International Forum on Ecology and Evolution of Avian Influenza (IFEEAI)

  Date: Tuesday every 2 weeks

Location: Online Webinar, Zoom Link: 

https://oklahoma.zoom.us/j/91513735617?pwd=PgXcdcvKicXr6hlNw9Fwb4u98jqyam.1
Meeting ID: 915 1373 5617
Passcode: 01050379

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. Anni Yang, Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma.
  • Title: Multi-scale Modeling of Infectious Disease Transmission.
  • Date and Time: China: April 22, 2025, 9:00 pm, Beijing.
  • Date and Time: US: April 22, 2025, 9:00 am EDT, 8:00 am CDT, 6:00 am PDT.
  • Date and Time: UK: April 22, 2025, 1:00 pm, London.

The Previous Webinar

73. Dr. Anni Yang, University of Oklahoma. Multi-scale Modeling of Infectious Disease Transmission (April 22, 2025). 
72. Elizabeth Blackmore, Yale University. Transoceanic Pathogen Transfer in the Age of Sail and Steam (April 8, 2025).
71. Dr. Claire Guinat, INRAE. Understanding the transmission dynamics of avian influenza viruses in France (March 11, 2025).
70. Dr. Ghazi Kayali, Human Link DMCC. Ecology of Avian Influenza viruses in Egypt (February 25, 2025).
69. Dr. Louise Moncla, University of Pennsylvania. Intensive transmission in wild, migratory birds drove rapid geographic dissemination and repeated spillovers of H5N1 into agriculture in North America (February 11, 2025). 
68. Dr. Andrew Lang, Memorial University of Newfoundland. Gulls and avian influenza viruses at the northeastern edge of North America (January 28, 2025). 
67. Dr. Kimberly Pepin, National Wildlife Research Center, USDA-APHIS-Wildlife Services. Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in wild mammals in USA (January 14, 2025).
66. Dr. Renata Ivanek, Cornell University. COVID-19 Agent-Based Model Reveals Public Health and Economic Trade-Offs in Essential Industry Employees (December 10, 2024).
65. Dr. Alex Strauss, University of Georgia. Thermal & Community Ecology of Infectious Disease (November 12, 2024).
64. Dr. Xiangjun Du, Sun Yat-sen University. Antigenic Landscape and Vaccine Recommendation for avian influenza A/H9N2 (October 29, 2024).
63. Dr. Jing Jiao, Texas Christian University. The waxing and waning of fear influence the control of vector-borne diseases (October 02, 2024).
62. Dr. Juan Pu, China Agricultural University. Spatiotemporal genotype replacement of H5N8 avian influenza viruses contributed to H5N1 emergence in 2021/2022 panzootic (September 17, 2024).
61. Dr. Michelle Wille, University of Melbourne. Evolutionary ecology of avian influenza viruses in Australia, and how this may inform our preparation for HPAI (June 25, 2024).
60. Dr. Qiqi Yang,  Princeton University. Ecological-evolutionary Dynamics and Control of Influenza A Viruses in Birds and Humans (June 11, 2024).
59. Dr. Yingying Wang, University of California- Davis. New insight into disease-diversity relationships under global change (May 28, 2024).
58. Dr. Jonas Waldenström & Dr. Mariëlle van Toor, Linnaeus University. Flu (and what we do) in the EU – a story of migratory birds and influenza viruses in Europe (May 14, 2024).
57. Dr. Nick W Ruktanonchai, Virginia Tech. Using place-based mobility data to understand disease spread, detection, and community response ( April 23, 2024).
56. Dr. Walter Harrington, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Long term trends of avian influenza in wild and domestic birds in Bangladesh (April 09, 2024).
55. Dr. Pejman Rohani, University of Georgia. Sequence-based detection of emerging influenza A viruses (March 26, 2024).
54. Dr. Richard Hall, University of Georgia. Migration-infection feedbacks under global change: insights from mathematical modeling (March 12, 2024).
53. Dr. Andrew Bowman, The Ohio State University. Interspecies transmission of influenza A virus: Who is giving what to whom? (February 20, 2024)
52. Dr. Gwenaëlle Dauphin, Ceva Animal Health. HPAI vaccines and vaccination perspectives (February 06, 2024).
51. Dr. Dibesh Karmachary, Center for Molecular Dynamics Nepal. Disease Early Warning Surveillance System (January 23, 2024).
50. Dr. Honglei Sun, China Agricultural University. Potential epidemic or even pandemic of H3Ny avian influenza A virus: public health concern and preparedness (January 09, 2024).
49. Dr. Jiaying Yang, Sun Yat-sen University. Evolution and spread of H3 subtype avian influenza viruses with spillover into humans (December 19, 2023).
48. Dr. Vijaykrishna Dhanasekaran, The University of Hong Kong. Episodic resurgence of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (November 21, 2023).
47. Dr. Xiangjun Du, Sun Yat-sen University. The Forecasting and Early Warning for the Infectious Diseases (November 07, 2023).
46. Dr. Hao Lei, Zhejiang University. Seasonal influenza transmission before, during and “after” the COVID-19 pandemic in China (October 24, 2023).
45. Dr. Justin Bahl, University of Georgia. The global spread and persistence of avian influenza A virus in wild and domestic birds (October 10, 2023).
44. Dr. Zheng Huang, Nanjing Normal University. The diversity-disease relationship: Beyond the dilution effect (September 19, 2023).
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 (June 20, 2023).
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 (June 06, 2023).
41. Dr. Daniel Becker, University of Oklahoma. Optimizing predictive models to prioritize pathogen discovery and surveillance in zoonotic reservoirs (May 23, 2023).
40. Dr. Lu Dong, Beijing Normal University. Global diversity of avian malaria parasites and the insights into host-pathogen interactions (May 09, 2023).
39. Dr. Jiajia Liu, Fudan University. Increasing body size variation in many downsizing North American mammals and birds (April 18, 2023).
38. Dr. Nick Fountain-Jones, University of Tasmania. Machine learning in disease ecology (April 04, 2023).
37. Dr. John Drake, University of Georgia. Real-time compartmental modelling for decision support during outbreaks of novel pathogens (March 21, 2023).
36. Dr. Nichola Hill, University of Massachusetts. The wild roots of spillover: how influenza virus jumps, hops and spreads in wild birds & mammals (March 07, 2023).
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 (February 21, 2023).
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 (February 07, 2023).
33. Dr. Martin Wikelski, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and the University of Konstanz. Global wildlife tracking - a progress report (December 20, 2022).
32. Dr. Munir Iqbal, The Pirbright Institute. Co-infection of chicken with H7N9 and H9N2 generate novel reassortant avian influenza viruses including H9N9 carrying zoonotic infection potential (December 06, 2022).
31. Dr. Nyambayar Batbayar, Wildlife science and conservation center of Mongolia. Lessons from waterfowl migration studies from Mongolia (November 21, 2022).
30. Dr. Erica Spackman, U.S. National Poultry Research Center, Agriculture Research Service, USDA. Immune selection of avian influenza variants (November 08, 2022)​.
29. Dr. A. Townsend Peterson​, University of Kansas. Broad Patterns of Connectivity via Bird Migration on Global Scales (October 18, 2022).
28. Dr. Michael Runge​, USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center. OneHealth disease ecology through a decision analyst’s lens (October 04, 2022).
27. Dr. Chengjun Li, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Avian influenza control in China (September 19, 2022).
26. Dr. Shengjie Lai​, University of Southampton. Measuring human mobility and its impact on the transmission dynamics and intervention effectiveness of emerging infections (September 06, 2022).
25. Dr. Hui-Ling Yen, The University of Hong Kong. Within- and inter-species transmission of avian influenza viruses (August 23, 2022).
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 (June 20, 2022).
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 (June 07, 2022). 
22. Dr. Mary Pantin-Jackwood, United States Department of Agriculture. Infectivity, pathogenicity, and transmission of contemporary Gs/GD lineage H5Nx HPAIV in waterfowl species (May 24, 2022). 
21. Dr. Daxin Peng, Yangzhou University. Adaptive evolution of H5 subtype avian influenza virus in China (May 10, 2022). 
20. Dr. Lu Lu, University of Edinburgh. Understand the spread of avian influenza using phylodynamic models (April 19, 2022). 
19. Dr. Yuhai Bi, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Science. Genetic evolution and inter-species transmission of avian influenza viruses (April 05, 2022). 
18. Dr. Mike Tildesley, University of Warwick. Modelling the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in Bangladesh and Thailand (March 22, 2022). 
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 (March 08, 2022). 
16. Dr. Wayne Getz, University of California, Berkeley. Simulation Platforms to Support Epidemiological Teaching and Research (February 21, 2022). 
15. Dr. Shenglai Yin, Nanjing Normal University. Migration networks and community composition influence avian influenza infection in waterfowl (December 21, 2021). 
14. Dr. Andrea Contina, University of Oklahoma. Agent-Based Models in movement and disease ecology (December 13, 2021).  
13. Dr. Yipeng Sun, China Agricultural University. Evolution of H9N2 avian influenza virus in naïve and vaccinated chickens (November 22, 2021).   
12. Dr. Diann Prosser, U.S. Geological Survey. Avian Influenza: Transmission Risk at the Wild-Domestic Interface (November 09, 2021).  
11. Dr. Cao Lei, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flyway structures and population trends of waterbird in East Asia (October 18, 2021).  
10. Dr. Weifeng Shi, Shandong First Medical University. Dynamic circulation of avian influenza viruses in live poultry market, China (October 12, 2021).  
9. Dr. Huaiyu Tian, Beijing Normal University. Gene flow networks and spread of avian influenza (September 28, 2021).  
8. Dr. Xiangjun Du, Sun Yat-sen University. Mutation Network and Recombination/Reassortment of Pathogen (September 07, 2021).  
7. Dr. Dirk Pfeiffer, City University of Hong Kong. Addressing zoonotic disease risk in poultry food systems through structural interventions (August 23, 2021).  
6. Dr. John Takekawa, Suisun Resource Conservation District. Wild bird ecology and implications for AIV transmission and research (August 09, 2021).  
5. Dr. Geli Zhang, China Agricultural University. Paddy rice area dynamics in monsoon Asia (July 19, 2021).  
4. Dr. Richard Webby, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Factors controlling transmission of animal influenza viruses in humans (July 05, 2021).  
3. Dr. Juan Pu, China Agricultural University. Role of Chicken farms in the evolution and emergence of Avian Influenza Viruses in China (June 22, 2021).  
2. Dr. Honglei Sun, China Agricultural University. Haemagglutinin Mutation and Higher Neuraminidase Activity Enhanced the Adaption of H5N6 Avian Influenza Viruses to Mammalian Hosts (June 08, 2021).  
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 (May 25, 2021). 

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).