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My PhD Title: Development of a Multi Sexually Transmitted Infections Modelling Software
Supervisor: Rachael Hunter, John Saunders, Greta Rait
Lay summary: Disease models are facilities which can be used to predict the possible development of a disease. To run these models, they need input. This input can be on:
· How common a disease is,
· How many people get infected in a certain time span,
· How much costs causes the disease and
· How does the quality of life of an infected persons change.
With these inputs disease models are able to predict the costs and health effect a health intervention might have. Decision makers in medicine might use disease models as supporting tools in their all-day working life.
Sexual transmitted infections (STI) heavily influence the sexual health and general health of an individual. It is important to figure out which interventions could prevent the spreading of STIs to increase the overall health level of a population.
I develop a model, which will be able to simulate many common STIs and regard interactions in-between those. To make this model accessible also develop a user-friendly interface which will hide the complexity of the model from the user. Therefore, people who are interested in disease modelling, but have limited IT skills on the other hand, will not be excluded any more.
My Background I studied medical informatics for my Bachelor's (2011-2014) and Master's (2014-2016) degree at the University of Heidelberg in cooperation Heilbronn University. During my Master's studies I developed an interest in health economics and disease modelling, which resulted in me becoming a member of a health economics modelling Team at the Heilbronn University. In this team we developed Markov type disease models for diabetes.
Searching for projects on disease modelling for my Master's thesis graduation project I contacted the Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health at University College London. They offered me a placement for six months to develop a chlamydia disease model. Being fascinated by disease modelling for STIs I successfully applied for a PhD studentship at the NIHR School for Primary Care Research.
I commenced my PhD at the UCL in October 2016.
Publications
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28679929
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27350481
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26152957
http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/mibe/2017-13/mibe000173.shtml
plus protocol of my systematic review as soon as publishing fee is transferred to BMJ Open
Contact details Email: f.sailer@ucl.ac.uk
Twitter: @fabian_sailer
