Hester Allen

PhD student in Medical Statistics and Clinical Epidemiology in Oxford and Epidemiologist at UK Health Security Agency. Views are my own

[Hester Allen @HesterAllen_]

@UKHSA has updated the Technical summary on
deaths in people with COVID-19. This metric now includes deaths in those with COVID-19 reinfections, measuring from the first specimen date of the most recent episode-well done EpiCell! @giulia_seghezzo @sadizid https://t.co/ro2R17H0hm

[Danielle Newby @Danielle_Newby]

@HesterAllen_ giving a great talk 🗣️ “Post-acute mortality following covid-19 infection 🦠😷compared with matched test negative people in England 🏴󠁧󠁢��󠁮󠁧󠁿: findings from ECHOES national surveillance system” @ndorms @UniofOxford 🤓👏

[Hester Allen @HesterAllen_]

It’s been an amazing opportunity to attend @ISPE2024 in Berlin 🇩🇪, to be able to present some of my PhD work and hear some fantastic @ndorms @UniofOxford colleagues present their work 💉🦠🎓

[Hester Allen @HesterAllen_]

It was great to be able to present some of my ongoing PhD work on post-acute #COVID19 with @ndorms @UniofOxford and the amazing ECHOES team at @UKHSA today at #ISCB45 in 🇬🇷 during the Electronic Health data session 📈 💉 🦠😷 🎓

[Hester Allen @HesterAllen_]

It’s been a pleasure to attend the annual conference of the international society for Clinical Biostatistics @iscb45 in beautiful (but very hot) Greece with so many fantastic presentations so far and a great and informative keynote speech from @d_spiegel

[Meaghan Kall has moved to Bluesky @kallmemeg]

Today’s Bake Off theme: COVID-19 🧁

• antibody cupcakes with raspberry ‘blood’ pipettes
• virus cupcakes with raspberry spikes

[Hester Allen @HesterAllen_]

@Eurostar @Kerst_L @SophieGraceNash

[Hester Allen @HesterAllen_]

@kallmemeg @prieto_alhambra ❤️

[Hester Allen @HesterAllen_]

@alison_e_brown @UniofOxford @ndorms @CSMOxford @prieto_alhambra @StEdmundHall Don’t worry Alison, I am not going anywhere- doing it part time!

[Hester Allen @HesterAllen_]

👩‍🎓📚🦠So excited to be starting my DPhil in Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics today at @UniofOxford with @ndorms @CSMOxford @prieto_alhambra and @StEdmundHall

[Hester Allen @HesterAllen_]

Had a great time and learned a lot this week at the @UniofOxford @ndorms Real World Evidence for Clinical Research summer school in beautiful #oxford��👩‍💻 🎓#epidemiology

[Eurosurveillance @Eurosurveillanc]

Research:

Assessment of mortality and hospital admissions associated with confirmed infection with #SARSCoV2 Alpha variant: a matched cohort and time-to-event analysis, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 October to December 2020

https://t.co/qvtS3aY9qC

@SMHopkins @HesterAllen_ @kallmemeg @sadizid

[Hester Allen @HesterAllen_]

@Dr_D_Robertson @BristOliver https://t.co/JIBEDklR2i

[Hester Allen @HesterAllen_]

Come join our team!

[Inês Campos Matos @inescamposmatos]

We are looking for two Senior Database Managers to work in the National COVID-19 Epidemiology team in UKHSA. They will be responsible for developing and maintaining SQL-databases and data linkage processes. Please reach out if you are interested!

https://t.co/KQD9LDbMMB

[Hester Allen @HesterAllen_]

@most_opppressed @nickfielding

[Hester Allen @HesterAllen_]

@2mannythots @nickfielding

[Hester Allen @HesterAllen_]

Gonorrhoea is the 2nd most common STI in England, with 1/2 diagnoses among MSM. Ceftriaxone and cefixime are last-line therapies for gonorrhoea and with 4 recent ceftriaxone resistant cases in the UK there is serious concern https://t.co/FJWqgTOJsk

[Hester Allen @HesterAllen_]

Our paper looking at repeat gonorrhoea infection and gonococcal #AMR has been published in @STI_BMJ. We found that frequent STI screening could ⬆️ gonococcal AMR by ⬆️ asymptomatic STI detection and antibiotic use in the population. https://t.co/z5J77vf2Hm 🧵

[Hester Allen @HesterAllen_]

In the UK, MSM are screened for HIV and STIs more frequently than heterosexual men and women, with recommendations for annual or quarterly screening according to risk. Further studies are needed to investigate the role of intensive screening on AMR.