The MISTI Africa Faculty Fellows Program will bring junior professors from Nigerian universities to MIT labs and classrooms to engage in teaching, learning, and research with MIT students and faculty. Applications for the Spring 2011 Semester are due by Friday, 13 August 2010.
Description: The environmental determinants of malaria in the semi-arid Sahel zone of Africa are investigated with field research and numerical modeling techniques. We are involved in an interdisciplinary effort to explore the dependence of mosquito breeding and infection rates on factors such as surface water pooling, which is the result of various hydroclimatological variables. In a unique approach, mosquitoes in a small study area near Niamey, Niger, will be modeled numerically and a simulation coupled with a small-scale hydrology model. Model input includes satellite-acquired remotely sensed data for vegetation, soil moisture and topography. With results validated by field investigations, variation in mosquito abundance and infection rates will be simulated. This numerical modeling tool will shed light on dynamics of outbreak occurrence and help target intervention efforts.
Award: $19,000 for travel between MIT, Paris and Niamey, and workshops in Niamey
Follow this link for programme details and application:
http://web.mit.edu/misti/africa/
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