SMHD 2019
Stochastic modelling in Health & Disease
School of Mathematics, University of Leeds
11-13 September 2019
Stochastic modelling in Health & Disease
School of Mathematics, University of Leeds
11-13 September 2019
SMHD 2019 is a 3-day meeting bringing together researchers working on the modelling of Biological systems related to infection and immunity, at the cellular, within-host and population levels, with special focus on stochastic and probabilistic approaches. Talks will cover topics including: developing mathematical and computational models for infection, immunity and disease spread, statistical approaches for informing models from experimental and clinical data, or the development of new methodologies for analysing these systems, including new techniques for the analysis of stochastic processes. The meeting will consist of a number of talks delivered by keynote speakers, as well as contributed talks.
A preliminary schedule of the meeting is below. The meeting is taking place at the School of Mathematics, University of Leeds. Registration will take place 9:00-9.35 at the main entrance of the School of Mathematics. Information on how to reach the School can be found here. The talks will take place at:
| Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.00-9.40 | Registration | Catherine Noakes (University of Leeds) | Kieran Sharkey (University of Liverpool) |
| 9.40-10.20 | Konstantin Blyuss (University of Sussex) | Lulla Opatowski (UVSQ/Institut Pasteur) | Grant Lythe (University of Leeds) |
| 10.20-10.45 | Jake Carson (University of Warwick) | David Sirl (University of Nottingham) | Jonty Carruthers (University of Leeds) |
| 10.45-11.15 | Coffee break | Coffee break | Coffee break |
| 11.15-11.40 | Francesco Di Lauro (University of Sussex) | Marco-Felipe King (University of Leeds) | Martín López-García (University of Leeds) |
| 11.40-12.20 | István Kiss (University of Sussex) | Theodore Kypraios (University of Nottingham) | Farzad Fatehi* (University of York) |
| 12.20-12.45 | Jean-Charles Croix (University of Sussex) | Yi Ming Lai (University of Nottingham) | Alice Corbella* (University of Warwick) |
| 12.45-13.45 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch & End* |
| 13.45-14.10 | Joe Hilton (University of Warwick) | Clement Twumasi (University of Cardiff) | |
| 14.10-14.50 | Thomas House (University of Manchester) | Kit Yates (University of Bath) | |
| 14.50-15.30 | Joshua Ross (University of Adelaide) | Carmen Molina-París (University of Leeds) | |
| 15.30-16.00 | Coffee break | Coffee break | |
| 16.00-16.40 | Ada Yan (Imperial College London) | Gabriela Gomes (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) | |
| 16.40-17.05 | Simon Spencer (University of Warwick) | Renata Retkute (University of Warwick) | |
| 17.05-18.30 | Wine reception |
*11:40-12:05, 12:05-12:30. Lunch & end: 12:30-13:30
A detailed programme can be downloaded here. The list of talks is below.
Stochastic effects in autoimmune dynamics
Konstantin Blyuss (University of Sussex, UK)Bayesian model selection for individual level infectious disease models
Jake Carson (University of Warwick, UK)Inference of disease and network parameters based on mean-field models
Francesco Di Lauro (University of Sussex, UK)Network inference from population-level observation of epidemics
István Kiss (University of Sussex, UK)Non-parametric Bayesian inference for discretely observed diffusions: applications to epidemics
Jean-Charles Croix (University of Sussex, UK)A household-structured approach to endemic infections
Joe Hilton (University of Warwick, UK)Modelling infections in closely connected sub-populations: Scabies in residential care homes
Thomas House (University of Manchester, UK)Epidemic fadeout
Joshua Ross (University of Adelaide, Australia)How can we use the probability of infection upon exposure to better characterise an ongoing immune response within the host?
Ada Yan (Imperial College London, UK)Bayesian inference for multi-strain epidemics with application to Escherichia coli O157:H7 in feedlot cattle
Simon Spencer (University of Warwick, UK)Modelling the influence of airflow on transmission of airborne infection in indoor environments
Catherine Noakes (University of Leeds, UK)Assessing the transmission of antibiotic resistant bacteria on human contact networks
Lulla Opatowski (UVSQ/Institut Pasteur, France)A network epidemic model with preventive rewiring
David Sirl (University of Nottingham, UK)The role of surfaces in the transmission of bioaerosols from source to patient in hospital rooms
Marco-Felipe King (University of Leeds, UK)Modelling, Bayesian inference and model assessment for nosocomial pathogens using whole-genome-sequence data
Theodore Kypraios (University of Nottingham, UK)Complex contagions: a dynamical systems approach
Yi Ming Lai (University of Nottingham, UK)Comparative modelling of parasite population dynamics of two Gyrodactylus species
Clement Twumasi (University of Cardiff, UK)Hybrid frameworks for modelling stochastic biological processes
Kit Yates (University of Bath, UK)IL-7 in naive T cell homeostasis: modelling at the molecular, cellular and population scales
Carmen Molina-París (University of Leeds, UK)The effects of individual non-heritable variation on fitness estimation and coexistence
Gabriela Gomes (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK)Approximate Bayesian Computation for infectious disease modelling: application to the 2004 measles outbreak in Malawi
Renata Retkute (University of Warwick, UK)Capturing the quasi-stationary distribution within a deterministic framework for stochastic SIS dynamics
Kieran Sharkey (University of Liverpool, UK)How many TCR clonotypes does a body maintain?
Grant Lythe (University of Leeds, UK)A novel stochastic multi-scale model of Francisella tularensis infection to predict risk of infection in a laboratory
Jonty Carruthers (University of Leeds, UK)Markovian models for the spread of hospital-acquired infections: detection, outbreak management and infection control
Martín López-García (University of Leeds, UK)Comparative analysis of different treatment options in the context of a stochastic intracellular model of a hepatitis B viral infection
Farzad Fatehi (University of York, UK)Joint inference of severity and transmission of influenza from multiple dependent data sources
Alice Corbella (University of Warwick, UK)The meeting is taking place at the School of Mathematics, University of Leeds. Registration will take place 9:00-9:35 at the main entrance of the School of Mathematics. Information on how to reach the School can be found here. The talks will take place at: