"Statistical modeling of epidemic outbreaks" - 5 May 2023 - Athens

About

The workshop will take place on 5 May 2023 at the Department of Statistics, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece. The primary aim of this workshop is to facilitate a discussion of current research topics related to the Statistical modeling of epidemic outbreaks. It is aimed at Public Health policy makers, Epidemiologists, Statisticians and Data Scientists, as well as students working in these areas.

The workshop is open to all, but participants who wish to attend should email us at bernadette.aueb AT gmail DOT com for catering purposes.

Speakers

Marc Baguelin (Imperial College London & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

Angelos Alexopoulos (Athens University of Economics and Business)

Theodore Kypraios (University of Nottingham)

Vana Sypsa (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)

Lampros Bouranis (Athens University of Economics and Business)

Program

09:30-10:15 Marc Baguelin, Models and evidence synthesis for policy making

10:15-11:00 Vana Sypsa, Modelling transmission and control of infectious diseases: From HIV and antibiotic resistant bacteria to SARS-CoV-2

11:00-11:45 Angelos Alexopoulos, Evaluating the impact of local tracing partnerships on the performance of contact tracing for COVID-19 in England

11:45-12:15 Break

12:15-13:00 Theodore Kypraios, Bayesian Non-Parametrics for Stochastic Infectious Disease Models

13:00-13:45 Lampros Bouranis, Bayesian analysis of diffusion-driven multi-type epidemic models with application to COVID-19


Location

Auditorium, Trias Building, Athens university of Economics and Business
Trias 2, Athens, 113 62

Contact Details

Email: bernadette.aueb AT gmail DOT com
Twitter profile: BernadetteMsca

Organising/Scientific committee

Lampros Bouranis  (Athens University of Economics and Business)
Nikolaos Demiris (Athens University of Economics and Business)

Further information

Updated information can be found at the workshop webpage:
https://bernadette-eu.github.io/workshop