辅助迁移：生态学家获得 NIH 的帮助.pdf

1、ASSISTED MIGRATION:AN ECOLOGIST GETS HELP WITH NIH5thNational Big Data Health Science ConferenceFebruary 3,2024|Columbia,SC ABOUT ME Assistant professor in biological sciences Disease ecologist by training Focus on microcosms and application of machine learning to understanding and forecasting ecolo

2、gical systems Desire to get back to disease focusMY RESEARCH Author or co-author on 79 published papers and 4 R statistical packages A mix of ecology and disease work Currently less focus on human infectious disease than NIH might wantMY GOALS Shift research to the application of machine learning an

3、d ecology to understand human infectious disease Learn the process of successfully applying for NIH fundingMY SUCCESSES NSF RAPID(PI;200k)to develop and test multi-model approaches to COVID-19 NSF Macrosystems(PI;300k)to examine theory of population dynamics across geographic space NSF BII Design(co

4、-PI;200k)to create VERENA Various internal grants MY FAILURES NIH MIRA(rejected once so far)NIH NIAID Exploratory Data Sci Methods and Algo Dev(reject)NIH R21 NIAID TVZ(co-PI;rejected but close to funding).and plenty of othersPROPEL GRANT WRITING PROGRAMNIH EARLY CAREER REVIEWER PROGRAMINSTITUTE OF

5、INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCHTHE OVERALL RESEARCH PROGRAM Incorporating ecological theory into the study of vector-borne disease(e.g.,tick thermal performance curves)Graph-theoretic approaches to understand infectious disease emergence and mitigation Predictive modeling of potential,but

6、undetected,host-parasite associationsHOW THE R25 HAS HELPED Targeted mentorship Community of scholars Clear plan for learning objectives and accountability Monthly seminar series Opportunities to interface with public health professionals a