Full Schedule

11:15am – 1:00pm

Trustee/Commissioner Tour
Location: Grand Salon

Favorite

4:00pm – 7:00pm

Education Day
Location: Off Site

Favorite

9:25am – 9:40am

96 - Variation in resistance and efficacy of adulticides
Location: Carson 4

Presenter: Haley E. Johnson, PhD – Valent BioSciences

Favorite

8:30am – 10:00am

Insecticide Resistance - Building a Program Step by Step Symposium I
Location: Crystal 1

Moderator: Roxanne Connelly, PhD, BCE – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Moderator: Janet McAllister, PhD, BCE – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector-Born Diseases

Favorite

8:35am – 8:55am

76 - Lessons Learned While Setting Up a Mosquito Resistance Laboratory in a Public Health Department, Phase I
Location: Crystal 1

Presenter: Nina M. Dacko, MS – Tarrant County Public Health Department

Insecticide Resistance - Building a Program Step by Step Symposium I

Favorite

8:55am – 9:15am

77 - Collaboration Combats Insecticide Resistance and Improves Vector Management
Location: Crystal 1

Presenter: Casey Parker Crockett, PhD – Azelis A&ES

Insecticide Resistance - Building a Program Step by Step Symposium I

Favorite

9:15am – 9:35am

78 - Hooah! Standing Up an Insecticide Resistance Testing Program for CONUS Army Installations
Location: Crystal 1

Presenter: Jennifer Carder, PhD – Defense Centers for Public Health - Aberdeen

Insecticide Resistance - Building a Program Step by Step Symposium I

Favorite

9:35am – 9:55am

79 - Bioassays and biochemical testing, a comprehensive IR approach
Location: Crystal 1

Presenter: Constance Darrisaw (she/her/hers) – Lee County Mosquito Control District

Insecticide Resistance - Building a Program Step by Step Symposium I

Favorite

8:30am – 10:00am

National perspective into treatment thresholds for mosquito management Symposium I
Location: Crystal 3

Moderator: Whitney Qualls, PHD – Anastasia Mosquito Control District

Favorite

8:30am – 8:45am

80 - Review of Action Thresholds from the Literature
Location: Crystal 3

Presenter: Whitney Qualls, PHD – Anastasia Mosquito Control District

National perspective into treatment thresholds for mosquito management Symposium I

Favorite

8:45am – 9:05am

81 - The utility of environmental models to help inform entomological thresholds
Location: Crystal 3

Presenter: Lindsay Campbell, n/a – UF/IFAS Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory

National perspective into treatment thresholds for mosquito management Symposium I

Favorite

9:05am – 9:25am

82 - Using entomological and environmental indicators to better understand mosquito disease risk
Location: Crystal 3

Presenter: Mohamed Sallam, Ph.D. – Uniformed Service University of the Health Sciences

National perspective into treatment thresholds for mosquito management Symposium I

Favorite

9:45am – 10:00am

84 - DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A WEST NILE VIRUS DRIVEN RESPONSE GRID SYSTEM USING ARCGIS HOT-SPOT ANALYSIS IN ORANGE COUNTY, CA
Location: Crystal 3

Presenter: Kiet T. Nguyen, BS GIS Cert – Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control

National perspective into treatment thresholds for mosquito management Symposium II

Favorite

8:30am – 10:00am

Next-Generation Genetic and Biological Approaches to Aedes Control: SIT and Beyond Symposium I
Location: Carson 1

Moderator: Rajeev Vaidyanathan, n/a – Oxitec Ltd.

Moderator: David F. Hoel, PhD (he/him/his) – Lee County Mosquito Control District

Favorite

8:30am – 8:45am

85 - Development of SIT as an IPM tool for the Control of Aedes aegypti
Location: Carson 1

Presenter: Kenneth Linthicum, PhD – USDA-ARS Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology

Next-Generation Genetic and Biological Approaches to Aedes Control: SIT and Beyond Symposium I

Favorite

8:45am – 9:00am

86 - Startup costs associated with an X-ray SIT program at Lee County Mosquito Control District
Location: Carson 1

Presenter: David F. Hoel, PhD (he/him/his) – Lee County Mosquito Control District

Next-Generation Genetic and Biological Approaches to Aedes Control: SIT and Beyond Symposium I

Favorite

9:00am – 9:10am

87 - Progress and challenges for the Aedes aegypti (L.) sterile insect technique program on Captiva Island (Lee County, Florida)
Location: Carson 1

Presenter: Steven Stenhouse – Lee County Mosquito Control District

Next-Generation Genetic and Biological Approaches to Aedes Control: SIT and Beyond Symposium I

Favorite

9:10am – 9:20am

88 - Evaluation of X-ray radiation to adult male Aedes aegypti – Gainesville, FL strain
Location: Carson 1

Presenter: Barbara Bayer, n/a – USDA-ARS Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology

Next-Generation Genetic and Biological Approaches to Aedes Control: SIT and Beyond Symposium I

Favorite

9:20am – 9:30am

89 - Southern California SIT Joint Pilot Project: Partnering for The Future of Mosquito Control
Location: Carson 1

Presenter: Steven F. Vetrone, MPH – Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District

Next-Generation Genetic and Biological Approaches to Aedes Control: SIT and Beyond Symposium I

Favorite

9:30am – 9:45am

90 - Confronting SIT misinformation in Berkeley, California
Location: Carson 1

Presenter: JUDITH PIERCE, MPH – Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District

Next-Generation Genetic and Biological Approaches to Aedes Control: SIT and Beyond Symposium I

Favorite

9:45am – 10:00am

91 - Collaborative efforts between Delta Mosquito & Vector Control District and Oxitec in the Central Valley of California
Location: Carson 1

Presenter: Mustapha Debboun, PhD – Delta Mosquito and Vector Control District

Next-Generation Genetic and Biological Approaches to Aedes Control: SIT and Beyond Symposium I

Favorite

8:30am – 10:00am

Novel Adulticide Space Spray: A Decade of Innovation Symposium I
Location: Carson 4

Moderator: Beth Ranson – Valent BioSciences

Favorite

8:30am – 8:40am

92 - Introduction and Overview of ReMoa Tri™
Location: Carson 4

Presenter: Beth Ranson – Valent BioSciences

Novel Adulticide Space Spray: A Decade of Innovation Symposium I

Favorite

8:40am – 8:55am

93 - Transient tolerance to pyrethroids in gravid mosquitoes: Implications for viral transmission and ULV control
Location: Carson 4

Presenter: Mark Clifton, PhD – North Shore Mosquito Abatement District

Novel Adulticide Space Spray: A Decade of Innovation Symposium I

Favorite

8:55am – 9:10am

94 - Evaluation of VBC-60748 against pyrethroid-resistant Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus in Collier County, Florida
Location: Carson 4

Presenter: Rebecca Heinig, PhD – Collier Mosquito Control District

Novel Adulticide Space Spray: A Decade of Innovation Symposium I

Favorite

9:10am – 9:25am

95 - Data Collection and Considerations in the Drift of a Novel Formulation
Location: Carson 4

Presenter: Harold Thistle, PhD – TEALS, LLC

Novel Adulticide Space Spray: A Decade of Innovation Symposium I

Favorite

9:40am – 9:55am

97 - Pilot study with ReMoaTM, a new mosquito adulticide, dispersed by thermal fogging against susceptible and pyrethroid resistant Aedes aegypti populations
Location: Carson 4

Presenter: Seleena Benjamin – Valent BioSciences LLC

Novel Adulticide Space Spray: A Decade of Innovation Symposium I

Favorite

8:30am – 10:00am

Remembering William (Bill) E. Walton - aquatic ecologist, vector ecologist, leader, colleague, and friend Symposium I
Location: Carson 3

Moderator: Jennifer A. Henke, M.S. (she/her/hers) – Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District

Favorite

8:35am – 8:50am

98 - Bill Walton - Dedicated leadership and teaching innovation
Location: Carson 3

Presenter: Alec Gerry, Ph.D. – UC Riverside

Remembering William (Bill) E. Walton - aquatic ecologist, vector ecologist, leader, colleague, and friend Symposium I

Favorite

8:50am – 9:00am

99 - Wetlands, climate, and mosquitoes
Location: Carson 3

Presenter: Dave Heft, MS, MPA (he/him/his) – Turlock Mosquito Abatement District

Remembering William (Bill) E. Walton - aquatic ecologist, vector ecologist, leader, colleague, and friend Symposium I

Favorite

9:00am – 9:15am

100 - Elemental Stoichiometry of Larval Culex Mosquitoes and the Effect of mosquitofish on the community dynamics of a constructed treatment wetland in Hemet CA
Location: Carson 3

Presenter: George Peck, PhD – Texas Department of State Health Services - Zoonosis Control

Remembering William (Bill) E. Walton - aquatic ecologist, vector ecologist, leader, colleague, and friend Symposium I

Favorite

9:15am – 9:30am

101 - Following My Passions, a tribute to the teachings and lessons of Dr. Bill Walton
Location: Carson 3

Presenter: Adena Why, MS, PhD – Alameda County Vector Control Services District

Remembering William (Bill) E. Walton - aquatic ecologist, vector ecologist, leader, colleague, and friend Symposium I

Favorite

9:30am – 9:45am

102 - A Culture of Collaboration in Public Health Entomology
Location: Carson 3

Presenter: Aviva Goldmann

Remembering William (Bill) E. Walton - aquatic ecologist, vector ecologist, leader, colleague, and friend Symposium I

Favorite

9:45am – 10:00am

103 - Underground Mosquito Control Strategies: Entomopathogenic Fungi and Attractive Toxic Sugar Bait in the Storm Drainage System of the Coachella Valley
Location: Carson 3

Presenter: David Popko, MS (he/him/his) – UC Riverside

Remembering William (Bill) E. Walton - aquatic ecologist, vector ecologist, leader, colleague, and friend Symposium I

Favorite

10:00am – 10:45am

Break in Exhibit Hall
Location: Summit Pavilion

Sponsored By

Favorite

10:45am – 12:15pm

Insecticide Resistance - Building a Program Step by Step Symposium II
Location: Crystal 1

Moderator: Roxanne Connelly, PhD, BCE – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Moderator: Janet McAllister, PhD, BCE – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector-Born Diseases

Favorite

10:45am – 11:05am

104 - A Comparison of the Topical Application Assay and the CDC Bottle Bioassay Kit in Culex quinquefasciatus Mosquitoes from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Location: Crystal 1

Presenter: Erin Cloherty Duvernay, MSPH – City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite & Rodent Control Board and PhD Student at Louisiana State University, Dept. of Entomology

Insecticide Resistance - Building a Program Step by Step Symposium II

Favorite

11:25am – 11:45am

106 - The Big Picture – impact of IR testing on WNV Control decisions
Location: Crystal 1

Presenter: Justin Harbison, PhD – Loyola University Chicago/North Shore Mosquito Abatement District

Insecticide Resistance - Building a Program Step by Step Symposium II

Favorite

11:45am – 12:15pm

107 - Panel Discussion - Insecticide Resistance - Building a Program Step by Step
Location: Crystal 1

Insecticide Resistance - Building a Program Step by Step Symposium II

Favorite

10:45am – 12:15pm

National perspective into treatment thresholds for mosquito management Symposium II
Location: Crystal 3

Moderator: Whitney Qualls, PHD – Anastasia Mosquito Control District

Favorite

10:45am – 11:00am

108 - DEVELOPMENT OF WNV AREA-WIDE CONTROL TRIGGERS FOR GRIDED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM IN ORANGE COUNTY, CA
Location: Crystal 3

Presenter: Timothy J. Morgan, MS – Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District

National perspective into treatment thresholds for mosquito management Symposium I

Favorite

11:00am – 11:15am

109 - Development of Adult Control Activation Thresholds at the Toledo Area Sanitary District
Location: Crystal 3

Presenter: Jennifer Shimola, PhD (she/her/hers) – Toledo Area Sanitary District

National perspective into treatment thresholds for mosquito management Symposium II

Favorite

11:15am – 11:30am

110 - Implementation of Activation Thresholds at the Toledo Area Sanitary District
Location: Crystal 3

Presenter: Jacob Sublett, MS – Toledo Area Sanitary District

National perspective into treatment thresholds for mosquito management Symposium II

Favorite

11:30am – 11:45am

111 - Setting action thresholds for larvicide and adulticide applications throughout the Florida Keys
Location: Crystal 3

Presenter: Andrea Leal, n/a – Florida Keys Mosquito Control District

National perspective into treatment thresholds for mosquito management Symposium II

Favorite

11:45am – 11:55am

112 - Ready, Set, Action Thresholds in Williamson County, Texas
Location: Crystal 3

Presenter: Jason Fritz, MPH – Texas Mosquito Control Association, Williamson County and Cities Health District

National perspective into treatment thresholds for mosquito management Symposium II

Favorite

10:45am – 12:15pm

Next-Generation Genetic and Biological Approaches to Aedes Control: SIT and Beyond Symposium II
Location: Carson 1

Moderator: Rajeev Vaidyanathan, n/a – Oxitec Ltd.

Moderator: David F. Hoel, PhD (he/him/his) – Lee County Mosquito Control District

Favorite

10:45am – 11:00am

113 - Reinfestation of Aedes aegypti following the Debug Fresno program
Location: Carson 1

Presenter: Jodi Holeman, MS – Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District

Next-Generation Genetic and Biological Approaches to Aedes Control: SIT and Beyond Symposium I

Favorite

11:00am – 11:15am

114 - Wolbachia infected males for suppressing populations of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus
Location: Carson 1

Presenter: Stephen L. Dobson, n/a – MosquitoMate, Inc

Next-Generation Genetic and Biological Approaches to Aedes Control: SIT and Beyond Symposium I

Favorite

11:15am – 11:25am

115 - Infection by wMel Wolbachia alters female post-mating behaviors and physiology in the dengue vector mosquito Aedes aegypti
Location: Carson 1

Presenter: Catalina Alfonso-Parra, PhD – Universidad de Antoquia

Next-Generation Genetic and Biological Approaches to Aedes Control: SIT and Beyond Symposium I

Favorite

11:25am – 11:35am

116 - The design of an industrial production line aiming for cost reduction of sterile mosquitos on large scale operations
Location: Carson 1

Presenter: Hanan Lepek, CEO – Senecio Robotics

Next-Generation Genetic and Biological Approaches to Aedes Control: SIT and Beyond Symposium I

Favorite

11:35am – 11:50am

117 - DO. OR DO NOT. THERE IS NO "TRY" (YODA).
Location: Carson 1

Presenter: Nitzan Paldi, MSC Agri (he/him/his) – Forrest Innovations Ltd

Next-Generation Genetic and Biological Approaches to Aedes Control: SIT and Beyond Symposium I

Favorite

11:50am – 12:05pm

118 - Practical field application of Oxitec self-limiting gene technology against Aedes aegypti
Location: Carson 1

Presenter: Rajeev Vaidyanathan, n/a – Oxitec Ltd.

Next-Generation Genetic and Biological Approaches to Aedes Control: SIT and Beyond Symposium I

Favorite

10:45am – 12:15pm

Novel Adulticide Space Spray: A Decade of Innovation Symposium II
Location: Carson 4

Moderator: Beth Ranson – Valent BioSciences

Favorite

10:45am – 11:00am

119 - Efficacy of ReMoa Tri against resistant malaria vectors in Africa, Anopheles gambiae ss and An. arabiensis
Location: Carson 4

Presenter: Dismas Kamande, MSc – Ifakara Health Institute

Novel Adulticide Space Spray: A Decade of Innovation Symposium II

Favorite

11:00am – 11:15am

120 - ADrop™ – Droplet analysis tool for analyzing fluorescent adulticide droplets using open source software
Location: Carson 4

Presenter: Banugopan Kesavaraju, Technical Lead – Valent Biosciences

Novel Adulticide Space Spray: A Decade of Innovation Symposium II

Favorite

11:15am – 11:30am

121 - Understanding Metabolic and Knockdown Resistance and Their Impact
Location: Carson 4

Presenter: Chris Byrne, n/a – Valent BioSciences

Novel Adulticide Space Spray: A Decade of Innovation Symposium II

Favorite

11:30am – 11:45am

122 - “Conducting Aerial Adulticide Efficacy Trials”
Location: Carson 4

Presenter: Leanne Lake, Technical Development Manager – Valent Biosciences

Novel Adulticide Space Spray: A Decade of Innovation Symposium II

Favorite

11:45am – 12:00pm

123 - ReMoaTri Technical Tips
Location: Carson 4

Presenter: Katie F. Williams, MSc – Valent BioSciences

Novel Adulticide Space Spray: A Decade of Innovation Symposium II

Favorite

10:45am – 12:15pm

Remembering William (Bill) E. Walton - aquatic ecologist, vector ecologist, leader, colleague, and friend Symposium II
Location: Carson 3

Moderator: Jennifer A. Henke, M.S. (she/her/hers) – Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District

Favorite

10:45am – 11:00am

124 - The Maestro of Midgeville: how one man and one plot brought field research to the doorstep of generations of students
Location: Carson 3

Presenter: Benjamin L. Nyman, B.S. – University of California Riverside

Remembering William (Bill) E. Walton - aquatic ecologist, vector ecologist, leader, colleague, and friend Symposium I

Favorite

11:00am – 11:15am

125 - Science Communication: Bill as a Leader in Teaching
Location: Carson 3

Presenter: Jennifer A. Henke, M.S. (she/her/hers) – Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District

Presenter: Julie Tsecouras, n/a – University of California, Riverside

Remembering William (Bill) E. Walton - aquatic ecologist, vector ecologist, leader, colleague, and friend Symposium I

Favorite

11:15am – 11:30am

126 - Leaving a legacy: creating opportunities for the next generation of vector ecologists
Location: Carson 3

Presenter: Christopher Barker, PhD – UC Davis

Remembering William (Bill) E. Walton - aquatic ecologist, vector ecologist, leader, colleague, and friend Symposium I

Favorite

12:15pm – 1:45pm

Lunch
Location: Summit Pavilion

Favorite

12:15pm – 1:45pm

Poster Session
Location: Summit Pavilion

Favorite

12:15pm – 1:45pm

P1 - Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) for Individual Property Owners: A Review of the MosquitoMate Experience
Location: Summit Pavilion

Presenter: Karen L. Dobson – MosquitoMate, Inc.

Poster Session

Favorite

12:15pm – 1:45pm

P2 - Biodegradable Vector Control System
Location: Summit Pavilion

Presenter: Thomas Kollars, PhD – Liberty Univ., Anderson Univ., MedEnvVet Laboratories

Poster Session

Favorite

12:15pm – 1:45pm

P3 - Entomological, epidemiological, and climatological investigation of the 2019 Dengue Fever outbreak in Gewane District, Afar Region, North-East Ethiopia
Location: Summit Pavilion

Presenter: Louisa A. Messenger, MSc, PhD – University of Nevada Las Vegas

Poster Session

Favorite

12:15pm – 1:45pm

P13 - Taking Flight; Utilizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Delta Mosquito and Vector Control District
Location: Summit Pavilion

Presenter: Hector Cardenas – Delta Mosquito and Vector Control District

Poster Session

Favorite

12:15pm – 1:45pm

P14 - Finding the Right Mix: A Comparison of Yeast Fermentation Solutions as an Alternative Carbon Dioxide Source for BG-Sentinel Traps
Location: Summit Pavilion

Presenter: Mark Nakata, B.S. – Delta Mosquito and Vector Control District

Poster Session

Favorite

12:15pm – 1:45pm

P15 - A Valiant Attempt at Surveying Mosquito District Practices of California
Location: Summit Pavilion

Presenter: Andrea Troupin, M.S.P.H. (she/her/hers) – Delta Mosquito and Vector Control District

Poster Session

Favorite

12:15pm – 1:45pm

P16 - Evaluation of Aedes larvae Habitat Characteristics in South Punjab Pakistan
Location: Summit Pavilion

Presenter: Shafia Saba, Entomologist – Department of Health, Multan

Poster Session

Favorite

12:15pm – 1:45pm

P17 - The Effects of a Sublethal Dose of an Insecticide on Mosquito Predators
Location: Summit Pavilion

Presenter: Erin Cloherty Duvernay, MSPH – City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite & Rodent Control Board and PhD Student at Louisiana State University, Dept. of Entomology

Poster Session

Favorite

12:15pm – 1:45pm

P18 - The socio-cognitive field of the sterile insect technique (1979-2022):Insights into its specific labor division form and some other aspects
Location: Summit Pavilion

Presenter: Kamil Ghouati, n/a – Université Paris 8

Poster Session

Favorite

12:15pm – 1:45pm

P19 - Building an IIT/SIT program at Anastasia Mosquito Control District
Location: Summit Pavilion

Presenter: Whitney Qualls, PHD – Anastasia Mosquito Control District

Poster Session

Favorite

12:15pm – 1:45pm

P20 - Quality Control Methods implemented in the Integrated Vector Management (IVM) at Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit
Location: Summit Pavilion

Presenter: Cristhian R. Sáchez-Rolón, MS – Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit

Poster Session

Favorite

12:15pm – 1:45pm

P21 - What we know about mosquito control and fireflies
Location: Summit Pavilion

Presenter: Kristen Healy, PhD – Louisiana State University

Poster Session

Favorite

12:15pm – 1:45pm

P22 - Knockdown resistance mutations in California: monitoring insecticide resistance in Culex tarsalis
Location: Summit Pavilion

Presenter: Esther A. Cutshall (she/her/hers) – University of the Pacific

Presenter: Eric S. Moyung, n/a – University of the Pacific

Poster Session

Favorite

12:15pm – 1:45pm

P23 - Establishing the Window of Selection (WoS) and the level of resistance of knock down resistant (kdr) mutations for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes topically treated with deltamethrin
Location: Summit Pavilion

Presenter: Brook Jensen (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University

Poster Session

Favorite

12:15pm – 1:45pm

P24 - The status of La Crosse virus in La Crosse, Wisconsin
Location: Summit Pavilion

Presenter: Drew T. Lysaker – University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Poster Session

Favorite

12:15pm – 1:45pm

P25 - ARGO trailer nurse tank for extended larvicide applications at remote sites
Location: Summit Pavilion

Presenter: Mark Wieland (he/him/his) – Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District

Poster Session

Favorite

12:15pm – 1:45pm

P4 - IPM Working Group: Mosquito BEACONS - Biodiversity Enhancement And Control of Non-native Species
Location: Summit Pavilion

Presenter: Michael Riles, n/a – Central Life Sciences

Presenter: Dan Killingsworth, n/a – Environmental Security Pest and Lawn

Poster Session

Favorite

12:15pm – 1:45pm

P5 - Are there good mosquitoes? A preliminary exploration of mosquito pollination
Location: Summit Pavilion

Presenter: Christopher VItek, PhD – University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Poster Session

Favorite

12:15pm – 1:45pm

P6 - Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit’s Large and Growing Integrated Vector Control Program
Location: Summit Pavilion

Presenter: Nexilianne Borrero, MS,MBA – Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit

Poster Session

Favorite

12:15pm – 1:45pm

P8 - Surveillance of Aedes mosquitoes in District Poonch, Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Location: Summit Pavilion

Presenter: Junaid Rahim, PhD – University of Poonch, Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Poster Session

Favorite

12:15pm – 1:45pm

P9 - Lyme Disease Vector Geographic Range Expansion: South Carolina is a Battleground of Northern and Southern Ixodes scapularis clade colonization into new ecosystems
Location: Summit Pavilion

Presenter: Anna Dill, Undergraduate Student – University of South Carolina

Poster Session

Favorite

12:15pm – 1:45pm

P11 - Community College and Local Agency Cooperation to Evaluate Mosquito Populations and Increase Undergraduate Research
Location: Summit Pavilion

Presenter: Marcus A. Baber-Newton, n/a – Amarillo College

Presenter: Dustan Francis, n/a – Amarillo College

Poster Session

Favorite

12:15pm – 1:45pm

P12 - Effect of Mosquito Age and Specimen Storage Duration on Aedes aegypti RNA-based Assays
Location: Summit Pavilion

Presenter: Nicole Foley, M.S. Entomology (she/her/hers) – Center for Disease Control

Poster Session

Favorite

12:15pm – 1:45pm

P26 - Experimental transmission of Mayaro virus by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
Location: Summit Pavilion

Presenter: Abdullah A. Alomar – Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida

Poster Session

Favorite

12:15pm – 4:00pm

Exhibits Open
Location: Summit Pavilion

Favorite

1:45pm – 3:15pm

Overview of Applied Research Programs at the District/Program Level Symposium I
Location: Carson 3

Moderator: Whitney Qualls, PHD – Anastasia Mosquito Control District

Favorite

1:45pm – 2:05pm

127 - Assessing past and present applied research projects conducted in Manatee County, Florida
Location: Carson 3

Presenter: Samantha Ramirez, MPH, CPH – Manatee County Mosquito Control District

Overview of Applied Research Programs at the District/Program Level Symposium I

Favorite

2:05pm – 2:25pm

129 - Field trials and resistance testing in Maricopa County
Location: Carson 3

Presenter: James B. Will, Jr. – Maricopa County Environmental Services Vector Control Division

Overview of Applied Research Programs at the District/Program Level Symposium I

Favorite

2:25pm – 2:45pm

130 - What exactly do you do during the winter months as a northern MAD?
Location: Carson 3

Presenter: Patrick Irwin, MS, PhD (he/him/his) – Northwest Mosquito Abatement District

Overview of Applied Research Programs at the District/Program Level Symposium I

Favorite

1:45pm – 3:15pm

Resist the urge to panic: Managing resistance in field operations Symposium I
Location: Carson 1

Moderator: Isik Unlu, Dr – Miami Dade County Mosquito Control

Favorite

1:45pm – 1:55pm

131 - The Integrated Vector Management approach to effective resistance management
Location: Carson 1

Presenter: Alden Estep, n/a – USDA-ARS

Resist the urge to panic: Managing resistance in field operations Symposium I

Favorite

1:55pm – 2:15pm

132 - Outbreak! When you’re under a microscope without insecticide resistance data
Location: Carson 1

Presenter: Janet McAllister, PhD, BCE – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector-Born Diseases

Resist the urge to panic: Managing resistance in field operations Symposium I

Favorite

2:15pm – 2:25pm

133 - Mechanism matters: Efficacy of commercial formulations and the relationship to underlying insecticide resistance mechanisms
Location: Carson 1

Presenter: Neil D. Sanscrainte, n/a – USDA-ARS

Resist the urge to panic: Managing resistance in field operations Symposium I

Favorite

2:25pm – 2:45pm

134 - Linking resistance monitoring data to control: a framework for addressing critical knowledge gaps
Location: Carson 1

Presenter: Laura C. Harrington, PhD – Cornell University

Resist the urge to panic: Managing resistance in field operations Symposium I

Favorite

2:45pm – 3:00pm

135 - NEVBD’s pesticide resistance program: a collaborative system for monitoring, assay development and education.
Location: Carson 1

Presenter: Lindsay Baxter, BS, MS – Cornell University

Resist the urge to panic: Managing resistance in field operations Symposium I

Favorite

3:00pm – 3:15pm

136 - Crouching Tiger, Obvious Trouble: Resistance Management in Miami-Dade County
Location: Carson 1

Presenter: Isik Unlu, Dr – Miami Dade County Mosquito Control

Resist the urge to panic: Managing resistance in field operations Symposium I

Favorite

1:45pm – 3:15pm

Using NASA Satellite Data to Complement Vector Control Practices Symposium
Location: Crystal 1

Moderator: Helena Chapman, MD MPH PhD – NASA

Favorite

1:45pm – 2:00pm

137 - Improving Vector Control with NASA Data: An Overview of NASA Health and Air Quality Applications
Location: Crystal 1

Presenter: John Haynes, BS, MS – NASA

Using NASA Satellite Data to Complement Vector Control Practices Symposium

Favorite

2:00pm – 2:15pm

138 - Blending Multi-source Data Sets to Forecast Vector-borne Disease Risk
Location: Crystal 1

Presenter: Assaf Anyamba, Ph.D. – Oakridge National Laboratory

Using NASA Satellite Data to Complement Vector Control Practices Symposium

Favorite

2:15pm – 2:30pm

139 - Making sense of disparate data types using VectorSurv
Location: Crystal 1

Presenter: Christopher Barker, PhD – UC Davis

Using NASA Satellite Data to Complement Vector Control Practices Symposium

Favorite

2:30pm – 2:45pm

140 - Mosquito control alchemy: turning data into effective control strategies
Location: Crystal 1

Presenter: Sarah S. Wheeler, PhD – Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District

Using NASA Satellite Data to Complement Vector Control Practices Symposium

Favorite

2:45pm – 3:00pm

141 - Use of geo-spatial data to plan and monitor dengue vector control
Location: Crystal 1

Presenter: Roberto Barrera, PhD – Dengue Branch, CDC

Using NASA Satellite Data to Complement Vector Control Practices Symposium

Favorite

3:00pm – 3:15pm

142 - Panel Discussion - Using NASA Satellite Data to Complement Vector Control Practices
Location: Crystal 1

Using NASA Satellite Data to Complement Vector Control Practices Symposium

Favorite

1:45pm – 3:15pm

West Nile virus and other arthropod-borne pathogens in Arizona: Surveillance and mitigation strategies Symposium I
Location: Crystal 3

Moderator: Crystal Hepp, PhD – Pathogen and Microbiome Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute

Favorite

1:45pm – 2:20pm

144 - Ceratopogonid midges as potential vectors of Onchocerca lupi in Northern Arizona
Location: Crystal 3

Presenter: Chandler Roe, MS – Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University

West Nile virus and other arthropod-borne pathogens in Arizona: Surveillance and mitigation strategies Symposium I

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2:20pm – 2:45pm

150 - Detection and characterization of a novel insect-specific flavivirus in a Maricopa County Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
Location: Crystal 3

Presenter: Daryn E. Erickson, n/a – Translation Genomics Research Institute

West Nile virus and other arthropod-borne pathogens in Arizona: Surveillance and mitigation strategies Symposium II

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2:45pm

Mapping kdr genotypes in Arizona populations of Aedes aegypti
Location: Crystal 3

Presenter: Daryn E. Erickson, n/a – Translation Genomics Research Institute

West Nile virus and other arthropod-borne pathogens in Arizona: Surveillance and mitigation strategies Symposium II

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2:45pm – 3:15pm

145 - Evolutionary ecology of kdr resistance mutations in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
Location: Crystal 3

Moderator: Crystal Hepp, PhD – Pathogen and Microbiome Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute

West Nile virus and other arthropod-borne pathogens in Arizona: Surveillance and mitigation strategies Symposium I

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1:45pm – 3:15pm

Young Professional Symposium I - Panel Discussion
Location: Carson 4

Moderator: Sarah Lawton, n/a – Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District

Moderator: Kyndall Braumuller, MS, PhD – University of South Carolina Department of Epidemiology

Moderator: Caroline Gongora, n/a – Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District

Moderator: Chloe Wang

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3:15pm – 4:00pm

Break in Exhibit Hall

Sponsored By FMC

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3:15pm – 4:00pm

Donut Social
Location: Summit Pavilion

Sponsored By

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4:00pm – 5:00pm

Vendor Meeting & Reception
Location: VIP Bowling Ally

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4:00pm – 5:30pm

Overview of Applied Research Programs at the District/Program Level Symposium II
Location: Carson 3

Moderator: Whitney Qualls, PHD – Anastasia Mosquito Control District

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4:00pm – 4:20pm

146 - SLCMAD! Where Research Ideas Connect
Location: Carson 3

Presenter: Christopher S. Bibbs, PhD – Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District

Overview of Applied Research Programs at the District/Program Level Symposium II

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4:20pm – 4:40pm

147 - Designed with the Desert in Mind – A Research Program for Coachella Valley MVCD
Location: Carson 3

Presenter: Jennifer A. Henke, M.S. (she/her/hers) – Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District

Overview of Applied Research Programs at the District/Program Level Symposium II

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4:40pm – 5:00pm

148 - An Overview of the Applied Research Program at Anastasia Mosquito Control District
Location: Carson 3

Presenter: Whitney Qualls, PHD – Anastasia Mosquito Control District

Overview of Applied Research Programs at the District/Program Level Symposium II

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5:00pm – 5:20pm

149 - Overview of applied research at the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District
Location: Carson 3

Presenter: Mark E. Smith, n/a – Metropolitan Mosquito Control District

Overview of Applied Research Programs at the District/Program Level Symposium II

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4:00pm – 5:30pm

West Nile virus and other arthropod-borne pathogens in Arizona: Surveillance and mitigation strategies Symposium II
Location: Crystal 3

Moderator: Crystal Hepp, PhD – Pathogen and Microbiome Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute

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4:00pm – 4:25pm

151 - Mitochondrial population phylogenomics of the West Nile virus vector Culex quinquefasciatus in the southwestern United States
Location: Crystal 3

Presenter: Zachary Barrand (he/him/his) – Translational Genomics Research Insitute

West Nile virus and other arthropod-borne pathogens in Arizona: Surveillance and mitigation strategies Symposium II

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4:25pm – 4:55pm

152 - Comparative West Nile virus surveillance and mitigationstrategies in Maricopa County
Location: Crystal 3

Presenter: John Townsend – Maricopa County Environmental Services Vector Control Division

West Nile virus and other arthropod-borne pathogens in Arizona: Surveillance and mitigation strategies Symposium II

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4:55pm – 5:30pm

153 - The Persistence of West Nile Virus in the Southwestern United States
Location: Crystal 3

Presenter: Crystal Hepp, PhD – Pathogen and Microbiome Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute

West Nile virus and other arthropod-borne pathogens in Arizona: Surveillance and mitigation strategies Symposium II

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4:00pm – 5:30pm

Young Professional Symposium II - Career Roundtable Discussion
Location: Carson 4

Moderator: Chloe Wang

Moderator: Kyndall Braumuller, MS, PhD – University of South Carolina Department of Epidemiology

Moderator: Sarah Lawton, n/a – Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District

Moderator: Caroline Gongora, n/a – Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District

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4:00pm – 5:30pm

Resist the urge to panic: Managing resistance in field operations Symposium II
Location: Carson 1

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4:15pm – 4:35pm

155 - Country-wide scope of pyrethroid resistance in Aedes aegypti in Peru and implications for resistance management
Location: Carson 1

Presenter: Gissella Vasquez, Ph.D. – NAMRU-6

Resist the urge to panic: Managing resistance in field operations Symposium II

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4:35pm – 4:50pm

156 - Operational perspectives of mosquito larvicide resistance
Location: Carson 1

Presenter: Tianyun Su, n/a – EcoZone International LLC

Resist the urge to panic: Managing resistance in field operations Symposium II

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4:50pm – 5:05pm

157 - Resistance vs. tolerance: evaluating the potential for larvicide resistance in the northeast US
Location: Carson 1

Presenter: Joseph McMillan, PhD – Texas Tech University

Resist the urge to panic: Managing resistance in field operations Symposium II

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5:05pm – 5:15pm

158 - What leads to pyrethroid resistance in Culex tarsalis?
Location: Carson 1

Presenter: Tara Thiemann, PhD – University of the Pacific

Resist the urge to panic: Managing resistance in field operations Symposium II

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5:25pm – 5:35pm

160 - Guidelines for Larvicide Resistance Testing: Applications, Challenges and Modifications
Location: Carson 1

Presenter: Laxmi Shanmugam, PhD – Clarke

Resist the urge to panic: Managing resistance in field operations Symposium II

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4:00pm – 5:30pm

Spatial Repellents Symposium
Location: Crystal 1

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4:00pm – 4:10pm

161 - Spatial Repellents: Current Status and Potential Future in Mosquito/vector Population Management Strategies
Location: Crystal 1

Presenter: Daniel L. Kline, Dr (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS, CMAVE

Spatial Repellents Symposium

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4:10pm – 4:20pm

162 - The Surprising Intersection of Custom Flight Chambers, Quantitatively Gas Chromatography and Tissue Engineering in Mosquito Research and Spatial Repellents
Location: Crystal 1

Presenter: Bradley J. Willenberg, PhD – University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine

Spatial Repellents Symposium

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4:20pm – 4:30pm

163 - 3D printed transfluthrin based novel spatial repellent devices for enclosed spaces
Location: Crystal 1

Presenter: Nagarajan Ramasamy Rajagopal, MS (he/him/his) – University of Florida

Spatial Repellents Symposium

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4:30pm – 4:40pm

164 - Evaluating natural product repellency in a small-tube laboratory assay
Location: Crystal 1

Presenter: Edmund Norris, PhD – United States Department of Agriculture

Spatial Repellents Symposium

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4:40pm – 4:50pm

165 - Volatile Pyrethroids Against Mosquitoes: A meta-analysis of the association between mosquito exposure to volatile pyrethroid-based spatial repellents and mosquito bite prevention
Location: Crystal 1

Presenter: Ingrid Chen, PhD – University of California, San Francisco

Spatial Repellents Symposium

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4:50pm – 5:00pm

166 - Evaluation Systems for Spatial Repellents against Ticks
Location: Crystal 1

Presenter: Muhammad Farooq, Ph.D (Agri. Engineering) – Anastasia Mosquito Control District

Spatial Repellents Symposium

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5:00pm – 5:10pm

167 - Efficacy of spatial repellents varies depending on structure of the protected area
Location: Crystal 1

Presenter: Frances V. Golden, n/a – USDA-ARS-CMAVE

Spatial Repellents Symposium

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5:10pm – 5:20pm

168 - Current Interest in Non-DEET Insect Repellents, Efficacy, Safety and the “Clean” Movement
Location: Crystal 1

Presenter: Howard Epstein, PhD – EMD Electronics, Surface Solutions

Spatial Repellents Symposium

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5:20pm – 5:30pm

169 - Spatial repellent efficacy in outdoor open enclosures in a north Florida forest
Location: Crystal 1

Presenter: Barbara Bayer, n/a – USDA-ARS Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology

Spatial Repellents Symposium

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5:30pm – 6:30pm

Young Professionals Social (Invitation Only Event)
Location: Sierra 1

Sponsored By

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6:30pm – 7:30pm

Past President's Reception (Invitation Only Event)

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