Clinic Schedule

The schedule below is preliminary and subject to change Materials linked from this page are also subject to change and should not be considered final until the conclusion of the relevant session.

• Slides are being made available via the DAIDD Dropbox Folder. They will also be added to the ICI3D Figshare Collection.

• Most tutorials and exercises are available through the ICI3D R package. Additional materials are linked from the Resources page.

Sunday

• 14:00 Check-in available for all participants
• 16:00-16:30 Welcome and registration ☺
• 16:30-17:00 What are we doing here? (John Hargrove) - Slide folder
• 17:00-17:30 Data, models and science (Jonathan Dushoff)
• 17:30-17:45 Working with the DAIDD Dropbox Folders and RStudio
  • Make sure your slides are uploaded for tomorrow’s morning session!
• 17:45-18:30 Ice breakers (Masimba Paradza)
  • Prep for round-robin introductions.

Monday

• 8:30-10:30 Research pitches (Moderator: John Hargrove)
  • Order of introductions
• 10:30-11:00 Morning break
• 11:00 - 12:30 Intuitive aspects of dynamics and introduction to model worlds (Alex Welte) - Slide folder
• 12:30-14:00 Lunch break
  • Introduction to Mont Fleur
• 14:15-14:45 Overview of research plan development and structure (Jonathan Dushoff) #RP - Slide folder
• 14:45-15:40 Small group session: research questions for modeling projects (All faculty) #RP

• 15:40-16:00 Afternoon break

• 16:00-17:30 Dynamical Fever - computer exercise and discussion (Reshma Kassanjee) - Slide folder
• 17:30-18:00 Dynamical Fever - model description, modeling terminology, and the DAIDD glossary (Jonathan Dushoff) - Download the taxonomy

• 18:00 Welcome reception

• Evening Draft research questions [Task 3p]

Tuesday

• 8:45-9:00 Monday recap (Reshma Kassanjee) - DAIDD roadmap - recap folder
• 9:00-10:30 The SIR model family - conceptual framework and introduction to difference and differential equations (Cari van Schalkwyk and John Hargrove) - Slide folder, Exercise
  • Excel spreadsheet in Code folder

• 10:30-11:00 Morning break

• 11:00-11:45 Writing exercise: formulating research questions for modeling projects (Cari van Schalkwyk) #RP - Slide folder

• 11:45-12:30 Simple individual-based models (Jonathan Dushoff) - Slide folder, Source for slides

• 12:30-14:00 Lunch break

• 14:00-15:00 Simple individual-based models (continued) - Google sheet
• 15:00-16:00 Modeling in practice: The life cycle of a modeling project, from conception to publication (John Hargrove) - Slide folder
• 16:00-16:30 Afternoon break
  • Before 16:30 Post revised research questions [Task 3]
• 16:30-18:00 Exercise: Creating a model world to address a research question Alex Welte #RP - Slide folder
• 20:00-21:00 Working session

Wednesday

• 8:30-8:40 Tuesday recap (Cari van Schalkwyk) - recap folder

• 8:40-9:00 Faculty research presentations (Cari van Schalkwyk) - Research talks folder

• 9:00-10:30 Stochastic simulation models (Reshma Kassanjee)- Slide folder, Code folder

• 10:30-11:00 Morning break

• 11:00-12:30 Small-group session: matching models to questions (All faculty) #RP - Group assignments

• 12:30-14:00 Lunch break

• 14:00-15:30 Impact of contact patterns, consequences of heterogeneity, and modeling options (Jonathan Dushoff) - Slide folder

• 15:30-16:00 Afternoon break

• 16:00-16:30 Work session #RP - practice diagram, description

• 16:30-18:00 Writing exercise - description of proposed model and assumptions (Alex Welte) #RP - Group assignments

• 20:00-21:00 Mid-session feedback (Masimba Paradza)

Thursday

• 8:30-8:50 Regroup after feedback (John Hargrove)
• 8:50-9:00 Wednesday recap (Alex Welte) - recap folder
• 9:00-10:30 Use of models in public health decision-making: Dengue vaccination roll-out (Carl Pearson) - Slides
  • Related papers: Flasche et al. 2016, Hladish et al. 2016

• 10:30-11:00 Morning break

• 11:00-12:30 Models and data: introduction to model fitting (Cari van Schalkwyk)

• 12:30-14:00 Lunch break

• 14:00-15:30 Model fitting tutorial (John Hargrove) - Tutorial notes
  • (Tutorial wrapup by Jonathan Dushoff) - Boxcar Model Slides

• 15:30-16:00 Afternoon break

• 16:00-17:00 Exercise: Planning your approach #RP - Planning document

• 17:00-18:00 Writing exercise & mentored working session (All faculty) #RP
• 20:00-21:00 Social activity (Game night)

Friday

• 8:30-10:00 Group hike

• 10:30-11:00 Morning break
  • Group Photo;
• By 11 Post model description [Task 5]; Revise model diagram [Task 4f] if desired in time for working session
  • See instructions
• 11:00-11:20 Thursday recap (Jonathan Dushoff)
• 11:20-12:30 Mentored working session (All faculty) #RP Group assignments

• 12:30-14:00 Lunch break

• 14:00-15:00 Model evaluation and comparison (Jonathan Dushoff) - Slide folder
• 15:00-15:30 Model-based inference and the bigger picture (Carl Pearson) - Slide folder

• 15:30-16:00 Afternoon break

• 16:00-18:00 Writing exercise - revise based on feedback and plan for moving forward (including identified resources and potential collaborators) #RP - instructions

• Evening Post final research plan [Task 7]

Saturday

• Be sure to submit your final research plan before Breakfast
• 8:00-8:50 Breakfast
• Be sure to check out by 8:45
• 8:50-9:00 Friday recap (John Hargrove)-
  • Suppressed this year to give more time to participants; also, Dushoff illness
• 9:00-10:00 Discussion of research plans/proposals (Moderator: Cari van Schalkwyk) #RP
  • Proposal order

• 10:00-10:15 Short break

• 10:15-11:15 Discussion of research plans/proposals (Moderator: Cari van Schalkwyk) #RP
  • Proposal order

• 11:15-11:30 Short break

• 11:30-12:40 Final feedback session (Masimba Paradza)
• 12:40-13:00 Closing session (John Hargrove)
• Lunch
• 14:00 Departure from Mont Fleur ☹