Matthew Betti, Mount Allison University

Research

Disease Modeling Honey Bee Dynamics Immune Response Invasion Analysis Regressive Evolution Social Evolution in Hymenoptera Social Immunity

Latest papers

A Retrospective Study of the Effects of COVID-19 Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions on Influenza in Canada.
Infectious disease reports · 2025 · senior author
A Multi-Scale Model of Disease Transfer in Honey Bee Colonies.
Insects · 2021 · first author
Integrated vaccination and non-pharmaceutical interventions based strategies in Ontario, Canada, as a case study: a mathematical modelling study.
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2021 · first author

All 3 publications

Latest funding

One Health Modelling Network for Emerging Infections (OMNI)
NSERC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$2,500,000
Evolution of Social Immunity and Disease Transfer in Honey Bees
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$96,000
Evolution of Social Immunity and Disease Transfer in Honey Bees
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$12,500

All 3 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

A Retrospective Study of the Effects of COVID-19 Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions on Influenza in Canada.

MacTavish H, MacIntyre K, Zadeh P, Betti M

Infectious disease reports2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/idr17030059 PMID: 40559190

02

A Multi-Scale Model of Disease Transfer in Honey Bee Colonies.

Betti M, Shaw K

Insects2021First author

DOI: 10.3390/insects12080700 PMID: 34442266

03

Integrated vaccination and non-pharmaceutical interventions based strategies in Ontario, Canada, as a case study: a mathematical modelling study.

Betti M, Bragazzi NL, Heffernan JM, Kong J, Raad A

Journal of the Royal Society, Interface2021First author

DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2021.0009 PMID: 34255985

One Health Modelling Network for Emerging Infections (OMNI)

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Emerging Infectious Diseases Modelling Initiative (EIDM)

Principal investigators: Zhu, Huaiping

$2,500,000

Evolution of Social Immunity and Disease Transfer in Honey Bees

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Betti, Matthew

Keywords: honey bee dynamics; social evolution in hymenoptera; regressive evolution; disease modeling; invasion analysis; immune response; social immunity

$96,000

Evolution of Social Immunity and Disease Transfer in Honey Bees

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Betti, Matthew

$12,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Jude Kong

Epidemiology Division

1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Disease Modeling Dear Professor Betti, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "A Retrospective Study of the Effects of COVID-19 Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions on Influenza in Canada." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Evolution of Social Immunity and Disease Transfer in Honey Bees" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]