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2026. 9. 1-8: Visited the Centre for Health Economics (CHE), University of York to develop collaborations on cost-effectiveness analysis, resource allocation, and health benefit package design using MIGHTI.
2026. 8. 27: Presented MIGHTI at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, highlighting its applications to multi-disease modeling and public health decision-making.
2026. 8. 6: Received the 2026 Early Career Award from the Japan Society for Mathematical Biology (JSMB) in recognition of contributions to mathematical biology.
2026. 8. 5: Gave a guest lecture on parameter estimation for the Preparing for Global Challenges (P4GC) summer program at the University of Virginia.
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 :)!
Profile
Education
- PhD in Applied Mathematics for Life and Social Sciences, Arizona State University
- Master of Public Health, Hokkaido University
- BSc in Mathematics, University of British Columbia
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, Capilano University
Work
- Postdoctoral Fellow, New York University Langone Health
- Instructor, Arizona State University
- Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant, Arizona State University
- Technical Staff, Kyushu University
- Research Assistant, Hokkaido University
- Teaching Assistant, Hokkaido University
- Research Assistant, The University of Tokyo
Publications
- Using HIV antibody measurements to detect viral load rebound: analysis from an analytic treatment interruption study in the United States
- Uncovering the impact of randomness in HIV hotspot formation: A mathematical modeling study
- Performance analysis of mathematical methods used to forecast the 2022 New York City Mpox outbreak
Presentations
- Contributions of Early HIV Epidemic Fluctuations to Persistent HIV Hotspots in sub-Saharan Africa: A Mathematical Modeling Study, NYC Epidemiology Forum, April 4, 2024
- Infectious disease modeling, Workshop for Infectious Disease Modelling: An Introduction, Aga Khan University, January 24, 2024
- Integrating Spatial-Temporal Dynamics and Graph Embedding in PDE-Based Models for Predicting COVID-19 Spread, BEER 2023, November 6, 2023