International Forum on Ecology and Evolution of Avian Influenza
Date: Tuesday every 2 weeks
Location: Online Webinar, Zoom Link:
https://oklahoma.zoom.us/j/6185840992?pwd=ZWJhTTdMVkxEUjdiRmZwb0RaUG53Zz09
Meeting ID: 618 584 0992
Passcode: SbPCmZ*0
Synopsis:
The International Forum on Ecology and Evolution of Avian Influenza aims to provide an interactive platform to bring together researchers, students, and stakeholders to share and discuss the recent advances in studying ecology and evolution of avian influenza viruses (both low pathogenic and highly pathogenic to domestic and wild animals and humans), which help support surveillance, responses and pandemic preparedness of infectious diseases. The forum also aims to provide an opportunity to foster international and multi-disciplinary networks for ecosystem (environmental) - animal - human health (One Health).
Webinar Date and Time:
The forum webinar will be given at interval of two weeks, most Tuesdays. Dates and times will vary, dependent upon the availability of international speakers.
Sign-up Email List and Zoom Registration:
The forum is free and open to the public. The forum webinars are presented via Zoom video meeting. Registration is required to receive updated information on the webinar and Zoom meeting links via emails.
The Upcoming Webinar
- Speaker: Dr. Nick W Ruktanonchai, Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech.
- Title: Using place-based mobility data to understand disease spread, detection, and community response.
- Date and Time: China: April 23, 2024, 9:00 pm, Beijing.
- Date and Time: USA: April 23, 2024, 9:00 am EDT, 8:00 am CDT, 6:00 am PDT.
56. Dr. Walter Harrington, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Long term trends of avian influenza in wild and domestic birds in Bangladesh.
55. Dr. Pejman Rohani, University of Georgia. Sequence-based detection of emerging influenza A viruses.
54. Dr. Richard Hall, University of Georgia. Migration-infection feedbacks under global change: insights from mathematical modeling.
53. Dr. Andrew Bowman, The Ohio State University. Interspecies transmission of influenza A virus: Who is giving what to whom?
52. Dr. Gwenaëlle Dauphin, Ceva Animal Health. HPAI vaccines and vaccination perspectives.
51. Dr. Dibesh Karmachary, Center for Molecular Dynamics Nepal. Disease Early Warning Surveillance System.
50. Dr. Honglei Sun, China Agricultural University. Potential epidemic or even pandemic of H3Ny avian influenza A virus: public health concern and preparedness.
49. Dr. Jiaying Yang, Sun Yat-sen University. Evolution and spread of H3 subtype avian influenza viruses with spillover into humans.
48. Dr. Vijaykrishna Dhanasekaran, The University of Hong Kong. Episodic resurgence of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus.
47. Dr. Xiangjun Du, Sun Yat-sen University. The Forecasting and Early Warning for the Infectious Diseases.
46. Dr. Hao Lei, Zhejiang University. Seasonal influenza transmission before, during and “after” the COVID-19 pandemic in China.
45. Dr. Justin Bahl, University of Georgia. The global spread and persistence of avian influenza A virus in wild and domestic birds.
44. Dr. Zheng Huang, Nanjing Normal University. The diversity-disease relationship: Beyond the dilution effect.
43. Dr. Benjamin Golas, US Geological Survey and Colorado State University. Integrating weather with host-specific physiology and ecology to predict global highly pathogenic avian influenza transmission.
42. Dr. Guillaume Fournié, French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment. Transmission and control of avian influenza viruses along live poultry trading networks.
41. Dr. Daniel Becker, University of Oklahoma. Optimizing predictive models to prioritize pathogen discovery and surveillance in zoonotic reservoirs.
40. Dr. Lu Dong, Beijing Normal University. Global diversity of avian malaria parasites and the insights into host-pathogen interactions.
39. Dr. Jiajia Liu, Fudan University. Increasing body size variation in many downsizing North American mammals and birds.
38. Dr. Nick Fountain-Jones, University of Tasmania. Machine learning in disease ecology.
37. Dr. John Drake, University of Georgia. Real-time compartmental modelling for decision support during outbreaks of novel pathogens.
36. Dr. Nichola Hill, University of Massachusetts. The wild roots of spillover: how influenza virus jumps, hops and spreads in wild birds & mammals.
35. Dr. Ziqi Meng, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Cropland expansion in protected areas threatens the aspirations of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.
34. Dr. Houlang Duan, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Coastal wetland variation and its impacts on waterbirds and their habitats.
33. Dr. Martin Wikelski, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and the University of Konstanz. Global wildlife tracking - a progress report.
32. Dr. Munir Iqbal, The Pirbright Institute. Co-infection of chicken with H7N9 and H9N2 generates novel reassortant avian influenza viruses including H9N9 carrying zoonotic infection potential.
31. Dr. Nyambayar Batbayar, Wildlife science and conservation center of Mongolia. Lessons from waterfowl migration studies from Mongolia.
30. Dr. Erica Spackman, U.S. National Poultry Research Center, Agriculture Research Service, USDA. Immune selection of avian influenza variants.
29. Dr. A. Townsend Peterson, University of Kansas. Broad Patterns of Connectivity via Bird Migration on Global Scales.
28. Dr. Michael Runge, USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center. OneHealth disease ecology through a decision analyst’s lens.
27. Dr. Chengjun Li, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Avian influenza control in China.
26. Dr. Shengjie Lai, University of Southampton. Measuring human mobility and its impact on the transmission dynamics and intervention effectiveness of emerging infections.
25. Dr. Hui-Ling Yen, The University of Hong Kong. Within- and inter-species transmission of avian influenza viruses.
24. Dr. Wenfei Zhu, Chinese National Influenza Center, National Institute for Viral Diseases Control and Prevention, China CDC. The evolution and virulence determinates of Eurasian H1N1 swine influenza viruses in China.
23. Dr. Huachen Zhu, The University of Hong Kong. Molecular determinants for the interspecies transmission of H6 subtype of influenza A virus from birds to mammals.
22. Dr. Mary Pantin-Jackwood, United States Department of Agriculture. Infectivity, pathogenicity, and transmission of contemporary Gs/GD lineage H5Nx HPAIV in waterfowl species.
21. Dr. Daxin Peng, Yangzhou University. Adaptive evolution of H5 subtype avian influenza virus in China.
20. Dr. Lu Lu, University of Edinburgh. Understand the spread of avian influenza using phylodynamic models.
19. Dr. Yuhai Bi, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Science. Genetic evolution and inter-species transmission of avian influenza viruses.
18. Dr. Mike Tildesley, University of Warwick. Modelling the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in Bangladesh and Thailand.
17. Dr. Andy Ramey, U.S. Geological Survey. Ecology of avian influenza in Alaska and implications for adjacent regions of East Asia and North America.
16. Dr. Wayne Getz, University of California, Berkeley. Simulation Platforms to Support Epidemiological Teaching and Research.
15. Dr. Shenglai Yin, Nanjing Normal University. Migration networks and community composition influence avian influenza infection in waterfowl.
14. Dr. Andrea Contina, University of Oklahoma. Agent-Based Models in movement and disease ecology.
13. Dr. Yipeng Sun, China Agricultural University. Evolution of H9N2 avian influenza virus in naïve and vaccinated chickens
12. Dr. Diann Prosser, U.S. Geological Survey. Avian Influenza: Transmission Risk at the Wild-Domestic Interface.
11. Dr. Cao Lei, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flyway structures and population trends of waterbird in East Asia.
10. Dr. Weifeng Shi, Shandong First Medical University. Dynamic circulation of avian influenza viruses in live poultry market, China.
9. Dr. Huaiyu Tian, Beijing Normal University. Gene flow networks and spread of avian influenza.
8. Dr. Xiangjun Du, Sun Yat-sen University. Mutation Network and Recombination/Reassortment of Pathogen.
7. Dr. Dirk Pfeiffer, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China. Addressing zoonotic disease risk in poultry food systems through structural interventions.
6. Dr. John Takekawa, Suisun Resource Conservation District. Wild bird ecology and implications for AIV transmission and research.
5. Dr. Geli Zhang, China Agricultural University. Paddy rice area dynamics in monsoon Asia.
4. Dr. Richard Webby, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Factors controlling transmission of animal influenza viruses in humans.
3. Dr. Juan Pu, China Agricultural University. Role of Chicken farms in the evolution and emergence of Avian Influenza Viruses in China.
2. Dr. Honglei Sun, China Agricultural University. Haemagglutinin Mutation and Higher Neuraminidase Activity Enhanced the Adaption of H5N6 Avian Influenza Viruses to Mammalian Hosts.
1. Dr. Dayan Wang, Chinese National Influenza Center, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC. Influenza surveillance in China after the emergency of COVID-19.
Organizing Committee:
Yuelong Shu (Institute of Pathogen Biology, CAMS and PUMC, Co-Chair)
Xiangming Xiao (University of Oklahoma, Co-Chair)
Diann Prosser (US Geological Survey)
Juan Pu (China Agricultural University)
John Y. Takekawa (Suisun Resource Conservation District)
Dayan Wang (China CDC)
Richard Webby (St. Jude's Children Research Hospital)
Contact Persons
For more information on the webinar, please contact Yuanwei Qin (yuanwei.qin@ou.edu), Chenchen Zhang (chenchen.zhang@ou.edu), and Xiangming Xiao (xiangming.xiao@ou.edu).
Acknowledgments:
This forum is supported in part by research grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation (award #1911955) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (award # 81961128002) for the international collaborative project "US-China Collab: Harnessing big data to understand and predict diversity and transmission of human- and animal-infected avian influenza in China" (1/2020 - 12/2024).