The joint MONID Summer Schools are a central activity for the education of young scientists. The first summer school, which took place from 12-16 September 2022 in Halle (Saale), focused in particular on the fundamentals of mathematical modelling of infectious diseases and strengthened the networking of the seventeen participating doctoral students from various disciplines (e.g. mathematics, physics, epidemiology, psychology, economics).
The topics covered epidemiological fundamentals, model types, optimisation/calibration, implementation of interventions, health economic evaluations and visualisation and communication of model results. The Summer School 2022 was divided into units with lectures and practical hands-on sessions in which participants developed their own programme codes. National and international experts were invited for the presentations, e.g. from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford and Hasselt University.
A summer school on the interaction of the pandemic and infodemic is planned for August 2023 in Lübeck.