Infusing human behavior into epidemiological models is focus of new NSF-supported research projects

The NSF is investing more than $7.5 million in new research focused on empowering more reliable prediction of the spread of infectious diseases, the effects of mitigation measures and other critical aspects of national health crises. The funding will support eight interdisciplinary research projects aimed at incorporating the complexities of human behavior into epidemiological models.

Projects awarded to NSF EPSCoR jurisdictions include:

• Inclusion of challenges from social isolation governed by human behavior through transformative research in epidemiological modeling (University of KANSAS)
  
• Understanding and predicting behavioral responses to epidemic risks and control policies: implications for epidemiological models and policy design (University of WYOMING)