Document Type
Article
Department
Mathematics (HMC)
Publication Date
Fall 2010
Abstract
In response to the call of BIO2010 for integrating quantitative skills into undergraduate biology education, 30 Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Program Directors at the 2006 HHMI Program Directors Meeting established a consortium to investigate, implement, develop, and disseminate best practices resulting from the integration of math and biology. With the assistance of an HHMI-funded mini-grant, led by Karl Joplin of East Tennessee State University, and support in institutional HHMI grants at Emory and University of Delaware, these institutions held a series of summer institutes and workshops to document progress toward and address the challenges of implementing a more quantitative approach to undergraduate biology education. This report summarizes the results of the four summer institutes (2007–2010). The group developed four draft white papers, a wiki site, and a listserv. One major outcome of these meetings is this issue of CBE—Life Sciences Education, which resulted from proposals at our 2008 meeting and a January 2009 planning session. Many of the papers in this issue emerged from or were influenced by these meetings.
Rights Information
© 2010 CBE Life Sciences Education
DOI
10.1187/cbe.10-03-0053
Recommended Citation
L.G. de Pillis, with Pat Marsteller, Ann Findley, Karl Joplin, John Pelesko, Karen Nelson, Katerina Thompson, David Usher, Joseph Watkins, "Toward Integration: From Quantitative Biology to Mathbio-Biomath?", CBE - Life Sciences Education, Vol. 9(3), Fall 2010, pp. 165-171.
