Agenda

Public Health Program Review

September 27 – 29, 2010

San Antonio, TX

6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Welcome Reception – Riverview Terrace

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Day 1

Room: The Magnolia

8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.Session 1: Welcome and Overview

8:15 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Welcome
Speaker: John Haynes, Program Manager, Public Health Applications, NASA Applied Sciences Program, NASA Headquarters
Overview of Workshop and Goals Speaker: John Haynes

 8:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Keynote Address : Molly K. Macauley, Research Director and Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future

9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Session 2: Emergency Preparedness and Response Applications Moderator: John Haynes

 9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.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

9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. BREAK

10:00 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. Session 3: Water Applications for Public Health Moderator: John Haynes

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 p.m. A. Influence of Land-Use and Precipitation on Regional Hydrology and Public Health Speaker: Charles Tilburg/University of New England

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. B. Towards Predictive/Operational Assessment of Beach Closures Using Remotely Sensed Data Speaker: Mark Judson/Environmental Monitoring Sensor Intelligence

11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. C. Monitoring and Forecasting Cyanobacterial Blooms for Public Health Protection and Response Speaker: Richard Stumpf /National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

11:30 p.m. – 12:15 p.m. LUNCH - Las Ramblas Buffet Lunch

12:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Session 4: Environmental Health Applications Moderator: Sue Estes

12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. A. 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

12:45 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. B. Application of NASA Data to Develop an Influenza Forecasting System Speaker: Katia Charland/Children's Hospital Boston

1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. C. Enhancing Environmental Public Health Tracking with Satellite-Driven Particle Exposure Modeling and Epidemiology Speaker: Yang Liu/Emory School of Public Health

1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. D. Using NASA Data and Models to Improve Heat Watch Warning Systems for Decision Support Speaker: Daniel Johnson/ Indiana University in Indianapolis.

2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. BREAK

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Session 4: Environmental Health Applications (con’t) Moderator: Sue Estes

2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. E . 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

3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. F. Integration of Airborne Dust Prediction Systems and Vegetation Phenology to Track Pollen for Asthma Alerts in Public Health Decision Support Systems Speakers: J effrey Luvall/NASA Marshall Space Flight Center & Bill Sprigg, University of Arizona

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. G. 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

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Session 5: Student Activities Moderator: Sue Estes

4:00 p.m. – 4:20 p.m. A. DEVELOP Speaker: Steve Padgett-Vasquez, DEVELOP Student/The University of Alabama at Birmingham

4:20 p.m. – 4:40 p.m. B . Laboratory for Global Health Observation (LGHO) Speaker: Jeff Luvall, NASA MSFC

4:40 p.m. – 5:00p.m. C. The potential relationships between urban development and the tropical status of Tampa Bay and fresh-water lakes in the Tampa Bay watershed, and further the potential effect of this relationship on public health. Speaker: Max Moreno, NASA Fellowship

6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Riverwalk Cruise (Arrive beside River at 6:15 PM)

7:30 Dinner - Casa Rio or other

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Day 2

Room: The Magnolia

8:00 a.m. – 8:15a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:15 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Partner Address : Mary Hayden, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) , Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, CO

8:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. P lenary Session: The NASA SERVIR Program Speaker: Ashutosh Limaye, NASA/MSFC

9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Session 6: Infectious Disease Applications Moderator: John Haynes

9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. A. Enhancing USAID Famine and Malaria Early Warning with NASA Earth Science Results Speaker: Jim Rowland of USGS EROS

10:00a.m. – 10:15 a.m. BREAK

10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. C. 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

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a. m D. Avian Influenza Risk Prediction in Southeast Asia and Early Warning of Pandemic Influenza Speakers:Richard Kiang, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center & Radina P Soebiyanto, University of Maryland Baltimore County

11:45a.m. – 11:45 p.m.E. 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)

11:45 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. LUNCH - Las Ramblas Buffet Lunch

12:45 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Session 5: Infectious Disease Applications (con’t)

12:45 p.m. –1:15 p.m. F. Integration of Remote Sensing into Encephalitis Virus Intervention Decision Support Systems Speaker: William Reisen, University of California-Davis

1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Section 6: Gulf of Mexico – Public Health Projects

1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. A. Managing Runoff: A Tool to Evaluate Potential Impacts of Climate and Land Change on Pathogen and Nutrient Concentrations in Weeks Bay Speaker: Glynis Lough/Battelle

1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.B. Asthma and Air Quality in the presence of Fires - a Foundation for Public Health Policy in Florida Speaker: Sue Estes, NASA/USRA

1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. BREAK

2:00 p.m. – 2:05 p.m. 2011 NASA Public Health Program Review Location Speakers: Sue Estes

2:05 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. Health and the Environment WorkshopISPRS Commission VIII – Working Group 2 Speaker: Amy Budge

2:20 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Overview of Future Goals, Partnerships, Opportunities and Questions Speaker: John Haynes

3:00 PM Adjourn