Working Group leader: Jennifer Johnson-Leung
Group members: Ben Ridenhour, Craig Miller, Erich Seamon, Helen Brown, Dilshani Sarathchandra, Holly Wichman, Benji Oswald, Trevor Griffin, Tristan Moxley, Felino Macatuno, Tyler Meadows
Originated: April 2020
Description:
COVID-19 modeling, analysis, outreach, and community support.
Working Group Leader: Tanya Miura. Esteban Vargas, Jean-Marc Gauthier Group members: Pallavia Deol, Eugenia Yeboah, Rodolfo Blanco Rodriguez, Benjamin Whipple Originated: November 8, 2022 Description: The Mathematical Immunology Working Group will develop mathematical models to explain the roles of immune responses during respiratory viral infections.
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…
When COVID-19 landed in Washington state, researchers at the Institute for Disease Modeling (IDM) in Bellevue quickly switched their focus from tuberculosis and malaria to track and forecast the coronavirus pathogen that was threatening their own country. Mike Fumulare is the group’s lead coronavirus modeler and finds his work days longer than ever, even though…
Working Group Leader: Marty Ytreberg Group Members: Jonathan Barnes, Jagdish Patel, America Chi Originated: December 15, 2022 Description: MoMo will brainstorm ideas to participate in the pandemic preparedness proposal that will be led by University of Texas, Austin.
Working Group leader: Bryn Martin Group members: Gordon Murdoch, Nathan Schiele, Gabriel Potirniche, Bert Tanner, Martin Mortazavi, Sajid Suriya Originated: September 2017 Description: This group is focused on measurement and modeling with respect to TBI. In specific, we are carrying out an INBRE Pilot project research grant project entitled, “Investigating the Impact of Arachnoid Trabeculae…
Working Group leader: Marty Ytreberg Group members: Matthew Bernards, Jagdish Patel, Paul Rowley, Kris Waynant, Jonathan Barnes, Brenda Schroeder, Leah Frye, Xiang Li, Srinath Pashikanti Originated: February 2021 Description: We will be brainstorming ideas on how the U of I can build a center that has a focus on drug discovery. Discussion includes possible focus areas,…