176 - Environmental Upheaval and Infectious Diseases

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM US ET

Location: Thomas B. Murphy Ballroom 4

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.25 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-9999-24-002-L01-P
PACE Credits: Maximum of 1 of PACE contact hours
CE Broker: Maximum of 1 CE broker credit hours

Moderator(s)

Candice McNeil, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston Salem, NC, United States
Ruth Lynfield, MD (she/her/hers)

State Epidemiologist and Medical Director
Minnesota Department of Health
St. Paul, MN, United States

Faculty(s)

Erin Gilmour Mordecai, PhD

Associate Professor
Stanford University
Mallory Harris, PhD (she/her/hers)

Postdoctoral Associate
University of Maryland
Naomi Hauser, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
UC Davis

Disclosure(s):

Candice J. McNeil, MD, MPH: BARDA/GSK: Grant/Research Support; Becton Dickinson (BD): Grant/Research Support; Cephied: Grant/Research Support; Gilead, Inc: Grant/Research Support; Talis Biomedical: Advisor/Consultant; Zoliflodacin advisory board (GARDP/innoviva): Advisor/Consultant

Ruth Lynfield, MD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Erin Gilmour Mordecai, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Mallory Harris, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Naomi Hauser, MD, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

describe the influence of climate on human health and infectious diseases;
explain infectious disease transmission dynamics influenced by climate;
define how climate change may impact ecological and biological processes that drive emerging infectious diseases.

Presentations:

3:15 PM - 3:40 PM US ET

Infectious Aftermath of Extreme Precipitation
Speaker: Mallory Harris, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland
3:40 PM - 4:05 PM US ET

Wildfire Dispersal of Microbes
Speaker: Naomi Hauser, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – UC Davis
4:05 PM - 4:30 PM US ET

Massive Global Impacts of Climate Change on Dengue Incidence
Speaker: Erin Gilmour Mordecai, PhD – Stanford University