Excited to be part of this symposium honoring my dear friend and colleague Suniti Solomon and recognizing Linda-Gail Bekker for her pioneering HIV research. Thurs Oct 14,8-11am EST. Register now! Johns Hopkins Epidemiology Hopkins CFAR Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

“Defining long COVID is an important and necessary first step,” Priya Duggal says. “Like anything, until we define the problem, it’s very hard to find solutions to address the problem. verywellhealth.com/who-long-covid… via Verywell Health

This isn't good, folks, and tells where we're headed —USA new cases today 115,000, 7-day average up to ~88,000, a 14% increase in a week —Hospitalizations are on the rise again, 850 more today, to ~48,000 —Over 1,700 deaths newsnodes.com/us

Wonderful to see how far their PhD proposals have progressed in these months —and such beautiful slides!! You all did us proud- can’t wait to see what is next..

As this piece shows, if you want to really understand what's happening in hospitals right now, you can either look at some dashboard and superficially interpret its lagged, mushy data, or you can actually ask the people on the ground what they're seeing.

IDSA is pleased to announce that Cynthia L. Sears, MD, FIDSA, professor of medicine and oncology at Johns Hopkins Medicine & professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, has been selected as the next editor-in-chief of The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Always read Denis Nash, because he is always smart, considered, clear, and thoughtful. And this piece is 🎯 barrons.com/articles/cdc-g…

If you've tested positive for COVID-19 or experienced COVID-like symptoms, Johns Hopkins University researchers want to hear from you for their study.⁠ ⁠ The @COVIDLongStudy consists of a quick 10- to 15-minute online survey: covid-long.com

Our study in JAMA highlights limited availability of HIV & Hep C testing and treatment services in specialty treatment facilities that offer medications for opioid use disorder in the US, including in high-priority Ending the HIV Epidemic states. ja.ma/3t0Wx80

We recently lost Kenrad Nelson, a giant in the field of infectious disease and a beloved Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health professor. Traveling the world to chase outbreaks, he was tireless, joyful, and earnest in his work - a public health hero. We will never forget him. baltimoresun.com/obituaries/bs-…

Our very own Dr. John Jackson was awarded the NIH Early Stage Investigator Matilda White Riley Honors and will present his work on “Meaningful causal decompositions in health equity research” at the @NIHOBSSR #MWRHonors this Friday, 6/3. Register here: bit.ly/39z1KxD

Dr. Chris Beyrer is the founder and director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health & Human Rights and the Desmond M. Tutu Professor of Public Health and Human Rights. Johns Hopkins Epidemiology and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health are excited for your new adventure as the Director of the Duke Global Health, but very sad to see you leave us.

Thank you to all of our participants who have completed the baseline survey with covid or not! >17,000 Thank you to all those participating in our longitudinal studies where we follow up with you every 3-6 months. Your experiences matter! enroll here: covid-long.com

The next person in our "Bright Lights" series is Dr. Ronald Gray. 1/13

On the after-effects of Covid, beyond and including #LongCovid "Covid generated a kind of epidemiological aftershock by leaving people susceptible to a huge range of other conditions" ft.com/content/26e073… Financial Times by Sarah Neville Federica Cocco

Please join us for the launch of #Hopkins #CIDI and hear our vision to combat infectious diseases in India! hopkinscidi.org/content/join-u… Johns Hopkins Division of Infectious Diseases Johns Hopkins Medicine Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins Gupta-Klinsky India Institute (GKII)

Actions by clinicians, health care systems, and policymakers could substantially expand treatment access for opioid use disorder, according to NEJM study by Johns Hopkins Epidemiology's Javier Cepeda et al. nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

This week is National Postdoc Appreciation Week! We are grateful for our hard-working Johns Hopkins Epidemiology postdoctoral fellows. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! #NPAW2022

Lovely celebration of Johns Hopkins Epidemiology 's Chris Beyrer Chris Beyrer’s many contributions—and wishing well in his new journey!

We are excited to celebrate 100 years of the Am J Epidemiology with a special symposium next Friday, October 14! This will be a hybrid event. Email [email protected] for Zoom info.