Conference: Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases 2023: Celebrating Successes and Challenging Conventions

该奖项将资助为研究生和博士后学者举办的研讨会，主题是“传播传染病生态学和进化中的新颖性和争议”。研讨会将与2023年5月在宾夕法尼亚州立大学举行的EEID年度会议同时举行。新冠肺炎大流行的经历突显出，在发生危机之前，需要在研究界和这些不同的支持者之间建立牢固的关系和信任。讲习班将围绕3个会议组织：1)局部病原体创新和错误信息的案例研究和“功能获得”研究；2)交流新颖性和风险；3)为不同受众量身定做交流。它将侧重于利用学员自己的研究，向不同的受众和环境有效地传播传染病科学的技能和策略。这样做将发展个人在传播科学方面的技能，并使科学传播方面的培训正规化，这可以成为未来队列的标准做法。研讨会将培训30名初出茅庐的科学家与广大受众进行有效沟通，包括普通公众、机构和政策制定者。参与者将代表不同的背景，包括来自STEM代表性不足群体的学生和博士后学者。研讨会将为初级研究人员提供一个交流的机会，特别是那些来自EEID研究计划有限的机构的研究人员。这一奖项反映了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 fund a workshop for graduate students and post-doctoral scholars on “Communicating Novelty and Controversy in the Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases.” The workshop will be held in conjunction with the annual EEID meeting at Pennsylvania State University in May 2023. The experience of the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to develop strong relationships and trust between the research community and these various constituencies before a crisis. The workshop will be organized around 3 sessions: 1) case studies of innovation and misinformation in focal pathogens and “gain of function” research, 2) communicating novelty and risk, 3) tailoring communication to different audiences. It will focus on skills and strategies for communicating infectious disease science effectively to varied audiences and settings using the trainees own research. Doing so will develop individual skills in communicating science and formalize training in science communication, which can become standard practice for future cohorts. The workshop will train 30 early-career scientists in effective communication to broad audiences including lay public, agency, and policy-makers. Participants will represent a wide diversity of backgrounds, including students and post-doctoral scholars from groups underrepresented in STEM. The workshop will provide an opportunity for networking among junior researchers, particularly those from institutions with limited EEID research programs.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.