Math often gets a bad rap, but a panel of experts will show how it can be used for unexpected discoveries at Café Mathématique, organized by a 91ɫ expert in disease modelling and mathematical epidemiology and immunology.
Jane Heffernan
Professor , research chair and director of the Centre for Disease Modelling in Ontario, will moderate the Toronto café, “Infectious Disease: The Flu, Math and You.” The event is part of series of six cafés that will be held across Canada over the next 12 months co-organized by Heffernan.
The free event, open to the public, will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 21, from 6 to 8pm, at , 222 College St. in Toronto. Refreshments will be provided.
The following is a list of the panellists:
- Catherine Beauchemin, professor, Physics Department, Ryerson University, and Senior Visiting Scientist, iTHEMS @ RIKEN;
- David Fisman, professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto;
- Seyed Moghadas, associate professor, Mathematics & Statistics, 91ɫ, and director, Pan-InfORM; and,
- Edward Thommes, director, Health Economics and Outcomes Research North America, Sanofi Pasteur, and Adjunct Professor, Mathematics & Statistics, Guelph University.
Register to attend the free café at .
The cafés are funded by the , the at 91ɫ U, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and the province of Ontario.