SEMINAR SERIES

PacVec holds monthly seminars that convenes public health and vector control professionals, and features the work of PacVec’s principal investigators, trainees, and visiting researchers that are relevant to the center’s mission. Seminars are held monthly during the academic year from October through June and are available via Zoom. To be notified about upcoming seminars, please sign up for our mailing list by clicking subscribe.

PacVec Fall Seminar 2025

PacVec will be hosting our spring seminar series on the following dates: Nov 4th, Nov 18th, Dec 2nd from 12:00-1:00 pm PDT.

Nov 4th

Paula Stigler Granados (San Diego State University)
“Assessing Public Health Education Programs and Public Perceptions for Mosquito Disease Prevention and Control in San Diego County”

TBD
“TBD”

Nov 18th

Chloe Reyes (Arizona State University)
“Evaluating Traditional vs. Gamified Outreach for Mosquito Breeding Site Reduction”

Laura Backus (California Polytechnic University (San Luis Obispo))
“Vector Surveillance for Undergraduates: Developing a Course”

Dec 2nd

Joshua Arnbrister (University of Arizona)
“Affect of Weather on Dengue Transmission in Sonora”

TBD
“TBD”

PACVEC SEMINARS

All Seminars are 12:00-1:00 PM PST on the dates indicated on the left.

PAST SEMINARS & RECORDINGS

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Geoffrey Attardo, UC Davis

“Healing the Marsh, Healing Ourselves: Co-Creating Vector-Smart Wetlands with Traditional Ecological Knowledge” (starts 18:50)

Gaëlle Sehi, UC Irvine

“Mapping Mosquitoes: How Data and Models Help Us Understand Vector Risk”

Talia Wong, UC Davis

“Fine scale spatial modeling of WNV risk for vector control trial design and implementation” (starts 18:50)

Mahmood Nikbakhtzadeh, CSU San Bernardino

“Summer Training in Vector & Vector-borne Diseases” (starts 0:05)

Michael Riehle, University of Arizona

“Age-grading techniques for the mosquito Aedes aegypti” (starts 22:14)

Mackenna Berg, Arizona State University

“Determining Insecticide Resistance in Culex tarsalis: Phenotypic, Genotypic, and Enzymatic Profiles from Arizona”

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COLLABORATION

Our center is always looking to broaden and strengthen our community of practice. If you are interested in working with us, please contact us!

The Pacific Southwest Regional Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases is supported through Cooperative Agreement Number 1U01CK000649 between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the University of California, Davis.