Themed Joint Session 11 Earth Observation Systems and Applications for Public Health Models and Decisions

Monday, 7 January 2013: 4:00 PM-5:45 PM
Room 6B (Austin Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Fourth Conference on Environment and Health; and the 17th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )
Moderators:
John Balbus, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Bethesda, MD and Kenneth Carey, Earth Resources Technology (ERT), Inc., Laurel, MD

Papers:
4:00 PM
TJ11.1
Using Earth Observations for Public Health Decision-Making: A Grand Challenge for the Earth Observing and Public Health Communities
Paul Sandifer, Chief Science Advisor, NOAA's National Ocean Service, Charleston, SC
Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM
TJ11.2
CLIMATE, OCEANS, AND HUMAN HEALTH: THE ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF CHOLERA
Rita Colwell, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD
Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM
TJ11.3
NASA Earth Observations for Health and Air Quality Applications
John A. Haynes, NASA, Washington, DC; and S. M. Estes
Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM
TJ11.4
Middle East Desert Dust Exposure: Health Risks from Metals and Microbial Pathogens
Mark Lyles, U.S. Navy, Newport, RI; and D. W. Griffin
Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM
TJ11.5
Modeling malaria risk in the Peruvian Amazon
Benjamin F. Zaitchik, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD; and B. J. Feingold, P. Z. Vasquez, A. S. Davila, C. A. Antonio, and W. K. Y. Pan
Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM
TJ11.6
Use of MODIS Satellite Data to Evaluate Juniperus spp. Pollen Phenology to Support a Pollen Dispersal Model, PREAM, to Support Public Health Allergy Alerts
Jeffrey C. Luvall, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Sprigg, E. Levetin, A. Huete, S. Nickovic, A. Prasad, G. Pejanovic, A. Vukovic, P. Van de Water, A. M. Budge, W. Hudspeth, H. Krapfl, B. Toth, A. Zelicoff, O. Myers, L. Bunderson, G. Ponce-Campos, T. M. Crimmins, M. Menache, and M. Vujadinovic
Recorded Presentation

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