Education:
Mathematical Biology Education: Beyond Calculus
Raina Robeva1,* and
Reinhard Laubenbacher2
In 2003, the National Research Council's BIO2010 report recommended aggressive curriculum restructuring to educate the "quantitative biologists" of the future (1). The number of undergraduate and graduate programs in mathematical and computational biology has since increased, and some institutions have added courses in mathematical biology related to biomedical research (2, 3). The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health are funding development workshops and discussion forums for faculty (4, 5), research-related experiences (6, 7), and specialized research conferences in mathematical biology for students (8, 9).
1 Department of Mathematical Sciences, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA 24595, USA.
2 Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Robeva{at}sbc.edu
