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Media Coverage of our article on misinformation on social media linked to higher spread of COVID-19 in ACADIC new study

Researchers from Kong's Research Group and ACADIC say they were surprised to find social media use was related to a higher spread rate of COVID-19 early on. “This highlights the need to consider the dynamic role that social media plays in epidemics", says the Director of ACADIC and Kong's Research Group  , Jude Kong. Media Coverage […]

AIMS South Africa Webinar series on Career Advancement in Biomathematics & Biostatistics: Achievements, Challenges & Opportunities Webinar series

On April 22  2021 @ 6:30 PM SAST, Jude Kong  was a panelist at a webinar series organized by the Africa Institute of Mathematical Sciences-South Africa  on Career Advancement in Biomathematics & Biostatistics: Achievements, Challenges & Opportunities The webinar aims to provide a platform for the AIMS students across all centres to engage with inspiring mathematical scientists/role […]

Talk at the UBC Mathematical Biology group by Jude Kong

On Wednesday, June 2 at 14:05 (PDT), Jude Kong was a speaker at the University of British Columbia Mathematical Biology Seminar.  For detail information, check this link Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has passed its initial peak in most countries in the world, making it ripe to assess whether the basic reproduction number (R0) is different across countries […]

Research Group Visit and talk

Jude will be visiting Mark Lewis's research group  on Monday and will give the following talk.Title of Talk: Title: Cost and social distancing dynamics in a mathematical model of COVID-19 with application to Ontario, Canada Abstract: In this talk I will present a  mathematical model of COVID-19 in which the decision to increase or decrease […]

Upcoming talk

Jude will be giving a talk at Trent University Next Monday. Title: Social, economic, and environmental factors influencing the basic reproduction number of COVID-19 across countries Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has passed its initial peak in most countries in the world, making it ripe to assess whether the basic reproduction number R0 is different across […]

Upcoming Talk

Jude will be giving a talk on Social, economic, and environmental factors influencing the basic reproduction number of COVID-19 across countries at the University of Alberta on Nov. 16, 2020