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Publications and Presentations:
Karyn Sutton recently co-authored the the following publication, "Multiple Receptor States are Required to Describe both Kinetic Binding and Activation of Neutrophils via N-Formyl Peptide Receptor Ligands" with Tami Kinzer-Ursem, Anna Waller, Afaf Absood, Geneva Omann and Jennifer Linderman. The publication is available in Cellular Signaling, October 2006, 18(10).
Carlos Castillo-Garsow currently has co-authored three publications that have been accepted or are currently in press. The publications are:
"Promoting Research and Minority Participation via Undergraduate Research in the Mathematical Sciences. MTBI/SUMS - Arizona State University", with Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Gerardo Chowell, David Murillo and Melanie Pshaenich. The publication has been accepted in Proceedings of the Conference on Promoting Undergraduate Research in Mathematics, Edited by Joseph Gallian.
"The New American University: Mentorship in the Mathematical Sciences", with Carlos Castillo-Chavez. The publication has been accepted in Models that Work: building Diversity in Advanced Mathematics, Edited by Amy Cohen and Abbe H. Herzig.
"Increasing Minority Representation in the Mathematical Sciences: Good Models but No Will to Scale Up Their Impact", with Carlos Castillo-Chavez. The publication is in press (2007) for Graduate Education-Creating the Faculty of the Future, Edited by Ronald G. Ehrenberg.
Eunha Shim recently authored the following publication, "A Note on Epidemic Models with Infective Immigrants and Vaccination", available in The Journal of Mathematical Bioscience Engineering, 2006, 3(3). Eunha also has co-authored two publications that have been accepted or are currently in press. The publications are:
"Age-Structured Model of rotavirus Infection with Vaccination", with Z. Feng, M. Martchevea and C. Castillo-Chavez. The publication is in press (2007) for The Journal of Mathematical Biology.
"Seasonality of Rotavirus Infections with its Vaccination", with H. T. Banks and C. Castillo-Chavez, appears in the AMS Contemporary Mathematics Series: Mathematical Studies on Human Disease Dynamics. Emerging Paradigms and Challenges, Edited by A. Gumel (Chief Editor), C. Castillo-Chavez, R. E. Mickens and D. P. Clemence, Volume 410 (2006).
Sharon Lima recently co-authored a publication, “Supplemental Principal Ideals” which was written with her adviser, Dr. Victor Camillo from the University of Iowa. The article will appear in Contemporary Mathematics, conference proceedings of the AMS.
The 2006 Blackwell-Tapia Conference, held November 3rd-4th at the University of Minnesota, included presentations by the following MTBI/SUMS alumni:
Karen Rios-Soto: Epidemic Spread in Populations at Demographic Equilibrium
David Tello: Mathematical Aspects of Dopamine’s Turnover
Cristi Darley-Guevara: Fourier Restriction Problem and its Relations to PDE
Daniel Romero: An Epidemiological Approach to the Spread of Minor Political Parties
David Tello’s poster on Mathematical Aspects of Dopamine’s Turnover is being presented by Professor Priscilla Greenwood at the 2006 First Annual ASU-BNI Neuroscience Symposium at the Barrow Neurological Institute, held November 4th, 2006.
The 2006 Workshop, Facing the Challenge of Infectious Diseases in Africa: The Role of Mathematical Modeling, held September 25th-27th at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, included presentations by the following MTBI/SUMS alumni:
Karyn Sutton (with Carlos Castillo-Chavez): Models of Pneumonia and their Implications for Developing Countries
David Murillo: Change in Host Behavior and its Impact on the Co-Evolution of Dengue
Eunha Shim presented her research to members of Merck Laboratories in North Wales, PA., September 20th– 21st, 2006. Per her research: “The vaccination program for rotavirus in the United States is about to be launched and it will consist of giving three doses of oral vaccine to infants. The goal of this study is to set up an epidemiological model for rotavirus infection with its possible vaccination and passive immunity gained by maternal antibodies. Breast feeding is known to provide protection and this is related to the level of rotavirus-specific immunoglobulin A (IgA) in breast milk. This age-structured model includes the waning effect of immunity gained from both vaccination and natural infection. We have generated numerical simulation of yearly incidence for the 50 years that followed the launching of a rotavirus vaccine. We used the model and simulations to compare different scenarios using a range of vaccine efficacy and breast-feeding rates.”