Isobel Blake (@IsoBlake) profile picture

Isobel Blake

@IsoBlake

Infectious Disease Epidemiologist

Joined March 2014
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An important milestone in the effort to eradicate all forms of polioviruses: SAGE endorsed wider use of the novel OPV2 vaccine - the first vaccine that was authorized under WHO EUL - to wipe out type 2 outbreaks. #endpolio @postpolionews @EndPolioNow polioeradication.org/news-po…

Independent Experts Advise Transition To Next Use Phase For…

Learn about independent experts advise transition to next use phase for novel oral polio vaccine type 2 nopv2 and how vaccines, immunization and surveillan…

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Just out - our work showing larger or faster outbreak response vaccination campaigns are required to stop type 2 vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreaks. Led by @LVCooperPhD with @VaccineEpi @anandaonline @PascalMkanda @serawanyoike @MRC_Outbreak
The Lancet Infectious Diseases (@TheLancetInfDis) profile pictureThe Lancet Infectious Diseases@TheLancetInfDis12 Oct 2021
New research Article: Risk factors for spread of vaccine-derived type 2 polioviruses after global withdrawal of trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine and the effects of outbreak responses with monovalent vaccine thelancet.com/journals/lanin… #polio
Risk factors for the spread of vaccine-derived type 2 polioviruses after global withdrawal of...

Risk factors for the spread of vaccine-derived type 2 polioviruses after global withdrawal of...

Our findings suggest that as mucosal immunity declines, larger or faster responses with vaccination campaigns using type 2-containing OPV will be required to stop cVDPV2 transmission. IPV-induced...

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Nick Grassly@VaccineEpi7 Jan 2021
we're recruiting! 1 postdoc in the lab to work (in London) on direct detection and @nanopore sequencing of poliovirus (mol biol experience needed) imperial.ac.uk/jobs/descript… 1 postdoc to work on #polio epidemiology and modelling (initially remote) imperial.ac.uk/jobs/descript… pls RT
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Exciting opportunity to join the team and work on the challenges of polio eradication
Nick Grassly (@VaccineEpi) profile pictureNick Grassly@VaccineEpi3 Apr 2019
postdoc job opportunity with us working on this challenge sciencemag.org/news/2018/07/…
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Dr Roz Eggo@rozeggo30 Aug 2018
Big milestone for IDDjobs at not even a year old! I’m glad it’s proving useful. Theres still more to do to get into every corner of our field though!
IDDjobs: infectious disease dynamics jobs (@IDDjobs) profile pictureIDDjobs: infectious disease dynamics jobs@IDDjobs30 Aug 2018
IDDjobs is for the infectious disease dynamics community - to help connect great people with great jobs. Today we reached 1000 followers, but please keep spreading the word, so that every new job finds its way here! Add jobs at IDDjobs.org/jobs/new
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Our paper on Type 2 poliovirus detection after global withdrawal of the trivalent oral polio vaccine is out today @VaccineEpi @anandaonline @michelzaffran @mponssalort
NEJM (@NEJM) profile pictureNEJM
@NEJM29 Aug 2018
Wild-type transmission of poliovirus is nearly halted. To eradicate poliomyelitis, cessation of vaccine-derived poliovirus transmission must also be addressed. Strategies to accomplish this are analyzed. nej.md/2PkDujz
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Our paper with Nick @VaccineEpi modelling the epidemic pattern of enterovirus serotypes in Japan is out. science.sciencemag.org/conte…
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Replying to @hwitteman @cara_tannenbaum
OMG > #sexism in science writ large > #LancetWomen needs you @hwitteman "Female grant applicants are equally successful when peer reviewers assess the science, but not when they assess the scientist" biorxiv.org/content/early/20…
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#WorldPolioDay: We're edging closer to eradication, writes Dr Edward Parker ow.ly/3mx030g5pJp #EndPolio
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One of reasons for gender pay gap & slower promotion for women in academia? Let's stop assuming it's all about children. #structuralsexism teapawt.net/sebuitendijk/status/91… – at Lambeth, London
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Nick Grassly@VaccineEpi12 Sep 2017
2 postdoc jobs now available in our group to work on poliovirus epidemiology/math modelling. appl. deadline 11 Oct. jobs.ac.uk/job/BEE618/resear…
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Nick Grassly@VaccineEpi31 Aug 2017
Seeking postdoc or similar to work on @gatesfoundation funded nextgen sequencing of polio - lab and computational www4.ad.ic.ac.uk/OA_HTML/OA.…..
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Final concert TOMORROW @smitf_london 19:30 with @batonflipper & @philharmonia's concert master Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay tickets on door!
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My column: I'm tired of drivers saying it’s inevitable that cyclists are knocked off, maimed or killed standard.co.uk/comment/comme…
Rosamund Urwin: Our new cycling czar needs to get drivers to behave

Rosamund Urwin: Our new cycling czar needs to get drivers to behave

As a cyclist, I feel tired. Tired of hearing “wow, you’re brave!” when I explain how I get to work. Tired of feeling brave when I’m on the receiving end of dangerous driving — tailgating lorries,...

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The Guardian
@guardian15 Dec 2016
New map reveals shattering effect of roads on nature trib.al/mv38N5v
New map reveals shattering effect of roads on nature

New map reveals shattering effect of roads on nature

Rampant road building has split the Earth’s land into 600,000 fragments, most of which are too tiny to support significant wildlife, study shows

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'One of Matthew Bourne's very best.' Five stars for The Red Shoes (Sadler's Wells) wos.im/2hAddy9
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Comment: Better surveillance data and analyses are urgently needed to control disease in the developing world go.nature.com/2hvK9dO
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1st perf of 2017! #Rachmaninov & #Prokofiev with @batonflipper & @chopkinspiano @StJohnsSmithSq 6 Feb 2017. Tickets: sjss.org.uk/events/corinthia… – at Camden Town, London
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Dataiku
@dataiku25 Nov 2016
The remarkable distances you can #travel on a European #train in less than a day buff.ly/2fN9w9h #Europe #Dataviz by @washingtonpost
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Kenneth Roth
@KenRoth25 Nov 2016
120,000 Nigerians, mostly women and children, face starvation over next year in Boko Haram areas, UN warns. bit.ly/2goZb0t
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