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This course will enable you to:
- Understand the key concepts of infectious -disease transmission
and control - and the differences with non-infectious diseases -
taught by people who apply those concepts every day.
- Learn how modelling informs policy-making, from case-studies presented
by the individuals who advise public health professionals and governments,
nationally and internationally.
- Learn about developments at the cutting edge, taught by leaders
of the field.
- Read modelling papers to critically-evaluate and interpret their
findings.
- Understand how different control measures (e.g. vaccination, treatment,
isolation, quarantine, travel restrictions) will be effective - or
ineffective - for different diseases.
- Explore models of different types of infectious disease, including
TB, SARS, HIV, and vector-borne diseases.
- Design and use simple but powerful models, using Excel or Berkeley
Madonna (licence included in the course fee).
- Collaborate effectively with mathematical modellers.
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