REU Site: Population Biology of Infectious Diseases

这个REU网站奖给格鲁吉亚，位于雅典，GA的大学，将支持12名学生在2017年至2021年的夏天9周的培训。 该计划由生物基础设施部（BIO/DBI）和数学科学部（MPS/DMS）支持，专注于传染病生物学研究中经验和定量方法的交叉。 研究项目可以是基于实验室或现场的;涉及建模，模拟和分析;或两者的组合。 虽然该计划是由生态奥德姆学校主办，项目导师分布在多个UGA学校和部门，包括生态学，兽医学，昆虫学，流行病学和生物统计学，林业和自然资源，公共卫生和遗传学。 除了研究，学生参加研讨会上负责任的行为在研究和如何申请研究生院，参加每周的期刊阅读，参加职业道路和妇女在科学的讨论，并采取校外实地考察CDC总部和格鲁吉亚水族馆。 该计划将招收生物科学（例如生物学，生态学，遗传学）或定量科学（例如数学，计算机科学和统计学）专业的学生。 鼓励参加HBCU和其他少数民族服务机构的学生申请（可在线获得）。 预计共有60名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校，将在该方案中接受培训。学生将学习如何进行研究，并将在夏季结束时的海报研讨会上展示他们的研究。许多人将在他们离开UGA后的科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。由生物基础设施部资助的所有REU研究中心项目使用的通用网络评估工具将用于确定培训项目的有效性。学生将在课程结束后进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。学生将被要求通过NSF报告系统自动发送电子邮件。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问http://reu.ecology.uga.edu/或联系PI（John Drake博士）。jdrake@uga.edu）或共同主要研究者（Michael Strand博士，mrstrand@uga.edu）。

This REU Site award to the University of Georgia, located in Athens, GA, will support the training of 12 students for 9 weeks during the summers of 2017- 2021. This program, supported by both the Division of Biological Infrastructure (BIO/DBI) and the Division of Mathematical Sciences (MPS/DMS), focuses on the intersection of empirical and quantitative methods in the study of infectious disease biology. Research projects can be lab or field based; involve modeling, simulation, and analytics; or a combination of both. While the program is hosted by the Odum School of Ecology, project mentors are spread across multiple UGA schools and departments including Ecology, Veterinary Medicine, Entomology, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Forestry and Natural Resources, Public Health, and Genetics. In addition to research, students attend workshops on responsible conduct in research and how to apply to graduate school, participate in weekly journal readings, attend discussions on career paths and women in science, and take off-campus field trips to CDC headquarters and the Georgia Aquarium. The program will recruit students with majors in either the biological sciences (e.g. biology, ecology, genetics) or quantitative sciences (e.g. mathematics, computer science, and statistics). Applications (available online) from students attending HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions are encouraged. It is anticipated that a total of 60 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities, will be trained in the program. Students will learn how research is conducted, and will present their research at a poster symposium at the end of the summer. Many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences after they leave UGA. A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU Site programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine their career paths. Students will be asked to respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information about the program is available by visiting http://reu.ecology.uga.edu/ or by contacting the PI (Dr. John Drake). jdrake@uga.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Michael Strand at mrstrand@uga.edu).