The University of California, Irvine

Department of Earth System Science

Morgan Gorris

Papers and presentations

Publications

  • Gorris, M. E., Neumann, J. E., Kinney, P. L., Sheahan, M., Sarofim, M. C. (In Review, 2020), Economic valuation of coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever) projections in the United States in response to climate change. Weather, Climate, and Society.
  • Cat, L. A, Gorris, M. E., J. Randerson, J. T., & Treseder, K. K. (In Review, 2019), Dispersal of pathogenic fungi in soil and air across the US Southwestern region, Fungal Ecology.
  • Gorris, M. E., Cat, L. A., Matlock, M., Ogunseitan, O. A., Treseder, K. K., Randerson, J. T., & Zender, C. S. (2020), Coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever) case data for the southwestern United States, Open Health Data, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.5334/ohd.31
  • Gorris, M. E., Treseder, K. K., Zender, C. S., Randerson, J. T. (2019), Expansion of coccidioidomycosis endemic regions in response to climate change in the United States during the 21st century, GeoHealth, 3, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GH000209
  • Cat, L. A., Gorris, M. E., Randerson, J. T., Riquelme, M., Treseder, K. K. (In Review, 2018), Crossing the Line: Human Disease and Climate Change Across Borders, Journal of Environmental Health.
  • Aburto-Oropeza, O., Johnson, A. F., Agha, M., Allen, E. B., Allen, M. F., et al. (2018), Harnessing cross-border resources to confront climate change, Environmental Science and Policy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2018.01.001
  • Gorris, M. E., Cat, L. A., Zender, C. S., Treseder, K. K., Randerson, J. T. (2018), Coccidioidomycosis dynamics in relation to climate in the southwestern United States, GeoHealth, 2, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GH000095

Presentations

  • Gorris, M. E., Manore, C. A., Xu, C., Treseder, K. K., Zender, C. S., & Randerson, J. T. (2019), A migration of West Nile virus in the United States in response to climate change, Invited eLightning talk at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. Dec 9.
  • Gorris, M. E., Treseder, K. K., Zender, C. S., & Randerson, J. T. (2019), The expansion of Valley fever endemic regions in response to climate change, Invited webinar for the Collaborative on Health and the Environment. Dec 5. https://www.healthandenvironment.org/webinars/96503
  • Gorris, M. E., Treseder, K. K., Zender, C. S., & Randerson, J. T. (2019), How climate conditions impact Valley fever disease dynamics, Invited talk at the Anivive annual corporate retreat. Los Angeles, CA. Nov 11.
  • Gorris, M. E., Treseder, K. K., Zender, C. S., & Randerson, J. T. (2019), The future of Valley fever in response to our changing climate, Invited talk at the 2019 UC Valley Fever Summit at University of California, Merced. Merced, CA. Oct 25.
  • Gorris, M. E., Zender, C. S., Randerson, J. T., Cat, L. A., & Treseder, K. K. (2019), Using climate and environmental data to understand Valley fever disease dynamics, Invited department seminar in Environmental Sciences at University of California, Riverside. Riverside, CA. May 17.
  • Gorris, M. E., Salamone, A., Clifford, W., Zender, C. S., Treseder, K. K., & Randerson, J. T. (2019), Environmental niche modeling of Coccidioides ssp. in Washington State, oral presentation at the 63rd Coccidioidomycosis Study Group Meeting, Sacramento, CA. Apr 5.
  • Gorris, M. E., Treseder, K. K., Zender, C. S., Clifford, W., Salamone, A., Oltean, H. N., & Randerson, J. T. (2019), Coccidioidomycosis Climate Niche Model for Predicting Current and Future Endemic Regions in the United States through the 21st Century and Applications to Environmental Soil Sampling, oral presentation at the American Meteorological Society 99th Annual Meeting. Phoenix, AZ. Jan 9.
  • Gorris, M. E., Zender, C. S., Randerson, J. T., Goodsman, D. W., Xu, C., & Manore, C. A. (2018), Expanding a seasonal forecast of US West Nile virus for 21st century disease projections, oral presentation at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Washington, DC. Dec 10.
  • Gorris, M. E., Zender, C. S., Randerson, J. T., Goodsman, D. W., Xu, C., Manore, C. A. (2018), Expanding a seasonal forecast of US West Nile virus for 21st century disease projections, poster presentation at the 75th Los Alamos National Laboratory Student Symposium. Los Alamos, NM. Aug 1.
  • Gorris, M. E., Treseder, K. K., Zender, C. S., Randerson, J. T. (2018), The effects of climate change on coccidioidomycosis endemic regions in the United States, oral presentation at the 62nd Annual Coccidioidomycosis Study Group Meeting, Northern Arizona University. Flagstaff, AZ. Apr 14.
  • Gorris, M. E., Zender, C. S. (2018), Evaluating Particulate Matter Air Quality in Borrego Springs. Year 2: An overview and cases studies of particulate matter air quality in Borrego Springs, Borrego Springs, CA. Feb 18.
  • Gorris, M. E., Hoffman, F. M., Treseder, K. K., Zender, C. S., Randerson, J. T. (2017), The Influence of Current and Future Climate on the Spatial Distribution of Coccidioidomycosis in the Southwestern United States, oral presentation at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Dec 12.
  • Gorris, M. E., Cat, L. A., Zender, C. S., Treseder, K. K., Randerson, J. T. (2017), The Effects of Climate on Valley Fever Incidence in the Southwestern United States, poster presentation at the 7th International Coccidioidomycosis Symposium, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. Aug 11.
  • Gorris, M. E. (2017), Valley Fever: More than just Dust in the Wind, oral presentation at Associated Graduate Student Symposium, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA. Apr 21.
  • Gorris, M. E., Parajuli S. P., Zender, C. S. (2017), Evaluating Particulate Matter Air Quality in Borrego Springs. Year 1: Characterization and evaluation of historical air quality, Borrego Springs, CA. Feb 26.
  • Gorris, M. E., Cat, L. A., Treseder, K. K., Zender, C. S., Randerson, J. T. (2017), The Spatiotemporal Relationship between Climate and Valley Fever in the Southwestern United States, oral presentation at the American Meteorological Society 97th Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. Jan 23.
  • Gorris, M. E., Cat, L. A. (2016), Disease in the Desert: Ecology, Epidemiology and Environmental Modeling of Valley Fever, invited talk at the 2016 Colorado Desert Natural History Research Symposium, Nov 4.
  • Gorris, M. E., Cat, L. A., Randerson, J. T., Zender, C. S., Treseder, K. K. (2016), Climate Drivers and Coccidioidomycosis Incidence at the Regional Scale, poster presentation at the 60th Annual Coccidioidomycosis Study Group Meeting, UCSF Fresno. Fresno, CA. Apr 9.
  • Gorris, M. E., Cat, L. A. (2015), Out of the Valley: A multi-disciplinary approach to forecasting valley fever dispersal in the U.S. Southwest, invited talk and poster presentation at University of California, Irvine’s 1st Annual Data Science Initiative Summer Symposium. Irvine, CA. Sept 17.
  • Gorris, M. E. (2014), Analysis of Convective Weather Impact Prediction on Arrival Routes in the New York Airspace, Abstract S30, poster presentation at the American Meteorological Society 13th Annual Student Conference, Atlanta, GA, Feb 2–6.
  • Gorris, M. E., Boyd J. P. (2012), Geophysical Flows in the Atmosphere and Ocean, poster presentation at the University of Michigan Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Spring Symposium. Ann Arbor, MI. Apr 18.