Md. Zakiul Hassan

In conversation with... Zakiul Hassan and Tahmina Shirin thelancet.com/audio-do/conve…

📰 A new review by ISARIC researchers outlines key clinical characteristics and pathogenesis of #Nipah virus disease, helping to inform the design of future #clinicaltrials. Read more 👉 isaric.org/new-review-pro… #NipahVirus #PandemicPreparedness #GlobalHealth

Ten years at number one. @UniofOxford has again been ranked the world’s leading university in the @timeshighered World University Rankings - a decade of global excellence in research, teaching and innovation.

Fantastic to see this published - first ever trial of treatment for bubonic plague Huge thanks to the wonderful team in Madagascar #InstitutPasteur and our funders #FCDO #Wellcome An important but incredibly challenging study - everyone deserves to benefit from science.

📢 #ISARIC researchers have carried out the world’s first rigorous clinical trial of treatments for #bubonicplague. 🧵 @NEJM @pasteurMG @MsppOfficiel @LSHTM @PSIOxford @UniofOxford @NDMOxford @FCDOGovUK @wellcometrust

(2/2) Uncover the fascinating discussion and watch the event in full on the Christ Church website ➡️ chch.ox.ac.uk/.../professor-…... #ChCh500 @PSIOxford @UniofOxford

Our sincere thanks go to Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert, Professor Sir Peter Horby, Md Zakiul Hassan and @BBCHughPym for presenting our second 500th Anniversary Lecture, ‘Preparation and pandemics: confronting new threats’. (1/2)

The new @WHO #PandemicAgreement outlines new architecture for global solidarity in times of crisis, using several core provisions that could significantly improve future #pandemic preparedness and response. Read more👉 bit.ly/3T5kh8i @drzakiul @UniofOxford @PSIOxford

CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) has provided real-time data and analysis about disease outbreaks and emerging health threats without a break every week since 1960. Until today.

"Last year, 66 cases of H5 were reported from the United States, plus 10 from Cambodia, 2 from Viet Nam and one each from Australia, Canada and China. This is the highest number of reported human cases since 2015. So far this year, 2 cases including 1 death have been reported in the United States, and 1 death in Cambodia. Almost all these cases are associated with infected dairy cattle or poultry. H5N1 is of particular concern because since the first human cases were reported in 2003, it has killed almost half of those it has struck. Fortunately, H5N1 has not yet developed the ability to transmit easily between humans. But that could be only a matter of time. Every transmission from one animal to another, or to a human, is an opportunity for the virus to mutate, or to mix with other influenza viruses. It’s therefore imperative that the virus is not allowed to spread unchecked in animals. WHO is working closely with the @WOAH and @FAO in a #OneHealth approach to managing the threat of H5 globally. We call on all countries to strengthen biosecurity on farms, testing and surveillance, and to provide personal protective equipment to farm workers who may be at risk. We also call on all countries with outbreaks of H5 among animals to share viral samples and sequences with the WHO Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System, or GISRS"-@DrTedros

Recurrence of #Nipah virus outbreaks in #India (especially Kerala), & #Bangladesh highlights its persistent threat with high mortality & human-to-human transmission. Four key strategies are proposed to improve patient care & outcomes Read the Viewpoint thelancet.com/journals/lanse…

In our recent correspondence in The Lancet, we argued for the need to embrace inclusivity and uphold the principle of subsidiarity when setting research agendas for diseases like Nipah virus. thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

An extraordinarily strong lesson on the importance of good science, critical thinking, and being truly objective. The damage done to trust and to patients by the hydroxycholoroquine debacle should never be repeated. Would love to know the reasons for retraction.

Congratulations to Md Zakiul Hassan from @PSIOxford for being named as @ISID_org's 2024 Emerging Leader 👏 The award celebrates outstanding early-career researchers’ contributions in #InfectiousDiseases and recognises their future potential. Read more 👉 ndm.ox.ac.uk/news/md-zakiul…

⚠️ BREAKING: Several tracks at a railway station in Hamburg, Germany 🇩🇪 was cordoned off after two suspected cases of Marburg virus. One of the suspected cases is a student who arrived directly from Rwanda, where he had contact with a confirmed Marburg case, according to Bild.

@ISARIC1, hosted by PSI, and @CEPIvaccines have announced a dynamic new collaboration 🤝 to advance global health #research though research and capacity development. Learn more 👇 isaric.org/from-silo-to-s…

📢 In an outbreak, every day counts. @CEPIvaccines and ISARIC have announced a collaboration to help accelerate global response to infectious disease outbreaks and reduce the threat of epidemics and #pandemics. Read more ⬇️ isaric.org/from-silo-to-s…

New PhD position available with us and @dstlmod: Characterising the host-pathogen interaction of henipaviruses The student will have the opportunity to use in vivo samples and organoids to study the neurological pathology of henipaviruses Please share! findaphd.com/phds/project/c…

What is the value of an integrated, interdisciplinary approach to health threats? PSI Professors Dame Sarah Gilbert and Mark Harrison co-chair this morning's session on preparing for highly pathogenic threats, using #Nipah virus as a case study. #PandemicSciences24

💬 "We can't be fighting the last war...#Nipah is a prototype of a certain type of pathogen and there is a lot to learn from it. But the next pandemic won't necessarily behave as the last one did." @CEPIvaccines's Dr In Kyu Yoon speaking at #PandemicSciences24