Because of Covid-19 concerns, Part I of this series will ONLY be offered virtually. Please click on this link to access Zoom and join Part I at the event start time.

If you would rather dial-in, you can call this number: +1-646-558-8656

The Center for Systems and Community Design (CSCD) of the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) is offering the Systems Science Workshop Series, which consists of three sessions. This event is co-hosted by the NYU-CUNY Prevention Research Center.

The workshops will focus on the basic concepts of systems thinking and system dynamics modeling, and participants will understand, evaluate, and improve upon problems that manifest themselves in complex systems. System dynamics is a systems science methodology that builds tools for simulating time-dependent, complex problems characterized by feedback structures (loops). The workshop series emphasizes applications of system dynamics in policy analysis and program planning in public health. The workshops will also provide an opportunity to practice modeling skills through hands-on exercises, and also learn how to use the system dynamics modeling software. The agenda is as follows:

1) Workshop 1 – Friday March 20th 2- 5 pm: Provides an overview of the system dynamics modeling process and covers structure-behavior relationship, behavior modes and causal loop diagrams.

2) Workshop 2 – Friday April 3rd 2- 5 pm: Introduces stock-and-flow diagrams and basic model-building techniques in system dynamics.

3) Workshop 3 – Friday April 24th 2- 5 pm: Covers material and information delays and discusses modeling S-shaped growth and common SIR models.

Participants are required to attend the first workshop and familiarize themselves with basic concepts so that they can fully benefit from the second and third sessions.

Part I Instructors

Dr. Nasim Sabounchi (CSCD)

Dr. David Lounsbury (Albert Einstein College of Medicine).

*Please RSVP for the first workshop through this Eventbrite invitation.