Thematic Program: The Mathematics of Drug Resistance in Infectious Diseases

多伦多菲尔兹研究所将于2010年7月至8月主持并资助一个关于传染病耐药性数学的专题项目（200,000加元）。本申请寻求支持初级美国研究人员（研究生，博士后研究员和初级教师）参加该计划。细菌和病毒的耐药性已被认为是新世纪公众健康面临的最大威胁之一。菲尔兹研究所拟议的为期两个月的专题方案将侧重于传染病耐药性的出现，并将汇集世界各地数学流行病学/免疫学方面的主要研究人员，以促进这一领域的重大进展。该方案将包括对理解和预测耐药性的出现具有根本重要性的两个主要子主题：(a)数学免疫学：从宿主内到种群建模；(b)传染病传播的异质性。上述每个副主题都代表了当前研究兴趣和对公共卫生的重要性的一个重要领域，并且每个主题也为数学理论和技术的进步提供了充足的机会。该奖项由数学科学司和国际科学与工程办公室（OISE）共同资助。

The Fields Institute in Toronto will host and fund (Canadian $200,000) a Thematic Program on The Mathematics of Drug Resistance in Infectious Diseases", July-August 2010. This application seeks support for junior U.S. researchers (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty) to participate in the program.Drug resistance by bacteria and virus has been regarded as one of the biggest threats to public health in the new century. The proposed two-month thematic program at the Fields Institute will focus on the Emergence of Drug Resistance in Infectious Diseases and will bring together leading researchers in mathematical epidemiology/immunology from around the world in order to stimulate major progress in this area. The program will consist of two main sub-themes that are of fundamental importance to understanding and predicting the emergence of drug resistance: (a) Mathematical Immunology: from In-host to Population Modeling; (b) Transmission Heterogeneity in Infectious Diseases. Each of the above sub-themes represents an important area of current research interest and importance to public health, and each also provides ample opportunities for the advancement of mathematical theories and techniques.This award is being jointly funded by the Division of Mathematical Sciences and by the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE).