Thank you for joining us on March 27-28, 2023 for the 11th Annual Workshop to Increase Diversity in Mathematical Modeling & Public Health! Below please find our workshop agenda as well as linked slides.
Pre-Workshop Session
Training in R with Jess Kerr, MPH, University of Pittsburgh
- R Intro Session – Wednesday, 22 March 2023 | 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. EST
- R Intro Session – Thursday, 23 March 2023 | 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EST
Please note that R training is required for all student participants. If you are unable to make it to one of these sessions, please be in touch for a session recording.
Workshop, Day 1: Monday 27 March 2023
8:00 – 8:15 | Arrival & Breakfast
8:15 – 8:20 | Opening Remarks by Marc Lipsitch, DPhil
8:20 – 9:30 | Keynote by Keletso Makofane, PhD
9:30 – 10:00 | Group Introduction
10:00 – 11:30 | Career Panel, Moderated by Tigist Menkir, PhD Candidate, Population Health Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- Aishani Aatresh, Harvard College undergraduate
- David Swerdlow, MD, formerly of Pfizer and CDC, Harvard CCDD Fellow
- R. Monina Klevens, DDS, MPH, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
- Mary Bushman, PhD, Instructor in Epidemiology & Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard CCDD
- Bryan Bryson, PhD, Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
11:30 – 12:00 | Break
12:00 – 1:00 | Lecture 1
Stephen Kissler, PhD – Introduction to SIR Modeling (slides)
1:00 – 2:00 | Lunch & Networking
2:00 – 2:45 | Breakout Session: Intro to SIR models and basic extensions
2:45 – 3:15 | Break
3:15 – 4:15 | Lecture 2
Laura White, PhD – Statistical Issues in Infectious Diseases (slides)
4:15 – 5:00 | Breakout Session: Back-of-the-envelope calculations
5:00 | Break for Day
6:30 | Dinner, Fenway Room
Workshop, Day 2: Tuesday 28 March 2023
8:00 – 8:15 | Arrival & Breakfast
8:15 – 9:30 | Group Work Session: Outbreak scenario
9:30 – 10:30 | Lecture 3
Mauricio Santillana Guzman, PhD: Using machine learning and novel data sources to monitor and forecast disease outbreaks (slides)
10:30 – 11:00 | Break
11:00 – 12:00 | Breakout Session: Forecasting activity
12:00 – 1:00 | Lunch & Networking
1:00 – 1:30 | Closing Remarks (slides) by Harry Hochheiser, PhD
1:30 | End of Workshop