PIMS Lunchbox Lecture: Krisztina Vasarhelyi

Public health program managers and policy makers are regularly faced with complex decisions that affect the health and well-being of the public. Mathematical models and operations research tools can be used to consider diverse interacting factors, such as the epidemiology and clinical aspects of a condition, delivery methods of health services, and constraints on budget and resources. Creating reliable, data-driven models that are tractable and useful for informing policy decisions requires close collaboration of stakeholders and mathematicians.

This presentation will describe a health systems modeling project to inform the delivery of HIV health services in Vancouver, which illustrates the promise, challenges and rewards of cross-sector collaborations and offers possible avenues for the expanded use of modeling in public policy.