DIMACS Working Group on the Ecology and Evolution of Influenza and Related Viruses

June 29 - July 2, 2003
DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University

Organizers:

Jonathan Dushoff, Princeton University,dushoff@eno.Princeton.edu

Simon Levin, Princeton University, slevin@eno.Princeton.edu

Joshua Plotkin, IAS/Princeton University, jplotkin@fas.harvard.edu

Workshop Program:

Sunday, June 29, 2003
Please note this session will be at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel

10:00 - 10:30   Breakfast and Registration

10:30 -  1:00   The Structure and Mechanisms of Viral Antigenic Drift 
                Robin Bush, Neil Ferguson, Alison Galvani 

 1:00 -  2:00   Lunch              

 2:00 -  4:00   Pandemics and Interactions Between Influenza Subtypes 
                Freddy Christiansen 

 4:15 -  5:15   Combatting Potential Pandemics in the 21st Century
                David Earn

 6:00           Dinner, Four Points Sheraton Hotel

Monday, June 30, 2003 - DIMACS Center
 
 8:30 -  9:00   Breakfast and Registration 

 9:00 - 11:30   Disease Dynamics and the Interpretation of Epidemiological Data 
                Tom Reichert 

11:40 - 12:40   Disease Dynamics and Seasonality 
                Bryan Grenfell 

12:40 -  2:00   Lunch 

 2:00 -  3:30   Disease Dynamics Discussion 

 3:45 -  6:00   Within-host Dynamics and their Significance for Influenza 
                Epidemiology and Evolution 
                Alan Perelson 

Tuesday, July 1, 2003
 
 9:00 -  9:30   Breakfast and Registration 
 
 9:30 - 12:00   Other Influenza Issues, and Applications to Other Diseases
                Joshua Plotkin and Jonathan Dushoff

12:00 -  1:00   Lunch 

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