half of those terminated to date — covered the health of sexual and gender minority groups, The Times found.

Cuts to LGBTQ science have been severe and are likely driven illegal www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/h...

Congrats to Dr Alice Zhang at Penn State on her NIDA K23 NOA - you rock! @uncglobalhealth.bsky.social

Given discussions at I had at #ESCMIDGlobal, it might be useful for new researchers to know how a journal editor screens submissions (obviously this is my approach and so it might differ for others).

Walking increases creativity : cool study from Dr Marily Oppezzo at Stanford: www.apa.org/pubs/journal...

Doing good science is 90% finding a science buddy to constantly talk to about the project.

King K. Holmes, a Pioneer in STD Research, Dies at 87 He took a down-to-earth approach to sexually transmitted infections, a subject no one wanted to discuss, arriving at novel methods of treatment and prevention.

The King of STI research: rest in power Dr King Homes www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/s...

An open letter to graduate students and other procrastinators: it’s time to write Nature Biotechnology - An open letter to graduate students and other procrastinators: it’s time to write

“Don’t write for the Nobel laureates in your field. Write for the students — and your parents, because they want to read your writing more badly than anyone.” Brilliant piece from @vigocarpathian on writing rdcu.be/edUCp @NatureBiotech

Participatory health research

Are you passionate about participatory health research? We are evaluating TDR’s guides to enhance their impact! Share your insights in this survey and shape the future of community-engaged research. Deadline April 23 survey: unc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... @sesh-global.bsky.social @who.int

Africa's defining moment: the time to lead the HIV response is now For decades, external actors, such as donors, funders, and implementing partners, have shaped Africa's HIV response. Although this strategy has saved millions of lives, it entrenched dependency, leavi...

Africa can and must lead on the HIV response - wonderful piece from LGH www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Love the early spring!

The power of positivity: how a simple question went viral The viral success of a social media post offers insights on how universities can use simple, authentic and emotionally resonant content to drive engagement and strengthen community

“What is something good that happened to you today” crowdsourced snippets from UNC Chapel Hill go viral www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/power...

3rd Annual Global Health Scholars Symposium | Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases Join us in Bioinformatics 1131 for this annual event featuring research from MD/PhD students, doctoral candidates, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty from global sites around the world, hosted by...

UNC global health symposium going on now: globalhealth.unc.edu/event/3rd-an... @sesh-global.bsky.social @uncpublichealth.bsky.social

Young person with Schistosomiasia haematobium

800 million people have this worm in them - Ascaris . Recovered from a patient