Global Change and Infectious Disease Threats (T7)
January 1-5, 2028
| Location to be Determined
John Drake
| 4:00–8:00 PM | Registration |
| 6:00–8:00 PM | Welcome Mixer |
| 7:00–8:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:00–8:10 AM | Welcome Remarks |
| 8:10–9:00 AM | Keynote Address |
| C. Jessica Metcalf †, Princeton University Susceptibility in a Changing World: Demography, Immunity, and Climate |
| 9:00–11:15 AM | Climate, Vectors, and Shifting Disease Geographies |
| Erin Mordecai, Stanford University Climate Change and the Expanding Range of Vector-Borne Diseases |
| Rachel Lowe †, Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC/ICREA) Climate-Driven Dengue and Arboviral Disease Risk in the Americas and Beyond |
| Louis Lambrechts †, Institut Pasteur Vector Distribution and Transmission: Temperature and Vector Competence |
| Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
| 9:30–9:50 AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:15–1:00 PM | Poster Setup |
| 11:15–5:00 PM | On Own for Lunch |
| 1:00–10:00 PM | Poster Viewing |
| 2:30–4:30 PM | Symposia Spotlight 1 |
| Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts |
| 4:30–5:00 PM | Coffee Available |
| 5:00–7:00 PM | Land Use, Biodiversity Loss, and Zoonotic Spillover |
| Barbara Han †, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Machine Learning Approaches to Predicting Zoonotic Reservoir Hosts |
| Louise Moncla †, University of Pennsylvania Viral Spillover from Wild Birds: Reconstructing H5N1 Movement Across Migratory Flyways |
| Placide Mbala-Kingebeni †, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB), DRC Zoonotic Spillover in the Congo Basin: Ebola, Mpox, and the Ecology of Viral Emergence in Central Africa |
| Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
| 7:00–8:00 PM | Social Hour with Dinner |
| 7:30–10:00 PM | Posters |
| 7:00–8:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:00–11:00 AM | Food Systems, Agriculture, and Emerging Infections |
| Eric Fevre, University of Liverpool Livestock-Human Interfaces and Zoonotic Disease Burden in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Dirk Pfeiffer †, City University of Hong Kong Poultry Transport Networks and Epidemic Risk in Intensifying Asian Production Systems |
| Anuradha Choudhary †, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi From Agricultural Azoles to Clinic: Environmental Origins of Antifungal Resistance and Candida auris |
| Jessica Hite †, University of Wisconsin-Madison Antimicrobial Resistance as an Ecological Contaminant: Livestock Systems, Soil, and the Spread of Drug-Resistant Pathogens |
| Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
| 9:00–9:20 AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:00–1:00 PM | Poster Setup |
| 11:00–5:00 PM | On Own for Lunch |
| 1:00–10:00 PM | Poster Viewing |
| 3:00–4:30 PM | Career Roundtable |
| 4:30–5:00 PM | Coffee Available |
| 5:00–7:00 PM | Movement, Trade, and the Global Spread of Pathogens |
| John Drake, University of Georgia Dimensions of Globalization and Infectious Disease Emergence |
| Houriiyah Tegally †, Stellenbosch University Genomic Surveillance of Variant Emergence and International Spread |
| Caroline O. Buckee †, Institute for Disease Modeling and Harvard School of Public Health Climate Extremes, Mobility, and Infectious Disease Risk in Vulnerable Populations of the Global South |
| Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
| 7:00–8:00 PM | Social Hour with Dinner |
| 7:30–10:00 PM | Posters |
| 7:00–8:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:00–11:00 AM | Demography, Urbanization, and Social Drivers of Disease |
| Rachel Baker †, Brown University Demographic Change and the Shifting Burden of Infectious Disease |
| Courtney Murdock †, Cornell University Urban Ecology and Vector-Borne Disease Risk in Rapidly Growing Cities |
| Shweta Bansal †, Georgetown University Contact Networks, Heterogeneity, and the Social Determinants of Transmission |
| Thumbi Mwangi †, Washington State University and University of Nairobi One Health at the Household Level: Co-Infections, Poverty, and Infectious Disease Burden in East Africa |
| Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
| 9:00–9:20 AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:00–5:00 PM | On Own for Lunch |
| 2:30–4:30 PM | Symposia Spotlight 2 |
| Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts |
| 4:30–5:00 PM | Coffee Available |
| 5:00–6:45 PM | From Evidence to Action — Preparedness, Policy, and Countermeasures |
| Maria D. Van Kerkhove †, World Health Organization Translating Real-Time Surveillance into Global Public Health Guidance Under Uncertainty |
| Daniel Jernigan †, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Translating Science into Public Health Action |
| Nicole Lurie †, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations - CEPI Platform Preparedness: Translating Vaccine Innovation into Rapid Epidemic Response |
| Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
| 6:45–7:00 PM | Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions |
| 7:00–8:00 PM | Social Hour with Dinner |
| 8:00–11:00 PM | Entertainment |
| 8:00–11:00 PM | Cash Bar |
| 12:00–11:59 PM | Departure |