Institute for Disease Modeling


Institute for Disease Modeling is an institute within the Global Good Fund, controlled by Intellectual Ventures and Bill and Melinda Gates. It specializes in mathematical modelling of infectious disease. As of 2014, its models included malaria, polio and HIV, and they released their source code to the public. In 2020, its COVID-19 model "Covasim" was used to guide decision-making during in the COVID-19 pandemic in Oregon and in Washington State, gaining national attention. The institute is located in Bellevue, Washington.

Disease modeling software

EMOD is the group's individual-based disease modeling software initially coded 2005. It has been released to the public as open-source software., the software could model malaria, HIV, tuberculosis, dengue, polio and typhoid.