Program

The courses scheduled for the school are listed below. In addition, there will be practical activities in epidemic situation rooms and laboratory visits.

• Epidemic Preparedness: Mistakes and Successes in the U.S. experience. (Arthur Reingold) 
• Mathematical Models for Epidemic Preparedness. (Neil Ferguson)
• COVID-19 in Brazil: Demographic Consequences. (Marcia Castro)
• Statistical Modeling for Epidemic Preparedness. (Leonardo Bastos) 
• Surveillance Models for Pandemic Preparedness and Response: Back to the Future. (Guilherme Werneck) 
• Real-Time Sequencing and Phylodynamic Analysis of Viral Epidemics. (Nuno Faria) 
• Politics and public policy in epidemic response. (Lorena Barberia) 
• Control of communicable processes in complex humanitarian emergencies. (Pedro Arcos) 
• Organization of the health services network. (Maria Rita Donalísio) 
• Contribution of immunology to epidemic control. (Ana Caetano) 
• Quantitative methods to evaluate public policies in pandemics. (Julia Raifman) 
• Ethical and Legal Aspects in combating epidemics. (Deisy Ventura) 
• Assessing the attack rate and population immunity in real time. (Ester Sabino)
• The Expert Crisis: Democracy and Mediators in Science and Policy. (Tatiana Roque)