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Welcome to the September 2024 newsletter! |
Please contact info@ammnet.org if you would like to contribute any items to next month’s newsletter. |
Register for the next AMMnet Monthly Seminar | October 8, 15 hr UTC
Mathematical Modelling in Drug Development: A Medicines for Malaria Venture Perspective
Speaker: Sam Jones
Sam Jones (Manager, PKPD modelling) works for Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) in Geneva, Switzerland. MMV is a product development partnership, Swiss foundation and US charity with the mission of reducing the burden of malaria in disease-endemic countries by discovering, developing and facilitating the delivery of new, effective and affordable antimalarial drugs. Working for MMV, Sam uses mathematical modelling – in particular pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (models) to design and analyze non-clinical and clinical studies in order to predict and describe the effect of anti-malarial compounds and support their development through the research pipeline.
Real-time interpretation to French and Portuguese will be available. |
AMMnet Hackathon Series: Save the Date, October 21!
AMMnet's Hackathon Task Force is planning the next event for October 21, 12:00-14:00 UTC. Look for registration details and more information coming soon to your email inbox. |
Subscribe to our AMMnet YouTube channel and follow us!
Subscribe to the AMMnet YouTube channel and you will have access to the latest seminar, webinar and special event recordings. |
Call for AMMnet Seminar Speakers and Meet-the-Modelers
Are you interested in speaking at the monthly seminar series? Seminar speakers have the following options:
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- 30-minute presentation about your work as a guest speaker
- 10- minute talk during a shared session with other AMMnet members
- 2-minute lightning introduction at a start of a seminar as a Meet-the Modeler
Send us an email at info@ammnet.org and let us know which type of presentation you would like to do along with your topic and AMMnet secretariat and the Connecting Committee will work with you to identify a seminar date that works best for you. |
Social Media Posting Request Form
Share your AMMnet event or other malaria modeling topics on AMMnet's social media channels
Complete the form here to submit your request and we'll post on our social media channels (Facebook, X, Linkedin).
Pour utiliser le formulaire de médias sociaux en français, veuillez cliquer ici.
Para utilizar o formulário português para as redes sociais, clique aqui. |
Join the AMMnet Slack Workspace
Join the AMMnet Slack Workspace and connect directly with members, get announcements, including job, funding, collaborative opportunities and information about upcoming events. |
Jobs and Grant Opportunities |
Senior Scientific Assistant
The Biostatistics Unit at Swiss TPH is looking for a Senior Scientific Assistant
The position includes contributing to different projects that involve modelling of spatio-temporal, health and environmental data. |
Prevention Effectiveness Fellowship
The PE Fellowship is recruiting approximately 10 modeling fellows in 2025.
CDC's Steven M. Teutsch Prevention Effectiveness (PE) Fellowship is a two-year post-doctoral research fellowship focusing on the application of mathematical modeling, forecasting, advanced analytics in public health, health economics, decision science, and disease modeling.
Applicants must hold a doctoral degree in a mathematical or analytical field such as mathematical modeling, operations research, ecology, quantitative epidemiology, or other applied science field.
Fellows are matched with CDC programs and focus on work related to disease transmission, individual, compartmental, and agent-based, spatial, network, simulation, system dynamics, or econometric models. Training will be provided in decision analysis, disease transmission modeling, advanced econometrics, machine learning and big data analysis, data visualization, and key software applications such as R, Julia, Python, etc.
All doctoral degree requirements must be completed by 7/18/2025. The starting annual salary is approximately $98,000 plus Federal benefits. The fellowship begins on 8/11/2025 with an intensive orientation and training program.
The application period is open September 3, 2024 through January 3, 2025. |
Workshops and Conferences |
2024 IDM Annual Symposium
Global public health in a chaotic world: The role of modeling & data science
The 2024 IDM Annual Symposium will be held October 1 and 2, 2024 in Seattle at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Conference Center. The symposium will be a hybrid event, supporting both in-person and virtual attendance. |
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The 2024 Future of Malaria Research Symposium will be held in Baltimore, USA, on Friday, November 8, 2024. The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute (JHMRI) and the University of Maryland Baltimore Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health’s Malaria Research Program will host the symposium at the University of Maryland Baltimore SMC Campus Center.
The complimentary hybrid symposium precedes the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene annual meeting. Organized by students and postdocs, this symposium aims to provide a platform for early-career scientists to share their research with peers, emerging leaders, and established investigators. In-person and virtual participation from researchers of all career levels is encouraged!
Abstract deadline is Sunday, October 6.
Apply to present a Poster and Oral Talk (in-person only), or Lightning talk (in-person or pre-recorded). |
Women in Malaria 2nd Annual Conference | 19-20 March, 2025 | Innovate to End Malaria
The Women in Malaria Conference is a virtual conference that highlights the outstanding contributions of women and non-binary scientists in the field of malaria. The conference aims to showcase the most exciting work from researchers at all stages of their scientific careers and from all geographic regions. In addition to the diverse program of speakers, the conference will also include a mentorship workshop and WiM general assembly.
Conference registration will open soon and will be announced by email, Slack, Twitter/X, Instagram and LinkedIn.
We invite abstract submissions from women and non-binary researchers for both talks and posters on any topic of malaria research.
The deadline for submission is October 31st @23:59 CET.
The 2nd WiM Conference also invites the submission of symposia proposals. These symposia aim to create a platform for in-depth discussions on new and emerging topics or innovative applications of established methods. Alternatively, a symposium centred on a topic relevant to the careers of women in malaria research may be proposed. Each symposium will last 1.5 hours and should feature either talks, a panel discussion, or a mixture of the two by women and non-binary researchers from diverse career stages and geographical backgrounds.
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Subgroups, Working Groups, and Regional Activities |
Join the AMMnet Local Chapter Discussion Group
The Best Practices for Starting a Local Chapter Task Force has launched a discussion group for those in the process of starting a local chapter. This is a forum where local chapter leads can share experiences, knowledge and ideas.
Join the discussion by sending an email to info@ammnet.org and request an invitation. The group meets every other month.
Next meeting: October 15, 2024, 12:30 GMT |
Guidelines for Establishing an AMMnet Local Chapter
AMMnet’s Local Chapters bring together modelers, analysts, scientists, public health professionals, partner institutions and civil society, to work together locally to adopt common approaches to improve the use of modeling and analytics for controlling and eliminating malaria whilst reflecting the mission of Global AMMnet.
Establishing a local AMMnet chapter is a three-step process:
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- Pre-registration with global AMMnet
- A completed Local Chapter Establishment Application Form
- AMMnet Board approval with guidance from the Local Chapter Review Task Force
If you are an AMMnet member and you are interested in establishing a local chapter, please refer the information and guidelines found at the link below.
If you have any questions, considerations or suggestions for establishing local AMMnet chapters, please send us an email at info@ammnet.org. |
Seminar Recap and Recordings |
AMMnet Seminar Series: 2024 September 3 | Nigeria Malaria Modelling Fellowship
Speakers: Chijioke Kaduru, Nwadiuto Ojielo and Olasinde Ayodeji
The September 3rd seminar had 3 speakers: Dr. Chijioke Kaduru and his fellows Dr. Nwadiuto Ojielo and Dr. Abdulazeez Olasinde. Dr. Kaduru is a Principal Investigator for the Nigeria Malaria Modelling Fellowship (MMF). He elaborated the fellowship as a capacity-building program aiming at increasing the number of doctoral and post-doctoral trained mathematical modelers and increasing the capacity of the National Malaria Elimination Program on modeling approaches. Dr. Kaduru insisted on good collaboration with different faculty members, institutions, and WHO members within the country while having a gender-balanced recruitment rate for the fellowship. Lessons learned from the program and successes were shared.
Dr. Ojielo presented on Modelling the Effects and Cost-Effectiveness of IRS vs NextGen LLIN vs Standard LLIN in High-Risk Malaria Transmission Areas in Nigeria (Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara). During the presentation, Dr. Ojielo indicated the impact of IRS, Next-gen nets and standard nets on the total cases and distribution of their effectiveness. The cost-effectiveness of these interventions were presented, with the recommendation of the IRS to be used in targeted areas with the highest transmission rates where rapid reduction of malaria transmission is a priority. Next-gen LLINs offer a balance between cost and efficiency and should be adopted in the Kano state.
Dr. Abdulazeez presented on Modelling the Effects of Perennial Malaria Chemoprevention on Malaria Risk in Oyo and Rivers States in Nigeria. Using compartmental modeling, Dr Abdulazeez simulated the dynamics of malaria transmission among children, adults and mosquitoes. With the conclusion of PMC having an effect on the population of infected children, increasing the coverage of PMC will result in the reduction of malaria transmission among children.
You may find a recording of the seminar on our website or YouTube along with recordings from other past special events and seminars.
Recordings in French, English and Portuguese are available. |
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