Engineer, Researcher @CERN. Passionate for fundamental science. Advocate for science-driven policies. Views my own 🇨🇦🇵🇹
Geneva, Switzerland
Joined February 2020
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Still about the paper (royalsocietypublishing.org/d…).
Some didn't manage to listen to the audio summary.
Here it is, embedded in the post.
I am still amazed what AI can do with a simple PDF an a prompt "Give me and audio summary, podcast style." 🤯😀
Our latest paper is finally out:
“An integrated airborne transmission risk assessment model for respiratory viruses: short- and long-range contributions” in the
Journal of The Royal Society Interface
@royalsociety #openaccess
royalsocietypublishing.org/e…
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Here it is! My vision and priorities for leading @WHO.
Driven by global health, grounded in experience and inspired by what we can achieve together.
More to come. If you believe in the power of public health, join me.
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📢HPW EXCLUSIVE 📢
Spain has officially nominated @DrMariaNeira as a candidate for @WHO Director-General, expanding the field to five contenders ahead of Thursday’s statutory deadline.
Read the EXCLUSIVE HPW story 🗞️ ➡️healthpolicy-watch.news/spai…
✍️ @f_argonaut
@WHO @FAO @ILO @CleanAirFund @MSF @hans_kluge @HananBalkhy
It’s with great pleasure that I’m invited to talk at this official event of the French #G7 Presidency and side event of the World Health Assembly on the importance of clean indoor air.
We have clean water, clean food and yet clean air seems to be lagging behind... Even though the air that surrounds us is what keeps us here, in this pale blue dot, one breath at a time!
Thank you Geneva Health Forum , Air Club , Irène Kostenas for the invitation - looking forward.
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Something I touch on repeatedly in my Airborne Infection course is that “close contact” is not a good way to describe how a virus is transmitted. It can be communicated as a risk factor for infection, but it does not say what the actual biological mechanism of transmission is.
Earlier today I spoke with the doctor on the ship and he confirmed something. CDC messaging continues to say "prolonged, close contact" but that contradicts: 1) what's in the literature, and 2) what's happening on this ship.
--> the doc told me a few who got infected/died DID have direct contact w/ very sick patient while treating them, but 3 who tested positive did NOT have direct physical or close contact - only shared time in a few spaces on the ship where people congregate (dining, lecture area)
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The WHA High‑Level Dialogue on Healthy Indoor Air
Tuesday, 19 May, 6-8.30pm Geneva
With Jane HALTON @CEPIvaccines, Eloise TODD @rani_action, Kate NDOCKO @WHOYouthCouncil, @gaetano_settimo @istsupsan, @ScientistAndre @CERN @DrBronKing
Please register: worldhealthassembly2026.gene…
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Half of the Earth is covered by water, the rest is covered by Bernardo Silva.
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Save the date: 19 May 2026 #IndoorAirQuality
The @Genevaforum, in collaboration with airclub.org, the Ministère de la Santé (France) @Sante_Gouv, the Brown Pandemic Center @pandemiccenter, and the University of Melbourne, are pleased to announce a high-level symposium
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Today, Switzerland observes a National Day of Mourning in memory of the victims of the tragic fire that occurred on 1 January in #CransMontana.
Our thoughts are with all those impacted, in Switzerland and beyond.
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Previously, it was widely assumed that close contact was the most important factor in the transmission of respiratory infections (such as Covid, influenza, etc.). However, this longitudinal study in Swiss schools demonstrates that this assumption is incorrect. Instead, prolonged
1/3 - Une étude conduite en Suisse en hiver 2024 a suivi 67 collégiens (14-15 ans) pendant six semaines. Les élèves étaient équipés de capteurs mesurant leurs contacts, la concentration de CO2 autour d’eux et 1047 prélèvements salivaires ont été effectués.
nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Since 2020, we’ve learned a tremendous amount about the airborne transmission of disease. Yet, in many ways we’ve just begun to scratch the surface.
This document came out of the WIAC conference held this summer. In it, many of the fundamental questions before us are proposed.
Our paper summarizing the discussions at the Gaeta conference is out.
Here we identify the key questions and research gaps to tackle indoor air quality!
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🇪🇺🤝🇨🇭 Switzerland is officially in the European research game.
Today, it joins Horizon Europe and the Euratom Research and Training Programme.
Think CERN-level breakthroughs… but across health, energy, and digital tech.
Here’s why it matters ↓
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[Press Update] CERN Council reviews feasibility study for a next-generation collider
Find out more: home.cern/news/news/accelera…
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Don't forget to sign the global pledge #4HealtyIndoorAir airclub.org/ Many thanks to the organizers @DrBronKing & @glagoudas of this excellent initiative and all other masters of the indoor air @FLAHAULT @kprather88 @ScientistAndre @ediaqi_project @IDEAL_CLUSTER
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Politics, science, associations, civil society – we can all do more for healthy indoor air. @Genevaforum & partners are working on a WHO resolution for indoor air. At the 16th Climate Day of FGK, I had the opportunity to present this project and more in Marburg. #TheAirWeBreathe
Gestern hat @IKostenas in Marburg auf dem Klima-Tag etwas sehr Kluges gesagt.
Sie hofft, dass es Gelder geben wird, um die Bevölkerung über die Schadstoffe in der Luft und über #Lufthygiene zu informieren, damit aus der Bevölkerung der Wunsch nach Lufthygiene wächst.
