Graduate course of interest to IGC: Modeling Infections Diseases
August 12, 2016
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Dr. Kaja Abbas, an Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences, is offering this graduate course in fall semester 2016:
Modeling Infectious Diseases
PHS 5354 /3 credits/ Fall 2016
Course description
Mathematical modeling of infectious diseases in humans and animals. Topics include deterministic susceptibles-infectious-recovered (SIR) and related models, estimation of reproductive number, host heterogeneities, multi-pathogen/multi-host models, spatio-temporal models, stochastic dynamics, and modeling for public health policy.
Learning objectives
• Gain knowledge and understanding of concepts and methods in
mathematical modeling of infectious diseases.
• Critically select the appropriate modeling methods to study infectious disease prevention and control programs at the population level.
• Develop computer models to simulate infectious disease epidemics and prevention interventions.
• Critically evaluate scientific articles in mathematical modeling of infectious diseases.