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The goal of my research program is to work with knowledge users to inform national and international decisions about optimal infectious disease control and prevention strategies in the context of limited resources, and to provide better modeling tools for policy decisions. My team and I develop state-of-the-art transmission-dynamic models, analyze large population-level datasets, and use epidemiology and health economics to estimate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of infectious disease control and prevention strategies at the population-level and within vulnerable or at-risk groups.

News

November 2024
PUBLICATION IN ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

‘Cost-effectiveness of extending human papillomavirus vaccination to population subgroups older than 26 years who are at higher risk for human papillomavirus infection in the United States’

November 2024
PUBLICATIONS IN THE JNCI MONOGRAPHS

Our team contributed two articles to the October-November 2024 issue of the JNCI Monograph, focusing on the State of the Science of Single-Dose Prophylactic HPV Vaccination

November 2024
INTERNATIONAL PAPILLOMAVIRUS CONFERENCE (IPVC) 2024

Marc Brisson, Mélanie Drolet, and Élodie Bénard participated in the International Papillomavirus Conference (IPVC) 2024 held from November 12-15 in Edimburgh, UK.

  • Marc delivered 2 oral presentations.
    1. ‘Modelling cervical cancer global inequalities with and without enhanced HPV vaccination and screening efforts’ presented on November 12 during the Prevention of HPV-related Diseases session.
    2. ‘Current efforts in building capacity in HPV modelling: An Integrated Knowledge Translation Approach’ presented on November 15 at the Special Interest Satellite Symposium.
  • Mélanie gave a talk titled ‘Increases in lesions and cervical cancers caused by non-vaccine HPV types are expected in the vaccination era without type replacement: insights from mathematical modeling’ on November 13 in the Modeling the Health Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Vaccination and Screening session.
  • Elodie presented a poster titled ‘Prioritizing HPV vaccination strategies in 67 low- and lower-middle income countries based on efficiency at preventing cervical cancer: a modelling analysis.’
November 2024
IDM2024 CONFERENCE IN BANGKOK

Marc Brisson presented ‘Optimal HPV vaccination strategies in low- and lower-middle income countries (LMICs)’ on November 8, at the Infectious Disease Modelling Conference 2024 (IDM2024) held November 6-8, 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand.

November 2024
KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION WORKSHOP IN THAILAND

Marc Brisson and JF Laprise, in collaboration with Thailand’s Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP), conducted a workshop titled ‘Knowledge Translation Workshop: Mathematical Modeling to inform HPV Policy Decisions’ in Bangkok, Thailand, on November 4-5, 2024.