Imperial College London Call for Applications: Introduction to Mathematical Models of the Epidemiology & Control of Infectious Diseases
The Imperial College London invites applications for the course titled “Introduction to Mathematical Models of the Epidemiology & Control of Infectious Diseases”. An interactive short course for professionals.
Taught by leading researchers who advise policy-makers internationally. Topics include HIV, TB, malaria, Ebola, COVID-19, health economics, vaccination programmes, stochastic models & more.
Date: September 11 – 22, 2023
Place: London, UK
Target audience:
- Policy-makers, public-health and disease-control professionals who need to
- (i) set appropriate goals for, and monitor performance of, infection-control programmes
- (ii) interpret the findings of mathematical modelling studies; or
- (iii) question modelling experts effectively.
- All who need to apply modern methods of analysis in the epidemiology and control of infectious diseases, in medical, veterinary and conservation contexts.
- Health economists who need to develop appropriate models of infectious-disease control programmes.
- Researchers who need experience of using modern quantitative approaches to infectious disease epidemiology.
- Professionals planning to use novel vector control measures.
- Mathematicians who wish to learn key biological concepts and how they are translated into modelling.
Presenters:
- Prof Neil Ferguson OBE FMedSci
- Prof Azra Ghani MBE FMedSci
- Prof Tom Churcher
- Prof Maria-Gloria Basáñez
- Prof Nicholas Grassly
- Prof Katharina Hauck
Cours Fee: £2250 before 1st June 2023, £2500 after.
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