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Date: January 22, 2003
Time: 2:00 PM EST (11 AM PST)
Length: 90 minutes

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Agenda: West Nile Virus: Monitoring, Modeling & Remediation: A GIS Perspective

Section 1: Integrated Mosquito Management in New York City
Daniel Markokwski, Ph.D, Deputy Director, Office of Vector Surveillance and Control,
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

• Mosquito Surveillance Program
  • Larval Mosquito Surveillance
  • Adult Mosquito Surveillance
  • Dead Bird Surveillance
  • Use of Cluster Models

Section 2: Dynamic Continuous Area Space-Time (DYCAST) System for Monitoring West Nile Virus
Sean Ahearn, Ph.D, Director CARSI Laboratory, Hunter College, CUNY

• Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Review of West Nile Diffusion in US
• Birds as Data Points
• Identification of WNV Infection: Current Methodological Limitations
• DYCAST Analysis: Assumptions & Model Components
• Statistical Approach
•  Methodology
• Review of 2001 Monitoring Data
• Summary

Section 3: Integrated Mosquito Management in New York City (Contd.)
Daniel Markokwski, 

• Larval Mosquito Control
  • Standing Water Reports
  • Routine Sites
  • Catch Basins
  • Routing
  • Data Concerns
• Adult Mosquito Control
  • GIS Utilization

Section 3: Preemptive Response to West Nile Virus In the Field
Greg Fucheck, Vice President, LinksPoint

• Situation Overview - Larvicide Field Treatment Program 
• GIS Data Integration for field deployment 
• Desktop Treatment Route Creation Application for Allocating Field Technicians 
• Handheld Computer Solution for Field Technicians - GPS utilization 
• Near real-time treatment monitoring and data exchange 
• Use Case Review
• Summary   (view the case study)

Section 4: Review of 2002 Geographic Data and Modeling
Doctors Ahearn and Markowski

• Interactive review of 2002 GIS modeling, treatment and human case data.

Section 5: How Can GIS Model be Implemented Elsewhere?

Section 6: Questions & Answers

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Biographies

Sean C. Ahearn, PhD
Ph.D, Director CARSI Laboratory, Hunter College, CUNY

Dr. Ahearn received his Ph.D. in Environmental Monitoring in 1986 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an M.S. from the same institution. He received a B.S. in 1978 from the College of Environmental Science and Forestry-Syracuse University. He was an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota from 1986-1990. He is currently an Associate Professor of Geography at Hunter College - CUNY and Director of the Center for Advanced Research of Spatial Information (CARSI). He conducts research in both remote sensing and geographic information system and has published in IEEE Geo-science and Remote Sensing, the International Journal of Remote Sensing, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Conservation Biology, Ecological Modeling and The American Journal of Epidemiology. His interests include dynamic object-based models for geographic analysis, digital image analysis, ecological modeling and urban geographic systems. His CARSI lab is responsible of the update and maintenance of New York City's Land Base.

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Daniel Markokwski, Ph.D
Deputy Director, Office of Vector Surveillance and Control,
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Dr. Markowski received his Ph.D in Biological Sciences from the University of Rhode Island in 1998 and an M.S from the same institution. He received a B.S in 1991 from Memphis State University. While in Rhode Island, he conducted all aspects of routine mosquito surveillance programs from setting traps and conducting landing rate counts, to performing surveillance for larval mosquitoes. While working for the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, he provided advice to local agencies conducting mosquito control operations and initiated a tick surveillance program in the state's parks. After Rhode Island, Dr. Markowski joined the Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission in New Jersey. In 2001, he joined the New York City Department of Health, where he has been involved in all administrative and operational aspects of the City's mosquito surveillance and control program; from developing West Nile Virus Response Plans to overseeing the development of a sentinel chicken program. His work has led directly to several publications in scientific journals. He has also been diligently involved in working to disseminate information to the general public.

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West Nile Virus: Monitoring, Modeling & Remediation: A GIS Perspective

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