Infectious Disease Modelling
A blog highlighting my current and past projects as a researcher, the topics I have worked on and the occasional blog post.
I am Boris Schmid.
My background is in theoretical biology, and I have specialized in the analysis and modelling of the evolution, epidemiology and ecology of infectious diseases. At Wageningen University, I work on diseases that move between wildlife, livestock and humans.
Current Projects
IMBIT Pandemic Preparedness
Intervention Modelling & Bayesian Inference of Transmission routes (2024-2026). IMBIT is a recently awarded ZonMW grant, in which three groups of modellers (at WUR, RIVM and UTwente) are developing disease simulation models and an Bayesian inference model to discover the source of new outbreaks Here…