As a global network of governments, organizations, and observers, this international platform aims to promote interdisciplinary collaborations that use environmental observations to improve health decision-making at the international, regional, country, and district levels. This meeting will provide an opportunity for members of Earth science and public health communities to describe key international projects and updates, enhance professional networks through work group activities, and discuss priority focus areas that advance GEO and AGU efforts.
Agenda:
Welcome & Invited Presentations (8-minute updates) (10:00AM – 11:00AM EST/GMT-5)
Opening Words (John Haynes, NASA; Juli Trtanj, NOAA; Helena Chapman, NASA)
Dengue MOdel forecasting Satellite-based System (D-MOSS) (Gina Tsarouchi, HR Wallingford)
Predictive Assessment of Transmission Conditions of Cholera in the Environment and Human Population using Earth Observations (Antar Jutla, University of Florida)
GeoHealth: A Geospatial Surveillance and Response System Resource for Vector Borne Disease in the Americas (Jack Malone, Louisiana State University and A&M College)
Environmental Determinants of Enteric Infectious Disease (Ben Zaitchik, Johns Hopkins University)
Myanmar Malaria Early Warning System (Tatiana Loboda, University of Maryland, College Park)
Flash Talks (4-minute talks) (11:00AM – 12:00PM EST/GMT-5)
Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission’s Education and Outreach Efforts (Dorian Janney, NASA Goddard/GPM)
Using Social Media to Improve Dengue Nowcasting in Brazil (Julie Spencer, Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Implementing a System for Environmentally-driven Arbovirus Forecasting across Multiple Geographic Regions (Michael Wimberly and Dawn Nekorchuk, University of Oklahoma)
Antigenic Ha Shifts Linked to 11-year Solar Cycle Explain Timing of Historic (1889-2021) Suite of Pandemics Originating in South Central China (Allan Auclair, USDA APHIS Policy and Program Development, retired)
Effects of Hydrometeorological Factors on COVID-19 Reproduction Number in Three Contiguous Countries of Tropical Andean South America (Josh Colston, University of Virginia School of Medicine)
CholeraMap: Satellite-derived Waterborne Disease Early Warning for the Masses (Ali Akanda, University of Rhode Island)
Seeing Heat Risk Through an Equity Lens: Putting High Resolution Temperature Data to Work for Urban Environmental Justice (Ben Zaitchik, Johns Hopkins University)
Panel on Public-Private Partnerships (10-minute talks) (12:00PM – 1:00PM EST/GMT-5)
Eric Klos (DailyBreath), Estella Geraghty (Esri), and Io Blair-Freese (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
Discussion on Public-Private Partnerships (John Haynes, NASA; Juli Trtanj, NOAA; Helena Chapman, NASA)