US-Africa Advanced Studies Institute on Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Disease in Africa; Cape Town, South Africa, June 2007

美非非洲传染病数学模型高级研究所；

• 批准号: 0629720
• 负责人: Fred Roberts
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Rutgers University New Brunswick
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-01 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0629720&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Africa; Advanced; Studies; Institute

This award funds an Advanced Studies Institute on Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Disease in Africa, to be held in Cape Town, South Africa in June, 2007. In recent years, mathematical modeling of infectious diseases has had an increasing influence on the theory and practice of disease management with such diseases as HIV/AIDS, foot-and-mouth disease, and SARS, and this is increasingly the case with diseases of Africa. In order to further understand and prevent the spread of infectious diseases, it is vitally important to train young mathematicians and scientists who are both knowledgeable about modeling as well as about disease contexts and data gathering. The success of recent joint US-African modeling studies points to the advantages of such collaborations and to the need for more trained researchers and students from both sides. To address the issue of training, the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS), in collaboration with the South African DST/NRF Centre of Excellence in Epidemiological Modeling and Analysis (SACEMA) and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), will hold a two-week advanced studies institute in Cape Town, culminating in a 3-day "capstone" workshop at which institute students and researchers from both the US and Africa will interact and establish collaborations. The institute will emphasize mathematical techniques used in epidemiological modeling including advanced topics such as meta-population modeling, continuous vs. discrete-time stochastic models; models with vertical transmission; spatial and individual-based models; age structure; and optimal allocation of disease control resources such as vaccine and antiviral doses. The workshop will discuss the design of cost-effective, sustainable strategies for combating disease spread in Africa, including modern statistical tools for surveillance, network methods, and evolutionary aspects of diseases of humans and animals. Speakers will address mathematical modeling tools for dealing with shortages of resources, drug resistance to tuberculosis, challenges from HIV and malaria, and potential alternative interventions for pandemic flu. Materials arising from the institute will be widely disseminated so that others can use them. The project will help the DIMACS program bring current international research into the undergraduate classroom in the US. Partnering with four historically Black colleges and universities (Clark Atlanta, Howard, Morgan State, and North Carolina A&T) will enable a diverse group of students to participate in the institute. The institute will provide US students with advanced disease-modeling knowledge within an international context, open new lines of communication between US students and researchers and their African counterparts, and provide a solid basis for collaborative partnerships that can last well into the future. Finally, including such a wide range of factors in the course increases the likelihood that the students and researchers will generate new approaches to modeling disease epidemics such as HIV/AIDS in Africa and the rest of the world.This award is co-funded by the Division of Mathematical Sciences and the Division of Information and Intelligent Systems.

该奖项为非洲传染病数学模型的高级研究所提供资金，该研究所于2007年6月在南非开普敦举行。近年来，传染病的数学建模对疾病管理的理论和实践的影响越来越大，与艾滋病毒，艾滋病，艾滋病，脚步疾病以及这种疾病的疾病和疾病的疾病越来越多地存在疾病，并且越来越多地疾病。 为了进一步理解和防止传染病的传播，对于训练年轻的数学家和科学家来说，这至关重要，这些数学家和科学家都了解建模以及疾病环境和数据收集。最近的美国 - 非洲联合建模研究的成功表明，此类合作的优势以及对来自双方的训练有素的研究人员和学生的需求。为了解决培训问题，离散数学和理论计算机科学中心（DIMACS）与南非DST/NRF流行病学建模与分析卓越卓越中心（SACEMA）和非洲数学科学研究所和非洲数学科学研究所（AIMS）合作，将在Cape Town，Cupe captone，Culmminations of Culmminations of Culmminations''中，并将举行两周的高级研究所。来自美国和非洲的研究人员将互动并建立合作。该研究所将强调在流行病学建模中使用的数学技术，包括高级主题，例如元群建模，连续与离散时间随机模型；具有垂直传输的模型；空间和基于个体的模型；年龄结构；以及疾病控制资源的最佳分配，例如疫苗和抗病毒剂量。研讨会将讨论针对非洲疾病传播的成本效益，可持续策略的设计，包括用于监视，网络方法和人类和动物疾病的进化方面的现代统计工具。演讲者将讨论用于处理资源短缺，对结核病的耐药性，艾滋病毒和疟疾的挑战的数学建模工具以及大流行流感的潜在替代干预措施。由研究所引起的材料将被广泛传播，以便其他人可以使用它们。该项目将帮助DIMAC计划将当前的国际研究带入美国的本科教室。与四所历史上的黑人学院和大学合作（克拉克·亚特兰大，霍华德，摩根州立大学和北卡罗来纳州A＆T）将使一群多样的学生能够参加该研究所。该研究所将在国际背景下为我们的学生提供先进的疾病模型知识，开放美国学生与研究人员及其非洲同行之间的新沟通线，并为可以持续到未来的协作伙伴关系提供稳固的基础。最后，在课程中包括如此广泛的因素增加了学生和研究人员将生成建模疾病流行病的新方法的可能性，例如非洲的艾滋病毒/艾滋病和世界其他地区。该奖项由数学科学划分和信息和智能系统共同资助。