James Richard Otieno

Employment

• Theiagen Genomics Genomic Epidemiologist (Contractor)
  2022 - Present
• World Health Organization Consultant Bioinformatician
  2022 - Present
• National Institutes of Health Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow
  2021 - 2022
• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Postdoctoral Fellow
  2020 - 2021
• Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast Career Development Fellow
  2019 - 2020
• Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast Research Officer
  2014 - 2019
• Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast Assistant Research Officer
  2011 - 2013

Education

• Open University PhD
  2015 - 2019
• University of Leicester M.Sc. in Bioinformatics
  2013 - 2013
• Moi University BSc Biochemistry
  2004 - 2008

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (35)

• A systematic nomenclature for mpox viruses causing outbreaks with sustained human-to-human transmission
  Nature Medicine 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03820-6
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• Global genomic surveillance of monkeypox virus
  Nature Medicine 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-03370-3
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• Genomic epidemiology uncovers the timing and origin of the emergence of mpox in humans
  Edyth Parker, Ifeanyi F. Omah, Patrick Varilly

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  • Andrew F. Magee
  • Akeemat Opeyemi Ayinla
  • Ayotunde Elijah Sijuwola
  • Muhammad Iluoreh Ahmed
  • Oludayo O. Ope-ewe
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  2024 DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.18.24309104
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• Molecular epidemiology of recurrent zoonotic transmission of mpox virus in West Africa
  2024 DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.18.24309115
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• An updated framework for SARS-CoV-2 variants reflects the unpredictability of viral evolution
  Lorenzo Subissi, James Richard Otieno, Nathalie Worp +55 more
  Nature Medicine 2024 DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-02949-0
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• Informing the pandemic response: the role of the WHO’s COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update
  BMJ Global Health 2024 DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-014466
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• The unified proposal for classification of human respiratory syncytial virus below the subgroup level
  2024 DOI: 10.1101/2024.02.13.24302237
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• Phylogeography and reassortment patterns of human influenza A viruses in sub-Saharan Africa
  2024 DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.07.24300955
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• Rhinovirus dynamics across different social structures
  npj Viruses 2023 DOI: 10.1038/s44298-023-00008-y
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• SARS-CoV-2 variant risk evaluation framework, 30 August 2023
  World Health Organization 2023
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• TheiaEuk: a species-agnostic bioinformatics workflow for fungal genomic characterization
  Frontiers in Public Health 2023 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1198213
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• Accelerating bioinformatics implementation in public health
  Microbial Genomics 2023 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.001051
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• Description of the first global outbreak of mpox: an analysis of global surveillance data
  The Lancet Global Health 2023 DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00198-5
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• When to update COVID-19 vaccine composition
  Nature Medicine 2023 DOI: 10.1038/s41591-023-02220-y
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• New nomenclature for mpox (monkeypox) and monkeypox virus clades
  The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2023 DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(23)00055-5
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• Origins and Evolution of Seasonal Human Coronaviruses.
  Viruses 2022 DOI: 10.3390/v14071551
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• Spatial-temporal distribution and sequence diversity of group a human respiratory syncytial viruses in Kenya preceding the emergence of ON1 genotype.
  Influenza and other respiratory viruses 2021 DOI: 10.1111/irv.12948
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• Comparative analysis of spatial-temporal patterns of human metapneumovirus and respiratory syncytial virus in Africa using genetic data, 2011–2014
  Virology Journal 2021 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-021-01570-8
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• Endemic chikungunya fever in Kenyan children: a prospective cohort study
  BMC Infectious Diseases 2021 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-021-05875-5
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• Evolution of respiratory syncytial virus genotype BA in Kilifi, Kenya, 15 years on
  Scientific Reports 2020 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-78234-0
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