Introduction to Infectious Disease Epidemiology – Principles, Dynamics and Control Measures

COURSE OVERVIEW

This 3-day virtual course provides an introduction to infectious disease epidemiology including key principles of infectious diseases, transmission dynamics, and control measures. The course will cover the key principles of infectious diseases, how and why they differ from non-communicable diseases, which determinants are relevant and impact the burden of disease. In addition, we will give an overview on surveillance, outbreak investigation, and discuss public health control measures. Furthermore, vaccination study design, analytic methods with causal inference, regulation, safety and efficacy will be covered. The course will also introduce the principles of infectious disease modelling and outbreak simulation.

The course will be interactive and practical, with a mixture of lectures, hands-on exercises and interactive discussions.

Topics covered in this course:

• Key principles of Infectious diseases & transmission dynamics & determinants 
• Surveillance and outbreak investigation 
• Vaccinology with study designs and target trial emulation 
• Infectious disease modelling

The course is created for:

• Medical, master and doctoral students
• Suitable for anyone with an interest in infectious diseases
• Junior and senior researchers in medicine and health & life sciences

Course Pre-requisites:

This is an introductory course, there are no pre-requisites. However, basic knowledge in epidemiology may be of advantage.
Course language is English.