The behaviour of populations and the diseases that infect them play a major role in shaping our lives and the world around us. Many of the great challenges that face society today are problems involving populations or disease.

A number of traditional disciplines are needed to understand the complexities of populations and diseases: biology, mathematics, statistics and clinical medicine.

Data gathered from field and laboratory are essential to generate and test hypotheses.

Mathematical models are fundamental in developing understanding of how non-linear processes interact.

The value of data is greatly enhanced by thorough statistical analysis, and a mathematical model without data is often useless.

Our science goes from field to lab to computer, and back; from the theoretical to the applied, and back.

An essential concept is causality: unless we know what the causes are, we can't rationally change anything.

Developing scientifically-based solutions to ecological and epidemiological problems is mostly what we do. Most of the projects we have will impact on the health of animals, humans and their ecosystems.

Schedule of forthcoming group activities

Schedule of forthcoming group activities