Mike Tildesley is a Professor of Infectious Disease Modelling in the School of Life Sciences and the Mathematica Institute at the University of Warwick and a member of SBIDER. His research focuses upon the development of models of infectious diseases and their utility as predictive tools.
With bird flu spreading through cattle herds in the US and infecting humans, the diseases poses a severe threat to wild life, poultry and also people. What can mathematical modelling do to help?
There have been accusations that the modelling projecting the course of the pandemic was too pessimistic. Are they justified?
Can you capture people's behaviour in epidemiological models?
What can last year's experiences tell us about the coming academic year?
What do you actually do when you are modelling the COVID-19 pandemic? Find out with epidemiologist Mike Tildesley in our new podcast series.
Modelling shows that old and vulnerable people should be prioritised.
