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提供一个研讨会，以“在传染病的生态学和进化中传达新颖性和争议”。该研讨会将于2023年5月在宾夕法尼亚州立大学举行的年度EEID会议上举行。COVID-19-Pandemic的经验强调了需要在危机前建立牢固的关系和研究社区之间建立牢固的关系和信任。研讨会将在3个会议范围内组织：1）焦点病原体中创新和错觉的案例研究以及“功能获得”研究，2）传达新颖性和风险，3）对不同受众群体调整沟通。它将专注于使用受训者自己的研究有效地传达传染病科学与不同受众和环境的技能和策略。这样做将发展个人技能，以传达科学并在科学传播方面进行正式培训，这可以成为未来人群的标准实践。该研讨会将培训30名早期科学家，以有效地向包括外行公众，代理机构和政策制定者在内的广泛受众进行沟通。参与者将代表各种各样的背景，包括来自STEM中代表性不足的团体的学生和博士后学者。该研讨会将为初级研究人员（尤其是拥有有限EEID研究计划的机构的机构的网络）提供机会。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，通过评估被认为是宝贵的支持。