COVID-19 booster immunity lasts much longer than primary series alone, York-led study shows

Media Release from April 18, 2024 Modelling suggests advanced age does not have a strong effect on immune response once comorbidities are controlled for Thinking about getting a spring-time booster shot? A new study coming out of York University’s Centre for Disease Modelling in the Faculty of Science shows that immunity after a COVID-19 booster […]

One Health Modelling Network for Emerging Infections hosts annual meeting and lab opening ceremony

The One Health Modelling Network for Emerging Infections, Canada's pioneering national modelling network on One Health, and the Centre of Disease Modelling (CDM) hosted their hybrid Annual Meeting 2023-2024 on February 20-21, 2024, at the inaugural CDM OMNI-RÉUNIS Lab located at York University. The event served as a platform to disseminate the collective work, research […]

FIFA World Cup ends with win for Argentina and COVID-19, new research finds

Media release from January 18, 2024 The 2022 FIFA World Cup ended with a tight win for Argentina over France on penalties, but it was also a triumph for SARS-CoV-2 with a significant jump in the number of cases, some of which York University researchers say could have been prevented. New research published today and […]

York mathematicians lead mpox research projects funded by Government of Canada

A research project led by Professor Woldegebriel Assefa Woldegerima and another co-led by Professor Iain Moyles were among 13 projects selected for funding by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to advance research on mpox and other zoonotic diseases to improve health outcomes. Woldegerima (principal investigator) received $480,000 for his project entitled “Modelling, predicting and […]

The One Health Modelling Network for Emerging Infections hosts Annual Meeting

The One Health Modelling Network for Emerging Infections (OMNI-RÉUNIS) and Centre for Diseases Modelling (CDM) hosted their Annual Meeting 2022 on December 19, 2022, to share the work, research outcomes and training initiatives led by network members over the past year. The link to the archive of the Annual Meeting is now available. Professors Hélène […]

Jane Heffernan elected President of Society for Mathematical Biology

Congratulations to Professor Jane Heffernan, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, for being elected as the next president of the Society for Mathematical Biology (SMB)—the largest and only international society in its field. Her position commences in summer 2022. Heffernan is an international leader in infectious disease modelling, tackling important questions related to the spread of […]

Fully re-opening could lead to spring resurgence of COVID-19, new modelling suggests

Media release from March 31, 2022 Re-opening to pre-pandemic levels will lead to a resurgence of COVID-19 infections, peaking in late March or April, new modelling research from York University has found. In addition, the researchers found that without more robust PCR testing availability, the number of COVID-19 cases in Ontario and Canada are more […]