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Monday, September 21, 2009

5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Welcome Reception – Patio

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Day 1

Room: Mulberry Room

8:15 a.m. – 10:30a.m.Session 1: Welcome and Overview

8:15 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Welcome
John Haynes, Program Manager, Public Health Applications, NASA Applied Sciences Program, NASA Headquarters
Overview of Workshop and Goals Speaker: John Haynes

9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Partner Address : Judy Qualters, CDC

9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. The Physical, Chemical & Biological Characterization of Dust from the Middle East:
New Terrors Hiding in the Dust of Iraq?

Speaker: Mark B. Lyles, M.A., M.S., Ed.S., D.M.D., Ph.D., CAPTAIN, DC, USN U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. BREAK

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Session 2: Environmental Health Applications
Moderator: Sue Estes, Deputy Program Manger, Public Health Applications, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. A. Adding NASA Earth Science Results to EPHTN via the NM/EPHT System
Speakers: Stan Morain, University of New Mexico, Bill Sprigg, University of Arizona, & Amy Budge, University of New Mexico

11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. B. Feasibility of Development and Deployment into Public Health Decision Support systems of a Multi-resolution Nested Dust Forecast System Enabled by Open Standards Based Model and Data Interoperability.
Speaker: Karl Benedict/University of New Mexico

11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. C. Integration of Airborne Dust Prediction Systems and Vegetation Phenology to Track Pollen for Asthma Alerts in Public Health Decision Support Systems
Speaker: J effrey Luvall/NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

11:45 p.m. – 12:15 p.m. D. Successfully integrating NASA data into an on-going Public Health Study and Linking NASA Environmental Data with a National Public Health Cohort Study to Enhance Public Health Decision Making
Speaker: Leslie McClure/University of Alabama at Birmingham

12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. LUNCH – Oglethorpe Room

1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Session 2: Environmental Health Applications (con’t)
Moderator: Sue Estes

1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. E . Enhancing Environmental Public Health Tracking with Satellite-Driven Particle Exposure Modeling and Epidemiology
Speaker: Yang Liu/Emory School of Public Health

1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. F. Using NASA Data and Models to Improve Heat Watch Warning Systems for Decision Support
Speaker: Daniel Johnson/ Indiana University in Indianapolis.

1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. G. Application of NASA Data to Develop an Influenza Forecasting System
Speaker: Katia Charland/Children's Hospital Boston - Please contact charlandk@yahoo.com for information

1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Session 3: Emergency Preparedness and Response Applications
Moderator: John Haynes

1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. A. Impact of NASA Satellite Data and Models on .S. Coast Guard's Decision Support Tool for Search and Rescue in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean
Speaker: Yi Chao/Jet Propulsion Laboratory

2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. BREAK

2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Session 4: Water Applications for Public Health

Moderator: John Haynes

2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. A. Influence of Land-Use and Precipitation on Regional Hydrology and Public Health
Speaker: Charles Tilburg/University of New England

2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. B. Towards Predictive/Operational Assessment of Beach Closures Using Remotely Sensed Data
Speaker: Mark Judson/Environmental Monitoring Sensor Intelligence

3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. C. Monitoring and Forecasting Cyanobacterial Blooms for Public Health Protection and Response
Speaker: Timothy Wynne /National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. D. Watershed and Hydrodynamic Modeling for Evaluating the Impact of Land Use Change on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation and Seagrasses in Mobile Bay
Speaker: Maury Estes/ USRA

4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.TEA TIME in Living Room

4:15 p.m. Leave Hotel for Dinner at Paula Dean’s Restaurant

5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Dinner

6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Tour of Savannah

 

Wednesday, September 23, 2008

Day 2

Room: Mulberry Room

8:15 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Plenary Session: The NASA Atmospheric Ionizing Radiation for Aviation Safety (NAIRAS) Model #1 #2
Speaker: John Murray, Program Manager for the Advanced Satellite Aviation-Weather Products Program
NASA Langley Research Center

9:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Session 5: Infectious Disease Applications
Moderator: John Haynes

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. A. Malaria Modeling and Surveillance System/Global Situational Awareness Tool
Speaker: Richard Kiang, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. B. Avian Influenza Risk Prediction in Southeast Asia and Early Warning of Pandemic Influenza
Speaker: Richard Kiang/ NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. C. Predicting Zoonotic Hemorrhagic Fever Events in Sub-Saharan Africa using NASA Earth Science Data for DoD - Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System
Speaker: Jorge Pinzon/Science System and Applications, Inc (SSAI)

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. BREAK

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a. m D. Enhancing the Famine Early Warning System Network Decision Support System with NASA Earth System Science data and Modeling Results
Speaker: Stephen Connor, The International Research Institute for Climate and Society

11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.E. Integrating NASA Earth Science Results into Malaria Early Warning Products to Enhance USAID Food Security and Disaster Management Decision Making
Speaker: Stephen Connor, The International Research Institute for Climate and Society

11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. LUNCH – Oglethorpe Room

12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Session 5: Infectious Disease Applications (con’t)

12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. F. Integration of Remote Sensing into Encephalitis Virus Intervention Decision Support Systems
Speaker: Chris Barker, University of California-Davis

1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. G. Environmental Factors and Population Dynamics as Determinants of Meningococcal Meningitis Epidemics in the Sahel: An Investigation of NASA and NOAA Products
Speaker: Sylwia Trzaska/International Research Institute for Climate and Society

1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Session 6: Student Activities
Moderator: Sue Estes

1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. A. DEVELOP
Speakers: Nathan Renneboog DEVELOP Student/The University of Alabama at Birmingham

1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. B . Laboratory for Global Health Observation (LGHO)
Speaker: Jeff Luvall, NASA MSFC

2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Overview of Future Goals, Partnerships, Opportunities and Questions
Speaker: John Haynes

3:00 PM Adjourn