Dr. Chigozie L. J. Ugwu

Postdoctoral Fellow

DIMMS Lab, York University

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Dr. Ugwu specializes in infectious disease modelling, spatial epidemiology, mathematical and statistical modelling, geospatial analysis and machine learning.

Publications with the lab

2026

Assessing the impact of vaccination and behavioural change on Mpox transmission in high-risk groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo using an age-structured mathematical model

Andrew Omame, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Ali Asgary, Chigozie Louisa J. Ugwu, Jude Dzevela Kong, Jianhong Wu, Woldegebriel Assefa Woldegerima

One Health 22: 101324 January 2026

DOI Article MpoxVaccination

2025

Geographical distribution and the impact of socio-environmental indicators on incidence of Mpox in Ontario, Canada

Chigozie Louisa J. Ugwu, Ali Asgary, Jianhong Wu, Jude Dzevela Kong, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, James Orbinski, Woldegebriel Assefa Woldegerima

PLOS ONE 20(3): e0306681 March 2025

DOI Article MpoxSpatial

2025

Risk factors associated with human Mpox infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Chigozie Louisa J. Ugwu, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Jianhong Wu, Jude Dzevela Kong, Ali Asgary, James Orbinski, Woldegebriel Assefa Woldegerima

BMJ Global Health 10(2): e016937 February 2025

DOI Article MpoxMeta-analysis

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