• Mathematical Modeling for Public Health Practitioners and Researchers in Liberia

    Mathematical modeling is an approach to representing the dynamics in a population. In public health, we model both population dynamics (such as, social and behavioral processes) and disease dynamics (that is, the epidemiology of the disease).

    1

    Dynamics: Infections and Socio-Demographic Factors

    Learn about population dynamics and how they influence disease spread.

    2

    Basics: Compartmental Models and Assumptions

    Read examples of compartmental models and practice developing your own.

    3

    Extensions: Other Model Structures

    Consider scenarios when the assumptions of compartmental models require extensions. Learn about other modeling approaches.

    4

    Data: Parameterization

    Use data to inform your own modeling exercise. Search for relevant and appropriate information and creatively apply it.

  • Our approach to modeling

    We use people-centered approaches to understand public health problems in Liberia and develop research questions of community-level impact.

    Read more about Participatory Modeling research in Liberia

    We develop ideas from the bottom-up.

  • Fee

    $150USD to be paid at registration via

    Mobile Money, Ecobank transfer, or cash.
     
    * Funds from the course fees are used to hire research assistants for doing quantitative research projects!

    Schedule

    21 hours of classroom sessions + 21 hours lab session

    Cohort 1: July-September 2022,

    Tuesdays & Thursdays, 4-6PM

    Requirements

    Personal laptop with internet capability required! Successful completion of Beginner R course and interest in mathematics.
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