We are excited to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2025 Evolutionary Medicine Summer Institute (EMSI), which will take place from
May 19-23 at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC.
This year, EMSI will focus on evolution-informed approaches to control infectious disease and cancer. The workshop will introduce participants to the diversity of evolutionary approaches that have emerged in these areas, including adaptive therapy, combination drug therapy, and the application of evolutionary tradeoffs in therapeutic efforts. Through interactive lectures, hands-on computational exercises, and team-based learning projects, participants will gain the background and tools needed to apply evolutionary biology to questions of medical and veterinary importance.
In addition to providing a unique training opportunity, we also seek to advance commonality across areas of research in infectious disease and cancer, and beyond to other biological control efforts, including vectors, pests, and diagnostic tests. To this end, participants will collaborate with one another and with other leaders in these areas to synthesize findings, create a common language across disease control efforts, and build new collaborations for research and practice on these approaches.
We aim to attract a diverse pool of applicants that include students, postdocs, and faculty with biological or social science interests, plus clinicians and other medical, veterinary, and public health practitioners.
For more information, please visit the EMSI website. To apply, please complete this EMSI Registration form by the deadline of Monday, March 24nd, 2025.
If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Hurtgen, jennifer.hurtgen@duke.edu
