Amy Hurford

Travel-related case data is needed to model importations. Modelling importations was important for NL during the pandemic, and these travel-related case data, as well as daily travel volumes, need to be easily available to researchers when modelling importations is important. [3/n]

Data describing travel-related cases is not always available. Some importation models are mechanistic and predict importations without any validation. We had travel-related case data for NL available, so we tested how well modelling without travel-related case data available could perform. [2/n]

During the pandemic, non-resident travellers entering the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador were required to complete Travel Declaration Forms. We used these and 3 other travel volume data sources to estimate an 82% decr. in travel royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... [1/n]

The problems in Ch 4.4 of Biocalculus by Stewart and Day.

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ha, ha, well anyway, I am impressed with your 50km+! (or whatever it is: 50 mile? 100k? 100 mile?)

Anyway, By The Numbers is a nice podcast series and thanks for your efforts! 👍

Here is the preprint from the Simulation-Grounded Neural Network part of the talk: arxiv.org/pdf/2507.08977

A great listen. So much knowledge of so many fields, and inspiring career advice too. Thanks Simon.

And who might be interested in writing about this with me?

If you, or some you know, are interested, please email me at my work email, which is on my work website. [n/n]

(and thanks in advance for anyone able to contribute ideas related to this)

As far as I can tell, Australia was similar to Canada with regard to these two properties: (1) decentralized decision-making, and (2) interjurisdictional differences in key quantities (remoteness, economy, popn size, health care capacity etc).

What other countries shared these similarities? [3/n]

I know the Canadian situation during the COVID-19 pandemic quite well: it is interesting due to decentralized decision-making, and interjurisdictional differences in key quantities.

The arguments that we have been furthering would be more compelling with examples that go beyond just Canada. [2/n]

Is SARS-CoV-2 elimination or mitigation best? Regional and disease characteristics determine the recommended strategy | Royal Society Open Science Public health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic varied across the world. Some countries (e.g. mainland China, New Zealand and Taiwan) implemented elimination strategies involving strict travel measur...

I am interested in the regional dependence of best public health strategies, particularly during a pandemic.

Dr. Maria Martignoni led some of our work on this topic here: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

I am looking to find collaborators also interested in writing about this [1/n]