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Dr Katie Milligan Susong

Research Fellow - Modelling Climate - Sensitive Infectious Disease

United Kingdom

I approach research with curiosity, intentionality, and awareness — driven by questions that matter, grounded in evidence, and shaped by a deep respect for the people and systems affected by the answers. My work is shaped by the belief that science should not only illuminate what is coming, but also empower people to meet it — with foresight, with flexibility, and with fairness. I work at the intersections of epidemiology, ecology, climate science, and public health.  I have experience in field and laboratory research, public health management and policy development, quantitative modelling expertise, statistical analysis and spatial analysis. The core aim of my research is to understand how environmental change, urbanisation, and globalisation reshape disease risk, and to translate that understanding into tools and policies that protect communities. 

 

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Affiliations

Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Dynamics
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Teaching

Open to supervision of MSc students

 

2025 -2026 MSc teaching

2007-AB1 - Extended Epidemiology

2402-C2 - Statistical Methods in Epidemiology

2464-D1 - Modelling & the Dynamics of Infectious Diseases

 

Research

  • Evaluating how forecasting tools actually shape rapid outbreak response, resource allocation, and long-term policy.
  • Quantifying shifts in disease dynamics in regions experiencing simultaneous urban growth and climate change.
  • Assessing whether current public health systems are ready for the future disease landscape — and where they are not.
Research Area
Infectious disease policy
Vector control
Mathematical modelling
Modelling
Climate change
Disease and Health Conditions
Dengue
Zika
Malaria
Vector borne diseases

Selected Publications

Rapid global growth and intensification of dengue since 1990
Brady, O; LIM, A; JOSHI, K; Lakshminarayanan, P; SUSONG, K; Clarke, J; Poongavanan, J; Quandelacy, T; Cousin, E; Tegally, H; LIM, JT; Mosser, J; Johansson, M; Hay, S;
2026
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Global Dengue Observatory
SUSONG, K; LIM, A; Joshi, K; Brady, OJ;
2026
Snow-Covered Tires Generate Microhabitats That Enhance Overwintering Survival of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Midwest, USA.
SUSONG, KM; Tucker, BJ; Bron, GM; Irwin, P; Kirsch, JM; Vimont, D; Stone, C; Paskewitz, SM; Bartholomay, LC;
2022
Environmental entomology
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