Group Leader, Ph.D.
University of Bern
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)
Finkenhubelweg 11
Bern
Switzerland
3012
calthaus@ispm.unibe.ch
Biographical Sketch:
Mathematical modeling of STI transmission and control interventions for chlamydia, gonorrhea and other STIs (published in Journal of Infectious Diseases, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Epidemics and other journals)
- Mathematical modeling of the within-host dynamics of HIV and HCV infections (published in Journal of Virology, PLOS Computational Biology, Molecular Systems Biology and other journals)
- Systems Biology of antibiotic resistance in gonorrhea (combination of microbiological experiments and mathematical modeling)
- Expert in deterministic, stochastic and individual-based modeling techniques; data analysis and parameter inference using state-of-the-art statistical methods with applications in infectious disease epidemiology