The fear of "here": Integrating place-based travel behaviour and detection into novel infectious disease models
Project leads: Shengjie Lai, Eimear Cleary
Team: Andy Tatem, Alexandra Frosch
Funding: National Science Foundation
Start: Sep 2023
Completion: Aug 2026
The overall objective of this project is to incorporate human behaviour in epidemiological models.
In collaboration with colleagues at Virginia Tech and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, we are assembling and analysing anonymized human mobility data obtained from a variety of sources, including location data from mobile devices and travel surveys. We are also analysing the spatiotemporal patterns of mobility and their seasonal drivers (e.g., climate and socioeconomic factors), and providing relevant findings to incorporate into statistical and computational models of infectious disease transmission.
We are also preparing associated manuscripts for submission to open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Link image credit: Monday morning commute, Sarajevo, by Erin Johnson, 2015 (cc-by-nc-2.0)
About Us
The WorldPop research programme, based in the School of Geography and Environmental Sciences at the University of Southampton, is a multi-sectoral team of researchers, technicians and project specialists that produces data on population distributions and characteristics at high spatial resolution.
Initiated in October 2013 to combine The AfriPop Project, AsiaPop and AmeriPop projects, we have a diverse portfolio of projects, including large multi-million-pound collaborative projects with partner organisations, commercial data providers and international development organisations.