Sarah Rafferty

Geography PhD, University of Cambridge / Early Careers Trustee & Vice President @RSTMH / Pandemic Preparedness @ONS / All views my own

[ONS Focus @ONSfocus]

Preparing for another pandemic requires learning from the last one. In our latest blog we reflect on two recent events that have highlighted the importance of collaboration between statistical offices and public health institutions.

Read more here ⬇️
https://t.co/f3y1hq36UE

[Embajada Británica en Argentina @UKinArgentina]

Julie Stanborough, directora adjunta de la Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas (@ONS) del Reino Unido, y @MarcoLavagna, director del @IndecArgentina, firmaron hoy un memorándum para trabajar juntos en el proyecto de creación de un kit de herramientas de preparación para pandemias.

[UK Statistics Authority @UKStatsAuth]

Emma Rourke, Deputy National Statistician at @ONS, has been in New York for #UN55SC. Yesterday, she met with representatives from the NSOs of Argentina🇦🇷, Malawi🇲🇼 and Nepal🇳🇵 to discuss pandemic preparedness and our future partnerships🤝

[Rebecca Jean Emigh @rjemigh]

In historical England and Wales, location had a larger effect on child mortality than social class: https://t.co/AYrnHmzLIp Another great new paper in Social Science History by @amrcampop, Eilidh Garrett, Hannaliis Jaadla, Kevin Schürer, @SarahRafferty5

[Alice Reid @amrcampop]

First publication from Interdisciplinary @ESRC PhD student @CarolineKVE (with @JennaPanter). Group-Based Multi-Trajectory Modelling is used to create a longitudinal, migration-specific classification of GB wards 1981-2011. Congratulations Caroline!
https://t.co/HZgS4jgRjL

[Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene @RSTMH]

We’re launching our strategy at @LSHTM.

Director Professor Liam Smeeth welcomes the room

Professor David Mabey gives an overview of how RSTMH has changed since he joined it 40 years ago

#globalhealth #RSTMH2023

[Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene @RSTMH]

RSTMH Vice President and Early Career Trustee Sarah Rafferty talks about the early career perspective of the new strategy and the importance of championing early career researchers

#rstmh2023 #globalhealth

[Sarah Rafferty @SarahRafferty5]

Excited to be back at an academic workshop hosted by @bspsUK @EcHistSoc @LSEEcHist - discussing interdisciplinary perspectives on research & teaching in Historical Demography. Focusing on transitions across disciplines, data sources and my move from academia to the Civil Service

[Nicola Shelton (part-time prof) @drnjshelton]

We moved then to panel of lecturers and students on transitions feat. @amrcampop @AckahAkua @SarahRafferty5 and Nilofer Sait me and a little ChatGPT #RTHD23

[Eric Schneider @ericbschneider]

The full programme for the workshop is now available on the following website and below:

https://t.co/LCmuJSJtRL

[Sarah Rafferty @SarahRafferty5]

Something our COVID-19 Infection Survey teams have been working on! ⬇️⬇️

[Office for National Statistics (ONS) @ONS]

We’ve published new experimental statistics showing COVID-19 Antibody and Swab positivity by population characteristics in the UK (8 August to 4 September 2022).

See more ➡️ https://t.co/yY47QVhGVr

[Sarah Rafferty @SarahRafferty5]

@julia_jarame Yes, submission is imminent ..!🎉

[Sarah Rafferty @SarahRafferty5]

@julia_jarame Huge congratulations Juliana! How exciting 🎉🥳🍾

[Sarah Rafferty @SarahRafferty5]

Really pleased to be handing over the AYHD to such a capable and enthusiastic new board! I look forward to seeing where the society goes next.

Best of luck to Louise, Elisabeth, Mathias, Joris, & Mads ☺️🎉

[Association for Young Historical Demographers @AYHDemographers]

On the 8th of November our board met in Copenhagen for our first in-person board meeting! 🥳

We discussed our plans and ideas on how to continue bringing together junior scholars in historical demography (and related fields)! 🤓

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[African Population History Network @aphinetwork]

*CALL FOR PAPERS* for Session Proposal on African Population History for European Society for Historical Demography Conference 2023

[Sarah Rafferty @SarahRafferty5]

@m_ingholt Congratulations Mathias!! 🎉

[Sarah Rafferty @SarahRafferty5]

@anna_m_lawrence Wooooo congratulations, Anna!!! So proud of you ❤️❤️❤️

[Association for Young Historical Demographers @AYHDemographers]

📣 Spotlight Article 📣

This fortnight's article is 'A ‘Silent’ Pandemic? 1918–1919 Influenza Pandemic in Greece: Evidence from Hermoupolis, Syros' by @RaftakisM.

You can read it in @SSHMedicine here ➡️ https://t.co/6c4UXeWKMW.

#demography #poptwitter

[Historical Life Course Studies journal @HLCS_Journal]

The first paper for our new special issue ‘What was Killing Babies? European Comparative Research on Infant Mortality Using Individual Level Causes of Death’ just appeared. On infant mortality in Ipswich, by Eilidh Garrett and Alice Reid: https://t.co/fIoJIRrGbG

[Association for Young Historical Demographers @AYHDemographers]

📣 Spotlight Article 📣

This fortnight's article is 'Exploring the mortality advantage of Jewish neighbourhoods in mid-19th century Amsterdam' by @TimRiswick, @smuurling, and Katalin Buzasi.

Read it in @DemographicRes here ➡️ https://t.co/xZV4UDSM44

#poptwitter #demography

[Association for Young Historical Demographers @AYHDemographers]

📣 Spotlight Article 📣
This fortnight’s article is ‘Temperate climate malaria in nineteenth century Denmark’ by @m_ingholt, @SassaChen, @Franziska_HiBr, @RasmusKP, and @LoneSimonsen2.

Read it in ‘BMC Infectious Diseases’ here ➡️ https://t.co/UNRfqyusC9

#demography #poptwitter