University of Florida research group studying infectious disease dynamics. Based in Department of Biology and Emerging Pathogens Institute.

Gainesville, FL
Joined November 2016
Responding more effectively to public health emergencies. Two @UF & @UF_EPI faculty are part of a new CDC-funded outbreak analytics and disease modeling network, designed to improve our nation's response to the outbreak of infectious diseases. phhp.ufl.edu/2023/09/28/uf-e…
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Florida surgeon general altered key findings in study on Covid-19 vaccine safety ow.ly/LlUV104EMFz
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A short 🧵on a recent study by @MaggieLind2 with @MHitchingsEpi @datcummings Albert Ko et al. Data show that immunity induced by vaccines, prior infection or both (hybrid) protects against SARS-CoV-2 infection when viral exposure is low to moderate (1/) nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Congrats to @assaobash for placing first in the UF Graduate Student Research Day for his poster on malaria diagnostics!
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👏🏽 Bachir Assao, coordinateur épidémiologie du Centre de Recherche du Niger🇳🇪 qui débute son doctorat à l’Université de Floride @uf_idd. Objectif ▶️mieux modéliser et anticiper les épidémies qui sévissent régulièrement dans ce pays. epicentre.msf.org/actualites…
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New research by @UF_CLAS and EPI biologist @datcummings shows that as populations of people gain immunity to dengue, it drives evolutionary pressures that select for viral evolution—and newly susceptible hosts. bit.ly/3HAZUZG @UFNews @UFExplore
May reflect evasion of heterotypic immunity but lots of work to do to understand selective pressures that could give rise to this pattern. With @hsalje Steve Whitehead @wrair Ana Coello @HuangAngkanaT @ufidd and others. 2/2
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New work led by @LeahKatzelnick characterizing antigenic evolution of dengue viruses over 20 years in Thailand science.org/doi/10.1126/scie… We found that dengue viruses became more antigenically distant from each other over time. 1/2
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Our work about individual NPI policies’ effects on COVID-19 spread in the US counties is now out @NatureComms. We found, earlier in the pandemic, multiple interventions were needed to bring Rt below 1. Relaxing some NPIs needs counterbalanced by others.1/3 nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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UF investigators coauthored the first study to determine the CoronaVac vaccine is 50% effective at preventing COVID-19 in Manaus, Brazil where the P.1 variant is widespread. 👉 bit.ly/3mAkvTG (Nice work @uf_idd @MHitchingsEpi @datcummings!) @UFNews @UF_CLAS @UFExplore
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Thank you @EPI_UF! Super proud of our hardworking team
CONGRATS to @datcummings & @HuangAngkanaT! Their review on "antibody-mediated immunity to coronaviruses" is the 7th most read paper at Nature Communications in the life & biological sciences category for 2020! go.nature.com/3vMdXpj @UFExplore @UF_CLAS @UFNews #NCOMTop50
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U of Illinois did 1.3% of total testing done in the US last week – w/ a low-cost saliva-based test they developed to test 50K students & faculty, 2x/wk, with <6 hr turnaround. Is this science fiction? 👉No. They had the will to try. What's your school doing? @OpenCovidScreen
Last week #UIUC did 1.3% of all #COVID19 tests done in US. @Illinois_Alma has a science-driven way to #ReopenUniversities safely Entry screening Saliva test everyone TWICE a week Results in few hours Contact tracing Masking Hybrid classes Work with local health dept
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A new study published today in PLOS-Pathogens deepens our understanding of how past exposures to flu affect our body’s response to new or currently circulating strains and seasonal flu vaccines: bit.ly/2CF7KEU @UF_CLAS @uf_idd
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I am calling on tenured faculty across academia to use their status, stand up to the universities, and protect graduate students/adjuncts/postdocs/non-tenured faculty/staff/contract workers/other vulnerable individuals at universities.
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In the past 24 hours, several senior American generals have spoken out to remind Americans that they serve the constitution, not the president. Where are the senior Republicans? Why don't they offer a similar message? Here is my explanation: theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
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