ID/Micro Trainee | Clinical Research Fellow @CVRinfo | Climbing apparatus to two boys
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined July 2018
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John Kelly retweeted
We were delighted to present our ongoing work characterising respiratory viral & arboviral epidemiology in Malawi to the @MEIRU_MALAWI & @MalawiHealth 🦠🇲🇼
Particularly proud of @kirstykwk & John Kelly, @CVRinfo Clinical Viral Epid Group PhD students who did great presentations!
John Kelly retweeted
It may be a dark day for British Zionists, but not for British Jews. Israel is a political state; Judaism is a religion.
You represent the State of Israel, not British Jews.
Conflating the two and exploiting Jewish identity to defend Israeli policies is reckless and shameful, especially from someone speaking in a rabbinical capacity.
John Kelly retweeted
Andy Burnham was blocked *because* he is a strong candidate who would threaten Starmer's position.
This happens constantly at every level of the Labour Party. It is why so many Labour MPs, MSPs and councillors are incompetent.
John Kelly retweeted
New paper!!! 🦠
This project with @CVRinfo, @MEIRU_MALAWI and @health_malawi explored SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in a longitudinal cohort from urban (Lilongwe) and rural (Karonga) Malawi 🇲🇼
nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
🧵 1/n
John Kelly retweeted
Jane Goodall died today. While smarter and more informed people will talk about her work, I want to share a snippet from her Wikipedia page - the two greatest paragraphs ever on Wikipedia. The first parts are amusing and interesting, but the last sentence elevates it to high art.
![One of Gary Larson's Far Side cartoons shows two chimpanzees grooming. One finds a blonde human hair on the other and inquires, "Conducting a little more 'research' with that Jane Goodall tramp?" Goodall herself was in Africa at the time. The Jane Goodall Institute thought the cartoon was in bad taste and had its lawyers draft a letter to Larson and his distribution syndicate in which they described the cartoon as an "atrocity". They were stymied by Goodall herself: when she returned and saw the cartoon, she stated that she found the cartoon amusing. Since then, all profits from sales of a shirt featuring this cartoon have gone to the Jane Goodall Institute. Goodall wrote a preface to The Far Side Gallery 5, detailing her version of the controversy. [...] She praised Larson's creative ideas, which often compare and contrast the behaviour of humans and animals. In 1988, when Larson visited Goodall's research facility in Tanzania, he was attacked by a chimpanzee named Frodo.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G2Mp77RWAAAW83w.jpg?name=orig)
ALT One of Gary Larson's Far Side cartoons shows two chimpanzees grooming. One finds a blonde human hair on the other and inquires, "Conducting a little more 'research' with that Jane Goodall tramp?" Goodall herself was in Africa at the time. The Jane Goodall Institute thought the cartoon was in bad taste and had its lawyers draft a letter to Larson and his distribution syndicate in which they described the cartoon as an "atrocity". They were stymied by Goodall herself: when she returned and saw the cartoon, she stated that she found the cartoon amusing. Since then, all profits from sales of a shirt featuring this cartoon have gone to the Jane Goodall Institute. Goodall wrote a preface to The Far Side Gallery 5, detailing her version of the controversy. [...] She praised Larson's creative ideas, which often compare and contrast the behaviour of humans and animals. In 1988, when Larson visited Goodall's research facility in Tanzania, he was attacked by a chimpanzee named Frodo.
John Kelly retweeted
New Research: International healthcare workers report on war related injuries among civilians in Gaza
Findings suggest patterns of harm that exceed those reported in previous modern day conflicts
bmj.com/content/390/bmj-2025…
John Kelly retweeted
Another #Ebola outbreak declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo 👇
#EbolaOutbreak in DRC — what we know so far:
✅ A sixteenth Ebola outbreak has been declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo, confirmed in Kasai Province.
✅ 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths have been reported, including four healthcare workers.
✅ The index case is a 34-year-old pregnant woman.
✅ Laboratory tests confirmed the Zaire strain of Ebola.
@AfricaCDC is working in close solidarity with the Ministry of Health. Our Director General @Dr_JeanKaseya is on the ground, coordinating an urgent response and deploying experts to strengthen surveillance, contact tracing, laboratory capacity, and infection prevention to protect communities and health workers.
🔗 Read the full statement: ow.ly/nggx50WRy4h
#AfricaCDC
John Kelly retweeted
#France
As of August 26, 2025, 228 indigenous #chikungunya cases have been reported.
In addition, 15 Local #Dengue fever cases have been reported.
They are located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Corsica, Occitanie, and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions, already affected in previous years, and for the first time in Grand Est, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
The growing number of transmission hotspots confirms the increased risk of indigenous transmission of these viruses in mainland France. Other cases will likely be identified, including outside the usual transmission areas.
15 human cases of vector-borne #WestNilevirus infection have been identified in five departments in mainland France.
The affected regions are the PACA (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) region, Occitanie (Occitanie), and, for the first time, Île-de-France (Île-de-France).
John Kelly retweeted
📢 VACANCY | Research Assistant/Associate - Data Analysis
Support @DrToniHo & @louisa_pollock1's @pfizer-funded research project focused on effectiveness of maternal #RSV vaccination in infants in Scotland.
More: bit.ly/CVR-WorkWithUs
Apply: gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/ Ref 180274
John Kelly retweeted
🚨Are we overestimating viral immunity in people with HIV?🚨
In our new study, we found that a widely used lab test might give false positives for people with HIV who are on certain types of medication (integrase inhibitors)
Here’s what we found 🧵1/n
John Kelly retweeted
🚨New paper 🚨
In 2 cohorts:
1) Malawi community cohort
2) UK adults with acute HCV
We found overestimation of neutralising abs using retrovirus-based pseudotyped assays in persons receiving integrase inhibitors, e.g. dolutegravir.
🧵by @Mhairi_Jan👇
bit.ly/4opTB0o
John Kelly retweeted
How many years, Angela, before you will say that you mark the anniversary of the deaths in Gaza, when over 50k? 60k? predominantly Muslim men, women and children were killed?
John Kelly retweeted
I graduated as a doctor 4 years ago with ~£100k of debt, and despite working up to 72 hours a week, my debt has only increased.
Doctors are being paid £17/hour and have to make loan repayments and pay thousands for exams and fees.
We are only asking for £23/hour.
@wesstreeting
John Kelly retweeted
Fantastic seminar from @davchaima, visiting lecturer from @KUHeS_mw, on his research work using molecular diagnostics & genomics to investigate enteric pathogens in Malawian children
@CVRinfo @UofGSii @MagneticGlasgow @UofGGCID
🧬🔬👶💩🇲🇼
John Kelly retweeted
Delighted to present our latest work using serology & next-gen sequencing to understand respiratory viral epidemiology in #Malawi to @MEIRU_MALAWI @MalawiHealth colleagues 🫁🦠🩸🧪🧬📈
@Mhairi_Jan @KirstyKwok @drewkuchi @AbenaPhD
John Kelly retweeted
Much like London buses, you wait for ages, then 2 publications come along in quick succession!
nature.com/articles/s41541-0…
#vaccineswork #endpolio 1/7
John Kelly retweeted
⚫ Lloramos y condenamos el asesinato de Hussam Al Loulou, nuestro undécimo compañero en #Gaza.
John Kelly retweeted
“They were killed in uniform, on their way to save lives. This should never have happened.”
Humanitarian workers and medical personnel are #NotATarget.
buff.ly/dzK97KW #Gaza
