Workshop on Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disases; University of California, Berkeley; June, 26-30, 2018

该奖项将支持在美国加州大学伯克利分校举办的传染病生态学和进化前沿研讨会。研讨会有两个目标。第一个目标是回顾生态学和传染病研究的最新进展，并确定数据、信息和知识方面的关键差距。第二个目标是确定研究优先领域，并讨论在生态学和传染病研究方面的研究和教育活动方面开展联合国际合作的可能机制。这一点很重要，因为传染病不承认国界。人类、动物和植物传染病在世界各地的出现和重新出现一直是各个经济部门(例如，农作物生产、畜牧生产、林业)、生物多样性以及公共卫生和安全的主要关切。研讨会产生的更广泛影响包括发表一篇关于传染病生态学和进化的现状、差距和研究重点的论文，为美国教职员工和学生提供培训机会，为美国的研究人员和机构提供网络建设机会。在过去20年中，一些大规模传染病(如H5N1、H7N9、埃博拉和寨卡病毒)导致大量生命损失，并增加了经济负担。在许多传染病的研究、教育、监测、控制和预防方面走在前列的研究人员将聚集在这次研讨会上，交流和综合传染病流行病学、生态学和进化的当前知识。通过识别和评估EEID在数据、信息和知识方面的主要差距，该研讨会将为全球社会的努力做出贡献，并提高我们在不久的将来预测和绘制传染病热点、热点、出现、传播和持续的能力和技能。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award will support a workshop on Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. The workshop has two objectives. The first objective is to review recent 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, international cooperation on research and education activities in ecology and infectious disease research. This is important since infectious diseases do not recognize international borders. 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. Broader impacts from the workshop include publishing a paper 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.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 who have been at the forefront of research, education, surveillance, control and prevention of many infectious diseases, will be brought together for this workshop 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.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.