Acknowledgements

Sponsors

We thank the following groups for their support, which was critical for making EEID 2026 possible.

• Fralin Life Science Institute
• Global Change Center
• Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens
• Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
• Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources and Environment
• Virginia Tech College of Science
• Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine 
• College of Engineering (Pandemic Prediction and Prevention)
• Center for the Mathematics of Biosystems

Conference Planning Committee

• William Hopkins, Global Change Center
• Dana Hawley, Biological Sciences*
• Joseph Hoyt, Biological Sciences*
• Kate Langwig, Biological Sciences*
• Kylene Kehn-Hall, Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens

^{*Local VT hosts}

Scientific Planning Committee Roster

Internal Members (Virginia Tech)

Regional Advisory Committee Members