Alison Castle

Infectious Diseases @mgh_id | faculty @AHRI_News | @HIGH_IRI_WUSTL and @mgh_mpec

[Africa Health Research Institute @AHRI_News]

📢 Day 1 of the 36-hour AHRI/SANTHE #HealthHack is underway!

Researchers, clinicians, data scientists, designers & many more are teaming up to co-create bold solutions for SA’s infectious disease challenges.

Ideas are taking shape & new collaborations emerging ✅ @SANTHEafrica

[Africa Health Research Institute @AHRI_News]

Team AHRI at the Public Health Association of South Africa conference in the Western Cape 🇿🇦 this week.

#PHASA gathers public health professionals to share their experiences & research, discuss topical public health issues & mentor students & early career researchers

@MRCza

[MGB Infectious Diseases Fellowship @MGHBWHIDFellows]

It's one of our favorite times of the year: fellowship application season! 😎

To learn more about the Mass General Brigham Infectious Diseases Fellowship, please visit https://t.co/xDJGfm39a5.

[Africa Health Research Institute @AHRI_News]

Earlier at #SATBConference AHRI clinical research fellow Dr @AlisonCCastle presented results on 'prior tuberculosis radiographic lung abnormalities and prevalent diabetes in rural South Africa'.

[Africa Health Research Institute @AHRI_News]

Fascinating complexities: what we can learn about TB at the autopsy table 🫁

New story from Tiyese Jeranji @Jeranji for @SpotlightNSP with commentary from AHRI pathologist Prof Threnesan Naidoo @SteynTBLab

https://t.co/OXFP5Zq2pQ

[Harvard Medical School @harvardmed]

A combination of approved cancer drugs may improve tuberculosis treatment https://t.co/TjgubPNqSu

[Africa Health Research Institute @AHRI_News]

Today marks a milestone for AHRI! We administered our first jab of long-acting injectable #PrEP

AHRI’s LAPIS study - led by @MaryamShJ - offers young people person-centred PrEP, integrated with sexual & reproductive health services & social support through our peer navigators

[Nothando B. Ngwenya @thando_b]

Where do mobile men and youth go to access healthcare - how do we move from place based care #WorldAIDSDay2023 @SANTHEafrica @AHRI_News @UKZNCHS @CAPRISAOfficial

[Africa Health Research Institute @AHRI_News]

A clear call to 🇿🇦 policy makers & researchers on #WorldAidsDay2023 from Dr @thando_b - we need to rethink how we design policy & conduct research. "Nothing for me, without me"

#LetCommunitiesLead @SANTHEafrica @UKZNCHS @CAPRISAOfficial

[Ingrid T. Katz @IngridKatzMD]

#WorldAIDSDay is a chance to celebrate the tremendous success of 20 years of impact from @PEPFAR

Honored to have the opportunity to co-author this piece for @Nature with @USAmbGHSD and Mike Reid highlighting the how #BehavioralScience will continue to provide a way forward.

[MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh_mpec]

Dr. @jjarolimova estimated that the prevalence of curable STIs (gonorrhea, chlamydia, trichomoniasis) among young people in rural South Africa is high: 23.7%. Improved access to STI screening and rapid treatment are needed. https://t.co/x9fR1anGpn
@MaryamShJ
@AHRI_News

[Harvard CFAR @HarvardCFAR]

This *December 1* @AlisonCCastle MD shares her Research in Progress: “Engaging men outside the HIV prevention paradigm in South Africa” @mgh_id @AHRI_News @HIGH_IRI_WUSTL @mgh_mpec @EmilyHyle @MonganInstitute #HIV #SouthAfrica Info at https://t.co/CfRHyL7oyF

[Southern African HIV Clinicians Society (SAHCS) @SAHIVSoc]

Exciting news! SAHCS updated PEP guideline has just been published - Please see the full guideline here:https://t.co/ssVRAGDVxo #HIVPrevention @FrancoisVenter3 @LindaGailBekker @sajhivmed @SpotlightNSP @Bhekisisa_MG @RHAPnews @WitsRHI @UCTHealthSci

[Africa Health Research Institute @AHRI_News]

AHRI's new @wellcometrust grant will support us to expand our research over the next 7 years to address key questions, including how #HIV can be prevented in rural communities in 🇿🇦. Prof @MaryamShJ speaks about the innovations in HIV prevention the funding will enable 👇🏾📽️

[Africa Health Research Institute @AHRI_News]

This #WomensDay we asked our scientists what advice they’d give to aspiring researchers. Faculty member Dr Natsayi Chimbindi @Natsayi2 who's working on co-developing school health promotion interventions to improve sexual reproductive health & HIV prevention, shared these words👇🏾

[Alison Castle @AlisonCCastle]

@IDDocJen @davidcflood @mkali_twindad @_NicholasRahim_ Glad to hear this-Congrats!!

[Africa Health Research Institute @AHRI_News]

Today at AHRI we celebrate #InternationalNursesDay - a day to reflect on and honour the vital contribution of nurses globally in delivering healthcare.

Our nurses looking sharp in their white attire as the day’s celebration begins.

#IND2023

[Africa Health Research Institute @AHRI_News]

Mounting evidence indicates a bidirectional relationship between #TB & diabetes. A new study led by @AlisonCCastle investigated the relationship between prior TB & diabetes (HBA1c ≥6.5%) in rural 🇿🇦 leveraging data from AHRI’s Vukuzazi, a community-based population cohort. 🧵1/4

[Alison Castle @AlisonCCastle]

@_StephenOlivier If that’s how one plays this game, Stevie, I’m never spelling your name correctly again!

[Africa Health Research Institute @AHRI_News]

As with long Covid, being cured of #TB is not always the last hurdle & many people go on to struggle with post-TB lung disease. @Jeranji spoke with AHRI's Dr @AlisonCCastle & others about this sometimes-neglected area of TB care for @SpotlightNSP

https://t.co/ENFKfhG6Ci