Working Group leader: Helen Brown Group members: Christopher Murphy, Erich Seamon, Chris Williams, Nurbanu Bursa, Jennifer Hinds Originated: November 2016 Description: This working group started out as, “Small Area Estimation of Obesity-related Indicators (Modeling Obesity Indicators – MOI).” MIH has continued to refine and expand work to generate small-area estimates (SAE) of Idaho health indicators…
Working Group leader: Deborah Stenkamp Group members: Jagdish Patel, Marty Ytreberg Originated: Summer 2016 Description: This working group on an as-needed basis, to discuss progress and approaches for modeling a set of tandemly-replicated cone opsins from the zebrafish, medaka, cichlid, and guppy. They selected these RH2-type cone opsins based upon the availability of…
Working Group leader: Jim Bull Group members: Scott Nuismer, Chris Remein, Courtney Schreiner, Tanner Varrelman, Nathan Layman, Andrew Basinski, Anna Sjodin, Breanna Sipley, Beth Tuschhoff Originated: Summer 2016 Description: We develop theory for transmissible vaccines while generating papers and training students and postdocs. Publications: Nuismer SL, Basinski A, Bull JJ. 2019. Evolution and containment of…
Working Group leader: Alex Vakanski Group members: David Paul, Russell Baker, Min Xian, Joshua Bailey Originated: May 2016, supported by a CMCI MAG; currently this working group coincides with a Pilot Grant Description: This group focuses on the development of mathematical models for representing human motions, to potentially benefit patients undertaking a physical rehabilitation therapy…
Working Group leader: Berna Devezer Group members: Erkan Buzbas, Gustavo Nardin, Bert Baumgaertner Originated: Fall 2015 Description: Our team aims to study the current problem of nonreproducibility of scientific results across multiple disciplines by advancing theory. We use statistical theory and stochastic modeling to identify theoretical meaning and determinants of irreproducibility. Berna Devezer and the…
Working Group leader: Bert Baumgaertner Group members: Steve Krone, Craig Miller, Ben Ridenhour, Florian Justwan Originated: Summer 2015 Description: We develop and analyze epidemiological models of infectious disease to understand how social and behavior factors affect disease dynamics. We work with both analytical models (e.g., ODEs) and generative models (e.g., ABMs). We also design surveys…
Working Group leader: Craig Miller Group members: Holly Wichman, JT Van Leuven, Yesol Sapozhnikov, Keera Paull, Jacob Schow, Tessa Wedmyer Originated: June 2015 Description: This working group focuses on phage and phage-host interactions. We have several research directions. One project involves attenuating the bacteriophage phiX174 using synonymous recoding and asking questions about how mutational effects…
Working Group leader: Christopher Remien Group members: Ben Ridenhour, Tuan Phan Originated: June 2015 Description: We are developing new methods to study and analyze microbial community dynamics and applying the methods to publicly available data and data collected by members of the group. If a grant is funded, the working group will last as long as…
Working Group leader: Audrey Fu Group members: Bandita Karki, Jarred Kvamme, Elijah Danquah Darko, Chenangnon Tovissode Originated: June 2015 Description: We develop statistical models and machine learning algorithms to analyze data in human genomics, with an emphasis on causal network inference and high-dimensional data.
Working Group leader: Chris Marx Group members: Andreas Vaskekis, Chris Remien, Marty Ytreberg, Jill Johnson, Sergey Stolyar, Ben Ridenhour, Tomislav Ticak, Jannell Bazurto, Jagdish Patel, Saiavash Riazi, Eric Bruger, Isaiah Jordan Originated: May 2015 Description: Our group is taking a very broad, integrated approach to understanding the mechanism and consequences of sensing the toxic metabolite…