The Environmental Assessment and Information Technology Program, Center for Vectorborne Diseases, University of California, Davis.

Mission.  The overall mission of the Environmental Assessment and Information Technology Program is to develop modern methods of vectorborne disease research and surveillance data, to develop predictive models based on these data, and to facilitate sharing of research and surveillance data among California agencies cooperating in the prevention and control of vectorborne diseases in California. Included in this mission is the development of public and cooperative websites providing interactive information on vectorborne diseases in California.

Support.  Research and development activities relating to this program are supported by grants to Dr. William Reisen from the National Institutes of Health, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA], University of California Mosquito Research Program and the Coachella Valley, Greater Los Angeles County, Kern, and Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control Districts [MVCDs].

Personnel.  Personnel are stationed at the Andrews Tract on Old Davis Road south the main UCD campus. The program is under the direction of Dr. Bruce Eldridge, with day to day operations conducted by Bborie Park and Christopher Barker.

Collaboration.  There is extensive collaboration with Drs. Daniel Cayan and Michael Dettinger and Mary Tyree of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California, San Diego. These scientists are relating temporal and spatial changes in mosquito abundance and virus activity to long and short term climatic variation. Remote sensed data are included in collaboration with Forrest Melton and Dr. Brad Lobitz, NASA Ames.