10-min: MUVE, Medical, Veterinary, and Forensic Entomology

Moderator(s)

• NB

  Nathan Burkett-Cadena

  Associate Professor
  Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory
  University of Florida
  Vero Beach, Florida
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  Kristin Sloyer (she/her/hers)

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory
  University of Florida
  Galveston, Texas

Presentations:

• 9:30 AM - 9:42 AM Pacific

  Advancing the design of the kissing bug kill trap for surveillance of triatomines
  

  Presenting Author: Yuexun Tian – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Gabriel Hamer (he/him/his) – Texas A&M University
• 9:42 AM - 9:54 AM Pacific

  Case studies in delusional parasitosis: How to manage issues as an entomologist
  

  Presenting Author: Michael Goldman, BCE (he/him/his) – Environmental Resources Management
• 10:06 AM - 10:18 AM Pacific

  Host associations of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae: Culicoides) near sentinel chicken surveillance locations and their potential implications for Oropouche virus transmission and surveillance.
  

  Presenting Author: Kristin Sloyer (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Nathan Burkett-Cadena – University of Florida
• 10:18 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific

  Physiology of the cat flea ( Ctenocephalides felis ) gut: Intestinal permeability, pH, and digestive enzymes
  

  Presenting Author: Lisa D. Brown – Georgia Southern University

  Co-Author: Piper Zellner – Georgia Southern University

  Co-Author: Eric Njoroge – Georgia Southern University
• 10:30 AM - 10:42 AM Pacific

  Reconsidering entomological surveillances of disease vectors in unstable conflict-affected settings: An insight from Sudan’s ongoing war
  

  Presenting Author: Rasha Siddig Azrag, PhD (she/her/hers) – State University of New York At Buffalo

  Co-Author: Omama Fathelrahman Babiker – AlNeelain University

  Co-Author: Marc S. Halfon – Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

  Co-Author: Mohamedelmustafa Anwarelsadat Eltayed Gasmalla – University of Twente

  Co-Author: Salma Ahmed Ramadan Khaleel – University of Khartoum
• 10:42 AM - 10:54 AM Pacific

  Break
• 10:54 AM - 11:06 AM Pacific

  Size matters: From insecticide susceptibility to AI-driven mosquito metrics
  

  Presenting Author: Karthikeyan Chandrasegaran, PhD – University of California

  Co-Author: Parikshit Kumar – University of California Riverside

  Co-Author: Benjamin Nyman (he/him/his) – University of California Riverside

  Co-Author: Amit Roy Chowdhury – Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Riverside
• 11:18 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific

  Urban development predicts human health and insect fitness
  

  Presenting Author: Alexandria Abbott – University of Memphis

  Co-Author: Pinar Kohlmeier – University of Memphis

  Co-Author: Akassia Tickles – University of Memphis

  Co-Author: Ashlee Yancey – University of Memphis

  Co-Author: Karl Taylor – University of Memphis

  Co-Author: Moriah Conley – University of Memphis

  Co-Author: Lauryn Johnson – University of Memphis

  Co-Author: Erenne Coats – University of Memphis

  Co-Author: Philip Kohlmeier – University of Memphis
• 11:30 AM - 11:42 AM Pacific

  Evaluating the efficacy of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) for control of Simulium vittatum, a medically significant black fly species
  

  Presenting Author: Sarah Sial – North Oconee High School

  Co-Author: Elmer W. Gray – University of Georgia
• 11:42 AM - 11:54 AM Pacific

  Spatial distribution and clustering of medically important tick species in Illinois: Implications for tick-borne disease risk
  

  Presenting Author: Abrar Hussain – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Csaba Varga – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Brian Allan (he/him/his) – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Nohra Mateus-Pinilla – Illinois Natural History Survey

  Co-Author: Rebecca Lee Smith, DVM (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois
• 11:54 AM - 12:06 PM Pacific

  Seasonality and body attachment locations of parasitic water mites on mosquitoes in North Florida
  

  Presenting Author: Vilheim Piwowarek – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Edwin Burgess IV – University of Florida