US-China Workshop on Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases; January 10-12, 2018, Shenzhen, China

该奖项将资助美国研究人员参加在中国深圳举行的中美传染病生态学与进化前沿研讨会。研讨会有两个目标。第一个目标是审查生态学和传染病研究方面的最新研究进展，并确定数据、信息和知识方面的主要差距。第二个目标是确定研究重点领域，并讨论中美两国在生态学和传染病研究方面开展联合研究和教育活动的可能机制。世界各地人类、动物和植物传染病的出现和重新出现一直是各经济部门（如作物生产、畜牧业生产、林业）、生物多样性以及公共卫生和安全的主要关切。例如，过去二十年来发生的一些大规模传染病流行（如H5N1、H7N9、埃博拉和寨卡病毒）造成了大量人命损失，并增加了经济负担。中美两国的研究人员一直走在许多传染病的研究、教育、监测、控制和预防的前沿，本次研讨会汇集了中美两国在这一研究领域的领先研究人员，交流和综合传染病流行病学、生态学和进化的最新知识。通过确定和评估EEID在数据、信息和知识方面的主要差距，本次研讨会将有助于国际社会的努力，并提高我们在预测和绘制热点、热点时刻、传染病的出现、传播和持续方面的能力和技能。研讨会的具体影响包括发表一份白皮书（将在同行评议的期刊上发表），内容涉及生态学和传染病进化的现状、差距和研究重点，为美国教师和学生提供培训机会，并为美国研究人员和机构提供网络建设机会。

This award will support travel for U.S. researchers to a US-China workshop on Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases in Shenzhen, China. The workshop has two objectives. The first objective is to review recent research progress in ecology and infectious disease research and identify key gaps in data, information, and knowledge. The second objective is to identify research priority areas and discuss possible mechanisms for joint research and education activities in ecology and infectious disease research between the US and China. The emergence and re-emergence of human, animal and plant infectious diseases around the world have been a major concern for various economic sectors (e.g., crop production, livestock production, forestry), biodiversity, and public health and security. For example, a number of large-scale epidemics of infection diseases (e.g., H5N1, H7N9, Ebola and Zika) in the past two decades have resulted in substantial losses of human life, as well as in increased economic burdens. Researchers from the USA and China have been at the forefront of research, education, surveillance, control and prevention of many infectious diseases, and this workshop brings together the leading researchers in this research area from the US and China to communicate and synthesize current knowledge of epidemiology, ecology and evolution of infectious diseases. By identifying and assessing major gaps in data, information and knowledge in the EEID, this workshop is going to contribute to the global community's effort and advance our ability and skills in predicting and mapping hot-spots, hot-moments, emergence, spread, and persistence of infectious diseases in the near future. Specific broader impacts from the workshop include a white paper (to be published in a peer-reviewed journal) on the current status, gaps, and research priorities in ecology and evolution of infectious diseases, training opportunities for US faculty and students, and network building opportunities for researchers and institutions from the US.