This module provides an overview of methodological approaches and their applications, bearing in mind their present day and future impact on public health. Three topics, namely biostatistics, mathematical and computational modelling and information sciences, are covered, with special emphasis on applications to public health. For each topic, the course goes over historical developments, the state of the art and potential future directions. Furthermore, a conference deals with the present situation in Europe for each topic.

Workload and ECTS

Class workload	Total workload	ECTS
30	90	3