Environmental Drivers of Vector-borne Diseases Symposium

Moderator(s)

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  Nicholas DeFelice, Associate Professor

  Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States

Presentations:

• 1:45 PM - 1:51 PM PDT

  Rapid Environmental Change and the Escalating Dynamics of Mosquito-borne Disease
  

  Presenter: Johnny Uelmen, n/a (he/him/his) – University of Wisconsin Madison

  Co-Author: Marta Shocket, Ph.D. – Lancaster University

  Co-Author: Christian Koepfli, Ph.D. – University of Notre Dame

  Co-Author: Eric Ochomo, Ph.D. – Kenya Medical Research Institute - Centre for Global Health Research

  Co-Author: Louisa A. Messenger, PhD – University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  Co-Author: Sadie Ryan, Ph.D. – University of Florida
• 1:45 PM - 1:57 PM PDT

  Averting Useless Models
  

  Presenter: Heidi Brown, PhD MPH – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Elizabeth Wrench, n/a – Lancaster University

  Co-Author: Kaitlyn Wolfe, n/a – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Thomas Moore, n/a – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Julie-Anne Tangena, n/a – Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

  Co-Author: Luigi Sedda, n/a – Lancaster University
• 1:57 PM - 2:10 PM PDT

  When and where is dengue predictable? Climate extremes and outbreak dynamics across spatial scales, with evidence from Costa Rica
  

  Presenter: Váleri N. Vásquez, PhD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University

  Co-Author: Erin Mordecai, PhD – Stanford University
• 2:10 PM - 2:23 PM PDT

  Thermal preferences of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes alters relative dengue transmission risk in California’s central valley
  

  Presenter: Olivia Winokur, PhD (she/her/hers) – UC Davis
• 2:23 PM - 2:38 PM PDT

  A Spatially Resolved and Environmentally Informed Forecast Model of St. Louis Encephalitis Virus in Coachella Valley, California
  

  Presenter: Nicholas DeFelice, Associate Professor – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  Co-Author: Matthew J. Ward, post-doctoral fellow – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  Co-Author: Aman Patel, biostatistician – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
• 2:38 PM - 2:49 PM PDT

  Predicting the rapid expansion of Aedes aegypti in a desert metropolis: the case of Las Vegas, Southern Nevada
  

  Presenter: Louisa A. Messenger, PhD – University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• 2:49 PM - 3:02 PM PDT

  Satellite Earth Observations and Malaria: Opportunities to Enhance Surveillance in Urban Environments
  

  Presenter: Michael C. Wimberly, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Oklahoma

  Co-Author: Yusuf Jamal, PhD – University of Oklahoma

  Co-Author: Andrews Korah, PhD – University of Oklahoma

  Co-Author: Courtney Murdock, PhD – Cornell University
• 3:02 PM - 3:15 PM PDT

  Environmental and temporal partitioning of Culex mosquitoes and implications for West Nile virus transmission risk
  

  Presenter: Norah Saarman, PhD – Utah State University

  Co-Author: Katelyn Graybeal, Post-bachelor, Masters student – Utah State University

  Co-Author: Hannah Markle, ScM – Vectech

  Co-Author: Andrea Gloria-Soria, n/a – Yale University

  Co-Author: Roy Faiman, PhD – Vectech

  Co-Author: Gregory White, PhD – Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District

  Co-Author: Andre de Lima Moraes

  Co-Author: Jack Brophy