Progress 08/01/19 to 07/31/20
Outputs
Target Audience:GeoVet is an International and interdisciplinary Conference of Spatial Epidemiology, Spatial Statistics and GIS tools applied to animal health, public health and food safety. The main target audience is animal health and public health scientists, geographers, statisticians, computer & data scientists, environmental scientists, engineers, social scientists, biologists, ecologists, policy makers and other professionals working in spatial sciences with potential application in public health, animal health or food safety Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?In addition to the great scientific content of the conference (with 25 posters, 83 oral presentations and 3 discussion panels), we offered 9 pre- and post-conference workshops to all GeoVet participants that were interested in expanding their analytical skills. The workshops were intended to train students, faculty, researchers, policy makers and other scientists in different areas related with GIS, spatial epidemiology, modeling and data science. There was a total of 57 participants joining one or more of the workshops. Specifically, the workshops (and duration time) offered were: 1) introduction to GIS and Map making with QGIS (1 day) 2) The application of molecular tools to spatial epidemiology (2 day) 3) Introduction to GIS and Spatial Analysis for Epidemiologists: Using ArcGIS (2 days) 4) Spatio-temporal analysis of movement networks (1 day) 5) Bayesian spatial modeling of veterinary data with CARBayes and Nimble (2 day) 6) Spatial Infectious Network Modeling using R and NetLogo (2 day) 7) Explaining spatial point patterns in animal health: an introduction to modeling point data (2 day) 8) Spatial distribution modeling with R (1 day) 9) Basics of quantitative risk analysis for veterinary epidemiologists (1 day) We were also able to support the attendance of students and researchers from low- and middle-income countries with 6 travel awards and other 6 student oral and poster presentation awards How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Results have been disseminated through the GeoVet website (https://geovet2019.ucdavis.edu) and the publications in the Open Access Journal of Frontiers in Veterinary Science: available at:https://www.frontiersin.org/events/GeoVet_2019_Novel_spatio-temporal_approaches_in_the_era_of_Big_Data/6796. Pre- and post-workshop training was delivered in person to 57 participants during the 1 or 2 days (depending on the workshop duration) before/after the conference, respectively. The post-conference survey reflected an outstanding level of satisfaction (median of 5 out of a max of 5) with the quality, format and content of all scientific and social activities conducted during the conference as well as the organized pre- and post-conference workshops. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
We believe we have fully accomplished (even exceeded) the goals proposed for this conference. For more than 15 years, the GISVet/GeoVet conference series have been instrumental in sparking ideas, developing new approaches and allowing spatial epidemiologists to present their work. We were able to continue and expand this legacy by organizing GeoVet 2019 with an exciting scientific and social program, in which we included two main novelties: An increased multi-disciplinary focus to maximize the interaction between spatial epidemiologists working in veterinary science and other scientists working in spatial sciences to cross-fertilize ideas and find novel approaches. Emphasis in Research-industry-government networking, with discussion panels to discuss challenges and explore opportunities to accelerate the incorporation of spatial epidemiology in operational decision-making tools to inform policy and to solve complex problems worldwide. Under the leading title of "Novel spatio-temporal approaches in the era of Big Data", this three day conference covered aspects such as data management systems, new statistical and modeling approaches, spatio-temporal network analysis, challenges of Big Data applications, real-time use of geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing for disease surveillance and policy making in veterinary science, veterinary public health, food safety and wildlife epidemiology, among others. Thanks to the strong support of USDA-NIFA as well as other donors and sponsors we made the GeoVet 2019 a record-breaking event. It was the first time that GeoVet was hosted in North America, but it was already making history as one of the biggest (if not the biggest) GeoVet conferences ever organized. More than 200 delegates representing 29 countries participated in the conference and presented 25 posters and 82 oral presentations. From those, there were 5 outstanding keynote speakers and 10 senior speakers. Moreover, we had the pleasure to have 8 distinguished panelists from the Industry and National and International Government organizations (FDA, CDC, CDPH, OIE, PANAFTOSA-PAHO-WHO, ESRI, AviaGIS, Scholar Farms) to discuss about current trends and challenges and accelerate the translation of science into action and policy changes. We believe that the quality of the Scientific program was world-class and the spectrum of topics was a very current and relevant one. After an exhaustive peer-review process, all accepted abstracts (i.e. 108) were published and made available in Open Access in the Journal of Frontiers in Veterinary Medicine. The total number of authors and co-authors participating in those abstracts was 470 and there were more than 2723 views up to December 2020. For the first time this year, we incorporated an award winning Conference App (Whova) to simplify the search and selection of the sessions and the access to the abstracts as well as facilitate the networking among participants to maximize the benefits of the Conference experience. Generous sponsorships from many important organizations and companies have recognized GeoVet 2019 as an important venue. We thank the generous support of the USDA-NIFA program, Boehringer Ingelheim, the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, the UC Davis World Food Center, the National Science Foundation, the UC Davis Innovation Institute for Food and Health, AviaGIS, the UC Davis Master of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, the Virginia Perry Wilson Endownment as well as our partners at the Center for Animal Disease Modeling and Surveillance, the Center for Spatial Sciences and the Pacific Southwest Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases. With their support we were able to put together an ambitious Social and Scientific program and to provide 6 travel awards and other 6 student oral and poster presentation awards. We believe that GeoVet 2019 had a significant and positive impact on animal health, public health and food safety, as has contributed to share ideas and provide novel tools to more efficiently allocate risk-reduction measures and mitigate the impact of health problems locally and globally.
Publications
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Websites
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
https://geovet2019.ucdavis.edu
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
The 108 abstracts are published in the peer-reviewed Open Access Journal of Frontiers in Veterinary Science: https://www.frontiersin.org/events/GeoVet_2019_Novel_spatio-temporal_approaches_in_the_era_of_Big_Data/6796
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