COS 193 - Disease And Epidemiology 2

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM PDT

  Antigenic diversity and strain structure influence falciparum malaria resilience to transmission-reducing intervention
  

  Presenting Author: Qi Zhan – The University of Chicago

  Coauthor: Qixin He – Purdue University

  Coauthor: Kathryn Tiedje – The University of Melbourne

  Coauthor: Karen Day – The University of Melbourne

  Coauthor: Mercedes Pascual, n/a – University of Chicago
• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM PDT

  Human-mediated contact between amphibian-killing chytrid strains produce novel, recombined variants
  

  Presenting Author: Thomas S. Jenkinson – California State University, East Bay

  Coauthor: Luis Felipe Toledo – Universidade Estadual de Campinas

  Coauthor: Timothy James – University of Michigan
• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM PDT

  Proactive disease management outperforms reactive action, regardless of action chosen
  

  Presenting Author: Molly C. Bletz – University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Coauthor: Evan Grant – USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center

  Coauthor: Graziella V. DiRenzo – U. S. Geological Survey, Massachusetts Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM PDT

  CANCELLED - Fungal pathogen inoculum in Ohia forest soils and its relationship to ungulate activity: effective management of Rapid Ohia Death in Hawaii
  

  Presenting Author: Richard Flint Hughes – USDA Forest Service

  Coauthor: Kyson Dunn – USDA Forest Service

  Coauthor: Gabriella Benito – University of Hawaii

  Coauthor: Joseph Rocco – University of Hawaii

  Coauthor: Marc Hughes – USDA Forest Service
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM PDT

  Investigating the seasonal dynamics of Snake Fungal Disease in free-ranging eastern copperheads
  

  Presenting Author: Morgan Mark – Rutgers University

  Coauthor: Tyler C. Christensen – Rutgers University

  Coauthor: Robert Kwait – Rutgers University

  Coauthor: Evan Eskew – Pacific Lutheran University

  Coauthor: Brooke Maslo – Rutgers University
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM PDT

  Coevolutionary rescue in disease models: Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) as a case study
  

  Presenting Author: Dale T. Clement, PhD – Washington State University

  Coauthor: Dylan Gallinson, MSPH – University of South Florida

  Coauthor: Rodrigo Hamede, PhD – University of Tasmania

  Coauthor: Menna Jones – University of Tasmania

  Coauthor: Mark J. Margres, PhD – University of South Florida

  Coauthor: Hamish McCallum, PhD – Griffith University

  Coauthor: Andrew Storfer, PhD – Washington State University