DIMACS/MBI US - African BioMathematics Initiative: Workshop and Advanced Study Institute on Economic Epidemiology

July 20 - 31, 2009
(Workshop August 3 - 5, 2009)
Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda

Organizers:
Matt Bonds, Harvard University (ASI program co-organizer), mbonds at hsph.harvard.edu
Nina Fefferman, Rutgers University (Workshop program co-chair), fefferman at AESOP.Rutgers.edu
Alison Galvani, Yale University (ASI program co-organizer), alison.galvani at yale. edu
Wayne Getz, UC Berkeley, getz at nature.berkeley.edu
Abba Gumel, U. of Manitoba (ASI program organizer), gumelab at @cc.umanitoba.ca
Ramanan Laxminarayan, Resources for the Future (Workshop program co-chair), ramanan at rff.org
Simon Levin, Princeton University, slevin at princeton.edu
Jan Medlock, Clemson University (ASI program co-organizer), medlock@clemson.edu
Joseph Mugisha, Makerere University, jytmugisha at math.mak.ac.ug
Fred Roberts, DIMACS, froberts at dimacs.rutgers.edu
Dave Smith, University of Florida, davesmith at ufl.edu
ASI Staff:
Nelly Biondi, SACEMA, biondi.nelly at gmail.com
Matt Bonds, Harvard University (ASI program co-organizer), mbonds at hsph.harvard.edu
Nina Fefferman, Rutgers University (Workshop program co-chair), fefferman at AESOP.Rutgers.edu
Patricia Geli Rolfhamre, Resources for the Future, patricia at rff.org
Wayne Getz, UC Berkeley, getz at nature.berkeley.edu
Abba Gumel, U. of Manitoba (ASI program organizer), gumelab at @cc.umanitoba.ca
Dorothy Hove-Musekwa, National University of Science and Technology (NUST), sdhmusekwa at gmail.com
Ramanan Laxminarayan, Resources for the Future (Workshop program co-chair), ramanan at rff.org
Jan Medlock, Clemson University (ASI program co-organizer), medlock at clemson.edu
Joseph Mugisha, Makerere University, jytmugisha at math.mak.ac.ug
Fred Roberts, DIMACS, froberts at dimacs.rutgers.edu
Michael Washington, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), mtw4 at cdc.gov
Presented under the auspices of the DIMACS/MBI US-African BioMathematics Initiative.

This Advanced Study Institute and workshop are jointly organized with the Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS).

This Advanced Study Institute and workshop are jointly sponsored by:

Slides:

Cost-effectiveness Analysis: A practical primer
Eran Bendavid

Introduction to Health Economics

Cost-utility analysis of strategies to combat Malaria in developed countries
Nelly Biondi, South African Centre of Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA)

Economic Principles in Epidemiology

Global Health Delivery

Evolution of Virulence
Matthew H. Bonds, Harvard University

Balancing Workforce Productivity Against Disease Risks for
Environmental and Infectious Epidemics
Nina H. Fefferman, Rutgers University

Modeling Infectious Diseases from a Real World Perspect
Wayne Getz, UC Berkeley

Economic Modelling: With especial reference to HIV/AIDS
Senelani Dorothy Hove-Musekwa, NUST

Mathematical Analysis of Epidemiological Models I

Mathematical Analysis of Epidemiological Models II

Mathematical Analysis of Epidemiological
Models III

Authorship & Publication
Jan Medlock, Clemson University

Researchable or impossible choice of topic: Insights from summer schools
Joseph Mugisha, Makerere University

Introduction to the R language
Mathew Plucinski, University of Cambridge / UC Berkeley

Meaningless Statements in Epidemiology

Epidemiology: An Operations Research Approach
Fred Roberts, DIMACS

Using Industrial Engineering/Operations Research Modeling Tools in Public Health

Queuing Theory Equations

Some OR Software
Michael L Washington, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Economic Evaluation of Public Health Preparedness and Response Efforts
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