Thematic Program: The Mathematics of Drug Resistance in Infectious Diseases

多伦多的菲尔兹研究所将于2010年7月至8月主办并资助（200 000加元）一个关于传染病耐药性数学的专题方案。本申请寻求对美国初级研究人员（研究生、博士后研究员和初级教员）参与该项目的支持。细菌和病毒的耐药性已被认为是新世纪公共卫生的最大威胁之一。菲尔兹研究所拟议的为期两个月的专题计划将重点关注传染病耐药性的出现，并将汇集来自世界各地的数学流行病学/免疫学领域的领先研究人员，以促进这一领域的重大进展。该计划将包括两个主要的子主题，这是至关重要的理解和预测耐药性的出现：（a）数学免疫学：从宿主到群体建模;（B）传染病的传播异质性。上述每一个副主题都代表了当前研究兴趣的一个重要领域，对公共卫生具有重要意义，每个副主题都为数学理论和技术的进步提供了充分的机会。该奖项由数学科学部和国际科学与工程办公室（OISE）共同资助。

The Fields Institute in Toronto will host and fund (Canadian $200,000) a Thematic Program on The Mathematics of Drug Resistance in Infectious Diseases", July-August 2010. This application seeks support for junior U.S. researchers (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty) to participate in the program.Drug resistance by bacteria and virus has been regarded as one of the biggest threats to public health in the new century. The proposed two-month thematic program at the Fields Institute will focus on the Emergence of Drug Resistance in Infectious Diseases and will bring together leading researchers in mathematical epidemiology/immunology from around the world in order to stimulate major progress in this area. The program will consist of two main sub-themes that are of fundamental importance to understanding and predicting the emergence of drug resistance: (a) Mathematical Immunology: from In-host to Population Modeling; (b) Transmission Heterogeneity in Infectious Diseases. Each of the above sub-themes represents an important area of current research interest and importance to public health, and each also provides ample opportunities for the advancement of mathematical theories and techniques.This award is being jointly funded by the Division of Mathematical Sciences and by the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE).