This workshop and an associated Advanced Study Institute (ASI) and are jointly organized with the Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS).
This workshop and ASI are jointly sponsored by:
- DIMACS
- The International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
- The Mathematical Biosciences Institute at Ohio State University (MBI)
- The Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS)
- The Society of Mathematical Biology (SMB)
- South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA)
- US National Science Foundation
Workshop Program:
This is a preliminary program.
Monday, August 3, 2009
8:45 - 9:15 Opening Remarks
Ag. Vice Chancellor of Makerere University
Prof. Livingstone Luboobi, former Chancellor, U. of Makerere
Prof. Joseph Mugisha, Makerere U.
Prof. Fred Roberts, DIMACS
Session I: Economics And Infectious Disease Dynamics
9:15 - 9:45 The Role of Economic Epidemiology
A Mathematical model with Multiple Strategies for Combating HIV/AIDS
S.D.Hove-Musekwa
National University of Science and Technology
9:45 - 9:55 Question & Answer
9:55 - 10:25 The Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS In Uganda
Fred Matovu
University of Makerere
10:25 - 10:35 Question & Answer
10:35 - 10:50 Break and discussion period
10:50 - 11:20 Poverty Trap Formed by Feedback Between Economics and the Ecology of Infectious Diseases
Matthew H. Bonds
Harvard University
11:20 - 11:30 Question & Answer
11:30 - 1:00 Lunch
Session II: Algorithms and Decision Making Tools in Public Health
1:00 - 1:30 Sometimes it Pays to be Greedy: Greedy Algorithms in Economic Epidemiology
Fred Roberts
Rutgers University
1:30 - 1:40 Question & Answer
1:40 - 2:10 Evaluating the Capacity, Efficiency, and Cost of a Mass Influenza/Pneumococcal Vaccination Clinic Via Simulation.
Michael Washington
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
2:10 - 2:20 Question & Answer
2:20 - 2:40 Break and discussion period
2:40 - 3:10 Studying the Relationships Among Individual Behavior, Social Networks, Public Policies and Epidemic Process
Madhav Marathe
Virginia Tech
3:10 - 3:20 Question & Answer
3:20 - 3:50 Putting Non-Parametric Methods in the Service of Public Health
Seydou Doumbia
Malaria Research Traning Center (MRTC), Mali
3:50 - 4:00 Question & Answer
4:00 - 4:30 Introduction to Health Economics
Nelly Biondi
SACEMA
4:30 - 4:40 Question & Answer
4:40 - 6:00 Poster Session
6:30 - Conference dinner
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
9:00 - 9:15 Announcements
Session III: Infectious Diseases of Africa
9:15 - 9:45 Trends and Challenges of Infectious Diseases in Africa
Paul Mugambi
Makerere University
9:45 - 9:55 Question& Answer
Session IV: Comparative Cost/Benefit Analyses for Public Health Management Strategies
9:55 - 10:25 Optimizing Influenza Vaccine Distribution
Jan Medlock
Clemson University
10:25 - 10:35 Question & Answer
10:35 - 10:50 Break and discussion period
10:50 - 11:20 Cost vs. Benefit of Strategies to Control Antibiotic Resistance
Patricia Geli
Resources for the Future
11:20 - 11:30 Question & Answer
11:30 - 12:00 Assessing the Public Health and Economic Impact of HPV Vaccination Strategies
Elamin H. Elbasha
Merck Research
12:00 - 12:10 Question & Answer
12:10 - 1:30 Lunch
Session V: Estimating Economic Costs and Risks
1:30 - 2:00 Aspects of Complications Arising from Pathogen Co-Infections and their Socio-Economic Implications
Livingston Luboobi
Makere University
2:00 - 2:10 Question & Answer
Session VI: Malaria
2:10 - 2:40 Modeling the Risk-Benefit of Chemoprophylaxis for Travelers to Areas with Stable Malaria Transmission
Eduardo Massad
Universidade de Sao Paulo
2:40 - 2:50 Question & Answer
2:50 - 3:05 Break and discussion period
3:05 - 3:35 Cost-effectiveness of malaria prevention in pregancy
Antony Mbonye
Uganda Ministry of Health
3:35 - 3:45 Question & Answer
3:45 - 4:15 Pilots of ACTs in Uganda
Andrew Balyeku
Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV)
4:15 - 4:25 Question & Answer
4:25 - 4:55 The role of economic modelling in estimating the
cost-effectiveness of artemisinin-based
combination therapies for malaria in southern Africa.
Charlotte Zikusooka
Health Net Consult
4:55 - 5:05 Question & Answer
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
9:00 - 9:15 Announcements
Session VII: Modeling Individual vs. Public Good
9:15 - 9:45 Incentives for Surveillance and Reporting of Disease Outbreaks
Ramanan Laxminarayan
Resources for the Future
9:45 - 9:55 Question & Answer
9:55 - 10:25 Disease Surveillance as a Global Public Good: An Economic Epidemiology Analysis
Josh Michaud
Johns Hopkins University
10:25 - 10:35 Question & Answer
10:35 - 10:50 Break and discussion period
10:50 - 11:20 Accounting for Individual and Community Interests in the Public-Health Management of Infectious Diseases
Tim Reluga
Penn State
11:20 - 11:30 Question & Answer
11:30 - 12:00 The Impact of Household Capital Models on Targeted Epidemiological Control Strategies for Diseases with Age-Based Etiologies
Nina Fefferman
Rutgers University
12:00 - 12:10 Question & Answer
12:10 - 12:30 Group photo
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
Session VIII: Economics of Infection in Human and Animal Diseases
1:30 - 2:00 Fish Diseases: The Impact of Periodic and Constant Harvesting Policies on TAC-regulated Fisheries Systems
Abdul-Aziz Yakubu
Howard University
2:00 - 2:10 Question & Answer
2:10 - 2:40 Some Perspectives of the Dynamics of Leishmaniasis Infection in Poor Nations of the World
Joseph Mugisha
Makerere University
2:40 - 2:50 Question & Answer
2:50 - 3:05 Break and Discussion
3:05 - 4:05 Panel: Next Steps
Joseph Mugisha, Makerere U.
Fred Roberts, DIMACS
Dorothy Hove-Musekwa, U. of Zimbabwe
Ramanan Laxminararayan, RFF
Nina Fefferman, Rutgers
4:05 - 4:10 Closing Remarks
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