Disease & Vector Studies II

Moderator(s)

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  Tony Hedley, n/a

  Assistant Manager
  Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District
  Elk Grove, California, United States

Presentations:

• 4:00pm – 4:10pm  

  Factors impacting thermal tolerance in mosquitoes
  

  Presenter: Kristen Healy, PHD – Louisiana State University
• 4:10pm – 4:20pm  

  Resistance and inhibitor testing on Aedes aegypti populations in the Florida Keys
  

  Presenter: Heidi Murray, MS – Florida Keys Mosquito Control District
• 4:20pm – 4:30pm  

  Towards environmental surveillance of the invasive vector species Anopheles stephensi in sub-Saharan Africa
  

  Presenter: Louisa A. Messenger, MSc, PhD – University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  Co-Author: Mojca Kristan, MSc, PhD – London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• 4:30pm – 4:40pm  

  Novel application of electrospun monofilament prototype textile fibers impregnated with DEET and picaridin for improved warfighter protection.
  

  Presenter: James Cilek, PhD – Navy Entomology Center of Excellence
• 4:40pm – 4:50pm  

  Madariaga virus: What are you and where are you found?
  

  Presenter: Michael J. Turell, PhD, BCE – Anastasia Mosquito Control District

  Co-Author: Gabriel Hamer, PhD (he/him/his) – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Tereza Magalhaes, n/a – Texas A&M University
• 4:50pm – 5:00pm  

  Edge of range invasion and infection of Aedes albopictus
  

  Presenter: Jennifer Shimola, Doctorate in philosophy in Biology (she/her/hers) – Toledo Area Sanitary District

  Co-Author: Jacob Sublett, Master of Science in Biology – Toledo Area Sanitary Distrcit

  Co-Author: Gayathri Beligala, Ph.D. – Toledo Area Sanitary District

  Co-Author: Paul Bauman, M.S. – Toledo Area Sanitary District
• 5:00pm – 5:10pm  

  Diel Activity Patterns of Arizona Mosquito Species in Urban Settings
  

  Presenter: Adele Malone (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University/Maricopa County Environmental Services Department Vector Control Division

  Co-Author: Krijn Paaijmans, PhD (he/him/his) – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: John Townsend, BS – Maricopa County Environmental Services Department, Vector Control Division

  Co-Author: James B. Will, Jr. – Maricopa County Environmental Services Department, Vector Control Division

  Co-Author: Nicole Busser, n/a – Maricopa County Environmental Services Department, Vector Control Division
• 5:10pm – 5:20pm  

  Selective pressures for insecticide resistance; may the selective force be with us
  

  Presenter: Silvie Huijben, PhD (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Brook Jensen, B.S. (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Don Ward, BS, MSPH – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Joshua Ain, n/a – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Yazid Aldosari, n/a – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Mackenna Berg, n/a – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Simranpreet Chatta, n/a – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Jillian Higbee, n/a – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Ashlyn Maag, n/a – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Tara Magana, n/a – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Emma Royster, BSc – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Nicolae Sava, n/a – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Chance Spurlin, BSc – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Yiwei Sun, n/a – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Tiffany Torres, n/a – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Alden S. Estep, III – USDA ARS CMAVE MFRU
• 5:20pm – 5:30pm  

  Rainfall and the population dynamics of Aedes triseriatus in a forested area of southern Indiana.
  

  Presenter: Luis F. Chaves, PhD (he/him/his) – Indiana University

  Co-Author: Sajjad Khan – Indiana University

  Co-Author: Madison Abel, n/a – Indiana University