Carl P. Simon
Funded Research:
A National Comparison of Metropolitan Accessibility: Performance Indicators for Transportation Planning Reform (Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration)
DHB Community Based Building Of Integrated Dynamic Complex Systems For Sustainable Pathways (NSF)
HIV Risk Dynamics, Genetic Patterns, and Control (NIAID)
IGERT Structure, Adaptation, and Performance in Economic and Political Institutions (NSF)
Study of the Impact of Heterogeneity and Non-Random Mixing on Smoking Behavior (NCI)
Technical Challenges of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles and Impacts to the U.S. Power System (U.S. Department of Energy)
Director, Center of Study of Complex Systems, University of Michigan.
Professor, G. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan.
Professor, Mathematics, University of Michigan.
Professor, Economics, University of Michigan.
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Dr. Simon, Director of the UM Center for the Study of Complex Systems, has worked on the development of dynamic population models of the spread of infection (especially HIV and influenza) and of drug resistance. He and Bobbi Low also work on population models that reflect women's work/school/childbirth decisions.
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
Zhang, Yongli, Carl F. Marrs, Carl P. Simon, and Chuanwu Xi. 2009. "Wastewater treatment contributes to selective increase of antibiotic resistance among Acinetobacter spp." Science of The Total Environment, 407(12): 3702-3706. DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.02.013. Licensed Access.
Koopman, J.S., Carl P. Simon, and C.P. Riolo. 2005. "When to control endemic infections by focusing on high-risk groups." Epidemiology, 16(5): 621-627. DOI:10.1097/01.ede.0000172133.46385.18. Licensed Access.
Chapters
Low, Bobbi, Carl P. Simon, and D. Finkbeiner. 2004. "Favored Places in the Selfish Herd: Positional Costs and Benefits in Fish Schools." In Perspectives on Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems edited by L. Bookner, S. Forrest, M. Mitchell and R. Riolo. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
PSC blog
Recent resources, events, news
New Publications
Bingenheimer & Geronimus, "Behavior & HIV"
Wildeman, "Imprisonment & Infant Mortality," PSC Research Report
Next Brown Bag
Tues, Dec 1
Arland Thornton & Barb Koremenos
Mobilizing for Human Rights
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