SMIDDY 2011 was organized by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) and took place in Basel on Wednesday, 24 August 2011.
09:00 | Welcome address |
09:15 | Influenza transmission models Prof. Dr Martin Eichner Modelling group at the Department of Medical Biometry, University of Tübingen, Germany |
10:00 | Estimating the basic reproductive number from viral sequence data (Slides) Dr. Tanja Stadler Theoretical Biology, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, Switzerland |
10:30 | Coffee break |
10:50 | Model Based Inference of Within-host Malaria Dr. Nicholas Savill Biology Inference Lab, Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, UK |
11:30 | Monitoring and outcomes of ART: Mathematical model based on IeDEA Southern Africa (Slides) Cindy Aubriere & Janne Estill Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Switzerland |
12:00 | Can we depend on case management to prevent re-establishment of P. falciparum malaria, after local interruption of transmission? (Slides) Valerie Crowell Biostatistics and Computational Sciences, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), University of Basel, Switzerland |
12:30 | Lunch |
14:00 | Comparison of different strategies for the control of two highly infectious animal diseases – results of a simulation model (Slides) Salome Dürr Veterinary Public Health Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland |
14:30 | Robustness of sexual partnerships and its impact on the spread of sexually transmitted infections (Slides) Dr. Christian L. Althaus Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Switzerland |
15:00 | A Basic Model for the Simulation of Local Infectious Disease Outbreaks (Slides) Lukas Schmid Institute for Modeling and Simulation, FHS St. Gallen, Switzerland |
15:20 | Coffee break |
15:40 | Bayesian meta-analysis of heterogeneous geostatistical malaria survey data via transmission models Federica Giardina Biostatistics and Computational Sciences, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), University of Basel, Switzerland |
16:00 | A medical care career approach to model HIV/AIDS incidence and prevalence in Switzerland 1980-2010, combining cohort and surveillance data (Abstract) Dr. Carlos Nordt Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik, University of Zürich, Switzerland |
16:25 | Repeated low-dose challenge with Simian Immunodeficiency Virus: what can we learn about the role of exposure history and variation in susceptibility? (Abstract) Dr. Roland Regoes Theoretical Biology, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, Switzerland |
17:05 | Closing address |
17:15 | Apéro |