DIMACS Summer School Tutorial on Dynamic Models of Epidemiological Problems

June 24 - 27, 2002
Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ

Organizers:

Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Cornell University, Biometrics, cc32@cornell.edu

Herbert Hethcote, University of Iowa, Mathematics, herbert-hethcote@uiowa.edu

Pauline van den Driessche, University of Victoria, Mathematics and Statistics, pvdd@math.uvic.ca

Summer School Program:

Monday, June 24, 2002

8:00 - 8:55     Breakfast and Registration

8:55 - 9:00     Welcome and Opening Remarks

                Fred Roberts
                Director of DIMACS

9:00 - 10:00	Three Basic Epidemiology Models I + discussion
		Herbert Hethcote, University of Iowa

10:00 - 10:30	Break

10:30 - 11:30	Three Basic Epidemiology Models II + discussion
		Herbert Hethcote, University of Iowa

11:30 - 12:30	Epidemiology Models with Immigration + discussion
		Pauline van den Driessche, University of Victoria

12:30 - 2:00	Lunch

2:00 - 3:00	Thresholds and the Basic Reproduction Number RO
		  + discussion
		Pauline van den Driessche, University of Victoria

3:00 - 3:30	Break

3:30 - 4:30	Epidemiology Models with Variable Population Size
		  + discussion
		Herbert Hethcote, University of Iowa

4:30 - 5:00	Why do Epidemiology Modeling?


Tuesday, June 25, 2002

8:00 - 9:00     Breakfast and Registration

9:00 - 10:00	Age Structured Models + discussion
		Herbert Hethcote, University of Iowa

10:00 - 10:30	Break

10:30 - 11:30	Dynamical Models of Tuberculosis
		   Transmission and Control + discussion
		Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Cornell University


11:30 - 12:30	TB Cluster Models, Time Scales and Relations
		   to HIV + discussion
		Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Cornell University

12:30 - 2:00	Lunch

2:00 - 3:00	Vaccination Strategies: Rubella + discussion
		Herbert Hethcote, University of Iowa

3:00 - 3:30	Break

3:30 - 4:30	Vaccination Strategies: Chickenpox + discussion
		Herbert Hethcote, University of Iowa

4:30 - 5:00	Model Formulation Practicum


Wednesday, June 26, 2002

8:00 - 9:00     Breakfast and Registration

9:00 - 10:00	Epidemiology Models with Delay + discussion
		Pauline van den Driessche, University of Victoria

10:00 - 10:30	Break

10:30 - 11:30	Modeling the Spread and the Evolution
		   of Influenza + discussion
		Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Cornell University

11:30 - 12:30	Vaccination Strategies: Pertussis + discussion
		Herbert Hethcote, University of Iowa

12:30 - 2:00	Lunch

2:00 - 3:00	Modeling HIV/AIDS + discussion
		Carl Simon, University of Michigan

3:00 - 3:30	Break

3:30 - 4:30	Epidemics on Attractors + discussion
		Abdul-Aziz Yakubu, Howard University


4:30 - 5:00	Finding Interesting Questions and Data Sources

5:00		Tutorial Dinner


Thursday, June 27, 2002

8:00 - 9:00     Breakfast and Registration

9:00 - 10:00	Epidemiology Models for Heterogeneous Populations
		  + discussion
		Herbert Hethcote, University of Iowa

10:00 - 10:30	Break

10:30 - 11:30	Modeling Peer Influence by Epidemiological Approaches
		  + discussion
		Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Cornell University

11:30 - 12:30	Mathematical Models Coupling Epidemics and
		  Population Genetics + discussion
		Zhilan Feng, Purdue University  

12:30 - 2:00	Lunch

2:00 - 3:00	Disease Control Strategies for HIV in a
		  Population with Genetic Heterogeneity
		  + discussion
		Christopher Kribs-Zaleta, University of Texas,
		  Arlington 

3:00 - 3:30	Break

3:30 - 4:30	Deterministic and Stochastic SIR Epidemic Models
		  + discussion
		Linda Allen, Texas Tech

4:30 - 5:00	Summary and Concluding Discussion

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