Jess Kerr

full-time plant rescuer / ID modeler & phd student @ Pitt Public Health. views my own. usually silly, sometimes useful.

[Jess Kerr @sciencejess_]

So excited for the MIDAS meeting!!

I’m hoping I’m not the only one bringing a Halloween costume 👻

[Midasnetwork @MIDAS_Network]

Just 4 more days until the MIDAS Network Annual Meeting:.

This meeting provides an opportunity for members at all career stages to showcase recent work and network with colleagues, so don't forget to register at: https://t.co/yQLZkvPjM2

[Jess Kerr @sciencejess_]

Incredible work by incredible people ✨

[The Ferrari Lab: @TheFerrariLab.bsky.social @TheFerrariLab]

It’s an honor to play even a bit part in this monumental effort by Kat Shea, @rkborchering and others - Multiple models for outbreak decision support in the face of uncertainty | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences https://t.co/pVHQki6208

[Hospital Workers Rising @PGHHospitalWork]

BREAKING: @lowninstitute names UPMC Presbyterian as having the largest “fair share deficit” of any major nonprofit hospital in the US.

UPMC’s spending on charity care and community investment is less than the value of their tax exemption, by about $246M. https://t.co/w5qEM3u6Zn

[Jess Kerr @sciencejess_]

Finally had some time to relax today! So instead I finally made my CV look pretty. NOW I can relax. Sort of.

[Jess Kerr @sciencejess_]

Cari is great!! :) This sounds like a lovely opportunity

[IDDjobs: infectious disease dynamics jobs @IDDjobs]

Postdoc (Stellenbosch, South Africa)
Modelling strategies to eliminate hepatitis B and C in South Africa
with Cari van Schalkwyk
at @sacema_coe
More details: https://t.co/KuLf7HHqgW

[Jess Kerr @sciencejess_]

Had a lovely drive into DC yesterday for the #MakingOurCASE workshop. Looking forward to really diving into science policy today 👏

[@jdushoff.bsky.social @[email protected] @jd_mathbio]

Applications are now open for #MMED2023: @ICI3D's Clinic on Meaningful Modelling of Epidemiological Data. 26th Jun–8 Jul in South Africa, a 2‐week modelling clinic that emphasizes the use of data in understanding infectious disease dynamics. https://t.co/31kj4bObbS

[ICI3D @ICI3D]

The application is now open for the 12th Clinic on Meaningful Modelling of Epidemiological Data (MMED 2023 ~ 26 June - 8 July)

This year's Clinic will be held in Muizenberg, Cape Town, South Africa

Application deadline: 10 April

For more information: https://t.co/EHDu1qXxLi

[Jess Kerr @sciencejess_]

Have we considered maybe fairly treating and compensating our rail workers and listening to them about how to fix the system so our trains stop falling over…? No? Cool

[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette @PittsburghPG]

Massachusetts train derails, no hazardous cargo reported https://t.co/hxlHAoK436

[Christian Garcia @ChrisGarciaCL]

Sí, podemos poner fin a la tuberculosis https://t.co/kkQI1HxcDF

[Jess Kerr @sciencejess_]

Awesome work by my friends and colleagues - and thrilled to see it presented in @darya_pokutnaya’s dissertation defense in a couple weeks 😍

[Harry @hshoch]

Our new paper on reproducibility in infectious disease modeling.. @MIDAS_Network
https://t.co/vKG7U1kH5y

[Jess Kerr @sciencejess_]

Lost my voice yesterday 🫠 But I’ll see y’all at 2 today!! Let’s do some R 🤘

[CCDD at Harvard Chan @CCDD_HSPH]

TODAY 5-6 PM ET and tmrw 2-3 PM ET, Jess Kerr @sciencejess_ will lead Training in R as a pre-workshop session for the 11th Annual Workshop to Increase Diversity in Mathematical Modeling and Public Health.

Learn more and register https://t.co/ngLVevYjDx

[Jess Kerr @sciencejess_]

Go snag this job so we can talk about cholera data quality please. Very interesting to learn about from @JosephLemaitre_ at the @royalsociety conference!

[Midasnetwork @MIDAS_Network]

Postdoctoral position in cholera epidemiology, surveillance, and modeling at Temple University.
https://t.co/pi8UnoCj76

[Jess Kerr @sciencejess_]

Excited to lead another Intro to R session for the @MIDAS_Network Diversity Conference Wed and Thurs to prep the youths before their sessions! Any tips on making an hour-long virtual intro to programming more exciting, other than making really bad jokes (like I usually do)?

[Nikos Bosse @nikosbosse]

I gave a short talk @royalsociety on Human Judgement Forecasting in Epidemiology and @sciencejess_ turned it into a meme 😍

Summary and highlights of the talk below.

[Jess Kerr @sciencejess_]

Had such an amazing time learning and discussing ID forecasting at the @royalsociety meeting this past week! I’m excited to see where we go with the field. Thank you all for enjoying my summary memes 🤘

[Natalie Sheils @nsheils]

Any #math or #biostat or similar PhD students still looking for a summer #internship? I may have an opportunity this summer for someone whose willing to wrangle messy healthcare data and is at least decent in #SAS, #python, or #R.

[Jess Kerr @sciencejess_]

If you can't make the town hall please fill out the form!! We wanna know what you think 🤗

[Midasnetwork @MIDAS_Network]

MIDAS Students!

The MIDAS Student Committee invites you to a Town Hall event on March 23 at 1pm ET.

We are looking for student input toward supporting you going forward :)

Register here: https://t.co/QMxJfTfKMG

Submit questions or suggestions here:
https://t.co/WNW5XIwnwL

[Jess Kerr @sciencejess_]

Come chat and let us know your suggestions for facilitating a strong network of ID modeling students!

And show us your pets if you’re at home 🤗

[Midasnetwork @MIDAS_Network]

MIDAS Students!

The MIDAS Student Committee invites you to a Town Hall event on March 23 at 1pm ET.

We are looking for student input toward supporting you going forward :)

Register here: https://t.co/QMxJfTfKMG

Submit questions or suggestions here:
https://t.co/WNW5XIwnwL

[Midasnetwork @MIDAS_Network]

MIDAS Students!

The MIDAS Student Committee invites you to a Town Hall event on March 23 at 1pm ET.

How could the student network support u going forward? More opportunities to share research? More networking or informal social events?

Register here: https://t.co/QMxJfTxmbg