The Banff International Research Station will host the "Mathematical Immunology of Infectious Diseases" workshop next week, May 17 - May 22, 2009.

In spite of continuing advancement in the treatment of disease, we continue to face serious outbreaks of infectious pathogens (e.g. SARS, Influenza, HIV, HPV). Together with ongoing concerns about bioterrorism, this provides strong motivation for the development of mathematical models that help us minimize the frequency and severity of disease outbreaks. There are two major fields of mathematical modeling of infectious diseases. Mathematical epidemiology focuses on the spread of disease at the population level with the aim of tracing factors that contribute to pathogen propagation. Mathematical immunological models of infectious disease focus on disease progression within an infected host. The underlying mechanisms of disease progression are determined by focusing on interactions between the pathogen and the immune system. This type of study has implications for public health, providing a rational basis for vaccine distribution, drug delivery, and suppression of drug resistance.

This workshop will combine the expertise of international leaders and active researchers working in the fields of mathematical immunology, epidemiology, evolutionary dynamics and public health. Only by this integrated approach can we fully account for the complex interplay between infectious pathogens and the immune system, drug therapy or vaccine interventions and other key contributors to the growth of a pathogen in-host. Models that combine immunological and epidemiological characteristics will also have an important focus in this workshop since such models have great potential to provide new insights into the mechanism of pathogen growth, suggest new lines of research, and produce guidelines for the development of new drug therapies or vaccination protocols.



The Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery (BIRS) is a collaborative Canada-US-Mexico venture that provides an environment for creative interaction as well as the exchange of ideas, knowledge, and methods within the Mathematical Sciences, with related disciplines and with industry. The research station is located at The Banff Centre in Alberta and is supported by Canada's Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the US National Science Foundation (NSF), Alberta's Advanced Education and Technology, and Mexico's Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologí­a (CONACYT).

班夫国际研究站将主办“数学传染病免疫学”研讨会下周五月17号至5月22号， 2009年。

尽管继续提高治疗疾病，我们继续面临严重的突发性病原体（如非典，流感，艾滋病毒，人乳头状瘤病毒） 。加上正在进行的关注生物恐怖主义，这为客户提供强有力的动力，发展的数学模型，可以帮助我们尽量减少频率和严重程度的疾病暴发。有两个主要领域的数学建模的传染性疾病。数学流行病学重点疾病的蔓延在人口水平，目的是追查因素有助于病原体的传播。数学模型的免疫传染病重点疾病的发展已受感染的主机内。基本机制的疾病进展取决于侧重于病原体之间的相互作用和免疫系统。这种类型的研究已影响公众健康，提供一个合理的基础分配疫苗，药物输送，和制止抗药性。

本次研讨会将结合专业知识的国际领导人和积极的研究工作领域中的数学免疫学，流行病学，进化动力学及公众健康。只有通过这种综合方法，我们才能充分帐户之间的复杂相互作用和传染病病原体的免疫系统，药物疗法或疫苗的干预措施和其他重要贡献的增长病原体在宿主。模型相结合的免疫学和流行病学特点也将有重要的这次研讨会的重点，因为这种模式有很大的潜力提供新的见解的机制病原体的增长，表明新的研究方法，生产的指导方针，发展新的药物治疗或接种议定书。



班夫国际数学研究站为推动创新和发明（序列）是一项协作加拿大，美国和墨西哥的合资企业，提供了一个环境，创造性的相互作用以及交流思想，知识和方法，在数学科学与相关学科和与工业界。该研究站位于艾伯塔省班夫中心，并支持加拿大自然科学和工程研究理事会（ NSERC ） ，美国国家科学基金会（ NSF ） ，阿尔伯塔省的先进性教育和技术，以及墨西哥的Consejo全国Ciencia Ÿ科技（国家科学技术委员会） 。