[Female-math-faculty] Fwd: WiM Fall Colloquium, Nov 10 @4:00PM, Prof. Ami Radunskaya, Of Mice and Math: four models, four collaborations

[Ghazal Geshnizjani]

*Women in Mathematics **presents: *
WiM Fall Colloquium 2021
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2021 — 4:00 PM EST
Speaker:  Ami Radunskaya Professor of Mathematics, President of the EDGE
(Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education) FoundationPast President of the
Association of Women in Mathematics  Of Mice and Math: four models, four
collaborations

Join WiM for a 45 Minute talk with Professor Ami Radunskaya and a Q&A
session to follow.

Register today <https://ticketfi.com/event/4342/wim-fall-colloquium-2021> to
attend the WiM Fall Colloquium 2021.
[image: Ami_Radunskaya.jpg]Abstract

The title is meant to suggest that mathematics can be a link between
experimental science and practical medicine, although in reality only a few
mice will actually appear in this talk. I hope to tell you a story of
discovery through interdisciplinary collaboration. In this talk I will show
examples, through some of my own collaborations, of the role that
mathematics can play in bridging the gaps between laboratory experiments,
clinical studies, and the development of treatment strategies.  To give you
a taste, some of the questions we have worked on are: How can we make the
ideal time-release tablet? How much blood-thinner should we prescribe? What
are the best shoes to wear to improve your balance? When do we need to
perform a Caesarian? These problems illustrate different modeling
modalities and different mathematical techniques used to reach different
goals, but all of them bridge the gap from bench to bedside, and beyond.
Biography

A California native, Professor Ami Radunskaya received her Ph.D. in
Mathematics from Stanford University.  She has been a faculty member in the
Math Department at Pomona College since 1994.   In her research, she
specializes  in ergodic theory, dynamical systems, and applications to
various "real-world" problems.  Some current research projects involve
mathematical models of cancer immunotherapy, developing strategies for
targeted drug delivery to the brain, and studying stochastic perturbations
of dynamical systems. Professor Radunskaya believes strongly in the power
of collaboration and that everyone can learn to enjoy mathematics; as President
of the Association of Women in Mathematics, she encouraged collaborative
research, international outreach and cooperation between all the
mathematical societies.    She is the President of the EDGE (Enhancing
Diversity in Graduate Education) Foundation, whose summer program won a
"Mathematics Program that Makes a Difference" award from the American
Mathematics Society  in 2007, and a Presidential Award for Excellence in
Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) in 2017.

Professor Radunskaya is a 2021 Fellow of the Association for Women in
Mathematics, a Fellow of the American Math Society, and she is the
recipient of several awards, including a WIG teaching award in  2012,  the
2017 AAAS Mentor  award, and the 2020 Intercollegiate Biomathematics
Alliance Distinguished Senior Fellowship.  She was featured in the
documentary, “The Empowerment Project: ordinary women doing extraordinary
things”, as well as in the 2020 book:  “Power in  Numbers: the Rebel Women
of Mathematics”.




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Ghazal Geshnizjani
Research Associate Professor
Women in Math Committee Chair <https://uwaterloo.ca/women-in-mathematics/>
Department of Applied Mathematics
<https://uwaterloo.ca/applied-mathematics/>
Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics <https://uwaterloo.ca/astrophysics-centre/>

University of Waterloo, Office: MC 6449   Email: ggeshniz at uwaterloo.ca
Phone: 519 888 4567 X 39146
Affiliate and PSI Fellow,  Perimeter Institute For Theoretical Physics
<http://pitp.ca/>
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