Ms Hyolim Kang
Research Student - MPhil/PhD - Epidemiology & Population Health
United Kingdom
I am a research degree student at LSHTM, and a research fellow at Nagasaki University. My research area is mathematical modeling of infectious diseases, with my current PhD work centered on chikungunya seroprevalence, global burden estimation, and vaccine impact assessment. My work aims to inform vaccine deployment strategies and strengthen preparedness for chikungunya outbreaks at various regional levels.
Affiliations
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Dynamics
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Research
Vector-borne disease, vaccine impact modelling, mathematical modelling
Selected Publications
Progress and challenges in Nipah vaccine development and licensure for epidemic preparedness and response.
2025
Expert review of vaccines
Programmatic considerations and evidence gaps for chikungunya vaccine introduction in countries at risk of chikungunya outbreaks: Stakeholder analysis.
2024
PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Chronic Disease Care in India, China, Hong Kong, Korea, and Vietnam.
2022
Asia-Pacific journal of public health