NIGMS has renewed funding for modeling research on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. Continue Reading NIGMS renews funds to support modeling research on SARS-CoV-2 and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Announcing the Round 2 Supplemental award recipients for the MIDAS COVID-19 Urgent Grant Program! Continue Reading Award Announcement: Round 2 Supplemental Awards, MIDAS COVID-19 Urgent Grant Program
Read about the new Scenario Modeling Hub and how you can participate! Continue Reading Announcing the new Scenario Modeling Hub
Read about this funding opportunity to support investigative and collaborative research focused on developing and evaluating simulation modeling and systems science to understand and address minority health and health disparities. Continue Reading NIH funding opportunity: Simulation Modeling and Systems Science to Address Health Disparities
The next Conference to Increase Diversity in Mathematical Modeling and Public Health is going online. Apply now! Continue Reading Ninth Annual Conference to Increase Diversity in Mathematical Modeling and Public Health
Announcing the award recipients for the MIDAS COVID-19 Urgent Grant Program! Continue Reading Award Announcement: MIDAS COVID-19 Urgent Grant Program
Researchers are now able to request access to the N3C Data Enclave, a centralized national COVID-19 data analytics platform to enable the rapid collection and analysis of clinical, laboratory and diagnostic data. Continue Reading Access data from the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C)
Congratulations to MIDAS member Professor Marc Lipsitch on being newly elected to the National Academy of Medicine! Continue Reading Prof. Marc Lipsitch elected to National Academy of Medicine
MIDAS member Dr. Lauren Gardner is listed as a ‘Pioneer’ on TIME Magazine list of 100 most influential people in 2020. Continue Reading Dr. Lauren Gardner named one of TIME’s 100 most influential in 2020
MIDAS member Prof. Alex Vespignani receives 2020 Euler Prize. Continue Reading Prof. Alex Vespignani receives 2020 Euler Prize
Recommended reporting items for epidemic forecasting and prediction research: the EPIFORGE 2020 guidelines. Continue Reading EPIFORGE 2020 Guidelines
Drs Caitlin Rivers and Alison Galvani were profiled in articles featured in Science and Lancet Infectious Diseases magazines! Continue Reading MIDAS members Drs Caitlin Rivers and Alison Galvani featured in Science and Lancet
MIDAS member Dr. Trevor Bedford is among the Fortune 40 Under 40 in Healthcare! Continue Reading Dr. Trevor Bedford named one of Fortune’s ’40 Under 40′ in Healthcare
NIAID awards grants to establish the Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases (CREID). Continue Reading MIDAS member Dr. Eva Harris awarded grant as part of new NIAID Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases
Dr. Ana Bento joins WHO’s Technical Advisory Group of Experts on Educational Institutions and COVID-19. Continue Reading MIDAS member Dr. Ana Bento joins WHO advisory group on COVID-19 and schools
For postdocs and early stage investigators – find out more about this funding opportunity! Continue Reading Apply for funding under the NIAID New Innovators Award (DP2)
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) has reissued the funding opportunity announcement for the Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) for Early Stage Investigators. Some MIDAS members have successfully applied for this award. Find out more about this opportunity! Continue Reading Apply for funding using the Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) (R35)
The Summer Institute in Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases (SISMID) at the University of Washington received an R25 grant from NIAID, and will continue for several more years. Continue Reading SISMID awarded 5-year grant from NIAID
The MIDAS Coordination Center announces a new COVID-19 funding program for MIDAS members! Continue Reading New funding opportunity: MIDAS COVID-19 Modeling Urgent Grant Program
See how this visualization from the New York Times incorporates research by MIDAS members. Continue Reading MIDAS members featured in NY Times article: “How The Virus Won”
Interested in modeling collaboration for COVID-19? Read more about the new Multi-Model Outbreak Decision Support (MMODS) project! Continue Reading Opportunity for modeling collaboration: Multi-Model Outbreak Decision Support (MMODS)
Watch this PBS NewsHour segment on COVID-19 modeling with Miles O’Brien interviewing MIDAS members Betz Halloran and Nicholas Reich. Continue Reading MIDAS members Prof. Betz Halloran and Dr. Nicholas Reich interviewed on PBS NewsHour
The Reich Lab’s COVID-19 Forecast Hub standardizes forecast data from many models to create an ensemble model, including models from several other MIDAS researchers. The CDC and news media such as FiveThirtyEight use the COVID-19 Forecast Hub as a data source. Continue Reading Building an ensemble model: Reich Lab COVID-19 Forecast Hub
This week we highlight several MIDAS female researchers featured in the news media. Continue Reading MIDAS members in the news – women in science
2020 Webby Special Achievement Award presented to Trevor Bedford and Nextstrain.org. Continue Reading Trevor Bedford and Nextstrain team receive Webby Award!
Join us for our second webinar, featuring COVID-19 research by Dr. Thomas McAndrew and the Reich Lab. Continue Reading Register now! MIDAS COVID-19 Webinar with Dr. Thomas McAndrew on May 29
NIGMS has launched a new webinar series for the NIGMS training community. Tune in on May 11 to see the webinar by MIDAS Coordination Center Director Wilbert van Panhuis! Continue Reading NIGMS launches new webinar series for trainees
The 2020 University of Washington Summer Institute courses are offered online this year! Many MIDAS members are instructors. Register now! Continue Reading Registration open! 2020 University of Washington Summer Institutes.
MIDAS members interviewed on CBS ’60 Minutes’ and on CNN. Continue Reading MIDAS members Dylan George and Alessandro Vespignani interviewed on national video news
It’s World Immunization Week! Mark the week of April 24-30 by watching any or all of these 4 webinars featuring world experts on the current state and future of vaccines. Continue Reading Watch a vaccine webinar during World Immunization Week 2020
MIDAS members continue to feature in numerous news outlets regarding COVID-19. Continue Reading MIDAS members in the news
Dr. Rebecca Christofferson and her team were instrumental in quickly setting up a coronavirus testing lab in Louisiana. Continue Reading MIDAS member Dr. Rebecca Christofferson helps speed up coronavirus testing in Louisiana