359131 event 1419257177 1492118453 <![CDATA[Ebola Modeling Workshop: THURS-FRI, JAN 22-23 at GA Tech (Register before Jan 14th!)]]> MODELING THE SPREAD AND CONTROL OF EBOLA IN WEST AFRICA

A rapid response workshop

January 22-23, 2015         (1/22 8:30AM - 1/23 1:30PM)

Venue: Historic Academy of Medicine @ Georgia Tech

The Ebola epidemic in West Africa has spurred an international response. The scope of this response has been strongly influenced by epidemiological models that predicted a devastating rise in cases without large-scale changes in behavior and intervention. There is increasing agreement that epidemic models have an important role to play in controlling Ebola. But models must also be examined carefully in light of uncertainties and constraints.  This meeting will highlight concepts, challenges, and results arising from the use of models to predict the spread and facilitate the control of Ebola in W. Africa with a focus on the following central themes:

  1. Predicting and interpreting initial outbreak dynamics
  2. Planning and evaluating interventions
  3. Real-time monitoring and surveillance
  4. Modeling as a tool for communication

The meeting will include panel discussions, break-out groups, a poster session, and field-reports from W. Africa.  Confirmed speakers include scientists, public health experts and policy makers. Space is limited, so please register early. A limited number of travel awards will be given, with preference to graduate students, postdocs and participants from developing countries.

Organizers: Joshua Weitz (Chair, Georgia Tech), Rustom Antia (Emory), John Drake (UGA), John Glasser (CDC), Jonathan Dushoff (McMaster), Pinar Keskinocak (Georgia Tech), Lauren Meyers (UT-Austin), Fredrik Vannberg (Georgia Tech)

REGISTER NOW: http://bioinformatics.gatech.edu/ebola-modeling-workshop-registration

$50 - registration on or before January 8, 2015 

$100 - registration between January 9-January 14, 2015 

Registration fee includes access to all events, as well as breakfast, lunch and coffee breaks on both days.  Space is limited - please register early.

Participants who wish to present a poster must register and include a poster abstract before January 8, 2015.  Expedited decisions on poster presentations will be made by January 12, 2015.

 

We are grateful for financial support from the following sources:

This workshop is made possible with additional logistical support from:


]]> Join in a 1.5 day workshop on the modeling of the control and spead of Ebola in West Africa, led by oublic health experts and policy makers from around the country, at the Historic Academy of Medicine at Georgia Tech. Register before Jan 8th for a $50 discount. Registration fee between Jan 8-14th is $100.

]]> Joshua Weitz
Chair, Organizing Committee
Georgia Tech
ebola-modeling-workshop@gatech.edu

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