To provide a resource for interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research and training in mathematical biology and medicine.
Research areas
- Cancer modelling
- Drug delivery
- Time of death estimation in forensic medicine
- Population ecology
- Applications of nanostructures in biology and medicine
- Protein folding
- Applications of predator-prey models in environmental engineering
- Media influence in the spread of social diseases
- pH change in the stomach following a meal
Strategic directions
- Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research collaboration
- Attracting external funding through ARC and NHMRC national competitive grants and internal funding through UIC, Global Challenges Research Funding and other grants
- Seminar series
- Workshops and conferences
- Summer and winter vacation scholarships
- Research training through research projects at all levels (e.g. MATH235/MATH345, Honours, Masters and PhD projects)
- Attracting top students to the Bachelor in Medical Mathematics program who will continue to do research in the area
Members
- Dr Marianito Rodrigo (Director)
- Dr Maureen Edwards
- Associate Professor Mark Nelson
Associate members
- Dr Bob Anderssen (CSIRO)
- Associate Professor Duangkamon Baowan (Mahidol University)
- Dr Peter van Hejster (Queensland University of Technology)
- Professor Jim Hill (University of South Australia)
- Dr Robert Marangell (University of Sydney)
- Associate Professor James McCoy (University of Newcastle)
- Professor Natalie Thamwattana (University of Newcastle)
- Professor James Wallman (School of Biology, UOW)
- Associate Professor Annette Worthy (UOW)
- Dr Haibo Yu (School of Chemistry, UOW)