Internships with the Detroit Health Department and U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Part-time consultant for Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc.
CD Brochero, LC Nocua-Báez, JA Cortes, K Charniga, A Buitrago-Lopez, ZM Cucunubá. (2025). "Decoding mpox: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Transmission and Severity Parameters of the 2022-23 Global Outbreak." BMJ Global Health. 10(1): e016906.
A Traore, K Charniga, S Grellet, G Terpant, H Da Cruz, A Lamy, N Thomas, G Gbaguidi, A Mercier, J Prudhomme, B Visseaux, V Vieillefond, S Haim-Boukobza, J Giannoli, RELAB Study Group, Laboratory group, J Castro-Alvarez, A Kouamen, M Rameix-Welti, S Beirrera-Ibraim, G Destras, L Josset, S Cauchemez, B Lina, B Coignard, J Schaeffer, V Enouf, A Bal. (2025). "Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 variants with complementary surveillance systems: risk evaluation of the Omicron JN.1 variant in France, August 2023 to January 2024." Eurosurveillance. 30(1): pii=2400293.
S Galmiche, C Coustaury, K Charniga, R Grant, S Cauchemez, A Fontanet & The Western European Covid-19 Excess Mortality Working Group. (2024). "Patterns and drivers of excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in 13 Western European countries." BMC Global and Public Health. 2(78).
P Doohan, D Jorgensen, TM Naidoo, K McCain, JT Hicks, R McCabe, S Bhatia, K Charniga, G Cuomo-Dannenburg, A Hamlet, RK Nash, D Nikitin, T Rawson, RJ Sheppard, HJT Unwin, S van Elsland, A Cori, C Morgenstern, N Imai-Eaton, on behalf of the Pathogen Epidemiology Review Group. (2024). "Lassa fever outbreaks, mathematical models, and disease parameters: a systematic review and meta-analysis." Lancet Global Health. 12(12): e1962-e1972.
K Charniga, SW Park, AR Akhmetzhanov, A Cori, J Dushoff, S Funk, KM Gostic, NM Linton, A Lison, CE Overton, JRC Pulliam, T Ward, S Cauchemez, S Abbott. (2024). "Best practices for estimating and reporting epidemiological delay distributions of infectious diseases." PLoS Comput Biol. 20(10): e1012520.
K Charniga, ZJ Madewell, NB Masters, J Asher, Y Nakazawa, IH Spicknall. (2024). "Nowcasting and Forecasting the 2022 U.S. Mpox Outbreak: Support for Public Health Decision Making and Lessons Learned." Epidemics. 47: 100755.
K Charniga, AM McCollum, CM Hughes, B Monroe, J Kabamba, RS Lushima, T Likafi, B Nguete, E Pukuta, E Muyamuna, JM Tamfum, S Karhemere, D Kaba, Y Nakazawa. (2024). "Updating reproduction number estimates for mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo using surveillance data." AJTMH. 110(3): 561-568.
G Cuomo-Dannenburg, K McCain, R McCabe, HJT Unwin, P Doohan, RK Nash, JT Hicks, K Charniga, C Geismar, B Lambert, D Nikitin, J Skarp, J Wardle, M Kont, S Bhatia, N Imai, S van Elsland, A Cori, C Morgenstern, on behalf of the Pathogen Epidemiology Review Group. (2024). "Marburg virus disease outbreaks, mathematical models, and disease parameters: a systematic review." The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 24(5): e307-e317.
JD Sharpe, K Charniga, KM Byrd, R Stefanos, L Lewis, J Watson, A Feldpausch, J Pavlick, J Hand, T Sokol, E Ortega, P Pathela, RR Hennessy, M Dulcey, L McHugh, M Pietrowski, D Perella, S Shah, A Maroufi, M Taylor, A Cope, ED Belay, S Ellington, AM McCollum, L Zilversmit Pao, SAJ Guagliardo, P Dawson. (2023). "Possible Exposures Among Mpox Patients Without Reported Male-to-Male Sexual Contact — Six U.S. Jurisdictions, November 1–December 14, 2022." MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep . 72(35): 944–948.
K Charniga, Y Nakazawa, J Brown, S Jeon, RM Wallace. (2023). "Risk of Rabies and Implications for Post-exposure Prophylaxis Administration in the US." JAMA Network Open. 6(6): e2317121.
ZJ Madewell, K Charniga, NB Masters, J Asher, L Fahrenwald, W Still, J Chen, N Kipperman, D Bui, M Shea, K Saunders, L Saathoff-Huber, S Johnson, K Harbi, AL Berns, T Perez, E Gateley, IH Spicknall, Y Nakazawa, TL Gift, 2022 Mpox Outbreak Response Team. (2023). "Serial interval and incubation period estimates of monkeypox virus infection in 12 U.S. jurisdictions, May – August 2022." Emerging Infectious Diseases. 29(4): 818-821.
K Charniga, ZM Cucunubá, DM Walteros, M Mercado, F Prieto, M Ospina, P Nouvellet, CA Donnelly. (2022). "Estimating Zika virus attack rates and Zika virus-associated neurological complications in Colombian capital cities with a Bayesian model." Royal Society Open Science. 9:220491.
IH Spicknall, ED Pollock, PA Clay, AM Oster, K Charniga, NB Masters, Y Nakazawa, G Rainisch, AV Gundlapalli, TL Gift. (2022). "Modeling the Impact of Sexual Networks in the Transmission of Monkeypox virus Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men - United States, 2022." MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep . 71(35): 1131-1135.
D Philpott, CM Hughes, KA Alroy, JL Kerins, J Pavlick, L Asbel, A Crawley, AP Newman, H Spencer, A Feldpausch, K Cogswell, KR Davis, J Chen, T Henderson, K Murphy, M Barnes, B Hopkins, MA Fill, AT Mangla, D Perella, A Barnes, S Hughes, J Griffith, AL Berns, L Milroy, H Blake, MM Sievers, M Marzan-Rodriguez, M Tori, SR Black, E Kopping, I Ruberto, A Maxted, A Sharma, K Tarter, SA Jones, B White, R Chatelain, M Russo, Sarah Gillani, E Bornstein, SL White, SA Johnson, E Ortega, L Saathoff-Huber, A Syed, A Wills, BJ Anderson, AM Oster, A Christie, J McQuiston, AM McCollum, AK Rao, ME Negrón, CDC Multinational Monkeypox Response Team. (2022). "Epidemiologic and Clinical Characteristics of Monkeypox Cases – United States, May 17-July 22, 2022." MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep . 71(32): 1018-1022.
FS Minhaj, YP Ogale, F Whitehill, J Schultz, M Foote, W Davidson, CM Hughes, K Wilkins, L Bachmann, R Chatelain, MAP Donnelly, R Mendoza, BL Downes, M Roskosky, M Barnes, GR Gallagher, N Basgoz, V Ruiz, N Thu Thu Kyaw, A Feldpausch, A Valderrama, F Alvarado-Ramy, CH Dowell, CC Chow, Y Li, L Quilter, J Brooks, DC Daskalakis, RP McClung, BW Petersen, I Damon, C Hutson, J McQuiston, AK Rao, E Belay, AM McCollum, Monkeypox Response Team 2022. (2022). "Monkeypox Outbreak – Nine States, May 2022." American Journal of Transplantation. 22(8): 2104-2110.
K Charniga, ZM Cucunubá, M Mercado, F Prieto, M Ospina, P Nouvellet, CA Donnelly. (2021). "Spatial and temporal invasion dynamics of the 2014-2017 Zika and chikungunya epidemics in Colombia." PLoS Comput Biol. 17(7): e1009174.
K Charniga, ZM Cucunubá, DM Walteros, M Mercado, F Prieto, M Ospina, P Nouvellet, CA Donnelly. (2021). "Descriptive analysis of surveillance data for Zika virus disease and Zika virus-associated neurological complications in Colombia, 2015-2017." PLoS ONE. 16(6): e0252236.
E Caicedo, K Charniga, A Rueda, I Dorigatti, Y Mendez, A Hamlet, JP Carrera, ZM Cucunubá. (2021). "The epidemiology of Mayaro virus in the Americas: A systematic review and key parameter estimates for outbreak modelling." PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 16(6): e0009418.
Talk at TRACEing Epiverse webinar, Online
Talk at R-Ladies Amsterdam meeting, Online
Talk at PREPSS Peer Reviewer Appreciation Week, Online
Talk at Vector-borne and zoonotic diseases modeling working group of the AC Modelisation ANRS|MIE, Sorbonne, Paris, France
Talk at WHO Collaboratory epi parameters informal drop-in session, Online
Talk at Institut Pasteur Global Health Departmental Days, Chantilly, France
Talk at Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS)/CDC Infectious Disease Forecasting Meeting, Online
Talk at Epinowcast community seminar series, Online
Talk at Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Seattle, WA, USA
Talk at Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) Latin America seminar, Online
Talk at New Jersey Environmental Health Association’s Fall Seminar, Edison, NJ, USA
Talk at Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics seminar, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Online
Talk at International Course on Outbreak Analysis and Modeling for Public Health, Online
Talk at Imperial College London President’s PhD Scholars’ Symposium, London, UK
Talk at Colombian Research in the UK 5th Annual Summit at Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK
2024 Paris Olympic Games: Opening Ceremonies, volleyball, weightlifting (field of play), para powerlifting (field of play) (72.5 hours)