ACCDMi symposium
December 10, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Speaker: Dr. Nicholas Ogden, Public Health Agency of Canada
Date: Wednesday December 10, 12-1pm Atlantic time (12.30-1.30pm Newfoundland time).
Location: The talk will be streamed in A1043 at Memorial University and online at [link]
Modelling to support public health decisions
The COVID-19 pandemic served as a catalyst for the development and use of infectious disease modelling to support public health decisions in Canada. In a post-pandemic environment, modelling has now become established as a key public health function. In this talk I will discuss the range of uses and applications for modelling in public health decision-making, as well as considerations of model complexity, realism, uncertainty, communication, and skillset and data needs.