The range, prevalence, and human impact of infectious and vector-borne diseases are greatly affected by both the natural environment and underlying socioeconomic factors. Relevant variables are wide ranging and span from climatic influences such as temperature, humidity, and precipitation, to socioeconomic ones like urbanization, mobility, migration, and access to health care. This session aims to increase our understanding of how these varied environmental and societal conditions influence exposure to infectious and vector-borne diseases and act as risk factors for human health. We encourage submissions ranging from disease risk mapping, applied mitigation through modeling-informed public health or urban design, and predictive efforts like early warning systems or climate change projections. Submissions are welcomed from a wide array of disciplines, including but not limited to weather, climate, public health, medicine, biology, sociology, policy, risk management, and engineering.

• APHA: American Public Health Association -
• ISEE: International Society of Environmental Epidemiology -