The MIDAS Network develops computational models of infectious diseases and their determinants in support of global disease control.
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📢 Applications open for 3 fully funded Master's fellowships in malaria research
For early- and mid-career researchers in sub-Saharan Africa, funded by @EDCTP3 through the MAGNETS project.
📅 Apply by 30 Oct 2026
🔗 magnetsfellowship.org/call-f…
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📢 Apply for the IDM-Africa Fellowship in Infectious Disease Modelling, supported by @EDCTP3
3 fellowships available:
🔹2 positions at IDI/ACE-Uganda (English)
🔹1 position at ACE-Mali/USTTB (French)
📅 Deadline: 30 October 2026
🔗 idi.mak.ac.ug/opportunities/…
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📣 Applications are now open for the 2027 NIH Summer Internship Program (SIP)!
🔬 Ready to spend your summer gaining hands-on research experience in the NIH Intramural Research Program?
SIP offers paid summer research opportunities for community college, college, graduate, and professional school students across NIH campuses, including the main campus in Bethesda, Maryland.
💻 Have questions? Join one of our upcoming application webinars:
October 20, 2026 | 4–5 p.m. ET Register: bit.ly/4zytMQI
November 17, 2026 | 4–5 p.m. ET Register: bit.ly/4esD9ck
Learn more and apply: bit.ly/3T941Eu
📅 Application deadline: January 26, 2027, at 12 pm (NOON) ET
Reference Letters due: February 2, 2027, at 12 pm (NOON) ET
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📢Join us at the African Nordic Health Summit 2027
Our Executive Director Michael Makanga will speak at the summit, bringing leaders together to advance partnerships and scale up solutions for women's health.
📍 Kigali, Rwanda
📅 9-10 February 2027
🔗 africannordicsummit.universa…
Lehigh University's College of Health is seeking a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Health Data Science. apply.interfolio.com/193017
BMC Medicine is calling for submissions to our new Collection focusing on pathogen evolution and immune evasion in the context of vaccination efforts.
The submission deadline will be on 23 March 2027.
link.springer.com/collection…
The Howerton Lab at the University of Notre Dame (beginning Fall 2027) will be hiring PhD students and postdocs in infectious disease dynamics and modeling.
biology.nd.edu/graduate/
Don't forget to register for next week's MIDAS Educational Webinar Series, featuring the MIDAS Coordination Center discussing the MIDAS Data Catalog.
Register: tinyurl.com/MIDAS-Edu-Webina…
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Eardi Lila, assistant professor in @UWBiostat and @uwsph presents, "Integrative Modelling of Non-Euclidean Neuroimaging Data" this Thursday, Oct. 8. Held on the UW campus in the HRC room 135 at 3:30 p.m. Full abstract at: bit.ly/4hIIa1d
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📣 Join us at the World Health Summit 2026 in Berlin
@EDCTP3 and @gchallenges will hold a side meeting to explore how innovation can help address climate-driven infectious disease threats.
📅 11 October 2026 | 16:00-17:30 CEST
📍 Berlin, Germany
🔗 global-health-edctp3.europa.…
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WEBINAR: Understanding WHO’s 2027 Southern Hemisphere Influenza vaccine recommendations and science behind them
🗓️ Thursday, 1 October 2026
🕐 13.00 – 14.00 CEST
Register bit.ly/4e5BWHI
Recommended composition of #influenza vaccines for use in the 2027 southern hemisphere influenza season: bit.ly/4ym6ptq
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September 2026 Alumni Webinar for Sierra Leone
🔖 The Role of Community Health Workers in Malaria Prevention, Case Detection and Reporting in Kambia District
🗓️ Wednesday, 30th September, 2026
🕔 12:00 p.m. (GMT)/ 03:00 p.m. (EAT)
Please register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease position available at the University of Florida. explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/j…
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#SANTHE #BIOSTATS COURSE – LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – 19-21 OCT
APPLY BY 10 OCT
#SANTHE and @EmoryRZHRG are hosting an interactive workshop designed to build practical statistical skills for #HIV & #TB research.
cognitoforms.com/AHRI1/Biost…
#EmpoweringAfricanScience
Don't forget about today's MIDAS Webinar Series.
Speaker: Alisa Hamilton
Time: 1:00–2:00 p.m. EDT
Topic: An open-source Python package for generating geographically-realistic synthetic populations and networks
Register: pitt.zoom.us/webinar/registe…
midasnetwork.us/midas-webina…
📢 Call for papers: Submit to the Journal of Fungi special issue "Research Progress on Zoonotic Fungal Diseases" — deadline extended to April 2027. APC waivers available w/ Editorial Office approval.
Details: mdpi.com/journal/jof/special…
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📢 Join the 3rd Global Congress on New & Emerging Genetic Biocontrol Technologies, a global meeting on engineered genetic strategies for vector control @AfricaGeneBio
🗓️ 15–18 March 2027, Nairobi 🇰🇪
📝 Abstract deadline: 29 Sept
🔗️ shorturl.at/a4RE8
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Join us this week at #ScienceSummit2026 in New York and online.
On 22 Sept, 11:00-13:30 EDT, our Executive Director, Michael Makanga, and Team Leader Lara Pandya will co-chair 'Advancing Science: Shaping Clinical Research Across Africa and Beyond'
🔗 global-health-edctp3.europa.…
