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- Senior Research Scientist
Center for Health
Applications of Aerospace Related Technologies
NASA Ames Research Center
JCWS, MS 242-4
Moffett Field, California 94035
(415) 604-4187
- Email: bwood@gaia.arc.nasa.gov
Vitae
Education
San Francisco State College BA 1969 Geography
University of California, Berkeley MA 1977 Geography
University of California, Berkeley Ph.D. - 1977 Geography Candidate
Professional Experience
1979-1982 Assistant Specialist. Remote Sensing Research Program. Department of
Geography, University of California, Berkeley, CA. Manual and computer analysis of remote
sensing, statistical and ancillary data in wild land, agricultural and water quality
studies.
1978-1987 Lecturer/Remote Sensing. Department of Geography, University of California,
Berkeley and Davis, CA. Design, development, and teaching of an introductory course
covering the basic principles of remote sensing data analysis.
1982-present Senior Research Scientist, Center for Health Applications of Aerospace
Related Technologies, NASA Ames Research Center
Invited Presentations, Workshops, etc.
Organizer of Technical Sessions; "Appellation of Remote Seining to
surveillance of Vector-Borne Diseases," Third World Foundation Symposium, November
28-30, Baltimore, MD.
Participant; "Space Technology for Health Care and Environmental Monitoring in the
Developing World," United Nations, Office for Outer Space affairs, September -
October 1, Oslo, Norway.
Invited Lecture; "The use of remote sensing and aerospace technologies to study the
patterns of human health." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention GIS Training
Course, Guatemala City, Guatemala, August 8-16, 1995.
Organizer; World Economic Forum Tour of NASA Ames Research Center 1994 World Economic
Forum Industry Summit, 20 September 1994.
Invited Member; Task Force Geographic Information Systems, Onchocerciasis Elimination
Program in the Americas (OEPA) , III Conferencia Interamericana para el Control de la
Oncocercosis, IACO 93, 3-6 October 1993, Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela.
Organizer and Chairman; "Interdisciplinary Workshop on Remote Sensing of Vector-borne
Disease Associated with Environmental and Cultural Change", NASA Ames Research
Center, held at the Marconi Conference Center 2-6 May 1993, Marshall CA.
Organizer and Chairman; "Remote Sensing, Environmental Change, and Human
Health", Aspen Global Change Institute (ACGI), July 14-28, 1991, Aspen, CO.
Co-Organizer; "Session C - Symposium: Remote Sensing", 56th Annual Meeting,
American Mosquito Control Association, April 1-5, 1990, Lexington, KY.
 | Selected Publications
 | Washino, R. K., and B. L. Wood, 1994. "Application of Remote Sensing to
Vector Surveillance and control", American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,
Vol. 50, No. 6, pp. 134-144. |
| Wood, B. L., L. R. Beck, S. W. Dister, and M. A. Spanner, 1994. "Global
Monitoring and Disease Prediction Program", Sistema Terra, Vol. III, No. 1, pp.
38-39. |
| Dister, S., L. Beck, B. Wood, R. Falco, and D. Fish, 1993. "The Use of GIS
and Remote Sensing Technologies in a Landscape Approach tot he Study of Lyme Disease
Transmission Risk", Proceedings: GIS’93, Seventh Annual Symposium; Geographic
Information Systems in Forestry, Environmental and Natural Resource Management, Vancouver,
B.C., Canada, February 15-18, 1992. |
| Wood, B. L., L. Beck, R. Washino, R. Hibbard, and J. Salute, 1992.
"Estimating high mosquito-producing rice fields using spectral and spatial
data", International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 13, No. 15, pp. 2813-2826. |
| Wood, B. L., L. Beck, J. G. Lawless, and J. F. Vesecky, 1992. "A Small
Satellite System for Monitoring Environmental Change and Vector-Borne Disease",
Journal of Imaging Science and Technology, Vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 431-439. |
| Wood, B. L., R. Washino, L. Beck, R. Hibbard, M. Pitcairn, D. Roberts, E.
Rejmankova, J. Paris, C. Hacker, J. Salute, P. Sebesta, and L. Legters, 1991.
"Distinguishing high and Low Anopheline Producing Rice Fields Using Remote Sensing
and GIS Technologies", Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 11, pp. 277-288. |
| Wood, B. L., R. Washino, S. Palchick, L. Beck, and P. Sebesta, 1990.
"Spectral and Spatial Characterization of Rice Field Mosquito Habitat",
International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 621-626. |
| Wood, B. L., and L. Beck, 1986. "Remote Sensing of Wetland Plant
Stress", International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS ‘86),
September 8-11, 1986, Zurich, Switzerland.
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