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Christian L. Althaus is a computational epidemiologist based at the University of Bern in Switzerland. He employs mathematical computational modeling alongside comprehensive data analyses to investigate how environmental changes and public health interventions influence the health of populations and the spread of infectious diseases. His expertise lies in emerging infectious diseases, contributing significantly to the understanding of transmission dynamics for Ebola, MERS, and COVID-19. He is a member of several prominent research groups including the Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) and the Bern Data Science Initiative (BeDSI). He has also served as a member of the Swiss National COVID-19 Science Task Force and currently chairs the Executive Board of the Swiss Network for Infectious Disease Dynamics (SNIDDY). In his academic role, he serves as the Deputy Head of the Section for Emerging Infectious Diseases at the International Cooperation Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH).
Part of the Swiss Joint Master in Computer Science (Bern, Fribourg, Neuchâtel).