Advanced infectious disease models
The course starts with an introduction to compartmental models of disease transmission including calculations of basic reproductive numbers and final epidemic size. We continue with numerical simulations and we focus on parameter inference and sensitivity analysis. The lecture notes are accompanied by coding practicals in R.
Instructor: Christian Selinger
Term: Spring
Location: African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Rwanda
Time: March 17 - March 26, 2025
Course Overview
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to disease transmission modeling and practices. Students will:
- Build compartmental models
- Calculate critical thresholds
- Perform numerical simulations
- Perform model parameter inference from epidemiological data
Prerequisites
- Basic programming knowledge in R
- Linear algebra
Textbooks
- Modeling Infectious Disease by Matt Keeling and Pejman Rohani
Schedule
| Week | Date | Topic | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|
| block course | Advanced infectious disease models Slides and code. |