Videos and presentation materials from other INI events are also available.
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IDPW01 |
11th May 2020 18:00 to 19:00 |
Graham Medley |
PLENARY TALK - Transmission dynamic models for COVID-19:policy and beyond
I will discuss the role of modelling in providing advice to HMG during the current COVID-19 epidemic. There are some model structures that we are missing, and some processes for providing real time estimates that we need to develop. |
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IDPW01 |
12th May 2020 11:30 to 12:30 |
Ben Cowling | Epidemiology and control in Hong Kong |
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IDPW01 |
14th May 2020 15:00 to 16:00 |
Marc Lipsitch |
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IDPW02 |
18th May 2020 14:10 to 14:45 |
Adam Kucharski | LSHTM - COVID19 modelling and open outbreak science |
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IDPW02 |
18th May 2020 14:45 to 15:00 |
Lorenzo Pellis - Manchester |
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IDPW02 |
18th May 2020 16:30 to 17:30 |
PLENARY TALK - Computational Epidemiology at the time of COVID 19 - Alessandro Vespingani (Northeastern) |
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IDPW02 |
19th May 2020 10:30 to 11:00 |
Peter Challenor | Uncertainty Quantification |
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IDPW02 |
19th May 2020 11:15 to 11:45 |
Steven Riley | Socio-spatial networks |
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IDPW02 |
20th May 2020 10:00 to 10:30 |
Vittoria Colizza ( INSERM) - Infection control in facilities |
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IDPW02 |
20th May 2020 14:00 to 14:30 |
Sam Jenness (Emory) - Statistical approaches to modelling epidemics across contact networks |
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IDPW02 |
20th May 2020 15:00 to 15:30 |
Simon Frost (Microsoft) - Phylodynamics of SARS - Cov2 |
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IDPW02 |
21st May 2020 09:30 to 10:00 |
Pavel Krivitsky | Statistical models for bipartite contact networks: methods and data |
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IDPW02 |
21st May 2020 10:00 to 10:30 |
Ian Hall | Developing monitoring indicators and models for disease outbreaks in care homes |
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IDPW02 |
21st May 2020 10:45 to 11:15 |
Niel Hens - a modelling perspective on the Covid 19 coronavirus outbreak in Belgium | ||
IDPW02 |
22nd May 2020 14:00 to 14:30 |
Ira Longini | Vaccine development |
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IDPW02 |
22nd May 2020 14:30 to 15:00 |
Bobby Reiner (HME) - IHME covid19 model |
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IDPW02 |
22nd May 2020 16:30 to 17:30 |
Daniela De Angelis | PLENARY LECTURE - Nowcasting and Forecasting of COVID -19 pandemic in England |
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IDP |
1st June 2020 11:00 to 12:30 |
Contact Tracing – Learning from Other Diseases |
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IDP |
5th June 2020 14:30 to 15:00 |
Talk on PyRossGeo - Ronojoy Adhikari | ||
IDP |
5th June 2020 15:00 to 15:30 |
Denis Mollison | Five Challenges for Spatial Epidemic Models |
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IDP |
5th June 2020 15:30 to 15:45 |
Break | ||
IDP |
5th June 2020 15:45 to 16:15 |
Discussions | ||
IDP |
8th June 2020 13:30 to 17:00 |
Modelling Contact Tracing | ||
IDP |
10th June 2020 14:00 to 14:05 |
EXPERT JUDGEMENT - Welcome from David Abrahams (INI Director) | ||
IDP |
10th June 2020 14:05 to 14:35 |
Willy Aspinall (Bristol) - Expert elicitation of scientific uncertainties using Cooke's Classical Model: applicability to COVID-19 risk assessments
Abstract: Many COVID-19 research projects have elements of forecasting, planning and urgent decision-making that must be executed before solid data are available. Some approaches, which neglect formal uncertainty quantification, can compromise estimates of low-probability/high-consequence outcomes: this could be a critical flaw when evaluating complex COVID-19 risks. Adopting a structured elicitation procedure can reduce risk assessment weaknesses associated with inappropriate and sometimes misleading parameter and modelling assumptions. Several varieties of expert elicitation are practised, often categorised as 'behavioural aggregation' or 'mathematical aggregation'. Cooke's Classical Model is of the latter class and we have used it extensively to provide scientific support for critical public safety decisions during volcanic eruptions. The method has garnered a track record for formalising the determination of input variable or parameter uncertainty distributions for risk modelling when conventional data do not exist or are undependable, e.g. with the adaptive Bayes Belief Net formalism for combining disparate strands of uncertain scientific evidence. The underpinning algorithm provides empirical control on expert performance scoring and weighting for combining experts’ judgments into an auditable, rational consensus. While it has become an established and validated elicitation procedure in many disciplines, this approach has not found widespread use in epidemiological modelling, even though it is well-suited to risk issues relating to emergent zoonoses. We briefly summarise the principles of the method and how it is applied to real-world critical decision problems, mentioning a few case studies closely analogous to the present coronavirus problem. Resources: The best link to materials relevant to my talk is Roger Cooke’s website: It has a lot of relevant stuff, and includes a link to a video of a 1-hour talk on the Classical Model for Structured Expert Judgment, which I gave at CDC Atlanta in May 2107. |
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IDP |
10th June 2020 14:35 to 15:05 |
Kevin Wilson (Newcastle) - Uncertainty elicitation and quantification from experts
Abstract: The incorporation of uncertainty in assessments and predictions from mathematical models is critical, especially if the models are to be used to support real-world decisions. In fast moving situations such as a global pandemic of an infectious disease, then data to parameterise models are typically patchy and incomplete, and sufficient suitable data may not exist for many parameters in model runs of possible future scenarios. In such cases expert judgements can play an important role, both to specify uncertainty distributions for parameters with no available data and to supplement data where they are available (via Bayes Theorem, or more informally). In this talk I will discuss the elicitation of uncertainty distributions for individual unknowns from a single expert, the combination of the opinions of multiple experts on an unknown into a single uncertainty distribution and the elicitation of graphical models, with an emphasis on Bayesian networks, to produce suitable model structures from experts over multiple dependent unknowns. I will emphasise a behavioural aggregation approach, the SHeffield Elicitation Framework (SHELF), for the combination of the opinions of multiple experts, which will complement the talk from Prof Aspinall on a mathematical aggregation approach, the Classical Method. A running example on the development of a diagnostic test will be used to illustrate the ideas, and I will try to bring out particular issues surrounding infectious disease modelling. Resources: ·A probabilistic judgements e-learning course, aimed at explaining elicitation generally and the Sheffield ELicitation Framework specifically:http://www.tonyohagan.co.uk/shelf/ecourse.htm ·A textbook providing comprehensive coverage of elicitation: O'Hagan et al (2006). Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities, Wiley. ·Resources to conduct an elicitation using SHELF including slide sets, advice and document templates:http://www.tonyohagan.co.uk/shelf/ ·A series of short videos for an online course on Structured Expert Judgment provided by TU Delft (links are near the top of the page):http://rogermcooke.net/ ·A textbook discussing the elicitation of probabilistic models: J. Q. Smith (2010). Bayesian decision analysis: principles and practice. Cambridge University Press. |
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IDP |
10th June 2020 15:05 to 15:35 |
Katriona Shea (Penn State) - Harnessing multiple models for outbreak management
Abstract: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has triggered efforts by multiple modeling groups to forecast disease trajectory, assess interventions, and improve understanding of the pathogen. Such models can often differ substantially in their projections and recommendations, reflecting different policy assumptions and objectives, as well as scientific, logistical, and other uncertainty about biological and management processes. Disparate predictions during any outbreak can hinder intervention planning and response by policy-makers, who may instead choose to rely on single trusted sources of advice, or on consensus where it appears. Thus, valuable insights and information from other models may be overlooked, limiting the opportunity for decision-makers to account for risk and uncertainty and resulting in more lives lost or resources used than necessary. We advocate a more systematic approach, by merging two well-established research fields. The first element involves formal expert elicitation methods applied to multiple models to deliberately generate, retain, and synthesize valuable individual model ideas and share important insights during group discussions, while minimizing various cognitive biases. The second element uses a decision-theoretic framework to capture and account for within- and between-model uncertainty as we evaluate actions in a timely manner to achieve management objectives. Resources: · Bjørnstad, O.,Shea, K., Krzywinski, M. & Altman, N. (2020) Modelling Infectious Epidemics.Nature Methods(2020).https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-020-0822-z · Associated shiny app: https://github.com/martinkrz/posepi1. · Outreach seminar “Disease outbreak control: Harnessing the power of multiple models to work smarter, not harder”: https://science.psu.edu/frontiers https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6491/577.summary |
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IDP |
10th June 2020 15:35 to 16:05 |
Marissa McBride (Imperial) - Lessons from structured expert elicitation using the IDEA protocol
Abstract: Expert judgment can support policy decision-making in situations where data are scarce, knowledge is incomplete and decisions are imminent. Research has demonstrated both the potential value and the potential dangers of expert judgments, and established the benefit of using systematic, structured procedures to elicit judgments from experts which anticipate and correct for the most severe and predictable limitations of expert opinion. In this presentation I outline the origins and development of the IDEA protocol, a Delphi-style structured elicitation procedure that combines psychologically robust interactions among experts with mathematical aggregation of individual estimates and structured question formats to improve the accuracy of elicited judgments. I discuss examples and emerging insights from its use to support decision-making across a range of applications including biosecurity, natural resource management and real-time geopolitical forecasting. Drawing from these experiences I reflect on the challenges presented by COVID-19 and how structured elicitation procedures might best support epidemiological modelling and simulation efforts in providing timely public health policy advice. Resources: IDEA protocol for structured expert elicitation – key reference 1. Hemming, Victoria, et al. "A practical guide to structured expert elicitation using the IDEA protocol."Methods in Ecology and Evolution9.1 (2018): 169-180. [This article provides a practical step-by-step guide to carrying out a structured elicitation using the IDEA protocol. The supplementary information includes ready-made templates and resources for planning and implementing a structured elicitation using IDEA] An excellent introductory blog post discussing this article and the need for structured expert elicitation is available here: https://methodsblog.com/2018/03/27/idea-protocol-2/ Expert elicitation references – introductory & overview 2. Morgan, M. Granger. "Use (and abuse) of expert elicitation in support of decision making for public policy."Proceedings of the National academy of Sciences111.20 (2014): 7176-7184. [Excellent overview article for using expert judgment that is accessible for most audiences, and with an excellent reference list for further reading] 3. Alahmadi, Amani, et al. "Influencing public health policy with data-informed mathematical models of infectious diseases: Recent developments and new challenges."Epidemics(2020): 100393. [Includes coverage of the role and challenges for expert elicitation from the perspective of modelling infectious diseases] Cognitive Biases 4. Cognitive biases infographic. Structured elicitation protocols include steps that attempt to reduce the impacts of many of these biases on the judgments elicited from experts. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/every-single-cognitive-bias/ A more complete version of the cognitive biases infographic that includes definitions of each of the biases is also available here |
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IDP |
10th June 2020 16:05 to 17:00 |
Panel Discussion (questions submitted via slido and asked by chair) | ||
IDP |
10th June 2020 17:00 to 17:30 |
Break | ||
IDP |
10th June 2020 17:30 to 18:30 |
PLENARY TALK - Robin Hanson (George Mason University & Oxford) - Pay Experts for Results, Not Prestige
Abstract: Doctors, lawyers, priests, teachers, politicians, fundmanagers, researchers, and more - how can we get experts to serve us?We have fivemain ways: pay for results, require procedures, or pick based on track records,prestige, or loyalty. Picking onprestige is most common. But paying forresults seems most robust, though for cash-paid experts it requires that customersprevent expert coordination, or wait long to pay. For experts who forecast,paying for results can often be achieved viaprediction markets, which havegreat untapped potential. Resources: http://hanson.gmu.edu/expert.pdf http://hanson.gmu.edu/futarchy.html http://www.overcomingbias.com/2019/07/radical-pay-for-results.html http://www.overcomingbias.com/2020/05/five-ways-to-rate.html http://www.overcomingbias.com/2020/06/science-2-0.html |
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IDP |
11th June 2020 10:00 to 10:30 |
Whole-cost economic modelling of pandemics - Peter van Manen, Clement O'Rourke (Frazer-Nash)
Topic – Complex Models |
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IDP |
11th June 2020 11:00 to 11:10 |
Control theory in relation to epidemic interventions - Brian Neve (Spiro) Control
Topic – Complex Models |
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IDP |
11th June 2020 14:00 to 16:00 |
Contact Tracing follow-up discussions
Topic – Dynamics of Transmission |
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IDP |
12th June 2020 15:30 to 15:45 |
General Discussions - CHAIR Philip Dawid | ||
IDP |
12th June 2020 15:30 to 17:00 |
OPEN ZOOM MEETING - session 3 follow up dicussions | ||
IDP |
15th June 2020 09:00 to 10:30 |
OPEN ZOOM MEETING - session 3 follow up dicussions - Chair William Probert | ||
IDP |
22nd June 2020 08:30 to 09:50 |
Modelling for SARS-CoV2 - what can we learn from China? Speakers: Jun Yan, Tie-Yan Liu, Jinzhi Lei, Juanzi Li | ||
IDP |
22nd June 2020 09:50 to 10:00 |
Modelling for SARS-CoV2 - what can we learn from China? Questions for Speakers: Jun Yan, Tie-Yan Liu, Jinzhi Lei, Juanzi Li | ||
IDP |
22nd June 2020 10:00 to 10:40 |
Modelling for SARS-CoV2 - what can we learn from China? - speakers: Adam Kucharski, Louise Dyson, Steven Riley, Christophe Fraser | ||
IDP |
22nd June 2020 10:40 to 11:00 |
Modelling for SARS-CoV2 - what can we learn from China? Questions and discussions | ||
IDPW03 |
23rd June 2020 13:30 to 13:50 |
Jane Heffernan - York University Toronto |
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IDPW03 |
23rd June 2020 13:50 to 14:00 |
Robin Thompson (EpiEstim) |
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IDPW03 |
23rd June 2020 14:00 to 14:20 |
Eben Kenah - Ohio State University |
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IDPW03 |
23rd June 2020 14:20 to 14:40 |
Sam Abbott - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
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IDPW03 |
23rd June 2020 14:40 to 15:00 |
Discussion | ||
IDPW03 |
23rd June 2020 15:00 to 15:20 |
Katie Gostic - University of Chicago |
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IDPW03 |
23rd June 2020 15:20 to 15:30 |
Discussion | ||
IDPW03 |
25th June 2020 09:30 to 09:50 |
Frank Ball - University of Nottingham |
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IDPW03 |
25th June 2020 09:50 to 10:10 |
Lorenzo Pellis - University of Manchester |
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IDPW03 |
25th June 2020 10:10 to 10:30 |
TBC | ||
IDPW03 |
25th June 2020 10:30 to 11:00 |
Discussion | ||
IDP |
1st July 2020 17:00 to 18:00 |
Paul Linden |
PLENARY TALK - COVID-19: RAMP Task 7. Environmental and aerosol transmission
The Royal Society initiative to provide Rapid Assistance in Modelling the Pandemic (RAMP) has garnered a large number of scientists across the UK working voluntarily in a wide range of issues associated with the current pandemic. In this talk I will describe the outputs of the fifty odd scientists with expertise, broadly speaking, in fluid mechanics who have been considering aspects of the airborne transmission of the virus. Post lockdown major risks of infection are associated with occupancy of public buildings such as restaurants, schools, and other places where people congregate indoors, and in public transportation. I will describe what we have learnt over the past couple of months about the impact of building ventilation, the deposition of droplets, modes of exhalation and inhalation and other factors such as the effects of occupancy levels and the movement of people in these indoor environments, and what seem to be the key outstanding questions. |
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IDP |
2nd July 2020 09:30 to 11:30 |
Uncertainty Quantification
Chair: Peter Challenor Why do uncertainty quantification Speakers; Evan Baker (Exeter) Emulating Stochastic Models Building emulators for complex models typically involves Gaussian processes. For stochastic models, the flexibility of a Gaussian process is a nice feature, but modifications are needed to account for the noisiness of simulations. In this talk I will summarise some key attributes of stochastic models and how these can change the emulation methodology. Additionally, I will briefly talk about the simulation design issues that arise for stochastic models. Jeremy Oakley (Sheffield) - Introduction to Probabilistic Sensitivity Analysis Mathematical models of infectious diseases invariably have uncertainty about the correct values of some of their model inputs/parameters. This induces uncertainty in the model outputs. In some situations, it may be desirable to reduce this uncertainty, by collecting more data about uncertain model inputs, before using the model outputs to inform decisions. However, it is unlikely that all inputs are 'equally important': some will contribute to output uncertainty more than others. I will discuss how probabilistic sensitivity analysis can be used to identify which uncertain inputs are most influential, and describe simple computational tools that can be used for implementing the analysis, based on a random sample of model runs. |
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IDP |
3rd July 2020 17:00 to 18:00 |
Adam Kucharski |
PLENARY TALK - Reproduction numbers and superspreading – how to measure disease transmission
During a pandemic like COVID-19, there is an urgent need to understand how easily the infection is spreading. Values like the reproduction number R, which measure transmission in a population, have therefore become prominent terms. But how are these numbers estimated? What are their limitations? And what can they tell us about how to control epidemics? |
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IDPW04 |
7th July 2020 14:00 to 16:00 |
Raluca Eftimie, Grant Lythe, Farzad Fatehi Chenar |
Session 1 |
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IDPW04 |
7th July 2020 14:05 to 14:30 |
Grant Lythe |
Stochastic dynamics of Francisella Tularensis infection
Jonty Carruthers, Martin Lopez-Garcia, Grant Lythe, Carmen Molina-Paris (Leeds). Joseph Gillard, Thomas R Laws, Roman Lukaszewski(Dstl)With a mouse infection model, agent-based computation and mathematical analysis, we study the pathogenesis of Francisella Tularensisinfection. A small initial number of bacteria enter host cells and proliferate inside them, eventually destroying the host cell and releasing numerous copies that infect other cells. Our analysis of disease progression is based on a stochastic model of a population of infectious agents inside one host cell, extending the birth-and-death process by the occurrence of catastrophes: cell rupture events that affect all bacteria in a cell simultaneously. We compare our analysis with the results of agent-based computation and, via Approximate Bayesian Computation, with experimental measurements carried out after of murine aerosol infection with the virulent SCHU S4 strain of the bacterium.If I have time, I will also talk about Ebola, still a significant risk to humankind. Synthetic virology has been used to clone and manufacture two deletion defective genomes. These genomes were tested with Ebola virus using in vitro cell culture and shown to inhibit viral replication. From in vitro experimental data, we identify parameters in a mathematical model of the infection. We examine the time an infected cell spends in the eclipse phase (the period between infection and the start of virus production), as well as the rate at which infectious virions lose infectivity.
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IDPW04 |
7th July 2020 14:30 to 15:00 |
Raluca Eftimie |
Modelling virus infections in the context of cancer therapies (and other diseases)
Over the past years oncolytic viruses have
generated much interest in cancer therapy, mainly due to the fact
that once a virus is injected into the patient it can actively search for
cancer cells and destroy them. However, the anti-tumour effect of
oncolytic viruses is greatly diminished by anti-viral immune responses (both
innate and adaptive responses), as well as by physical barriers inside
the tumour. Using various single-scale and multi-scale mathematical modelling approaches, we will investigate the delicate balance between anti-viral and anti-tumour immune responses in the context of virus-tumour-immune interactions. |
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IDPW04 |
7th July 2020 15:00 to 15:30 |
Farzad Fatehi Chenar |
Multiscale within-host modelling of SARS-CoV-2 infection reveals benefits and risks of early Remdesivir treatment
The
SARS-CoV-2 outbreak has infected over ten million, and killed over 500,000,
individuals worldwide, making the development of antiviral treatments against
this virus a priority. Recent studies have identified Remdesivir as an
effective antiviral treatment option for COVID-19. I will present a new
stochastic agent based model for the intracellular dynamics of a SARS-CoV-2
infection that includes details on all essential steps of a viral life cycle,
from viral entry to virion release. Using this model, I evaluate the effect of
Remdesivir on the production of new virions. In a next step, I propose an
intercellular model to study the viral dynamics within the body of an infected
patient. The intercellular model is fitted to data recording the progress of viral
load in 12 patients with COVID-19, showing how differing strengths of immune
response can explain the variety of infection spans seen in patients. Coupling
the intra- and intercellular models allows for a comparative analysis of
Remdesivir therapy for patients with different types of immune response.
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IDPW04 |
7th July 2020 15:30 to 16:00 |
Discussion | ||
IDPW04 |
8th July 2020 12:00 to 13:00 |
Session 2 - PLENARY TALK by Ruth Bowness - University of St. Andrews - Modelling within-host tuberculosis infection using a hybrid multiscale individual-based model
Tuberculosis (TB)
is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Despite
significant recent advances, TB is the biggest infectious killer globally -
someone dies from the disease every 18 seconds. I will describe a hybrid
multiscale individual-based model that has been developed to study disease
progression and treatment in the human lung. The model contains discrete agents
which model the spatio-temporal interactions (migration, binding, killing etc.)
of bacteria and immune cells. Chemokine and oxygen dynamics are also included,
as well as Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic models, which are incorporated into
the model via PDEs. In this work, I explore concepts of relapse and latent TB
disease, and their effect on treatment outcome.
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IDP |
10th July 2020 09:30 to 09:50 |
Mark Birkin |
Introduction and overview, Mark Birkin
Chair: Mark Birkin 9:30 - 11:30 - Session One:Urban Analytics 9:30 - 9:50 Introduction and overview, Mark Birkin 9:50 - 10:10 Microsimulation, Nik Lomax, Karyn Morrissey and Jamil Nur 10:10 - 10:30 Modelling behaviour, Adam Dennett, Richard Milton, Ying Jin and Mike Batty 10:30 - 10:50 Epidemic simulation and scenario planning: Gavin Shaddick, Nick Malleson 10:50 - 11:30 Discussion 11:30-12:00 - Break 12:00 - 13:00 - Session Two:Small spaces 12:00 - 12:40 - Introduction to key projects: Mike Batty, Gerry Casey, Ed Galea & others 12:40 - 13:00 - Discussion |
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IDP |
10th July 2020 09:50 to 10:10 |
Microsimulation, Nik Lomax, Karyn Morrissey and Jamil Nur
In
order to estimate the patterns of movement, interaction with public spaces and
potential risk of exposure to COVID-19, we need a detailed dataset containing
individuals, their characteristics and there geographical location. These
individuals are used in other models within the DECOVID ecosystem. We use
spatial microsimulation techniques to generate the baseline population of
individuals and an algorithm for assigning individuals to household to provide
estimates at Middle Super Output area level. Further attributes are added to
this population, derived from survey data using propensity score matching. We
assess the spatial distribution of these populations and the daily activity
spaces they inhabit.
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IDP |
10th July 2020 10:10 to 10:30 |
Modelling behaviour, Adam Dennett, Richard Milton, Ying Jin and Mike Batty | ||
IDP |
10th July 2020 10:30 to 10:50 |
Epidemic simulation and scenario planning: Gavin Shaddick, Nick Malleson | ||
IDP |
10th July 2020 10:50 to 11:30 |
Discussion | ||
IDP |
10th July 2020 11:30 to 12:00 |
Break | ||
IDP |
10th July 2020 12:00 to 12:20 |
The MATSIM Pandemic Model for Greater London – Gerry Casey, Claire Fram and Fred Shone
Interaction
based risk - an agent based analysis of London
We have seen
unprecedented changes in transport demand and supply, as a result of Covid-19.
Transportation can play a key role in the regional economic recovery by
enabling people to safely access work, healthcare, education. But we know that
Covid-19 is highly contagious, and there are no current vaccines. Transport
agencies will need to plan safe services that minimise crowding, maintain
critical service schedules, and mitigate new challenges as operating resources
are pinched.
Established
transportation modelling techniques are not designed to analyse how individuals
travel, at a granular level. This makes it challenging to estimate how changes
in transport demand (the result of physical distancing policies) may impact
public transport and identify where coronavirus transmission risk may be
greatest. Agent based models (ABMs) provide granular insight into how
individuals behave. The aggregate consequences of individual behaviours can be
analysed to understand where and when congestion may happen, which populations
make use of which public transit services, and other network-wide consequences.
Arup has been working
with TfL to understand how public transport may impact the risk of Covid-19
transmission in London. We have extensive experience in developing ABMs –
including an ABM for London, developed as part of a previous, collaborative
TfL-Arup research initiative. We have been testing a new epidemiological model
in conjunction with our London mobility ABM that attempts to take into account
"virus infection dynamics" (EpiSim , developed by Technische
Universität Berlin).
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IDP |
10th July 2020 12:20 to 12:40 |
Modelling the Spatial Pandemic in Hampshire – Jacob Rainbow | ||
IDP |
10th July 2020 12:40 to 13:00 |
Representing Movement and Simulating Infection in Small Spaces – Lachlan Miles | ||
IDP |
14th July 2020 14:00 to 14:30 |
Ian Vernon |
Session 1: Advanced Uncertainty Quantification: Multilevel Emulation
Chair: Peter Challenor |
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IDP |
14th July 2020 14:30 to 15:00 |
Michael Goldstein |
Session 1: Advanced Uncertainty Quantification: Model Discrepancy
Chair: Peter Challenor |
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IDP |
14th July 2020 15:00 to 15:30 |
Serge Guillas |
Session 1: Advanced Uncertainty Quantification: Model Calibration
Chair: Peter Challenor |
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IDP |
14th July 2020 15:30 to 16:00 |
Session 1: Advanced Uncertainty Quantification: Discussion Session
Chair: Peter Challenor |
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IDP |
15th July 2020 13:30 to 17:00 |
Urban Analytics & Small Spaces
Chair: Mark BirkinMeeting Host: WIll Taylor Timetable 1:30 - 1:35 Introduction and overview of Urban Analytics. Mark Birkin1:35 - 1:45 Modelling journeys to work & business premises, Ying Jin 1:45 – 1.55 Spatial cooperation during a recurring disease outbreak, James Burridge1:55 – 2-05 Streetspace allocation analysis in London, Nicolas Palominos 2:05 – 2.15 Predictive modelling of social distancing and compromised distancing in determining railway passenger boarding rates and flows, David Fletcher 2:15 - 2:30 Discussion2-30 to 2-55 Break 2-55-3-00 Introduction to the Small Spaces Task, Mike BattyLonger Talks (~15 mins) 3-00 – 3.15 Fire Safety Centre/Centre for Numerical Modelling and Process Analysis, University of Greenwich, Ed Galea, 3-15 – 3-30 Network Rail, Nigel Best et al.,3- 30-3-45 Sainsbury’s, Dave Romano-Critchley et al.,3-45 – 4-00 Q and A 15 minutes with comfort breakLightening Talks (~10 mins) 4-00-4-10 CASA-UCL/Tesco, Fabian Ying, 4-10-4-20 PWC AI Team, Technology & Investment Group, Artem Parakhine/ Shabnam Rashtchi 4-20-4-30 CEGE, UCL, Thorsten Stoesser, 4-30-4-40 Martin Centre, U Cambridge, Ronita Bardhan 4-40 – 5pm Q and A for any topic of the small spaces task and any other in the afternoon |
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IDP |
15th July 2020 13:55 to 14:05 |
Streetspace allocation analysis in London, Nicolas Palominos | ||
IDP |
16th July 2020 14:00 to 14:20 |
Ronni Bowman |
Session 2: Advanced Uncertainty Quantification: Combinations of model predictions
Chair: Peter Challenor |
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IDP |
16th July 2020 14:20 to 14:40 |
Daniel Williamson |
Session 2: Advanced Uncertainty Quantification: UQ for Metawards: a spatial COVID-19 transmission model
Chair: Peter Challenor |
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IDP |
16th July 2020 14:40 to 14:50 |
TJ McKinley |
Session 2: Advanced Uncertainty Quantification: History matching and ABC
Chair: Peter Challenor |
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IDP |
16th July 2020 14:50 to 15:00 |
Simon Spencer |
Session 2: Advanced Uncertainty Quantification: Are super shedders also superspreaders?
Chair: Peter Challenor |
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IDP |
16th July 2020 15:00 to 15:10 |
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IDP |
16th July 2020 15:10 to 15:20 |
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IDP |
24th July 2020 12:00 to 13:00 |
Arnoldo Frigessi |
PLENARY TALK - Spatial modelling of early-phase COVID-19 epidemic in Norway
We developed a stochastic SEIR model for the COVID-19 epidemic at a fine spatial scale, using mobile phone mobility data, to describe the geographical spread of the virus. The model is developed for the very early phase of the epidemic, when movement of individuals plays a key role. In the beginning, importation of the virus into the region of interest is decisive, and we estimate the proportion of unknown imported cases. Our model represents non-pharmaceutical interventions to contain the epidemic by means of a regionally varying step function of the effective reproduction numbers. The regionally varying effective reproduction numbers are estimated by sequential Approximate Bayesian Computing, using hospitalisation data of the infected individuals at regional level. For prediction, we develop a way to regularise the mobility matrices, to conserve the geographical distribution of the population. This allows adequate long term predictions of all quantities of interest. Uncertainty in the parameters (both the estimated ones and the ones learned from the literature) is prolonged into the future by simulation. We use our model to describe the history of the first phase of the COVID-19 epidemic in Norway, during which social distancing and hygienic measures have been adopted together with teleworking and school closure and reopening. The result of these measures have reduced the presence of the virus in Norway to such a low level, leading to a relaxation of restrictions, to resemble the early phase of the epidemic, making our model again important. We compare the results of our model to the ones obtained by a similar nonregional model. We also developed a version of the model which has a time varying reproduction number. In this case we resort to Sequential Monte Carlo for inference. I will discuss the difficulties in making predictions using this model. This is joint work with Birgitte Freiesleben de Blasio, Solveig Engebretsen, Gunnar Isaksson Rø, Alfonso Diz-Lois Palomares, Kenth Engø-Monsen, Anja Bråthen Kristoffersen and Geir Storvik. |
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IDP |
28th July 2020 09:00 to 13:00 |
COVID -19 and higher education: speakers and titles to be advised | ||
IDPW05 |
29th July 2020 15:00 to 17:00 |
Model Inference
Speakers: 3:00 - 3:45 Matt Keeling 3:45 - 4:30 Chris Jewell 4:30 - 5 Discussion |
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IDPW05 |
30th July 2020 15:00 to 17:30 |
Model Inference
Speakers: 3:00 - 3:45 Glenn Marion 3:45 - 4:15 Martina Morris 4:15 - 5:00 Thomas House 5 - 5:30 Discussion |
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IDP |
25th August 2020 10:00 to 12:00 |
Contact Tracing
1000-1030 Tim Lucas (Imperial College): Engagement and adherence trade-offs for SARS-CoV2 contact tracing 1030-1100 Chiara Polito (INSERM, Sorbonne Université) Anatomy of digital contact tracing: role of age, transmission setting, adoption and case detection 1100-1130 Michelle Kendall (University of Oxford): title tba |
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IDP |
27th August 2020 15:00 to 17:00 |
Probability of Extinction & Interventions
1500-1530: Maryam Aliee (Warwick) Estimating the time to extinction of infectious diseases in mean-field approaches |
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IDP |
1st September 2020 10:00 to 11:00 |
Jasmina Panovska-Griffiths |
Reopening of Schools
1000-1100: Modelling different strategies for reopening schools, the impact of test and trace interventions, and risk of occurrence of a secondary COVID-19 epidemic wave in the UK |
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IDP |
3rd September 2020 15:00 to 17:00 |
Data Requirements
1500-1530: tba 1530-1600: tba 1600-1630 Julia Lane (NYU) State of the data – a collaborative perspective 1630-1700 Sarah Henry (ONS) State of the data – a national statistics perspective |
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IDP |
4th September 2020 09:30 to 11:00 |
Data Requirements
09:30-10:00: Ben Goldacre (University of Oxford) Secure and agile access to extended/linked NHS data 10:00-10:30 Nigel Shadbolt (Open Data Institute) Towards a national data infrastructure 10:30-11:00 Ulrich Paquet (DELVE) Data readiness in an emergency |
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IDPW06 |
10th September 2020 09:15 to 09:30 |
Welcome from David Abrahams (INI Director) | ||
IDPW06 |
10th September 2020 09:25 to 11:30 |
Theme 1: The Emergence of New Diseases Chair: Deirdre Hollingsworth (Big Data Institute) | ||
IDPW06 |
10th September 2020 09:30 to 10:15 |
Eddie Holmes |
Spotting the next pandemic: prospecting or preparedness?
Zoonotic
diseases have long been a major burden on human societies and are expected to
increase in frequency and impact as we interact more with the animal world and as
the global population increases in both size and productivity. Fortunately, new
genomic tools, particularly metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS), provide a uniquely powerful means to rapidly reveal
the microbial composition of
any sample without bias, provide key information on the diversity, structure and evolution of the
virosphere, help determine
how microbes move across the human-animal interface and the drivers of disease
emergence, and reveal the origins of specific epidemics. Herein,
I demonstrate
the utility of mNGS for pathogen discovery and understanding disease emergence on
clinically actionable time-scales. In doing so,
I will demonstrate how these genomic tools can form a key component to new
approaches to pandemic preparedness. As
a case study will focus on the initial emergence of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) at
the end of 2019. I
will discuss the most likely theories for its origin and emergence, and
consider why coronaviruses seem particularly able to jump species boundaries
and emerge in new hosts. I will conclude by outlining the ways in which we can
potentially prevent pandemics like that of COVID-19 ever happening again. |
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IDPW06 |
10th September 2020 10:15 to 11:00 |
Mark Woolhouse | What will cause the next pandemic? |
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IDPW06 |
10th September 2020 11:00 to 11:30 |
Discussion | ||
IDPW06 |
10th September 2020 14:55 to 17:00 |
Theme 1: The Emergence of New Diseases Chair: Christl Donelly (University of Oxford, Imperial College London) | ||
IDPW06 |
10th September 2020 15:00 to 15:45 |
Andrew Dobson |
Spotting the next pandemic: prospecting or preparedness?
Coivd-19’s arrival in the human population was inevitable. There is a huge diversity of viral pathogens circulating in bats and other small mammals. Three groups of people are exposed to them through their livelihoods: traders in the wildlife trade, the miners and loggers destroying tropical forests and those working in intensive agriculture. The initial dynamics of novel virus in these three groups of people and their families determine whether novel viruses will spread into urban areas and from there to the rest of the world. This talk will fall into three sections: (1) Initially I’ll discuss ways to estimate the diversity of viruses with zoonotic potential and how this determines the risk they will spread from the initial crossover hosts into the rest of the human population. (2) I’ll then briefly discuss some earlier models for how forest destruction changes the risk of transmission of viruses from forest species to those converting the forest or those living in the newly converted agricultural matrix. (3) In the final section, I’ll develop some economic approaches that compare the cost of modifying the activities that increase risk of viral emergence with the current estimated cost of the Covid19 pandemic. |
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IDPW06 |
10th September 2020 15:45 to 16:30 |
Discussion | ||
IDPW06 |
11th September 2020 14:25 to 16:45 |
Theme 2: Tackling New Diseases - Chair Valerie Isham(UCL) | ||
IDPW06 |
11th September 2020 14:30 to 15:15 |
Salim S. Abdool Karim | Intervention choices, what are the issues |
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IDPW06 |
11th September 2020 15:15 to 15:45 |
Ted Cohen | Controlling epidemics of respiratory diseases: lessons from tuberculosis |
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IDPW06 |
11th September 2020 15:45 to 16:15 |
C. Jessica Metcalf | Challenges in modelling emerging new diseases |
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IDPW06 |
11th September 2020 16:15 to 16:45 |
Discussion | ||
IDPW06 |
14th September 2020 09:25 to 11:30 |
Theme 2: Tackling New Diseases Chair: Denis Mollison (Herriot-Watt University) | ||
IDPW06 |
14th September 2020 09:30 to 10:15 |
Michael Baker | The elimination strategy for responding to pandemics: the New Zealand Experience |
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IDPW06 |
14th September 2020 10:15 to 11:00 |
Brendan Murphy | Experience in Ireland |
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IDPW06 |
14th September 2020 11:00 to 11:30 |
Discussion | ||
IDPW06 |
18th September 2020 15:25 to 17:30 |
Theme 3: The Wider Context - Chair - Jess Metcalf | ||
IDPW06 |
18th September 2020 15:30 to 16:15 |
Christopher Dye | Unlikely disasters: pandemics, prevention and public health |
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IDPW06 |
18th September 2020 16:15 to 17:00 |
Jamie Lloyd-Smith | Factors contributing to transmissibility |
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IDPW06 |
18th September 2020 17:00 to 17:30 |
Discussion | ||
IDPW06 |
21st September 2020 13:55 to 16:00 |
Theme 3: The Wider Context Chair - Andy Dobson (Princeton University) | ||
IDPW06 |
21st September 2020 14:00 to 14:45 |
Deirdre Hollingsworth | Neglected tropical diseases |
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IDPW06 |
21st September 2020 14:45 to 15:30 |
Anna Vassall | Interactions between health and economic impact in pandemics: from data to decisions |
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IDPW06 |
21st September 2020 15:30 to 16:00 |
Discussion | ||
IDPW06 |
22nd September 2020 13:55 to 16:00 |
Theme 3: The Wider Context Chair: Caroline Trotter(University of Cambridge) | ||
IDPW06 |
22nd September 2020 14:00 to 14:45 |
Shaun Hargreaves Heap | Valuing health |
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IDPW06 |
22nd September 2020 14:45 to 15:30 |
Tim Besley | Inequality, real-time economics and his thoughts about learning from this pandemic for future pandemics |
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IDPW06 |
22nd September 2020 15:30 to 16:00 |
Discussion | ||
IDPW06 |
23rd September 2020 13:55 to 16:00 |
Theme 3: The Wider Context Chair: Nigel Shadbolt (University of Oxford) | ||
IDPW06 |
23rd September 2020 14:00 to 14:45 |
Charlotte Watts | How does science interface with policy |
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IDPW06 |
23rd September 2020 14:45 to 16:00 |
Bernard Silverman, Frank Kelly | Panel Discussion |
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IDPW06 |
24th September 2020 09:55 to 12:30 |
Theme 3: The Wider Context Chair Denis Mollison (Heriot-Watt University) | ||
IDPW06 |
24th September 2020 10:00 to 11:00 |
David Redding | Zoonotic disease spill-over in the context of global change |
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IDPW06 |
24th September 2020 11:00 to 12:00 |
Tim Lenton | Inequality, real-time economics and future pandemics |
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IDPW06 |
24th September 2020 12:00 to 12:30 |
Discussion | ||
IDPW06 |
25th September 2020 09:55 to 11:30 |
Theme 3: The Wider Context - Chair - Chris Dye | ||
IDPW06 |
25th September 2020 10:00 to 11:00 |
Martin Rees |
Existential Risk
Three trends enhance the probability of global catastrophes , First, the rising global population, more demanding of energy and resources, leads to novel anthropogenic pressures on the biosphere -- climate change, loss of biodiversity, etc . Second, the greater interconnectedness of our civilisation allows pandemics to rapidly cascade globally, and enhances our vulnerability to breakdown in supply chains, financial networks, etc . Third, novel technologies -- bio, cyber and AI -- empower small groups with the ability (via error or terror) to cause massive (even global) disruption. Coping with this threat presents a challenge to governance: it will become ever harder to sustain the three goals of offering all citizens privacy, security and freedom. |
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IDPW06 |
25th September 2020 11:00 to 11:30 |
Discussion Introduced by Kevin McConway (Open University) |
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IDP |
20th October 2020 09:30 to 11:30 |
Shaun Hargreaves Heap | Economics | |
IDP |
21st October 2020 09:30 to 11:30 |
Hannah Clapham | Politics and Policy | |
IDP |
21st October 2020 14:00 to 16:00 |
C. Jessica Metcalf | Emerging Infections | |
IDP |
22nd October 2020 09:30 to 11:30 |
Mirjam Kretzschmar | Interventions | |
IDP |
22nd October 2020 14:00 to 16:00 |
Why is Covid such a wicked problem Bernard Silverman - Chris Dye - Andrew Dobson | ||
IDP |
23rd October 2020 14:00 to 16:00 |
Estimation - SEJ - Phillip Dawid and Will Probert | ||
IDP |
29th October 2020 09:30 to 11:30 |
Nigel Gilbert | Data | |
IDP |
29th October 2020 15:00 to 17:00 |
Deirdre Hollingsworth | Endemicity or Elimination | |
IDP |
2nd November 2020 09:00 to 10:30 |
Mick Roberts | Challenges 1, 2, & 3 General Discussion | |
IDP |
2nd November 2020 12:55 to 14:30 |
Intervention choices for covid19 – different country perspectives - Chair - Deirdre Hollingsworth | ||
IDP |
2nd November 2020 13:00 to 13:45 |
Covid-19: a phased lift of control and other exit strategies - Speakers - Luc Coffeng and Sake de Vlas - (Explicit content)
In The Netherlands, the first wave of SARS-Cov-2 was controlled by what politicians like to call an “intelligent lockdown”, whereas the current wave is being addressed by a “semi-lockdown”. In this seminar, we’ll highlight and dissect the main components of the Dutch control strategy and will explore and compare the potential impact of some of these components using an individual-based model of COVID-19 transmission that included geographical stratification, individual heterogeneity in exposure and contribution transmission, and assortative mixing. In addition, we’ll explore the expected course and outcome of several controversial hypothetical strategies aimed at generating herd immunity though natural infection by a controlled release of the epidemic. Last, we’ll draw some parallels between said controversial strategies and what is currently happening in practice in The Netherlands. |
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IDP |
2nd November 2020 13:45 to 14:30 |
Insights from novel primary data on the Qatar SARS-CoV-2 epidemic: reinfection, infection severity and fatality rates, and herd immunity - Speaker - Laith Jamal Abu Raddad
Qatar has
experienced one of the most intense SARS-CoV-2 epidemics with >55,000
laboratory-confirmed infections per million population. The country’s robust
investment in epidemiology research and primary data collection allowed the
conduct of a series of studies that yielded novel and influential data on this
infection. In this presentation, an overview of the insights learned about
SARS-CoV-2 epidemiology will be provided with a focus on epidemic dynamics,
reinfection, infection severity and fatality rates, and herd immunity.
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IDP |
3rd November 2020 14:00 to 15:30 |
Challenges 1, 2, & 3 General Discussion - Andy Dobson - Jess Metcalf | ||
IDP |
4th November 2020 14:00 to 16:00 |
IDP SEJ & UQ | ||
IDP |
5th November 2020 21:00 to 22:00 |
Challenges 1, 2 & 3
Valarie Isham and Denis Mollison
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IDP |
19th November 2020 17:00 to 18:30 |
IDP Estimation | ||
IDP |
25th November 2020 17:00 to 18:30 |
IDP Estimation | ||
IDP |
2nd December 2020 17:00 to 18:30 |
IDP Estimation | ||
IDP |
9th December 2020 17:15 to 18:30 |
IDP Estimation | ||
IDP |
16th December 2020 17:00 to 18:30 |
IDP Estimation |