Seems to be livening up a bit over there...

Given today's PHEIC announcement, here's post from last month with some open source tools for analysing mpox outbreaks 👇

Is Harris or Trump leading? New post on confident headlines and uncertain polls: blog.kucharski.io/?is-harris-or-…

New post on mpox, outlining how we got here – and where we might be going next: blog.kucharski.io/?how-we-got-he…

Terrific post from Adam, explaining the context of waning smallpox immunity, population changes, clade variance and more. #Mpox

I wrote with Adam Kucharski a review of statistical inference methods to address key epidemiological questions during epidemics doi.org/10.1016/j.epid…. A mix of theory, intuitive explanation, and 21 case studies. Hopefully a useful resource for students and others!

How a Hockney exhibition got me thinking about four dimensional chairs: blog.kucharski.io/?how-hockney-g…

What are the big questions that emerge during new epidemics? And how do we answer them? Anne Cori 💙 and I have put together a new review of inference of epidemic dynamics in the modern era, from understanding dynamics to evaluation of interventions: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The manipulation game - why certain groups understand online contagion more than others, and what it means for the amplification of extreme views. New post: blog.kucharski.io/?the-manipulat…

Think we’re reaching a point where (rising) engagement over on bsky is nearing (declining) engagement on here...

Latest post on trolls, contagion, manipulation and amplification - and what we can do about it:

Fellow writers/experts/wonks/journalists.... a lot of your peers are on Bluesky now and you will quickly connect with them if you go there. A lot of the 1000s you think you are reaching, I bet you are not, as they are dormant, or the algorithm is preventing you reaching them.

Congratulations Dr. Emilie Finch on successfully defending your PhD thesis on modelling the role of of immunity, climate and behaviour on viral outbreak dynamics and control. It has been such an honour to be your supervisor with Adam Kucharski London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 🤩🥂💛🎓

📢 New Training! Applications are now open! ➡️We will offer a week-long in-person training providing a practical introduction to outbreak data analysis using R packages developed by the Epiverse-TRACE initiative. 🗓️25 - 29 November 2024 📌+details in: epiverse-trace.github.io/gam-summit/pre…

Some research productivity lessons from the world of betting and finance. New post: blog.kucharski.io/?some-research…