Joshu Atsu

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  • Master's Student

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Biography —

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Fola Agusto

Research Interests: Epidemiology, Infections Diseases, Biomathematics

Hometown: Agbozume, Ghana

Education —

B.S. in Mathematics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, 2021, Kumasi, Ghana
M.S. in Applied Mathematics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, 2025, Kumasi, Ghana

Selected Publications —

1. Agusto F. B., Joshua Atsu., Kwarteng-Adjei D., Lamptey-Mill D., & Osei, S. A. (2024). Modeling the Differential Effect of Prescribed Fire on Multi-Vector Tick-Borne Tularaemia Disease. 

2. Joshua Atsu, Agusto F. B. Stochastic modeling of the impact of prescribed fire on multi-vector tick-borne tularemia disease. 

3. Phyllis Muniu, Jeremis N. Morales Morales, Joshua Atsu, Folashade B. Agusto, Carmen Caiseda, Jarron M. Saint Onge. Exploring the spatiotemporal effects of domestic violence in Puerto Rico during the COVID-19 period: a geographically and temporally weighted regression approach. 

4. Joshua Atsu, Phyllis Muniu, Jeremis N. Morales Morales, Folashade B. Agusto, Carmen Caiseda. Mathematical modeling of the dynamics of domestic violence in Puerto Rico - Ongoing. 

5. Joshua Atsu, Sayooj Aby Jose. Zika Virus Transmission Dynamics: A Temperature-Dependent Vector-Host Model - Ongoing

Selected Presentations —

1. Poster presentation - Faculty of Physical And Computational Sciences (FPCS) Poster Festival 2024. 

2. Poster presentation - AIMS-Imperial Global Fellows Programme 2026.