The Centre for Health Economic Research and Modelling Infectious Diseases (VAXINFECTIO), University of Antwerp and the Center for Statistics (I-BioStat), Hasselt University were pleased to organise the 6th SIMID Workshop in Antwerpen from 28 to 29 April 2015. This two-day workshop covered the use of statistical methodology in infectious disease epidemiology and for the prioritisation of interventions.
We organised sessions with methodological as well as applied research, including serological data, vector borne diseases, ebola, as well as dynamics influenced by heterogeneity in transmission, individual behaviour and policy topics such as estimating DALYs and the cost-effectiveness of adult pneumococcal conjugate vaccination. We also organised a poster session.