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 Spring Seminar 2025

PacVec will be hosting our spring seminar series on the following dates: Apr 29th, May 13th, May 27th, and Jun 10th from 12:00-1:00 pm PST.

April 29th

Anna Blankenship-Cutshall (University of the Pacific)
“Knockdown Resistance in California’s Mosquitoes”

TBD

May 13th

Mackenna Berg (Arizona State University)
“Determining Insecticide Resistance in Culex tarsalis: Phenotypic, Genotypic, and Enzymatic Profiles from Arizona”

Michael Riehle (University of Arizona)
“Age-grading techniques for the mosquito Aedes aegypti”

May 27th

Mahmood Nikbakhtzadeh (CSU San Bernardino)
“Summer Training in Vector & Vector-borne Diseases”

Talia Wong (UC Davis)
“Fine scale spatial modeling of WNV risk for vector control trial design and implementation”

June 10th

Gaëlle Sehi (UC Irvine)
“Mapping Mosquitoes: How Data and Models Help Us Understand Vector Risk”

Geoffrey Attardo (UC Davis)
“Healing the Marsh, Healing Ourselves: Co-Creating Vector-Smart Wetlands with Traditional Ecological Knowledge”

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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2018

Kirsten Meredith, University of Utah

“Mosquito Behavior- Mechanisms and Strategies for Host Location” (starts 30:35)

Skylar Finucane, University of Arizona

“Evaluating Vector-Borne Disease Messaging, Materials, and Dissemination Techniques Used in Arizona” (starts 0:18)

Zachary Barrand, Translational Genomics Research Institute

“Spotted fever Rickettsia surveillance in Northern Arizona.” (starts 29:48)

Ben Nyman, UC Riverside

“Modeling environmental impacts on invasive Aedes mosquito communities across a southern California landscape.” (starts 0:00)

Brian Foy, RaHPVEC & Colorado State University

” A cluster randomized control trial evaluating ivermectin-treated birdseed for West Nile virus transmission control.”

Megan Saunders, CA Dept of Public Health

“PacVec Summer Internships: CDPH-VBDS’ Experience” (starts 27:35)

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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.