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

该奖项将资助研究生和博士后学者举办一个关于“传播传染病生态学和进化中的新奇和争议”的研讨会。该研讨会将于2023年5月在宾夕法尼亚州立大学举行的EEID年会上举行。COVID-19大流行的经验凸显了在危机发生前，研究界与这些不同群体之间建立牢固关系和信任的必要性。研讨会将围绕3个部分进行：1）焦点病原体和“功能增益”研究中创新和错误信息的案例研究，2）传达新奇和风险，3）针对不同受众进行定制沟通。它将侧重于技能和战略，有效地传播传染病科学，以不同的观众和设置使用学员自己的研究。这样做将发展个人传播科学的技能，并使科学传播培训正规化，这可能成为未来同龄人的标准做法。该研讨会将培训30名早期职业科学家，使他们能够与包括普通公众、机构和政策制定者在内的广泛受众进行有效沟通。参与者将代表广泛的背景，包括学生和博士后学者从STEM代表性不足的群体。该研讨会将为初级研究人员提供一个建立网络的机会，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，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

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.