Wolbachia establishment and invasion in Aedes Aegypti population to suppress Zika transmission Arboviral diseases such as dengue and Zika are diseases that pose a threat to health problems globally. Traditional control methods against mosquito populations that transmit arboviral diseases should be complemented by longer lasting and larger scale methods such as the use of an …
Mathematics as a tool for data integration Recent advances in technology has led to the acquisition of multimodal biological data measuring biological phenomena at various spatiotemporal scales. In this talk, we will discuss how mathematical modeling can be used as a tool for data integration using use cases from respiratory infections, cancer biology, and psychiatry.
Predicting Individual Responses to Hormone Therapy in a Leave-One-Out Study Using Prostate-Specific Antigen Dynamics Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, second only to lung cancer. It is typically treated with androgen deprivation therapy, which depletes the androgen that prostate cancer cells depend on for survival. Intermittent androgen …