2nd Ecosystem Change and Population Health (ECAPH) Virtual Symposium Agenda

(Monday 14 June – Tuesday 15 June 2021)

 

Day 1: Monday 14 June 2021

10:00 

Official Greeting and Welcome
Prof. Mark Brough Head of School (acting), School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia

Plenary Session 1 -   Chair: Emeritus Professor Gerry Fitzgerald – School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

10:15 

Prof. Kristie EbiDepartment of Global Health at the University of Washington, United State of America. Topic: Adapting to the Health Risks of a Changing Climate. (20 min presentation + 10 min Q&A)

10:45 

Prof. Sotiris Vardoulakis, National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health, Australian National University, Australia. Topic: Environmental Change, COVID-19 and public health (20 min presentation + 10 min Q&A) 

11:15 

Prof. Lidia Morawska, School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

Topic: A paradigm shift to combat indoor respiratory infections: beyond COVID-19  (20 min presentation + 10 min Q&A)

11:45 

Prof. Kerrie Mengersen, School of Mathematical Science, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Topic: AusEnHealth: An Australian Environmental Health Digital Twin. (20 min presentation + 10 min Q&A)

12:15 

Break (30 min)

Concurrent session

Session One (A): Environmental Exposure and Chronic Diseases

Chair: Prof. Steven McPhail 

Session Two (A): Climate Change and Population Health

Chair: Prof. Haidong Kan 

Session Three (A): The transmission, seasonality, and interventions of COVID-19

Chair: A/Prof. Stephen Lambert

12:45

Prof. Xiong Guo, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Title: Low selenium exposure and Kashin-Beck disease in China

A/Prof. Ying Zhang, University of Sydney, Australia

Title: The MJA-Lancet Countdown: Tracking progress on Health and Climate Change for Australia 

Dr. David Warne, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Title: Modelling the response of communities to COVID-19 outbreaks 

13:05

Prof. Yana Bai, Lanzhou University, China

Title: Progress of Jinchang Cohort – the World’s Largest Occupational Heavy Metal Exposure Cohort

Dr. Yang Xie, Beihang University, China

Title: Health co-benefits of climate change mitigation policy in China

Dr. Wei Luo, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Title: The role of absolute humidity on transmission rates of the COVID-19 outbreak

13:25

A/Prof. Ning Wang, China CDC

Title: Lung Cancer Mortality in China and Australia: An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of Data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Prof. Hancheng Dai, Peking University, China

Title: Integrated assessment on air quality and health co-benefits of climate mitigation

Dr. Chuchu Ye, Pudong CDC, China

Title: The effectiveness of active surveillance measures for COVID-19 cases in Pudong New Area, Shanghai, 2020

13:45

A/Prof. Xin Qi, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Title: Air pollution and esophageal cancer in China

Prof. Cunrui Huang, Sun Yat-sen University, China

Title: Detecting the net effect of flooding on infectious diarrheal disease in Anhui Province, China: a quasi-experimental study

Ms. Hannah McClymont, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Title: Weather variability and COVID-19 Transmission

14:05

Lunch break (1 hour)

Concurrent Session

Session One (B): Environmental Exposure and Chronic Diseases

Chair:  A/Prof. Xin Qi

Session Two (B): Climate Change and Population Health

Chair:  Prof. Cunrui Huang

Session Three (B): The transmission, seasonality, and interventions of COVID-19

Chair:  Dr. Shengjie Lai

15:05

Prof. Feng Zhang, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Title: Element Responsive Gene Set Enrichment Analysis of Human Complex Psychiatric Disorders

Prof. Donna Green, University of New South Wales, Australia

Title: Climate Change and Population Health

Prof. Bo Huang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Title: Integrated vaccination and physical distancing interventions to prevent future COVID-19 waves 

15:25

A/Prof. Minzhen Wang, Lanzhou University, China

Title: Effects of atmospheric PM10 on the incidence of type 2 diabetes and its mechanism

A/Prof. Shan Zheng, Lanzhou University, China 

Title: Temperature variability and cardiovascular diseases

Dr. Shengjie Lai, University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Title: Human mobility and the global spread of SARS-CoV-2 and new variants 

15:45

Prof. Peng Jia, Wuhan University, China

Title: Geospatial Epidemiological Analysis in Life Course Study 

Prof. Peng Bi, University of Adelaide, Australia

Title: Environmental change and health in Australia: Working together with Stakeholders

Dr. Ruiyun Li, University of Oslo, Norway

Title: Strategic intervention of COVID-19 pandemic

16:05

Ms. Amy Savage, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Title: Impacts of climate change on diet-related non-communicable diseases in Small Island Developing States: A qualitative case study in Vanuatu

Dr. John Cauchi, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Title: Climate Change, Food Security and Health – lessons from Kiribati

Mr. Francesco Sera, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

Title: Potential drivers of COVID-19 seasonality in 409 cities across 26 countries

16:25

End of Symposium Day 1

Day 2: Tuesday 15 June 2021

Plenary Session 2  Chair:  Emeritus Professor Gerry FitzGerald – Head of School, Public Health and Social Work,  Queensland University of Technology, Australia

10:30

Prof. Peter Doherty, Nobel Laureate – University of Melbourne, Australia. Topic: What have we learnt so far from COVID-19? (15 min presentation + 10 min Q&A)

11:00

Prof. Archie Clements, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Australia. Topic: Spatial and temporal data visualisation in relation to COVID-19. (20 min presentation + 10 min Q&A) 

11:30

Prof. Weizhong Yang, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, China. Topic: COVID-19 control and prevention in China.  (20min presentation + 10 min Q&A)

12:00

Prof. Xiaoming Yang, China National Pharmaceutical Group Corp, China (TBC). Topic:  Coronavirus variants, viral mutation and COVID-19 vaccines. (20min presentation + 10 min Q&A)

12:30

Break (30 min)

Concurrent Session

Session Four (A): One Health

Chair:  A/Prof. Ricardo Magalhaes

Session Five (A): Vector-borne disease surveillance and control

Chair:  Dr. Amanda Murphy

Session Six (A): Air pollution, Extreme Weather Events and Health   

Chair: Prof. Yuming Guo  

13:00

A/Prof. Simon Reid, University of Queensland, Australia

Title: Making One Health more than a concept

Dr. Pandji Dhewantara, National Institute of Health Research and Development, Indonesia 

Title: Climate change and vector-bone diseases in Indonesia: Trends, gaps and opportunities 

Prof. Haidong Kan, Fudan University, China

Title: Short term associations of ambient nitrogen dioxide with daily total, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality: a global analysis in 398 cities

13:20

A/Prof. Lin Yang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China

Title: From SARS to COVID-19: the Hong Kong experience 

Dr. Aswi Aswi, State University of Makassar, Indonesia

Title: Modelling Hospitalization of dengue: A comparison of Bayesian spatial survival models

Prof. Linwei Tian, Hong Kong University, China

Title: Physiological roles of gaseous pollutants

13:40

A/Prof. Huachen Zhu, The University of Hong Kong, China

Title: Genesis of Emerging Influenza viruses and Coronaviruses: an ecological perspective 

Ms. Rokeya Akter, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Title: Dengue in a crowded megacity: Lessons learnt from current outbreak (2019) in Dhaka, Bangladesh 

Dr. Tiantian Li, China CDC

Title: Mortality risks of cold spell in China

14:00

Prof. Cordia Chu, Griffith University, Australia
Title:  What lessons must we learn from COVID-19 to prepare for the next pandemic? 

Dr. Zhiwei Xu, University of Queensland, Australia
Title: Using dengue epidemics and local weather in Bali, Indonesia to predict imported dengue in Australia

Prof. Guanghui Dong, Sun Yat-sen University, China

Title: Ambient Air Pollution and Health Impact in China

14:20

Lunch break (1 hour)

Concurrent Session

Session Four (B): One Health

Chair:  A/Prof. Lin Yang  

Session Five (B): Vector-borne disease surveillance and control

Chair: Dr. Zhiwei Xu

Session Six (B): Air pollution, Extreme Weather Events and Health   

Chair: A/Prof. Donna Green 

15:20

Prof. Colleen Lau, University of Queensland, Australia

Title: Leptospirosis and Precision One Health

Dr. Amanda Murphy, WHO

Title:  Climate variability and Aedes vector indices in the southern Philippines: an empirical analysis 

Prof. Yuming Guo, Monash University, Australia

Title: Global burden of mortality attributable to cold and hot temperatures

15:40

Dr. Nicholas J Clark, University of Queensland, Australia

Title: Near-term forecasting of companion animal tick paralysis incidence: an iterative ensemble model

Prof. Jian Cheng, Anhui Medical University, China

Title: Short-term impacts of weather extremes on dengue outbreaks: evidence from Asia-Pacific region

Prof. Shaowei Wu, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Title: The modification of psychosocial stress on the cardiovascular effects of air pollution 

16:00

A/Prof. R.J. Soares Magalhães, University of Queensland, Australia

Title: Public health impacts of animal and environmental exposures on human Q fever notifications: the case for integrated surveillance for source attribution

Dr.  Tanya Russell, James Cook University, Australia

Title: Mosquito-borne disease surveillance and control in the Pacific region

Dr. Tao Xue, Peking University, China

Title: Associations between Reduced PM2.5 and Improved Health during China's Clean Air Actions since 2013 

16:20

Dr. Maximillian Stammnitz, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Spain

Title: Freshwater monitoring by nanopore metagenomics

Dr. Ralph Trancoso da Silva, University of Queensland, Australia

Title: High-resolution climate change projections to support health adaptation

Dr. Dung Phung, Griffith University, Australia

Title:A Climate-based prediction tool in the dengue 

high-risk cluster of the Mekong Delta Region 

16:45

Plenary Session 3. Prof. Wenbiao Hu, Mathematical Ecology Research Group, Oxford University, United Kingdom. Topic: Emerging pandemics: early warning approaches and disease mitigation strategies (20 min presentation + 10 min Q&A)

Chair: Prof. Wenbiao Hu: School of Public Health and Social Work, QUT, Australia

17:15

Symposium Officially Concludes, Prof. Wenbiao Hu, School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, 5 minutes

 

 

Time Zone: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)

 

E-poster: https://ecaph2021.aconf.org/timetable.html?session=190555

 

Contact

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