COMAP Exploring Math Modeling in and Outside of the Classroom Webinar Series #3
The Introduction to Math Modeling Webinar Series is a series of 6 - 7 free webinars organized by COMAP held from October 2020 through May 2021. The goal of the webinar series is to promote student and teacher engagement in mathematical modeling in the classroom and through participation in math modeling contests such as HiMCM and MCM/ICM. The webinars are led by classroom teachers, professors and mathematicians. These experts hope to demonstrate how math modeling can be used to foster mathematical curiosity and engage students in real world problem solving. This engagement can serve to promote student agency and help students see themselves as learners and doers of mathematics.
Webinar #3
Modeling with Context: How a Math Equation Revolutionized Treatment for HIV
The work of finding drugs to treat HIV patients and figuring out the best ways to use them continues. But in the 1990s, one research paper led to big changes in the treatment protocols. I will show some details of this collaboration between a medical researcher and a math modeler. You will get to see how a derivative, an integral, and a little probability helped answer an important medical question that impacted patients' lives.
Panelist:
Dr.Helen Moore, Director, Applied Mathematics at Applied Biomath
Dr. Moore graduated from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and earned her PhD in mathematics from Stony Brook University in New York in 1995. During her 11 years in academia, she won two teaching awards and received a National Science Foundation grant for her research. During 15 years in the biopharma industry, she has worked as a math modeler at Genentech, Certara, Bristol-Myers Squibb, AstraZeneca, and now Applied BioMath. In 2018, she was named a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Her current work includes differential equation models of diseases and optimization of drug regimens.
