Nao Yamamoto

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2026. 7. 29: Facilitated a stakeholder workshop for the SCALE-IT project in Zambia.

2026. 7. 27–30: Attended AIDS 2026 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

2026. 5. 9: Presented award-winning HIV hotspot modeling research at the United Japanese Researchers Around the World Online Award Ceremony (UJA)

2026. 5. 8: Joined the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Collaborator Network in 2026.

2026. 5. 6: Completed training in Scientific Integrity and Responsible Conduct of Research at NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Spring 2026).

2026. 4. 21: Presented a poster at Department of Population Health Trainee Research Day (Top score in category)

2026. 4. 4: Received the Young Investigator Award from United Japanese Researchers Around the World (UJA)

2026. 3. 24: Invited to give a talk at University of Maryland Brin Mathematics Research Center

2026. 3. 4: Our research paper on HIV antibody monitoring has been published in IJID Check it here!

2026. 1. 1: HAPPY NEW YEAR :)!

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Profile

Education

  1. PhD in Applied Mathematics for Life and Social Sciences, Arizona State University
  2. Master of Public Health, Hokkaido University
  3. BSc in Mathematics, University of British Columbia
  4. Liberal Arts and Sciences, Capilano University

Work

  1. Postdoctoral Fellow, New York University Langone Health
  2. Instructor, Arizona State University
  3. Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant, Arizona State University
  4. Technical Staff, Kyushu University
  5. Research Assistant, Hokkaido University
  6. Teaching Assistant, Hokkaido University
  7. Research Assistant, The University of Tokyo

Publications

  1. Using HIV antibody measurements to detect viral load rebound: analysis from an analytic treatment interruption study in the United States
  2. Uncovering the impact of randomness in HIV hotspot formation: A mathematical modeling study
  3. Performance analysis of mathematical methods used to forecast the 2022 New York City Mpox outbreak

Presentations

  1. Contributions of Early HIV Epidemic Fluctuations to Persistent HIV Hotspots in sub-Saharan Africa: A Mathematical Modeling Study, NYC Epidemiology Forum, April 4, 2024
  2. Infectious disease modeling, Workshop for Infectious Disease Modelling: An Introduction, Aga Khan University, January 24, 2024
  3. Integrating Spatial-Temporal Dynamics and Graph Embedding in PDE-Based Models for Predicting COVID-19 Spread, BEER 2023, November 6, 2023