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James Orbinski

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ProfessorClinical Public Health DivisionUniversity of Toronto

James Orbinski

Professor

Clinical Public Health Division

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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17 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Latest papers

Proof-of-concept evaluation at Cox's Bazar of the Safe Water Optimization Tool: water quality modelling for safe water supply in humanitarian emergencies.
BMJ global health · 2025 · senior author
Uncovering the impact of infection routes on within-host MPXV dynamics: Insights from a mathematical modeling study.
PLoS computational biology · 2025
Ethical implications related to processing of personal data and artificial intelligence in humanitarian crises: a scoping review.
BMC medical ethics · 2025

All 27 publications

27 publications.

Proof-of-concept evaluation at Cox's Bazar of the Safe Water Optimization Tool: water quality modelling for safe water supply in humanitarian emergencies.

Ali SI, De Santi M, Arnold M, Khan UT, Penney TL, Ali SS, Fesselet JF, Orbinski J

BMJ global health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018631 PMID: 40835482

Uncovering the impact of infection routes on within-host MPXV dynamics: Insights from a mathematical modeling study.

Deng Q, Woldegerima WA, Zhang W, Asgary A, Kong JD, Flicker S, Ogden NH, Orbinski J, Bragazzi NL, Wu J

PLoS computational biology2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013073 PMID: 40388391

Ethical implications related to processing of personal data and artificial intelligence in humanitarian crises: a scoping review.

Kreutzer T, Orbinski J, Appel L, An A, Marston J, Boone E, Vinck P

BMC medical ethics2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12910-025-01189-2 PMID: 40229745

Geographical distribution and the impact of socio-environmental indicators on incidence of Mpox in Ontario, Canada.

Ugwu CLJ, Asgary A, Wu J, Kong JD, Bragazzi NL, Orbinski J, Woldegerima WA

PloS one2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0306681 PMID: 40067846

Protecting the Safe Water Chain in Refugee Camps: An Exploratory Study of Water Handling Practices, Chlorine Decay, and Household Water Safety in South Sudan, Jordan, and Rwanda.

Ali SI, De Santi M, Monette G, Khan UT, Fesselet JF, Orbinski J

The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2025Senior author

DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.24-0221 PMID: 39626299

Risk factors associated with human Mpox infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ugwu CLJ, Bragazzi NL, Wu J, Kong JD, Asgary A, Orbinski J, Woldegerima WA

BMJ global health2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-016937 PMID: 39900427

Evaluation of the Safe Water Optimization Tool to Provide Evidence-Based Chlorination Targets in Surface Waters: Lessons from a Refugee Setting in Uganda.

Heylen C, String G, Naliyongo D, Ali SI, Brown J, De Santi M, Ogira V, Fesselet JF, Orbinski J, Lantagne D

Environmental science & technology2024

DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c04240 PMID: 39383342

The determinants of COVID-19 case reporting across Africa.

Han Q, Rutayisire G, Mbogning Fonkou MD, Avusuglo WS, Ahmadi A, Asgary A, Orbinski J, Wu J, Kong JD

Frontiers in public health2024

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1406363 PMID: 38993699

Impact assessment of self-medication on COVID-19 prevalence in Gauteng, South Africa, using an age-structured disease transmission modelling framework.

Avusuglo WS, Han Q, Woldegerima WA, Bragazzi N, Asgary A, Ahmadi A, Orbinski J, Wu J, Mellado B, Kong JD

BMC public health2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18984-y PMID: 38849785

Estimation of epidemiological parameters and ascertainment rate from early transmission of COVID-19 across Africa.

Han Q, Bragazzi N, Asgary A, Orbinski J, Wu J, Kong JD

Royal Society open science2023

DOI: 10.1098/rsos.230316 PMID: 37736525

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James Orbinski

Latest papers

Proof-of-concept evaluation at Cox's Bazar of the Safe Water Optimization Tool: water quality modelling for safe water supply in humanitarian emergencies.

Uncovering the impact of infection routes on within-host MPXV dynamics: Insights from a mathematical modeling study.

Ethical implications related to processing of personal data and artificial intelligence in humanitarian crises: a scoping review.

Geographical distribution and the impact of socio-environmental indicators on incidence of Mpox in Ontario, Canada.

Protecting the Safe Water Chain in Refugee Camps: An Exploratory Study of Water Handling Practices, Chlorine Decay, and Household Water Safety in South Sudan, Jordan, and Rwanda.

Risk factors associated with human Mpox infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Evaluation of the Safe Water Optimization Tool to Provide Evidence-Based Chlorination Targets in Surface Waters: Lessons from a Refugee Setting in Uganda.

The determinants of COVID-19 case reporting across Africa.

Impact assessment of self-medication on COVID-19 prevalence in Gauteng, South Africa, using an age-structured disease transmission modelling framework.

Estimation of epidemiological parameters and ascertainment rate from early transmission of COVID-19 across Africa.

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