NSF Center for Analysis and Prediction of Pandemic Expansion
@nsfappexcenter.bsky.social
NSF Center for Analysis and Prediction of Pandemic Expansion. Tackling questions about pandemic expansion through multidisciplinary work. Based at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville | www.appex.org
Meet Michael Reed, a Professor of Biology at Tufts University whose work is all about understanding the balance of nature. His big Q for the APPEX project: Can we actually predict when a population is about to explode into an outbreak or spiral into a crash? Learn more: youtu.be/dmMXgiNiBE0
Michael Reed
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Meet one of our APPEX Summer Program students, Irene Karegi! Irene is on a mission to understand the complex journey of zoonotic viruses as they move between wildlife, domestic animals, and humans. Learn more about her research: youtu.be/ZN103_kA-cU.
Irene Karegi
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Meet Alanna Haslam-Hyde! 🎉 After defending her PhD in Mathematics at Boston University, she's heading to Gordon College this fall as an Assistant Professor of Math & Data Science. She uses math to understand resilient biological systems. Learn more about Alanna's work: youtu.be/H9DHr-oo5D0
Alanna Haslam Hyde
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Meet our Director, Dr. Nina Fefferman! 👋 She uses mathematical modeling to understand how our behaviors and social connections shape the spread of infectious diseases. We’re lucky to have her leading APPEX! Learn more about her work: youtu.be/4Yh2vqG9cXA
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Meet Courtney Schreiner, a fourth-year PhD student using mathematical modeling to improve wildlife disease management and understand disease risk. 🦠📊 Learn more about Courtney here: youtu.be/8MxDYSNlwYI #PhDLife #WildlifeConservation #Epidemiology #APPEXResearch
Courtney Schreiner
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This week, we are introducing Dr. Deborah Miller! She is a senior member of our team and an expert in One Health. As both a veterinary pathologist and a wildlife biologist, Deb has a unique perspective on the health of our world. Learn more about Deb's research here: youtu.be/S9GB7nCuyww
Deb Miller
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This week, we are excited to introduce you to Dr. Bogdan Gavrea! 👋 Bogdan recently joined APPEX and is using the power of math to solve some of the most complex challenges in robotics, machine learning, and AI. Learn more about Bogdan here: youtu.be/IB43aNGygy8
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Next up, we would like to introduce Jonathon Gass, an Assistant Professor at Tufts University. His research lab focuses on One Health, understanding the complex transmission dynamics between animals and humans. Learn more about his research here: youtu.be/S9bCYlUexo8?...
Jonathon Gass
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Over the next few months, we will be introducing some of our APPEX researchers! Meet Stephanie Bohon. Her latest project with APPEX has a fascinating historical twist... Learn more here! youtube.com/shorts/GyX-K... #APPEXresearch #WomenInSTEM #birding #sociology #interdisciplinary
Stephanie Bohon
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APPEX officially relaunched at ASU on May 1, bringing together researchers, partners, and collaborators to explore the future of public health preparedness, AI, outbreak epidemiology, data science, and knowledge sharing. We are excited for what’s ahead! #nsf #asu #pandemicscience
Popping into Boston for a day - getting some in-person APPEX @nsfappexcenter.bsky.social collaborative research time is awesome!! Even if it's a winter storm, we do this.
Starting Week 3 in the Nantucket Archives on a great project to solve a 263-year-old medical mystery with @sjryan3.bsky.social and others for @nsfappexcenter.bsky.social
Our first publication for our @nsfappexcenter.bsky.social project on the Nantucket Wapanoag (forthcoming in @contexts.org) centers on this map, here with my co-author Shaylee Hodges at the Nantucket Whaling Museum.
Having an ABSOLUTELY normal one today looking up colonial records for Nantucket at the UK National Archives for an @nsfappexcenter.bsky.social project - on July 4th.
Join us this August at the 2025 ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining for "CausalBench: Streamlining Causal Learning Research", the 2nd NSF APPEX Tutorial! ⭐ Please stay tuned. Details to be announced soon!
Spots are filling up! Join us on June 21st for "What makes a useful model? A conversation in design choices for mathematical and statistical models in the life and social sciences".💡 🗓 June 21st, 12pm ET 💻 2.5 hour virtual tutorial 🔗 Register here: forms.gle/BUFv7GvpffGr...
We’re excited to highlight Theoretical Model Explaining Patterns of Rotavirus in Children and Adults, another one of the chosen Seed Ideas in our semi-annual competition! appex.org/selectedseeds/
Register here for our tutorial "What makes a useful model? A conversation in design choices for mathematical and statistical models in the life and social sciences"💡 forms.gle/BUFv7GvpffGr...
We are excited to introduce Is Lassa Virus Reassorting, and If So Where?: Implications for Surveillance and Control – one of the selected Seed Ideas from our inaugural competition. appex.org/selectedseeds/ Thank you to everyone who participated — we can’t wait to see how this work evolves!
We are excited to reveal the first of our selected seed proposals from our first semi-annual competition for new Seed Ideas for Working Groups! 🌱 appex.org/selectedseeds/
STEM grad students: Apply your skills to real-world pandemic research this summer with NSF APPEX! Remote, paid, multidisciplinary internship. Modeling, AI, public health & more. 🔗 appex.org/openpositions/
Since the spring of 2021, NIMBioS has secured over $8.5 million in new funding, building on the many ongoing multi-year projects already funded before 2021. This impressive growth does not include the $18 million brought in by @nsfappexcenter.bsky.social, our sister institute!
The deadline for submitting Seed Proposals is quickly approaching on Feb 28th! Post your ideas on the site as soon as possible to allow others to provide feedback and help boost your chances of selection. More Info: appex.org/seed/ Submission: seed.appex.org/seeds
The deadline for submitting Seed Proposals is quickly approaching on Feb 28th! Post your ideas on the site as soon as possible to allow others to provide feedback and help boost your chances of selection. More Info: appex.org/seed/ Submission: seed.appex.org/seeds
(1/5) We are proud to amplify a piece by MIT that highlights the launch of the NSF APPEX institute and Prof. Lydia Bourouiba’s role as Associate Director for Translation, Impact, and Policy.
NSF APPEX invites Seed Ideas for new Working Groups to tackle pandemic risk & response. Have a bold idea to study pandemic expansion? We want to work with you! Learn more: appex.org/seed/
Save the Date! The NSF APPEX Inaugural meeting is happening in Knoxville, Tennessee on April 26–27, 2025 (Saturday & Sunday). 📅 Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more details!
Have a bold idea to study pandemic expansion? We want to work with you! We are soliciting seed ideas, and have a cool way for you to populate anticipated team needs - have a think, follow the link, and thanks for stopping by! Learn more: appex.org/seed/
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NSF Center for Analysis and Prediction of Pandemic Expansion@nsfappexcenter.bsky.social · 2y agoNSF APPEX invites Seed Ideas for new Working Groups to tackle pandemic risk & response. Have a bold idea to study pandemic expansion? We want to work with you! Learn more: appex.org/seed/
NSF APPEX welcomes applications for a post-doctoral research associate in areas associated with mathematical and computational models in pandemic science. Apply now! fa-ewlq-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
