SECVBD 2025 Annual Meeting Recap
Thursday January 16, 2025
Mosquito Day
Testing pure odor lures to improve female mosquito trapping
Dr. Matthew DeGennaro
Florida International University
Leveraging the sugar needs of mosquitoes for surveillance and control
Dr. Ted Burgess
University of Florida
Arbovirus Surveillance and Epidemiology Integration.
Dr. Robert Rodriguez
Ponce Health Sciences University
Mosquito-Borne Disease Activity in Florida, 2024.
Dr. Andrea Morrison
Florida Department of Health
Friday January 17, 2025
Tick Day
Welcome & Vector Biology Resources Survey
Dr. Melissa Nolan
University of South Carolina
Ticked Off! Unraveling Community Knowledge, Attitudes, and Prevention Practices for Tick-Borne Infections.
Dr. Lauri Baker
University of Florida
Tickbot and Banfield Trap Studies in Tennessee, 2023-2024
Dr. Abelardo Moncayo
Tennessee Department of Public Health
Small Tools, Big Impact: Advancing Vector-Borne Disease Surveillance with QIAGEN.
Dr. Shireen Flores
QIAGEN
From tick to table: the alpha-gal allergy
Emily Owens-Pickle
University of South Carolina
Digital Strategies in Public Health: Exploring Online Engagement, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Prevention Messaging about Tick-Borne Infections
Cheng- Xian Yang
University of Florida
Tick Surveillance to Understand Local Disease Risk
Zachary Bement
TN Department of Health
Peridomestic predictors of tick-borne disease in North Carolina: Exploratory data analysis
Mary Feser
University of North Carolina
Saturday January 18, 2025
Mix day
Dissecting the pathogenesis of Oropouche virus
Dr. Natasha Tilston-Lunel
Indiana University
Alpha-gal syndrome update: Clinical perspective and research highlights
Dr. Eleanor Saunders
University of North Carolina
Stretching a Limited Budget: Internships Can be Helpful
Dr. Tiffany Nguyen
Georgia Department of Health
Public education campaign on tick borne disease awareness in Middle Georgia: From classroom to field to bench to public health!
Dr. Adrian Vasquez
Mercer University
Anastasia Mosquito Control District, Not Just an Internship Experience.
Dr. Whitney Qualls
Anastasia Mosquito Control District
Tropical Islands Training and Evaluation Center (TITEC) in Puerto Rico
Amarilys Asencio Torres
Tropical Islands TEC
Discovery of natural repellents against the Lone Star tick, Amblyomma americanum
Dr. Anais Le Mauff
University of Florida
Aedes aegypti dengue virus vector competence and the mosquito metavirome
Dr. Rhoel Dinglasan
University of Florida
Thank you again to our sponsor, QIAGEN!
