McGill's Seminar Series in Quantitative Life Sciences and Medicine
Sponsored by CAMBAM, QLS, MiCM and the Ludmer Centre

Title: Cardiovascular benefits and potential side effects of SGLT2 inhibitors, a new class of anti-hyperglyceamic drugs
Speaker: Bryan Grenfell (Princeton University)
When: Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 12-1pm 
Where: Montreal Neurological Institute, deGrandpre Communications Centre

Abstract: As well as their public health importance, immunizing childhood infections such as measles are paradigms for the emergence of oscillatory dynamics in population biology. Here, we show how a relatively simple epidemic clockwork for measles epidemics can lead to a complex zoo of nonlinear epidemic patterns. We then illustrate the impact of partial immunity and evolutionary escape impact dynamics and prospects for control in influenza