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📱Can a smartphone game help predict the next pandemic? 😷

Professor Jasmina Panovska-Griffiths, Lecturer in Probability and Statistics at Queen’s, has co-led a major international study published in ‘Nature Health’ that introduces a novel “gamified” approach to infectious disease modelling.

Using a mobile app, participants simulate the spread of an outbreak, generating data on human behaviour and decision-making, from isolation choices to vaccine uptake. The result: more realistic models that reflect how people actually behave, and not how we assume they will.

🔗 Read more: ow.ly/zJyU50YIOy6
#InfectiousDisease #PublicHealth #Epidemiology #DiseaseModeling #PandemicPreparedness #DataScience #BehaviouralScience

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Queen’s women lead the pack 🏃‍♀️

Congratulations to Juliette McGrath, Ellie Whelan, Sara Lee, and Georgia Campbell, who stormed to victory at this year’s Teddy Hall Relays, one of the highlights of Oxford’s running calendar.

Their win reflects not just individual performance, but the strength of the Queen’s College Run Club: a supportive, inclusive community where early mornings, shared miles, and the pastry stop build something more than results.

🔗 Read more about the race, the team, and the club behind the success: ow.ly/L6SA50YytAk

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🥼How do you diagnose a disease that often shows no symptoms until it’s too late? 🔬

One of our graduate students, Erica, is researching Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD), exploring how non-invasive tools like MRI could replace biopsy and help identify risk earlier.

🏥The aim is more personalised care, earlier intervention, and better outcomes for patients.

‘My interests lay in translational research as I think it is inherently interdisciplinary and rewarding to see the potential from bench to bedside.’

🔗 Read more about her work and experience as a graduate student: www.queens.ox.ac.uk/blog/from-bench-to-bedside/

#AcademicFutures #LiverDisease #MASLDResearch #NonInvasiveDiagnosis #MedicalResearch #TranslationalResearch #GraduateResearch #EarlyDetection #HealthcareInnovation ... See MoreSee Less

💬 What if the UK doesn’t have a language problem, just a missing pathway?

At a recent discussion dinner at Queen’s, one idea kept resurfacing: interest in languages is alive and well, particularly among young people, but it isn’t always finding its way into classrooms.

In this conversation with Duolingo's Michael Lynas, we explore the gaps between informal learning and formal study and the role of culture in sparking curiosity. Language is about connection - something we explore with the Queen's College Translation Exchange.

🔗 Read more: ow.ly/4JFR50YxtVY
#LanguageLearning #LanguageEducation #LanguagePathways #CulturalConnection #InformalLearning #FormalEducation #LanguageCuriosity #TranslationMatters #LanguageDiscussion ... See MoreSee Less