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What you'll learn

Distinguish between stochastic and deterministic models, explain when either are appropriate, and perform simple simulations of a stochastic model

Identify where it is important to incorporate population structure in a model and design and simulate a transmission model capturing such structure

Evaluate the assumptions behind the Ross MacDonald model, and code such a model using R to simulate the dynamics of a vector-borne disease

Critically evaluate a modelling study and communicate its strengths and weaknesses to a scientifically literate audience

Skills you'll gain

Simulations

Public Health

R Programming

Infectious Diseases

Statistical Modeling

Epidemiology

Mathematical Modeling

There are 4 modules in this course

Even if you are not designing and simulating mathematical models in future, it is important to be able to critically assess a model so as to appreciate its strengths and weaknesses, and identify how it could be improved. One way of gaining this skill is to conduct a critical peer review of a modelling study as a reviewer, which is an opportunity you'll get by taking this course.

Building on the SIR model: Heterogeneity

Building on the SIR model: Vector-borne Diseases

Assignment: Modelling Study Critique