Members of the SIMID team are excited to announce their participation in the upcoming Epidemics9 conference, to be held in Bologna from November 29th to December 1st. We are looking forward to engaging with experts from around the globe and sharing insights on the latest developments in the field. You can find our contributions here... (more…)

The SIMID  consortium is seeking highly motivated and skilled researchers to join our team at the University of Antwerp (CHERMID). We value diversity and recognize the strength that a multidisciplinary approach brings to our research endeavors. By becoming a member of our team, you will have the invaluable opportunity to collaborate with leading experts in the fields of health economics, epidemiology, and infectious disease modeling. Join us and make a significant contribution to the exciting and rapidly evolving field of health economics by working on a PhD thesis focused on Covid-19 and pandemic preparedness.  More information: PhD candidate in Health Economics with a focus on evaluating Covid-19 response in Europe | (www.uantwerpen.be) PhD candidate in Health Economics with a focus on policy making on Covid-19 vaccination. | (www.uantwerpen.be) Deadline: July…

Graag reageren we vanuit het SIMID consortium op de opmerkingen die verschenen op Twitter eind februari 2023 in verband met de COVID-19 modellen die wij ontwikkeld en toegepast hebben. Hiermee willen we enkele zaken verduidelijken en rechtzetten. Vanuit een wetenschappelijke invalshoek met peer review vatten we dit aan als woord en wederwoord. (more…)

The SIMID consortium prepared a new technical note (v2022-08-31) containing the estimates of a stochastic dynamic transmission model using observational data up to August 23rd, 2022. (more…)

We published technical notes on our latest results regarding the short-term prediction modelling of hospital and ICU admissions, and scenario analyses based on dynamic transmission modelling. (more…)

The SIMID COVID-19 modelling team encompasses researchers from Hasselt University (CenStat, DSI) and the University of Antwerp (CHERMID, Vaxinfectio). Please find more info on the DSI website.    

Niel Hens gave a nice interview on television on our current work: https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2020/04/05/biostatistiek-coronavirus-niel-hens/

Given the pandemic outbreak of COVID-19, we are are intensively modelling how intervention strategies can fight the spread of the virus using our VSC supercomputers, in collaboration with Researchers Sorbonne Université. See our movie!   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0PZukXy8qU&feature=youtu.be