International Conference on

MATHEMATICAL MODELS IN MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES

Vanderbilt University - May 28-31, 1997

This conference, held in conjunction with the 12th Annual Shanks Lecture, will focus upon applications of mathematical models to medical and health sciences. The purpose of the conference will be to bring together mathematicians, biologists, and medical researchers in a forum that promotes their interdisciplinary cooperation. The Shanks Lecturer will be Martin Nowak of Oxford University. The program will include the following plenary speakers:

M. Nowak (Oxford University)

E. Afenya (Elmhurst College)
A. Al-droubi (National Institutes of Health)
S. Blower (University of California-San Francisco)
M. Kimmel (Rice University)
M. Mackey (McGill University)
S. Michelson (Roche Bioscience)
R. Miura (University of British Columbia)
M. Parrott (University of South Florida)
S. Tucker (M.D. Anderson Cancer Institute)
H. Velasco-Hernandez (UAM-Iztapalapa)

The conference program will include contributed and special sessions. The special sessions will be in epidemic models, immunology models, tumor models, physiology models, cell population models, cellular signaling, chemotherapy and radiotherapy models, medical imaging and informatics, control theory, and models and simulators in medical education.

Deadline for submission of titles and abstracts: May 1,1997 (early submission will be appreciated). If you will be giving a talk, please enclose your title and abstract with your registration form.

Registration fee:

$50.00 US (before May 1,1997)
$60.00 US (after May 1, 1997)
$25.00 US (students)

Click here for registration form

Banquet: Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel, Friday, May 30, 1997

Banquet ticket: $45.00 US
Banquet ticket: $22.50 US (students)

Scientific Committee: J. Adam (Old Dominion Univ.), Z. Agur (Tel Aviv Univ.), O. Arino (Univ. of Pau), V. Capasso (Univ. of Milan), M. Chaplain (Univ. of Dundee), C. Castillo-Chavez (Cornell Univ.), M. Gyllenberg (Univ. of Turku), J.Keener (Univ. of Utah), S. Vuk-Pavlovic (Mayo Clinic), H. Thieme (Arizona State Univ.), S. Zimmerman (M.D. Anderson Cancer Inst.).

Organizational Committee: P. Crooke (Vanderbilt), W. Fitzgibbon (Univ. of Houston), D. Hardin (Vanderbilt), M.A. Horn (Vanderbilt), D. Kirschner (University of Michigan), S. Rankin (Amer. Math. Soc.), E. Schechter (Vanderbilt), G. Simonett (Vanderbilt), G. Webb (Vanderbilt).

For more information, fill out our form for indicating interest or contact:

MMMHS
Department of Mathematics
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37240 USA

tel. (615) 322-6672
fax. (615) 343-0215
e-mail: mmmhs@math.vanderbilt.edu

Version of July 25, 1997, by webmaster.