NSF Center for Analysis and Prediction of Pandemic Expansion

Starting Week 3 in the Nantucket Archives on a great project to solve a 263-year-old medical mystery with @sjryan3.bsky.social and others for @nsfappexcenter.bsky.social

Our first publication for our @nsfappexcenter.bsky.social project on the Nantucket Wapanoag (forthcoming in @contexts.org) centers on this map, here with my co-author Shaylee Hodges at the Nantucket Whaling Museum.

Having an ABSOLUTELY normal one today looking up colonial records for Nantucket at the UK National Archives for an @nsfappexcenter.bsky.social project - on July 4th.

Join us this August at the 2025 ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining for "CausalBench: Streamlining Causal Learning Research", the 2nd NSF APPEX Tutorial! ⭐

Please stay tuned. Details to be announced soon!

Spots are filling up! Join us on June 21st for "What makes a useful model? A conversation in design choices for mathematical and statistical models in the life and social sciences".💡

🗓 June 21st, 12pm ET
💻 2.5 hour virtual tutorial
🔗 Register here: forms.gle/BUFv7GvpffGr...

We’re excited to highlight Theoretical Model Explaining Patterns of Rotavirus in Children and Adults, another one of the chosen Seed Ideas in our semi-annual competition! appex.org/selectedseeds/

Register here for our tutorial "What makes a useful model? A conversation in design choices for mathematical and statistical models in the life and social sciences"💡 forms.gle/BUFv7GvpffGr...

We are excited to introduce Is Lassa Virus Reassorting, and If So Where?: Implications for Surveillance and Control – one of the selected Seed Ideas from our inaugural competition. appex.org/selectedseeds/

Thank you to everyone who participated — we can’t wait to see how this work evolves!

We are excited to reveal the first of our selected seed proposals from our first semi-annual competition for new Seed Ideas for Working Groups! 🌱 appex.org/selectedseeds/

STEM grad students: Apply your skills to real-world pandemic research this summer with NSF APPEX! Remote, paid, multidisciplinary internship. Modeling, AI, public health & more.
🔗 appex.org/openpositions/

Since the spring of 2021, NIMBioS has secured over $8.5 million in new funding, building on the many ongoing multi-year projects already funded before 2021. This impressive growth does not include the $18 million brought in by
@nsfappexcenter.bsky.social, our sister institute!

The deadline for submitting Seed Proposals is quickly approaching on Feb 28th! Post your ideas on the site as soon as possible to allow others to provide feedback and help boost your chances of selection.

More Info: appex.org/seed/
Submission: seed.appex.org/seeds

The deadline for submitting Seed Proposals is quickly approaching on Feb 28th! Post your ideas on the site as soon as possible to allow others to provide feedback and help boost your chances of selection.

More Info: appex.org/seed/
Submission: seed.appex.org/seeds

(5/5) Photo credit: MIT Institute for Medical Engineering & Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

(4/5) Read the full article here: imes.mit.edu/news-events/...

(3/5) In addition, exciting news is shared about our current Solicitation of Seed Ideas for Working Group Proposals! appex.org/seed/

(2/5) It also showcases Prof. Bourouiba’s groundbreaking research—she has spent more than 10 years researching fundamental processes of how infectious diseases spread and translating the science to improve public policy, nationally and internationally.

(1/5) We are proud to amplify a piece by MIT that highlights the launch of the NSF APPEX institute and Prof. Lydia Bourouiba’s role as Associate Director for Translation, Impact, and Policy.

NSF APPEX invites Seed Ideas for new Working Groups to tackle pandemic risk & response. Have a bold idea to study pandemic expansion? We want to work with you! Learn more: appex.org/seed/

Save the Date! The NSF APPEX Inaugural meeting is happening in Knoxville, Tennessee on April 26–27, 2025 (Saturday & Sunday). 📅 Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more details!

Have a bold idea to study pandemic expansion? We want to work with you!
We are soliciting seed ideas, and have a cool way for you to populate anticipated team needs - have a think, follow the link, and thanks for stopping by!

Learn more: appex.org/seed/

NSF APPEX welcomes applications for a post-doctoral research associate in areas associated with mathematical and computational models in pandemic science. Apply now! fa-ewlq-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

NSF APPEX invites Seed Ideas for new Working Groups to tackle pandemic risk & response. Have a bold idea to study pandemic expansion? We want to work with you! Learn more: appex.org/seed/

This January, APPEX will open our first call for seed ideas around which to form new Working Groups. Stay tuned for more info coming soon! Learn more: appex.org/news/

We are happy to announce that NSF APPEX is now on Bluesky! We’re excited to reach a new audience in the pandemic science community. We invite you to follow along and work with us as we explore solutions to global health challenges. #PandemicScience #PublicHealth #BlueskyScience