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)
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