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The relationships between hoarding disorder (HD) and other neurological and psychiatric disorders remain largely unknown. Although psychiatric burden in those with HD is high, less is known about neurological disorders.

Mahya Aghaee was one of two presenters selected for the Mathematical and Computational Sciences Poster Walk at the Thirteenth American Conference on Pharmacometrics (ACoP13). Her poster presentation was titled Mathematical Optimization of Combination Therapy for Patients with Multiple Myeloma, based on her work with Helen Moore.

Mahya Aghaee was awarded a Best Presentation prize at the 2022 American Conference on Pharmacometrics (ACoP13) Trainee Communication Challenge in Aurora, Colorado. All participants gave 5-minute presentations of their research without using any slides. Dr. Aghaee presented her work with Helen Moore on Multiple myeloma therapy optimization.

Luis Sordo Vieira has been accepted as a Regular Member of the Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP). Dr. Sordo Vieira was admitted based on his professional record and an endorsement from a current member.

December 12, 2022 • 4:30 – 6:00

Melanoma is considered to be the most serious and aggressive type of skin cancer, and metastasis appears to be the most important factor in its prognosis.

Plasmodium cynomolgi causes zoonotic malarial infections in Southeast Asia and this parasite species is important as a model for Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale. Each of these species produces hypnozoites in the liver, which can cause relapsing infections in the blood. 

On September 19, Luis L. Fonseca presented in a minisymposium on Boolean networks and related modeling frameworks at the 12th European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology (ECMTB 2022).

Hoarding disorder (HD) is a psychiatric condition characterized by difficulty discarding items and accumulation of clutter. Although studies have established the negative impact of HD and compulsive hoarding behavior, fewer have examined the impact on quality of life (QoL) of hoarding behavior independent of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

To investigate the vulnerability of nurses to experiencing professional burnout and low fulfilment across 5 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. (2) To identify modifiable variables in hospital leadership and individual vulnerabilities that may mitigate these effects.

Plasmodium knowlesi poses a health threat throughout Southeast Asian communities and currently causes most cases of malaria in Malaysia. This zoonotic parasite species has been studied in Macaca mulatta (rhesus monkeys) as a model for severe malarial infections, chronicity, and antigenic variation.

Yoga has been shown to reduce pain and improve function in populations with chronic low back pain (cLBP)…

On August 8, Cory Brunson will present as part of an invited panel on New Developments in Graphing Multivariate Data at the Joint Statistical Meetings in Washington DC.

On July 11, Reinhard Laubenbacher will present at the 30th Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology of the International Society for Computational Biology in Madison, WI.

In a special session on Expanding Tidyverse on June 23, Cory Brunson will discuss an open-source R package collection for TDA at the all-virtual useR! 2022.

The Banff International Research Station hosted this workshop from May 29, 2022 to June 5, 2022. Reinhard Laubenbacher and Matt Wheeler joined collaborators for a to work on developing a mathematical foundation for a theory of modularity of biological systems and completed a manuscript on their work.