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Josephine Wairimu Kagunda
Born
Kenya
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Nairobi
University of Lorraine (PhD)
ThesisModeling of Highland Malaria in Western Kenya Highlands (2012)
Academic work
DisciplineApplied mathematics and epidemiology
InstitutionsUniversity of Nairobi
Ohio State University
African Women in Mathematics Association
Universal Journal of Applied Mathematics

Josephine Wairimu Kagunda is a Kenyan applied mathematician and epidemiologist. She works on developing deterministic models of infectious diseases to support the planning of effective public health interventions. She is a member, president and the chair of the African Women in Mathematics Association (AWMA) and a prominent member of the Kenya Women in Mathematical Sciences Association (KWIMSA). She is a reviewer for the international peer-reviewed journal the Universal Journal of Applied Mathematics.

Biography

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Kagunda grew up in a Kenyan village. Her father fundraised to enable her to study at university.[1]

Kagunda studied her bachelors degree at the University of Nairobi. She was awarded a PhD in Biomathematics from the University of Lorraine, France.[2] In 2015 she was awarded an International Mathematical Union (IMU) scholarship to complete a period of research at the California State University, Northridge, Los Angeles, United States of America.[3]

Kagunda teaches as a senior lecturer at the School of Mathematics, University of Nairobi[1][4] and works with the Ohio State Health and Environment Modelling team (HEALMOD) at the College of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus, United States of America.[5] She works on developing deterministic epidemiological models of infectious diseases to support the planning of effective public health interventions. She has published research on diseases including renal failure,[6] HIV/AIDS,[7] malaria[8] and tuberculosis, as well as insecticide resistance.[8] Her work has been cited in further studies on the impact of temperature in malaria disease transmission dynamics[9] and modelling HIV/AIDS dynamics in Kenya.[10] Kagunda has also participated in initiatives to explore the role of data-driven methodologies in pandemic modelling and control with students at specialist mathematics Cimpa Kenya School.[11]

Kagunda is a member and the chair of the African Women in Mathematics Association (AWMA) and a member of the Kenya Women in Mathematical Sciences Association (KWIMSA).[1][12][13] She is a reviewer for the international peer-reviewed journal the Universal Journal of Applied Mathematics.[14]

In 2023, Kagunda presented at the SciDataCon as part of International Data Week 2023.[15] In January 2025, Kagunda presented at the American Mathematical Society's Joint Mathematics Meetings AWM Special Session on modelling infectious disease dynamics.[16]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Josephine Wairimu KAGUNDA". African Women in Mathematics Association (AWMA). Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  2. ^ Wairimu, Josephine Kagunda (23 November 2012). Mathematical analysis and dynamical systems : modeling Highland malaria in western Kenya (phdthesis thesis). Université de Lorraine.
  3. ^ "2015 Awarded IMU-Simons Travel Fellowship Recipients". International Mathematical Union. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  4. ^ "DR. JOSEPHINE WAIRIMU KAGUNDA | DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS". mathematics.uonbi.ac.ke. Archived from the original on 21 June 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Josephine Wairimu Kagunda". College of Public Health. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  6. ^ Kagunda, Josephine Wairimu (7 April 2018). "The role of social learning and wealth in the dynamics of renal failure in Kenya". Biomath Communications Supplement. Archived from the original on 6 December 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  7. ^ Ronoh, Marilyn; Chirove, Faraimunashe; Wairimu, Josephine; Ogana, Wandera (17 November 2020). "Evidence-based modeling of combination control on Kenyan youth HIV/AIDS dynamics". PLOS ONE. 15 (11): e0242491. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 7671564. Archived from the original on 3 March 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  8. ^ a b Wairimu, Josephine; Chirove, Faraimunashe; Ronoh, Marilyn; Malonza, David M. (1 December 2018). "Modeling the effects of insecticides resistance on malaria vector control in endemic regions of Kenya". Biosystems. 174: 49–59. doi:10.1016/j.biosystems.2018.09.002. ISSN 0303-2647.
  9. ^ Bhuju, G., G. R. Phaijoo, and D. B. Gurung. "Mathematical study on impact of temperature in malaria disease transmission dynamics." Advances in Computer Sciences 1.2 (2018): 1-8, retrieved 23 July 2025.
  10. ^ Ronoh, Maryln C., (2021) Mathematical Modelling of Hiv-aids Transmission Dynamics Coupled With Awareness Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Kenya. Doctoral dissertation, University of Nairobi.
  11. ^ "Escuela Cimpa Kenia". 10times.com (in Spanish). July 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  12. ^ Ouedraogo, Marie Françoise (2022), Beery, Janet L.; Greenwald, Sarah J.; Kessel, Cathy (eds.), "The African Women in Mathematics Association", Fifty Years of Women in Mathematics: Reminiscences, History, and Visions for the Future of AWM, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 1051–1064, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-82658-1_89, ISBN 978-3-030-82658-1, retrieved 15 July 2025
  13. ^ Beery, Janet L.; Greenwald, Sarah J.; Kessel, Cathy (21 April 2022). Fifty Years of Women in Mathematics: Reminiscences, History, and Visions for the Future of AWM. Springer Nature. p. 1063. ISBN 978-3-030-82658-1.
  14. ^ "Universal Journal of Applied Mathematics". HRPUB. Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  15. ^ "Poster Session | International Data Week". Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  16. ^ "Joint Mathematics Meetings". Joint Mathematics Meetings. Archived from the original on 14 September 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
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