Chantal Babb de Villiers

Researcher with a special interest in cancer, genetics, epidemiology and public health. Views are my own. Retweets are not an endorsement. 🇿🇦🇳🇱

[Chantal Babb de Villiers @ChantalResearch]

What is good for your health is also good for the climate - think healthier food 🍏, being outdoors 🌄and connecting with nature 🏞️- which is good for all of use. Sadly, access and opportunities to do these are still out of reach for many though.

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

#ClimateChange is one of the most complex challenges of our time, and it’s already affecting human health.

🚨 The climate crisis is a health crisis 🚨

At #COP29, let’s call on world leaders to turn commitments into #ClimateAction 👉https://t.co/maFpAPxdKa

[Chantal Babb de Villiers @ChantalResearch]

🌡️🔬 The latest Lancet report highlights the urgent health threats from climate change, including extreme heat 🔥. The intersection of heat and health was looked at in our report "Heat, Heath and Human Genetics " --> https://t.co/x6P3zhC9J3 #ClimateChange #Health

[The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change @LancetCountdown]

⚡ OUT NOW ⚡

The 2024 Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Facing record-breaking threats from delayed action.

Read the latest assessment of the links between health and climate change: https://t.co/FgQsL7nIV3 #LancetClimate24

[The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change @LancetCountdown]

⚡ OUT NOW ⚡

The 2024 Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Facing record-breaking threats from delayed action.

Read the latest assessment of the links between health and climate change: https://t.co/FgQsL7nIV3 #LancetClimate24

[The ICR @ICR_London]

NEW 📰: An @ICR_London team led by @clare__turnbull has developed a new clinical pathway that will speed up #BRCA testing and ensure #BreastCancer patients get the treatment they need ⤵️
https://t.co/kJIRLHkUqo

[PHG Foundation @PHGFoundation]

In the PHG blog, Chantal Babb de Villiers explains the role of genetic surveillance in monitoring the spread of bird flu and the evolution of the virus. https://t.co/eN85iSveJS

[Chantal Babb de Villiers @ChantalResearch]

Phages offer an alternative to antibiotics, which is desperately needed to combat to AMR🦠. Take a look at this to see what is needed in the UK▶️Developing and delivering phage-based technologies in the UK https://t.co/0WxICRxRko

[Jean Adams @jeanmadams]

We are looking for a Senior Teaching Associate to join our MPhil Population Health Sciences team at Cambridge. You will contribute to deliver of high-quality teaching in epidemiology, biostatistics, and infectious diseases. Flexible FTE 0.6-1.0. https://t.co/AQ3bv63GaX

[Cambridge-Africa @CambridgeAfrica]

We are delighted to announce that the 2024 call for applications to the Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund is now open! https://t.co/1NgLdnD61o

[Chantal Babb de Villiers @ChantalResearch]

I am looking forward to being at this event tomorrow 👇

[PHG Foundation @PHGFoundation]

Consequences, capacity building and communications in relation to Diversity in Clinical Genomics: Minding the gap https://t.co/EHU1dBekov Speakers incl. PHG's @ChantalResearch This Friday

[Chantal Babb de Villiers @ChantalResearch]

With the view

[Chantal Babb de Villiers @ChantalResearch]

At the launch of the Royal Physiological Society’s “Roadmap for Global Heat 🔥Resilience”. Great event with lots of interest from broad range of organisations, researchers and people. An issue that affects us all, and requires a multidisciplinary approach. #Consensus4Heat

[Chantal Babb de Villiers @ChantalResearch]

Link to the roadmap here https://t.co/1UXjDq7Pwj

[Chantal Babb de Villiers @ChantalResearch]

Looking forward to reading this in detail. A topic that doesn't only need more attention, but also more action

[NHS Race & Health Observatory @NHS_RHO]

Our report: ‘Ethnic Inequities in Genomics and Precision Medicine’ is published.

In the first report of its kind, we outline solutions to the challenge of a lack of trust and targeted engagement in this area.

Read the main report and lay summary here: https://t.co/VbyAeIReEM

[Chantal Babb de Villiers @ChantalResearch]

@NatureRevGenet @YvonneJFru 😃

[Chantal Babb de Villiers @ChantalResearch]

Hot 🔥off the press The 2024 Europe Report of the #Lancet Countdown. Important emphasis that heat related deaths are rising and are disproportionately affecting women.🔥Heat was the focus of our report 'Heat, health and human genetics' https://t.co/msfYn77Nwk

[The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change @LancetCountdown]

⚡ PUBLISHED TODAY: The 2024 Europe Report of the Lancet Countdown finds:

🌡️ Heat related deaths rising, disproportionately affecting women
🦟 Climatic suitability for infectious diseases increasing
🏭 Inadequate action to meet carbon neutrality targets

https://t.co/46RhB4ykNY

[Chantal Babb de Villiers @ChantalResearch]

The increasing intensity and duration of extreme heat is worstening. I looked at the effects on the human body in one of our reports, and we need to be better prepared for this continuing issue. https://t.co/x6P3zhC9J3

[Chantal Babb de Villiers @ChantalResearch]

Phages are a hot topic 🔥 at the moment - not a surprise as they have a potential role in combating AMR. Have a look at some of the activity that has been happening in my latest blog - 🦠 Viruses for good – the case for phages https://t.co/EhL1xv4edt

[Chantal Babb de Villiers @ChantalResearch]

If you want to know more about what xenotransplantation is and how genetics has been used to be able to do it have a look at our explainer - https://t.co/HMCnLWBuAc

[Chantal Babb de Villiers @ChantalResearch]

There are long waiting lists for kidney transplantations and many more receiving dialysis. Could xenotransplantation be an answer? We are one step closer to finding out: https://t.co/BjK8j3PpzV.

[Cambridge-Africa @CambridgeAfrica]

Join us with a presentation from @christian_happi titled “Genomic Surveillance and Characterisation of Microbial Threats Facilitates Early Detection and Containment of Disease Outbreaks in West Africa” on the 14th March 2024.
https://t.co/UUBAt7V3xj