DIMACS/MBI US - African BioMathematics Initiative: Workshop on Genetics and Disease Control
August 8 - 12, 2011
University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

Organizers:
Gyan Bhanot, Rutgers, Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Institute for Advanced Study, gbhanot (at) rci.rutgers.edu
Nina Fefferman, Rutgers University, fefferman (at) aesop.rutgers.edu
Avner Friedman, Ohio State University, afriedman (at) math.ohio-state.edu
Marty Golubitsky, MBI - Ohio State, mg (at) mbi.osu.edu
Jamie Lloyd-Smith, UCLA, jlloydsmith (at) ucla.edu
Raul Rabadan, Columbia University, rabadan (at) dbmi.columbia.edu
Gerard Razafimanantsoa, University of Antananarivo, grazafi (at) gmail.com
Fred Roberts, DIMACS, froberts (at) dimacs.rutgers.edu
Abdul-Aziz Yakubu, Howard University, ayakubu (at) howard.edu

Local Organizers:
Kwame Dontwi, Ag. Director, NIMS Ghana
Ben Gordor, Dean-Science, UCC
Natalia Mensa, Dept of Math & Stats, UCC
Emmanuel K. Essel, HOD-Dept of Math & Stats, UCC

Presented under the auspices of the DIMACS/MBI US-African BioMathematics Initiative.

This Advanced Study Institute and workshop are jointly sponsored by:


Workshop Program:

Saturday, August 6, 2011

                Arrive in Accra, Ghana

Sunday, August 7, 2011

12:00	        Lunch in Accra

 1:00 -  4:00   Travel by bus to Elimina, Coconut Grove Beach Hotel

Monday, August 8, 2011

 9:00 -  9:10	Opening Remarks
		Isaac Dontwi, KNUST
		Abdul-Aziz Yakubu, Howard University
		Nina Fefferman, Rutgers University
 
 9:10 -  9:50	Talk: Molecular diagnosis of pandemic influenza in Ghana
		William Ampofo, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research

 9:50 - 10:30	Talk: TBA
		Nina Fefferman, Rutgers University

10:30 - 11:00	Tea Break

11:00 - 11:40	Graduate Student Tutorial: Techniques for analyzing "important to 
                disease" genetic traits in vectors
		Dina Fonseca, Rutgers University

11:40 - 12:20	Graduate Student Tutorial: Epidemiological models
		Nina Fefferman, Rutgers University

12:20 -  1:50	Lunch

 1:50 -  2:30	The role of mathematical and computer simulation models in
                experimental studies of the population and evolutionary
                biology of bacteria
		Bruce Levin, Emory University

 2:30 -  3:10	Student Talks:

 2:30 -  2:50	Cost-Effectiveness Analyses of Drug Resistance Management 
                Strategies for River Blindness
                Hugo Turner, Imperial College, London

 2:50 -  3:10	Sero-prevalence of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in
                Out-patients attending Sangailu and Ijara Health Centres Kenya
                Olivia Lwande, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

 3:10 -  3:40	Tea Break

 3:40 -  4:20	Talk: TBA
		Michael Washington, Centers for Disease Control

 4:20 -  5:00	Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Rabies Control
		Richard Suu-Ire, Forestry Commission, Wildlife Division, Ghana


Tuesday, August 9, 2011

 9:00 -  9:10	Announcements

 9:10 -  9:50	Models to Assess the Efficacy and Impact of Genetically
                Controlled Mosquitoes	
		Chuck Taylor, University of California-Los Angeles

 9:50 - 10:30	Genetic drive of engineered refractoriness in
                disease-vectoring mosquitoes
                Alex Perkins, University of California-Davis

10:30 - 11:00	Tea Break

11:00 - 11:40	Talk: The use of genetics for risk analysis in vector borne diseases
		Dina Fonseca, Rutgers University

11:40 - 12:20	Optimal treated mosquito bed nets and insecticides for eradication 
                of Malaria in Missira
		Abdul-Aziz Yakubu, Howard University

12:20 -  1:50	Lunch

 1:50 -  2:30	Graduate Student Tutorial: Viral evolution
		Siobain Duffy, Rutgers University 

 2:30 -  3:10	Graduate Student Tutorial: Population genetics, genes and information
		Nina Fefferman, Rutgers University

 3:10 -  3:40	Tea Break

 3:40 -  5:00	Poster Session


Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Group Outing to University of Cape Coast

 9:00 -  9:15	University of Cape Coast - Introductions
	
 9:15 - 10:00 	We are all Africans: Decoding recent human migration 
                history from Mutations
                Gyan Bhanot, Rutgers University, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, 
                Institute for Advanced Study

10:00 - 10:45   Talk: Malaria in irrigated and adjacent non-irrigated villages of Niono in 
                Mali
		Abdul-Aziz Yakubu, Howard University

10:45 - 11:00	Tea Break

11:00 - 11:45	Panel: Next Steps: Future of Mathematical Biology/Mathematics in Africa
		
                Francis Benyah, University of Western Cape, South Africa
		Gyan Bhanot, Rutgers University, USA
		Isaac Dontwi, KNUST, Ghana
		Essel Emmanuel Kwame, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
		Nina Fefferman, Rutgers University
		Gerard Razafimanatsoa, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar
		Jamie Lloyd-Smith, University of California-Los Angeles

11:45 - 12:30	Lunch
	
12:30 -  5:00	Field Trip Outing: Kakum National Park

	
Thursday, August 11, 2011

 9:00 -  9:10	Announcements

 9:10 -  9:50	Mathematical modeling of latent TB infection using latency and
                dormancy time course gene expression
		Gesham Magombedze, University of Cape Town, South Africa

 9:50 - 10:30	Student Talks:

 9:50 - 10:10	The pharmaco-, population and evolutionary dynamics of
                multidrug chemotherapy for tuberculosis: some theoretical and
                experimental considerations
                Pierre Ankomah, Emory University

10:10 - 10:30	Modeling and analysis the dynamics of the transmission of tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa
	        Dany Pascal Moualeu, University of Yaounde

10:30 - 11:00	Tea Break

11:00 - 11:40	Graduate Student Tutorial: Introduction to the human innate and adaptive immune response
                Gyan Bhanot

11:40 - 12:20	Graduate Student Tutorial: Discussion and Questions

12:20 -  1:50	Lunch

 1:50 -  2:30	The role of evolution in viral host jumps
		Jamie Lloyd-Smith, University of California-Los Angeles

 2:30 -  3:10	Emergent single-stranded viruses evolve as 
                quickly as RNA viruses
		Siobain Duffy, Rutgers University

 3:10 -  3:40	Tea Break

 3:40 -  4:20	Student Talks:

 3:40 -  4:00	Emerging infectious disease: adaptation and
	        evolutionary invasion across scales
                Miran Hwan Park, University of California-Los Angeles

 4:00 -  4:20	Minimum Allele Frequency as a Predictive Tool for Analyzing Clonal Expansions Across Time
	        Zachary Carpenter, Columbia University

 4:20 -  5:00	Epidemiological approach to investigate a proper model to monitor 
                the spread of the sickle cell heritage in the years in a controlled and 
                eclouser population (Ankwanda Project)
		Eugenio Girelli Bruni, University of Cape coast


Friday, August 12, 2011

 9:00 -  9:10	Announcements

 9:10 -  9:50	New pandemic influenza
		Adolfo García-Sastre, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York

 9:50 - 10:30	Talk: HIV drug resistance in Ghana
		William Ampofo, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research

10:30 - 11:00	Tea Break

11:00 - 11:40	Student Talks:

11:00 - 11:20	Network Analysis of Global Influenza Spread 
                Joseph Chan, Columbia University

11:20 - 11:40	Birth Seasonality and Infectious Disease in sub-Saharan Africa
	        Audrey Dorelien, Princeton University

11:40 - 12:20	Evolution and mimicry in influenza and other RNA viruses
		Gyan Bhanot, Rutgers University

12:20 -  1:50	Lunch

 1:50 -  2:30	A contact-waiting time metric for RNA folding
		Asamoah Nkwanta, Morgan State University

 2:30 -  3:10	Biofilm contributions to antimicrobial pharmacodynamics in vitro
		Klas Udekwu, Karolinska Institute

 3:10 -  3:40	Tea Break

 3:40 -  4:20   Optimal control strategy for controlling the spread of HIV/AIDS
		Francis Benyah, University of the Western Cape

 4:20 -  5:00	Talk: Mathematical modeling physiological tick life cycle and interaction 
                with epidemiology
		Slimane Ben-Miled, University of Tunis


Saturday, August 13, 2011

One-Day Workshop at University of Ghana

 9:00 - 12:00	Travel to University of Ghana, Accra

12:00 -  1:00	Lunch

 1:00 -  2:00	Talk: Mathematical models in ecology and epidemiology
		Abdul-Aziz Yakubu, Howard University
	
 2:00 -  3:00	Talk: TBA
		Nina Fefferman, Rutgers University

 3:00 -  4:00	Talk: We are all Africans: Decoding recent human migration history from 
                Mutations
		Gyan Bhanot, Rutgers University

 

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