Introduction to infectious disease modelling 18th - 20th November

Location:      Seminarrom A1.1004, GA02 Domus Odontologica (preklinsk III), Sognsvannsveien 9

Teachers:     Birgitte Freiesleben de Blasio, Ottar Bjørnstad

Wednesday 18th November  - BASIC METHODS FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE MODELS:

08:45-09:15     Registration
09:15-10:00     General introduction-what can models do?
10:20-11:10     Basic concepts, R_0 etc
11:30-12:20     Setting up simple models (SIR/SIS)     
12:20-13:20     Course lunch
13:20-14:10     Age-structured models—Childhood diseases
14:30-15:30     Group session (Article I: topic estimating R_0 : epidemic growth)         
15:30-15:45     Summary discussion

Thursday 19th November - INTERVENTION STRATEGIES AND EFFECTS:

09:10-10:00     Intervention strategies – an overview
10:20-11:10     Vaccination
11:30-12:20     Contact tracing / Isolation     
12:20-13:20     Course lunch
13:20-14:10     RNA/DNA vaccine development
14:30-15:45     Group session (Article II: Vaccination and the theory of games)
15:30-15:45     Summary discussion

Friday 20th November - HOST HETEROGENEITIES

09:10-10:00     Risk structure --sexually transmitted infections
10:20-11:10     Evolution of imperfect immunity
11:30-12:20     Spatial spread modeling
12:20-13:20     Course lunch
13:20-14:10     Social contact structures
14:30-15:45     Group work (Article III: Influenza strain drift)
15:45-16:00     Concluding discussion