Justin Lessler is a Professor of Epidemiology at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Joined February 2015
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Justin Lessler retweeted
29 May 2025
That means the MAHA Report was most likely written by AI. 🤖
29 May 2025
The MAHA report made up at least seven of its citations. Dozens of other citations in the report have broken links, incorrect authors or missing information. notus.org/health-science/mak…
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Highly concerning for science!
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I've probably treated more measles than almost every doctor in the US and the amount of nonsense I have heard on the topic on this site is staggering. Bottom line - get your kids vaccinated and then you dont have to worry about measles
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This is horrible & exactly what we are afraid of - measles kills ppl In ~100 infections in TX, someone has already died For those w/out vacc- it is not the benign virus you’ve been told 1:5 hospitalized 1:100-1000 die This will spread further. 1/ apnews.com/article/measles-o…
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The Trump admin just fired key staff at NIH’s Alzheimer’s research center - including the incoming director. With 6.9M Americans affected and cases set to double by 2050, cutting research means fewer breakthroughs and more suffering. Patients and families deserve better.
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Justin Lessler retweeted
19 Feb 2025
Texas is having its worst measles outbreak in 30 years. “This outbreak began in a very close-knit, rural, Mennonite community that has very low vaccination rates. And unfortunately, we have seen vaccine exemptions really soar in Texas in recent years.” cbsnews.com/news/texas-measl…
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This is a list of blockbuster drugs in 2024. Guess how many can trace their origins to NIH funded research? All of them.
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Justin Lessler retweeted
6 Feb 2025
Anyone consider that maybe Elon’s mission, is for Elon to get what he wants, rather than the country to get what you voted for ? It’s not a shock for Elon , or anyone, to put their personal goals first Elon seems to be on a mission to protect brand Elon at all costs. No ? Free Speech is everything. Until it’s anything related to Elon. Who has complete control over speech here on X The censorship of the platform you adore is in the hands of a single person, who is on a mission to make himself the most powerful person in the world. above and beyond the President of the United States.
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Justin Lessler retweeted
2 Nov 2024
We all know Trump was a hustler, but hustling women out of the rights to THEIR OWN body is nasty work!! Hustling Americans out of their hard earned money by selling $500 Trump Sneakers, $60 Trump Bibles, and $100,000 Trump Watches is even nastier!! Tomorrow he’ll be hustling you out of your healthcare rights. Donald Trump talks about how he has concepts of a plan… but the only concept of a plan he has is a plan to hustle YOU
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We're on! Genomic epidemiology training for Nigeria's @NCDCgov system, being conducted by @GHRUamr @TheCPGS & partners. x.com/TheCGPS/status/1843209…

Delighted to hear @iruka_okeke kicking off workshop at as part of collective @NIHRglobal CADA programme within the @GHRUamr project on genomic surveillance of #AMR. Participants from sentinel laboratories across Nigeria - focussing on #digitalepidemiology
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FDA Approves Nasal Spray Influenza Vaccine for Self- or Caregiver-Administration First Influenza Vaccine That Does Not Need to be Administered by a Health Care Provider fda.gov/news-events/press-an…
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Romney with a verrrry different statement on Biden than the rest of his party
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New online course titled “Infectious Disease Modeling in Practice” developed by several IDD members (@Shaun_Truelove @apwez @EmilyGurley3 @alison_l_hill) providing an in-depth overview of several use cases of mathematical modeling. Enroll on Coursera: coursera.org/learn/infectiou…
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Massive effort from the Fluscape team: @SRileyIDD @datcummings @JustinLessler @JonRead15 @kkokwok @adamjkucharski @BingyiY and brilliant collaborators at Guangzhou No. 12 Hospital and HKU. 3/12
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These have been a rough past few years in terms of #cholera outbreaks including some with really high mortality in Africa. There is a real need to better understand who and why people are dying of this disease we know how to treat.
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We are recruiting for Research Assistant Professor positions at @UNCpublichealth to work on projects aimed at making epidemic projections and analytics more accurate and more relevant to those who need them most. Consider applying to join our team! unc.peopleadmin.com/postings…

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Let's give a big congrats to @datcummings for being one of only 10 researchers at #UF listed as highly cited by @ClarivateAG! He's demonstrated significant and broad influence in infectious disease research, with multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% of his field.
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I'm very excited to share this preprint on the effectiveness of mask mandates in Utah! In no small part because the first author, Alicia Horn, is an undergrad who has been working with me since her freshman year! (She was funded by @uofuour) doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.13.2…

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