In this episode, we talk to Dr. Stephen Eubank and Dr. Madhav Marathe of the Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia about aspects of team science and cultivating a trans-disciplinary research environment. We also discuss the team's origins and how it has evolved over the years, rising up to the challenges of supporting pandemic response in real-time. 

Dr. Stephen Eubank is deputy director in the Network Systems Science and Advanced Computing division and a tenured professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia. His research interests include simulating large socio-technical systems, computational epidemiology, scaling in complex systems, and network structure and graph theory. Full bio at https://biocomplexity.virginia.edu/person/stephen-eubank 

Dr. Madhav Marathe is an endowed Distinguished Professor in Biocomplexity, Director of the Network Systems Science and Advanced Computing (NSSAC) Division, and a tenured Professor of Computer Science at the University of Virginia. His research interests include science of massively interacting networked systems, machine learning and artificial intelligence, computational modeling and simulation, and theoretical computer science. Full bio at https://biocomplexity.virginia.edu/person/madhav-marathe