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Ali Asgary

ResearcherYork University

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Ali Asgary

Researcher

Social Sciences and Humanities

York University

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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33 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 SSHRC), most recently in 2019.

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Research

spontaneous volunteer disaster management emergency response humanitarian assistance

Latest papers

Dynamics of infectious disease spread between transportation hubs and surrounding communities.
Infectious Disease Modelling · 2026
Health system strategies for adaptation to drought: A global scoping review.
The journal of climate change and health · 2026
Assessing the costs and benefits of non-pharmaceutical pandemic measures using the economic values of social contacts.
The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2026

All 49 publications

Latest funding

Geomagnetic Disturbance in Modern Societies and Technological Infrastructures (GMD-MSTI)
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$150,000
From Catastrophe to Community: A People's History of Climate Change
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$20,000
Modelling, predicting and risk assessment of mpox (monkeypox) and other (re)emerging zoonotic threats to inform decision-making and public health actions: mathematical, geospatial and machine learning approaches
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$480,000

All 13 grants and awards

49 publications.

Dynamics of infectious disease spread between transportation hubs and surrounding communities.

Mosleh R, Shafadeh M, Majeed B, Arino J, Ghasemi A, Thommes EW, Asgary A, Hui H, Wu J

Infectious Disease Modelling2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.idm.2026.05.009 PMID: 42317283

Health system strategies for adaptation to drought: A global scoping review.

Khosravifar A, Aghababaeian H, Bakhtiyari A, Motlagh ME, Asgary A, Stephens C, Babadi FB, Yazdi F, Ostadtaghizadeh A

The journal of climate change and health2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.joclim.2026.100742 PMID: 42756556

Assessing the costs and benefits of non-pharmaceutical pandemic measures using the economic values of social contacts.

Baky Haskuee M, Asgary A, McCarthy Z, Koumarianos S, Wu C, Parsa A, Fallone A, Wu J

The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care2026

DOI: 10.1007/s10198-025-01886-0 PMID: 41559256

Assessing the impact of vaccination and behavioural change on Mpox transmission in high-risk groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo using an age-structured mathematical model.

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

One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2026.101324 PMID: 41625262

Worker health and well-being in Ontario's electrical sector: a quantitative study of occupational health outcomes.

Obeidat D, Lau HKC, Mencia-Ledo J, Siddiqui S, Sarawan A, Shi Z, Premji R, Howe A, Bani-Fatemi A, Asgary A, Gohar B, Chattu VK, Maina G, Sunil T, Nowrouzi-Kia B

Frontiers in public health2025

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1735294 PMID: 41602050

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

Managing the risk of flood-induced release of antibacterial pollution from livestock farms using agent-based modeling: insights from the 2021 sumas prairie flood event.

Nazari M, Asgary A, Kerachian R, Rezai P, Brar SK

Environmental science and pollution research international2025

DOI: 10.1007/s11356-025-36304-8 PMID: 40186809

Pre hospital emergency medical dispatches following heat waves: A systematic review study and meta-analysis.

Hosseinzadeh A, Aghababaeian H, Ostadtaghizadeh A, Hadei M, Yazdi F, Asgary A, Stephens C, Mombeni E, Far AK

Journal of thermal biology2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2025.104086 PMID: 40048837

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

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

Geomagnetic Disturbance in Modern Societies and Technological Infrastructures (GMD-MSTI)

Co-investigatorNSERC2024Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Rezaei Zare, Afshin A

Keywords: aerospace and satellites; cell biology; geomagnetic disturbance (gmd); implantable medical device (imd); ionospheric electrojet and gic; neuroscience studies; power systems; risk assessment and emergency response; situational awareness platforms; wireless communication

$150,000

From Catastrophe to Community: A People's History of Climate Change

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Grants

Keywords: environmental humanities; oral history; creative nonfiction; testimony journalism; museum curation; trauma-informed practice; human rights-based approach; regenerative design; community-engaged research; climate change; policy justice

$20,000

Modelling, predicting and risk assessment of mpox (monkeypox) and other (re)emerging zoonotic threats to inform decision-making and public health actions: mathematical, geospatial and machine learning approaches

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Team Grant: Mpox and zoonotic threats - Social and behavioural science

Principal investigators: Woldegerima, Woldegebriel Assefa

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Behavioural, Social-Economic, Environmental & Climate Infleu; Biobehavioral Data And Modelling; Control Interventions And Risk Factors; Data-Driven, Mathematical And Statistical Models; Epidemiological And Geospatial Modeling; Inform Public Health Decision-Making; Monkeypox, Zoonotic Threat And Intrusion With Stbbi; Risk Maps Assessment; Sex-And Gender-Based Analysis, Msm Community

$480,000

Railroad Transportation of Dangerous Goods in Canada: Data-Driven Risk Analysis and Emergency Management

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Vaezi, Ali

Keywords: Risk Analysis; Emergency Management; Incident Data; Data Analytics; Dangerous Goods; Rail Transport

$21,401

Advanced Mathematical Technologies for Respiratory Infection Risk Assessment and Pharmaceutical Intervention Scenario Analysis

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Wu, Jianhong J

Keywords: contact mixing; decision support; immunization; intelligent risk; mass gathering; mathematical modelling; neural networks; pharmaceutics and public health; respiratory infection; vaccine science

$422,433

Mathematics for Public Health (MfPH)

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Emerging Infectious Diseases Modelling Initiative (EIDM)

Principal investigators: Murty, Vijayakumar

$3,000,000

Countermeasures to the supply chain disruptions in medical and pharmaceutical industries

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Coordination, governance and logistics

Principal investigators: Toyasaki, Fuminori

Keywords: Canadian Institutes Of Health Research; Natural Sciences And Engineering Research Council Of Canada; Social Sciences And Humanities Research Council

$130,600

Healthy Cities Training Initiative (HCTI): an intelligent urban health and resilient monitoring, assessment, and management Platform and Network for Resilient, Healthy Canadian Cities

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Training Grant: Healthy Cities Research Training Platform - LOI

Principal investigators: Wu, Jianhong; Ogden, Nicholas H; Keil, Roger; Orbinski, James J

Keywords: Climate Impact; Disaster And Emergency; Food-Safety And Food-Borne Illness; Health Protection And Health Promotion; Policy; Rapid Response; Resilience; Simulation And Modelling; Vector-Borne Disease; Water Safety And Water-Borne Pathogen

$10,000

Developing a Spontaneous Volunteers Management Framework and System for Major Disasters & Emergencies in Ontario

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Asgary, Ali

Keywords: spontaneous volunteer; disaster management; emergency response; humanitarian assistance

$25,000

Advanced Disaster, Emergency and Rapid Response Simulation

Co-investigatorNSERC2015Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Huang, JimmyXiangji

$900,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Ali Asgary

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Dynamics of infectious disease spread between transportation hubs and surrounding communities.

Health system strategies for adaptation to drought: A global scoping review.

Assessing the costs and benefits of non-pharmaceutical pandemic measures using the economic values of social contacts.

Assessing the impact of vaccination and behavioural change on Mpox transmission in high-risk groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo using an age-structured mathematical model.

Worker health and well-being in Ontario's electrical sector: a quantitative study of occupational health outcomes.

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

Managing the risk of flood-induced release of antibacterial pollution from livestock farms using agent-based modeling: insights from the 2021 sumas prairie flood event.

Pre hospital emergency medical dispatches following heat waves: A systematic review study and meta-analysis.

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

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

Geomagnetic Disturbance in Modern Societies and Technological Infrastructures (GMD-MSTI)

From Catastrophe to Community: A People's History of Climate Change

Modelling, predicting and risk assessment of mpox (monkeypox) and other (re)emerging zoonotic threats to inform decision-making and public health actions: mathematical, geospatial and machine learning approaches

Railroad Transportation of Dangerous Goods in Canada: Data-Driven Risk Analysis and Emergency Management

Advanced Mathematical Technologies for Respiratory Infection Risk Assessment and Pharmaceutical Intervention Scenario Analysis

Mathematics for Public Health (MfPH)

Countermeasures to the supply chain disruptions in medical and pharmaceutical industries

Healthy Cities Training Initiative (HCTI): an intelligent urban health and resilient monitoring, assessment, and management Platform and Network for Resilient, Healthy Canadian Cities

Developing a Spontaneous Volunteers Management Framework and System for Major Disasters & Emergencies in Ontario

Advanced Disaster, Emergency and Rapid Response Simulation

Frequent collaborators

Jianhong Wu

James Orbinski

Julien Arino

Jude Kong

Byomkesh Talukder

Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia

Pouya Rezai

Sarah Flicker

Shengyuan Chen

Jane Heffernan

Geoffrey Maina

Basem Gohar