The American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) is sponsoring the virtual Research Community Ecology Meets Infectious Diseases that offers a learning opportunity to your students, both graduate and undergraduate.  The application deadline is September 8, 2026 (see https://aimath.org/programs/researchcommunities/diseaseecology/ and https://sites.google.com/view/ecologymeetsinfectiousdisease/home for more information and to apply).

This research community will provide training in mathematical modeling of infectious diseases, ecological dynamics, and eco-epidemiological systems. Over the course of one year, starting in September 2025, the community will tackle a global problem–infectious disease emergence, spread, and control–by developing a global network of researchers trained in integrative quantitative tools for enhancing understanding of the complex interactions between ecological and epidemiological dynamics. By equipping participants with the skills to construct, analyze, simulate, and assess models, the community seeks to foster innovation in the field.

This research community will focus on training participants in recent advances in mathematical modeling of ecology, epidemiology, conservation, and control through lectures, activities, and discussions.  Participants will follow a comprehensive curriculum focused on population dynamics and infectious disease modeling that will cover topics in deterministic and stochastic models, data assimilation, network models, identifiability analysis, spatial statistics, machine learning, and more. By the program's conclusion, participants will be equipped to tackle relevant biological problems using innovative mathematical, statistical, and computational methods.

If you have questions, please contact the organizers by email at diseaseecology2025@gmail.com.