Breadcrumb Home UI infectious disease professor comments on zombie mathematical models Wednesday, July 31, 2013 USA Today http://www.nbcnews.com/science/survive-zombie-apocalypse-just-do-math-6C10803298 Tara Smith, a UI infectious disease associate professor, uses a paper on the mathematical modeling of zombies to show how math models can predict the effects of quarantines, vaccines, and other public health measures.