Our research aims to use mathematical modelling to better understand transmission dynamics of infectious diseases and inform control efforts.
Ongoing research projects include:
- Global mpox outbreaks (clade IIb, clade Ib)
- Seasonal influenza
- Respiratory syncytial virus
- Respiratory infections within schools and households
- Vaccine decision making
- Social and sexual contact behaviours
- Branching process models
2025-02-04: Our team now has an official profile here!
- Asakura TR, Jung S-m, Jin S, Hu G, Endo A, Dickens BL. Characterising global risk profiles of Mpox clade Ib importation. J Travel Med. 2024;taae136. doi:10.1093/jtm/taae136
- Jung S-m, Miura F, Murayama H, Funk S, Wallinga J, Lessler J, Endo A. Dynamic landscape of mpox importation risks driven by heavy-tailed sexual contact networks among men who have sex with men in 2022. J Infect Dis. 2024;jiae433. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiae433
- Murayama H, Yonekura S. Estimation of waning vaccine effectiveness from population-level surveillance data in multi-variant epidemics. Epidemics. 2023;45:100726. doi:10.1016/j.epidem.2023.100726
- Endo A, Murayama H, Abbott S, Ratnayake R, Pearson CAB, Edmunds WJ, Fearon E, Funk S. Heavy-tailed sexual contact networks and the epidemiology of monkeypox outbreak in the global outbreak, 2022. Science. 2022:eadd4507. doi:10.1126/science.add4507
- Endo A, Uchida M, Hayashi N, Liu Y, Atkins KE, Kucharski AJ, Funk S. Within and between classroom transmission patterns of seasonal influenza among primary school students in Matsumoto city, Japan. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021;118(46):e2112605118. doi:10.1073/pnas.2112605118
