Infectious Disease Health Informatics - Study line

Infectious Disease Health Informatics

The amount of data generated about infectious diseases in human and animal health is exponential increasing. The bottle-neck is not necessarily whether data are accessible, but whether it is feasible to handle and analyse them also in a clinical and public ‘one-health’ health relevant time-frame. It has increasingly become clear that almost any understanding or decision-making in relation to human, animal and environmental health, requires staff with a thorough understanding and ability to handle large and complex data. The COVID-19 pandemic has clearly demonstrated this and it is expected that endemic infectious diseases and future pandemics and epidemics will have an increased focus in the years to come. DTU has several research groups with world-class competences in health- and bioinformatics, but no dedicated education educating candidates for the national and global marked. 

A unique MSc study line combining training in the genomics of microbial communities (incl. infectious microorganisms and antimicrobial resistance) with informatics to provide students with knowledge, methodologies and tools to:  

• Explain the interaction between the human/animal microbiome and the occurrence of pathogens incl. co-infections, the treatment of infections and the symptoms/syndromes in the patients 
• Analyse the occurrence, spread and dynamics of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance development at national, regional and global level by identifying risk factors and drivers, and sources and transmission pathways 
• Analyse genomic data, including whole genome sequencing and metagenomic data 
• Design and develop bioinformatic pipelines 
• Design, implement and evaluate surveillance programmes and epidemiological studies 
• Prioritise and propose targeted intervention strategies and support the decision-making process (risk assessment) 

Programme specific courses (55 ECTS)

A total of 55 ETCS must be completed in Program specific courses. Program specific clourses consists of 10 ECTS mandatory courses that teaches essential skills relating to the specific field of this programme, and 5 ECTs from courses relate to innovation, entrepreneurship & management. The remaining 40 ECTs are selected from the course list below

Courses recommended for the study line of Infectious disease health informatics:

Other program specific courses in the study line of Infectious disease health informatics may include the following: