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                                               MODELING AND ECONOMICS
                                               RESEARCH NETWORK






                                           WHAT IS ModERN?











                                 The Modeling and Economics Research Network (ModERN)
                              conducts epidemiological analyses, mathematical modeling, and
                             economic analyses to study the cost-eff ectiveness and population-

                                      level eff ectiveness of public health interventions.















                                                                                               PUBLICATIONS/
                 STUDIES               CO-INVESTIGATORS           STUDY LOCATIONS              PRESENTATIONS
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                        HIGHLIGHT                                            WHAT’S NEXT?


              CONNECT, the fi rst population-based                       ModERN will develop and calibrate
               study of social and sexual contacts                      an agent-based model of pertussis
               and mixing patterns in Canada, and                         to examine the effectiveness of
               the fi rst worldwide study to measure                      interventions to control pertussis.
                 both social and sexual contacts
                      within the same study.
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