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

会议：2023 年传染病的生态学和演变：庆祝成功并挑战惯例

• 批准号: 2319012
• 负责人: Matthew Ferrari
• 金额: $ 6.74万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-04-01 至 2024-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2319012&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Ecology; Evolution; Infectious; Diseases

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.

该奖项将为研究生和博士后学者举办“交流传染病生态学和进化中的新颖性和争议”研讨会。该研讨会将于 2023 年 5 月与宾夕法尼亚州立大学举行的 EEID 年度会议同时举行。COVID-19 大流行的经验凸显了在危机发生之前在研究界和这些不同群体之间建立牢固的关系和信任的必要性。该研讨会将围绕 3 场会议进行：1）重点病原体创新和错误信息案例研究以及“功能获得”研究，2）传达新颖性和风险，3）针对不同受众进行定制沟通。它将侧重于利用学员自己的研究，向不同受众和环境有效传播传染病科学的技能和策略。这样做将培养个人科学传播技能，并将科学传播培训正规化，这可以成为未来群体的标准做法。该研讨会将培训 30 名处于职业生涯早期的科学家与包括非专业公众、机构和政策制定者在内的广大受众进行有效沟通。参与者将具有广泛的背景，包括来自 STEM 领域代表性不足群体的学生和博士后学者。该研讨会将为初级研究人员提供一个建立联系的机会，特别是那些来自 EEID 研究项目有限的机构的研究人员。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。