Neglected Tropical Diseases, research to action
Pulling together this starter pack of researchers, professionals, organisations etc that work on Neglected Tropical Diseases #BeatNTDs #NTDs - Rassemblement de chercheurs, de professionnels, d'organisations, etc. qui travaillent sur les maladies tropicales négligées #MTN #NonAuxMTN
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@scianouk.bsky.social
@afro.who.int
Official BlueSky account for the World Health Organization African Region - WHO/AFRO
@uniting.bsky.social
Our partnership works to control, eliminate, and eradicate neglected tropical diseases & improve the lives of over a billion people
@morganlemin.bsky.social
MRC LID PhD Candidate @ LSHTM 🌍| Machine learning and novel technology for female genital schistosomiasis detection 🪱| MEnvHlthSc 🍃
@iddonews.bsky.social
Pioneers in generating new research evidence from existing data since 2009 - putting equity for global researchers at the forefront.
@mentor-initiative.bsky.social
Humanitarian organisation specialising in infectious diseases control and improving access to healthcare services in vulnerable and conflict-affected settings. https://mentor-initiative.org/
@maxeyre.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | epidemiology | environmental & climatic drivers of infectious diseases | spatial stats | NTD mapping | WASH & urban health | (he/him)
@ngdiubc.bsky.social
NGDI-UBC will develop interventions for neglected global diseases and ensure their delivery to those in need.
@schistastudy.bsky.social
The Zipime Weka Schista study (do self-testing sister!) This is a One-stop home self-sampling for female genital schistosomiasis, HPV, Trichomonas and HIV as a cost-effective and self-empowering strategy to increase case-detection
@bri-src.bsky.social
The Schistosomiasis Resource Center at the Biomedical Research Institute distributes cost-free schistosomiasis reagents to scientists around the world.
@praiseadeyemo.bsky.social
Vivo pro Christus | PhD Candidate @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social | #ECR @lamberton-lab.bsky.social | Interested in #NTDs #OneHealth #healthpolicies #schistosomiasis
@lamberton-lab.bsky.social
The #LambertonLab focuses on understanding transmission dynamics of #NeglectedTropicalDiseases and how best to control them | Combatting #NTDs through #interdisciplinary #research | #Schistosomiasis #Onchocerciasis #SoilTransmittedHelminthiasis 🧪
@iamjessclark.bsky.social
Work 👩💻: Research Fellow integrating One Health & quantitative methods to understand & control neglected infectious diseases. Fun 🏔️: Hills and spaniels, cooking too much food, & swimming in the sea. she/her 🏳️🌈✊
@yangaza209.bsky.social
NTDs Team Lead at One Health Society and core member of WHO SkinNTDs WG,Mentor at ICHORDS.
@bspparasitology.bsky.social
The mission of the BSP is to advance the study of parasitology, aid communication within the community, and promote dissemination of advances in the field. http://www.bsp.uk.net/
@adamcieplinski.bsky.social
Limnologist and parasitologist in charge of the Schistosome Snail Resource snail lab @ Natural History Museum, London Studying #snails, #schistosomes, #rotifers, #collections, making #3D models of #shells
@rosacastro.bsky.social
Advocating for solutions to fight poverty-related & neglected diseases @dsw_intl | 🇻🇪 🇪🇺| Biosciences & Public Health Director @EASACnews | views my own
@rivkamlim.bsky.social
Wellcome Trust - Hosts, Pathogens and Global Health PhD candidate. Researching persistent hotspots of schistosomiasis infection. Views are my own. (She/her). Wife. Mum of two.
@droolan.bsky.social
Immunology/parasitology PhD student at SwissTPH in the Helminth Immunology Group Naarm ✈️ Basel
@ferag.bsky.social
Biologist | UNSAM-CONICET | Bioinformatics | Cheminformatics | Genomics | Drug discovery | Diagnostics | Neglected Tropical Diseases | Argentina 🇦🇷
@uoe-eid.bsky.social
The network based at the University of Edinburgh for infectious disease researchers. https://edinburgh-infectious-diseases.ed.ac.uk/
@marquescata.bsky.social
Hi! I’m a postdoc at University of Glasgow looking into how Trypanosomes and Leishmania replicate their DNA!
@spilf.bsky.social
French ID society. www.infectiologie.com
@albuquerqueafrr.bsky.social
https://www.name-coach.com/andreia-wendt https://linktr.ee/andreia.wendt Molecular Parasitologist | Made in Portugal | Marie Curie Global Fellow Mum of 🐈⬛🦟🪲🦗🪴 #transporters #leishmania #sandflies #drugs | Charles University 🇨🇿 | SwissTPH🇨🇭 | GHTM/IHMT 🇵🇹
@bungoakiyoshi.bsky.social
Studying kinetochores in African trypanosome (kinetoplastid) and marine plankton (diplonemid) in Edinburgh https://www.ed.ac.uk/biology/groups/akiyoshi
@akildemoes.bsky.social
How parasites shape the world // Schistosomiasis // Glycobiology semi-newbie // NTDs // Diagnostics
@aemiele.bsky.social
Structural biophysicist studying host-parasite interactions. #BeatNTD Opinions are my own
@eadirectordndi.bsky.social
DNDi Eastern Africa Director. Passionate about research in tropical medicine, especially infectious diseases, neglected diseases and antimicrobial resistance.
@mdr-ddu.bsky.social
Head of Translational Parasitology in the Drug Discovery Unit at the University of Dundee. Portfolio leader for kinetoplastid drug discovery. Passionate about developing new treatments for Neglected Tropical Diseases.
@hatmepp.bsky.social
Human African trypanosomiasis modelling and economic predictions for policy (HAT MEPP) aims to provide policy-ready results to support local HAT interventions. Led by @ProfKatRock
@kowo52027.bsky.social
Mosquito taxonomy and Vector borne disease specialist. Enjoy playing with landscape epidemiology models for disease predictions under deforestation and climate change scenarios. Enthusiastic data science practitioner and capacity building of ECRs
@isntd.org
International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases: global network, conferences & resources for partnerships in infectious #diseases #globalhealth #beatNTDs.
@schistosoma.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Natural History Museum, London, interested in African schistosomes, snail vectors & more...
@russstothard.bsky.social
Medical parasitologist at LSTM https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/about/people/professor-j-russell-stothard editor-in-chief of Parasitology https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/parasitology. Drummer for pumphandle blues band http://www.pumphandleband.co.uk/.
@shannan-summers.bsky.social
PDRA based at LSTM on insecticide resistance | PhD at NHM and LSHTM in Schistosome genomics
@bahadirceliktemur.bsky.social
Int’l Development. Neglected Tropical Diseases. Global Health. Disability. Coffee. Cheese. Whisky. Own views, boss often unimpressed.
@keithrmatthews.bsky.social
Professor of Parasite Biology at the University of Edinburgh. #Trypanosomes, #parasites, #infections, #UniversityofEdinburgh https://biology.ed.ac.uk/the-matthews-lab
@pradacf.bsky.social
DVM, PhD. Molecular parasitologist. Associate Professor at U. de Montréal / Adjunct Professor at McGill & ULaval. #firstgen #leishmania #EVs Own views 🇪🇸🇨🇦
@zikmund.bsky.social
Parasitologist working on eDNA, (bird)schistosomes and interested in all other things that like to live in and on other things. 🪱🐌🧬 Postdoc at Charles University in Prague Formerly at LSTM, UCL & NHM London
@lydiatrippler.bsky.social
Postdoc fellow at University of Glasgow. #Schisto #epidemiology 🇩🇪🇨🇭🇹🇿🇬🇧 (She/her) https://www.poppylamberton.com/lydia-trippler
@danideageli.bsky.social
Lecturer, Bangor University, UK Brazilian 🇧🇷 Parasites scientist 🔬 I study the drivers of vector-borne diseases focusing on land cover, climate, and host diversities.
@rstmh.bsky.social
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) Dedicated to global health since 1907 Sign up to our newsletter for the latest news and updates in the world of global health: https://bit.ly/3ddkfto
@msf.ca
Doctors Without Borders is a medical humanitarian organization that provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters or exclusion from healthcare. Independent. Neutral. Impartial. More: hootbio.com/DoctorsWithoutBorders
@franckdumetz.bsky.social
Research Associate @GenomeScience.bsky.social studying #parasites and #NTDs | #RNAbiology, #RNAstructures, G-quadruplex, splice leader enthusiast | #LGBTinSTEM 🏳️🌈 | 🇪🇺 | 😺lover
@wheelerlab.bio
Assistant professor of infectious disease. UW-Eau Claire Biology. Interested in NTDs, helminths, and Chelsea Football Club. Once submitted to Nature.
@who.int
We (The World Health Organization) are the United Nations’ health agency championing Health For All. Always check the latest posts for updated advice/information. We will remove misinformation, spam and hate speech here. www.oneworldhealthforall.org
@helenpprice.bsky.social
Professor of Parasitology, Research Director at Keele University, UK. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), stigma, NTDs. Co-lead of ECLIPSE. President of British Soc Parasitology. (she/her). Views my own. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1537-4390
@laurabraun.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Public Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine WASH, schistosomiasis, climate change
@unlimithealth.bsky.social
We work with affected countries, sharing evidence and expertise to end parasitic disease and to support people to live healthy lives, free from limiting disease.
@fdchevalier.bsky.social
Staff scientist @txbiomed - symbiologist, bioinformatician, former water boy - work on #schistosomes 🪱, #snails 🐌 and #microbiomes 🦠
@gsa.bsky.social
@jamesacotton.bsky.social
I try and do comparative and population genomics of neglected tropical disease (and some other) parasites, as part of @UofGSBOHVM.bsky.social at the @uofglasgow.bsky.social
@stephenrdoyle.bsky.social
Group Leader @ Wellcome Sanger Institute. UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. Molecular & computational biology of parasitic worms of humans and animals. https://helminthgenomics.sanger.ac.uk/ 🇦🇺Aussie dad of 🧒+👶^2.
@jacobphd.bsky.social
Scientist errant. Genetics, evolution, whimsy, awe. https://scholar.harvard.edu/jtennessen 🧬🦟🐌🩸👤🦠🍓🐸🧬
@washlink.bsky.social
amplifying WaSH Water Sanitation Hygiene SDG6 Water Security Waste Water Management & Reuse publications & posts in the tiny hope of advancing the flow of information from one to another Cambridge Massachusetts (+ Ground water Hydrology Heath issues)
@clive-mckimmie.bsky.social
Team leader of the Virus Host Interaction Team University of York, Skin Research Centre; 🇬🇧🇪🇺🏳️🌈 (he/him) co-chairs @Arbovirus seminars. #immunology #virology #skin #vectors Website https://www.hyms.ac.uk/about/people/Clive-McKimmie
@profandrewmac.bsky.social
Prof at Edinburgh University. #Immunologist. #Inflammation, #infection, #helminths, #allergy, #metabolism and the #microbiome. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gcuDni4AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao Not interested in pitchfork politics of any flavour…
@zamanian.bsky.social
Associate Professor @ UW-Madison. Neglected tropical diseases. Molecular parasitology and vector biology. Drugs and resistance. Amateur Chess. Pomegranates. My views only. zamanianlab.org
@mcsinton.bsky.social
Wellcome Early Career Research Fellow at University of Manchester🧬 Host-Pathogen Interactions | Systemic/Cellular Energy Metabolism | Neurodiverse | Founded @theSTEMvillage | he/him | www.thestemvillage.com 🏳️🌈
@cor-ntd.bsky.social
The Coalition for Operational Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases (COR-NTD) is a community of researchers, program implementers and country partners with the shared goal of optimizing NTD control and elimination.
@lshtm.bsky.social
News and expert comment from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). Celebrating 125 years as one of the world's leading #PublicHealth universities. https://linktr.ee/lshtm
@drmichaelmarks.bsky.social
NIHR Research Professor Professor of Medicine at LSHTM. Lead for Integrated Academic Training at LSHTM. Consultant in Infectious Diseases at UCLH. Syphilis & STIs, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Group A Strep, Pragmatic Trials
@fairleyinfectious.bsky.social
ID doctor mom and researcher; passionate about #NTDs, especially #leprosy, climate change, and neglected populations. Associate professor at Emory, opinions are my own. #Medsky #IDsky
@globalvectorhub.bsky.social
An open-access online resource, aimed at improving #vector control & vector #research, #CapacityBuilding and preparedness against vector-borne #disease #outbreaks. https://globalvectorhub.lshtm.ac.uk/
@mectizan.bsky.social
MDP, a program at the Task Force for Global Health, oversees the donation of Mectizan for river blindness, and Mectizan and albendazole for lymphatic filariasis elimination. #beatNTDs #StampOutOncho #EliminateLF
@swisstph.ch
The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute Making the world a healthier place www.swisstph.ch
@dndi.org
International non-profit developing safe, effective, and affordable treatments for the most neglected patients.
@scianouk.bsky.social
Working on Neglected Tropical Diseases #BeatNTDs. Volunteering in education. Passionate about science & nature. (She/Her). Please pardon typos!