The Dartmouth Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics would like 
to invite you to the following session:

Time: Thursday, October 18th 2012 at 6 pm

Location: B03 Moore

Speaker: Olivia Prosper (PhD in Mathematics)

Seminar Topic: "Using Mathematics to Model the Dynamics of Malaria"

Pizza will be served.

Abstract: Despite many efforts to reduce the burden of malaria, this 
vector-borne disease continues to endanger millions around the globe 
each year. Mathematical modeling can play an important role in 
evaluating why some control efforts have been unsuccessful and inform 
future decisions regarding malaria control. In this talk, I will give a 
brief introduction to modeling infectious diseases with simple 
mathematical models, then I will highlight different projects I have 
been involved in to illustrate how we can extend and use these models to 
address problems relevant to malaria dynamics and control.