Pan-InfORM - NCCID - ICID Workshop
Public Health Challenges for Modelling and Infectious Diseases
From “Communities of Practice” to “Communities of Health”
On October 3-4, 2016, Pan-InfORM will hold its fifth bi-annual meeting in Toronto, York University, co-hosted by the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases and the International Centre for Infectious Diseases.
Program
First Day | Registration (8:30 – 8:45) | |
08:45–09:00 | Welcome and Opening Remarks | Seyed
Moghadas |
09:00–09:25 | Introductions, background and workshop objectives | Margaret Haworth-Brockman |
Modeling in public and global health | ||
09:25–9:50 | Overview: Pan-InfORM and progress to-date in modelling for public health | Seyed Moghadas |
9:50–10:15 | Stochastic agent-based modelling of tuberculosis in Canadian Inuit communities | Amy Greer |
| 10:15–10:40 | A persistent shadow on the land: using mathematical modelling to understand the challenges of syphilis control | Ashleigh Tuite |
10:40–11:00 | Health Break | |
11:00–11:25 | The honeymoon is over: waning vaccinal immunity and pertussis resurgence | Pej Rohani |
| 11:25–11:50 | Making complex models simple | Ed Thommes |
11:50–13:00 | Lunch | |
Session: Reflections, perspectives, and summary | ||
13:00–13:25 | Modelling and public health decision making - an emerging partnership | Joanne Langley |
| 13:25–13:50 | Climate change and infectious diseases: the more things change, the more they stay the same | Davinder Singh |
| 13:50–14:15 | First Nations and Tuberculosis: trends, challenges and opportunities | Marlene Larocque |
14:15–14:45 | Reflection on the presentations, setting the stage for identifying key questions on grand challenges and developing plans with secured support for addressing research questions | Facilitated discussion |
14:45–15:00 | Health Break | |
15:00 – 15:50 | Group Discussion, summary, and wrap-up for the day | |
18:00–21:00 | Networking Dinner | |
Second Day | ||
Session: What are the key questions? | ||
9:00–9:20 | Setting the stage for our grand challenges | Joel Kettner |
9:20–10:45 | Group discussion on grand challenges (breakout sessions) |
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10:45–11:00 | Health Break | |
11:00–12:00 | Group feedback and key research questions | |
11:30–12:00 | General Discussion | |
12:00–13:00 | Lunch | |
Session: Identification of key research projects with requirements and sources of support | ||
13:00–14:30 | Discussion of research questions and target areas | |
14:30–14:45 | Health Break | |
14:45 – 16:00 | Next steps: development of plans for addressing research questions; how to grow and improve the community of practice; securing funds and identifying leads for research projects | Joel Kettner |
16:00-16:15 | Workshop evaluation, feedback Meeting adjourns | Margaret Haworth-Brockman |