Personal Information
Born: November 18, 1941, U.S.A.
Affiliation before retirement: Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa,
Iowa City, IA 52242
Address after retirement: 1866 Commodore Ln NW, Bainbridge Island, WA
98110-2628
email: herbert-hethcote@uiowa.edu
home phone: (206) 855-0881
Education
B.S. Applied Mathematics,
M.S. Mathematics,
Ph.D. Mathematics,
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor (1969-73), Associate Professor (1973-79), Professor
(1979-2006), Emeritus Professor (2006-present) Department of Mathematics,
University of Iowa.
Visiting Professor, Technical
Visiting Colleague, Mathematics,
Visiting Mathematician, Laboratory of Theoretical Biology, National Institutes
of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1980-81.
Visiting Associate Professor, Mathematics,
Visiting Mathematician, Dept. of Biomathematics,
Teaching Assistant in Mathematics, University of Michigan, 1966-68.
Fellowships and Grants
Research Contract (pertussis vaccination modeling), Aventis Pasteur, 2001.
Research Contract (pertussis modeling), Postgraduate Institute of Medicine,
1999.
Research Contract (pertussis), Centers for Disease Control, 1994-95.
Research Contract (AIDS), Centers for Disease Control, 1987-91.
Research Contract (gonorrhea), Centers for Disease Control (with J.A. Yorke),
1980-81.
NIH Research Grant (with J.A. Yorke), 1977-80.
Research Contract (gonorrhea), Centers for Disease Control (with J.A.Yorke),
1976-77.
Research and Course Development Grants,
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship,
NSF Research Assistantship, 1968.
NSF Graduate Fellowship, 1964-66.
Professional and Administrative Activities
Chairman, Program in Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences,
University of Iowa, 1982-2005
Editorial Boards of journals: Mathematical Biosciences (1982-2005),
SIAM J. Appl. Math. (1996-2001), IMA J. Math. Appl. Med. Biol.
(1995-2001)
Co-organizer of the Epidemiology Modeling Workshop at the
Co-organizer of the
DIMACS Working Group on Methodologies for Comparing Vaccination Strategies
at
Co-organizer of the DIMACS Summer School Tutorial on
Dynamic Models of Epidemiological Problems at
Member of NIH Study Section on Models for Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS), Nov. 2003.
Reviewer for Mathematical
Reviews, NSF, NIH, NSERC, Wellcome Trust, Keck Foundation, and many journals.