Lester F.
Caudill, Jr.
Models of antibiotic resistance:
My current research interests
center on infections caused by antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria,
especially in hospital wards. My most-recent project combines stochastic
differential equations with agent-based modeling to create a simulation tool
for testing resistance prevention and control strategies in hospital wards.
Here is a dugdug.com article from 2013, describing some of
this work in layman terms.
Publications on antibiotic resistance:
Other areas of interest:
I am also interested in other
biomedical applications of mathematical modeling, including:
·
The
formation of bacterial biofilms, and their impact on the effectiveness of
antibiotic treatment regimens
·
Cancer
progression and chemotherapy
·
Models
of disease spread
·
Models
of the immune response to bacterial pathogens
In a previous life, my research
was in the field of inverse problems for
differential equations. For details, click here.