Collaborate or Collapse: Capacity Building in Zoonotic and Neglected Tropical Disease Modelling

Siti Nursheena Mohd Zain; Maria-Gloria Basáñez

doi:10.1016/j.pt.2017.12.009

Collaborate or Collapse: Capacity Building in Zoonotic and Neglected Tropical Disease Modelling

Trends Parasitol. 2018 May;34(5):356-358. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2017.12.009. Epub 2018 Jan 18.

Authors

Siti Nursheena Mohd Zain¹, Maria-Gloria Basáñez²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; The Zoonotic and Neglected Tropical Diseases in SEA Modelling Workshop. Electronic address: nsheena@um.edu.my.
² London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine (St Mary's campus), Imperial College London, UK; The Zoonotic and Neglected Tropical Diseases in SEA Modelling Workshop.

PMID: 29358040
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2017.12.009

Abstract

We share the insights from a successful collaboration in organizing and implementing an international scientific capacity-building workshop in Malaysia titled Mathematical Modelling of Neglected Infectious Diseases: Capacity Building in Southeast Asia. This workshop focused on the delivery of technical know-how and on essential soft skills related to effective grant proposal writing and networking.

Keywords: mathematical modelling; mentoring; neglected infectious diseases; scientific collaboration.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Asia, Southeastern
Capacity Building*
Humans
Models, Theoretical*
Neglected Diseases / epidemiology
Tropical Medicine / trends*
Zoonoses / epidemiology

Grants and funding

MR/R015600/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom