Spring 2024 Epidemiology P8477 section 001

Epi Modeling for Infectious Diseases

EPIDEMIC MODEL MTHD-INFEC

Call Number 17258
Day & Time
Location
W 1:00pm-3:50pm
To be announced
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Wan Yang
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description This course is an intro to intermediate level infectious disease mathematical modeling methodological class. It will introduce the fundamental principles of infectious disease modeling. Emphasis will be given to compartmental meta-population models. Over the course, we will learn a variety of mathematical models for infectious diseases, starting from simple compartmental models to more complex compartmental models with various structures, including multiple risk groups, age groups, spatial network, and multiple hosts. In addition to these models, we will also discuss how key epidemiological parameters (e.g. the basic reproductive number) can be estimated from real disease data. Other topics will include vaccination/antiviral efficacy assessment, survival analysis, and agent based models. Half of the course will be devoted to hands-on computer lab excises, using the R Studio open source program (if students are familiar with Python or Matlab, these programs can be used instead).
Web Site Vergil
Department Epidemiology
Enrollment 21 students (25 max) as of 4:05PM Saturday, December 21, 2024
Subject Epidemiology
Number P8477
Section 001
Division School of Public Health
Open To GSAS, Public Health
Section key 20241EPID8477P001