Clinic Schedule

Slides are being made available via the DAIDD Google Drive Shared Folder.
Most tutorials and exercises are available through the ICI3D R package. Additional materials are linked from the Resources page.

14:00 Check-in available for all participants
16:00-16:30 Welcome and registration ☺
16:30-17:00 What are we doing here? (Cari) - Slide folder
17:00-17:30 Data, models and science (Larisse) - [Slide folder]
17:30-17:45 Working with the DAIDD Google Drive and RStudio (Lauren)
- Make sure your slides are uploaded for tomorrow’s morning session (Instructions) - 01_pitchSlides!
- Please upload your 1-2 page research proposal to 02_researchInfo. - This is the same document you submitted with your application or an updated version.
17:45-18:30 Dinner
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07:45-08:15 Breakfast
08:30-10:30 Research pitches (Moderator Cari)
10:30-11:00 Coffee
11:00 - 12:30 Simplest model + Reed Frost (Carl) - Slide folder
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:45 Intuitive aspects of dynamics and introduction to model worlds (Larisse)
15:45-16:15 Tea
16:15-16:30 Overview of research plan development and structure (Cari) #RP - Slide folder
16.30-18:00 Writing exercise: Formulating research questions for modeling projects (All faculty)
18:00-18:30 Dinner
- Evening: Draft research questions. Upload to 03_researchQuestion before 10:45 tomorrow.

07:45-08:15 Breakfast
08:30-08:45 Monday recap (Mmamapudi) - recap folder
08:45-10:15 The SIR model family - conceptual framework and introduction to difference and differential equations (Lauren) - Slide folder, Exercise
- Excel spreadsheet in Code folder
10:15-10:45 Coffee
10:45-11:30 Small group session: research questions for modeling projects (All faculty) #RP - Slide folder
11:30-12:30 Dynamical Fever - computer exercise and discussion (Lauren) - Slide folder
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:45 Dynamical Fever (Lauren) - Slide folder
14:45-15:45 Stochastic simulation models (Juliet) - Slide folder
15:45-16:00 Tea
- Before 16:00 Post revised research questions 03_researchQuestion
16:00-16:45 Stochastic simulation models (Juliet)- Slide folder, Code folder
16:45-18:00 Exercise: Creating a model world to address a research question (Juliet) #RP - Slide folder
18:00-18:30 Dinner
- Evening: Draft model diagram to address your research question - Instructions. Upload to 04_modelDiagram before 08:30 tomorrow.

07:45-08:15 Breakfast
08:30-08:40 Tuesday recap (Lauren) - recap folder
08:40-09:30 Faculty research presentation (Mmamapudi) - Research talks folder
09:30-10:30 Modeling in practice: The life cycle of a modeling project, from conception to publication (Zinhle) - Slide folder
10:30-11:00 Coffee
11:00-12:30 Small-group session: matching models to questions (All faculty) #RP
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Impact of contact patterns, consequences of heterogeneity, and modeling options (CarL)
15:30-16:00 Tea
16:00-16:30 Work session #RP - practice diagram, description
16:30-18:00 Writing exercise - description of proposed model and assumptions Larisse #RP
18:00-18:30 Dinner
18:30-19:15 Mid-session feedback (Faikah)
- Evening: Upload updated model diagram to 04_modelDiagram and model description to 05_modelDescription before 16:00 tomorrow.

07:45-08:15 Breakfast
08:30-08:50 Regroup after feedback (Cari)
08:50-09:00 Wednesday recap (Lauren) - recap folder
09:00-10:30 Use of models in public health decision-making (Juliet) - Slide folder
- Related papers: - Projected early spread of COVID-19 in Africa through 1 June 2020 - The role of modelling and analytics in South African COVID-19 planning and budgeting - The National COVID-19 Epi Model (NCEM): Estimating cases, admissions and deaths for the first wave of COVID-19 in South Africa - Increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection associated with emergence of Omicron in South Africa - Statistical power and validity of Ebola vaccine trials in Sierra Leone: a simulation study of trial design and analysis
10:30-11:00 Coffee
11:00-12:30 Models and data: introduction to model fitting (Cari)
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Model fitting tutorial: hivTutorial() (Reshma) - Tutorial notes
- (Tutorial wrapup by Reshma)
15:30-16:00 Tea
16:00-17:00 Exercise: Planning your approach #RP (Juliet) - Planning document
17:00-18:00 Writing exercise & mentored working session (All faculty) #RP
18:00-18:30 Dinner
- Evening: Upload research plan to 06_researchPlan before 11:00 tomorrow.

07:45-08:15 Breakfast
08:15-10:00 Group hike (meet at AIMS front door at 08:15)
10:30-11:00 Coffee
- Group Photo
11:00-11:20 Thursday recap (Cari) - recap folder
11:20-12:30 Mentored working session (All faculty) #RP
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00 Model evaluation and comparison (Juliet) - Slide folder
15:00-15:30 Model-based inference and the bigger picture (Cari) - Slide folder
15:30-16:00 Tea
16:00-18:00 Writing exercise - revise based on feedback and plan for moving forward (including identified resources and potential collaborators) #RP
18:00-18:30 Dinner
- Evening: Upload final research plan to 06_researchPlan and final slide to 07_finalSlide before 08:00 tomorrow.

Clinic on Dynamical Approaches to Infectious Disease Data