NEWS FROM THE NETWORK
The 2nd annual Conference of the Modeling Network for Severe Infectious Diseases (MONID) visits the Leopoldina
The German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina, hosted the “2nd National Conference on Infectious Disease Modeling”, which brought together over 150 national and international experts in Halle (Saale) to further strengthen and expand modeling expertise in the fight against infectious diseases in Germany and beyond. The BMBF-funded Modeling Network for Severe Infectious Diseases (MONID) reflects with gratification on three days of exciting panel discussions, intensive talks and presentations by talented (young) modellers. From Wednesday, 13.03.2024
MONID welcomes extension of German Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO) expertise to modelling – 2 MONID scientists in newly appointed STIKO
The German Federal Ministry of Health (BMG), in consultation with the highest health authorities of the German federal states, has reappointed the members of the Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO) for a three-year term of office. The 19 experts include two scientists from the Modelling Network for Severe Infectious Diseases (MONID): Board member Dr Berit Lange and Professor Dr Stefan Flasche, member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the MONID network “OptimAgent”. Lange is Deputy
Announcement – Short course “Infectious Disease Epidemiology” in Münster in March 2024
When? 04-08 March 2024, Monday 12 noon to Friday 12 noon Where? Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Münster Who? The course is designed for undergraduate students as well as postgraduate students with a background in medicine, biology, biostatistics, or epidemiology and an interest in infectious diseases. Course fee? The course is free of charge (first come first served basis). Content description: Infectious diseases remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.
Developing a Young MONID initiative
In December 2023, the RESPINOW Consortium held its second meeting in Braunschweig, during which the project’s outcomes were presented. As part of this meeting, we organized a workshop on the development of a young MONID initiative. MONID is a newly established modeling network for severe infectious diseases that has evolved from the COVID-19 pandemic. Our considerations focused on making MONID sustainable and innovative, while at the same time promoting young talent and expanding training capacities. We
3. Statement of the Modeling Network for Severe Infectious Diseases (MONID)
The Modeling Network for Severe Infectious Diseases (MONID) has published a statement on the burden of SARS-CoV-2 infections on the population and the healthcare system in winter 2023/24 and estimates of the burden of other respiratory infections. The statement is based on the results of the 3rd round of joint scenario modeling by MONID. For this purpose, four scenarios were developed in which different assumptions were made about immunity in the population, hospitalization risks due
European Championship with side effects – Insight into the research conducted by infoXpand
The epidemiological baseline situation in a country determines how much the infection figures increase as a result of a major event such as a European soccer championship The impact of the European Soccer (Football) Championship 2020 on the incidence of the Corona pandemic differed a lot among the participating countries. The extent to which the numbers of infections and deaths from COVID-19 increased depended primarily on the initial situation. This was determined by physicists in