GeoHealth



AI-Enabled Systems for Public Assistance and Healthcare Access during Natural Hazard Events
Primary Convener:  Yilei Yu, Rice University, Center for Coastal Futures & Adaptive Resilience, Houston, United States
Conveners:  Manan Roy Choudhury, Arizona State University, School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Tempe, United States, Zhixuan Qi, University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ann Arbor, United States and Tampu Ravi Kumar, Arizona State University, School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Tempe, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Zhixuan Qi, University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ann Arbor, United States


Addressing the Escalating Impacts of Extreme Heat, Heat Waves, and Urban Heat Islands on Public Health: Vulnerability, Resilience, and Innovative Mitigation Strategies
Primary Convener:  Prof. Yuei-An Liou, PhD, National Central University, Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Conveners:  Kim-Anh Nguyen, VietNam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam and Shih Chun Candice Lung, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan


Advances in Interactions of Air Quality and Public Health Using Integrated Modeling Frameworks
Primary Convener:  Yaoxian Huang, Wayne State University, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Detroit, MI, United States
Conveners:  Yang Liu, Emory University, Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Atlanta, GA, United States, Yuqiang Zhang, Shandong University, Environment Research Institute, Jinan, China and Ying Xiong, Jinan University, College of Environment and Climate, Guangzhou, China
Student/Early Career Convener:  Ying Xiong, Jinan University, College of Environment and Climate, Guangzhou, China


Advances in Mercury Biogeochemistry
Primary Convener:  Brett A Poulin, University of California Davis, Department of Environmental Toxicology, Davis, CA, United States
Conveners:  Sarah E Janssen, USGS Upper Midwest Water Science Center, Madison, United States and Benjamin Peterson, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, School of Freshwater Sciences, Milwaukee, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Taylor Evinger, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States


Advancing Risk-Based Policy Through Computational Approaches, Remote Sensing, and Mechanistic Understanding of Climate-Driven Environmental Health Threats Including Emerging Contaminants, AMR, and Water-borne Disease
Primary Convener:  Sunil Kumar, University of Florida, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States
Conveners:  Katherine Deliz Quinones, University of Florida, Environmental Engineering Sciences, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States, Sunny Jiang, University of California Irvine, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, United States and Joshua Glasser, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States


Advancing cross-cutting health, air quality, and Earth science applications
Primary Convener:  Helena Chapman, NASA Headquarters, Earth Action Program, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Laura Margaret Judd, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States and Jenny Bratburd, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Aaron Robert Naeger, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, United States


Application of AI tools Using Earth Observations (EO) for Health Risk Monitoring/Assessment and Early Warning.
Primary Convener:  Sushel Unninayar, NASA/GSFC-HSL & Morgan State University-DRED, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  Benjamin F Zaitchik, Johns Hopkins University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Baltimore, MD, United States, Helena Chapman, NASA Headquarters, Earth Action Program, Washington, DC, United States and John Haynes, NASA Headquarters, Earth Action Program, Washington, United States


Atmospheric Dust: Advances in Modeling, Ground-Based Validation, and Human Impacts
Primary Convener:  Junran Jimmy Li, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Conveners:  Emily Faber, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, United States, Karin Ardon-Dryer, Texas Tech University, Geosciences, Lubbock, United States and Greema Regmi, St. Xavier's College, Kathmandu, Nepal


Characterizing Wildland Fire Smoke: Exposure Assessment, Epidemiology, and Solutions
Primary Convener:  Jennifer Stowell, University of Maryland College Park, Department of Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health, College Park, United States
Conveners:  Minghao Qiu, Stony Brook University, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook, NY, United States, Dr. Miriam E Marlier, PhD, University of California Los Angeles, Environmental Health Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Tina Liu, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Student/Early Career Convener:  Claire Schollaert, Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health, Boston, United States


Climate Conditions and Natural Hazards: Impacts on Air Quality and Health
Primary Convener:  Alan Gonzalez, Texas A&M University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College Station, United States
Conveners:  Dr. Yuzhou Wang, PhD, Texas A&M University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College Station, United States, Minghao Qiu, Stony Brook University, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook, NY, United States; Stony Brook University, Program in Public Health, Stony Brook, United States and Yang Li, Baylor University, Environmental Science, Waco, TX, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Alan Gonzalez, Texas A&M University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College Station, United States


Community-Engaged Pathways Linking Environmental Stressors and Health in Vulnerable and Indigenous Communities
Primary Convener:  Navid Saleh, The University of Texas at Austin, Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Austin, United States
Conveners:  Moiz Usmani, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States, Helen H Nguyen, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, United States and Minghao Qiu, Stanford University, Stanford, United States


Compound Climate Hazards and Health Risks
Primary Convener:  Dr. Miriam E Marlier, PhD, University of California Los Angeles, Environmental Health Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Conveners:  Yiqun Ma, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States and Joseph Wilkins, Howard University, Washington, DC, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Claire Schollaert, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States


Connections between Drinking Water Quality and Human Health: Understanding Contaminant Occurrence and Quantifying Health Impacts
Primary Convener:  Melissa A Lombard, U.S. Geological Survey, New England Water Science Center, Pembroke, United States
Conveners:  Ann Ojeda, Auburn University, Department of Geosciences, Auburn, United States, Xindi Hu, George Washington University, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Washington, United States and Sam Ying, University of California Riverside, Environmental Sciences, Riverside, United States


Data-Driven Frontiers in GeoHealth: Exposure, Disasters, and Human Health
Primary Convener:  Xiao Huang, Emory University, Department of Environmental Sciences, Atlanta, GA, United States
Conveners:  Yun Hang, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, United States; University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, United States, Yang Liu, Emory University, Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Atlanta, GA, United States and Eri Saikawa, Emory University, Department of Environmental Sciences, Atlanta, GA, United States


Data-Driven Policy for Air Quality and Climate Resilience
Primary Convener:  Chirag Manchanda, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
Conveners:  Libby Koolik, University of California Berkeley, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Berkeley, United States, Makoto Kelp, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, United States and Amanda Giang, University of British Columbia, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, Vancouver, BC, Canada


Detection and Environmental Consequences of Explosive Ordnance Contamination
Primary Convener:  Chad Melton, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
Conveners:  Nathaniel Raymond, Yale University, New Haven, United States and Courtney Bliler, Yale University, New Haven, United States


Dynamic Exposure Assessment Across Scales: Population Mobility, Personal Sensors, and Public Health
Primary Convener:  Eunhye Yoo, University at Buffalo, Department of Geography, Buffalo, NY, United States
Convener:  Jhoon Kim, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea


Early Warning Systems for Infectious Disease Based on Climate and Environmental Variability
Primary Convener:  Moiz Usmani, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
Conveners:  Helen H Nguyen, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, United States, Kyle Brumfield, University of Maryland, Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, College Park, United States and Bailey Magers, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Bailey Magers, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States


Effectively Using Climate and Weather Data for Health Applications
Primary Convener:  Yun Hang, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, United States
Conveners:  Ryan D. Harp, University of Minnesota, Climate Adaptation Partnership, St. Paul, United States, Beth Haley, Oregon Health Authority, Portland, United States and Ismail Nabeel, Department of Environmental Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Yiqun Ma, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States


GeoHealth Student and Early Career GeoBurst Session
Primary Convener:  Christopher Tessum, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, United States
Conveners:  Yun Hang, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, United States, Yiqun Ma, Yale University, Yale School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, New Haven, CT, United States and Greta Martin, George Washington University, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Washington, DC, United States


Human Health Effects from Ambient and Indoor Particulate Matter Pollution
Primary Convener:  Vishal Verma, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urbana, United States
Conveners:  Jiachen Zhang, University of Southern California, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Los Angeles, United States and Cesunica Ivey, University of California Berkeley, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Berkeley, United States


Mechanistic and Predictive Understanding of Emerging Contaminant Fate Across Land and Aquatic Systems
Primary Convener:  Srimanti Duttagupta, University of Georgia, Department of Geology, Athens, United States
Conveners:  Avishek Dutta, University of Georgia, Department of Geology, Athens, United States and Abhijit Mukherjee, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Department of Geology and Geophysics; School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kharagpur, India


Mental Health Impacts of Climate Hazards: Risk, Recovery, and Resilience
Primary Convener:  Azar Abadi, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health, Environmental Health Sciences Department, Birmingham, AL, United States
Conveners:  Daniel Dodgen, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, Washington, DC, United States, Amanda Hoffman-Hall, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL, United States and Jennifer Stowell, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, United States


Monitoring, Modeling and Mitigation of Harmful Algal Blooms and Environmental Pathogens
Primary Convener:  Zhiqiang Deng, Louisiana State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Convener:  James H. Diaz, LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, School of Public Health, New Orleans, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Naresh Suwal, Louisiana State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Baton Rouge, United States


One Health in Action: Evaluating Heat, Air Quality, Water, and Land Using Geospatial Intelligence for Health Risk Assessment
Primary Convener:  Dr. Anuj Tiwari, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Discovery Partners Institute, Chicago, United States
Conveners:  Sujata Goswami, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States and Manish Pandey, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
Student/Early Career Convener:  Vivek Kumar Singh, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Electrification and Energy Infrastructure Division, Oak Ridge, United States


Open Data and Geospatial Innovation for Environmental Health
Primary Convener:  Brendan Francis O'Leary, Wayne State University, Biological Sciences, Detroit, MI, United States and Qisen Wang
Convener:  Erin Bunting, Michigan State University, Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences, East Lansing, United States and Qisen Wang
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Qisen Wang1, Karoline Tangen1 and Qisen Wang, (1)Wayne State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Detroit, United States


Planetary Health and Planetary Boundaries: Earth System Dynamics and Human Well-being
Primary Convener:  Marie Studer, Johns Hopkins Institute for Planetary Health (JHIPH) & Planetary Health Alliance (PHA), Baltimore, United States
Conveners:  Benjamin F Zaitchik, Johns Hopkins University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Baltimore, MD, United States and Peter C Griffith, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, United States


Short-lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs) and Health: Integrating SLCP Science with Air Quality and Health Impact Assessment
Primary Convener:  Veronica Southerland, Environmental Defense Fund DC, Washington, United States
Convener:  Meagan Weisner, Environmental Defense Fund, Boulder, United States