Dear NIMBioS Community,
Morsels from Numbers and Nature is back!
Got a 5–10 minute idea, project, or question to share? Our next session is November 20, 2025, at 2:00 PM ET on Zoom, and we’re looking for a speaker!
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If you missed the last one, here’s a quick recap:
Ryan Campbell, a graduate research assistant at the University of Tennessee working under his advisor, Dr. Christopher Strickland, presented his research on the topic “Individual-based Social Network Subcommunity Models of the Opioid Epidemic.”
Summary: Opioid-related mortality has steadily been on the rise for the past three decades, with over 806,000 overdose deaths recorded since 1991. Motivated by previous models, we have developed an individual-based model that separates individuals into independent groups called communities and clusters. With the model, we can track the drug states and social networks of individuals through time.
Be sure to check out our YouTube channel for recordings of all previous talks!