PENNSYLVANIA VECTOR CONTROL ASSOCIATION



PENNSYLVANIA VECTOR CONTROL ASSOCIATION VIRTUAL CONFERENCEOCTOBER 8, 2020 (8am-5pm)AGENDA8:00 a.m. – 8:05 a.m.Opening RemarksRay Delaney, PVCA President8:05 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-BorneDiseasesEmily Mader, NEVBDSession 1 (Moderator: )8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.2020 Update on PA’s Mosquito-Borne Disease ProgramMatt Helwig, PA DEP Vector Management8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.2020 Update on PA’s Black Fly Suppression ProgramDoug Orr, PA DEP Vector Management8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.2020 Update on PA’s Tick ProgramChristian Boyer, PA DEP Vector Management9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.2020 Update on NJ’s Mosquito-Borne Disease ProgramScott Crans, NJDEP Office of Mosquito Control Coordination9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Lessons Learned in a Career in DOD Vector ControlStan Cope, PhD, Catchmaster & Past President of AMCA10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.How Covid has Changed our JobsScott Crans, NJDEP Office of Mosquito Control Coordination10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.DEET Education ProgramJudi Anderson, DEET Education Program11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.Ticks of PennsylvaniaMichael Skvarla, PhD, Penn State University11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.BreakSession 2 (Moderator: Mary Vibostok)12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.Suddenly meatless: How tick bites and reactions to red meat are changing the paradigm of food allergyScott Commins MD, PhD, University of North Carolina12:30 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.Segmented Flavivirus Infections in the United StatesKurt Vandergrift MS, PhD, Penn State University12:50 p.m. – 1:10 p.m.Prevalence and Seasonality of the Lone Star Tick, Amblyomma americanum, at Letterkenny Army Depot, Southcentral PAJR Stewart PhD, Shippensburg University1:10 p.m. – 1:30 p.ing soon to a neighborhood near you: Range expansion of the Gulf Coast tickHolly Gaff PhD, Old Dominion University1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.Introduction of the NIH/NIAID supported Black Fly Research and Resource CenterElmer Gray PhD, University of Georgia1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.Effects of temperature regime on Simulium vittatumSophie Racey, University of Georgia2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.Temperature and hydrology improve the prediction of West Nile virus in New York and ConnecticutAlex “Sasha” Keyel PhD, University at Albany ES3172:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.Mosquito/Stormwater ManagementNathaniel Nagle, Prince William County Public Works3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.Update on EEE virus: an Emerging Mosquito-borne Virus of Public Health ConcernPhilip M. Armstrong, ScD, Department of Environmental Sciences, New Haven, CT3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.Entomological Society of America/PHE CertificationWillet Hossfeld, Entomological Society of America3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.AMCA 2020 UpdateAry Faraji, PhD, BCE, President of AMCA, Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.CDC Arboviral Disease UpdateRoxanne Connelly, PhD, BCE, and Past President of AMCA; and Sarabeth Mathis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO4:30 p.m. – 4:55 p.m.Lidar use for finding bodies of water under tree canopyNate Boonisar, Norfolk County Mosquito Control District 4:55 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.Closing RemarksRay Delaney, PVCA President ................
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