The Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at the Harvard School of Public Health is at the forefront of research, informing public policy, outreach and education in the field of infectious disease modeling.
Affiliations
The Models of Infections Disease Agents Study (MIDAS)
As a collaborative network of scientists, MIDAS leads in researching the use of computational, statistical, and mathematical models to understand infectious disease dynamics and prepare the nation to plan for, detect, and respond to infectious diseases.
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) established the Modeling of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS), to investigate novel computational and mathematical models of existing and emerging infectious diseases.
Upcoming Events
Latest News
The Center welcomes Sarah Garcia Ferrero
May 14, 2012
CCDD welcomes visitor Sara Garcia Ferrero, a PhD student from the Spanish National Research Council, who will...
Congratulations to Dr. Jessica Jacobs!!
March 30, 2012
Jessica Jacobs successfully defended her dissertation titled, "Influenza and Secondary Bacterial Pathogens:...
Publications
Improving the Evidence Base for Decision Making During a Pandemic: The Example of 2009 Influenza A/H1N1
Lipsitch M, Finelli L, Heffernan RT, Leung GM, Redd SM
Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science 2011 Jun.
Detecting novel associations in large data sets
Reshef DN, Reshef YA, Finucane HK, Grossman SR, McVean G, Turnbaugh PJ, Lander ES, Mitzenmacher M, Sabeti PC.
Science 2011 Dec.
Genomic epidemiology of the Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreaks in Europe, 2011
Grad Y, Lipsitch M, Feldgarden M, Arachchi HM, Cerqueira GC, FitzGerald M, Godfrey P, Haas BJ, Murphy C, Russ C, Sykes S, Walker BJ, Wortman JR, Young S, Zeng Q, Abouelleil A, Bochicchio J, Chauvin S, DeSmet T, Gujja S, McCowan C, Montmayeur A, Steelman S, Frimodt-Moller J, Petersen AM, Struve C, Krogfelt KA, Bingen E, Weill FX, Lander ES, Nusbaum C, Birren BW, Hung DT, Hanage WP.
PNAS 2012 Feb.