Dr. Castillo-Chavez is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Banff International Research Station and served as a member of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Council and Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute Committee.

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A. in social sciences (which leads me to balk at and question Mike's true understanding of statistical research and analysis).

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