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Special Edition of the GEO Health Community of Practice: The Americas

The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Health Community of Practice is pleased to host the next community teleconference on Tuesday, August 29 rom 8:30-10:30AM EDT (GMT-4). This teleconference will highlight posters presented during AmeriGEO Week 2023 and other research applications in the Americas Region by CoP members.

Agenda

  • 8:30AM – 8:40AM EDT (GMT-4) – Welcome & Opening Words

  • 8:40AM – 9:30AM EDT (GMT-4) – Flash Talks: Categories I, II, and III

  • 9:40AM – 10:00AM EDT (GMT-4) – Flash Talks: Categories IV and V

  • 10:00AM – 10:30AM EDT (GMT-4) – Moderated Q&A discussion

 Category I:  Environmental Health and Emergencies

  • Building a Community of Practice in the Americas to Address Challenges associated with Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) (Camilo de los Rios Rueda, Duke University)

  • Addressing Natural Disasters-induced Health Concerns through GeoAI (Paul Churchyard, HSR.health)

  • Environmental Emergencies for the Health Facilities situated at the island of Crete (Andreas Skouloudis, iSteep.org)

  • NASA Satellite Data for Population Health Protection (Shay Sharma, NASA HQ / Stanford University)

  Category II: Water Resources

  • Introducing AlgaeMAp - Algae Bloom Monitoring Application for Inland Waters in Latin America (Felipe Lobo, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil)

  • Enabling User-driven Environmental Management and Improving Health Outcomes using Future NASA PACE Mission Data (Natasha Sadoff, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

  • PACE Water Resources: Demonstrating the Use of NASA’s PACE Hyperspectral Ocean Color Instrument Data for Enhanced Coastal Management (Matthew Romm, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / North Carolina State University)

Category III:  Air Quality

  • Overview of the NASA Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team (HAQAST) (Jenny Bratburd, University of Wisconsin-Madison) 

  • Enhancing the Accuracy of Air Quality Forecasts in Delhi via Assimilation of NASA Earth Observations and their Impact on Decision-making Activity (Rajesh Kumar, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research)

  • Sub-Urban Air Pollution Exposures and Associations with Clinical Health Outcomes for Asthma in Jefferson County, Alabama (Susan Alexander, University of Alabama in Huntsville)

  • The NASA TEMPO Mission: Hourly Daytime Air Pollution Observations for Enhanced Health and Air Quality Studies  (Aaron Naeger, University of Alabama in Huntsville)

Category IV:  Data Management and Capacity Building

  • EOTEC DevNet: Fostering Collaboration among the Leading Global Providers of EO Training and Tools (Yasha Moz, NASA HQ)

  • The Earth Observations Toolkit: Creating Pathways to Healthy Cities and Human Settlements (Corena Pincham, NASA HQ)

  • Establishing a COVID-19 Observatory and a Pilot Earth Observation Center to Promote Sustainability in Honduras (Reyna Durón, UNITEC, Honduras)

 Category V:  Infectious Diseases

  • Spatial Stratification of Dengue based on the Identification of Risk Factors: A Pilot Trial in the Department of Cauca, Colombia (Catalina Marcelo Diaz, Colombia Ministry of Health)

  • EO 4 Advancing Zoonotic Spillover Mitigation (Jean Felipe Teotonio, HSR.health)