Mosquito Control Emergency Preparedness and Response to Natural Disasters
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- Webinar Archive
- Faculty:
- Broox Boze, Ph. D. | Roxanne Connelly | Patrick Linn | Whitney Qualls | Janet McAllister
- Course Levels:
- All Levels
- Duration:
- 1 Hour Session
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- License:
- Never Expires.
Description
AMCA and CDC will be co-hosting a webinar on October 14th to highlight portions of the special issue of JAMCA on Natural Disaster Preparedness and Mosquito Control. Hear directly from a range of federal, state and local experts who will share their first-hand experiences and lessons learned for natural disaster preparedness. Attendees will gain practical insights into natural disaster planning and mosquito control and have the opportunity to participate in a question and answer session with the presenters.
AMCA Members - This archived webinar along with all AMCA webinars is available free to our active members. We are currently syncing this new system with our database to have seamless identification of our members, but until that is finalized you can access all webinars (live and archived) for free using our membership code which can be found in our member portal here.
Faculty
Broox Boze, Ph. D. Related Seminars and Products
Dr. Broox Boze is the Technical Director for Vector Disease Control International (VDCI) and has a Ph.D. from Colorado State University. As a specialist in emergency response, she has developed protocols and coordinated surveillance and management operations with various local, county, state and federal organizations. When she is not coordinating emergency response activities, she oversees research and development activities for VDCI to ensure the intervention strategies used are environmentally friendly and avoid non-target effects. Boze currently serves as the Industry Director for the American Mosquito Control Association and is President of the West Central Mosquito and Vector Control Association.
Roxanne Connelly Related Seminars and Products
Division of Vector-borne Diseases, Arboviral Diseases Branch Entomology and Ecology Team Lead/CDC
Whitney Qualls Related Seminars and Products
Dr. Whitney Qualls obtained her B.S. in Biology from the University of the Cumberlands, Williamsburg, Kentucky, a M.S. in Medical Entomology from Auburn University, Auburn, AL, and a Ph.D in Medical Entomology from the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Her expertise and training are in vector ecology and behavior and applied operational vector control strategies. She has over 15 years of experience working at the local and state level in mosquito surveillance and control. Dr. Qualls is the Assistant Director at Anastasia Mosquito Control District (AMCD), St. Johns County, Florida. She has over 80 peer-reviewed publications.
Janet McAllister Related Seminars and Products
Division of Vector-borne Diseases, Arboviral Diseases Branch Research Entomologist/CDC