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Design and analysis of infectious disease studies
Oberwolfach 1-7 November 2009
General
programme information Each
morning session is 60 minutes = 45 minutes talk + 15 minutes for
discussion Each
afternoon session is 40 minutes = 25 minutes talk + 15 minutes for
discussion
Monday 2 November
9.00 Welcome
9.15 Kenah "Survival analysis of epidemic data via infectious contact intervals"
10.15 Bootsma "Power analysis for clinical infectious disease studies"
11.15 Break
11.30 Farrington "Individual heterogeneity: effects and estimation from multivariate serological survey data on directly transmitted infectious diseases"
12.30 Lunch
16.15 Dietz "The fitting of the first epidemic models to data"
16.55 Sattenspiel "What can the historic record tell us about modern infectious disease epidemics?"
17.35 Break
17.50 Scalia-Tomba "Observing generation times in a SIR epidemic"
18.30 Dinner
20.00 Poster session/ice breaker
Tuesday 3 November
9.15 Ball "Epidemics on random networks incorporating household structures"
10.15 Isham "Structured populations: epidemics on finite networks"
11.15 Break
11.30 Britton "Networks and respondent driven sampling"
12.30 Lunch
16.15 Lindholm "Dynamic random networks"
16.55 Schwehm "Exploration of the dynamics of network topologies during epidemic outbreaks"
17.35 Break
17.50 Hens "Reconstructing transmission trees from partially observed epidemic trees: an illustration of H1N1"
18.30 Dinner
20.00 Discussion session
Wednesday November 4
9.15 Gibson "Hybrid strategies for model selection and assessment in infectious disease studies"
10.15 Kypraios "Statistical analysis of hospital infection data: Models, inference and model choice"
11.15 Break
11.30 Yang "Modeling competing infectious pathogens from a Bayesian perspective: with application to Influenza studies with incomplete laboratory results"
12.30 Lunch
Afternoon: Walk to St. Roman (appropriate footwear and clothing required)
18.30 Dinner
Thursday 5 November
9.15 Longini "Analysis of Influenza vaccines and vaccination strategies: statistics and models"
10.15 Auranen "Models of vaccine efficacy for Streptococcus pneumonia"
11.15 Break
11.30 Roberts "Modelling control strategies for emerging infectious diseases"
12.30 Lunch
16.15 Struchiner "On the distribution of Mosquito susceptibility to Malaria"
16.55 McBryde "Transmission dynamics of pandemic influenza 2009: Victoria, Australia"
17.35 Break
17.50 Gomes "Influenzanet"
18.30 Dinner
20.00 Concert and talent show
Friday 6 November
9.15 Nagelkerke "HIV in India: A puzzling epidemic"
10.15 Koopman "Evaluating HIV transmission system theories using genetic sequence data"
11.15 Break
11.30 Volz "Phylodynamics of infectious disease epidemics"
12.30 Lunch
16.15 Final discussions