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Introduction to Mathematical Models of the Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases

Posted by Administrator on 25 February 2008

Short Course for Public Health Professionals,
since 1990 1-12 September 2008 at Imperial College
London

By: Ulrika Wernmark, Programme Manager, Center for Professional Development-
Imperial College London

Our understanding of infectious-disease epidemiology and control has been greatly
increased in recent years through mathematical modelling. Insights from this
increasingly-important and exciting field are now informing policymaking at the
highest levels, for pandemic influenza, SARS, HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria, foot-and-mouth
disease and other infections.
Since 1990, this short course has ‘demystified’ mathematical modelling, and kept
public-health professionals, policy makers, and medical and veterinary researchers, up-
to-date with what they need to know about this fast-moving field. It is taught by active
researchers in the world-leading Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology (www.
imperial.ac.uk/medicine/research/researchthemes/publicandint/ide), which advises
public health agencies, governments, international organisations, and pharmaceutical
companies, and hosts the MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis & Modelling, UNAIDS
Epidemiology Reference Group secretariat, Partnership for Child Development, and
the Gates Foundation-funded Schistosomiasis Control Initiative that has treated over
12 million children to date in six countries in Africa.
Participants need only a very basic mathematical ability (high school level is more than
sufficient): most course participants do not use maths regularly, and calculation is done
using Excel and the user-friendly modelling package, Berkeley Madonna; hence
manipulation of equations is not required. We offer an optional ‘maths refresher’ day
on Sunday 31 August, free of charge.
This programme will be of interest worldwide to public health professionals, policy
makers, health economists, commissioning agencies, immunologists, medical,
veterinary, biological and pharmaceutical scientists.
For further details visit the course website http://www3.imperial.ac.
uk/cpd/courses/subject/medical/epidemiology which includes full information on
how to apply for the course.
Please download a PDF of the course brochure here: http://www3.imperial.ac.
uk/pls/portallive/docs/1/31511700.PDF