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 The objectives of the regional meetings and workshops are as follows:

  1) To review the epidemiology of influenza in temperate and tropical climates and outline the achievements of MISMS through presentations of the analysis of epidemiological and genomic data to elucidate the burden of disease due to influenza, its transmission dynamics and vaccination impact studies. We will also review methodologies to conduct research on the molecular epidemiology of influenza.
 
  2) To demonstrate the utility of secondary source data to study the epidemiology of influenza.
 
  3) To work with current collaborators and establish new collaborations for bi-national and multinational studies.
 
  4) To communicate findings to the scientific community and policy makers to aid in their decisions regarding the control of influenza.
 
  5) To analyze data during a hands-on workshop on methodologies for influenza studies, including dissemination and instruction of analytical tools to conduct time-series statistical analysis, vaccine effectiveness, molecular epidemiology and genomic studies.
 
   
Target audience

  Virologists conducting influenza and other respiratory disease research interested in doing phylogenetic analyses and molecular epidemiology. Public health officials, epidemiologists and bio-statisticians also have forums to discuss reports of influenza disease burden in populations similar to their own, as well as the opportunity to review and analyze their own data.
   
Length of the Meeting

  The meetings usually last 3-5 days. They begin with 1-2 days of oral presentations of international influenza research conducted by MISMS collaborators, as well as local research and surveillance efforts from attendees. These presentations are followed with a 2-3 days hands-on workshop led by the MISMS scientific staff to train virologists and epidemiologists in the analysis of influenza epidemiologic and genomic data.
   
Workshop

 

Workshop participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops and data for analysis. The Workshop concentratse on phylogenetic analysis of influenza sequence data and methodologies to evaluate time-series data for regional or national analysis of influenza disease burden. Participants will have the opportunity to learn and apply tools to analyze national datasets and formulate further collaborations on bi-national and multinational studies.

Softwares created by the MISMS team are distributed freely to Workshop participants prior to the meeting
   

 

 
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