Hannah Rickman
Infectious Diseases Dr / Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD fellow at LSHTM/MLW
Tuberculosis, epi, equity, climate justice
Otherwise, probably running in the mountains
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- Reposted by Hannah RickmanNEW STUDY! 📣 A large global study found men are more likely to be exposed to TB than women. The reason? Likely social behaviours: • More time in crowded indoor spaces • Delays in seeking care READ MORE ⤵️ 🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @petermacp.bsky.social @hannahrickman.bsky.social
- Reposted by Hannah Rickman🚨”Amita Gupta has spent more than a decade planning and running a US$70-million trial to study a new #tuberculosis drug, enrolling nearly 6,000 participants across 13 countries. It might all have been for nothing. Gupta’s trial has been ensnared by… [new] NIH policy… that bans ‘foreign subawards’”⤵️
- NIH funding will abruptly cease for dozens, if not hundreds, of ongoing overseas trials of drugs and treatments. Its policy change puts thousands of trial participants in limbo. go.nature.com/3Z8xNM1
- Reposted by Hannah Rickman#Tuberculosis Journal Club **TODAY** 4pm UK time. @jaseddon.bsky.social & Dr Amedine Duret taking us through the drivers of adolescent TB 👫 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... by Silvia Chiang, @petedodd24.bsky.social &al Hope to see you there! eepurl.com/hO4D79 to join mailing list ✉️ #tbsky
- Reposted by Hannah RickmanEach day of funding cuts means 11,000 people with TB may not complete their treatment. Stopping TB programs isn't just bad policy – it’s a public health catastrophe. Countless lives are at stake! #FundTBNow #FundingCutsCostLives
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- Brilliant presentation by Verena Faehling & chairing by Liz Corbett - thanks so much all who joined for a great discussion 👏 eepurl.com/hO4D79 to join mailing list for future sessions.
- Kicking off #TB #JournalClub 2025 with great discussion of shorturl.at/AGD8l Duong &al 2024 meta-analysis of VQUIN & TB-CHAMP RCTs. In our closing poll, 54% of audience members would take levo TPT if their household contact had quinolone-sensitive #DRTB - the rest chose another regimen/no TPT #tbsky
- Reposted by Hannah RickmanFirst TB Journal Club of 2025 meets *this Thursday* 20th at 4pm UK time 🕓 Liz Corbett & Verena Faehling @lshtm.bsky.social will be discussing shorturl.at/AGD8l Duong &al 2024 meta-analysis of VQUIN & TB-CHAMP RCTs of levofloxacin for #MDRTB contacts. Hope to see you there! #tbsky #tuberculosis
- Reposted by Hannah RickmanEarly data from @publichealthscot.bsky.social show that RSV vaccination (Pfizer ABRYSVO) in older adults aged 75-79 years was associated with 62% ⬇️ (95%CI 35-80%) in #RSV hospitalisation. 🦠🏥💉🏴👏 Vaccination commenced mid August 2024 & uptake was 68.6% by end of Nov 2024.
- Reposted by Hannah RickmanToday is International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
- Reposted by Hannah RickmanA paper in Nature Medicine reports that participation in Brazil’s Bolsa Familia Program, one of the largest conditional cash transfer programs in the world, was associated with large reductions in tuberculosis incidence and mortality among various groups. #Medsky 🧪
- Reposted by Hannah RickmanCompelling analysis suggesting that M:F difference in TB rates driven by differences in rates of Mtb infection. Consistent with old (2000) analysis of genotypic clustering (PMID: 10654640). But why do zoonotic TB series often have flipped ratios? doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiae124
- New preprint (with all pre-print caveats!) tinyurl.com/589ffhu4 on Mtb infection risk by sex & age. Men are at higher risk of #tuberculosis v women- but unclear how much driven by higher infection vs progression to disease. We meta-analysed Mtb immunoreactivity surveys to find out more🧵 #tbsky
- Reposted by Hannah RickmanNew pre-print led by @hannahrickman.bsky.social tinyurl.com/589ffhu4 We meta-analysed ~half a million participants from #TB infection surveys. From adolescence, men have much higher risk of acquiring new TB infection than women. Probably due to social exposure and assortative mixing. #IDsky 🧪🦠🛟
- New preprint (with all pre-print caveats!) tinyurl.com/589ffhu4 on Mtb infection risk by sex & age. Men are at higher risk of #tuberculosis v women- but unclear how much driven by higher infection vs progression to disease. We meta-analysed Mtb immunoreactivity surveys to find out more🧵 #tbsky
- We found that from adolescence onwards, rates of Mtb conversion increased, and men were at higher risk of acquiring new Mtb infection than women. Mtb conversion was highest at age ~30, and was up to 1.5-times higher in men than in women. This was consistent across settings (regions, rural/urban). 🧵
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View full threadLots of fun to work with a great team (not all on bluesky!) @petermacp.bsky.social @petedodd24.bsky.social @kchorton.bsky.social @esnightingale.bsky.social David Dowdy, Liz Corbett, Maria Krutikov & especially Mphatso Phiri & Helena Feasey who helped screen a LOT of papers 😵
- We had high hopes for an #IGRA platform overcoming barriers to use in high #tuberculosis burden settings. Unfortunately it didn't perform as expected, esp in young children #idsky #tbsky shorturl.at/dAcPD Great to work with a fantastic team at Malawi Liverpool Wellcome prog & @lshtm.bsky.social
- Reposted by Hannah RickmanWe urgently need a better, easier-to-use test for #TB infection. We evaluated the QIAreach test among 1049 children and adults in 🇲🇼 Unfortunately, performance was poor & can’t be recommended for use #TBsky #IDSky @hannahrickman.bsky.social doi.org/10.1128/jcm....
- Reposted by Hannah RickmanREMINDER - final TBJC of 2024 is tomorrow at 4pm UK time. Look forward to seeing you there! #tuberculosis #journalclub
- ❗Final #TBJC of 2024 🕓Thurs November 28, 4pm UK 🏛️Hosts: SGUL. Chair: Sean Wasserman. Presenter: Sharenja Ratnakumar. 💊 shorturl.at/jcijg long-term efficacy & safety from STREAM2 trial of shorter regimens for #DRTB ✉️ eepurl.com/hO4D79 to join mailing list for monthly #tuberculosis journal clubs!
- Huge huge congratulations to this amazing scientist & excellent human @rachaelburke.bsky.social 👏
- 🎉🎉Huge congrats to Dr Rachael Burke @rachaelburke.bsky.social on winning the Stephen Lawn Memorial Prize for #tuberculosis research🎉🎉🎉 Rachael leads amazing work improving diagnosis of TB in people with #HIV & in understanding the impact of community TB screening *Very proud PhD supervisor! #TBsky
- Reposted by Hannah RickmanRead this amazing preprint today: ~2% (156M) of the world recently infected with #tb. Between 4.9%~7.7% have viable infection. But emphasises we need +++ data on Mtb infection @aschwalbc.bsky.social @kchorton.bsky.social @petedodd24.bsky.social @reinhouben.bsky.social @hannahrickman.bsky.social
- Final TB Journal Club of 2024! Hope to see you there.
- ❗Final #TBJC of 2024 🕓Thurs November 28, 4pm UK 🏛️Hosts: SGUL. Chair: Sean Wasserman. Presenter: Sharenja Ratnakumar. 💊 shorturl.at/jcijg long-term efficacy & safety from STREAM2 trial of shorter regimens for #DRTB ✉️ eepurl.com/hO4D79 to join mailing list for monthly #tuberculosis journal clubs!
