\u201cIt\u2019s really interesting working with math models. You can describe a process with math and figure out other things you couldn\u2019t before.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really interesting working with math models,\u201d Reed says. \u201cYou can describe a process with math and figure out other things you couldn\u2019t before.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reed explains what math models can do with an example of how the influenza virus spreads. She says you begin with different populations: people who are susceptible to the flu, infected by the flu and people who have recovered from a strain of flu. Working in a lab, Reed can trace contact rates, duration of infection and recovery. Using math, Reed can show how the flu moves through susceptible people, to infection and to recovered people.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy using the biology of what happens with the flu virus, we can figure out the rates, contact rates and duration of infection and recovery,\u201d Reed says. \u201cIf we incorporate quarantine or vaccination you can model that too, and answer questions like \u2018How many people do we need to vaccinate for the flu to stop?\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n
Last year, Reed studied the modeling of cholera with a team of undergraduate and graduate students, under the guidance of Shuai. The team studied the cholera outbreaks in Haiti, taking into to account the impact of educational intervention regarding sanitation and hygiene. The team presented their findings at the 2017 MMA Mathfest in Chicago, Illinois.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to work with biologists, computer scientists and mathematicians to get a thing that\u2019s going to work.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The skills Reed learned at 麻豆原创 are what granted her the opportunity to spend her summer researching mosquito-borne illnesses and mosquitos\u2019 response to environmental factors. She will work with UT’s Suzanne Lenhart, an applied mathematician, and Rebecca Trout Fryxell, an entomologist.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to work with biologists, computer scientists and mathematicians to get a thing that\u2019s going to work,\u201d Reed says.<\/p>\n
Mosquitos can be infected by a bacterium that changes the mosquito\u2019s immune system, almost like a parasite, but it can benefit the environment by creating an accessory to the bug\u2019s immune system, preventing it from coming infected with Dengue or Zika. If biologists and mathematicians can come up with how to best infect mosquitoes with bacteria, there is a chance there could be a decrease in mosquito-borne illnesses.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople have been doing this in some places like Australia and Vietnam where they\u2019ve released mosquitoes into the environment,\u201d Reed said. \u201cThey\u2019ve seen a decay in mosquito-borne illnesses because of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
When Reed returns to Central Florida she will graduate in August and begin teaching at a local high school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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