Dr. Ping Yan's latest work explores systematic treatment of the mathematical underpinnings of work in the theory of outbreak dynamics and their control, covering balanced perspectives between theory and practice including new material on contemporary topics in the field of infectious disease modelling.
His work entitled "Quantitavtive Methods for Investigating Infectious Disease Outbreaks" has been published by the highly respected Springer Publishing Company.
Dr.
Ping
Yan
is
an
adjunct
professor
in
the
Department
of
Statistics
and
Actuarial
Science,
at
the
University
of
Waterloo.
His
work
focuses
on
applying
statistical
and
mathematical
models
in
communicable
diseases
transmission,
prevention
and
control,
with
a
wide
range
of
topics
from
estimation
of
HIV/AIDS
and
viral
hepatitis
disease
burden
to
informing
policy
regarding
pandemic
influenza
preparedness,
vaccination
and
emergency
response.