DIMACS Workshop on Economic Epidemiology

October 24 - 25, 2005
DIMACS Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ

Organizers:

Dave Smith, NIH, smitdave@helix.nih.gov

Ramanan Laxminarayan, Resources for the Future, ramanan@rff.org

Workshop Program:

Monday, October 24, 2005
 
 8:00 -  9:00 	Breakfast and registration

 9:00 -  9:05	Welcome and Opening Remarks
		Fred Roberts, Director of DIMACS

 9:05 -  9:15	Plan of Workshop
	        Ramanan Laxminarayan, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future

 9:15 - 10:15   Infections and incentives: the role of patient behavior
                Sally Blower, University of California

10:15 - 10:30 	Break 

10:30 - 12:00 	Discussion 

12:00 -  1:30 	Lunch

 1:30 -  2:10   Infections and games: the role of institutions (part I) 
	        Scott Barrett, Johns Hopkins University

 2:15 -  2:55 	Infections and games: the role of institutions (part II) 
                David L. Smith, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health

 3:00 -  3:20	Break

 3:20 -  4:30 	Discussion

 5:30 -  7:00   Buffet Dinner-DIMACS Lounge

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

 8:00 -  9:00 	Breakfast and registration

 9:00 -  9:40 	Disease control, resistance, and public goods 
                Simon Levin, Princeton University

 9:45 - 10:25	Ramanan Laxminarayan, Resources for the Future

10:30 - 10:50 	Break
 
10:50 - 12:00	Discussion

12:00 -  1:00  	Lunch

 1:00 -  2:00 	Optimization using disease models; possibilities and pitfalls 
                Chris Gilligan, University of  Cambridge

 2:00 -  2:30	Break

 2:30 -  4:00 	Discussion

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