Professor guides students through disease modeling
March 12, 2021
Andreas Handel’s approach makes complicated concepts easier to understand
When it comes to preventing the spread of infectious disease, for Andreas Handel, it’s all in the model.
Infectious disease models help scientists understand and predict how diseases spread, whether it’s from person to person, among animal populations, from animals to people, or from the environment to animals or people.
“The idea is that you need to let these things interact, understand that the virus or bacteria that cause the disease are part of an environmental system, which includes people and animals,” said Handel.