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Materials for Modeling Club

Modelling Club

Bangladesh 2023

Goal: work in teams for step-by-step modeling practice

Plan: practice COVID-19 model for Bangladesh

• each team creates a model
• every week, focus on next step for model development
• teams present final models

Schedule:

• Sundays, 19:00-21:00
  • 5th February - 19th March (7 weeks)
  • guided meetings: Rachel presents information for modeling, discussion of ideas, shares examples
• Wednesdays, 15:00 - 16:00
  • 8th Febuary - 22nd March (7 weeks)
  • check-in meeting: teams can meet with Rachel for questions or assistance with their model

A more detailed schedule can be found here.

There are three teams.

• Team 1: What is the impact of vaccination on the indirect costs associated with cases, hospitalizations, and deaths?
• Team 2: What is the impact of vaccination on the direct costs associated with cases, hospitalizations, and deaths?
• Team 3: What is the impact of vaccine effectiveness on the number of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths?

Previous Workshops

• 2021 Workshop: Models & R
• 2022 Workshop: Surveillance & R

Materials for Modeling Club

{all recordings}

• Week 1: Introduction, Key Questions, Model Development {slides}
• Week 2: Model Ideas, Teams, and Sources of Information {slides}
• Week 3: Model Structures and Example Code {slides} {code}
• Week 4: Health Economics and Model Quantification {slides} {table}
• Week 5: Discussion of Team 1 Model
• Week 6: Discussion of Team 3 Model, Revision of Team 1 Model, Modeling Vaccination {slide}{code}
• Week 7: Revision of Team 1 Model and Team 2 Model, Running the Model {slide}