REU Site: Population Biology of Infectious Diseases

本科生（REU）网站的研究经验奖已经作出了格鲁吉亚的大学，将提供9名学生的研究培训，在2013年至2015年的夏天10周。该计划的重点是传染病的人口生物学-旨在共同了解现有和新兴病原体传播，进化和应对环境压力的机制的科学。现在人们普遍认为，应对传染病的未来挑战将需要越来越重视跨学科的培训和合作，以及通过建模对想法和数据进行定量综合。我们计划的一个中心目标是为学生提供研究经验和教育机会，在定量科学（应用数学，统计学，计算机科学）和传染病生物学的经验学科的交叉点。学生将与来自整个UGA校园的12个部门的教师研究导师配对，并将开展专注于宿主和病原体的生态，进化或免疫相互作用的项目。 学生是根据学术准备，以前的经验，未来的目标，并支持参考信的基础上选择的，并确保建模和实验项目之间的平衡在每个学生的队列。学生将通过印刷，数字和直接手段相结合，包括与桃州路易斯斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（http：//www.pslsamp.uga.edu/）和校园访问支持机构的网络合作招募。 欢迎来自任何机构和主要学习科目的本科生申请。特别鼓励来自历史上黑人学院和大学的学生和/或生物学，计算机科学，生态学，数学和统计学专业的学生申请。学生被跟踪，以确定他们对学习的学术领域的持续兴趣，他们的职业道路，以及研究经验的持久影响。有关该计划的信息将通过各种手段进行评估，包括使用REU通用评估工具。欲了解更多信息，请访问http://reu.ecology.uga.edu或联系PI（John Drake博士，jdrake@uga.edu）。

A Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Sites award has been made to the University of Georgia that will provide research training for 9 students, for 10 weeks during the summers of 2013- 2015. The program focuses on the population biology of infectious diseases - the sciences that aim collectively to understand the mechanisms by which existing and emerging pathogens spread, evolve, and respond to environmental pressures. It is now widely perceived that meeting the future challenges of infectious diseases will require an increasing emphasis on inter-disciplinary training and collaboration and the quantitative synthesis of ideas and data through modeling. A central goal of our program is to provide students with research experiences and educational opportunities at the intersections of the quantitative sciences (applied mathematics, statistics, computer science) and empirical disciplines of infectious disease biology. Students will be paired with faculty research mentors in 12 departments from across the UGA campus, and will conduct projects focused on the ecological, evolutionary or immunological interactions of hosts and pathogens. Students are selected on the basis of academic preparedness, previous experiences, future goals, and supporting letters of reference and to ensure a balance between modeling and experimental projects within each cohort of students. Students will be recruited through a combination of print, digital, and direct means including a collaboration with the Peach State Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority participation (http://www.pslsamp.uga.edu/) and campus visits to a network of supporting institutions. Undergraduate students from any institution and major subject of study are invited to apply. Applications from students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities and/or majoring in biology, computer science, ecology, mathematics, and statistics are especially encouraged. Students are tracked to determine their continued interest in their academic field of study, their career paths, and the lasting influences of the research experience. Information about the program will be assessed by various means, including use of an REU common assessment tool. More information is available by visiting http://reu.ecology.uga.edu, or by contacting the PI (Dr. John Drake at jdrake@uga.edu).