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Sarah Rafferty

@SarahRafferty5

Geography PhD, University of Cambridge / Early Careers Trustee & Vice President @RSTMH / Pandemic Preparedness @ONS / All views my own

 London, England
Joined October 2018
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It looks like the Pokémon center will increase the prices for the main Pokemon TCG products. New potential prices 👇🏻 ETB £56.99 Booster boxes £151.99 Booster bundles £25.99 #pokemontcg
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ONS Focus@ONSfocus15 Jan 2025
Preparing for another pandemic requires learning from the last one. In our latest blog we reflect on two recent events that have highlighted the importance of collaboration between statistical offices and public health institutions. Read more here ⬇️ blog.ons.gov.uk/2025/01/15/h…

How collaboration can help us prepare for a pandemic

Preparing for another pandemic requires learning from the last one. Emma Rourke reflects on two recent events that have highlighted the importance of collaboration between statistical offices and publ

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Julie Stanborough, directora adjunta de la Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas (@ONS) del Reino Unido, y @MarcoLavagna, director del @IndecArgentina, firmaron hoy un memorándum para trabajar juntos en el proyecto de creación de un kit de herramientas de preparación para pandemias.
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Emma Rourke, Deputy National Statistician at @ONS, has been in New York for #UN55SC. Yesterday, she met with representatives from the NSOs of Argentina🇦🇷, Malawi🇲🇼 and Nepal🇳🇵 to discuss pandemic preparedness and our future partnerships🤝
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@UKUN_NewYork27 Feb 2024
We need better data to improve global health and readiness for future pandemics. Today at the @UN, @ONS met with 🇲🇼🇳🇵🇦🇷to discuss partnership on a pioneering Pandemic Preparedness Toolkit. Once live, it will offer accessible and sustainable resources for disease surveillance.
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Rebecca Jean Emigh@rjemigh11 Sep 2023
In historical England and Wales, location had a larger effect on child mortality than social class: doi.org/10.1017/ssh.2023.5 Another great new paper in Social Science History by @amrcampop, Eilidh Garrett, Hannaliis Jaadla, Kevin Schürer, @SarahRafferty5
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Alice Reid@amrcampop17 Jul 2023
First publication from Interdisciplinary @ESRC PhD student @CarolineKVE (with @JennaPanter). Group-Based Multi-Trajectory Modelling is used to create a longitudinal, migration-specific classification of GB wards 1981-2011. Congratulations Caroline! doi.org/10.1002/psp.2694
A longitudinal area classification of migration in Great Britain: Testing the application of...

A longitudinal area classification of migration in Great Britain: Testing the application of...

The migration of people affects the geographical distribution of the population and the demographic composition of areas over the short, medium and long terms. To recognise and respond to the...

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We’re launching our strategy at @LSHTM. Director Professor Liam Smeeth welcomes the room Professor David Mabey gives an overview of how RSTMH has changed since he joined it 40 years ago #globalhealth #RSTMH2023
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RSTMH Vice President and Early Career Trustee Sarah Rafferty talks about the early career perspective of the new strategy and the importance of championing early career researchers #rstmh2023 #globalhealth
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Excited to be back at an academic workshop hosted by @bspsUK @EcHistSoc @LSEEcHist - discussing interdisciplinary perspectives on research & teaching in Historical Demography. Focusing on transitions across disciplines, data sources and my move from academia to the Civil Service
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We moved then to panel of lecturers and students on transitions feat. @amrcampop @AckahAkua @SarahRafferty5 and Nilofer Sait me and a little ChatGPT #RTHD23
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The full programme for the workshop is now available on the following website and below: lse.ac.uk/Economic-History/S…
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Eric B Schneider (@ericbschneider) profile pictureEric B Schneider@ericbschneider9 Mar 2023
Historical Demography Workshop Alert! 'Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Research and Teaching in Historical Demography' @LSEEcHist @pop_LSE 17-18 April in-person and online. More details in the thread below and at the following link: lse.ac.uk/Economic-History/S…
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Something our COVID-19 Infection Survey teams have been working on! ⬇️⬇️
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@ONS13 Mar 2023
We’ve published new experimental statistics showing COVID-19 Antibody and Swab positivity by population characteristics in the UK (8 August to 4 September 2022). See more ➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationa…
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Really pleased to be handing over the AYHD to such a capable and enthusiastic new board! I look forward to seeing where the society goes next. Best of luck to Louise, Elisabeth, Mathias, Joris, & Mads ☺️🎉
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On the 8th of November our board met in Copenhagen for our first in-person board meeting! 🥳 We discussed our plans and ideas on how to continue bringing together junior scholars in historical demography (and related fields)! 🤓 (1/2)
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*CALL FOR PAPERS* for Session Proposal on African Population History for European Society for Historical Demography Conference 2023
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📣 Spotlight Article 📣 This fortnight's article is 'A ‘Silent’ Pandemic? 1918–1919 Influenza Pandemic in Greece: Evidence from Hermoupolis, Syros' by @RaftakisM. You can read it in @SSHMedicine here ➡️ academic.oup.com/shm/advance…. #demography #poptwitter
A ‘Silent’ Pandemic? 1918–1919 Influenza Pandemic in Greece: Evidence from Hermoupolis, Syros

A ‘Silent’ Pandemic? 1918–1919 Influenza Pandemic in Greece: Evidence from Hermoupolis, Syros

Summary. The 1918–19 influenza pandemic was the most lethal pandemic in contemporary history. Exceptionally high mortality levels were also found in Hermou

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The first paper for our new special issue ‘What was Killing Babies? European Comparative Research on Infant Mortality Using Individual Level Causes of Death’ just appeared. On infant mortality in Ipswich, by Eilidh Garrett and Alice Reid: hlcs.nl/article/view/11592
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📣 Spotlight Article 📣 This fortnight's article is 'Exploring the mortality advantage of Jewish neighbourhoods in mid-19th century Amsterdam' by @TimRiswick, @smuurling, and Katalin Buzasi. Read it in @DemographicRes here ➡️ demographic-research.org/vol… #poptwitter #demography
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📣 Spotlight Article 📣 This fortnight’s article is ‘Temperate climate malaria in nineteenth century Denmark’ by @m_ingholt, @SassaChen, @Franziska_HiBr, @RasmusKP, and @LoneSimonsen2. Read it in ‘BMC Infectious Diseases’ here ➡️ doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-0… #demography #poptwitter

Temperate climate malaria in nineteenth century Denmark

BMC Infectious Diseases - Plasmodium vivax was endemic in northern Europe until the early twentieth century. Considering climate change and the recent emergence of other vector borne diseases in...

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Two great opportunities for undergraduates to join us at @CamUniCampop as paid interns over the summer! Mapping historical epidemics 🗺🦠 Details in the tweet below ⬇️
Alice Reid (@amrcampop) profile pictureAlice Reid@amrcampop29 Mar 2022
Paid internships (6 weeks over the summer) in social science research at Cambridge! Aimed at 2nd year undergrads (or 3rd yr of a 4yr degree) & widening participation. I am looking for 2 interns to map historical epidemics. cshss.cam.ac.uk/share
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📣 Spotlight Article 📣 This Spotlight Article is new in @hisfam_journal ➡️ 'Early-life conditions, height and mortality of nineteenth-century Dutch vagrant women' by @ThompKristina , Portrait, Tassenaar & Wiersma Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1081602X.202… #popstudies #demography
Early-life conditions, height and mortality of nineteenth-century Dutch vagrant women

Early-life conditions, height and mortality of nineteenth-century Dutch vagrant women

Adult height is a remarkably accurate summary of early-life environmental conditions. Because of that, height may be negatively associated with mortality. These relationships – between early-life c...

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Alice Reid@amrcampop15 Mar 2022
Average age in the 19th century was much higher in Scotland than in England and Wales. Brought to you using new data for Scotland in PopulationsPast.org. What will Scotland's #census2022 show? @Scotcensus2022
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