PIMS lectures
Title: Real time modelling of the COVID-19 epidemic - perspectives from British Columbia
Speaker: Caroline Colijn and Daniel Coombs
Date and time:
14 May 2020,
1:00pm -
2:00pm
Location: video lecture
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bcCOVID-19 group Lecture:
Real time modelling of the COVID-19 epidemic -
perspectives from British Columbia
May 14, 2020 01:00 PM in Vancouver
Register at : https://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/200514-pbglrtmcepbc
The COVID-19 global pandemic has led to unprecedented public interest in mathematical modelling as a tool to understand the dynamics of disease spread and predict the impact of public health interventions.
In this pair of talks, we will describe how mathematical models are being used, with particular reference to the British Columbia epidemic.
In the first talk, Prof. Caroline Colijn (Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Simon Fraser University) will outline the key features of the British Columbia data and focus on how modelling has allowed us to estimate the effectiveness of the provincial response.
In the second talk, Prof. Daniel Coombs (Dept. of Mathematics and Inst. of Applied Mathematics, University of British Columbia) will describe forward-looking modelling approaches that can provide some guidance as the province moves towards partial de-escalation of measures.
Each talk will be 30 mins in length and followed by a question and discussion period.
