Education
Find out more about educational opportunities to gain skills in decision analysis, mathematical modeling, data analytics, and the use of these methods to inform public health emergency decision-making.
Summer Fellowships
The MADMC Summer Fellowship offers graduate students with relevant experience in mathematical modeling and/or analytics an opportunity to apply their skills to a real-world public health project. Fellows complete a paid summer internship embedded within one of MADMC’s public health or health system partners. The Fellowship includes opportunities for professional mentorship, summer learning workshops, and skills-based training sessions by organizations such as the Center for Advanced Preparedness and Threat Response Simulation (CAPTRS). Students receive collaborative mentorships from a University of Minnesota faculty member, as well as epidemiologists and public health professionals from the Minnesota Department of Health.
Applications for Summer Fellowships typically open in January. See details on previous summer fellows and projects.
Relevant Workshops
- Cost-Effectiveness and Decision Modeling using R
Hybrid, Summer 2026 - Summer Institute in Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases (SISMID)
In-person, Emory University, Summer 2026
Free Online Learning Resources
- Coursera: Infectious Disease Transmission Models for Decision-Makers
- Coursera: One Health Investigations of Outbreaks and Spillover Events
- EpiEngage: “How to Think Like a Modeler” Course
- CDC Center for Forecasting & Outbreak Analytics Learning Library
- Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) Learning Library
- Boston University: Choosing a tool to estimate effective reproductive number R(t)
- CSTE: Infectious Disease Modeling 101 for Public Health
