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Modelling Breast Cancer Incidence and Early Detection

Project Leader(s): 

Postdoctoral Fellow: Dr. Lisa Kanary, Mathematics, Statistics, and Physics, University of British Columbia – Okanagan

Lead faculty member: Dr. Rebecca Tyson, Mathematics, Statistics, and Physics, University of British Columbia – Okanagan

Non-academic participants: 

British Columbia Cancer Agency

TBD

Network for Biological Invasions and Dispersal Research

Project Leader(s): 

Dr. James Watmough, University of New Brunswick

Project Website: 

http://www.unb.ca/bid

Project team: 
Dr. Myriam Barbeau, University of New Brunswick
Dr. Sylvie Desjardins, University of British Columbia - Okanagan
Dr. Mark Lewis, University of Alberta
Dr. Matt Litvak, Dalhousie University
Dr. Frithjof Lutscher, University of Ottawa
Dr. Rebecca Tyson, University of British Columbia - Okanagan
Dr. Jianhong Wu, York University
Dr. Xiaoqiang Zhao, Memorial University Newfoundland
Dr. Xingfu Zou, University of Western Ontario
Non-academic participants: 

Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada

BC Pacific Salmon Forum

BC Ministry of Environment

Canadian Sablefish Association

David Suzuki Foundation

McCain Foods Limited

Natural Resources Canada

New Brunswick Wildlife Council

British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range Research Branch

Finest at Sea

Societe de developpement de l’industrie maricole

Watershed Watch Salmon Society

Wilderness Tourism Association

World Wildlife Fund Canada

Funding period: 
April 1, 2021 - March 31, 2021

The spread of pests and pathogens, including exotic insects arriving in packing material and naturalized pests such as the Colorado potato beetle, have a substantial impact on Canadian industry and the economy. Working with food producers, provincial and federal government agencies and wildlife organizations, this project team is developing essential mathematical tools necessary for the management of our natural and agricultural resources. This past year, the group has developed a theory of spreading speeds applicable to many mathematical models of spatial spread in biological systems.

Tags: 
environment