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 both in-person and via Zoom. To be notified about upcoming seminars, please sign up for our mailing list by clicking subscribe.

PAST SEMINARS & RECORDINGS

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Dr. Alec Gerry, Dr. Amy Murillo & Ben Nyman, University of California, Riverside

"Student internships in public health entomology at UC Riverside" (starts 1:30)

Gaëlle Tatiana Sehi, University of California, Irvine

"Mapping the future: Geospatial surveillance strategies to combat Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in San Bernardino County, California" (starts 35:10)

Adele Malone, Arizona State University

"Quantifying time-location patterns of human-mosquito interactions to inform operational control activities and public education programs" (starts 1:18)

Donald Ward, Arizona State University

"Surveillance and operational research for targeted mitigation of insecticide resistance in Maricopa County, AZ" (starts 32:18)

Abdoulaye Aziz Zerbo & Mayra Espinoza, California State University, San Bernardino

“Training STEM students in mosquito surveillance and identification” (starts 31:40)

Zachary Barrand, Northern Arizona University

"Genomic surveillance of West Nile virus and its vector: Culex quinquefasciatus, in the southwest United States" (starts 1:35)

PACVEC SEMINARS

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

May 7, 2024

Carla-Cristina Edwards (UC Davis)
“Resisting resistance: Identifying biochemical biomarkers for pyrethroid resistance”

Ania Kawiecki (UC Davis)
“Spatial and temporal analysis on the impact of ultra-low volume indoor insecticide spraying on Aedes aegypti household density”

May 14, 2024

Alice Truong (San Francisco State University)
“Effects of a novel OspA vaccine on Lyme disease pathogen acquisition and establishment in Ixodes Scapularis and Peromyscus maniculatus“

Alexandria Renault (University of Arizona)
“Vector-borne disease education in Arizona”

June 4, 2024

Maxwell Newton (San Francisco State University)
“Reservoir targeted treatment approaches to lower human risk of Lyme disease in the western United States”

Emily Calhoun (Utah State University)

June 18, 2024

Nicole Rodrigues (UC Davis)
“Biochar effects on oviposition behavior in Aedes aegypti“

Thomas Moore (University of Arizona)
“Identifying potential action thresholds and areas of high-risk West Nile virus exposure in Pinal County, AZ”

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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.