Clinic Schedule

This is an archived version of the schedule from the DAIDD 2025 clinic (December 2025, Muizenberg, South Africa). Some links may not work at this time.

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? (Cari) - Slide folder
• 17:00-17:30 Data, models and science (Larisse)
• 17:30-17:45 Working with the DAIDD Google Drive and RStudio (Lauren)
  • Make sure your slides are uploaded for tomorrow’s morning session - 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

Monday

• 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
• 14:15-15:45 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](//www.ici3d.org/DAIDD/team/vanschalkwyk/)) #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.

Tuesday

• 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.

Wednesday

• 07:45-08:15 Breakfast
• 08:30-08:40 Tuesday recap (Lauren) - recap folder
• 08:40-09:30 Faculty research presentations (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) - Slide folder
• 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

• 18:45-19:30 Mid-session feedback (Faikah)
  • Evening: Upload model description to 05_modelDescription before 16:00 tomorrow.

Thursday

• 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) - Slides
  • Related papers:
• 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() (Cari) - Tutorial notes
  • (Tutorial wrapup by Cari)
• 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 16:00 tomorrow.

Friday

• 07:45-08:15 Breakfast
• 08:30-10:00 Group hike
• 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.

Saturday

• 08:00-08:50 Breakfast
  • Be sure to check out by 08:45
• 08:50-09:00 Friday recap (Mmamapudi) - recap folder
• 09:00-10:00 Discussion of research plans/proposals (Moderator: Lauren) #RP
• 10:00-10:15 Coffee
• 10:15-11:15 Discussion of research plans/proposals (Moderator: Lauren) #RP
• 11:15-11:30 Short break
• 11:30-12:40 Final feedback session (Faikah)
• 12:40-13:00 Closing session (Cari)
• 13:00-14:00 Lunch
  • 14:00 Departure from AIMS-SA