Please check our preprint! In the study, we propose a model based on transformers to predict the user's gender from their images and tweets @GlobalSAI4COVID @IDRC_CRDI @LandofKatie @YorkUScience @Sida @YUResearch @PopHlthAnalytic @davidbuckeridge Link: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2205.06801.pdf
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Preprints Alert - MonkeyPox
New lab member spotlight 4!
Preparing African Continent For Future Pandemics
Kong research group member spotlight 3!
Kong research group member spotlight 2!
Kong Research Group spotlight 2! We are pleased to announce that the Faculty of Science, York University through the York Science Scholars Award (YSSA) is supporting Cameron Arboine-Williams this summer to assist us with the work we are doing at the Jane and Finch community in partnership with Black Creek Community Health Centre.
Kong research group member spotlight!
New Publication Update !!!
Our new modelling results in the research titled "COVID-19 and malaria co-infection: do stigmatization and self-medication matter? A mathematical modelling study for Nigeria" showed that self-medication and the social stigma against people who have contracted COVID-19 have a strong negative impact on the dynamics of COVID-19! @SSRN @YorkUScience @YUResearch @JianhongWu3 @DIGHR_YorkU @MathTaskForce Here is a […]
Federal budget earmarks $1.5M for Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora
Released April 7, Budget 2022 “proposes to provide $1.5 million in 2022-23 to the Department of Canadian Heritage for a federal contribution towards an endowment which would support the ongoing activities of the Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora.” Funds laid out in the federal government’s spring budget will guarantee long-term support for […]
