BPML: Fighting disease with mathematics - Dr Sara Jabbari

A Birmingham Popular Maths Lecture from Dr Sara Jabbari.

How can mathematics be used to understand antibiotic resistance, track the dynamics of viral infections or even develop new drugs to tackle disease? As our knowledge of diseases becomes increasingly detailed and complex, more tools are required to interpret and use this information. Mathematical modelling is one such tool.

Differential equations can be employed to simulate and understand disease mechanisms, venturing into places that experimental work cannot go, be that for practical, financial or even moral reasons. We will explore a range of examples illustrating how maths can be used to understand disease, improve existing treatments and create entirely new ones.

We will be running the Birmingham Popular Maths Lecture series online for this semester and will review this in the new year.

The lectures are open to all members of public and the University. Particularly suitable for those studying mathematics at A-level but we also welcome advanced GCSE students. Please register to attend the lecture. There will be time at the end for questions.