Room 515+Online Meeting, Cosmology Building, NTU
Speaker(s):
Jonathan Dushoff (McMaster University)
Libin Rong (University of Florida)
Naveen K. Vaidya (San Diego State University)
Hiroshi Nishiura (Hokkaido University)
Andrei Akhmetzhanov (National Taiwan University)
Hao-Yuan Cheng (Centers for Disease Control)
Organizer(s):
Tai-Chia Lin (National Taiwan University)
Hsien-Ho Lin (National Taiwan University)
Feng-Bin Wang (Chang Gung University)
Andrei Akhmetzhanov (National Taiwan University)
1. Introduction and Contents
· Understand and model how infectious diseases spread through agents, hosts, and environments.
了解並建構傳染病如何透過媒介、宿主與環境傳播的模型
· Apply modeling to guide public health decisions and resource allocation.
將模型應用於公共衛生決策與資源配置
· Address new and emerging diseases (e.g., COVID-19, Ebola, Zika) using data-driven approaches.
採用資料導向方法處理新興與再現傳染病（如COVID-19、伊波拉、茲卡等）
· Train students in mathematical tools for analyzing transmission, evolution, and host-pathogen interactions.
訓練學生掌握用於分析傳播、演化與宿主－病原體互動的數學工具
· Promote interdisciplinary collaboration between modelers and public health researchers.
促進模型研究人員與公共衛生研究者之間的跨領域合作
· Foster early-career networking and support future leaders in disease modeling.
建立青年學者的人脈連結，培養未來傳染病建模領域的領導人才
2. Prerequisites
The course will begin with tutorial sessions of two divided classes on the first day, for students with respective public health/biomedical and mathematics/natural sciences backgrounds, focusing on respective basic mathematics and infectious disease epidemiology knowledge required for modeling of infectious diseases, followed by combined interdisciplinary lectures and infectious disease issue-driven group discussion sessions.
Lecturers for this one-week course include internationally well-known experts on modeling of infectious diseases from interdisciplinary backgrounds, as well as medical experts from Epidemic Intelligence Center, Taiwan Center for Disease Control and Prevention (TCDC). There will be a site visit to Taiwan CDC as well. The topics will include basic of infectious diseases and modeling; model construction; infectious disease data and modeling; computational techniques for modeling; parameter estimation; current infectious diseases in Taiwan; group project sessions; group project proposals; and a field trip to visit Taiwan CDC headquarter.
3. Arrangement
Libin Rong: 4 lectures (8 hrs, including project proposals)
Naveen K. Vaidya: 3 lectures (6 hrs, including project proposals)
Jonathan Dushoff: 3 lectures (6 hrs, including project proposals)
Hiroshi Nishiura: 3 lectures (6 hrs, including project proposals)
Andrei Akhmetzhanov: 2 lectures (4 hrs, including a site visit to Taiwan CDC)
CDC的鄭皓元醫師: 1 lecture (2 hrs)
林先和教授: group project presentation (4 hrs)
4. Grading Scheme
Final report + project presentation
5. Credit 2
NCTS 5007 (V41 U6070)
台大暑期課程網線上選課：台大學生 (6/3-6/4)、外校學生 (6/10-6/11)
6. Registration
Contact:
Murphy Yu (murphyyu@ncts.tw)
Poster: events_3_344250404511559693.pdf
