UNC Charlotte
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Meet TriCEM
Triangle Center for Evolutionary Medicine
TriCEM is an incubator that promotes innovative developments in the theory and practice of evolutionary medicine by fostering cross-disciplinary collaborations among Triangle-based scholars, physicians, veterinarians, public health workers, and more.
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What is evolutionary medicine?
Evolutionary medicine encompasses any study that examines medical and health-related themes in the context of evolutionary and ecological science. The integrative nature of this emerging field provides fertile ground for a number of research topics across disciplines such as epidemiology, psychology, cancer research, global health, veterinary science, and microbiology.
Connections across NC
Launch Meeting
This meeting will serve as the launch for ongoing collaborations and connections between TriCEM & UNC Charlotte
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The meeting will feature discussions, information sessions, and flash talks.
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If you are interested in presenting your work in a flash talk please use this link to apply: https://forms.gle/CqvbERbgc1ANuKnP7
Ready to participate!
Registration
To ensure we have enough room and snacks, please register for the event at the link below
Schedule
The event will be held in the Bioinformatics Building in the 4th floor seminar room BINF 408
Address: 9331 Robert D Snyder Rd
Parking: Paid parking is available at the CRI Deck 1 9100 Robert D. Snyder Rd, Charlotte, NC 28223
12:00 -12:30pm
Introduction to TriCEM
Dr. Charlie Nunn, Duke University
12:30-1:30pm
Evolutionary Medicine Flash Talks
Searching for signatures of natural selection within the regions encoding NK cell receptors - Javier Avalos Nunez, PhD student in the Department of Biology
Investigating ancient health at UNC Charlotte - Dr. Sarah Juengst Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Understanding and Countering the Recent Spread of Avian influenza (H5N1) with Bioinformatics and Artificial Intelligence Driven Structural Biology. - Dr. Daniel Janies Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Bioinformatics and Genomics / Co-director for Computational Intelligence to Predict Health and Environmental Risks (CIPHER), Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics
Modeling health decision and behavior under changing epidemic situation and policies - Dr. Shi Chen Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Community Health (ECH), School of Data Science
1:30-2:30pm
Vision Workshop and Strategic Planning
