The 2024 Evolutionary Medicine Summer Institute will be held at North Carolina State University from May 19th through May 24th. More details can be found on the EMSI website. Hope to see you there!

The focus of the Evolutionary Medicine Summer Institute is on computational approaches in evolutionary biology and evolutionary medicine.  We welcome graduate students, postdocs and faculty in medical school departments or schools of public health, physicians, and veterinarians.  We also encourage participation from advanced undergraduates interested in evolutionary medicine, and graduate students in organismal biology who wish to apply an evolutionary perspective to human or animal health.

Scholarship funds are available for applicants who are underrepresented in STEM, teach at minority-serving institutions, or have significant financial constraints that would limit their participation. Scholarship details can be found on the EMSI application (live soon).

EMSI brings together internationally recognized experts in evolutionary biology with students and health practitioners who want to apply these perspectives to cancer, infectious disease, evolution of microbial resistance, neurology, autoimmune disease, the microbiome, and more. Mornings feature lectures and exercises that are designed to instill an understanding of the core concepts in evolutionary medicine. In the afternoons, we provide training on specific evolutionary methods, including phylogenetics, molecular evolution, and evolutionary epidemiology, including introductions to key computational approaches. Our goal is to promote a deeper understanding of the material and concepts through hands-on exercises and communications across disciplines. The evenings include short talks by local experts on topics in evolutionary medicine, and time for further discussions and networking.

The Summer Institute offers a unique opportunity to learn foundational principles and gain hands-on experience with evolutionary methods that are applicable to specific health challenges. In addition to this training, we offer the opportunity to network and build collaborations for scientists and practitioners across disciplines. To facilitate networking, teams form to initiate short papers that present evolutionary perspectives on specific diseases, which are submitted as “Clinical Briefs” to the journal Evolution, Medicine and Public Health, potentially resulting in a short publication for interested participants.

For more information, please visit the EMSI website. To apply, please complete this application by the deadline of Friday, March 22nd, 2024.