Computational Epidemiology Courses and Certifications

Systems Science and Obesity

205 ratings at Coursera

Apply systems science to the obesity epidemic: build stock-and-flow system dynamics models, examine social networks and neighborhoods, and run agent-based food acquisition models in NetLogo.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Infectious Disease Modeling in Practice

15 ratings at Coursera

Learn how infectious disease transmission models are built and applied: evaluating control strategies, inferring transmission rates from outbreak data, and forecasting future disease burden.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Building and Applying Epidemiological Models: Wolfram U

Build progressively more complex epidemiological models in Wolfram Language, starting from dynamic transmission models and simulating past and present epidemics while varying parameters.

• Wolfram U
• 5 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

The Royal Institution

The Maths of Contagion: Why Things Spread and Why They Stop - With Adam Kucharski

Explore how mathematical models explain the spread and stopping of diseases, fake news, and internet memes.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Understanding Infectious Disease Transmission - Insights and Uncertainty

A look at how quantitative models, contact networks, and statistical inference reveal disease transmission patterns and the uncertainty in those conclusions.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Wolfram

Use of Mathematica in the Development and Rollout of Vaccines

See how mathematical models inform vaccine development decisions and vaccination strategies, with vaccine-preventable diseases illustrating their use in Mathematica.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

EuroPython Conference

How to Stop an Epidemic Using the Atomica Python Tool

Use the Atomica Python tool to simulate a typhoid epidemic and optimize how limited funding is distributed across public health interventions.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Julia Programming Language

Heart Attack Prediction in Cancer Patient Populations

A cohort study asks whether cancer patients who have had a heart attack can be assessed for their risk of a second.

• YouTube
• 10 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Open Data Science

Data Science Against COVID-19 - Nuria Oliver, PhD

See how mobile data analysis and large-scale survey responses informed efforts to understand COVID-19’s spread and effects.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Wolfram

Graphs in the Modern World: Analyzing Infectious Disease Dynamics

Explores how graph-based models, from compartmental models to agent-based simulations, can help analyze infectious disease dynamics.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Toronto Machine Learning Series (TMLS)

Cardiometabolic Disease Trends in Canada - Data Analysis Workshop

A workshop on mapping Canadian cardiometabolic disease patterns through prescription data from millions of patients.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NPTEL-NOC IITM

SIR Model Revisit and SIDARTHE Model - Lecture 4

Revisits the SIR epidemic model and introduces the SIDARTHE model.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

MalariaX: Defeating Malaria from the Genes to the Globe

20 ratings at edX

How can we eradicate malaria? Explore cutting-edge science and technology, and examine policies needed to control and eliminate malaria.

• edX
• 11 weeks, 3-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Epidemics II

Explore the science, prevention and control of epidemics in this free online course. In addition to lectures by leading scientists in this field from HKU, this course will feature a supplementary modu

• edX
• 3 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

How Math Predicts the Coronavirus Curve

<p>See how the power of math modeling can be used to predict the growth and spread of viruses such as COVID-19 to help us better take control of an unknown future.</p>

• The Great Courses Plus
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available