SMB Epi-PDEE Mini-Conference


Joint meeting between the Mathematical Epidemiology and Population Dynamics, Ecology, & Evolution Subgroups

February 26-28, 2023
Virtual via Zoom

Updated Conference Schedule

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Last updated: February 22, 2023
Sunday, February 26th
12:00 - 2:10 Opening Remarks
12:10 - 1:00 Plenary Talk:
Folashade Agusto, University of Kansas
Double whammy: Exploring the effects of prescribed fire and rising temperature on tick-borne diseases
1:00 - 1:20 Contributed Talk: Tarun Mohan, Texas Christian University
1:20 - 1:40 Contributed Talk: Devdatta Adhikary, Indian Statistical Institute
1:40 - 2:00 Contributed Talk: Jaewook Joo, Case Western Reserve University
2:00 - 2:10 Break
2:10 - 2:30 Contributed Talk: Omar Saucedo, Virginia Tech
2:30 - 2:50 Contributed Talk: Rodolfo Guadalupe Blanco Rodriguez, University of Idaho
2:50 - 3:10 Contributed Talk: Seoyun Choe, University of Central Florida
3:10 - 3:20 Break
3:20-4:00 Panel: Collaborations between PDEE-EPI
Luis Fernando Chaves, Indiana University Bloomington
Zhilan Feng, Purdue University and NSF
Virginia Pasour, Army Research Office
Jorge X. Velasco Hernández, Instituto de Matematicas UNAM-Juriquilla
Monday, February 27th
12:00 - 12:50 Plenary Talk:
Benito Chen-Charpentier, University of Texas, Arlington
Sensitivity analysis and its application to models in Mathematical Biology
12:50 - 1:10 Contributed Talk: Michael Cortez, Florida State University
1:10 - 1:30 Contributed Talk: Claus Kadelka, Iowa State University
1:30 - 1:50 Contributed Talk: Jing Jiao, Florida State University
1:50 - 2:00 Break
2:00 - 2:20 Contributed Talk: Rebecca Tyson, University of British Columbia Okanagan
2:20 - 2:40 Contributed Talk: Susmita Sadhu, Georgia College & State University
2:40 - 3:00 Contributed Talk: Lale Asik, University of the Incarnate Word
3:00 - 3:10 Break
3:10-4:00 Working Groups - Part I
Tuesday, February 28th
12:00 - 12:50 Plenary Talk:
Brandon Ogbunu, Yale University
Proteins and Words, Needles and Birds: Disease dynamics in ecological and evolutionary context
12:50 - 1:10 Contributed Talk: John Jungck, University of Delaware
1:10 - 1:30 Contributed Talk: Pablo Cárdenas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1:30 - 1:50 Contributed Talk: Yoav Ram, Tel Aviv University
1:50 - 2:00 Break
2:00 - 2:20 Contributed Talk: Woldegebriel Assefa Woldegerima, York University
2:20 - 2:40 Contributed Talk: Benjamin Levy, Fitchburg State University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
2:40 - 3:00 Contributed Talk: Chapin S. Korosec, York University
3:00 - 3:10 Break
3:10-4:00 Working Groups - Part II
4:00-4:10 Closing Remarks