| Dr. Mike Wimberly and colleagues meet with SD Dept. of Health to discuss GIS/RS applications in public health [2009-06-10] |
| On June 4, 2009, Mike Wimberly, Ting-Wu Chuang, Alemayehu Midekisa, and Aki Michimi travelled to Pierre, SD to meet with representatives of the South Dakota Department of Health. Mike presented an update on work to date studying the spatial epidemiology of West Nile virus (WNV) in the Northern Great Plains, and planned future work on an NIH-funded research project developing ecological forecasting modeling for WNV. Aki presented a poster of his work analyzing national-level spatial patterns of obesity and associated risk factors. Ting-Wu Chuang presented an overview of his Ph.D. dissertation work on WNV epidemiology at the national level, and on WNV surveillance and mosquito population dynamics in Saginaw County Michigan. Afterwards we met with Lon Kightlinger, the state epidemiologist, to discuss data issues and future research directions. |
