Evans K. Afenya

At the Elmhurst College Summer program

Born:

place: Ghana

Bachelor of Science Mathematics, 1982; University of Science
and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; Master of Science in Mathematics, 1989; University of Illinois at Chicago

University of Illinois at Chicago (Mathematics Ph.D. 1992)
thesis: Modeling Granulocytopoiesis, Normal and Leukemic States; Advisor: Calixto Calderón

area of degree: Mathematical Biology

Associate Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Elmhurst College

personal or universal URL:
email: evansa@elmhurst.edu

Employment: Associate Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Elmhurst College; 1998 - present. Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Elmhurst College; 1992 - 1998.Director, Elmhurst College Academy in Mathematics and Science; 1995 - present. Consultant, Midtown Educational Foundation Summer Program for Inner-City Students, 1994. Consultant and Instructor, Health Careers Opportunity Program, College of Associated Health Professions, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; 1993 and 1994.

Dr. Afenya has given many invited lectures.

Selected Honors

National Science Foundation Biomathematical Research Grant (DMS-9973944), 1999 - 2002.

National Science Foundation Biomathematical Research Planning Grant (DMS-9710350), 1998 - 1999.

Faculty Summer Research Fellowship Grant, Elmhurst College; 1994, 1995, 1997 - 2000.

SIAM-Awarded NSF Fellowship Travel Grant, 1991 and 1995.

The Marie L. Johnson Award, University of Illinois at Chicago; 1993.

U.S. Department of Education Fellowship; 1992.

RESEARCH

Modeling the Malignant Diseases

PUBLICATIONS

RECENT WORK

2. Recovery of Normal Hemopoiesis in Disseminated Cancer Therapy - A Model", Math. Biosci. (accepted for publication - May 2001).

1. Use of Real Time Data to Validate Model Predictions Based on Analyses and Computer Simulations, Cell Prolif. (accepted for publication - May 2001).

PUBLISHED

  1. Afenya, Evans K. Recovery of normal hemopoiesis in disseminated cancer therapy---a model. Math. Biosci. 172 (2001), no. 1, 15--32.
  2. Evans K. Afenya, S. Mundle, K. Allampallam, K. A. Rashid, B. Dangerfield, J. Cartlidge, D. Zeitler, S. Alvi, V. Shetty, P. Venugopal, and A. Raza, Presence of Activation Related m-RNA for EBV and CMV in the Bone Marrow of Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Can. Letters 164: 197-205
    (2001).
  3. Evans K. Afenya and Calixto P. Calderon, Diverse Ideas on the Growth Kinetics of Disseminated Cancer Cells, Bull. Math. Biol.62: 527-542 (2000).
  4. Evans K. Afenya and Calixto P. Calderon, A Remark on Leukemogenesis, Int. J. Math.
    Statist. Sci. 8(2): 199-205 (1999).
  5. Afenya, E. K., and Bentil, Daniel E.. Some Perspectives on Modeling Leukemia, Math.
    Biosci. 150: 113-130 (1998).
  6. Afenya, E. K., Cancer Treatment Strategies and Mathematical Modeling", Mary Ann Horn, Gieri Simonett, and Glenn Webb (eds.), Mathematical Models in Medical and Health Sciences, pp 1-15, 1998.
  7. Afenya, E. K., and Bentil, D. E.. Some perspectives on modeling leukemia. Math. Biosc. 150 (1998), 113-130.
  8. Evans K. Afenya and Calixto P. Calderon, Normal Cell Decline and Inhibition in Acute Leukemia: A Biomathematical Modeling Approach, Cancer Detection and Prevention 1996; 20(3):171-170.
  9. Evans K. Afenya and Calixto P. Calderón, A Brief Look at Normal Cell Decline and Inhibition in Acute Leukemia, J. Can. Det. Prev. 20(3): 171-179 (1996).
  10. Evans K. Afenya, Acute Leukemia and Chemotherapy: A Modeling Viewpoint", Math. Biosci. 138: 79-100 (1996).
  11. 5. B. Adu, Evans K. Afenya, L. Otten, and P. Groenevelt, Thermodynamics of Microwave (Polarized) Heating Systems, Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy 30(2): 90-96 (1995).
  12. Evans K. Afenya and Calixto P. Calderon. A Remark on a Nonlinear Integral Equation. Revista de la Union Matematica Argentina 39: 223-227 (1995).
  13. Afenya, E. K., and Bentil, D. E.. Models of Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia and its Chemotherapy, Computational Medicine, Public Health, and Biotechnology, Part I World Scientific Series in Mathematical Biology and Medicine 5: 397-412 (1995).
  14. Evans K. Afenya S. C. Archambault and I. Anand. Modeling Tumor Growth, Proceedings of the University of Hartford Workshop on Computers in the Teaching of Mathematics (1994).

 

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