{"id":3046,"date":"2017-11-14T13:03:03","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T17:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/?p=3046"},"modified":"2017-11-14T13:03:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T17:03:03","slug":"enhancing-stem-diversity-at-field-of-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.nimbios.org\/wordpress\/2017\/11\/14\/enhancing-stem-diversity-at-field-of-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Enhancing STEM Diversity at Field of Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Christina Edholm<\/p><\/div>\n

Math students from diverse groups attended the Field of Dreams Conference<\/a> in St. Louis this month to hear about graduate opportunities in the mathematical sciences, and NIMBioS was represented as a part of its\u00a0commitment to enhance diversity<\/a> in the STEM fields.<\/p>\n

The annual conference is organized by the National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences<\/a> (or “Math Alliance”) whose goal is to build a national community of scholars from underrepresented groups in the mathematical and statistical sciences.<\/p>\n

Christina Edholm<\/a>, a postdoctoral teaching associate in UT’s math department, attended on behalf of NIMBioS and gave a talk entitled, “What Is Infectious Disease Modeling?”<\/p>\n

Edholm has been particularly active at NIMBioS, having served as a mentor last summer for undergraduates in our Summer Research Experiences<\/a> program.\u00a0She has also participated in various NIMBioS workshops, tutorials, and other programs.<\/p>\n

Her research\u00a0focuses on mathematical biology, specifically infectious disease modeling and pest management.<\/p>\n

“I was able to expose my area of research to many different students, in addition to discussing my path to a post-doc and providing advice I had for navigating through academia,” Edholm said. “Overall, the conference provided a setting that provided students with opportunities and professional connections they might not otherwise have had\u00a0access to. I feel the conference encouraged students from underrepresented backgrounds to see their futures in the mathematical sciences, through the examples of those who came before.”<\/p>\n

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