We aim to train the next generation of researchers and practitioners in pandemic science through tutorials, summer programs, a certificate program, and other professional development. We also build on our existing partnerships with a variety of organizations, creating new opportunities, like our APPEX Fellows program. Furthermore, we have several public outreach activities planned, including a science-comedy podcast, YouTube webinars, and K-12 educational resources designed in collaboration with Easy as Play.
Tutorials/Summer Programs
We will offer tutorials (1-3 day programs) and summer programs (1-2 week programs) to teach specific skills, such as using software or technical methods. These programs will primarily target graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, though undergraduates and faculty are also welcome. Recordings of these tutorials will be made freely available online.
APPEX Tutorial Registration Open for June 2025
What makes a useful model? A conversation in design choices for mathematical and statistical models in the life and social sciences
Many tutorials exist to discuss how to analyze existing models, but in this tutorial we will start from scratch and discuss how to decide what factors should be included in building a new model of any target system. We'll discuss practical constraints on analysis and data availability, but also dive into decision-support, accessibility, and translational impact. The conversation will use very simple example models as a basis for discussion. This tutorial is appropriate for everyone from advanced undergraduates to advanced professional researchers, from those who sometimes read results based on models in the literature and want to make informed evaluative interpretations of them to those who are building models daily in their own research.
We look forward to this conversation and the many APPEX Tutorials planned to come. Please
register to join us on June 21st, 12pm Eastern time, for this 2.5 hour virtual tutorial.
Participation is limited to the first 50 registrants (if there is additional demand, we will run the Tutorial again).
Graduate Certificate in Pandemic Science to Launch Fall 2025
We are launching a Graduate Certificate in Pandemic Science, offered through UT's One Health and Comparative and Experimental Medicine (CEM) programs, in the Fall of 2025. This certificate will be available to students across the UT system and remotely, allowing nationwide enrollment.
