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Environmental drivers of West Nile virus Symposium

Tuesday, March 4, 2025
1:45 PM – 3:15 PM AST
Location: 208 A

    Moderator(s)

  • Nicholas DeFelice

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

  • Alexander Keyel, PhD

    Research Scientist 3
    Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, New York, United States

Presentations:

  • 1:45 PM – 1:51 PM AST
    Symposium Introduction: The importance of environmental conditions for understanding West Nile virus dynamics

    Presenter: Alexander Keyel, PhD – Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health

  • 1:51 PM – 2:03 PM AST
    Forecasting West Nile virus incidence with environmental drivers

    Presenter: Michael Johansson, PhD – Northeastern University

    Co-Author: Ryan Harp, PhD – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

    Co-Author: Karen Holcomb, PhD – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • 2:03 PM – 2:15 PM AST
    Exploring the interplay between warming temperatures and future implications for West Nile virus transmission

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

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

    Co-Author: Catherine Lippi, Ph.D. – University of Florida

    Co-Author: Rebecca L. Smith, D.V.M., Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois

    Co-Author: Sadie Ryan, Ph.D. – University of Florida

  • 2:15 PM – 2:27 PM AST
    The Impact of Temperature on West Nile Virus Vector-Virus Interactions

    Presenter: Rachel Fay, PhD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University

  • 2:27 PM – 2:39 PM AST
    West Nile genomics in the Southwest

    Presenter: Crystal M. Hepp, Ph.D. – Translational Genomics Research Institute and Northern Arizona University

  • 2:39 PM – 2:51 PM AST
    A Spatially Resolved and Environmentally Informed Forecast Model of West Nile Virus in Coachella Valley, California

    Presenter: Matthew J. Ward, PhD, MSPH – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Co-Author: Meytar Sorek-Hamer, PhD – Consultant

    Co-Author: Jennifer A. Henke, MS, BCE (she/her/hers) – Coachella Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District

    Co-Author: Aman Patel, MS – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Co-Author: Nicholas DeFelice – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  • 2:51 PM – 3:03 PM AST
    Spatially refined estimates of the risk of West Nile virus

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