New lab member spotlight 4! We are pleased to announce that @YorkUScience and @NSERC_CRSNG Canada are supporting @Selinthr3 this summer to work with us in assessing the burden of malaria in Africa, in terms of death and life years lost between 2000 and 2021@YUResearch
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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 […]
Mathematics: The pilot of the fourth industrial revolution
Estimating and Predicting greenhouse gas emissions from oilsands tailing ponds
A recent talk at the University of Alberta Sustainability Council lecture series (@GreenUofA) where I presented models for estimating and forecasting GHG emissions from tailing ponds and end pit lakes. In particular, focusing on new mechanistic models that takes into account the dynamics of the microbes that biodegrade the organic carbons in OSTP and EPL. […]
