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Jesse Knight
Unity Health Toronto, Imperial College London, University of Toronto, University of Guelph
Research areas: Medicine · Infectious Diseases · Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
0000-0002-0455-5455
Employment
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Unity Health Toronto Senior Research Data Scientist2026 - Present
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Imperial College London Research Associate - HIV Modelling2024 - Present
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Unity Health Toronto Research Data Science Specialist: Mathematical Modeler2023 - 2024
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Unity Health Toronto Data Science Specialist: Mathematical Modeler2020 - 2023
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Unity Health Toronto Data Science Specialist: Mathematical Modeler2018 - 2019
Education
- 2019 - 2023
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University of Guelph Master of Applied Science2015 - 2017
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University of Guelph BEng: Biomedical2011 - 2015
Projects & Funding
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Modelling the potential impact of addressing structural factors on transmission of HIV and elimination of AIDS among men who have sex with men in Sub-Saharan Africa Canadian Institutes of Health Research2024 - 2026
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Representing Female Sex Workers in Transmission Models of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa Ministry of Colleges and Universities2022 - 2023
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Impacts of heterogeneity on deterministic models of HIV epidemics in Southern Africa Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada2019 - 2022
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Automated white matter lesion segmentation in FLAIR MRI Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities2016 - 2017
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Automated white matter lesion segmentation in FLAIR MRI Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada2015 - 2016
Publications (24)
- Estimating duration in sex work from cross-sectional studies: a Bayesian global synthesis suggests shorter durations Save
- Hazardous Alcohol Use, Sexual Behavior, and Incident HIV across 11 Eastern and Southern African Countries Save
- Prevalence of chlamydia, gonorrhoea, and trichomoniasis among male and female general populations in sub-Saharan Africa from 2000 to 2024: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis Save
- Impact of interventions on mpox transmission during the 2022 outbreak in Canada: a mathematical modeling study of three different cities Save
- Characteristics of the Sexual Networks of Men Who Have Sex With Men in Montréal, Toronto, and Vancouver: Insights from Canada's 2022 Mpox Outbreak Save
- Quantifying the impact of cascade inequalities: a modelling study on the prevention impacts of antiretroviral therapy scale-up in Eswatini Save
- Examining the influence of imbalanced social contact matrices in epidemic models Save
- Adjusting for hidden biases in sexual behaviour data: a mechanistic approach Save
- Risk heterogeneity in compartmental HIV transmission models of ART as prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review Save
- Maximizing the impact of limited vaccine supply under different epidemic conditions: a two-city monkeypox modelling analysis Save
- Failure to balance social contact matrices can bias models of infectious disease transmission Save
- Higher contact among vaccinated can be a mechanism for negative vaccine effectiveness Save
- Adaptive data-driven age and patch mixing in contact networks with recurrent mobility Save
- Estimating the epidemic consequences of HIV prevention gaps among key populations Save
- Mathematical modelling of the influence of serosorting on the population-level HIV transmission impact of pre-exposure prophylaxis Save
- Contribution of high risk groups’ unmet needs may be underestimated in epidemic models without risk turnover: A mechanistic modelling analysis Save
- Estimating effective reproduction number using generation time versus serial interval, with application to covid-19 in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada Save
- Standardized Assessment of Automatic Segmentation of White Matter Hyperintensities and Results of the WMH Segmentation Challenge Save
- Population-Level Sexual Mixing By HIV Status and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Use Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Montreal, Canada: Implications for HIV Prevention Save
- Objective Evaluation of Multiple Sclerosis Lesion Segmentation using a Data Management and Processing Infrastructure Save