Scholarship available: Modelling the ...
“We are seeking strong maths/physics/stats etc. grads to send EOIs through the portal link below – the scholarships are very good by Australian standards: 40K per year + 10K for research/training expenses annually. The project link is here https://www.2025.unsw.edu.au/apply/scientia-phd-scholarships/modelling-genomic-epidemiology-antimicrobial-resistant-gonorrhoea and more information about the Scientia scheme is available herehttps://www.2025.unsw.edu.au/apply/unsw-scientia-phd-scholarships-faqs . EOIs close at 11.59pm on 20 July […]
The effects of demographic change on ...
The demographic structure of populations in both more developed and less developed countries is changing: increases in life expectancy and declining fertility have led to older populations and smaller households. The implications of these demographic changes for the spread and control of infectious diseases are not fully understood. While reasonable over short time frames, for example […]
PhD student in Mathematical Modelling...
The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute is the biggest institution for public health, international health and tropical medicine in Switzerland. The institute with over 700 employees delivers a sustainable contribution with its research, education and services to the improvement of health worldwide. The Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH), within the Swiss […]
Modelling as the Bridge Between Scien...
Modellers from Oxford tropical network (OTN) had their annual meeting on 13th Mar to discuss the roles of modelling as the bridge between science and policy. Over 25 modellers and people who were interested attended the meeting in Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Vietnam (OUCRU), Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Hospital for Tropical Diseases (HTD). There […]
POST DOC in STATISTICS and PATHOGEN P...
Department: Mathematics, Statistics Section Salary: £36,800 – £38,730 per annum plus benefits* Duration: 24 months, starting as soon as possible Closing date: 06 April 2017 How to apply: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/employment NAT00099 Applications are invited from a talented individual with strong quantitative skills to join Dr. Oliver […]
Modeling HIV-HCV coinfection epidemio...
Virlogeux et al. BMC Medicine (2017) 15:217, DOI 10.1186/s12916-017-0979-1 BACKGROUND: HCV treatment uptake has drastically increased in HIV-HCV coinfected patients in France since directacting antiviral (DAA) treatment approval, resulting in HCV cure in 63% of all HIV-HCV patients by the end of 2015. We investigated the impact of scaling-up DAA on HCV prevalence in the […]
Towards malaria elimination in Savann...
Malar J. 2017 Nov 28;16(1):483. doi: 10.1186/s12936-017-2130-3. Tun STT1, von Seidlein L2,3, Pongvongsa T4, Mayxay M3,5,6, Saralamba S2, Kyaw SS2, Chanthavilay P6,7, Celhay O2, Nguyen TD8, Tran TN8, Parker DM9, Boni MF3,8,10, Dondorp AM2,3, White LJ2,3. BACKGROUND: The number of Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases around the world has decreased substantially over the last 15 years, but with the spread of resistance against anti-malarial drugs and insecticides, this decline may not […]
Comparison of type 2 diabetes prevale...
Abdulkareem J. Al-Quwaidhi, Mark S. Pearce, Eugene Sobngwi, Julia A. Critchley, and Martin O’Flaherty Aims To compare the estimates and projections of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) prevalence in Saudi Arabia from a validated Markov model against other modelling estimates, such as those produced by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Diabetes Atlas and the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) project. […]
