Prof. Thumbi Mwangi
Co-Founder, Team Lead (Epi and Economics)
Quick Facts
Other Titles & Affiliations
- Associate Professor, Washington State University Paul G Allen School for Global Health
- Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Edinburgh
- Affiliate Fellow, African Academy of Sciences
- Affiliate Fellow South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis
Current Research
- Implementation research for the elimination of dog-mediated human rabies
- Optimal use and placement of primary healthcare services
- Improvement of essential health services
- Syndromic surveillance for early detection of zoonotic spillover
- Transmission and control of animal and human brucellosis
- Livestock interventions for improvement of human nutritional status
- Transmission dynamics and control of SARS-CoV2 in Kenya
- Analytics and epidemiological modelling to support elimination of preventative chemotherapy Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) in Africa, working in collaboration with the NTD modelling consortium
Thumbi Mwangi is an infectious disease epidemiologist combining classical epidemiology, applied epidemiological modelling and data science to improve the speed and quality of policy decision making in human and animal health. His research program conducts population-based studies, statistical and mathematical tools to understand the epidemiology, optimize surveillance and control of zoonotic diseases.
Research Interests
Epidemiology
Specializations
Publications
Showing 16-20 of 109 publications
Assessment of dietary intake in children (6–48 months) and mothers (15–49 years) in different farming systems in Kenya using multiple pass 24-h recall
Wakhungu, H. K., Abong, G., Muthike, C., Muema, J., Mutono, N., Omondi, G. P., Thumbi, S. M., & Bukania, Z. (2024). Assessment of dietary intake in children (6–48 months) and mothers (15–49 years) in different farming systems in Kenya using multiple pass 24-h recall. Frontiers in Food Science and Technology, 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/frfst.2024.1430391
Frontiers in Food Science and Technology • 2024-08-15T02:00:00.000Z
Geographic Distribution of Rabies Virus and Genomic Sequence Alignment of Wild and Vaccine Strains, Kenya.
Wambugu Evalyne N, Kimita Gathii, Kituyi Sarah N, Washington Michael A, Masakhwe Clement, Mutunga Lucy M, Jaswant Gurdeep, Thumbi S M, Schaefer Brian C, Waitumbi John N. "Geographic Distribution of Rabies Virus and Genomic Sequence Alignment of Wild and Vaccine Strains, Kenya.". Emerging infectious diseases. (2024 Aug)
Emerging infectious diseases • 2024-08-01T02:00:00.000Z
Elimination of transmission of onchocerciasis (river blindness) with long-term ivermectin mass drug administration with or without vector control in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Mutono Nyamai, Basáñez Maria-Gloria, James Ananthu, Stolk Wilma A, Makori Anita, Kimani Teresia Njoki, Hollingsworth T Déirdre, Vasconcelos Andreia, Dixon Matthew A, de Vlas Sake J, Thumbi S M. "Elimination of transmission of onchocerciasis (river blindness) with long-term ivermectin mass drug administration with or without vector control in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.". The Lancet. Global health. (2024 May)
The Lancet. Global health • 2024-05-01T02:00:00.000Z
How Does Treatment Coverage and Proportion Never Treated Influence the Success of Schistosoma mansoni Elimination as a Public Health Problem by 2030?
Kura Klodeta, Mutono Nyamai, Basáñez Maria-Gloria, Collyer Benjamin S, Coffeng Luc E, Thumbi S M, Anderson Roy M. "How Does Treatment Coverage and Proportion Never Treated Influence the Success of Schistosoma mansoni Elimination as a Public Health Problem by 2030?". Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. (2024 Apr 25)
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America • 2024-04-25T02:00:00.000Z
Accelerating Progress Towards the 2030 Neglected Tropical Diseases Targets: How Can Quantitative Modeling Support Programmatic Decisions?
Vasconcelos Andreia, King Jonathan D, Nunes-Alves Cláudio, Anderson Roy, Argaw Daniel, Basáñez Maria-Gloria, Bilal Shakir, Blok David J, Blumberg Seth, Borlase Anna, Brady Oliver J, Browning Raiha, Chitnis Nakul, Coffeng Luc E, Crowley Emily H, Cucunubá Zulma M, Cummings Derek A T, Davis Christopher Neil, Davis Emma Louise, Dixon Matthew, Dobson Andrew, Dyson Louise, French Michael, Fronterre Claudio, Giorgi Emanuele, Huang Ching-I, Jain Saurabh, James Ananthu, Kim Sung Hye, Kura Klodeta, Lucianez Ana, Marks Michael, Mbabazi Pamela Sabina, Medley Graham F, Michael Edwin, Montresor Antonio, Mutono Nyamai, Mwangi Thumbi S, Rock Kat S, Saboyá-Díaz Martha-Idalí, Sasanami Misaki, Schwehm Markus, Spencer Simon E F, Srivathsan Ariktha, Stawski Robert S, Stolk Wilma A, Sutherland Samuel A, Tchuenté Louis-Albert Tchuem, de Vlas Sake J, Walker Martin, Brooker Simon J, Hollingsworth T Déirdre, Solomon Anthony W, Fall Ibrahima Socé. "Accelerating Progress Towards the 2030 Neglected Tropical Diseases Targets: How Can Quantitative Modeling Support Programmatic Decisions?". Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. (2024 Apr 25)
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America • 2024-04-25T02:00:00.000Z
