Chairs: Antarpreet Jutla, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States and Tissa H Illangasekare, Colorado School of Mines, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Golden, CO, United States
Primary Conveners: Antarpreet Jutla, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 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, Kingston, RI, United States and Larry J Paxton, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
OSPA Liaisons: Ali S Akanda, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States
How Will Climate Change Impact Cholera Outbreaks?
Fariborz Nasr Azadani1, Antarpreet Jutla1, Javad Rahimikolu1, Ali S Akanda2, Anwar Hug3 and Rita R Colwell4, (1)West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States, (2)University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States, (3)University of Maryland's School of Public Health, Maryland, United States, (4)University of Maryland College Park, Centre for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, College Park, MD, United States
Present and Future Projections of Habitat Suitability of the Asian Tiger Mosquito, a Vector of Viral Pathogens, from Global Climate Simulations.
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
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, Antarpreet Jutla, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States and Rita R Colwell, University of Maryland College Park, Centre for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, College Park, MD, United States
Linking Satellite Derived Land Surface Temperature with Cholera: A Case Study for South Sudan
Haidar S Aldaach V1, Antarpreet Jutla1, Ali S Akanda2 and Rita R Colwell3, (1)West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States, (2)University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States, (3)University of Maryland College Park, Centre for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, College Park, MD, United States
Development and Validation of Remote Sensing-Based Surface Inundation Products for Vector-Borne Disease Risk in East Africa
Katherine Jensen1,2, Kyle C McDonald2, Pietro Ceccato3, Ronny Schroeder2 and Erika Podest4, (1)CUNY Graduate School and University Center, Earth and Environmental Sciences, New York, NY, United States, (2)CCNY-Earth & Atmos Sciences, New York, NY, United States, (3)International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States, (4)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Design of Epidemia – an Ecohealth Informatics System for Integrated Forecasting of Malaria Epidemics
Michael C Wimberly1, Estifanos Bayabil2, Belay Beyane3, Mekonnen Bishaw4, Geoffrey M Henebry1, Alemayehu Lemma2, Yi Liu1, Christopher L. Merkord1, Abere Mihretie2, Gabriel B Senay5 and Worku Yalew6, (1)South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 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)USGS EROS, Sioux Falls, SD, United States, (6)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
Erika Podest, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Manuel De La Torre Juarez, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Kyle C McDonald, CCNY-Earth & Atmos Sciences, New York, NY, United States, Katherine 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
Rainwater Harvesting-based Safe Water Access in Diarrhea-endemic Coastal Communities of Bangladesh under Threats of Climate Change
Asef Mohammad Redwan, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Ali S Akanda, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States, M. Ashraf Ali, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Civil Engineering, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Munirul Alam, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh, Antarpreet Jutla, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States and Rita R Colwell, University of Maryland College Park, Centre for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, College Park, MD, United States
Co-evolving Hydroclimatic Signatures and Diarrheal Disease Dynamics in Bangladesh: Implications for Water Management and Public Health
Mohammad Alfi Hasan1, Ali S Akanda2, Antarpreet Jutla3, A.K.M. Saiful Islam1, Munirul Alam4, A.S.G. Faruque4, Anwar Huq5 and Rita R Colwell6, (1)Bangladesh Institute of Water and Flood Management, Dhaka, Bangladesh, (2)University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States, (3)West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States, (4)International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh, (5)University of Maryland College Park, Maryland Pathogen Research Institute, College Park, MD, United States, (6)University of Maryland College Park, Centre for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, College Park, MD, United States
