14. - Microbial Dynamics and Human Health Risks in the Beach Sand

Date: Wednesday, Jun 20, 2018
Time: 8:40 AM - 10:00 AM
Location: MW160

Chair(s): Joao Brand�o, Tom Edge, Richard Whitman

Applying Microbial Community Analysis to Identify Fecal Pollution in Surface and Groundwater Flowing
Lauren Sassoubre, University at Buffalo (SUNY); Christopher Lowry, University at Buffalo (SUNY); Brandon Durant, University at Buffalo (SUNY)

Optimal threshold criteria for E. coli qPCR using ROC analyses
Abhilasha Shrestha, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health; Sam Dorevitch, U of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health

Effects of a Changing Earth on Microbial Dynamics and Human Health Risks in the Water/Sand Continuum
Chelsea Weiskerger, Michigan State University; Joao Brand�o, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge; Clare Robinson, The University of Western Ontario, Civil & Environmental Eng.; Chris Staley, University of Minnesota; Greg Kleinheinz, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh; Jean Pierre Nshimyimana, Michigan State University ; Julie Kinzelman, Racine Health Department; Meredith Nevers, U.S. Geological Survey - Great Lakes Science Center; Michael Sadowsky, University of Minnesota ; Mantha Phanikumar, Michigan State University; Richard Whitman, USGS (Retired); Tom Edge, Environment and Climate Change Canada; Alan Piggot, Florida International University, Earth and Environment; Alexandria Boehm, Stanford University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Asli Aslan, Georgia Southern University, Department of Environmental Health Sciences; Brian Badgley, Virginia Tech, Crop and Soil Sciences; Christopher Heaney, Environmental Health and Engineering, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University; Erin Symonds, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida; Helena Solo-Gabriele, University of Miami, College of Engineering, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering; Jay Fleisher, College of Medicine, Nova Southeastern University; Jody Harwood, Department of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida; Kevan Yamahara, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute; Laura Vogel, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Western University; Maria Luisa Jordao, Department of Environmental Health, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge NIF 501427511; Lindsay Avolio, Environmental Health and Engineering, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University; Paivi Merilainen, Department of Public Health Solutions, National Institute for Health and Welfare; Tarja Pitkanen, Water and Health Unit, Nation Institute for Health and Welfare; Warish Ahmed, CSIRO Land and Water, Water for a Healthy County Flagship, Queensland Biosciences Precinct; Zachery Staley, National Water Research Institute, Water Science & Technology Directorate, Environment Canada; James Klaus, University of Miami