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DIRECTORY
Christiaan ReesMD/PhD Candidate, Quantitative Biomedical Sciences Program
BWF PUP program: Dartmouth College "Big data in the life sciences and training program"
Research interests: Identification of novel biomarkers for the detection of antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens. (read more)
Email: Christiaan.A.Rees.GR@dartmouth.edu
Phone: (603)646-1487 (o), (603)276-8704 (c)
Maria Annichia Riolo, PhDResearch Fellow, Complex Systems
BWF PUP program: University of Michigan "Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)"
Research interests: Community detection in networks and Evolution of niches. (read more)
Email: mariolo@umich.edu
Qiu RuanPhD Candidate, Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
BWF PUP program: Boston University "Boston University's Transformative Training Program in Addiction Science (TTPAS)"
Research interests: Understand the mechanism through which a gene called Hnrnph1 (heterogeneous ribonuclear protein H1) is regulating methamphetamine-induced response with the goal of anti-addiction treatment. (read more)
Email: qruan@bu.edu
Phone: (617)638-5324 (o), (857)204-6385 (c)
Thomas Schmidt, PhDProfessor, Internal Medicine, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
BWF PUP program: University of Michigan "Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)"
Research Interests and Current Projects: The ultimate goal of our research is to manage the human gut microbiome to improve health. (read more)
Email: schmidti@umich.edu
Phone: (734) 763-8206 (o), (517) 614-2147 (c)
Carl Simon, PhDProfessor, Mathematics, Complex Systems and Public Policy
BWF PUP program: University of Michigan "Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)"
Research interests: Constructing, analyzing and applying dynamical systems models to study the phenomena that involve contagion and transmission, such as infections, crime, and smoking behavior. Computing the threshold for epidemic takeoff in such models. (read more)
Email: cpsimon@umich.edu
Phone: 734-476-7764 (o), 734-476-7764 (c)
Byron SmithPhD Candidate, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
BWF PUP program: University of Michigan "Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)"
Research interests: I develop and use bioinformatic tools and statistical models to integrate diverse data towards understanding complex microbial communities. (read more)
Email: bjsm@umich.edu
Phone: (202)507-9572 (c)
This meeting is hosted by the Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) program at the University of Michigan and is sponsored by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
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