Prof. Devi Sridhar

Professor & Chair of Global Public Health, Edinburgh Uni. Sunday Times bestselling author. Visiting faculty, Univ of Miami. Level 3 Personal Trainer. Views own.

[Prof. Devi Sridhar @devisridhar]

Thanks so much to the @FinancialTimes for choosing How Not to Die (too Soon) as one of the best health books for 2025 👏https://t.co/bVG1YZmfDf

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For those in India- out today with @doctorsoumya

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My latest column on selfies, cancer and AI: https://t.co/aRRDK6iE1o

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My latest column on selfies, cancer and AI: https://t.co/aRRDK6iE1o

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Director of African CDC calling the International community to pay attention and respond to the growing outbreak of Ebola- now in Nigeria -

[Dr Jean Kaseya @Dr_JeanKaseya]

EBOLA IN NIGERIA: AN URGENT CALL FOR GLOBAL SOLIDARITY

Today 20 October 2026, I spoke with the Nigerian Coordinating Minister of Health and Social welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, who informed me of a confirmed Ebola Bundibugyo case in Nigeria. I commend his transparency and leadership. Early reporting saves lives.

When Africa CDC declared this Ebola outbreak on 15 May 2026, we warned of its regional dimension and implications.

This Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak has already become the most geographically widespread Ebola outbreak in history, affecting multiple countries across three regions of Africa.

With mortality approaching 50% in DRC, we face an extremely serious threat. Africa CDC has already begun mobilising support for Nigeria, while intensifying our response in DRC and Kenya and maintaining heightened vigilance in Uganda.

My appeal to the international community is urgent: ACT NOW.

We need immediate, flexible financing, medical supplies, diagnostics, trained responders and stronger community-based surveillance. We cannot allow this outbreak to spread to more countries or continue for another year.

Every day of delay costs lives. Africa’s health security is global health security. Stopping Ebola in Africa today means protecting the world. Nigeria has our full solidarity. Together, we must defeat this outbreak.

@AfricaCDC, @WHO, @WHOAFRO, @WorldBank, @gavi, @CEPIvaccines, @UNICEF, @NCDCgov, @African Union Commission, @Pandemic_Fund, @European Commission, @EU HERA, @US CDC, @UK FCDO, @Public Health Agency of Canada, @African Development Bank, @AfreximBank, @Gates Foundation, @Mastercard Foundation, @Wellcome, @UNOCHA, @IFRC

#AfricaReady #StopEbola #HealthSecurity

[Prof. Devi Sridhar @devisridhar]

Looking forward to giving a Public Health Scotland learning event this week about healthy life expectancy, what we know about living longer & healthier lives and the role of policy and experts in this objective. It’s a nice chance for me to learn from colleagues and a good complement to the MPH & undergrad teaching. The undergrad students requested a COVID lecture this week despite my attempts to dissuade - they were 12-16 years old during the pandemic, which arguably was the group hit overall hardest by the impact.

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U.S. suddenly realising that maybe the British got something right with the NHS 78 years ago….

[Zeke Emanuel @ZekeEmanuel]

Two-thirds of Americans now say they favor Medicare for All, according to a new @KFF poll. That's the highest level KFF has recorded since it started polling the idea in 2016, up from 53 percent in 2020.

This tells me two things: Americans are fed up with rising health care costs, and no one is offering up a more realistic, more effective alternative.

You can't beat something with nothing, and right now Medicare for All is close to the only something on the table. Health policy experts need to offer something else.

What are your best ideas? (Mine are coming)

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

Inflation is up again. Not because of a pandemic. Not because of a natural disaster. Because of Trump’s war, tariffs, and corporate tax breaks.

It really is this simple: Republicans took over, and then drove up the cost of living in America.

[Prof. Devi Sridhar @devisridhar]

An evening spent trying to log into various platforms for student references, grant reviews, journal submissions and I can say logging on with all the various steps, passwords, authenticators is def the hardest part of it all for me 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

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Guardian #buyapaper

[Andy Scollick @Andy_Scollick]

Russia’s silence over the death of a lab worker underlines that pandemic preparedness amounts to nothing if information on threats is withheld | @devisridhar https://t.co/Yc7pHjhME2

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My latest column on Russia’s suspected plague case: https://t.co/PQZnc3UUKb

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My latest column on what’s going on with cancer in young people : https://t.co/BYwh6c88Sk

[Keith Martin MD @keithmartinmd]

Watch my @CUGHnews interview with Dr @devisridhar on public health, pandemics, politics and more. You can get these podcasts @Spotify & other sites. Cc @UoE_EFI @lizgrant360 @gavi @DrTedros @NSF @NASEM_Health @CBCNews @ASTMH @PeterHotez @NewsHour @thePHFI

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My latest column on healthy ageing : https://t.co/ZzV7kMqhfi

[CHAIRRDRF @CHAIRRDRF]

Always worth reading @devisridhar . See this https://t.co/IF94BWEKCB for another thing to worry about AI.

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My latest column on what AI use could be doing to your brain https://t.co/uQENLdE5o8

[Prof. Devi Sridhar @devisridhar]

My latest column on what AI use could be doing to your brain https://t.co/uQENLdE5o8

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4th lecture this week: best part is making jokes which the over 35s laugh at and the younger students just look at me like 😑 (so cringe)

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🎧 Listen to the latest episode of the CUGH Global Health Leaders Podcast!

Ft. @devisridhar, author and Chair of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh. She shares insights on pandemic prevention and key challenges in global health

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[Prof. Devi Sridhar @devisridhar]

Early on I was given the advice to focus on one strong publication a year. Quality> quantity. Making an impact on the field instead of chasing metrics. One of the best pieces of advice I’ve received.

[Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins @daniel_dsj2110]

Lol: “One professor’s AI-assisted output: 200 papers and 14 books this year
An online platform removed 257 papers written or co-written by the University of Chicago’s Nicholas Polson after other academics raised questions.” https://t.co/JyBM2nAXjq