We are very pleased to welcome Prof. Daniel Villela from the Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz, Brazil) to the University of Münster. His research stay takes place within the framework of the Brazil Chair Program, funded by the Brazilian research agency CAPES.

Prof. Villela’s work in Münster is integrated into the Interdisciplinary Center for Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Disease Dynamics (IMMIDD), where the group of Prof. Dr. Bernd Hellingrath (Information Systems) and the Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and General Medicine, led by Prof. Dr. 

André Karch, jointly explore new approaches to the mathematical modeling of infectious diseases and their integration into data-driven decision-making processes.

Over the next two years, Prof. Villela will further develop his modeling approaches in close collaboration with the research teams in Münster, aiming to integrate different methodological perspectives and create innovative solutions for epidemiological research.

His stay marks the beginning of an exciting new phase of scientific collaboration between Münster and Brazil and further strengthens the partnership between the University of Münster and Fiocruz in the field of epidemiological modeling.