Libbie Goult
@egoult.bsky.social
PhD student in infectious disease epidemiology - Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology & Charité Berlin. Interested in vaccine-preventable diseases and mathematical modeling.
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UK fish stocks in trouble as catch limits exceed scientific advice: Report
UK fish stocks in trouble as catch limits exceed scientific advice: Report
Nearly half of the United Kingdom’s most commercially valuable fish populations are either overexploited, critically low or both, according to a new report warning that the government continues to…
news.mongabay.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
UK fish stocks in trouble as catch limits exceed scientific advice: Report
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👀 Spotted an #octopus off the #SouthWest coast? #Fishermen & #divers, we want to hear from you! 🐙
Take part in this survey (closing Sun 21 Sept) & help us study this year’s unusual #CommonOctopus bloom:
🎣 Fishers: survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90884550/...
🤿 Divers: survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90886025/...
Take part in this survey (closing Sun 21 Sept) & help us study this year’s unusual #CommonOctopus bloom:
🎣 Fishers: survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90884550/...
🤿 Divers: survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90886025/...
September 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
👀 Spotted an #octopus off the #SouthWest coast? #Fishermen & #divers, we want to hear from you! 🐙
Take part in this survey (closing Sun 21 Sept) & help us study this year’s unusual #CommonOctopus bloom:
🎣 Fishers: survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90884550/...
🤿 Divers: survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90886025/...
Take part in this survey (closing Sun 21 Sept) & help us study this year’s unusual #CommonOctopus bloom:
🎣 Fishers: survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90884550/...
🤿 Divers: survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90886025/...
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Bloody love this. Rory has a great way of putting things upside down.
Imagine all cars were electric, and then one Volkswagen engineer comes up with another idea …
#EMobility
#EMobility
September 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Bloody love this. Rory has a great way of putting things upside down.
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Measles is horrible. It has already impacted thousands of young kids. This will only grow as vaccines become less accessible.
And when measles is joined by epidemics of rubella, mumps, and polio, we will see children suffer and die at national scale.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
And when measles is joined by epidemics of rubella, mumps, and polio, we will see children suffer and die at national scale.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Day care measles exposure forces Iowa family to take weeks off work for baby: 'It only takes one'
There have been at least 1,309 confirmed cases of measles in the U.S. this year. Hundreds or thousands of other families have most likely had their lives upended after being exposed.
www.nbcnews.com
July 18, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Measles is horrible. It has already impacted thousands of young kids. This will only grow as vaccines become less accessible.
And when measles is joined by epidemics of rubella, mumps, and polio, we will see children suffer and die at national scale.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
And when measles is joined by epidemics of rubella, mumps, and polio, we will see children suffer and die at national scale.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Congratulations Laura! I’m so proud of you!! 🥳
Massive congratulations to the new Dr. Laura Barrero Guevara (@labarreroguevara.bsky.social), who successfully defended her PhD on causal inference and infectious diseases yesterday, with summa cum laude!! Check out her work here rdcu.be/ewCNj and here doi.org/10.1093/infd... 🥳🎉
July 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Congratulations Laura! I’m so proud of you!! 🥳
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The Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Program was central in improving the evidence base for health policies and interventions, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and Central & Southern Asia - figure by @aasli.bsky.social.
Our preprint on the termination of the DHS Program: osf.io/preprints/so...
Our preprint on the termination of the DHS Program: osf.io/preprints/so...
May 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Program was central in improving the evidence base for health policies and interventions, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and Central & Southern Asia - figure by @aasli.bsky.social.
Our preprint on the termination of the DHS Program: osf.io/preprints/so...
Our preprint on the termination of the DHS Program: osf.io/preprints/so...
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First confirmation of #WestNileVirus in mosquitoes in the UK, in an Aedes species. Risk to public still very low, but highlights huge importance of having robust mosquito surveillance and response programmes in place.
@mosquitoscotland.bsky.social
submit.forms.service.gov.uk/form/3652/re...
@mosquitoscotland.bsky.social
submit.forms.service.gov.uk/form/3652/re...
📢Breaking news - @ukhsa.bsky.social confirms 1st detection of #WestNileVirus particles in mosquitoes in the UK. This is a zoonotic virus that usually spreads in birds, but very occasionally infects people. Risk to UK public is extremely low, no detection in Scotland yet
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
First detection of West Nile virus in UK mosquitoes
UKHSA says there is no evidence to suggest ongoing circulation of the virus in birds or mosquitos in the UK and the risk to the general public is very low
www.gov.uk
May 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
First confirmation of #WestNileVirus in mosquitoes in the UK, in an Aedes species. Risk to public still very low, but highlights huge importance of having robust mosquito surveillance and response programmes in place.
@mosquitoscotland.bsky.social
submit.forms.service.gov.uk/form/3652/re...
@mosquitoscotland.bsky.social
submit.forms.service.gov.uk/form/3652/re...
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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Ontario is now reporting 440 measles cases in 2025 so far, compared to 64 in 2024, and 101 between 2013 and 2023.
The vast majority of infections are in unvaccinated individuals.
The measles vaccine is free, widely available, highly effective and backed by decades of safety data.
The vast majority of infections are in unvaccinated individuals.
The measles vaccine is free, widely available, highly effective and backed by decades of safety data.
March 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Ontario is now reporting 440 measles cases in 2025 so far, compared to 64 in 2024, and 101 between 2013 and 2023.
The vast majority of infections are in unvaccinated individuals.
The measles vaccine is free, widely available, highly effective and backed by decades of safety data.
The vast majority of infections are in unvaccinated individuals.
The measles vaccine is free, widely available, highly effective and backed by decades of safety data.
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And measles is really dangerous.
It can kill directly through encephalitis or pneumonia. And it can still kill years later through SSPE, a terrible death. "If people ever saw that up close, and I've seen about five cases in my life, they would get a measles vaccine", @pauloffit.bsky.social told me.
It can kill directly through encephalitis or pneumonia. And it can still kill years later through SSPE, a terrible death. "If people ever saw that up close, and I've seen about five cases in my life, they would get a measles vaccine", @pauloffit.bsky.social told me.
March 7, 2025 at 12:43 AM
And measles is really dangerous.
It can kill directly through encephalitis or pneumonia. And it can still kill years later through SSPE, a terrible death. "If people ever saw that up close, and I've seen about five cases in my life, they would get a measles vaccine", @pauloffit.bsky.social told me.
It can kill directly through encephalitis or pneumonia. And it can still kill years later through SSPE, a terrible death. "If people ever saw that up close, and I've seen about five cases in my life, they would get a measles vaccine", @pauloffit.bsky.social told me.
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Consider applying to 2nd ESPIDAM summer program on infectious disease modelling, 23-27 June, in beautiful Stockholm! Covering many exciting topics (AI & ID, now/forecasting, networks, within-host models, data analysis...). So much to learn and great scientific discussions!
www.math.su.se/espidam
www.math.su.se/espidam
Matematiska institutionen
2nd ESPIDAM is a summer program for PhD students, Post Docs, Public Health scientists and others interested, supported by Stockholm University and the Nordic Research Council NordForsk.
www.math.su.se
February 4, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Consider applying to 2nd ESPIDAM summer program on infectious disease modelling, 23-27 June, in beautiful Stockholm! Covering many exciting topics (AI & ID, now/forecasting, networks, within-host models, data analysis...). So much to learn and great scientific discussions!
www.math.su.se/espidam
www.math.su.se/espidam
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Genial simulación de un caso de #sarampión llegando a varias comunidades con diferentes coberturas de vacunación.
Ilustra la inmunidad vacunal directa e indirecta (inmunidad de rebaño).
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
Ilustra la inmunidad vacunal directa e indirecta (inmunidad de rebaño).
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
Watch how the measles outbreak spreads when kids get vaccinated – and when they don't
If you take 10 communities and run a simulation, it’s easy to see why we need as many members of the ‘herd’ as possible to get vaccines – before it’s too late
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Genial simulación de un caso de #sarampión llegando a varias comunidades con diferentes coberturas de vacunación.
Ilustra la inmunidad vacunal directa e indirecta (inmunidad de rebaño).
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
Ilustra la inmunidad vacunal directa e indirecta (inmunidad de rebaño).
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
Check out this new paper by my friend and colleague (who isn't on Bluesky yet...) Laura Barrero Guevara on #causalinference!! 🥳💃
How does weather affect the transmission of #infectiousdiseases, and how can we predict the effects of #climatechange on them? Our new article in @natureportfolio.bsky.social Ecology & Evolution explores these questions using #causalinference and #transmissionmodels. See the 🧵for more! (1/10)
Causal inference concepts can guide research into the effects of climate on infectious diseases - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A series of case studies is used to illustrate how concepts from causal interference can be used to guide research into the effects of weather on the transmission and population dynamics of infectious...
www.nature.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Check out this new paper by my friend and colleague (who isn't on Bluesky yet...) Laura Barrero Guevara on #causalinference!! 🥳💃
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"Mysterious" outbreaks can be one of three scenarios. I write on how to think like an epidemiologist about unexplained outbreaks in the news. caitlinrivers.substack.com/p/understand...
Understanding mysterious outbreaks
Three possibilities for unexplained outbreaks
caitlinrivers.substack.com
December 4, 2024 at 9:24 PM
"Mysterious" outbreaks can be one of three scenarios. I write on how to think like an epidemiologist about unexplained outbreaks in the news. caitlinrivers.substack.com/p/understand...
Thrilled to find out that my paper on the optimal measles vaccination ages has been selected as a featured article in the @natureportfolio.bsky.social #NatureComms editor's highlights page of 50 best papers recently published in #publichealth: www.nature.com/ncomms/edito...! 🥳🎉
Editors' Highlights | Nature Communications
Editors' Highlights
www.nature.com
November 27, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Thrilled to find out that my paper on the optimal measles vaccination ages has been selected as a featured article in the @natureportfolio.bsky.social #NatureComms editor's highlights page of 50 best papers recently published in #publichealth: www.nature.com/ncomms/edito...! 🥳🎉
Thrilled to share my PhD research on #measles vaccine schedules, out now in @natureportfolio.bsky.social! 🥳
When should children get vaccinated against #measles? Is there an optimal age? If so, what affects this optimal age? In our new #NatureComms paper, led by @egoult.bsky.social, we explore these questions using #mathematicalmodeling: rdcu.be/d0ktY.
Read the 🧵 for a summary of our findings 👇 (1/8)
Read the 🧵 for a summary of our findings 👇 (1/8)
Estimating the optimal age for infant measles vaccination
Nature Communications - Measles remains a significant public health concern despite the availability of a vaccine. Here, the authors use mathematical modelling to assess the optimal age group for...
rdcu.be
November 22, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Thrilled to share my PhD research on #measles vaccine schedules, out now in @natureportfolio.bsky.social! 🥳