The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Health Community of Practice is pleased to host the Day 2 of the GEO Health CoP Annual Meeting on Thursday, December 18 from 6:00-7:00PM CST (GMT-6). This meeting will form part of the hybrid GEO CoP Townhall entitled, The Virtuous Cycle: Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Health Community of Practice: Using Environmental Observations to Improve Health Decision-Making, at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (December 15-19, 2025).
Tentative Agenda for Day 2
Goals:
To strengthen communication about CoP activities, projects, and opportunities
To discuss the future plans and needs of CoP Small Work Groups
To expand partnerships and networks for membership and funding opportunities
Welcome Words (6:00-6:10PM CST/GMT-6)
Opening Words (John Haynes, NASA; Didier Davignon, ECCC; Helena Chapman, NASA/BAH; Alice Lau, NOAA)
Focus on Small Work Groups (6:10-6:40PM CST/GMT-6)
Heat-related Health Risks across Time Scales (Cascade Tuholske, Montana State Univ.)
Air Quality, Wildfires, Respiratory Health (Carl Malings, NASA GSFC/Morgan State Univ. & Nathan Pavlovic, Sonoma Technology)
Infectious Diseases (Tatiana Loboda, Univ. of Maryland, College Park)
Food Security and Safety (Orhun Aydin, St. Louis Univ.)
Health Care Infrastructure (Ajay K. Gupta, HSR.health)
Animal Health (Lauren Charles, PNNL & Karen Gruszynski, Midwestern Univ.)
Discussion (6:40-6:55PM CST/GMT-6)
Discussion on the CoP workstream, plans, and gaps (John Haynes, NASA; Didier Davignon, ECCC; Helena Chapman, NASA/BAH; Alice Lau, NOAA)
Summary & Closing (6:55-7:00PM CST/GMT-6)
Meeting summary and closing words (John Haynes, NASA; Didier Davignon, ECCC)