Centre International de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées

CIMPA-UNESCO-MESR-MICINN-MOROCCO research School

Report by Suzanne Touzeau

Objectives :

This research school aims at providing the basic notions in epidemiology and modelling to students, or researchers, in mathematics and statistics, so that they can apply their knowledge to solve practical problems, that is :
 to understand scientific papers describing experiments or data acquisition in epidemiology, or dealing with mathematics applied to epidemiology ;
 to perform classical data analyses ;
 to model a simple epidemiological problem ;
 to participate in research projects in epidemiology together with biologists.

This school covers classical epidemiology, including risk factor analyses, survival models, case-control studies ; deterministic and stochastic dynamic modelling of disease spread, from SI models to individual-based models ; empirical statistical models ; spatial dispersal models. It provides methodological courses and varied illustrations in human, animal and plant epidemiology. Hence, without pretending to be exhaustive, it offers a relatively comprehensive panorama of the classical epidemiological concepts, as well as of the mathematical and statistical methods and models used in epidemiology.

This school intends to bring something extra to the future young scientists. In a more general and longer-term perspective, by enlarging the community of competent scientists in epidemiology and in the modelling of infectious problems, it should contribute to the consolidation of this field in French-speaking Africa.

Two editions of this school were previously organised :

 EpiCasa07, November 19-30, 2007, Casablanca, Morocco https://colloque2.inra.fr/epicasa07
 EpiCasa09, April 5-16, 2010, Casablanca, Morocco https://colloque.inra.fr/epicasa09

Organizers :

 Khadija Niri (University Hassan II - Aïn Chock, Casablanca, Morocco) khniri@yahoo.fr
 Suzanne Touzeau (INRA, UR341 MIA, Jouy-en-Josas, France) Suzanne.Touzeau@jouy.inra.fr
 Abderrahman Iggidr (INRIA Nancy-Grand Est, MASAIE, Metz, France) Abderrahman.Iggidr@inria.fr

Dates and location :

October 1-12, Casablanca, Morocco

Scientific programme :

The language of the school is French.

 Lecturers (to be confirmed)

1. Julien Arino, University of Manitoba, Canada
2. Fabrice Carrat or Nathanaël Lapidus, University Paris 6 & INSERM, UMR-S 707, Paris, France
3. Joël Chadoeuf, INRA, UR546 BioSP, Avignon, France
4. Abderrahman Iggidr, INRIA Nancy-Grand Est, MASAIE & University PV-Metz, LMAM, Metz, France
5. Pauline Ezanno, INRA & ONIRIS, UMR1300 BioEpAR, Nantes, France
6. Michel Langlais, University Bordeaux 2, IMB UMR CNRS 5251 & INRIA Futurs, projet Anubis, Bordeaux, France
7. Christian Lannou, INRA & AgroParisTech, UMR1290 BIOGER, Pathologie végétale, Grignon, France
8. Khadija Niri, University Hassan II, Faculté des Sciences Aïn Chock, Casablanca, Morocco
9. Gauthier Sallet, INRIA Nancy-Grand Est, MASAIE & University PV-Metz & IRD - UMI UMMISCO, LMAM, Metz, France
10. Suzanne Touzeau, INRA, UR341 MIA, Jouy-en-Josas, France
11. Elisabeta Vergu, INRA, UR341 MIA, Jouy-en-Josas, France

 Courses (to be confirmed)

1. Dynamical systems in epidemiology : modelling and qualitative analysis - G. Sallet, A. Iggidr and/or M. Langlais
2. Disease modelling in metapopulations - J. Arino
3. Effect of delay on epidemiological models - K. Niri
4. Stochastic processes to model the spread of diseases - E. Vergu
5. Clinical epidemiology - N. Lapidus or F. Carrat
6. Statistics and plant epidemiology - J. Chadoeuf

 Illustrations (to be confirmed)

1. Spread of an influenza epidemic in a city network - E. Vergu
2. BVDV spread between bovine herds - P. Ezanno
3. Scrapie spread within a sheep flock - S. Touzeau
4. Management of resistance in plant epidemiology - C. Lannou

Practical sessions, with or without computers, are organised to apply and implement the concepts and methods introduced in the courses and illustrations - various lecturers.

Deadline for registration :

December 31, 2011

Application procedure and Online registration only for applicants not from Morocco.

Applicants from Morocco must contact the local organizer : Khadija Niri khniri@yahoo.fr