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| ID | 516 |
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| First Name | Carlos |
| Last Name | Castillo-Chavez |
| Institution | Arizona State University |
| Speaker Category | invited |
| Title of Talk | Epidemiology: Role of dynamic individual decisions during ongoing epidemic outbreaks |
| Abstract | The lecture begins with a historical review of epidemic models and the concept of tipping point. We then revisit phenomenologically inspired modeling frameworks that account for the impact that single disease outbreaks have on the decisions that individuals make in response to real or perceived risk of infection. Finally, a behavioral framework where individual decisions are modeled as a function of tradeoffs made in response to self-assessed costs tied to present or future risks of infection, including those resulting from potential loss of benefits due to risk aversion decisions is introduced and implemented on a simplified population-level epidemic model. The impact of these decisions is illustrated in the context of a single influenza outbreak. |
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| Suitable for undergraduates? | Y |
| Day Preference | none |
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| Bringing a laptop? | |
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| Date Submitted | 09/22/2018 |
| Year | 2018 |