GeoHealth



Accelerating Human Agility in Shifting Disease Landscapes
Primary Convener:  Julie A. Spencer, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Conveners:  Jesse E Bell, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health, Omaha, NE, United States and Morgan E. Gorris, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Julie A. Spencer, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States; Oakridge Institute of Science and Education, Oakridge, TN, United States


Advances in Interactions of Air Quality and Public Health Using Integrated Modeling Frameworks
Primary Convener:  Yaoxian Huang, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
Conveners:  Yuqiang Zhang, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States and Erin McDuffie, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, United States
Primary Liaison:  Yaoxian Huang, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States


Applying a OneHealth framework to climate change and health: soil and water quality, sustainable food systems, biodiversity, animal and human health
Primary Convener:  Patricia L Morris, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, President, Bethesda, MD, United States; The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, United States
Conveners:  Helena Chapman, NASA Headquarters, Applied Sciences Program, Washington, DC, United States, Benjamin F Zaitchik, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, Hannah Carey, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Comparative Biosciences, Madison, WI, United States and Patricia L Morris, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, United States; Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, President, Bethesda, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Benjamin F Zaitchik, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States


Connecting Global Ecosystems to Human Health: Enhanced Decision Support Applications using NASA Satellite Data
Primary Convener:  Helena Chapman, NASA Headquarters, Applied Sciences Program, Washington, DC, United States
Convener:  Laura Margaret Judd, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Helena Chapman, NASA Headquarters, Applied Sciences Program, Washington, DC, United States


Early Warning Systems for Infectious Disease Based on Climate and Environmental Variability
Primary Convener:  Moiz Usmani, University of Florida, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States
Conveners:  Anthony L NguyRobertson, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, Springfield, United States and Thanh H Nguyen, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Moiz Usmani, University of Florida, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States


Earth System Interactions and Implications for Geohealth
Primary Convener:  Junran Jimmy Li, University of Tulsa, Geosciences, Tulsa, OK, United States
Conveners:  Robert S Van Pelt, USDA/ARS, Big Spring, TX, United States; USDA ARS, Wind Erosion and Water Conservation Research, Big Spring, TX, United States, Alexandra Ponette-González, University of North Texas, Geography and the Environment, Denton, TX, United States and Sujith Ravi, Temple University, Earth & Environmental Science, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Junran Jimmy Li, University of Tulsa, Geosciences, Tulsa, OK, United States


Environmental Injustice in GeoHealth
Primary Convener:  Morgan E. Gorris, Los Alamos National Laboratory, (A-1) Analytics, Intelligence, and Technology Division, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Conveners:  Sarah M Aarons, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States and Melisa Diaz, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, United States
Primary Liaison:  Morgan E. Gorris, Los Alamos National Laboratory, (A-1) Analytics, Intelligence, and Technology Division, Los Alamos, NM, United States


Extreme Heat: Vulnerability and Risk assessment, Exposure assessment, and Policy implications regarding the adverse effect of extreme heat on health, economy, and natural resources
Primary Convener:  Mohammadhassan Mohegh, George Washington University, Public Health, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Mohammadhassan Mohegh, George Washington University, Public Health, Washington, DC, United States, George A Ban-Weiss, University of Southern California, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Jiachen Zhang, California Air Resources Board, El Monte, United States
Primary Liaison:  Mohammadhassan Mohegh, George Washington University, Public Health, Washington, DC, United States


Geospatial data for exposure and risk modeling: Approaches and applications
Primary Convener:  Kyle Philip Messier, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Morrisville, NC, United States
Conveners:  John M. Balbus, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States, Susan Anenberg, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States and Ben Zaitchik, Johns Hopkins University, Balitmore, United States
Primary Liaison:  Kyle Philip Messier, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Morrisville, NC, United States


Global Warming, Urban Heat Island and Public Health: Vulnerability, Impacts, and Adaption
Primary Convener:  Yuei-An Liou, National Central University, Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Convener:  Kim-Anh Nguyen, National Central University, Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, Taoyuan, Japan
Primary Liaison:  Chuan-Yao Lin, Research Center for Environmetal Changes, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan


Innovative Dissemination and Risk Communication Approaches for Early Warning Systems of Environmental and Climate Influenced Diseases
Primary Convener:  Ali S Akanda, University of Rhode Island, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Narragansett, RI, United States
Convener:  Sonia Aziz, Moravian College, Philedelphia, United States
Primary Liaison:  Ali S Akanda, University of Rhode Island, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Narragansett, RI, United States


Methods, Measurements, Modeling of PFAS in multi-media and Exposure Risks to Human and Ecosystem Health
Primary Convener:  Kiran Alapaty, Environmental Protection Agency Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Convener:  Christopher Lau, US Environmental Protection Agency Research Triangle Park, Durham, United States
Primary Liaison:  Kiran Alapaty, Environmental Protection Agency Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States


Modeling Exposure of Infectious and Vector-Borne Disease
Primary Convener:  Ryan D. Harp, Northwestern University, Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern, Evanston, IL, United States
Conveners:  Allison E Baer, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States and Andrea Hess, University of Oklahoma, Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, Norman, OK, United States
Primary Liaison:  Ryan D. Harp, University of Colorado Boulder, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States


Monitoring, Modeling and Mapping of GeoHealth Indicators for Environmental Pathogens and Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms
Primary Convener:  Zhiqiang Deng, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Convener:  S Sherchan, Tulane University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Zhiqiang Deng, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA, United States


Monitoring, Modeling, and Forecasting Fire Emissions, Smoke, and its Health Impacts
Primary Convener:  Nancy H F French, Michigan Technological University, Michigan Tech Research Institute, Houghton, MI, United States
Conveners:  Tatiana V Loboda, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States and Allison E Baer, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Tatiana V Loboda, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States


New Methods and Interdisciplinary Approaches for Addressing Environmental Health Disparities in Air Pollution Research and Implications for Policy
Primary Convener:  Jacob Matthew Carter, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Center for Science and Democracy, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Julian D Marshall, University of Washington, Seattle, United States and Cesunica Ivey, University of California Riverside, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Riverside, United States
Primary Liaison:  Jacob Matthew Carter, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Center for Science and Democracy, Washington, DC, United States


SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19: Earth observations/modeling for assessing environmental, climatic, geographic and social/policy drivers of SARS-CoV2/COVID-19, and its impact on social, economic, and ecological structures.
Primary Convener:  Sushel Unninayar, NASA/GSFC & Morgan State University, GESTAR/MSU, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  Ben Zaitchik, Johns Hopkins University, Balitmore, United States, Juli Trtanj, NOAA, Climate Program Office, Silver Spring, DC, United States and Jared Keith Entin, NASA HQ - SMD, Washington, DC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Sushel Unninayar, NASA/GSFC & Morgan State University, GESTAR/MSU, Greenbelt, MD, United States


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Primary Convener:  Allison E Baer, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States
Convener:  Nancy H F French, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States
Primary Liaison:  Nancy H F French, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States


Tools and Technologies to Measure the Health-relevant Properties of Atmospheric Air Pollutants
Primary Convener:  Vishal Verma, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urbana, IL, United States
Convener:  Krystal Pollitt, Yale University, New Haven, United States
Primary Liaison:  Vishal Verma, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, United States


TrustWorthy AI: Advances, Applications, and Assessing Uncertainties
Primary Convener:  Mohammadhassan Mohegh, George Washington University, Public Health, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Mohammadhassan Mohegh1, George A Ban-Weiss1 and Mo Chen2, (1)University of Southern California, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, United States(2)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Mohammadhassan Mohegh, University of Southern California, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, United States


A Comparison of Air Dispersion and Statistical Models Predicting Air Pollution in South Korea
Primary Convener:  No Ol Lim, Korea University, Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Convener:  No Ol Lim, Korea University, Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Primary Liaison:  Seong-Woo Jeon, Korea University, Environmental Science & Ecological Engineering, Seoul, South Korea


Advances in Methods and Technologies for Emission Monitoring and Exposure Assessment to Hazardous Air Pollutants
Primary Convener:  Olga Pikelnaya, South Coast Air Quality Management District, Diamond Bar, CA, United States
Conveners:  Tara Irene Yacovitch, Aerodyne Research Inc., Billerica, MA, United States, Jochen Stutz, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Scott C. Herndon, Aerodyne Research Inc, Billerica, MA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Olga Pikelnaya, University of California LA, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States


Atmospheric Research Supported by Uncrewed Aerial Systems
Primary Convener:  Fan Mei, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
Conveners:  Gijs de Boer, CIRES/University of Colorado/NOAA/PSL, Boulder, CO, United States, Greg M McFarquhar, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United States and Beat Schmid, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Fan Mei, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States


Dust in a changing climate: from small‐scale insights to large‐scale understanding
Primary Convener:  Chun Zhao, University of Science and Technology of China, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Hefei, China
Conveners:  Adeyemi Adebiyi, University of California – Merced, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Merced, CA, United States, Martina Klose, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Department Troposphere Research, Karlsruhe, Germany and Cassandra Gaston, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Adeyemi Adebiyi, University of California – Merced, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Merced, CA, United States


Extreme weather and climate in urban areas, their social impacts, and mitigation
Primary Convener:  Quang Van Doan, University of Tsukuba, Center for Computational Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan
Conveners:  Ashish Sharma, University of Notre Dame, Department of Civil Engineering, Environmental and Earth Sciences, Notre Dame, IN, United States, Fei Chen, NCAR/RAL, Boulder, CO, United States and Donald J Wuebbles, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Urbana, IL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Quang Van Doan, University of Tsukuba, Center for Computational Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan


Geostationary and Polar-orbiting Satellite Constellation for Air Quality and Atmospheric Composition
Primary Convener:  Shobha Kondragunta, NOAA College Park, College Park, MD, United States and None
Conveners:  Diego G Loyola, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Remote Sensing Technology Institute (IMF), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, Claus Zehner, European Space Research Institute, Frascati, Italy, James F Gleason, NASA Goddard SFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States and None
Primary Liaison:  Diego G Loyola, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Remote Sensing Technology Institute (IMF), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany and None


Machine Learning for Weather and Climate: Predictions and Applications
Primary Convener:  Venkata Ratnam Jayanthi, JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan
Conveners:  Jing-Jia Luo1, Takeshi Doi2 and Swadhin K Behera2, (1)NUIST Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Institute for Climate and Application Research (ICAR), Nanjing, China(2)JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan
Primary Liaison:  Venkata Ratnam Jayanthi, JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan