Laura Di Domenico
@lauradidomenico.bsky.social
infectious disease modeler | Post-doc at University of Hasselt
Mobility-based synthetic contact matrices offer a promising alternative for real-time pandemic response modeling. How do they compare with traditional empirical contact matrices?
We address this question in our latest study, now published in Nature Communications ⬇️
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
We address this question in our latest study, now published in Nature Communications ⬇️
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Mobility-driven synthetic contact matrices as a scalable solution for real-time pandemic response modeling - Nature Communications
Contact matrices are used to describe social mixing patterns and inform mathematical models of disease transmission. Here, the authors evaluate the accuracy of synthetic contact matrices generated usi...
doi.org
January 28, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Mobility-based synthetic contact matrices offer a promising alternative for real-time pandemic response modeling. How do they compare with traditional empirical contact matrices?
We address this question in our latest study, now published in Nature Communications ⬇️
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
We address this question in our latest study, now published in Nature Communications ⬇️
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Our work about extending contact matrices beyond age, accounting for socio-economic dimensions, is finally published! Here, we analyse social contact data in Switzerland. Happy to see this output from my research period at @ispm.unibe.ch w/ @calthaus.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Individual and neighborhood based socioeconomic factors relevant for contact behaviour and epidemic control - Communications Medicine
Di Domenico et al. develop a method to reconstruct contact matrices fully stratified by age, education level and socioeconomic position. Results show that accounting for contact assortativity with soc...
www.nature.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Our work about extending contact matrices beyond age, accounting for socio-economic dimensions, is finally published! Here, we analyse social contact data in Switzerland. Happy to see this output from my research period at @ispm.unibe.ch w/ @calthaus.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Reposted by Laura Di Domenico
Our analysis of modelling practices, data use, and science-policy interactions during the COVID-19 pandemic is out on @eurosurveillance.org this week.
www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...
Wonderful collaborative effort conducted in the context of mood-h2020.eu
Read the thread below 👇
www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...
Wonderful collaborative effort conducted in the context of mood-h2020.eu
Read the thread below 👇
October 24, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Our analysis of modelling practices, data use, and science-policy interactions during the COVID-19 pandemic is out on @eurosurveillance.org this week.
www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...
Wonderful collaborative effort conducted in the context of mood-h2020.eu
Read the thread below 👇
www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...
Wonderful collaborative effort conducted in the context of mood-h2020.eu
Read the thread below 👇
Reposted by Laura Di Domenico
Really great to see that our paper is now officially published in the latest #Eurosurveillance. As it was accepted with only minor edits, this earlier post still captures the key messages: tiny.cc/036u001.
Our new issue is out, and includes research on
🦠 surveillance of iGAS in European countries and factors associated with severe iGAS and death in children & adolescents
📈 how COVID-19 modelling supported public health decisions in Europe
Read it here 🔗 www.eurosurveillance.org/content/euro...
🦠 surveillance of iGAS in European countries and factors associated with severe iGAS and death in children & adolescents
📈 how COVID-19 modelling supported public health decisions in Europe
Read it here 🔗 www.eurosurveillance.org/content/euro...
October 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Really great to see that our paper is now officially published in the latest #Eurosurveillance. As it was accepted with only minor edits, this earlier post still captures the key messages: tiny.cc/036u001.
Reposted by Laura Di Domenico
📣 Call for Abstracts! 📣
Join us at BehEpi Satellite, part of CCS 2025 in Siena, Italy (Sept 3–5).
We’re exploring how human behavior influences epidemic dynamics.
🔗 More info and submission at: www.epicx-lab.com/behepi-satel...
📅 Deadline: June 13, 2025
#CCS25
Join us at BehEpi Satellite, part of CCS 2025 in Siena, Italy (Sept 3–5).
We’re exploring how human behavior influences epidemic dynamics.
🔗 More info and submission at: www.epicx-lab.com/behepi-satel...
📅 Deadline: June 13, 2025
#CCS25
BehEpi-Satellite
Applicants are invited to prepare a 1-page PDF (500 words max). Applications are now open and will close on 13 June 2025 at 17:00 CEST time.
www.epicx-lab.com
May 20, 2025 at 11:19 AM
📣 Call for Abstracts! 📣
Join us at BehEpi Satellite, part of CCS 2025 in Siena, Italy (Sept 3–5).
We’re exploring how human behavior influences epidemic dynamics.
🔗 More info and submission at: www.epicx-lab.com/behepi-satel...
📅 Deadline: June 13, 2025
#CCS25
Join us at BehEpi Satellite, part of CCS 2025 in Siena, Italy (Sept 3–5).
We’re exploring how human behavior influences epidemic dynamics.
🔗 More info and submission at: www.epicx-lab.com/behepi-satel...
📅 Deadline: June 13, 2025
#CCS25
Reposted by Laura Di Domenico
As the COVID-19 pandemic emergency receded, we systematically reviewed modeling practices, data provisioning, and sharing among the modeling teams in the MOOD European consortium
Our pre-print is finally out
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Check out the thread by @esthervk.bsky.social below👇
Our pre-print is finally out
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Check out the thread by @esthervk.bsky.social below👇
April 1, 2025 at 7:38 AM
As the COVID-19 pandemic emergency receded, we systematically reviewed modeling practices, data provisioning, and sharing among the modeling teams in the MOOD European consortium
Our pre-print is finally out
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Check out the thread by @esthervk.bsky.social below👇
Our pre-print is finally out
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Check out the thread by @esthervk.bsky.social below👇
We have a new pre-print out, extending traditional age-stratified contact matrices using Swiss data, w/ Martina Reichmuth and @calthaus.bsky.social
"Individual-based and neighbourhood-based socio-economic factors relevant for contact behaviour and epidemic control" www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
"Individual-based and neighbourhood-based socio-economic factors relevant for contact behaviour and epidemic control" www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
March 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
We have a new pre-print out, extending traditional age-stratified contact matrices using Swiss data, w/ Martina Reichmuth and @calthaus.bsky.social
"Individual-based and neighbourhood-based socio-economic factors relevant for contact behaviour and epidemic control" www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
"Individual-based and neighbourhood-based socio-economic factors relevant for contact behaviour and epidemic control" www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Laura Di Domenico
Great work about synthetic contact matrices derived from mobility data by @lauradidomenico.bsky.social @paolobosetti.bsky.social @vcolizza.bsky.social and coauthors www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Mobility-driven synthetic contact matrices: a scalable solution for real-time pandemic response modeling
Non-pharmaceutical interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted social mixing patterns, creating a need for updated mathematical models to guide an effective response. Accurately...
www.medrxiv.org
December 17, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Great work about synthetic contact matrices derived from mobility data by @lauradidomenico.bsky.social @paolobosetti.bsky.social @vcolizza.bsky.social and coauthors www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...