Julie A. Spencer (Los Alamos National Lab)
ZoomWhat is Influenza-Like Illness? Influenza-like illness (ILI) is a not a single disease, but is a large group of pathogens grouped together because they have similar symptoms. In the United …
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Zhilan Feng (Purdue University, Mathematics and NSF DMS Program Director)
ZoomMathematical models of infectious diseases -- Consequences of underlying assumptions Mathematical models have been used to study various disease transmission dynamics and control for epidemics. Many of these studies are …
Alun Lloyd (North Carolina State University, Mathematics)
ZoomStochasticity and Heterogeneity in the Aedes aegypti/Dengue Transmission System: Implications for Spread and Control of Infection The Aedes aegypti mosquito is the vector for several infections of public health concern, …
Tony Jhwueng (Feng-Chia University, Taiwan, Statistics)
ZoomModeling rate of adaptive trait evolution using Cox–Ingersoll–Ross process: An Approximate Bayesian Computation approach Abstract: Over the past decades, the Gaussian process has been widely used to study trait evolution. …
Cristina Lanzas (North Carolina State University, Veterinary Medicine)
ZoomModelling environmentally transmitted pathogens Many pathogens are able to replicate or survive in abiotic environments. Disease transmission models that include environmental reservoirs and environment-to-host transmission have used a variety of …
Jonathan Dushoff (McMaster University, Biology)
ZoomTransmission intervals and COVID control The spread of epidemics is structured by delay distributions, including the now-famous "serial interval" between the symptom-onset times of an infector and an infectee (often …
Benjamin Roche (Research Institute for Development (IRD), France, Disease Ecology)
ZoomVector-borne diseases spread and control: The case of Chikungunya in French overseas territories and consequences for dissemination in mainland territory Dengue, chikungunya and Zika viruses have expanded their geographic range …
Erin Mordecai (Stanford University, Biology)
ZoomNonlinear impacts of climate change on dengue transmission Dengue is a re-emerging mosquito-borne disease that infects hundreds of millions each year—a burden that is expected to increase with climate change. …
Sharon Lubkin (North Carolina State University, Mathematics)
Zoom To obtain the Zoom link, please contact Youngmin Park at park.y@ufl.edu.Cell packing in the notochord: morphometry, pattern, and forces The notochord, the defining feature of chordates, is a pressurized tube which actuates elongation of the chordate embryo. The zebrafish notochord …
Walter Lee Murfee (UF Biomedical Engineering)
217 Little HallUnderstanding Microvascular Growth through Experimental and Computational Modelling Understanding microvascular growth, similar to other physiological processes, requires identifying multiple cell, system, and environmental interactions. A challenge is identifying such dynamics …