The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) is now accepting applications for its Investigative Workshop, *"**Modeling Dengue Fever**Dynamics and Control"***to be held July 23-24, 2012, at NIMBioS.
*Objectives:* More than one-third of the world's population lives in areas at risk for the transmission of dengue, a vector-transmitted disease that is one of the leading causes of death and illness in the tropics and subtropics. This workshop will bring together public health officials as well as mathematicians, biologists and epidemiologists to promote an interdisciplinary approach to identifying important issues in modeling Dengue transmission dynamics and control; to encourage the establishment of new collaborations for research on Dengue and other infectious diseases with non-human transmission components; and to develop Dengue virus models that incorporate important features such as vector dynamics and control, serotype interactions and immunity, and at the same time allow for model testing/validation. *Location: *NIMBioS at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville *Co-Organizers:* Derek Cummings, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Zhilan Feng, Mathematics, Purdue Univ.; Jorge Velasco-Hernandez, Mathematics, UAM-Iztapalapa, Mexico; Michael Johansson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention For more information about the workshop and a link to the online application form, go to http://www.nimbios.org/workshops/WS_dengue If needed, applicants may request travel and lodging support. Workshop participants are selected through an open application process. Individuals with a strong interest in the topic, including post-docs and graduate students, are encouraged to apply. Those selected to attend will be notified within two weeks after the application deadline. *Application Deadline: March 1, 2012.* The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) (http://www.nimbios.org) brings together researchers from around the world to collaborate across disciplinary boundaries to investigate solutions to basic and applied problems in the life sciences. NIMBioS is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture with additional support from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. ***************************** Catherine Crawley, Ph.D. Communications Coordinator National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis University of Tennessee 1534 White Avenue, Suite 400 Knoxville, TN 37996-1527 e [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> t +1 865 974 9350 <tel:%2B1%20865%20974%209350> f +1 865 974 9461 <tel:%2B1%20865%20974%209461> http://www.nimbios.org http://twitter.com/nimbios To receive email notifications of blog updates, click here <http://www.nimbios.org/wordpress/subscribe2updates/>. To subscribe to our bi-monthly newsletter, click here <http://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin/ea?v=001RgvbKVLa7a4Psoj8H7c43A%3D%3D>.
