The maths behind disease transmission

Jan 08, 2019
Prof. Niel Hens gave an interview for the EU Research magazine on the TransMID project and it implications for public health. Within the project, new sophisticated methods are developed to model transmission dynamics of infectious diseases more accurately. Read the full article here or download the pdf.
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SIMID course 2018

Sep 17, 2018
Today starts the 7th SIMID course on "Infectious Disease Modelling and Health Economic Evaluation of Vaccines". (more…)
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SIMID course: 17-21 September 2018

Apr 16, 2018
We are happy to announce the 7th SIMID course on "Infectious Disease Modelling and Health Economic Evaluation of Vaccines" for people who want to expand their modelling toolbox and understanding of cost-effectiveness analysis when it is applied to vaccines. The 5 day course in Antwerp, Belgium, will include many tutorials in…
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Let snoops do their thing…

Feb 06, 2018
Prof. Niel Hens in the newspaper "De Standaard" on the current pitfalls of research funding in Flanders and the need to promote multidisciplinary research. More info on our "in the news" page.
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Epidemiological evaluation of vaccines: efficacy, safety and policy

Jan 04, 2018
Anthony Scott and Stefan Flasche run an intensive 2-week course on The Epidemiological Evaluation of Vaccines at LSHTM.  In 2018, the course will run from 2rd to 13th July. Although there are several courses in vaccinology, few are aimed at advanced epidemiological tools for vaccine evaluation. This course fills that gap, providing an understanding…
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5-day IBM course @ SACEMA (14-18 May 2018)

Jan 01, 2018
We are pleased to announce the third version of the course “Individual-based Modeling in Epidemiology: a Practical Introduction”. Individual-based model, also frequently referred to as agent-based models, are a relatively new class of models suited to gain insight into the population dynamics of complex systems that emerge from the characteristics and interactions of individuals in…
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Health economics research prize “Fernand Nedée” for Philippe Beutels

Dec 19, 2017
The first Belgian health economics research prize “Fernand Nedée” of the Royal Academy was awarded to Philippe Beutels for research on determinants of health care consumption and of quality of life, covering seven journal articles. This research line continues at CHERMID through an FWO project that started in 2017.
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