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MISMS 3rd Regional
Meeting and Workshop
following
the 3rd European Influenza Conference (Vilamoura - Portugal) |
The objectives of the regional meeting and
workshop are as follows:
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1) To review the
epidemiology of influenza in temperate and tropical climates
and outline the achievements of MISMS through presentations
of influenza mortality models, transmission dynamics research,
genomic studies, and vaccination impact studies. |
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2) To
demonstrate the utility of secondary source data to study
the epidemiology of influenza. |
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3) To work with
current collaborators and establish new collaborations for
bi-national and multinational studies. |
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To communicate findings to the scientific community and policy
makers. |
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To analyze data during a hands-on workshop on methodologies
for influenza studies, including time-series statistical analysis,
vaccine effectiveness, molecular epidemiology and genomics. |
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Tentative
Agenda
Day
I- General Meeting (September 17th,
2008)
Session I. Welcome (2:00-2:25pm)
2:00-2:25 Overview
of MISMS: goals and achievement (Mark A. Miller, MD, Fogarty International
Center, National Institutes of Health, USA)
Session II. Influenza Epidemiology
(2:25-4:30pm)
2:25-2:50
Seasonality of influenza in the Tropics
(Wladimir
J. Alonso,
PhD, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health,
USA and Wyller A. de Mello, PhD Evandro Chagas Institute / WHO/ Ministry of Health, Brazil )
2:50-3:15 The
1918-19 pandemic in Denmark: implications for pandemic preparedness
(Lone Simonsen, PhD, George Washington University, USA)
3:15-3:40
Influenza mortality burden and vaccination policy in Italy (Caterina
Rizzo, MD, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, CNESPS, Infectious
Disease Unit Viale Regina Elena, Italy)
3:40-4:05
Multinational studies of epidemic and pandemic influenza (Cécile
Viboud, PhD, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes
of Health, USA)
4:05-4:30
Coffee break
Session III. Evolutionary
dynamics of human and avian influenza (4:30-5:45pm)
4:30-4:55 An
overview of the evolutionary dynamics of human influenza A (Martha
Nelson, PhD, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Pennsylvania
State University &
Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health,
USA)
4:55-5:20
Influenza antigenic and genetic evolution (Colin Russell, PhD,
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
5:20-5:45
Molecular epidemiology of higlhy pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza
in Africa
(Giovanni Cattoli, DVM, PhD, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale
delle Venezie, FAO/OIE and National Reference Laboratory for
Newcastle Disease and Avian Influenza, Italy)
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Day
II (September 18th, 2008): Introductory Workshop
Session IV. Methodologies,
Techniques and Case studies (9:00 - 11:35)
9:00-9:25
Methodological
issues with Burden of Disease Models (Cecile Viboud, PhD, Fogarty
International Center, National Institutes of Health, and Lone
Simonsen, George Washington University, USA)
9:25-9:50 Some
techniques for time-series analysis of influenza based on vital
statistics (Wladimir Alonso, Fogarty International Center, National
Institutes of Health, USA)
9:50-10:15
Phylogenetics 101 (Martha Nelson, PhD, Fogarty International Center,
National Institutes of Health, USA)
10:00-10:45
Coffee break
10:45-11:10 Seasonal
Influenza Modeling in the US (David Shay, MD, MPH, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, USA)
11:10-11:35
European Monitoring of Excess Mortality for Public Heath Action
(Bernadette Gergonne, Epilife, Sweden)
Day
III (September 19th, 2008): Advanced Workshop
Session V. Modeling
9:00-9:20
A
Comprehensive Influenza Modeling Theory and Its Applications (Steven
Zhou, MSc. MPhil., BSc., British Columbia Institute of Technology,
Canada)
Day
II-IV (September 18th-20th, 2008):
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Workshop |
Workshops
for epidemiologists and virologists led by the US National
Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center
Following
the meeting, a workshop describing the methodology to
evaluate vital statistics, virological, genomic and economic
data to describe influenza disease burden and inform policy
will be held. All are invited to attend the first half
day session which will follow the presentation portion
of the meeting.
The
remaining two and a half days will consist of workshops
designed for epidemiologists/virologists and policy-makers
who are interested in evaluating datasets which may be
brought to the meeting for further analysis. Workshops
will concentrate on methodologies to evaluate time-series
data for regional or national analysis of influenza disease
burden, assessments of control, and evolution of influenza
viruses. Participants will have the opportunity to learn
and apply tools to analyze national datasets and formulate
further collaborations on bi-national and multinational
studies. Please note that participation in the Thursday
PM, Friday and Saturday workshop sessions will be limited.
Participation will be by invitation only and any request
for invitation (via email) should include a description
of available datasets that participants wish to further
analyze.
It
is highly recommended, but not required, that participants
in the workshop bring:
- a laptop with some type of statistical software (SAS
recommended)
- an influenza dataset (vital statistics data, influenza
isolates sequences and/or data, and vaccine coverage)
Individuals
who attend the workshop will have the opportunity to learn
about:
- time series analysis
- spatial / temporal relationships
- influenza genomics tools
- data management issues
- SAS / Stata code - go home with your own programs
- strategies for evaluating vaccine benefits in a country
using mortality data
- and more
The
MISMS protocol is available upon request. Interested individuals
who do not have a laptop, statistical software, and/or
influenza datasets are encouraged to contact Fogarty International
Center to discuss the available options.
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