{"197421":{"#nid":"197421","#data":{"type":"event","title":"The fluid dynamics of disease transmission","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch6\u003ESchool of Physics Nonlinear Science \u0026amp; Mathematical Physics: Presenting Lydia Bourouiba, MIT\u003C\/h6\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe mechanisms governing the transfer of pathogens between infected and non-infected members of a population \u0026nbsp;are critical in \u0026nbsp;shaping the outcome of an \u0026nbsp;epidemic.\u0026nbsp; This is true whether one considers human, \u0026nbsp;animal or plant populations.\u0026nbsp; Despite major efforts aimed at the mathematical modeling and mitigation of infectious diseases, the fundamental mechanisms of pathogen spreading for most infectious diseases remain poorly understood. \u0026nbsp;I present here the results of \u0026nbsp;combined\u0026nbsp;theoretical and experimental studies\u0026nbsp;of the role of fluid dynamics and fragmentation in disease transmission.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The fluid dynamics of disease transmission"}],"uid":"27664","created_gmt":"2013-03-06 15:17:49","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:02:50","author":"Alison Morain","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2013-03-13T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2013-03-13T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2013-03-13T17:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2013-03-13 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2013-03-13 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2013-03-13 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/seminars-colloquia\/series\/nonlinear-science-and-mathematical-physics\/lydia-bourouiba-20130313","title":"https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/seminars-colloquia\/series\/nonlinear-science-..."},{"url":"http:\/\/www-math.mit.edu\/wim\/about\/lb.html","title":"http:\/\/www-math.mit.edu\/wim\/about\/lb.html"}],"groups":[{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:alison.morain@physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ealison.morain@physics.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}