Course Agenda
This is the schedule of lectures and practicals for the five days of the short course. For further details and materials explore the tabs Lectures and Practicals
Day 1: Introduction to R
Time | Session type | Title | ||||
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9.30 – 9:45 AM | Introduction | Course introduction | ||||
9.45 – 10:45 AM | Lecture | Introduction to R (1) | ||||
10:45 – 11:15 AM | Break | |||||
11:15 – 12:30 PM | Lecture | Introduction to R (2) | ||||
12:30 – 1:45 PM | Lunch break | |||||
1:45 – 3:00 PM | Practical | Using R (1) | ||||
3:00 – 3:30 PM | Break | |||||
3:30 – 4:30 PM | Practical | Using R (1) | ||||
Day 2: Introduction to modelling infectious disease
Time | Session type | Title | ||||
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9.30 – 10:30 AM | Lecture | Introduction to modelling infectious diseases | ||||
10:30 – 11:00 AM | Break | |||||
11:00 – 12:30 PM | Lecture | Basic concepts of compartmental models | ||||
12:30 – 1:45 PM | Lunch break | |||||
1:45 – 3:00 PM | Practical | Demonstration of a simple compartmental model (1) | ||||
3:00 – 3:30 PM | Break | |||||
3:30 – 4:30 PM | Practical | Demonstration of a simple compartmental model (2) | ||||
Day 3: The SIR model
Time | Session type | Title | ||||
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9.30 – 10:30 AM | Lecture | The SIR model | ||||
10:30 – 11:00 AM | Break | |||||
11:00 – 12:30 PM | Lecture | Understanding epidemic phases with an SIR model | ||||
12:30 – 1:45 PM | Lunch break | |||||
1:45 – 3:00 PM | Practical | Building blocks of an SIR | ||||
3:00 – 3:30 PM | Break | |||||
3:30 – 4:30 PM | Practical | Introducing transmission dynamics | ||||
Day 4: Stochastic models and assessing uncertainty
Time | Session type | Title | ||||
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9.30 – 10:30 AM | Lecture | Introduction to stochastic models (1) | ||||
10:30 – 11:00 AM | Break | |||||
11:00 – 12:30 PM | Lecture | Introduction to stochastic models (2) | ||||
12:30 – 1:45 PM | Lunch break | |||||
1:45 – 3:00 PM | Lecture | Assessing model uncertainty and calibration | ||||
3:00 – 3:30 PM | Break | |||||
3:30 – 4:30 PM | Practical | Explore stochasticity in a simple SIR model | ||||
Day 5: Applications of infectious disease models for public health
Time | Session type | Title | ||||
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9.30 – 10:30 AM | Lecture | How do we model COVID-19? | ||||
10:30 – 11:00 AM | Break | |||||
11:00 – 12:30 PM | Lecture | Other analytical methods to track epidemics | ||||
12:30 – 1:45 PM | Lunch break | |||||
1:45 – 3:00 PM | Practical | Build a COVID-19 model(1) | ||||
3:00 – 3:30 PM | Break | |||||
3:30 – 4:30 PM | Practical | Build a COVID-19 model(2) | ||||
4:30 – 5:00 PM | Closure | Closing remarks, Q&A, and certificates | ||||