Translational immunologist; Senior Lecturer; Collaborative; Curious; Population-health focused; @UofGlasgow @UofGSii; @ZvitamboZim
Joined March 2021
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**PhD Opportunity** apply for @NorthWestBio1 Scholarship to join our team to study nutrient availability & epithelial-immune crosstalk in the gut. Develop human organoid culture, immunology & bioengineering skills. @JimenezMelanie_ @Gwotzerho @UofGlasgow
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Interested in the biology of pregnancy and improving birth outcomes? Don't miss out on next year's UK Preterm Birth Conference in London, January 2027. Sessions on advanced technologies, in vitro modelling, systems biology, climate impacts and more...
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Out latest preprint from @The_MRC-funded GI Tools: circulating innate immune cell activation is associated with greater disruption of duodenal architecture in adults with environmental enteropathy in low- versus high income communities in Lusaka, Zambia
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Published today: our work showing that restoration of anti-bacterial innate immune cell function lags behind nutritional recovery among children convalescing after hospitalisation for complicated severe acute malnutrition @ZvitamboZim @NatureComms
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A very special graduation today as @UofGlasgow bestows a richly deserved hon Doctor of Science on Prof Ntobeko Ntusi @ntobekon @MRCza @BBCAfrica
New work from Jon Sturgeon & the HOPE-SAM study team @ZvitamboZim team parsing out features of leaky gut during complicated severe acute malnutriton that could contribute to inflammation & adverse outcomes @jnutritionorg
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@BourkeLab members sharing our research at the British Society of Immunology Annual Congress in Liverpool this week. Well done for all your hard work Leticia & Tracy @UofGMVLS
*NEW PREPRINT* Find out more about how innate immune cell function changes over the course of nutritional recovery of children after an acute admission to hospital with severe malnutrition in our new work, currently in revision. @BourkeLab @ZvitamboZim
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**New policy report on sustainable health research**
A privilege to be part of this US-UK partnership discussing how we can work together to make the health research sector more sustainable. Read our report and let us know what you think!
How can we make health research more sustainable? 🌱✨
We brought together leaders from the UK and US, as part of our joint initiative with @theNAMedicine to explore and develop key actions.
Read and share our new report: ow.ly/KJmN50X1oLm
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Read more about how this project was supported by AMS & NAM here: nam.edu/news-and-insights/fu…
Join us next month to discuss best practice in impactful international collaborations. Some fantastic speakers sharing their experience: Dr. Mutsa Bwakura-Dangarembizi, Prof. Jay Berkley, Dr. Duy Pham Thanh, Dr Margaret Ebubedike and more. @acmedsci
⌛ One month until our career development event!
Join us to discuss how we can build fair and impactful global research collaborations between the Global North and South 🌍
📅 Wed 29 Oct, 10am GMT
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👉 Register now: ow.ly/rjzh50X4Sw0
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⌛ One month until our career development event!
Join us to discuss how we can build fair and impactful global research collaborations between the Global North and South 🌍
📅 Wed 29 Oct, 10am GMT
📍 Online
👉 Register now: ow.ly/rjzh50X4Sw0
ALT A photo of Professor James Berkely FMedSci, event chair, with a quote that reads: "Developing a career in medical research can appear challenging, especially for scientists in low and middle-income countries. Attendees will learn what approaches can lead to success and how to manage equitable international collaborations from both higher and lower resource settings."
Join our MRC-funded GLAMIRIS Study team with @DrToniHo at @CVRinfo @UofGlasgow - aiming to understand more about how maternal vaccination during pregnancy protects babies against RSV.
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📢 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
New paper in @NEJM today: clinical outcomes from the COMBI trial of anti-microbial & anti-inflammatory prophylaxis during pregnancy to improve birth outcomes. Congratulations to Bernard, @ZvitamboZim & all the COMBI team & thanks to all our participants. nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
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A must-read point of view article from my friend and collaborator @ntobekon Ntusi CEO @MRCza - US aid cuts are an opportunity to reimagine global health @UofGCoRENCD @UofGCoREAID nature.com/articles/d41591-0…
New research funding opportunities for colleagues in Africa:
Fully-funded PhD at @ZvitamboZim in Zimbabwe on severe acute malnutrition: create-phd.org/post/phd-fell…
ARUA is publicising 6 month postdoctoral fellowship funding for early career researchers: arua.org/early-career-resear…