2019 NIMBioS-NSA REU Program

The impact of shifting climate on co-evolution in vector-borne diseases

Participants:
Brandon Grandison, Mathematics & Environmental Science, Univ. of Florida
Ana Kilgor, Organismal Biology & Ecology, Colorado College
Hannah Yi, Biology, Tufts Univ.

Mentors:
Dr. Nina Fefferman, NIMBioS Assoc. Director for Math Modeling Consulting Center; Ecology & Evolutionary Biologh, Univ. of Tennessee
Dr. Jing Jiao, NIMBioS Postdoctoral Fellow

Mosquito photo. Project Description. This project will build on existing models that look at co-evolutionary dynamics in metapopulations of hosts, vectors, and parasites/pathogens to consider the potential impact of shifting environmental conditions due to climate change. We will employ differential equations to explore how changing habitat ranges and climate-driven etiologies of infection alter the disease landscape over time.

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From 2008 until early 2021, NIMBioS was supported by the National Science Foundation through NSF Award #DBI-1300426, with additional support from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.