Climate Change & Infectious Disease Threats

Jun 23–26, 2025 | Herrenhausen Palace, Hannover, Germany
Scientific Organizers: Cecilia Sorensen, Kari C Nadeau, Anna Stewart-Ibarra, and Desiree LaBeaud

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Jun 23–26, 2025 | Herrenhausen Palace, Hannover, Germany

Scientific Organizers: Cecilia Sorensen, Kari C Nadeau, Anna Stewart-Ibarra, and Desiree LaBeaud

Supported by the  Directors' Fund

***Meeting program subject to change.

Available Formats:   = In Person     = On Demand
Monday, June 23, 2025
Registration  
4:00–8:00 PM
 Grand Mussmann Hotel, Tivoli Room
Welcome Mixer  
6:00–8:00 PM
 Central-Hotel Kaiserhof
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Breakfast  
8:00–9:00 AM
 Individual Hotel
Poster Setup  
8:30–9:00 AM
 Foyer
Poster Viewing  
8:45–7:00 PM
 Foyer
Welcome and Keynote Address  
9:00–10:00 AM
 Auditorium
* Cecilia Sorensen, Columbia University
Session Chair
Anna Stewart-Ibarra, Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)
Weaving Equitable Research Partnerships to Address the Growing Threat of Climate Change on Public Health
Emerging Zoonosis and Infectious Threats  
10:00–12:00 PM
 Auditorium
Tom Hughes, Conservation Medicine
Remote Presenter: Land-use Change Increases Spillover Risk: Novel Zoonotic Viruses in Wildlife and Possible Cryptic Zoonotic Virus Spillover in Humans and Livestock in Malaysia
* Desiree LaBeaud, Stanford University
Extreme Weather Events, Warming and Plastic Pollution Impacts of VBD Spread in Kenya
Harald Renz, Philipps University Marburg
The Bidirectional Relationship Between Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) and Infectious Diseases – Implications in the Context of Climate Change and Global Health
Coffee Break  
10:40–11:00 AM
 Foyer
Lunch  
12:00–1:00 PM
 Ballroom
Poster Session 1  
12:30–3:00 PM
 Foyer
Independent Exploration of the Gardens  
3:00–4:30 PM
 Foyer
Coffee Available  
4:30–5:00 PM
 Foyer
Modeling Health Risks and Outcomes  
5:00–7:00 PM
 Auditorium
* Assaf Anyamba, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Session Chair
Neil M Ferguson, Imperial College London
VIMC (Vaccine Impact Modelling Consortium) Climate Modelling
Halfan Ngowo, Ifakara Health Institute
Short Talk: Using Bayesian State-Space Models to Understand the Population Dynamics of the Dominant Malaria Vector, Anopheles Funestus in Rural Tanzania
Megan Kowalcyk, University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Medicine
Short Talk: A Multi-Country Analysis of Vulnerability to Climate-Driven Pathogen Specific Moderate to Severe Diarrheal Disease
Dinner  
7:00–8:00 PM
 Ballroom
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Breakfast  
8:00–9:00 AM
 Individual Hotel
Poster Setup  
8:30–9:00 AM
 Foyer
Poster Viewing  
8:45–7:00 PM
 Foyer
Climate Determinants of Public Health Risks  
9:00–12:00 PM
 Auditorium
* Kari C Nadeau, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Intersection of Immunology and ID, Multiexposomics, Multiexposure Data
Madeleine Thomson, Wellcome Trust
Basic Principles in Climate and Infectious Disease Research and Practice
Mauricio Santos Vega, Universidad de los Andes
Short Talk: Temperature and Competition: Key Drivers in the Ecological Dynamics of Aedes Mosquitoes and Dengue Spread
Brenda Zai, University of Guelph
Short Talk: Identification of Criteria for the Prioritization of Climate-Sensitive Preharvest Food Safety Risks: an Expert-Informed Approach
Raquel Palasio, USP
Short Talk: Exploring Climate, Environmental, Mobility, and Socioeconomic Factors in Chikungunya Spread Across Brazil
Rodrigo de Sá Figueirêdo Meira Teles, Zarns Medical College
Short Talk: Severe Droughts and the Tuberculosis Care Cascade in the Brazilian Amazon: A Bayesian Structural Time Series Analysis of 23 Years of Surveillance Data
Karina Tapinova, Medical University of Vienna
Short Talk: Predictive Models for Climate-Related Emergency Health Care Utilisation: a Scoping Review
Alex Eapen, Indian Council of Medical Research - National Institute of Malaria Research
Short Talk: Impact of Climate Change on Disease Transmission Potential of Anopheles Stephensi, Urban Malaria Vector in India - Challenges for Malaria Elimination
Coffee Break  
10:00–10:20 AM
 Foyer
Award Recipient Acknowledgement  
10:20–10:25 AM
 Auditorium
Lunch  
12:00–1:00 PM
 Ballroom
Poster Session 2  
12:30–2:30 PM
 Foyer
Climate Change, Infectious Diseases, and the Growing Divide in Health Outcomes  
2:30–3:45 PM
 Auditorium
* Anna Stewart-Ibarra, Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)
Session Chair
Guido Pisani, MIT
Climate Change and Lyme Disease: Expanding the Impact on Women’s Reproductive Health
Elizabeth Maloney, Institut Pasteur
Temperature Affects Immune Responses in a Sex-Biased Manner
Mariana Baricco, CONICET
Socioeconomic Inequality, Poverty, and Climate Change Have Driven the Global Expansion of Dengue Over the Past 50 Years
Matylda Buczkowska, UCL
Investigating the Links Between Extreme Weather Events, Financial Insecurity, Migration, and Risky Sexual Behaviours in Southern and Eastern Africa
Panel Discussion: Embedding Policy in your Research Plans to Influence Change in Climate and Health Practice  
4:00–5:00 PM
 Auditorium
* Madeleine Thomson, Wellcome Trust
Moderator
Wilmot James, Brown University
Remote Panelist
Kari C Nadeau, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Avriel Diaz, Columbia University
Harald Renz, Philipps University Marburg
Coffee Available  
5:00–5:30 PM
 Foyer
AI and Data Science -Benefits, Ethical Considerations, Biases - Data that Informs it is not Representative  
5:30–7:00 PM
 Auditorium
* Zulma M Cucunubá Pérez, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Session Chair
Stella Hartinger Peña, Cayetano Heredia University
Remote Presentation: Creating Regional Indicators to Track Infectious Disease Outcomes in South America
Roberto C Baldizon, Silibrain LLC
Leveraging AI for Climate-Sensitive Disease Detection: Enhancing Rapid Testing Through Patient and Environmental Data Correlation
Chloé Morin, Institut Louis Malardé
Short Talk: BRIGHT Pacific: A Digital Platform to Strengthen Pacific Islands Health Research Collaboration
Sally Jahn, Imperial
Short Talk: Robustness of Weather and Climate Information for Decision-Making: Evaluating the Role of Observational Uncertainty in Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Vector-Borne Diseases
Dinner  
7:00–8:00 PM
 Ballroom
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Breakfast  
8:00–9:00 AM
 Individual Hotel
Early Warning Systems  
9:00–12:00 PM
 Auditorium
* Mauricio Santos Vega, Universidad de los Andes
Session Chair
Assaf Anyamba, University of Maryland Baltimore County
El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Teleconnections and Rift Valley fever Early Warning
Avriel Diaz, Columbia University
Co-Producing a Budget Forecasting System for Vector-Borne Diseases in Panama Using Climate Information
Adria San Jose Plana, Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS)
Disentangling Interannual Climate Drivers to Support Long-Lead Forecasting of Climate-Sensitive Disease Risk
Kulandaisamy A Mary, Vector Control Research Centre
Short Talk: Dengue Awareness and Source Reduction in Hotspot Area of Lawspet Constituency, Puducherry Union Territory, India
Kamil Erguler, The Cyprus Institute
Short Talk: Novel Technologies and Ensemble Modelling for Climate-Sensitive Vector Activity and Vector-Borne Disease Risk Assessment
Anne E Rittscher-Fogg, Utrecht University
Short Talk: Innovative Methods of Environmental Monitoring for Early Infectious Disease Detection at the One Health Interface
Coffee Break  
10:00–10:20 AM
 Foyer
Funding Opportunities Panel Discussion  
12:00–1:00 PM
 Auditorium
* Anna Stewart-Ibarra, Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)
Moderator
Madhav Joshi, India Health Fund
Remote Panelist
Judy Omumbo, Science for Africa Foundation
Tatjana Gust, Bayer Foundation
Alexander Pym, Wellcome Trust
Lunch  
1:00–2:00 PM
 Ballroom
Career Roundtable  
2:00–3:00 PM
 Foyer
Eduardo Krempser da Silva, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz)
Public Health Researcher
Sulaiman Sadi Ibrahim, Bayero University Kano
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Wellcome Trust Career Development Award Fellow
Julie Tai-Schmiedel, Nature Microbiology
Senior Editor
Coffee Available  
2:45–3:15 PM
 Foyer
Mitigation and Health/Economic Co-Benefits  
3:15–4:30 PM
 Auditorium
* Cecilia Sorensen, Columbia University
Session Chair
Liz Willetts,  International Institute for Sustainable Development
Remote Presenter: Mitigation Across Global Climate and Biodiversity Agreements
Breanna B Raymond, Simon Fraser University
Climate Change Impacts on Early-Life Immune System Development
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers)  
4:30–4:45 PM
 Auditorium
Happy Hour w/ Snacks  
4:45–5:45 PM
 Foyer
Friday, June 27, 2025
Departure  
12:00–11:59 PM

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