Primary Convener:
Moiz Usmani, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Convener:
Helen Nguyen, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Kyle Brumfield, University of Maryland
Jesse Bell, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Chair:
Helen Nguyen, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Jesse Bell, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Moiz Usmani, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Kyle Brumfield, University of Maryland

There are multiple environmental pathways that impact human, animal, and plant health. Increasing climatic variability, including extreme weather events, coupled with human-environmental interactions leads to increased risks of disease outbreaks including vector- (e.g. Zika, Dengue, Chikungunya, Malaria, Rift Valley Fever), water- (e.g. Cholera, Dysentery, Typhoid) and air-borne (e.g. Coronavirus, Influenza) diseases. These phenomena have a spatiotemporal distribution driven by the interactions of climate and environmental variables (e.g. precipitation, specific humidity, runoff, vegetation indices) with that of the vectors and hosts of each individual disease. This session is seeking research that advances the state-of-the-art in disease early warning. This can range from developing the system for which these disease models can reside to advancing the science behind individual routes of transmission using climatic, weather, and remote sensing data products.

Index Terms
0240 Public health
4321 Climate impact
4322 Health impact

Cross-Listed:
NH - Natural Hazards
H - Hydrology
GC - Global Environmental Change

Neighborhoods:
1. Science Nexus