Research Symposium

ANNUAL DISEASE MODELING SYMPOSIUM

The research and modeling team at IDM is focused on providing support to disease eradication programs and other global health endeavors through a variety of modeling and statistical approaches. We build mechanistic agent-based models in order to understand model assumptions and input data, examine the effects of population-level and within-host phenomena, and stimulate the impact of combined interventions, especially for all phases of an eradication effort.

If you are interested in sponsoring a session, please email: [email protected]

2022 Symposium Agenda

2022

The IDM Fall 2022 Symposium will be held on Friday, October 28th from 8am to 5pm PST in Seattle, WA. Our program includes a mixture of scheduled sessions, lightning talks, and tool demos!

Our keynote will be delivered by Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi, Executive Director of APHRC ( https://aphrc.org/person/catherine-kyobutungi/)

To register for virtual or in-person attendance or contact the IDM team with questions, please email [email protected].

Symposium Agenda

8:00 - 8:10 AM

opening remarks

8:10 - 10:05 AM

SESSION 1: Environmental Surveillance: Validation, Costing and Survey Design

SESSION 2: Cross-cutting Perspectives on the Role of Nutrition in Vulnerability

lightning talks

10:20 - 12:00 PM

SESSION 3: Exploring Questions of Zero Dose, Underimmunization, and Vaccine Coverage

SESSION 4: Perspectives on Genomic Surveillance in the Context of Global Health

lightning talks

12:00 - 1:15 PM

lunch

1:15 - 2:45 PM

DEMO in 3 Parts: Flexibility of StarSim Platform

3:00 - 4:00 PM

PANEL DISCUSSION

Data Collection & Analysis in Global Health

4:15 - 5:00 PM

KEYNOTE

Katherine Kyobutungi, APHRC

5:00 - 5:15 PM

closing remarks;

reception to follow in the Discovery Center

2021

With the continued spread of COVID during the pandemic, we made the difficult decision to cancel the planned 2021 Symposium until we feel it is safer to gather in person for scientific discussion and collaboration.

2020 Announcement

In light of the continued spread of COVID cases worldwide, we have made the difficult decision to not host an alternative IDM Modeling Symposium in 2020. Over the past several weeks, we have actively discussed and explored possible approaches including a virtual symposium but feel that the structure and program format would not provide the opportunity for scientific discussion and collaboration. We remain dedicated to supporting these values and believe that the Symposium’s greatest strength lies within the connections that are created as a result of this event. As many organizations, businesses and schools are shifting to remote-only work environments and suspending business travel, we will continue to follow these practices to do our part to slow the transmission and protect all communities.

We will continue to monitor and evaluate the pandemic and follow public health policies against our planned 2021 April Symposium. It is our hope that the situation will permit an in-person conference and that you will be able to attend.