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ACCDMi symposium
December 10, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The AARMS CRG for the Atlantic Canada Centre for Disease Ecology Modelling (ACCDMi) will have an online symposium on Wednesday December 10. The symposium will consist of ACCDMi members giving short talks to further the collaborative research of the CRG. Anyone interested in participating can email Dr. Amy Hurford (ahurford@mun.ca) for a link or can attend in-person in room AA-1043 on Memorial University’s St John’s campus. In addition, we invite you to attend Dr. Nicholas Ogden’s keynote talk that will occur as part of this event (details to attend online are below).
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 https://mun.webex.com/mun/j.php?MTID=md7aec2f575725fa3ba235226f9b8af0f meeting number: 2770 711 4813; password: MXrWSzuV484
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.