Presented under the auspices of the Special Focus on Computational and Mathematical Epidemiology.
Monday, July 28, 2008 8:30 - 10:00 How modelers can help policymakers prepare for, and facilitate sound policy decisions during foreseeable health crises (speaking from experience) David Earn, John Glasser, Simon Levin, Fred Roberts 10:30 - 12:00 Spatial spread of pathogens (and policy implications, opportunities) 1:30 - 3:00 Julien Arino, Michael Johansson, Alun Lloyd, Steven Riley, Pauline van den Driessche 3:30 - 5:00 Mathematical epidemiology for policymakers (what they need to know to understand the literature, collaborate with modelers,..) Fred Brauer, Christophe Fraser, Linda Gao 7:30 - 9:00 Other crises (besides influenza) Jim Alexander(polio), Ellis McKenzie (malaria) Tuesday, July 29, 2008 8:30 - 12:00 Heterogeneous transmission by setting (e.g., households) or activity (e.g., age groups) and intervention targeting Frank Ball, Christophe Fraser, Gabriela Gomes, James Lloyd-Smith, Lorenzo Pellis, Pauline van den Driessche, James Watmough 1:30 - 5:00 Hike (conversations in inspiring natural settings) James Watmough 7:30 - 9:00 Engaging policymakers (what they really want from modelers) Jen-Hsiang Chuang, Pete Estacio Wednesday, July 30, 2008 8:30 - 12:00 Evolution in response to host defenses, to newly available hosts, to.. Troy Day, Zhilan Feng, Gabriela Gomes, Mirjam Kretzschmar, James Lloyd-Smith, Dashun Xu 1:30 - 5:00 Compartmental vs. network or individual-based modeling (indications for each approach) 7:30 - 9:00 Gerardo Chowell, Mac Hyman, Mirjam Kretzschmar, Alun Lloyd, Markus Schwehm, James Watmough, Da-Wei Wang, Ping Yan, Fan Zhang Thursday, July 31, 2008 8:30 - 10:00 Game theory and applications to decision-making about health Alison Galvani, Simon Levin, Eun-ha Shim 10:30 - 12:00 Immunoepidemiology (how disparate individual immune responses affect epidemiological patterns) Jonathan Dushoff, Christophe Fraser, James Lloyd-Smith 1:30 - 5:00 Hike (conversations in inspiring natural settings) James Watmough 7:30 - 9:00 Other crises(continued) Alun Lloyd (dengue), Fred Roberts (global warming) Friday, August 1, 2008 8:30 - 10:00 Policy needs (how modelers can assist in meeting institutional obligations) Jim Alexander, Lance Rodewald, Diane Simpson (CDC), Richard Hatchet, Ellis McKenzie (NIH), Ping Yan (PHAC), Lara Wolfson (WHO) 10:30 - 12:00 Next steps (volume, next workshop,..) John Glasser, Mary McCauley, Fred Roberts 7:30 - 9:00 Other crises (besides influenza) Jim Alexander (polio), Ellis McKenzie (malaria)