DIMACS Workshop on Game Theoretic Approaches to Epidemiology and Ecology

October 15 - 17, 2007
DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University

Organizers:

Alison Galvani, Yale University, alison.galvani@yale.edu

Tim Reluga, Los Alamos National Laboratory, treluga@lanl.gov

Workshop Program:

Monday, October 15, 2007

 8:30 -  9:20  Breakfast and registration

 9:20 -  9:30  Welcome and Opening Remarks
               Fred Roberts, DIMACS Director    

 9:30 - 10:30  Population Games for Vaccination and Epidemiology
               Tim Reluga, Penn State

10:30 - 11:00  Break

11:00 - 12:00  Infection Control Games Hospitals Play
	       Ramanan Laxminarayan, Resources for the Future

12:00 -  2:00  Lunch

 2:00 -  3:00  Game theory and game dynamics of vaccinating behavior under 
               a voluntary policy: a tragedy of the commons?
	       Chris Bauch, University of Guelph

 3:00 -  4:00  Vaccination in a disease-free scenario: how to decide?
	       Cláudia Torres Codeço, Fiocruz

 4:00 -  4:30  Break

 4:30 -  5:15  Selfish Vaccination can be Higher than Utilitarian Vaccination for Chickenpox
               Beth Kochin, Emory

 5:30          Dinner at DIMACS

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

 8:30 -  9:30  Breakfast and registration

 9:30 - 10:30  Incentives for surveillance and reporting of infectious diseases
               Anup Malani, University of Chicago

10:30 - 11:00  Break

11:00 - 12:00  On the Persistence of Mosquito Susceptibility to Dengue and Malaria
               Claudio Struchiner, Fiocruz

12:00 -  2:00  Lunch

 2:00 -  3:00  Do Men Matter? A Game Theoretic Model to Assess the Effect of
               Herd Immunity on the Impact of HPV Vaccination
               Sanjay Basu, Yale University

 3:00 -  4:00  Which vaccines deserve the largest subsidies? An economic 
               and epidemiological model
               Chris Snyder, Dartmouth College

 4:00 -  4:30  Break

 4:30 -  5:15  Playing Games at School: Parents, Public Schools, and Children's Health 
               Nina Fefferman, DIMACS

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

 8:30 -  9:30  Breakfast and registration

 9:30 - 10:30  Ethical Considerations in Vaccination Policy
               Jan Medlock, Yale

10:30 - 11:00  Break

11:00 - 12:00  Modeling the impact of vaccine safety belief dynamics 
               on vaccination coverage
               Flavio Coelho

12:30 -  2:00  Lunch

 2:00 -  3:00  Impact of Incentives for Surveillance and Reporting on the 
               Spread of an Influenza Epidemic
               Eili Klein, Resources for the Future

 3:00 -  4:00  Antiviral Intervention During Pandemic Influenza: 
               the Prophylaxis and Treatment Coverage Levels Driven by 
               Individual and Societal Interest
               Eunha Shim, Yale University

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