Katherine Davis

The report from the schistosomiasis workshop is now available on Wellcome Open Research 📖 Take a look to learn more about the research gaps and how we can address them: doi.org/10.21955/wel... 😀

Last year, Wellcome held a workshop on research priorities in the schistosomiasis space 🐌 Discussions showed that huge progress is being made towards global schistosomiasis goals, but also highlighted unprecedented challenges including climate change and treatment failure🌍💊

Across global health, let's act on the knowledge that researchers produce, working with communities affected by these diseases to ensure solutions are affordable, accessible and appropriate. Together we can #BeatNTDs. who.int/health-topics/…

Wellcome funds a range of researchers who are studying NTDs. This includes projects addressing drug resistance in schistosomiasis, developing treatments for leishmaniasis, and understanding climate impacts on dengue and chikungunya #our-work-in-action-7e31" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">wellcome.org/what-we-do/inf…

It's #WorldNTDDay! A time to unite, act, and eliminate Let’s unite to share knowledge from research that is helping us better understand how to prevent and treat the 21 NTDs, outlined by WHO who.int/campaigns/worl…

Leishmaniasis affects between 700,000 & 1 million people each year, mostly in low-income communities. It’s caused by Leishmania parasites & spread by sandflies. Read our new explainer to learn more about the disease & what Wellcome is doing to combat it: wellcome.org/news/what-is-l…

Our results highlight the need for a stronger focus on interventions for internalised HIV stigma and HIV stigma experienced in the community to improve health-related quality of life

Stigma experienced in healthcare settings was less common and not associated with HRQoL in our sample (adjusted odds ratio: 1.04, 95% CI: 0.68–1.58)

I'm excited to share our latest paper, out in @SciReports! We explored the association between #HIV stigma & health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among people living with HIV using data from the @HIVptn 071 (PopART) study in Zambia & South Africa 🇿🇲🇿🇦 doi.org/10.1038/s41598…

OPPORTUNITY! Are you an early career researcher from Thailand 🇹🇭 with a recently completed PhD? Check out this fully funded 6-12 month placement opportunity: 💼Fellowship in epidemiology & control of infectious diseases 🗓️Application deadline 23-06-2024 ✏️Find out more & apply imperial.ac.uk/admin-services…

📣 New funding alert We’re awarding up to £5 million each to multidisciplinary teams to improve our understanding of dengue and Zika – and help implement effective interventions. [1/6]

A potential vaccine candidate for tuberculosis, supported by Wellcome and @gatesfoundation, has started its Phase 3 clinical trial in South Africa. If shown to be well-tolerated and effective, the vaccine could become the first tuberculosis vaccine in over a century.

@rashida_abbferr @wellcometrust This is now open! The scheme aims to support researchers of Black, Bangladeshi, and Pakistani heritage in the UK to advance their careers to the next stage Find out more and apply (deadline 18th June): wellcome.org/grant-funding/…

Well done @wellcometrust for launching the Accelerator Awards-gratifying to see a practical approach to addressing inequities in science and not just talking the talk! Please consider applying for this scheme--it will teach the academic community a lot! wellcome.org/news/targeted-…

📢WE ARE LIVE! 📢RT We @wellcometrust have launched the #AcceleratorAwards! This is funding to support researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage in the UK to advance their careers to the next stage. Find out more and apply by 18 June 🗓️⤵️ wellcome.org/grant-funding/…

Together we can eradicate these preventable diseases who.int/health-topics/…

Let’s encourage governments, industry and the whole global health community to act on that knowledge, working with communities affected by these diseases to ensure solutions are affordable, accessible & appropriate

This World Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Day, let’s unite, act, eliminate. Let’s unite to share knowledge gained through research that's helping us better understand how to prevent & treat the 21 NTDs outlined by WHO, which range from dengue & chikungunya to schistosomiasis

It's so important to consider how privilege affects the careers of modellers. This great talk from @dr_anne_cori highlights some of the key issues we need to address and proposes a range of solutions