Biologist with a love of Africa working to control and eliminate parasitic diseases #NTDs
Joined January 2011
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David Rollinson retweeted
The 17th International Symposium on Schistosomiasis is underway in Salvador, Brazil! The meeting is chaired by Dr. Ricardo Riccio, graduate @WeillCornell Master’s of Clinical Epidemiology program. The CGH’s Dr. Jennifer Downs will give a talk during the conference.
@WCMDeptofMed
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David Rollinson retweeted
11 Nov 2024
"Working together to achieve #schistosomiasis elimination: the role of the GSA"
GSA Director, David Rollinson @Bulinus is at the 17th International Symposium on Schistosomiasis, Salvador, Brazil🇧🇷 sharing our alliance's 10-year work towards schistosomiasis elimination.
#BeatNTDs
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18 Oct 2024
Congratulations Santi - so well deserved
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David Rollinson retweeted
14 Oct 2024
Well done @gambavick for representing #women & #health professionals fighting #FGSchisto during #WHS2024
14 Oct 2024
56 million women & girls are affected by #FGS. @gambavick narrates how women in #Kenya come with advanced cervical cancer, #HIV & #FGschisto symptoms. Highlighting the need for #FGschisto integration with #SRHR @LVCTKe & @frontlineaids. We all have a role to play in ending #FGS!
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🎬 A Story for Pemba: Schistosomiasis is nearly eliminated on Pemba Island, but behavior change is key to stopping transmission. This locally made film empowers the community to act through storytelling, driving awareness and participation in the fight to #BeatNTDs. 🌍💪
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David Rollinson retweeted
19 Sep 2024
Recent work on HIV and MGS in Malawi is published today url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com… @HUGS_LSTM
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David Rollinson retweeted
17 Sep 2024
The September #Schistosomiasis Research update is OUT NOW!
Check our the latest #BeatSchisto related articles, grant and job opportunities, events, training & more
mailchi.mp/e01bc8d15a4d/schi…
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David Rollinson retweeted
1 Sep 2024
To synergise with forthcoming symposia of @BSPparasitology and ictmm2024.org @JnlParasitology welcomes manuscripts that explore a key but overlooked aspect of parasite-host biology cambridge.org/core/journals/… edited by @sekekayuni @janelisa_musaya
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David Rollinson retweeted
27 Aug 2024
Breaking: Dr Faustine Engelbert Ndugulile, proposed by Tanzania🇹🇿, has just been nominated as the next @WHO Regional Director for Africa.
Member States voted in a closed session today at the 74th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa.
afro.who.int/news/dr-faustin…
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David Rollinson retweeted
3 Aug 2024
Check out our paper showing a novel framework and health decision analytical model to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of female genital schistosomiasis #FGS screening strategies 🐌🌍
@AmayaBustinduy @elimin8schisto @LSHTM @LSHTM_GHECO
doi.org/10.1111/tmi.14040
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David Rollinson retweeted
20 Jun 2024
The GSA @elimin8schisto Snail Vectors working group have developed and uploaded a protocol outlining recommendations for genomic DNA extraction from freshwater snails - including detailed CTAB and NA acetate precipitation clean up protocols: eliminateschisto.org/resourc…
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17 Jun 2024
Truly delighted to receive this prestigious honour - thanks to all friends and colleagues who have shared the journey! #schistosomiasis #BeatNTDs
Very proud that our colleague David Rollinson @Bulinus was made OBE in the King's Birthday Honours. His science & leadership on #NeglectedTropicalDisease parasitic schistosomiasis makes a big difference to healthcare collaboration in many countries nhm.ac.uk/press-office/press…
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31 May 2024
Fantastic!
31 May 2024
First of our new #3dprint models of a snail transmitting #schistosomiasis is finished! This #Biomphalaria glabrata will be used for sci com and teaching.
Open for the whole process⬇️
#museums #schistosomiasis #sciencecommunication #microCT #scanning #museumexhibit #snails
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David Rollinson retweeted
The @screenandtreat group @CeRAB_UENR have successfully established an integrated screening programme for #cervicalcancer and #FGS in endemic communities in Ghana.
A rapid RT-PCR assay has been developed at our lab for HPV testing. Are you curious? Visit Screenandtreat.org
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David Rollinson retweeted
30 Apr 2024
Check out my latest article: Why targeting 1.6 billion people affected by neglected tropical diseases will deliver on Ajay Banga’s new bold vision for health linkedin.com/pulse/why-targe… via @LinkedIn #SpringMeetings
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30 Mar 2024
RT @PeerLab_NHMG: Interested about #fish, #parasites, #ecology, #biodiversity and #evolution?
Join our lab with this fully funded PhD posi…
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David Rollinson retweeted
4 Mar 2024
NEW JOB!! 3yr post-doctoral research assistant on a interdisciplinary OneHealth project examining zoonoses in the Gambia and Nigeria with some incredible collaborators incl. @earthfluenza @acegid
@NHM_Science @mrcunitgambia @rki_de careers.nhm.ac.uk/templates/…
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David Rollinson retweeted
23 Feb 2024
I'm looking for a postdoc who wants to apply for an upcoming scholarship to come to Uppsala and join my research group for 2 yrs.
The project is on hybrid flycatchers and diet-microbiome associations 🐦
Project is already ready, samples have been collected more this spring.
ALT Collared flycatcher, photo by Andrej Chudý, flickr.
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David Rollinson retweeted
23 Feb 2024
🚨 Lectureship Opportunity - Cardiff University (@cardiffuni). Join the OneZoo CDT working in Infectious Diseases! 🚨
- Lecturer (Teaching and Research)
- Applications by 22nd April 2024
- Details at: jobs.ac.uk/job/DGC898/lectur…
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David Rollinson retweeted
22 Feb 2024
Apply for the Strathmore University and KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Postdoctoral position, offered in collaboration with the Initiative to Develop African Research Leaders. Send an application letter and a copy of your resume quoting ‘Post-Doctoral Fellow’ to careerssbs@strathmore.edu
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