Nanovaccine Initiative Webinar

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Date/Time:Wednesday, 13 May 2015 from 12:10 pm to 1:00 pm
Location:0020 Howe Hall
Cost:Free
URL:http://www.nanovaccine.iastate.edu/seminars/
Contact:Cheryl Khoo
Phone:515-294-3533
Channel:Research
Categories:Lectures
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"Understanding the Interplay between Population-level Vaccinating Behavior and Disease Dynamics during Childhood Vaccination Scares," Chris Bauch, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Via webinar, Bauch will discuss "disease-behavior" models his lab developed to study vaccine scares and similar behavioral phenomenon using various mathematical tools, such as dynamical systems, network simulations and model selection approaches.

Bauch will present remotely via webinar. Please visit http://www.nanovaccine.iastate.edu/seminars/ for more information on how to connect to the webinar.

Abstract
The interplay between disease dynamics and vaccinating behavior has been receiving increasing attention from mathematical modelers, due to recent vaccine scares and other behavioral phenomena. Mathematicians have developed various coupled "disease-behavior" models to capture this interplay. Salient challenges to the field include how to reconcile model predictions to empirical observations, and how to incorporate greater realism, both in epidemiology and in terms of how human behavior is represented. I will give a broad overview of my lab's research from the past 10 years devoted to addressing these challenges, using tools such as dynamical systems, network simulations, and model selection approaches. Vaccine scares could become more common as eradication goals are approached for more vaccine-preventable diseases. The end goal of my research is to develop disease-behavior models that could help us predict how vaccine scares might unfold and thereby assist mitigation efforts. This talk will be accessible to a general audience.

Bio
Chris Bauch is a mathematical biologist in the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Waterloo. He studies epidemiological and ecological systems with a particular emphasis on evaluating interventions, and coupling models of human behavior with models of disease dynamics or ecological dynamics. His research approaches include differential equations, stochastic simulations, and network models. He has published over 80 papers in journals including Science, PNAS, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, PLoS Computational Biology, Lancet Infectious Diseases, and others. Bauch's research is funded by NSERC, CIHR, GlaxoSmithKline, USDA, The Ministry of Health Ontario, and the World Health Organization. Some of this work has reached a wide audience through the media, and has been written up in The New York Times, Scientific American, USA Today, BBC News and other media.