Member Symposium: Urban Pests and Disease Vectors: Sustainable Management and Future Research

Wednesday, November 13, 2013: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Meeting Room 8 C (Austin Convention Center)
Organizers:
Paul Leisnham
Shannon L. LaDeau
Dawn Biehler


1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:40 PM
1895
Modeling variability in the population of a West Nile virus vector over an urban area
Corey Morin, University of Arizona
1:58 PM
1896
A tale of two cities: West Nile virus control in Sacramento and Los Angeles, California
William K. Reisen, University of California - Davis ; P Macedo, University of California - Davis ; S Kluh, University of California - Davis
2:16 PM
1897
Bugs, parasites, and cities: The urbanization of Chagas disease in Peru
Michael Z. Levy, Perelman School of Medicine
2:34 PM
1898
Social and biological determinants of risk and incidence of Amblyomma americanum-associated pathogens spanning an urban-to-rural land-use gradient
Brian F. Allan, University of Illinois
2:52 PM
1899
Human and vector interactions affecting urban dengue transmission
L. Philip Lounibos, University of Florida ; Harish Padmanabha, Universidad del Norte ; Irka E. Bargielowski, University of Florida
3:10 PM
1900
Everybody knows she’s a femme fatale: Larval ecology and vector potential of Aedes aegypti females
Steven A. Juliano, Illinois State University ; Gabriel Ribeiro, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz ; Rafael de Freitas, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz ; Márcia Castro, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz ; Claudia Codeço, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz ; Ricardo de Oliveira, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz ; L. Philip Lounibos, University of Florida
3:28 PM
Break
3:38 PM
1901
Knowing community and environmental change through pests: Perceptions of mosquitoes and implications for management
Dawn Biehler, University of Maryland Baltimore County ; Paul T. Leisnham, University of Maryland ; Zara R. Dowling, University of Maryland ; Shannon L. LaDeau, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
3:56 PM
1902
Evaluating the effectiveness of passive education material at increasing reducing urban mosquito habitat and infestation along a socioeconomic gradient
Paul T. Leisnham, University of Maryland ; Danielle Bodner, University of Maryland ; Shannon L. LaDeau, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies ; Dawn Biehler, University of Maryland Baltimore County
4:14 PM
1903
The use of active education and volunteer programs to engage and empower communities to reduce backyard mosquito habitats
Kristen Healy, Louisiana State University ; George C. Hamilton, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ; Sean P. Healy, Louisiana State University ; Ary Farajollahi, Rutgers University ; Dina M. Fonseca, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
4:32 PM
1904
The socio-economic influence on mosquito infestations in Baltimore, MD and Washington, DC
Shannon L. LaDeau, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies ; Paul T. Leisnham, University of Maryland ; Dawn Biehler, University of Maryland Baltimore County ; Danielle Bodner, University of Maryland
4:50 PM
1905
Withdrawn
5:08 PM
Concluding Remarks
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