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Rapid release of multiplex PCR amplicon scheme for Andes hantavirus whole genome sequencing validated on control material: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @scalene.bsky.social @stevepullan.bsky.social @ukhsa.bsky.social output from HPRU in Public Health Genomics
www.biorxiv.org
May 16, 2026 at 7:13 PM
a high-quality version of Wonder Girl by Akiko Hinagata has finally been uploaded, this is very very important
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPRU...
雛形あきこ「Wonder Girl」
YouTube video by Victor Entertainment
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June 12, 2026 at 1:55 AM
📰News!📰HPRU in Evaluation and Behavioural Science @bristoluni.bsky.social renews with £5.5m of new funding to conduct research in partnership @ukhsa.bsky.social, that will help protect the public from health threats. @nihr.bsky.social bit.ly/42lowkd
@jhorwood.bsky.social @richardamlot.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
We are offering an exciting opportunity for a clinical trainee to undertake a PhD in an area relating to outbreak prone infectious disease of public health importance or zoonoses: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNJ811/h...
HPRU Clinical Fellow at University of Liverpool
Apply now for the HPRU Clinical Fellow role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
www.jobs.ac.uk
June 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Great to hear from all of our PhD students on plans for their respective #HPRU-HAM projects. This year, five students have started at @lshtm.bsky.social and @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social across our three research themes. More details can be found here: www.lshtm.ac.uk/hpru-ham
March 23, 2026 at 5:22 PM
1/ 🗣️ Presented today at a UK epidemic analytics & modelling workshop #IDSky #IDEpi

🙌 Thanks to @cmmid-lshtm.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social & EpiVerse for invitation to present

🔗 Slide set: edmhill.github.io/talks/UK_epi...
HPRU in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections (HPRU-EZI) & The Pandemic Institute
Event overviewI was an invited speaker at this two-day UK epidemic analytics and modelling workshop. The workshop was organised by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Imperial College ...
edmhill.github.io
February 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
1/ Tremendous work done in previous iterations of the 'Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging & Zoonotic Infections' (HPRU-EZI) @hpruezi.bsky.social 👏

✅ Refunded for 2025-2030

🧵 A short thread with summary info about the HPRU-EZI
Proud to lead the NIHR HPRU in Emerging & Zoonotic Infections, refunded for 5 more years with £5.5m. Since 2014, we've leveraged £10M to generate >£120m funding, trained 28 PhD/postdocs, and produced >500 publications. Vital in UK response to Ebola, Zika, and Covid-19. #InfectiousDiseases
March 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
As of April 1st, This @bristoluni.bsky.social HPRU is now the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Evaluation & Behavioural Science! We re-launched with a great productive day at Mshed #Bristol & were joined by our fabulous colleagues @ukhsa.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Amazing news for Birmingham! @pathogenomenick.bsky.social did a phenomenal job in pulling this together.

I am very happy to be part of the HPRU Public Health Genomics team and to work with colleagues in Birmingham and UKHSA to leverage our expertise in genomics for public health.
Delighted that Birmingham has been awarded HPRU status in Public Health Genomics! Am looking forward to working with stellar team from UKHSA and Birmingham on themes inc. env surveillance, metagenomics, novel genomics methods & analysis/data infrastructure www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/pr...
Protecting the public from health threats - University of Birmingham
New Health Protection Research Units will help responses to future incidents including terrorism and pandemics
www.birmingham.ac.uk
October 25, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Great news that the HPRU in Emerging & Zoonotic Infections will lead the Core function and Pandemic Preparedness & Biosecurity Theme of a new national HPRU network, with £5.3 million from @nihr.bsky.social across the network: hpruezi.nihr.ac.uk/news/hpru-ne...
March 31, 2026 at 3:24 PM
We are recruiting for a number of PhDs in the HPRU in Public Health Genomics, based at @unibirmingham.bsky.social, in collaboration with UKHSA. 🦠🧬

Apply below to work on cutting-edge science and public health priorities! (NB deadline of 9th January / UK only due to funding restrictions)
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December 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Delighted that Birmingham has been awarded HPRU status in Public Health Genomics! Am looking forward to working with stellar team from UKHSA and Birmingham on themes inc. env surveillance, metagenomics, novel genomics methods & analysis/data infrastructure www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/pr...
Protecting the public from health threats - University of Birmingham
New Health Protection Research Units will help responses to future incidents including terrorism and pandemics
www.birmingham.ac.uk
October 25, 2024 at 11:24 AM
The ultimate cross-HPRU proposal.....
October 29, 2024 at 2:51 PM
🚨New Blog🚨Reflections on 5 years of the HPRU Knowledge Mobilisation Network from @drclarethomas.bsky.social
KM Leads were engaged & network members came from different backgrounds & experience. We quickly saw the benefit for knowledge sharing with our collective expertise.
More➡️ bit.ly/3YoDXXK
April 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
📰News! A new evidence review identifies the most effective ways to increase vaccine uptake. 💉
The comprehensive review combined data from more than 200 trials comprising over 6 million participants.
More➡️ tinyurl.com/yuy7xse3 @ukhsa.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social
New evidence review identifies the most effective ways to increase vaccine uptake
A comprehensive new review led by researchers from the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) in Evaluation and Behavioural Science at the University of Bristol, in collaboration with the HPRU [&...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Proud to lead the NIHR HPRU in Emerging & Zoonotic Infections, refunded for 5 more years with £5.5m. Since 2014, we've leveraged £10M to generate >£120m funding, trained 28 PhD/postdocs, and produced >500 publications. Vital in UK response to Ebola, Zika, and Covid-19. #InfectiousDiseases
March 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Excited to share 9 fully funded PhD projects with NIHR HPRU Public Health genomics at UKHSA and University of Birmingham. Deadline 31 July www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/cen...
Ranging from methods development, microbiome, metagenomics and species specific (TB, Strep pneumo, measles) projects
PhD Microbial Genomics for Health Protection, Biosciences - University of Birmingham
PhD in Microbial Genomics, exciting new Doctoral Training Programme in Microbial Genomics for Health Protection in collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) launches
www.birmingham.ac.uk
May 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
11/12 🙏 A big thank you to all my amazing collaborators who made this work possible @blancaps.bsky.social @jayhinton.bsky.social @acdarby.bsky.social (PI) and many of the INTEGRATE consortium not on BlueSky.
Thank you to @nihr.bsky.social for funding via the second HPRU-GI @livuni-ives.bsky.social.
May 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Informing optimal responses to STI outbreaks: pandemic preparedness work within the HPRU. Dr Tariq
Principal Clinical Research Fellow @ucl.ac.uk @bashhuk.bsky.social #BASHH2025
June 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
New jobs for modellers at at UKHSA: Senior Mathematical Modeller (NIHR HPRU - EPR); Senior Mathematical Modeller / Research Software Engineer. A great team looking at emerging threats.

www.healthjobsuk.com/job/v7430503

www.healthjobsuk.com/job/v7397991
September 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Two exciting new PhD studentships with @hpruezi.bsky.social

Predict and Prepare for Arbovirus Introduction to the UK
www.lstmed.ac.uk/study/resear...

Optimising testing and control strategies in the early stages of infectious disease outbreaks
www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/opti...
Predict and Prepare for Arbovirus Introduction to the UK
Studentship:National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections (EZI)Research Theme:Predict and PreventPrimary Supervisor:Dr Grant
www.lstmed.ac.uk
June 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Fantastic news our Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) in Evaluation & Behavioural Science has been funded for another 5 years.

Looking forward to co-leading our optimise theme with UKHSA colleagues to optimise #publichealth interventions tackling inequalities. 🛟
www.nihr.ac.uk/news/ps80-mi...
£80 million funding boost for research to protect the health of the nation
www.nihr.ac.uk
November 7, 2024 at 7:45 AM
Funded by @ukhsa.bsky.social, NIHR HPRU in HCAI and AMR at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, and @wellcometrust.bsky.social, this work has been carried out over the last 3 years, with supports from @cstewartb.bsky.social @aliciad3.medsky.social @elitajaun.bsky.social @izziepotterill.bsky.social, etc.
February 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM