About the Symposium

Andrea Silletti October 5, 2017

On February 24, 2018, the Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases will host a day-long symposium dedicated to the population biology of vector-borne diseases. Events will include a series of lectures by leading scientists from around the world, a poster session where non-speakers can present their work, and a catered reception.

10:50-12:20 pm

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Morning Session II
Alun Lloyd, North Carolina State University. Agent-based models of Disease Transmission for Applications
Bobby Reiner, University of Washington. Integrating over variation: the impact of heterogeneity, stochasticity, and uncertainty in mosquito population dynamics on pathogen transmission models
Alex Perkins, University of Notre Dame. Spatial Epidemiology of Vector-born Diseases
Nicholas Reich, University of Massachusetts- Amherst. Forecasting Disease Transmission

1:20-2:50 pm

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Afternoon Session I
Mike Boots, University of California, Berkeley. Virulence Evolution
Ary Hoffmann, University of Melbourne. Interactions Between Wolbachia Strains and Host Background in Aedes Mosquitoes
Sadie Ryan, University of Florida. Direct and Indirect Social Drivers and Impacts of Vector-borne Diseases
Erin Mordecai, Stanford University. Environmental Drivers of  Vector-borne Disease Transmission in a Changing World 

3:10-4:40 pm

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Afternoon Session II
Derek Cummings, University of Florida. Antibody Dependent Enhancement
Simon Gubbins, The Pirbright Institute. Population Biology of Culicoides-borne Viruses of Livestock
Maria Diuk-Wasser, Columbia University. Population Biology of Human Tick-borne Pathogens
Edward Wenger, Intellectual Ventures. Evaluating the Information of Parasite Genomics for Malaria Elimination