Robin Thompson

Pandemics aren’t random. They’re part of a changing, interconnected world. Join Prof John Drake as he explores how global change drives the rise of new infectious diseases. 📅 18 November 2025, 17:00–18:00 (GMT) 📍 Oxford Martin School & Online 🔗Register here: f.mtr.cool/eqloivjuyc

The freedom to go for it for three years? Our Hooke & Titchmarsh Fellowships in pure & applied mathematics give you the space to follow a research path of your choice, a path that has proved instrumental in the careers of many previous fellows. Details: maths.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

We are recruiting for two exciting Professorship opportunities in association with St Anne's and Jesus Colleges. Join one of the country's leading centres of statistical research. Applications to both roles are welcomed. Details: stats.ox.ac.uk/jobs Closing: 15 September

Two Postdoc s(Oxford, UK) Infectious disease modelling of avian influenza outbreaks with Robin Thompson at @UniOfOxford More details: iddjobs.org/jobs/postdoc-p…

Two postdoc positions are available in my group at @OxUniMaths working on developing mathematical models of avian flu outbreaks and interventions. Please apply! maths.ox.ac.uk/node/71795 maths.ox.ac.uk/groups/mathema…

📢 The inaugural Schmidt Faculty Fellowship Programme officially launched today and is accepting applications. The programme is recruiting 6 early-career faculty members from academic institutions in India or Africa to undertake fellowships at Oxford. 👉 tinyurl.com/2cpj39fu

Job opening in Seirin's Lab‼️🥳 • Initially for 2 years, with the potential for extension based on performance and funding availability. • Interest in biomedical phenomena, involving mathematical modeling and/or data science. ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/bimed-math/rec…

New Paper Alert! Our latest paper has been published in Communications Medicine! 🎉: nature.com/articles/s4385…

How does landscape structure influence the rate and spread of crop diseases? See Suprunenko et al. Predicting the effect of landscape structure on epidemic invasion using an analytical estimate for infection rate @plantsci @LivUni_IVES @RSocPublishing royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

📢 Calling all early-career researchers Do you want to: 🟠 develop your research identity 🟠 work on groundbreaking projects 🟠 gain leadership skills? Our Early-Career Award is for you. Apply by 25 Feb 2025 ➡️ wellcome.org/grant-funding/…

sustain-cdt.ai/morgan A new potential PhD position at Belfast and @StrathMathStat on Combining Hazard Prediction and Animal and Plant Health Diagnostics for Enhanced One-Health Decision Support Under Climate Change

Dr. Sarah Hayes is one of the #postdocs we’re featuring today! Dr. Hayes research interests lie in applying statistical and epidemiological methods to further our understanding of infectious disease transmission. Thank you, Dr. Hayes for your work! #LovePostDocs #NPAW2024

2-year fellowship opportunity for postdocs from ASEAN countries: snas.org.sg/saseaf. Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions!

Warwick University is advertising two Assistant Professor positions, each of which is joint between Maths and Life Sciences. The SBIDER group in Warwick is friendly, collegiate, and an exciting place to build a research group. Come join us! warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre-e…

New post on mpox, outlining how we got here – and where we might be going next: blog.kucharski.io/?how-we-got-he…

❓How to prioritise COVID-19 booster vaccination in a range of socio-economic settings to optimise public health outcomes? 📄 Explored in our modelling study in @PLOSCompBiol ✍️Authors: Ioana Bouros @EdMHill @MattJKeeling Sam Moore @RobinNThompson 🔗: doi.org/10.1371/journa…

This week's participants from the "Modelling and inference for pandemic preparedness - a focussed workshop". 👋 #NewtonMIP2024

📢 This week's INI-based workshop is the "Modelling and inference for pandemic preparedness - a focussed workshop", part of the #NewtonMIP2024 programme. 🔗 For more information on the workshop, see here: newton.ac.uk/event/mipw01/

1/ 📢 Preprint news! 📢 📄"Quantifying infectious disease epidemic risks: A practical approach for seasonal pathogens" #EpiTwitter ✍️Authors: @AlexRKaye @GiGuR0 @mjtildesley @RobinNThompson 💻 code: github.com/KayeARK/Quanti… 🔗: doi.org/10.1101/2024.0…

@nishiurah Get well soon @nishiurah !

咽頭痛に咳嗽が出て来て「これは」と思ったが撃沈。無念だ（おそらくDAY 3）。明日8/1から8/10まで感染症数理モデルの夏期集中短期コースなのですが、とりあえず最初のほうの西浦の講義はオンラインで咳しながらやります。