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前往中国深圳参加中美生态学前沿和传染病演变研讨会。讲习班有两个目标。第一个目标是回顾生态学和传染病研究的最新研究进展，并确定数据，信息和知识的关键差距。第二个目标是确定优先研究领域，并讨论中美两国在生态学和传染病研究方面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（例如，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。例如，一些大规模的传染病流行（例如，H5N1、H7N9、埃博拉病毒和寨卡病毒）在过去二十年中造成了大量人员伤亡，并增加了经济负担。来自美国和中国的研究人员一直处于许多传染病研究，教育，监测，控制和预防的最前沿，本次研讨会汇集了来自美国和中国的该研究领域的领先研究人员，以交流和综合流行病学，生态学和传染病演变的现有知识。通过确定和评估EEID中的数据，信息和知识的主要差距，本次研讨会将有助于全球社会的努力，并提高我们在不久的将来预测和绘制传染病热点，热点时刻，出现，传播和持续性的能力和技能。研讨会的具体影响包括一份白色论文（将在同行评审期刊上发表），内容涉及传染病生态学和演变的现状、差距和研究重点，美国教师和学生的培训机会，以及美国研究人员和机构的网络建设机会。

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.