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Education

2019: Ph.D in Epidemiology
- University Basel and Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Switzerland
- Thesis: Mathematical modelling of malaria control interventions to support strategic planning in Tanzania
2016: M.Sc. in Epidemiology
- University Basel and Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Switzerland
- Thesis: The Use of Public Primary Schools for Malaria Surveillance in Tanzania
2014: B.Sc. in Health Sciences
- University of Applied Sciences Hamburg, Germany
- Thesis: Der Einfluss der menopausalen Hormontherapie auf die Gesamtmortalitat

Work experience

Since Jan 2020: Postdoctoral Fellow
- Northwestern University
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Chicago IL
- Malaria modelling and COVID-19 modelling
- https://www.numalariamodeling.org/
2016: Scientific Assistant
- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
- Health Interventions Unit, Basel Switzerland
- SOP for data management for the nationwide school survey in Tanzania
- Preparation of manuscript publication
2015: Student Intern
- NETCELL Project in collaboration with the National Malaria Control Programme, Tanzania
- Supervision data collection of the School Malaria Parasitaemia Survey in Arusha Region
- Lead data entry, data management and analysis of whole survey
2014 - 2016: Medical Data Manager (part-time, remote)
- University hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
- Department of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, Hamburg Germany
- Data cleaning and preparation of automated data analysis reports
2014: Assistant Lecturer (1 semester)
- University of Applied Sciences Hamburg
- B.Sc module Health Reporting and Surveillance
- Lectures and supervision of group works
2010-2014: Patient care student jobs and volunteering
- Praxis-Klinik Bergedorf, Germany (Rehabilitation)
- Bethesda Krankenhaus Bergedorf, Germany (Internal Medicne)
- Marienhospital Stuttgart, Germany (Pneumology)

Skills

Malaria research
Statistical Programming
- R
- Python
- Stata
- SPSS
Other
- QGIS, ArcGIS
- High performance cluster
- Batch scripting
- MS office
- LaTeX
Languages
- German (native)
- English (fluent)
- Swahili (basics)

Service and leadership

2015-2019: Active participant in multiple stakeholder workshops of the National Malaria Control Programme, Tanzania
2018, 2020: MESA correspondent
2017-2018: PhD Student representative
2012-2014: Tutoring of group works during B.Sc studies

Country experience

US (current position)
Switzerland (M.Sc and Ph.D studies)
Tanzania (M.Sc and Ph.D studies)
Scotland (exchange semester during B.Sc studies)
Germany (home country)

Publications

Nationwide school malaria parasitaemia survey in public primary schools, the United Republic of Tanzania

Chacky, F., Runge, M., Rumisha, S.F., Machafuko, P., Chaki, P., Massaga, J.J., Mohamed, A., Pothin, E., Molteni, F., Snow, R.W., Lengeler, C., Mandike, R., 2018. Nationwide school malaria parasitaemia survey in public primary schools, the United Republic of Tanzania. Malaria Journal 17, 452. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2601-1

Simulating the council-specific impact of anti-malaria interventions: a tool to support malaria strategic planning in Tanzania

Runge, M., Snow, R.W., Molteni, F., Thawer, S., Mohamed, A., Mandike, R., Giorgi, E., Macharia, P.M., Smith, T.A., Lengeler, C., Pothin, E., 2020. Simulating the council-specific impact of anti-malaria interventions: A tool to support malaria strategic planning in Tanzania. PLoS ONE 15, e0228469. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228469

Applied mathematical modelling to inform national malaria policies, strategies and operations in Tanzania

Runge, M., Molteni, F., Mandike, R., Snow, R.W., Lengeler, C., Mohamed, A., Pothin, E., 2020. Applied mathematical modelling to inform national malaria policies, strategies and operations in Tanzania. submitted to Malaria Journal.

Sub-national stratification of malaria risk in mainland Tanzania: a simplified assembly of survey and routine data

Thawer, S.G., Chacky, F., Runge, M., Reaves, E., Mandike, R., Lazaro, S., Mkude, S., Rumisha, S.F., Kumalija, C., Lengeler, C., Mohamed, A., Pothin, E., Snow, R.W., Molteni, F., 2020. Sub-national stratification of malaria risk in mainland Tanzania: a simplified assembly of survey and routine data. Malaria Journal 19, 177. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03250-4

Identifying the measurements required to estimate rates of COVID-19 transmission, infection, and detection, using variational data assimilation

Armstrong, E., Runge, M., Gerardin, J., 2020. Identifying the measurements required to estimate rates of COVID-19 transmission, infection, and detection, using variational data assimilation. arXiv:2005.12441 [q-bio].

The potential of pregnant women as a sentinel population for malaria surveillance

Brunner, N.C., Chacky, F., Mandike, R., Mohamed, A., Runge, M., Thawer, S.G., Ross, A., Vounatsou, P., Lengeler, C., Molteni, F., Hetzel, M.W., 2019. The potential of pregnant women as a sentinel population for malaria surveillance. Malaria Journal 18, 370. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-2999-0

Beyond national indicators: adapting the Demographic and Health Surveys’ sampling strategies and questions to better inform subnational malaria intervention policy

Ozodiegwu, I.D., Ambrose, M., Battle, K.E., Bever, C., Diallo, O., Galatas, B., Runge, M., Gerardin, J., 2021. Beyond national indicators: adapting the Demographic and Health Surveys’ sampling strategies and questions to better inform subnational malaria intervention policy. Malaria Journal 20, 122. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03646-w

Geographic and demographic heterogeneity of SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic testing in Illinois, USA, March to December 2020

Holden, T.M., Richardson, R.A.K., Arevalo, P., Duffus, W.A., Runge, M., Whitney, E., Wise, L., Ezike, N.O., Patrick, S., Cobey, S., Gerardin, J., 2021. Geographic and demographic heterogeneity of SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic testing in Illinois, USA, March to December 2020. BMC Public Health 21, 1105. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11177-x

Evaluation of different deployment strategies for larviciding to control malaria: a simulation study

Runge, M., Mapua, S., Nambunga, I., Smith A.T., Chitnis N., Okumu F., Pothin E.. Evaluation of different deployment strategies for larviciding to control malaria: a simulation study. Malar J 20, 324 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03854-4

Sub-national tailoring of malaria interventions in Mainland Tanzania: simulation of the impact of strata-specific intervention combinations using modelling

Runge, M., Thawer, S.G., Molteni, F., Chacky, F., Mkude, S., Mandike, R., Snow, R.W., Lengeler, C., Mohamed, A., Pothin, E., 2022. Sub-national tailoring of malaria interventions in Mainland Tanzania: simulation of the impact of strata-specific intervention combinations using modelling. Malar J 21, 92.

Modeling robust COVID-19 intensive care unit occupancy thresholds for imposing mitigation to prevent exceeding capacities

Runge M, Richardson RAK, Clay PA, Bell A, Holden TM, Singam M, et al. Modeling robust COVID-19 intensive care unit occupancy thresholds for imposing mitigation to prevent exceeding capacities. PLOS Global Public Health. 2022;2: e0000308. doi:10.1371/journal.pgph.0000308

Design of effective outpatient sentinel surveillance for COVID-19 decision-making: a modeling study

Toh KB, Runge M, Richardson RA, Hladish TJ, Gerardin J. Design of effective outpatient sentinel surveillance for COVID-19 decision-making: a modeling study. medRxiv; 2022. p. 2022.10.21.22281330. doi:10.1101/2022.10.21.22281330

Perennial malaria chemoprevention with and without malaria vaccination to reduce malaria burden in young children: a modelling analysis

Runge, M., Stahlfeld, A., Ambrose, M. et al. Perennial malaria chemoprevention with and without malaria vaccination to reduce malaria burden in young children: a modelling analysis. Malar J 22, 133 (2023).

Application of mathematical modelling to inform national malaria intervention planning in Nigeria

Ozodiegwu, I.D., Ambrose, M., Galatas, B. Runge M. et al. Application of mathematical modelling to inform national malaria intervention planning in Nigeria. Malar J 22, 137 (2023).

Modelling the role of An. funestus in an east-african setting where insecticide-treated nets are already widely used but malaria transmission persists

November 21, 2019

Poster at ASTMH, Wshington DC, USA

Estimating the potential effectiveness of wide-scale implementation of intermittent preventive therapy in infants in Southern Nigeria

November 17, 2020

Poster at ASTMH, virtual conference

Predicting intensive care unit occupancy and thresholds for action to avoid exceeding capacities in Chicago, Illinois

January 28, 2021

Talk (virtual) at NSF Student Conference on COVID19 Modelling , virtual, USA

Predicting the epidemiological impact of large-scale implementation of intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) in Southern Nigeria

November 18, 2021