Scholarship opportunity – Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases Short Course, Oxford University, 23-27 Sept 2019 KEY DETAILS PRISM2 is offering up to five scholarships to attend a modelling short course held at Oxford University from September 23rd – 27th, 2019 tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk/…us/mmid-course Funding is available to support: course registration fees, travel and accommodation expenses (approx. 7,000…
PRISM International Conference 20th-24th August 2018, Palm Cove QueenslandPRISM International Conference 20th-24th August 2018 Alamanda Palm Cove Boutique Hotel 1 Veivers Road Palm Cove QLD 4879 Summary This conference will bring together experts from various disciplines and backgrounds under the 4 PRISM themes: Immunisation, Respiratory Viruses, Emerging Infectious Diseases and New…
EPIDEMICS 6 – the 6th International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics 29 November – 1 December 2017 BarcelonaEPIDEMICS 6 – the 6th International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics will take place 29 November – 1 December 2017 in Sitges, nr Barcelona, Spain. Chaired by Neil Ferguson, (Imperial College London) and Hans Heesterbeek (Universiteit Utrecht), the meeting will bring together around 500 international delegates for three days of intense dialogue on ideas, data,…
PRISM – MAEMOD workshop in Infectious Disease Modelling, Research and Training 25 -29 September 2017Please find the program here. Summary PRISM and MAEMOD are running a joint workshop to foster and enhance research collaboration between the two groups and develop shared training opportunities. The 5 day workshop will consist of two days focused on training and three days on collaborative research opportunities. Delivery of training will be trialled using…
CDCC Workshop Understanding Infectious Disease Modelling 26 June 2017Target audience: The workshop is targeted at a broad range of participants including epidemiologists, clinicians and public health professionals and students. This workshop is an excellent opportunity for students and researchers with an interest in the topic to see a broad range of modelling techniques applied to disease transmission. About the Workshop: This introductory workshop will…
Communicable Diseases Control Conference 26-28 June 2017The Communicable Diseases Control (CDC) Conference 2017, convened by the Communicable Diseases Network Australia, the Public Health Laboratory Network and the Public Health Association of Australia, is to be held in Melbourne from Monday 26 to Wednesday 28 June 2017. In 2017 the Conference theme will be ‘Infectious Diseases: a global challenge’, the theme will…
the 2017 Australasian Tropical Health Conference 9-11 September 20172017 Australasian Tropical Health Conference “Asia-Pacific Collaborations in Tropical Diseases” Commencing: Saturday 9 September from 5:00pm Concluding: Monday 11 September Where: Hilton Cairns, Wharf Street To see the program please visit the page linked here.
PRISM Introduction to Geovisualisation with Infectious Disease Data Workshop 23 November 2016Geovisualisation is a set of tools and techniques for the visual exploration, analysis, synthesis and presentation of geospatial data. Given that infectious disease data often have important spatio-temporal components, geovisualisation can aid research by helping reveal patterns in data that assist with understanding and decision making. This one day workshop will provide an introduction to…
Introduction to Pathogen Phylogenetic Analysis Workshop 21-22 November 2016This workshop will provide an introduction to phylogenetic analyses of infectious pathogens. It will cover basic concepts in phylogenetic analysis and practical sessions using popular software packages and empirical data. The workshop will be run by Dr Sebastián Duchêne and Jane Hawkey from the Centre for Systems Genomics of the University of Melbourne. The workshop…
The International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria and follow-up PRISM workshopPRISM² staff and students will be attending The International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria 2016, 18-22 September in Brisbane. PRISM is organising an additional workshop on the 22nd and 23rd of September titled: Modelling Emerging Infections and Neglected Tropical Diseases This workshop will focus on the particular challenges for epidemiologic modelling of neglected tropical diseases and emerging…
2016 Australasian Tropical Health Conference in BrisbanePRISM² staff and students will be attending the 2016 Australasian Tropical Health Conference in Brisbane Conference theme: Intersection between Chronic and Infectious Disease Dates: 22 –23 September 2016 Location: Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Queensland Leading international researchers will present on the following topics: Epigenetics Innate Immune Imprinting Impact on Vaccination Impact on Chronic Disease…
Understanding Infectious Disease Modelling WorkshopWe invite you to register for our satellite workshop on infectious diseases modelling running with the Population Health Congress 2015. The Gretel Room, Hobart Function and Convention Centre Cost: $300 Registrations and Payments can be made at the folowing link. For further information and workshop program please click here or contact: prism-contact@unimelb.edu.au