ANNUAL MEETING of the American Institute of Biological Sciences
Climate, Environment, and Infectious Diseases
12 - 13 May 2008
Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel, 801 North Glebe Road, Arlington, Virginia
Registration, program, posters online at:
http://www.aibs.org/annual-meeting/annual_meeting_2008.html
Location
Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel, 801 North Glebe Road, Arlington,
Virginia 22203. A block from the National Science Foundation building
and the Ballston Metro Station.
Highlights
James E. Hansen, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and
Terry L. Maple, co-author with Newt Gingrich of the recent book, "A
Contract with the Earth," have joined the program for the 2008 AIBS
Annual meeting on the theme of "Climate, Environment, and Infectious
Diseases." The meeting will be held 12 and 13 May at the Westin
Arlington Gateway Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. The program chair is
AIBS President Rita Colwell, University of Maryland, College
Park. This year's meeting is in collaboration with the Biological
Sciences Curriculum Study, the National Association of Biology
Teachers, and the National Council for Science and the Environment.
Interrelationships of climate, environment, and human health are
manifested in infectious disease patterns, notably seasonality.
Vector borne diseases, such as malaria, dengue, Avian influenza,
SARS, and related diseases are known to be closely linked to the
environment and, more recently, to climate. Interactions between
climate, climate change, and the environment have been studied
extensively by investigators in the United States and abroad. The
AIBS annual meeting will address these issues.
Program and Schedule
Opening Remarks, 12 May, 9:20 a.m.
2008 AIBS President Rita Colwell, University of Maryland, College Park
Keynote Speaker
Terry L. Maple, Palm Beach Zoo
Co-author with Newt Gingrich of the recent book, A Contract with the Earth
Plenary Speakers, in Order of Speaking
James E. Hansen, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
"Global Warming: The Threat to Life"
Durland Fish, Yale University
"Environmental Determinants of Lyme Disease Risk"
Howard Frumkin, National Center for Environmental Health
"The Public Health Response to Climate Change"
David Rogers, University of Oxford
"Infectious Diseases and the Environment"
Stephen Morse, Columbia University
"How could climate change affect avian influenza?"
Andrew Dobson, Princeton University
"Disentangling the Role of Climate, Immunity, and Biotic Interactions
in the Dynamics of Infectious Diseases"
Duane Gubler, University of Hawaii
"The 20th Century Emergence and Spread of Epidemic Dengue/Dengue
Hemorrhagic Fever: Is Climate or Environmental Change Responsible?"
Stephen Hoffman, Sanaria Inc., Rockville, Maryland
"The Role of Radiation Attenuated Plasmodium falciparum Sporozoite
Vaccine in Global Malaria Eradication"
Endnote Speaker
Rita Colwell, University of Maryland, College Park
Special Sessions
Special Session 1
"Science and Society: the Art of Communication"
Convenor: AIBS
Moderator: Ira Flatow, host of NPR's Talk of the Nation: Science Friday
Participants:
Robert Morris, author of The Blue Death: Disease, Disaster, and the
Water We Drink
Kim Stanley Robinson, author of Sixty Days and Counting
Special Session 2
"Climate Change and Human Health: Developing collaborations with the
Public Health Community"
Convenor: National Council for Science and the Environment
Moderator: David Blockstein, NCSE
Participants:
David Hassenzahl, University of Nevada Las Vegas
Caryl Eleanor Waggett, Allegheny College
Workshops
Workshop 1
"Your Classroom: Integrating Case Studies and Evolution to Help
Students Understand Infectious Disease"
Convenors:
Biological Sciences Curriculum Study
National Association of Biology Teachers
Workshop 2
"A Scientist Walks Into a Bar: Using Science Cafes to Reach the Public"
Convenors:
WGBH Educational Foundation
Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science
General Information for Attendees, Exhibitors, Sponsors, and Media
Contact Sue Burk, AIBS Meetings Director, [EMAIL PROTECTED], 703.790.1745 x 14
Accredited members of the press are invited to attend all events at
no charge. Contact Holly Menninger, AIBS Public Affairs
Representative, at [EMAIL PROTECTED], 202-628-1500 x 229
