Schedule is tentative and subject to change.
June 16, 2025 | Jordan Hall Of Science
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Welcome Reception
June 17, 2025 | Dahnke Ballroom & Jordan Hall of Science
8:50-9:00 – Welcome (10 min)
9:00-10:10 – Invited (Cucunubá, Rumisha, Lo) (70 min)
Cucunubá: Title TBD
Rumisha: “New Directions in EEID: Geospatial Tools for Illuminating Paths to Insight”
Lo: “Modeling the control and elimination of schistosomiasis to inform policy”
10:10-10:25 – Discussion (15 min)
10:25-11:00 – Break (35 min)
11:00-12:10 – Invited (Ochomo, Doruska, Garchitorena) (70 min)
Ochomo: “The Changing Vector Control Landscape and Opportunities for Novel Vector Control Tools”
Doruska: “Leveraging feedback loops: How integrating socio-economic and environmental interventions
could reduce poverty”
Garchitorena: “Leveraging disease ecology to improve local control programs in low-resource settings”
12:10-12:25 – Discussion (15 min)
12:25-1:45 – Lunch (1 hr 20 min)
1:45-2:10 – Contributed (Hamilton, Kortessis) (25 min)
Hamilton: “An Immune System for the Planet”
Kortessis: “Spatiotemporal heterogeneity in factors influencing disease spread can promote pathogen
persistence and spread rates”
2:10-2:35 – Invited (Kraemer) (25 min)
Kraemer: “Artificial intelligence for modelling infectious disease epidemics”
2:35-2:50 – Discussion (15 min)
2:50-3:25 – Break (35 min)
3:25-3:50 – Invited (Johnson) (25 min)
Johnson: “Amplification of virus spillover risk in a time of accelerated change”
3:50-4:15 – Contributed (Hutter, Mehlferber) (25 min)
Hutter: “Phylogenetic diversity measures of H3 influenza A virus in swine as a proxy for zoonotic risk”
Mehlferber: “Convergent cryptic specialism in a ‘generalist’ pathogen determines strain-specific infection
risk”
4:15-4:40 – Invited (Kelly) (25 min)
Kelly: “Microbial diversity as a foundation for biomedical AI”
4:40-4:55 – Discussion (15 min)
4:55-5:05 – Announcements (10 min)
5:15-7:00 – Poster Session (1 hr 45 min)
June 18, 2025 | Dahnke Ballroom & Joyce Center
Morning – Hike and Lunch
1:15-1:40 – Invited (Krkosek) (25 min)
Krkosek: “Disease ecology and conservation of salmon in British Columbia”
1:40-2:05 – Contributed (Metzger, Lilly) (25 min)
Metzger: “Transmissible cancer in bivalves: a recently identified and emerging infectious disease”
Lilly: “Functional connectivity for white-tailed deer drives the distribution of tick-borne pathogens in a
highly urbanized setting”
2:05-2:30 – Invited (Keesing) (25 min)
Keesing: “The Tick Project: Testing environmental interventions to prevent tick-borne diseases”
2:30-2:45 – Discussion (15 min)
2:45-3:20 – Break (35 min)
3:20-3:45 – Invited (Lauring) (25 min)
“Transmission as a brake on RNA virus evolution”
3:45-4:10 – Contributed (Vieira, Greiner) (25 min)
Vieira: “Vaccination history shapes influenza vaccine responses in a randomized placebo-controlled trial:
Results from the DRIVE-I study”
Greiner: “Detection of High Risk Outbreak Sources is Important for the Control of Endemic FMD”
4:10-4:35 – Invited (Garrett) (25 min)
Garrett: Title TBD
4:35-4:50 – Discussion (15 min)
4:50-5:00 – Announcements (10 min)
5:15-6:45 – Poster Session (1 hr 30 min)
7:00 – Banquet
June 19, 2025 | Dahnke Ballroom
9:00-9:15 – Announcements
9:15-10:25 – Invited (Civitello, Parker, Becker) (70 min)
Civitello: “Hungry hungry schistos: The resource ecology of epidemics and control”
Parker: “Host-pathogen networks in complex plant communities”
Becker: “Deforestation, Droughts, and Drivers of Disease Resistance in Tropical Wildlife”
10:25-10:40 – Discussion (15 min)
10:40-11:15 – Break (35 min)
11:15-11:50 – Contributed (Tuschoff, Selland, Ruhs) (35 min)
Tuschoff: “Measuring heterogeneity in susceptibility using capture-mark-recapture data: a novel method
applied to bank voles and Puumala hantavirus”
Selland: “Characterizing schistosomiasis transmission and the efficacy of control interventions in the face
of global climate change”
Ruhs: “PFAS influences the gene expression response to viral and bacterial challenges in bald eagles
(Haliaeetus leucocephalus)”
11:50-12:15 – Invited (Carlson) (25 min)
Carlson: “Will climate change cause the next pandemic?”
12:15-12:30 – Discussion (15 min)
12:30-12:40 – Closing (10 min)