Chantal Babb de Villiers

What is good for your health is also good for the climate - think healthier food 🍏, being outdoors 🌄and connecting with nature 🏞️- which is good for all of use. Sadly, access and opportunities to do these are still out of reach for many though.

🌡️🔬 The latest Lancet report highlights the urgent health threats from climate change, including extreme heat 🔥. The intersection of heat and health was looked at in our report "Heat, Heath and Human Genetics " --> phgfoundation.org/publications/r… #ClimateChange #Health

⚡ OUT NOW ⚡ The 2024 Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Facing record-breaking threats from delayed action. Read the latest assessment of the links between health and climate change: thelancet.com/journals/lance… #LancetClimate24

NEW 📰: An @ICR_London team led by @clare__turnbull has developed a new clinical pathway that will speed up #BRCA testing and ensure #BreastCancer patients get the treatment they need ⤵️ icr.ac.uk/news-archive/n…

In the PHG blog, Chantal Babb de Villiers explains the role of genetic surveillance in monitoring the spread of bird flu and the evolution of the virus. phgfoundation.org/blog/canary-in…

Phages offer an alternative to antibiotics, which is desperately needed to combat to AMR🦠. Take a look at this to see what is needed in the UK▶️Developing and delivering phage-based technologies in the UK iuk.ktn-uk.org/perspectives/d…

We are looking for a Senior Teaching Associate to join our MPhil Population Health Sciences team at Cambridge. You will contribute to deliver of high-quality teaching in epidemiology, biostatistics, and infectious diseases. Flexible FTE 0.6-1.0. jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/47728/

We are delighted to announce that the 2024 call for applications to the Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund is now open! cambridge-africa.cam.ac.uk

I am looking forward to being at this event tomorrow 👇

With the view

Link to the roadmap here physoc.org/policy/climate…

At the launch of the Royal Physiological Society’s “Roadmap for Global Heat 🔥Resilience”. Great event with lots of interest from broad range of organisations, researchers and people. An issue that affects us all, and requires a multidisciplinary approach. #Consensus4Heat

Looking forward to reading this in detail. A topic that doesn't only need more attention, but also more action

@NatureRevGenet @YvonneJFru 😃

Relevant to Yvonne Joko Walburga Epse Fru’s talk in the genomics and equity session #ESHG24

Hot 🔥off the press The 2024 Europe Report of the #Lancet Countdown. Important emphasis that heat related deaths are rising and are disproportionately affecting women.🔥Heat was the focus of our report 'Heat, health and human genetics' shorturl.at/fqwG8

The increasing intensity and duration of extreme heat is worstening. I looked at the effects on the human body in one of our reports, and we need to be better prepared for this continuing issue. phgfoundation.org/publications/r…

Phages are a hot topic 🔥 at the moment - not a surprise as they have a potential role in combating AMR. Have a look at some of the activity that has been happening in my latest blog - 🦠 Viruses for good – the case for phages phgfoundation.org/blog/viruses-f…

If you want to know more about what xenotransplantation is and how genetics has been used to be able to do it have a look at our explainer - phgfoundation.org/wp-content/upl…

There are long waiting lists for kidney transplantations and many more receiving dialysis. Could xenotransplantation be an answer? We are one step closer to finding out: nature.com/articles/d4158….

Join us with a presentation from @christian_happi titled “Genomic Surveillance and Characterisation of Microbial Threats Facilitates Early Detection and Containment of Disease Outbreaks in West Africa” on the 14th March 2024. eventbrite.co.uk/e/guest-lectur…