Modeling has become an indispensable scientific tool, at least since the COVID-19 pandemic. MONID, the modeling network for severe infectious diseases, aims, among other things, to promote a better understanding of the field and to build expertise.
When it comes to better assessing risks and developing appropriate protective measures, researchers cannot do without one method: modeling. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, if nothing else, demonstrated just how important modeling is for our healthcare system and public policy. First, to better assess infectious diseases, and second, to be able to monitor them. Against this backdrop, MONID was launched in 2022. In this modeling network for severe infectious diseases, physicists, mathematicians, computer scientists, and statistical methodologists work hand in hand with epidemiologists, virologists, psychologists, sociologists, demographers, and public health experts. In short, MONID focuses precisely on this: pooling scientific, interdisciplinary expertise and strengthening modeling skills among the next generation of scientists.
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