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CCDD at Harvard Chan@CCDD_HSPH · Jul 23

Epidemiologist Jeff Imai-Eaton warns funding cuts could reverse decades of gains in prevention, care. Featured the Harvard Gazette youtube.com/watch?v=w_x-Gh…

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CCDD at Harvard Chan@CCDD_HSPH · Jul 21

Check out "Are We Prepared for the Next Pandemic?"- CCDD Director, @mlipsitch's conversation with Sam Harris, host of Making Sense podcast @MakingSenseHQ samharris.org/podcasts/makin…

CCDD_HSPH's tweet card. Sam Harris speaks with Marc Lipsitch about pandemic preparedness.

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Harvard Epidemiology@HarvardEpi · Jul 1

Congrats to the Class of 2025! Now that the academic year has concluded, we invite you to watch our video, "Challenging Times in Epidemiology." It offers a glimpse into the experiences of our students, faculty, staff & researchers during the '24–'25 year youtube.com/watch?v=epWT1C…

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CCDD at Harvard Chan@CCDD_HSPH · Jun 26

Bill Hanage @BillHanage weighs in on RFK Jr’s newly appointed ACIP’s move to examine vaccines licensed seven or more years ago. Read more from BBC News at bit.ly/40rDoxk

CCDD_HSPH's tweet card. Health experts have concerns about the new panel, which helps determine who gets vaccines in the US and when.

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CCDD at Harvard Chan@CCDD_HSPH · Jun 26

Permanently discontinuing HIV services currently supported by PEPFAR in S. Africa could lead to up to 296k more infections and 65k more AIDS deaths by 2028—highlighting the need to sustain services. From Project Linganisa team incl Jeff Imai-Eaton @ bit.ly/4ng03GJ

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CCDD at Harvard Chan@CCDD_HSPH · Jun 25

New tool for pangenome analysis! CLARC refines bacterial gene clusters using functional annotation + linkage—not just sequence. New publication by Indra Gonzalez & collaborators, advised by @mlipsitch & @BillHanage. Read more at bit.ly/4ek0Y51

CCDD_HSPH's tweet card. Abstract. Bacterial genomes exhibit significant variation in gene content and sequence identity. Pangenome analyses explore this diversity by classifying g

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CCDD at Harvard Chan@CCDD_HSPH · Jun 24

A new study by Julia Deichmann, @mlipsitch, & collaborators at the Sheba Medical Center, Israel uses mathematical modeling to predict antibody kinetics and duration of protection against SARS-CoV-2 following vaccination using sparse serological data. bit.ly/43XY9mK

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CCDD at Harvard Chan@CCDD_HSPH · Jun 23

Dr. Yonatan Grad, Professor of immunology and infectious diseases comments on the potential impact of recent decisions related to vaccines made by Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Read it here at bit.ly/3T2KPqX

CCDD_HSPH's tweet card. Yonatan Grad, professor of immunology and infectious diseases, comments on the potential impact of recent decisions related to vaccines made by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy...

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CCDD at Harvard Chan@CCDD_HSPH · May 8

Join us TODAY at 1PM ET for our #IDEpi Seminar presented by Erin Mordecai, Associate Professor in the Biology Department at Stanford University. Register for Zoom at hsph.me/IDEPI25

CCDD_HSPH's tweet image. Join us TODAY at 1PM ET for our #IDEpi Seminar presented by Erin Mordecai, Associate Professor in the Biology Department at Stanford University. Register for Zoom at hsph.me/IDEPI25

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CCDD at Harvard Chan@CCDD_HSPH · May 5

Join us this Thursday at 1PM ET for our #IDEpi Seminar presented by Erin Mordecai, Associate Professor in the Biology Department at Stanford University. Register for Zoom at hsph.me/IDEPI25

CCDD_HSPH's tweet image. Join us this Thursday at 1PM ET for our #IDEpi Seminar presented by Erin Mordecai, Associate Professor in the Biology Department at Stanford University. Register for Zoom at hsph.me/IDEPI25

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CCDD at Harvard Chan@CCDD_HSPH · May 2

Thanks to all who attended and presented at our 20th Freeman-Seage Symposium on Tues, Apr 29! This event was in honor of two renowned faculty members, Jonathan Freeman and George Seage for their leadership and contributions to the field of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

CCDD_HSPH's tweet image. Thanks to all who attended and presented at our 20th Freeman-Seage Symposium on Tues, Apr 29! This event was in honor of two renowned faculty members, Jonathan Freeman and George Seage for their leadership and contributions to the field of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

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CCDD at Harvard Chan@CCDD_HSPH · May 1

Happening this afternoon at 1PM ET: #IDEpi Seminar presented by Amy Wesolowski @apwez, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Register for Zoom at hsph.me/IDEPI25

CCDD_HSPH's tweet image. Happening this afternoon at 1PM ET: #IDEpi Seminar presented by Amy Wesolowski @apwez, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Register for Zoom at hsph.me/IDEPI25

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CCDD at Harvard Chan@CCDD_HSPH · Apr 28

Join us this Thursday at 1PM ET for our #IDEpi Seminar presented by Amy Wesolowski @apwez, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Register for Zoom at hsph.me/IDEPI25

CCDD_HSPH's tweet image. Join us this Thursday at 1PM ET for our #IDEpi Seminar presented by Amy Wesolowski @apwez, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Register for Zoom at hsph.me/IDEPI25

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CCDD at Harvard Chan@CCDD_HSPH · Apr 25

New publication on STI burden in sub-Saharan Africa (2000–2024) finds rising chlamydia prevalence & key sex differences in trends. By Julia Michalow, @the_hayre, Salome Kuchukhidze, and @domonique from Imai-Eaton Lab & collaborators. bit.ly/44aXQWe

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CCDD at Harvard Chan@CCDD_HSPH · Apr 24

Join us TODAY at 1pm ET: #IDEpi Seminar presented by Trevor Bedford, Professor at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Register for Zoom at hsph.me/IDEPI25

CCDD_HSPH's tweet image. Join us TODAY at 1pm ET: #IDEpi Seminar presented by Trevor Bedford, Professor at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Register for Zoom at hsph.me/IDEPI25

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CCDD at Harvard Chan@CCDD_HSPH · Apr 16

Please join us on Tues, Apr 29 for our 20th Freeman-Seage Symposium featuring presentations highlighting #IDEpi topics. This event honors two renowned faculty members, Drs. Freeman (left) and Seage (right) for their leadership and contributions to the field.

CCDD_HSPH's tweet image. Please join us on Tues, Apr 29 for our 20th Freeman-Seage Symposium featuring presentations highlighting #IDEpi topics. This event honors two renowned faculty members, Drs. Freeman (left) and Seage (right) for their leadership and contributions to the field.

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CCDD at Harvard Chan@CCDD_HSPH · Apr 14

Join us this THURSDAY at 1PM ET for our #IDEpi Seminar presented by Dr. Mathieu Maheu-Giroux, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University. Regsiter for Zoom at hsph.me/IDEPI25

CCDD_HSPH's tweet image. Join us this THURSDAY at 1PM ET for our #IDEpi Seminar presented by Dr. Mathieu Maheu-Giroux, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University. Regsiter for Zoom at hsph.me/IDEPI25

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CCDD at Harvard Chan@CCDD_HSPH · Apr 14

New Lancet #healthpolicy review: Protecting Africa’s children from extreme risk: a runway of sustainability for PEPFAR programmes — with contributions from CCDD’s Jeff Imai-Eaton. Read more at bit.ly/42wKn8C

CCDD_HSPH's tweet card. PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), a landmark US foreign health policy, is recognised for saving 26 million lives from HIV. PEPFAR investments have also had life-saving impacts for...

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CCDD at Harvard Chan@CCDD_HSPH · Apr 9

Advancing health equity in wastewater-based epidemiology: A global critical review and conceptual framework. New publication by PhD Student Ruchita Balasubramanian, Dr. @BillHanage, and collaborators. Read it here at bit.ly/4cvgJVQ

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CCDD at Harvard Chan@CCDD_HSPH · Apr 4

New publication by Dr. Menzies, Dr. Imai-Eaton, and collaborators: Distribution and transmission of M. tuberculosis in a high-HIV prevalence city in Malawi: A genomic and spatial analysis. Read it here at bit.ly/3DVFnCh

CCDD_HSPH's tweet card. Delays in identifying and treating individuals with infectious tuberculosis (TB) contribute to poor health outcomes and allow ongoing community transmission of M. tuberculosis (Mtb). Current recomm...

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