“It seems to me that the poet has only to perceive that which others do not perceive, to look deeper than others look.  And the mathematician must do the same thing.”

--Sofya Kovalevskaya

looking deeper, Mt. Bachelor

Disease Modeling

Publications

Manore, C., Graham, T.*, Carr, A.*, Feryn, A.*, Jakhar, S., Mukundan, H., and Highlander, H. C. 2019. Modeling and Cost Benefit Analysis to Guide Deployment of POC Diagnostics for Non-typhoidal Salmonella Infections with Antimicrobial Resistance. Scientific reports, 9(1) 1-17. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-47359-2

Just, W. and Highlander, H. C. 2018. Vaccination Strategies for Small Worlds. In: Wootton, A, Peterson, V, and Lee, C., editors. A Primer for Undergraduate Research: From Groups and Tiles to Frames and Vaccines. New York, NY: Springer, 223-264.

Grasman, J., Callender, H. L., Mensinkc, M.R. 2017. Proportional insulin infusion in closed-loop control of blood glucose. PloS one. 12(1) e0169135. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169135

Matheson, T.*, Satterthwaite, B.*, Highlander, H. C. 2017. Modeling the Spread of the Zika Virus at the 2016 Olympics. Spora. 3(1) 29-44. http://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/spora/vol3/iss1/3

Seibold, C.* and Callender, H.L. 2016. Modeling Epidemics on a Regular Tree Graph. Letters in Biomathematics. 3(1) 59-74.

Winfried Just, Hannah Callender, M. Drew LaMar, and Natalia Toporikova. 2015. Transmission of infectious diseases: Data, models, and simulations. In Raina Robeva (ed.), Algebraic and Discrete Mathematical Methods for Modern Biology, Academic Press, 193-215.

Winfried Just, Hannah Callender, and M. Drew LaMar. 2015. Disease transmission dynamics on networks: Network structure vs. disease dynamics. In: Raina Robeva (ed.), Algebraic and Discrete Mathematical Methods for Modern Biology, Academic Press, 217-235.

Posters

Graham, T.*, Seibold, C.*, Driessen, R.*, Callender, H. L. 2014. Modeling Infectious Diseases through Contact Networks, University of Portland Summer Research Symposium, Portland, Oregon.

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McClung, E.*, Rivas, S.*, Soriano, E.*, Thomas, C.*, and Highlander, H. C. 2018. Vaccination Strategies and Herd Immunity Thresholds in Small World Models. International Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research, Tempe, Arizona.

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Link to our software: https://qubeshub.org/resources/iontw

Link to our materials: https://qubeshub.org/groups/iontw/iontwmodules



Modeling Suicide Risk Among US Veterans

Posters

Olson, R.*, Adams, S.*, Singley, A.*, and Highlander, H. C. A Mathematical Model of Suicide Risk among US Veterans, International Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research, La Crosse, Wisconsin.

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Modeling Violence Prevention on College Campuses

Publications

Kendrick, P.*, Apenyo, T.*, Highlander, H. C. 2017. Agent-Based Models of the Green Dot Bystander Violence Prevention Program on College Campuses. Spora. 3(1) 15-28. http://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/spora/vol3/iss1/2

Posters

Kendrick, P.*, Apenyo, T.*, Callender, H. L. 2015. An Agent-based Model of the Green Dot Violence Prevention Program on College Campuses, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Seattle Washington.

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Biomathematics Education

Publications

Eaton, C. D., Highlander, H. C., Dahlquist, K. D., LaMar, M. D., Ledder, G., Schugart, R. C. 2019. A “Rule of Five” Framework for Models and Modeling to Unify Mathematicians and Biologists and Improve Student Learning. Primus. 29(8) 799-829

https://doi.org/10.1080/10511970.2018.1489318


Eaton, C. and Highlander, H. C. 2017. The Case for Biocalculus: Design, Retention, and Student Performance. CBE Life Sci Educ. 16:ar25 1-11.

https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.15-04-0096


Eaton, C. D., Callender, H. L., Dahlquist, K. D., LaMar, M. D., Ledder, G., Schugart, R. C. A “Rule of Five" Framework for Models and Modeling to Unify Mathematicians and Biologists and Improve Student Learning. Submitted.


Physical Activity Measurement

Publications

Peach, D.*, Van Hoomissen, J., Callender, H. L. 2014. Exploring the ActiLife® filtration algorithm: converting raw acceleration data to counts. Physiol. Meas. 35(12) 2359-2367.

doi:10.1088/0967-3334/35/12/2359



Cellular Motility

Publications

Biegel, H.*, Quackenbush, A.*, Highlander, H. C. 2017. Sensitivity Analysis for Stochastic and Deterministic Models of Nascent Focal Adhesion Dynamics. Int. J. Biomath. 10(1750105) 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793524517501054


Blucher, A.*, Salas, M.*, Williams, N.*, Callender, H. L. 2014. Mathematical Modeling of Integrin Dynamics in Initial Formation of Focal Adhesions. Involve, a Journal of Mathematics. 7(4) 509-527. http://msp.org/involve/2014/7-4/involve-v7-n4-p05-s.pdf


Posters

Biegel, H.*, Quackenbush, A.*, Callender, H. L. Sensitivity Analysis of Stochastic Models of Integrin Signaling in Cellular Motility, University of Portland Founder's Day, Portland, Oregon.

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Biegel, H.*, Quackenbush, A.*, Callender, H. L. Implications of Multiple Sensitivity Analysis Techniques in Stochastic Models of Focal Adhesion Dynamics, Micro and Macro Systems in Life Sciences, Będlewo, Poland.

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Cellular Signaling Pathways

Publications

Callender, H. L. and Horn, M. A. 2010. Mathematical modelling and analysis of cellular signalling in macrophages. J. Biol. Dynamics. 4 (1) 12-27. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17513750903026437#.UuhbQXfTmHQ


Callender, H. L., Horn, M. A., DeCamp, D. L., Sternweis, P. C., Brown, H. A. 2009. Modeling Species-Specific Diacylglycerol Dynamics in the RAW 264.7 Macrophage. J. Theor. Biol. 262 (4) 679-690. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19883664


Callender, H. L., Forrester, J. S., Ivanova, P., Preininger, A., Milne, S., Brown, H. A. 2007. Quantification of diacylglycerol species from cellular extracts by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry using a linear regression algorithm. Anal. Chem. 79 (1) 263-272. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ac061083q


Callender, H. L. 2007. Mathematical Modeling of Species-Specific Diacylglycerol Dynamics in the RAW 264.7 Macropages Following P2Y6 Receptor Activation by Uridine 5-Diphosphate. Ph.D. Thesis, Vanderbilt University. http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/ETD-db/available/etd-06212007-223551/



Focus on Undergraduate Research

Publications

Highlander, H.C., Capaldi, A., Eaton, C. D., editors. An Introduction to Undergraduate Research in Computational and Mathematical Biology: From Disease Dynamics to Big Data. In print.

Highlander, H. C. 2017. Keys to Successful Mentoring of Undergraduate Research Teams with an Emphasis in Applied Mathematics Research. Letters in Biomathematics. 4(1) 244-255. https://doi.org/10.1080/23737867.2017.1411843


Callender, H. L., Solazzo, J. P., Wilcox, E. 2014. Undergraduate Research as a Capstone Requirement. Involve, a Journal of Mathematics. 7(3) 273-279. http://msp.org/involve/2014/7-3/involve-v7-n3-p04-s.pdf



Model Eliciting Activities

Publications

Moore, T. J., Roehrig, G. J., Guzey, S. S., Stohlmann, M. S., Park, M. S., Kim, Y. R., Callender, H. L., Teo, H. J. 2015. Changes in Faculty Members’ Instructional Beliefs while Implementing Model-Eliciting Activities. J. Eng. Educ. 104(3) 279-302. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jee.20081/pdf



*undergraduate student