Chairs: Dr. Antarpreet Singh Jutla, PhD, University of Florida, Environmental Engineering Sciences, Ft Walton Beach, United States and Tissa H Illangasekare, Colorado School of Mines, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Golden, CO, United States
Primary Convener: Dr. Antarpreet Singh Jutla, PhD, University of Florida, Environmental Engineering Sciences, Ft Walton Beach, United States
Co-conveners: Tissa H Illangasekare, Colorado School of Mines, Department of Civil and & Environmental Engineering, Golden, CO, United States, Ali S Akanda, University of Rhode Island, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Narragansett, RI, United States and Larry J Paxton, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
OSPA Liaison: Ali S Akanda, University of Rhode Island, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Narragansett, RI, United States
How Will Climate Change Impact Cholera Outbreaks? (6635)
Fariborz Nasr Azadani1, Dr. Antarpreet Singh Jutla, PhD2, Javad Rahimikolu1, Ali S Akanda3, Anwar Huq4 and Rita R Colwell5, (1)West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States, (2)University of Florida, Environmental Engineering Sciences, Ft Walton Beach, United States, (3)University of Rhode Island, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Narragansett, RI, United States, (4)University of Maryland's School of Public Health, Maryland, United States, (5)University of Maryland College Park, Institute of Advanced Computer Studies, College Park, United States
Present and Future Projections of Habitat Suitability of the Asian Tiger Mosquito, a Vector of Viral Pathogens, from Global Climate Simulations. (6762)
Yiannis Proestos1, George Christophides2, Kamil Erguler3, Meryem Tanarhte4, Joanna Waldock2 and Johannes Lelieveld3,4, (1)Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus, (2)Imperial College London, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, London, United Kingdom, (3)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, (4)Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Hydroclimatic Assessment of West Nile Virus Occurrence Across Continental US (7422)
Hannah Ellyse Billian, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Biological Systems Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, United States; West Virginia University, Civil Engineering, Morgantown, WV, United States, Dr. Antarpreet Singh Jutla, PhD, University of Florida, Environmental Engineering Sciences, Ft Walton Beach, United States and Rita R Colwell, University of Maryland College Park, Institute of Advanced Computer Studies, College Park, United States
Linking Satellite Derived Land Surface Temperature with Cholera: A Case Study for South Sudan (8288)
Haidar S Aldaach V, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States, Dr. Antarpreet Singh Jutla, PhD, University of Florida, Environmental Engineering Sciences, Ft Walton Beach, United States, Ali S Akanda, University of Rhode Island, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Narragansett, RI, United States and Rita R Colwell, University of Maryland College Park, Institute of Advanced Computer Studies, College Park, United States
Development and Validation of Remote Sensing-Based Surface Inundation Products for Vector-Borne Disease Risk in East Africa (10463)
Kat Jensen, CUNY Graduate School and University Center, Earth and Environmental Sciences, New York, NY, United States; Muon Space, Mountain View, United States, Kyle C McDonald, City University of New York - City College, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, New York, United States, Pietro Ceccato, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States, Ronny Schroeder, City University New York - City College, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, New York, NY, United States and Erika Podest, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Design of Epidemia – an Ecohealth Informatics System for Integrated Forecasting of Malaria Epidemics (10694)
Michael C Wimberly1, Estifanos Bayabil2, Belay Beyane3, Mekonnen Bishaw4, Geoffrey M Henebry5, Alemayehu Lemma2, Yi Liu6, Christopher L. Merkord6, Abere Mihretie2, Gabriel B Senay7 and Worku Yalew8, (1)University of Oklahoma, Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, Norman, United States, (2)Health, Development, and Anti-Malaria Association, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, (3)Amhara Regional Health Bureau, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, (4)GAMBY College of Medical Science, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, (5)Michigan State University, Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences & Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, East Lansing, MI, United States, (6)South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, United States, (7)U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, United States, (8)Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Characterizing Open Water Bodies and Their Color Properties Through Optical Remote Sensing to Identify Areas of Vector-Borne Disease Risk (12610)
Erika Podest, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Manuel de la Torre Juarez, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Kyle C McDonald, City University of New York - City College, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, New York, United States, Kat Jensen, CUNY Graduate School and University Center, Earth and Environmental Sciences, New York, NY, United States and Pietro Ceccato, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States
Exploring the relationship between malaria, rainfall intermittency, and spatial variation in rainfall seasonality (20138)
Christopher L. Merkord, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, United States, Michael C Wimberly, University of Oklahoma, Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, Norman, United States, Geoffrey M Henebry, Michigan State University, Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences & Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, East Lansing, MI, United States and Gabriel B Senay, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, United States
Water Security, Climate Forcings and Public Health Impacts in Emerging Regions (31503)
Emily Ann Serman1, Ali S Akanda2, Vinka Craver3 and Thomas B Boving3, (1)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)University of Rhode Island, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Narragansett, RI, United States, (3)University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States
Co-evolving Hydroclimatic Signatures and Diarrheal Disease Dynamics in Bangladesh: Implications for Water Management and Public Health (32096)
M. Alfi Hasan, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, United States, Ali S Akanda, University of Rhode Island, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Narragansett, RI, United States, Dr. Antarpreet Singh Jutla, PhD, University of Florida, Environmental Engineering Sciences, Ft Walton Beach, United States, Akm Saiful Islam, Bangladesh Institute of Water and Flood Management, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Anwar Huq, University of Maryland College Park, Maryland Pathogen Research Institute, College Park, United States and Rita R Colwell, University of Maryland College Park, Institute of Advanced Computer Studies, College Park, United States
