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

该奖项将资助一个研究生和博士后学者研讨会，主题为“传染病生态学和进化中的新颖性和争议传播”。该研讨会将与2023年5月在宾夕法尼亚州立大学举行的年度EEID会议同时举行。COVID-19大流行的经验突出表明，需要在危机之前在研究界与这些不同群体之间建立牢固的关系和信任。研讨会将围绕三个部分组织：1)焦点病原体的创新和错误信息案例研究和“功能增益”研究，2)沟通新颖性和风险，3)针对不同受众进行量身定制的沟通。它将侧重于利用受训者自己的研究向不同的受众和环境有效传播传染病科学的技能和战略。这样做将培养传播科学的个人技能，并使科学传播方面的培训正规化，这可以成为未来群体的标准做法。该讲习班将培训30名职业生涯早期的科学家，使其与包括普通公众、机构和决策者在内的广泛受众进行有效的沟通。参与者将代表广泛的背景，包括来自STEM中代表性不足的群体的学生和博士后学者。研讨会将为初级研究人员，特别是那些来自有限的EEID研究项目的机构的研究人员提供一个交流的机会。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并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，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.