Dr. Amy Hurford
I am a Professor jointly appointed in the Department of Biology and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador.
I am the Director of the Atlantic Canada Center for Disease Ecology Modelling (ACCDMi).
My research is in theoretical ecology, evolution and epidemiology. I make models of appropriate complexity, that consider the best available data, that answer meaningful questions, and where the results are interpreted and communicated appropriately.
I want to help trainees learn the best approaches to data analysis in biology. In 2023, I was awarded the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching.
I am a senior editor at the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. During my term as chair of the Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Membership committee for the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society, I authored this report.
- Email: ahurford@mun.ca
- Phone: 709-864-8301
“Mathematics compares the most diverse phenomenon and discovers the secret analogies that unite them.” – Joseph Fourier