Session 7A. Modelling the impact of policy changes on infectious diseases risks in prison
Tracks
Track 1
| Thursday, October 1, 2026 |
| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
| Diamant 1 |
Speaker
Leonardo Martinez
Assistant Professor
University Of California Berkeley
Modelling systematic screening, case finding, and mass incarceration as a driver of tuberculosis
10:30 AM - 11:00 AMBiography
Leo Martinez is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. His research focuses on tuberculosis and other infectious diseases, including prevention, active case finding, treatment outcomes, and infectious diseases in prisons. He works with collaborators across the United States and internationally.
Professor Peter Vickerman
Professor of Infectious Disease Modelling
University of Bristol
Jack Stone
Associate Professor
Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol
Farah Houdroge
Senior Research Officer
Burnet Institute
Health implications of a policy shift to long-acting opioid agonist therapies for opioid use disorder in Canadian federal prisons: a modelling study
11:30 AM - 11:45 AMBiography
Dr Farah Houdroge is a senior research officer at the Burnet Institute's Modelling and Biostatistics Group. She specialises in infectious disease modelling and health economic evaluation, with a focus on viral hepatitis elimination.
Dr Josephine Walker
Senior Lecturer in Health Economic Modelling
University of Bristol
Formalities
Q&A
12:00 PM - 12:00 PMBiography
Chairperson
Andrew Lloyd
Emeritus Professor
Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia
Amy Zheng
Research Fellow
Boston University School Of Public Health
