Georgetown University is one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in the United States, founded on a Jesuit tradition of Restless Inquiry. At Georgetown, students are encouraged to learn through experience and connect across disciplines, recognizing that solving complex issues requires multidisciplinary thinking across fields of study.

Working together to integrate multiple lenses, a One Health collaboration brings together physicians, veterinarians, and environmental scientists to communicate and share resources to address zoonotic and vector-borne diseases. Addressing the expansion of disease vectors into new regions, shifts in vector abundance, spatial variation across vector range, and a greater burden in socioeconomically disadvantaged urban areas requires the integration of experts from human, animal, and ecosystem science.

This course is designed for medical professionals, public health practitioners, epidemiologists, researchers, students, and trainees. It will include short talks, hands-on laboratory, and modeling sessions from experts in medical entomology and researchers working in vector-borne disease expansion.

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are creating new opportunities to strengthen infectious disease surveillance, improve outbreak detection, integrate diverse data streams, and support public health decision-making.

At the same time, questions remain regarding implementation, governance, workforce capacity, and the responsible deployment of AI-enabled tools, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.

This expert meeting will bring together leaders from public health, academia, philanthropy, and technology to examine practical applications of AI/ML approaches and identify opportunities to strengthen surveillance and preparedness systems.