In partnership with the Schools of Veterinary Medicine at University of Missouri and Kansas State University, the Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute will present a two day symposium focused on the translational and comparative aspects of human and animal medicine.
The August 28 – 29 event entitled “One Health Innovations – The Nexus of Human and Animal Medicine” will be held at the Kansas City Convention Center.
Keynote Speakers
One Health Advances and Successes in Comparative Medicine and Translational Research
Executive Director, One Health Commission (OHC) Immediate Past Chair, North Carolina One Health Collaborative (NC OHC) Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine NC State University
Director, Comparative Oncology Program Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health
Guest Speaker
Luis Carlos Montalván The Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute is pleased to welcome Former Captain Luis Carlos Montalván, a New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and advocate as our guest speaker during lunch on Monday, August 29. Luis, along with his beloved service dog, Tuesday, has spoken to hundreds of thousands of people across North America about disability awareness, trauma, and healing. Their story of service, sacrifice, and restoration is touching and inspirational, providing undeniable proof of the unique bond that can occur between dogs and people.
Symposium
Designed for physicians, veterinarians, and scientists interested in research and clinical studies, the two-day Symposium will feature speakers including Francis Karanu BVM, PhD, Cell Therapy Research Scientist, Likarda, LLC; David Baron, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation; Jeffrey Bryan, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM – Oncology, Associate Professor of Medical Oncology, University of Missouri; and *James Cook, DVM, PhD, William and Kathryn Allen Distinguished Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery, Director, Orthopaedic Research Division, University of Missouri.
The Symposium will be presented in 1 hour segments on topical areas with 3 speakers, a human health, animal health and industry/regulatory speaker followed by a panel discussion.
The agenda will include topical areas such as:
Diabetes – Islet cell transplant
Gene Therapy – Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Osteosarcoma Vaccine – Listeria Monocytogenes
Polycystic Kidney Disease
Gene Therapy – Melanoma
Bioinformatic approaches to drug discovery
Orthopedics
Wharton Jelly – Stem Cell
Abstracts from this year’s Symposium will be published in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Medicine and printed copies will be available for Symposium attendees.
“Dr. Laura Kahn will discuss her recently published book, “One Health and the Politics of Antimicrobial Resistance”, in which she analyzes the surprising outcomes of differing policy approaches to antibiotic resistance around the globe. Integrating the perspectives of both medicine and agriculture and exploring the history and science behind the widespread use of growth-promoting antibiotics, Dr. Kahn examines the controversy in a unique way while offering policy recommendations that all sides can accept. ...”
Note: Dr. Kahn is co-founder of the One Health Initiative team and One Health Initiative website
The End of Antibiotics? - Wednesday, September 14, 2016, 6pm
FREE EVENT The New York Academy of Sciences, New York City, NY (USA)
Speakers include Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP
Physician and research scholar in the Program on Science and Global Security at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. She is the author of One Health and the Politics of Antimicrobial Resistance.
Note: Dr. Kahn is co-founder of the One Health Initiative team and One Health Initiative website
“ANIMAL TRANSBOUNDARY AND EMERGING DISEASES” THE ISRAELI EXPERIENCE 5-22 September, 2016
Application Requirements
Aimed to public veterinarians involved in administration, control and eradicating of infectious diseases, export and import of animals and products of animal origin, farm animal and poultry practitioners and laboratory specialists involved in diagnosis of contagious animal diseases.
Course participants must have a relevant academic degree and at least three years of practical work experience. A very good command of the English language is essential.
Application forms
Application forms and other information may be obtained at the nearest Israeli mission and at Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs website: http://mashav.mfa.gov.il (in Contact Us → Information and Registration).
Completed application forms, including the medical form should be sent to the Israeli mission in your area and also faxed or e-mailed to the CINADCO Training Center in Israel: Fax no: +972 3 9485771 / e-mail: sigalp@moag.gov.il by or before July 18th, 2016.
Provided by :
Sébastien FAYE
Chargé du Développement Durable & Affaires Culturelles
Save the date for the Animal Biotech Summit, a two-and-a-half day conference focused on using biotechnology to advance the objectives of One Health. The Animal Biotech Summit will provide an opportunity to learn why and how the One Health approach is required for addressing some of the greatest threats to human and animal health.
Formerly known as the BIO Livestock Summit, the Animal Biotech Summit has been broadened to show how the tools of biotechnology allow us to understand, identify, solve and prevent problems at the intersection of animal, human, and environmental health.
The Summit will provide overviews on some of the animal health, biomedical research, therapeutic, food safety and security, and environmental applications of various biotechnologies.
BIO would like to thank the following thought leaders from industry, academia, and government for their contributions in developing this year's program.
Tom Carrato, JD | Creative Biotech Solutions
Chase Crawford, DVM | Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges, Association of Public and Land Grant Universities
*Bernadette Dunham, DVM, PhD | George Washington University
Cassie Edgar, JD | Genus
Kipp Erickson, PhD | Intrexon
Barbara Glenn, PhD | National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA)
Dudley Hoskins, JD | National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA)
Dan Meagher, PhD | Agrivida
Lindsay Parish, PhD | USAID
Jerry Pommer | SAB Biotherapeutics
Alison Van Eenennaam, PhD | University of California, Davis
International Association of Risk Management in Medicine (IARMM)
5th World Congress of Clinical Safety 21 - 23 September 2016, Boston, USA
(Main theme) Smart Hospitals and Healthcare: Health Care Management & Leadership, Risk, Quality, and Productivity (Abstract submission without visa) 1 Feb 2016 - 31 May 2016 (Abstract submission with visa) 1 Feb 2016 - 30 April 2016 (Conference registration) from 1st April 2016
This academic congress is organized by IARMM and aims to improve and promote the science and technology of better clinical safety in health care. The congress covers a wide range of topics such as patient safety, medication safety, medical device safety, infectious disease outbreak, and the other related subjects.
We are sure that the Congress will assist the world wide exchange of knowledge and skill around the world.
A time is to submit your abstract to meet and share information with our world colleagues.
Organising this One Health Inter-Regional European Conference comes as a natural consequence of the momentum that the One Health concept has gathered for the last couple of years. Romania is truly honoured to be part of the One Health movement and firmly believes that due to its half of century experience in comparative medicine and not only, will have a positive impact on the One Health trajectory.
We invite all professions linked to One Health to attend this Conference, because One Health is best defined with the phrase “It’s all connected!”
The conference will be organised under the auspices of the Federation of European Academies of Medicine (FEAM) by close collaboration of the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences and the One Health New Medical Concept Association in Romania.
Get ready for the 10th World Rabies Day, September 28th
September 28th, 2016 will be the 10th annual World Rabies Day. There are several exciting plans in the pipeline for this milestone in the event’s history and – of course - we look forward to hearing your plans too.
Theme As you may know, one of the outcomes from the Global Meeting in December was a target of 2030 for the elimination of human deaths from canine rabies (a goal that will save the lives of countless animals too). Building on this outcome, the theme for World Rabies Day 2016 is Rabies: Educate. Vaccinate. Eliminate.
Resources You can find free downloadable logos in multiple languages and branding (like the image at the top of this email) for your documents and materials here
There are ideas, checklists and guidelines to organising an event here
And improving knowledge either to support your event or as part of your event has never been so easy with our free online courses, available here
A new way to register Registering an activity takes five minutes and multiplies the impact of what you’re doing by making sure people outside your immediate network know about it.
As previously, you can register on our website here
Or - new for 2016 – you can register by creating a Facebook event. (Instructions on how to create a Facebook event are here - you'll need a Facebook account to do this.) If you opt to register via Facebook please make sure you
1.invite @Global Alliance for Rabies Control to your event (so Facebook notify us and we can include your event in the total number of events), and
2.tag the event #WorldRabiesDay (so other people can find you and to build momentum behind the hashtag).
We will then register the event on our website and send you the link to your event page. This process aims to make sure all events are accounted for and shown on the event map (and only shown once!).
Questions? Regrettably, we cannot financially support individual events, but we are here to offer guidance, suggestions and connections where we can, so please get in touch if you have any questions.
Stay tuned... As I mentioned in the opening paragraph, there is more in the pipeline and we will be in touch soon with updates. We look forward to sharing them with you - and we look forward to sharing your World Rabies Day events with the world.
Let's keep pushing for elimination by 2030 by making #WorldRabiesDay 2016 the best so far.
Warm regards, Liz Davidson Global Community Engagement - GARC
P.S. If you already know what you're doing, event registration is now open
One Health – The Interdependence of Humans, Animals, and Ecosystems
Participating Faculty: Simon Duffy, Zohar Lederman (Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS)
Scheduled for session 3377.0, One Health: Environmental impacts and zoonotic diseases on Monday, October 31, 2016 at 2:30 p.m.
For general information about the APHA Annual Meeting or to find out about other sessions and presentations visit the Annual Meeting (http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual) home page. Registration and Housing are now open. Take advantage of the early-bird discount and register by August 11.
November 1-3, 2013
The 2016 NIAA Antibiotics Symposium will be held in Herndon, Virginia. NIAA’s website, www.animalagriculture.org, has information on presenters, agenda and registration.
Hyatt Regency Dulles Herndon, VA View complete symposium information on theNIAA website.
On Nov. 3, individuals and groups from around the world will celebrate a collaborative approach to improving human, animal and planetary health called One Health. Kansas City is celebrating, too.
The Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute, BioKansas and K-State Olathe are partnering to hold activities from 4-7 p.m. at the Kauffman Foundation. Activities include Collaborate2Cure, networking at a BioBreak and then a keynote presentation by world-renowned Zika expert, Dr. Stephen Higgs.
The event also will be livestreamed on Zoom.
Schedule of events
4-5 p.m. —
KCALSI Collaborate2Cure
5-6 p.m. —
BioBreak featuring networking, open bar and hors d'oeuvres
6-7 p.m. —
Keynote presentation about Zika virus research by Dr. Stephen Higgs, director of the Biosecurity Research Institute at Kansas State University.
What is Collaborate2Cure?
Collaborate2Cure is a KCALSI program designed to stimulate collaboration across our region and solve specific scientific challenges. The program is geared for scientists, entrepreneurs, students and the general public. Programs will be held every Thursday in November and are dedicated to a specific topic, such as immunotherapy.
Who is Stephen Higgs?
Stephen Higgs is director of Kansas State University's Biosecurity Research Institute — a biosafety level-3 and biosafety level-3 ag facility that studies infectious diseases affecting the food supply.
Higgs researches mosquito-borne viruses, such as the Zika virus, and has studied chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus that has a similar transmission cycle to that of Zika virus. Recently, he and colleagues developed a promising vaccine for the Zika virus.
Kansas City One Health Day is brought to you through a collaborative partnership of Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute, BioKansas and Kansas State University Olathe.
One Health, One Medicine: A Sustainable Approach - NOVEMBER 3, 2016–DECEMBER 4, 2016
St. George's University's Department of Public Health andPreventive Medicine is pleased to offer a One Health, One Medicinemassive open online course (MOOC) in honor of the inaugural One HealthDay, which will be celebrated worldwide on November 3. Titled "OneHealth, One Medicine: A Sustainable Approach", the course will cover awide range of topics, including global health burden, determinants ofhealth, strategies toward promoting health, and applications toward asustainable approach for the health of humans, animals, and the environment. The course will also discuss the important specter of vector-borne diseases such as Zika, chikungunya, and dengue fever.
Free to audit; $50 for certificate and 8 CPH credits
Register Now
STUDENTS WILL LEARN TO:
* Embrace a definition of One Health, One Medicine that captures the unique characteristics of how humans, animals, and the environment are inextricably linked.
* Apply broad global health tools needed to solve health problems with an emphasis on sustainability.
* Demonstrate effective oral skills for communicating with different audiences in the context of sustainable approaches to health.
* Communicate effective sustainable approaches to health to lay and professional audiences.
Perhaps you remember the 1st International Who's Who in One Health Webinar hosted by the One Health Commission in November 2014. Over 1000 people from over 40 countries participated in that event. (Listen to recordings on the webpage.)
On November 4, the One Health Commission is hosting the 2nd International Who's Who in One Health Webinar as an additional contribution to One Health Day. There is no fee to participate but everyone must register to get their own personal link to join the webinar.
Veterinary Public Health Association (VPHA) & Veterinary Association of Government (AGV) 2016 AUTUMN CONFERENCE – Saturday, November 5, 2016
“Sustainability and Veterinary Surveillance Roles in an Ever-Changing World Context”
November 4-7, 2016: 6th International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance
The 6th International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance will be held in Vienna, Austria on November 4-7, 2016. This conference will bring together leading scientists, clinicians and policy makers to discuss information regarding the outbreak and response of emerging pathogens. The conference committee is currently accepting abstracts that are related to emerging diseases and surveillance. For more information about the conference and abstract submission details, please visit their website (http://imed.isid.org).
ONE HEALTH: CONNECTING HUMANS, ANIMALS AND THE ENVIRONMENT - Free Online Course - November 7, 2016
"In collaboration with Swiss TPH and FutureLearn, the University of Basel in Switzerland has produced the free online course ONE HEALTH: CONNECTING HUMANS, ANIMALS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. The course explores an integrative approach to human and animal health and examines the value of it - as well as explain how One Health strategies work in practice.
This presentation is open to UGA faculty and staff as well as the surrounding communities, include veterinarians and medical professionals.
Dr. Howerth will be joined by Dr. Chris Whalen, MD, Director of the Center for Global Health at UGA.
This presentation will detail a recent case of canine M.bovis infection and lead discussions related to potential transmission during veterinary procedures, necropsy, and of course potential transmission to owners in certain types of infections.
Light refreshments will be served; doors open at 5:15pm. Free parking
RSPV to Laura Balkcom lbalk@uga.edu (not required to attend)
2nd Global Conference on One Health - REGISTRATION SITE IS OPEN NOW
November 10-11, 2016 Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
The World Veterinary Association (WVA) and World Medical Association (WMA) in close collaboration with the JMA and JVMA are preparing the 2nd GCOH to be held on November 10th-11th in Kitakyusyu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Moving forward from One Health Concept to One Health Approach
Following the successful Global Conference on One Health (GCOH) that was held in Madrid in May 2015, the World Veterinary Association (WVA) and World Medical Association (WMA) in close collaboration with the Japan Medical Association (JMA) and the Japan Veterinary Medical Association (JVMA) are preparing the 2nd GCOH to be held on 10t-11th November in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
The 2nd GCOH aims to bring together Veterinarians, Physicians, Students, Public Health Officers, Animal Health Officers, NGOs and other interested parties from the different world regions to learn, discuss and to address critical aspects of the 'One Health' Concept.
The main objectives of the conference are to strengthen the links and communications and to achieve closer collaboration between Physicians, Veterinarians and all appropriate stakeholders to improve the different aspects of health and welfare of humans, animals and the environment.
The main conference sessions will focus on the issues of:
• Zoonotic diseases
• Foodborne diseases
• Antimicrobial resistance
• Environmental hazards exposure to humans and animals
More details regarding the conference and registrations will be published soon on WVA www.worldvet.org and WMA www.wma.net websites
Note: The first landmark WorldVeterinary Association (WVA)/World Medical Association (WMA) Global Conference on One Health which was held in Madrid, Spain on May 21-22, 2015, brought together 330 delegates from 40 countries around the world to discuss the One Health Concept.
Archived Events November 10, 2016 - Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Please join One Health Academy on Thursday, November 10th, 2016 at 6:30 PM at the Capital Yacht Club (660 Water St SW) in Washington, DC where our guest speaker will be Ms. Juli Trtanj. Please RSVP, by e-mailing Onehealthacademy@gmail.com.
Ms. Trtanj will discuss What do Marine Mammals, El Nino, and Zika have in common? NOAA's One Health Approach. A recording of Dr. Kahn's talk will be up soon from last month!
George Washington University's student One Health group will be having events October 31-November 2. To find out more, follow them on Facebook by clicking here.
On November 15th, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History will be hosting and screening and panel discussion of Spillover: Zika, Ebola, and Beyond. For more information and to register, go here.
More upcoming One Health events are also listed on our website here.
The first annual One Health Day is November 3rd. Get excited and find out more here!!
Juli Trtanj is the One Health and Integrated Climate and Weather Extremes Research Lead for NOAA. She is responsible for developing and implementing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Health Strategy across NOAA and with other federal, state, local and international Agencies, academic and private sector partners. She is leading efforts to build the National Integrated Heat Health Information System in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control, FEMA, OSHA, NIOSH, ASPR, EPA and other agencies. She coordinates the NOAA One Health Working Group and Ecological Forecasting Roadmap efforts focusing on health and climate. She has developed and directed multidisciplinary and multi-partner programs on Climate Variability and Human Health, and Oceans and Human Health.
Ms. Trtanj co-chairs the US Global Change Research Program, Climate Change and Human Health Group (CCHHG) and represents NOAA on the White House Pandemic Prediction and Forecasting Science and Technology Working Group. She served on the Steering Committee and was a Convening Lead Author for the USGCRP Climate and Health Assessment. She represents NOAA on the International Working Group of the US Group on Earth Observations, is the Integrated Information System for Health Lead for the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), and is directly involved with the World Health Organization (WHO), and other partners in the development of the Integrated Information Systems for heat, cholera and other water-related illnesses.
She has contributed to, reviewed, or edited sections of several IPCC and US National Climate Assessment reports and authored several book chapters and journal articles. She earned her Master in Environmental Science from Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies in 1994, and her Bachelors in 1986 from the University of California Santa Barbara.
There is a 50 person limit to our meeting so we suggest you register early. The cost of the evening is $20.00 per person and includes dinner, discussion with colleagues and networking. Students (with identification) may attend for $10.00.
Please RSVP by emailing Onehealthacademy@gmail.com with your name and the name of any guests attending. Payment will be taken at the door by cash or check. When you RSVP, we will also send you a link to pay by PayPal instead of at the door if you wish. All RSVPs should be in by the Monday before the meeting, November 7th. If you end up not being able to make it after your RSVP, please let us know at onehealthacademy@gmail.com
as we factor in the cost for food based on RSVP count.
The nearest Metro station is Waterfront-SEU.
The entrance to the club is facing the water where the old Channel Inn used to be.
Free Parking is now available to the left of the building in the surface lot labeled for Capital Yacht Club members.
November 10-11, 2016 Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
The World Veterinary Association (WVA) and World Medical Association (WMA) in close collaboration with the JMA and JVMA are preparing the 2nd GCOH to be held on November 10th-11th in Kitakyusyu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Moving forward from One Health Concept to One Health Approach
Following the successful Global Conference on One Health (GCOH) that was held in Madrid in May 2015, the World Veterinary Association (WVA) and World Medical Association (WMA) in close collaboration with the Japan Medical Association (JMA) and the Japan Veterinary Medical Association (JVMA) are preparing the 2nd GCOH to be held on 10t-11th November in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
The 2nd GCOH aims to bring together Veterinarians, Physicians, Students, Public Health Officers, Animal Health Officers, NGOs and other interested parties from the different world regions to learn, discuss and to address critical aspects of the 'One Health' Concept.
The main objectives of the conference are to strengthen the links and communications and to achieve closer collaboration between Physicians, Veterinarians and all appropriate stakeholders to improve the different aspects of health and welfare of humans, animals and the environment.
The main conference sessions will focus on the issues of:
• Zoonotic diseases
• Foodborne diseases
• Antimicrobial resistance
• Environmental hazards exposure to humans and animals
More details regarding the conference and registrations will be published soon on WVA www.worldvet.org and WMA www.wma.net websites
Since 2011, three International One Health Congresses have been organized on a biennial basis. The fourth edition will be held in Melbourne, Australia, in December 2016. More information is available athttp://oheh2016.org
In order to ensure the continuity of the International One Health Congresses, the One Health Platform will be responsible for organising subsequent editions. We are currently seeking expressions of interest in hosting the Fifth International One Health Congress. Download the Call for Expressions of Interest now.
The Thirteenth One Medicine Symposium
December 7 - 8, 2016 - Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center
Please join One Health Academy on Thursday, December 8th, 2016 at 6:30 PM at the Capital Yacht Club (660 Water St SW) in Washington, DC where our guest speaker will be Dr. Bernadette Dunham. Please RSVP, by e-mailing Onehealthacademy@gmail.com. Directions can be found here.
Dr. Dunham will discuss One Health: Engaging in a Multidisciplinary Approach.
More upcoming One Health events are also listed on our website here.
On April 4, 2016 Dr. Bernadette Dunham joined the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University as a Visiting Professor, where her focus is on One Health issues. Dr. Dunham also serves as the Senior Science Advisor to the Deputy Commissioner, OFVM, U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
From 2008-2016 Dr. Dunham served as the Director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) which was responsible for ensuring the safety and effectiveness of animal drugs, and the safety of animal feed, including pet food. Prior to becoming CVM's Director, she served as CVM's Deputy Director and concurrently as Director of CVM's Office of Minor Use and Minor Species from August 2006 to January 2008. She came to CVM in December 2002 as the Deputy Director of CVM's Office of New Animal Drug Evaluation. Dr. Dunham has served as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine from 1996 to 2012. She lectured on a variety of topics from emerging issues and opportunities in veterinary medicine to the role of consensus building in policy development.
Prior to joining FDA, Dr. Dunham was Assistant Director for the American Veterinary Medical Association's Governmental Relations Division in Washington, D.C. from 1995-2001. In that position, she participated in the formation and execution of AVMA policies, objectives and programs, with emphasis on Federal legislation and regulatory issues. From 1989 to 1995, Dr. Dunham was the Director of Laboratory Animal Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology at the State University of New York Health Science Center in Syracuse, N.Y. Dr. Dunham's research focused on the molecular regulation of cardiac gap junction proteins. She participated in a post-doctoral residency program in the Department of Pathology at the New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., from 1987 to 1988. Dr. Dunham was a Research Assistant Professor at Boston University from 1984 to 1987. Prior to returning to academia to pursue her Ph.D., Dr. Dunham was in private clinical practice in Ontario, Canada from 1975 to 1979.
Dr. Dunham received the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 1975 from the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada and her Ph.D. in cardiovascular physiology in 1984 from Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts.
There is a 50 person limit to our meeting so we suggest you register early. The cost of the evening is $20.00 per person and includes dinner, discussion with colleagues and networking. Students (with identification) may attend for $10.00.
Please RSVP by emailing Onehealthacademy@gmail.com with your name and the name of any guests attending. Payment will be taken electronically by PayPal after RSVP or by cash or check at the door. All RSVPs should be in by the Monday before the meeting, December 5th. If you end up not being able to make it after your RSVP, please let us know at onehealthacademy@gmail.com
as we factor in the cost for food based on RSVP count.
The nearest Metro station is Waterfront-SEU.
The entrance to the club is facing the water where the old Channel Inn used to be.
Free Parking is now available to the left of the building in the surface lot labeled for Capital Yacht Club members.
Advancing the science and practice of health surveillance worldwide.
Webinar - Making One Health Operational – the One Health Systems Mapping and Analysis Resource ToolkitTM
Date & Time
Monday, December 12, 2016 at 12:00 - 1:30 pm ET
Presenter
Dr. Tracey Dutcher, DVM, MS, DACVPM, USDA APHIS One Health Coordination Center
Dr. Tracey Dutcher is part of a team coordinating the animal health component of One Health within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Prior to joining USDA, Tracey spent 7 years as an epidemiologist in Federal and state public health agencies (CDC, Indian Health Service and the Alaska Department of Health and Human Services), working across the spectrum from outbreak investigation and response to policy development. Tracey specializes in facilitating the development of innovative partnerships with Federal Agencies, academia, and industry to increase efficiency and effectiveness of managing complex health threats through cross-disciplinary collaboration. Her current priorities include working with academic partners to build and apply practical tools that enable an ‘operational’ approach to working across organizational and disciplinary lines. Dr. Dutcher is an alumnus of the CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service, and a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine.
Description
Over the last decade, the One Health approach has gained support as a valuable way to address complex issues at the interface of humans, animals, and the environment. Moving from theory to application is more challenging, though, and experts within each sector are eager for practical tools that enable an ‘operational’ approach to working across agency and disciplinary lines. The One Health Systems Mapping and Analysis Resource Toolkit (OH-SMART) was co-developed by the University of Minnesota and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to meet this need. Dr. Dutcher will provide an overview of the OH SMARTTM toolkit and describe outcomes from recent applications including during a workshop at the ISDS annual meeting.
Please join One Health Academy on Thursday, January 12th, 2017 at 6:30 PM at the Capital Yacht Club (660 Water St SW) in Washington, DC where our guest speaker will be Dr. Jennie Lane. Please RSVP, by e-mailing Onehealthacademy@gmail.com.
Livestock, Livelihoods & Human Nutrition: Village Chickens and Other Stories from Malawi
If you are unable to attend in person, we will be streaming the webinar (slide and audio) through the help of One Health Commission. Please register here.
More upcoming One Health events are also listed on our website here.
Dr. Jennie Lane is an Animal Health and Livelihoods Technical Advisor for Land O'Lakes International Development. She recently relocated to Washington DC after working for a year in Malawi with a USAID funded Livestock for Resilience. Jennie's current research focuses on better understanding the pathways of impact livestock transfer programs have on food security and nutrition at the household level, and the role of financial services in livestock development programming.
A native of upstate New York, Jennie graduated from Michigan State University, College of Veterinary Medicine in 2007 and spent six years practicing equine and small animal medicine in Pennsylvania and Delaware. Her work with working equines as a veterinarian in developing countries around the world, including the Dominican Republic, India, Peru, Mexico, Nicaragua, Montserrat, and Costa Rica, inspired her interest in better understanding the relationships between livestock health, livelihoods, and human health and nutrition. In May 2014, she received a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree with a global health concentration from the University of California, Berkeley. Her MPH research investigated the relationships between working equine health and human health and livelihoods in Nicaragua. Jennie is particularly interested in sustainable and collaborative interventions to improve livelihoods of the world's poorest small holder farmers, and has a special love for working equines (horses, donkeys and mules). In her free time, you can find Jennie unplugged in the wilderness, on a bicycle or sailing.
There is a 50 person limit to our meeting so we suggest you register early. The cost of the evening is $20.00 per person and includes dinner, discussion with colleagues and networking. Students (with identification) may attend for $10.00.
Please RSVP by emailing Onehealthacademy@gmail.com with your name and the name of any guests attending. Payment will be taken electronically by PayPal or by cash or check at the door. All RSVPs should be in by the Monday before the meeting, December 9th. If you end up not being able to make it after your RSVP, please let us know at onehealthacademy@gmail.com
as we factor in the cost for food based on RSVP count.
The nearest Metro station is Waterfront-SEU.
The entrance to the club is facing the water where the old Channel Inn used to be.
Free Parking is now available to the left of the building in the surface lot labeled for Capital Yacht Club members.
Register for the online seminar to celebrate 40 years of St. George's University
We are thrilled to announce the first of our monthly One Health seminars to celebrate St. George's University 40th anniversary. Our first seminar with Founder and Chancellor Dr. Charles Modica will explore the genesis and evolution of SGU from the early days, through the years and to current day. Chancellor Modica will share the experiences and circumstances which led to the establishment of St. George's University, how the development of medical, veterinary, arts and sciences and graduate education led to a center of excellence in One Health One Medicine. And, how SGU brings the world together through its global representation and projection.
Webinar Details: Date: January 16, 2017 Time: 3pm - 5pm AST (2pm - 4pm EST) Link: http://online.sgu.edu/anniversary Presenters: Dr. Charles Modica & Dr. Satesh Bidaisee
This seminar is offered as part of the One World, One Health, One Medicine 40th Anniversary Course. The course is a free, year-long course consisting of monthly seminars with thought leaders in Public Health . Students who pass may elect to receive 12 CPH credits.
About the course: Attendees will be exposed to relevant areas of One Health with special emphasis on approaches that integrate medicine as One Health and from a global One World perspective. Issues/Diseases of global healthimportance will be covered as well as their linkages to humans, animals and the environment. The course is a 48 contact hour, year long experience in which students are required to attend, participate in presented topics via monthly online webinar sessions as well as engage in discussion blogs, complete quizzes and develop a seminar presentation for peer review. The course is divided into 12 modules with each month in the year 2017 serving as a module focused on a particular One World, One Health, One Medicine approach. Each module will include live seminars, reading materials, quiz and a blog for posting submissions to a discussion question. This course will contribute to the development of global health professionals, who will demonstrate multidisciplinary knowledge and competence in dealing with global health issues, desire for lifelong learning, evidence-based practice, interdisciplinary team work, and professional and ethical behavior in practice in order to improve and sustain the health of the humans, animals and the environment.
Course Objectives:
To embrace One Health that captures the unique characteristics of how humans, animals and the global environment interact with each other.
To acquire broad global health tools needed to solve issues that are of international relevance.
To demonstrate effective written and oral skills for communicating with diverse audiences on global health context.
To describe a health issue of global significance in terms of determinants, magnitude, prevention and control.
To gain a One Health perspective through the lens of a One World and One Medicine perspective.
Please join One Health Academy on Thursday, February 9th, 2017 at 6:30 PM at the Capital Yacht Club (660 Water St SW) in Washington, DC where our guest speaker will be Dr. Will Sander. Please RSVP, by e-mailing Onehealthacademy@gmail.com.
Dr. Will Sander will discuss pharmaceuticals in water from a global perspective. Pharmaceuticals do not just have intended effects as most get into the water system and can have unintended consequences on the environment, animals, and potentially people. As part of his time at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Will performed independent research looking at pharmaceutical occurrence around the world and policies and strategies from a global perspective.
Currently, Will is a veterinary specialist government contractor with Booz Allen Hamilton in Washington, DC supporting the Cooperative Biological Engagement Program (CBEP) within the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), part of the Department of Defense. His work centers on supporting CBEP to identify gaps in and bolster support for biosurveillance for human and animal health systems around the world. He also is a volunteer wildlife veterinarian at City Wildlife, Washington D.C.'s only wildlife rehabilitation center. Prior to Booz Allen Hamilton, he was an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellow at U.S. EPA, Office of Water/Office of Science and Technology looking at potential human health impacts from pharmaceuticals in water. Dr. Sander received his Bachelor of Arts in Biology at Colby College, his DVM from University of Wisconsin-Madison and his MPH in Global Health from Yale University. He's a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine. Will directs the One Health Academy in Washington, D.C. and is the AVMA House of Delegates (HOD) alternate for DCVMA.
There is a 50 person limit to our meeting so we suggest you register early. The cost of the evening is $20.00 per person and includes dinner, discussion with colleagues and networking. Students (with identification) may attend for $10.00.
Please RSVP by emailing Onehealthacademy@gmail.com with your name and the name of any guests attending. Payment will be taken electronically by PayPal or by cash or check at the door. All RSVPs should be in by the Monday before the meeting, February 7th. If you end up not being able to make it after your RSVP, please let us know at onehealthacademy@gmail.com
as we factor in the cost for food based on RSVP count.
The nearest Metro station is Waterfront-SEU.
The entrance to the club is facing the water where the old Channel Inn used to be.
Free Parking is now available to the left of the building in the surface lot labeled for Capital Yacht Club members.
February 15-17, 2017 to the Hilton Garden Inn at South Padre Island, Texas
The Texas Department of State Health Services, Cameron County Department of Health & Human Services, and City of South Padre Island would like to invite you on February 15-17, 2017 to the Hilton Garden Inn at South Padre Island, Texas for the 2nd Annual South Texas Tropical Medicine and Vector Borne Disease Conference.
The main emphasis for this event is to promote awareness of vector borne diseases and the interdisciplinary approach involved in controlling and preventing vector borne diseases.
Continuing education credit for multiple disciplines will be provided for this event.
The South Texas Tropical Medicine & Vector Borne Disease Conference is the 1st ever interdisciplinary vector borne disease specific conference relevant to the South Texas region. General sessions will include presentations on topics such as vector biology, vector control emergency management, vector borne disease pathology, epidemiology, public health, vector control techniques, laws, and regulations. Such broad& varying topics demand transdisciplinary approaches for effective prevention and control methods.
This conference is provided by the Texas Department of State Health Services, Health Services Region 11.
Local Hosts:City of South Padre Island and Cameron County Department of Health & Human Services.
Provided by:
Ronald D. Tyler Jr., DVM, MS
Zoonosis Control Veterinarian
Texas Department of State Health Services - Region 11
The third One Health Bristolhttp://onehealthbristol.weebly.com/conference has been confirmed, and will be held at Bristol University central campus at the Centre for Comparative and Clinical Antomy. This will be a day of talks and discussions from key speakers across the breadth of One Health.
Tickets are now on sale! Tickets are £15 for the day including lunch and refreshments. To sign up please follow the link:
Please join One Health Academy on Thursday, March 9th, 2017 at 6:30 PM at the Capital Yacht Club (660 Water St SW) in Washington, DC where our guest speaker will be Dr. Patrick Mc Gann. Please RSVP, by e-mailing Onehealthacademy@gmail.com.
Dr. Patrick Mc Gann received his PhD in Microbiology from the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) in 2004 with a focus on the interface between animal and human environments in contributing to the spread of antibiotic resistance. In 2004, Dr. Mc Gann joined the Laboratory for Food Safety, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York where he completed a Post-Doctoral position focusing on the pathogenic mechanisms of the foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. In 2006, Dr. Mc Gann was awarded a National Research Council (NRC) Fellowship to study at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) in Silver Spring, MD where he spent 4 years working on vaccine development for the biothreat agent Francisella tularemia.
In 2010, Dr. Mc Gann joined the nascent Multi-drug resistant organism Repository and Surveillance Network (MRSN) at the WRAIR, where he is currently the Chief of Molecular Research. Dr. Mc Gann is the author of 38 research publications, primarily focused on antibiotic resistance mechanisms in bacteria of clinical interest.
There is a 50 person limit to our meeting so we suggest you register early. The cost of the evening is $20.00 per person and includes dinner, discussion with colleagues and networking. Students (with identification) may attend for $10.00.
Please RSVP by emailing Onehealthacademy@gmail.com with your name and the name of any guests attending. Payment will be taken electronically by PayPal or by cash or check at the door. All RSVPs should be in by the Monday before the meeting, March 7th. If you end up not being able to make it after your RSVP, please let us know at onehealthacademy@gmail.com
as we factor in the cost for food based on RSVP count.
The nearest Metro station is Waterfront-SEU.
The entrance to the club is facing the water where the old Channel Inn used to be.
Free Parking is now available to the left of the building in the surface lot labeled for Capital Yacht Club members.
One Health Lecture: Physicians, Farmers, and the Politics of Antimicrobial Resistance
Iowa State University – College of Veterinary Medicine – Ames, Iowa (USA)
March 21, 2017 One Health Lecture In honor of Dr. Roger Mahr Physicians, Farmers, and the Politics of Antimicrobial Resistance Presented by Laura H. Kahn, MD 5:30 pm; CVM room 2226 Event details and future recorded session page
Note: The recorded lecture will be available at this website post-lecture.
Photo by Joseph L. Murphy, MD
Important “One Health” 21st century History:
June 2007- American Medical Association Meeting during “One Health” resolution testimony. Historic resolution subsequently adopted.
Left to right: Ronald M. Davis, MD, President AMA, Roger K. Mahr, DVM, President, American Veterinary Medical Association and Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP of Princeton University.
The AMA “One Health” resolution was originally drafted by Dr. Kahn under Dr. Davis’s guidance. Thomas P. Monath, MD and Bruce Kaplan, DVM assisted. The historic “One Health” liaison between AVMA and AMA [in effect today] was fostered by collaboration between Drs. Mahr and Davis.
Provided by:
Claire B. Andreasen DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVP
Professor, Department of Veterinary Pathology
Director of One Health
College of Veterinary Medicine
Iowa State University
1790B Lloyd Veterinary Medical Center Ames, IA 50011-1250
Please join One Health Academy on Thursday, April 13th, 2017 at 6:30 PM at the Capital Yacht Club (660 Water St SW) in Washington, DC where our guest speaker will be Dr. Jack Shere. Please RSVP, by e-mailing Onehealthacademy@gmail.com.
Please join One Health Academy on Thursday, April 13th, 2017 at 6:30 PM at the Capital Yacht Club (660 Water St SW) in Washington, DC where our guest speaker will be Dr. Jack Shere. Please RSVP, by e-mailing Onehealthacademy@gmail.com.
If you're not available to attend in person, One Health Commission is providing Dr. Shere's talk as a live webinar and will be recorded to watch later. To register for the webinar, please click here.
New fellowship opportunities have been added to our website at both Department of Homeland Security and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
More upcoming One Health events and previous recordings are also listed on our website here.
Dr. Jack A. Shere is the Deputy Administrator for Veterinary Services at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Beyond the domestic program diseases work that is a large part of the Veterinary Services mission, Dr. Shere has worked on animal disease outbreaks of Salmonella enteridittis (SE), Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in England, Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza (LPAI), Exotic Newcastle Disease (END), and High Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). During the 2002-2003 Exotic Newcastle Disease Outbreak in California, Texas, New Mexico, and Utah, he served as the Joint Area Commander and Incident Commander for the task force that eradicated this disease from the United States.
Dr. Shere has held many roles since joining the USDA APHIS Veterinary Services in 1990, serving as a field Veterinary Medical Officer (VMO) in Nebraska and Wisconsin. In Wisconsin, he worked both as a field VMO and as the State Area Epidemiology Officer (AEO) from 1991 to 1999. In 1999, he was promoted to the position of Area Veterinarian in Charge (AVIC). Dr. Shere served as the AVIC from April 1999 to November 2002, when he was promoted to the position of the Associate Regional Director (ARD) for the Western Region of the United States. From 2005 to 2013, Dr. Shere was the Eastern Regional Director of the United States for Veterinary Services.
Dr. Shere received a BS in Biology and Chemistry in 1981, a DVM in 1987, and a MS in Education with a minor in counseling in 1988 - all from Iowa State University. He practiced Veterinary Clinical Medicine for three years in Georgia. He received a joint PhD in Poultry Science and in Microbiology, which were awarded in 2001 from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. His PhD research and dissertation involved the epidemiology and ecology of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in cattle.
There is a 50 person limit to our meeting so we suggest you register early. The cost of the evening is $20.00 per person and includes dinner, discussion with colleagues and networking. Students (with identification) may attend for $10.00.
Please RSVP by emailing Onehealthacademy@gmail.com with your name and the name of any guests attending. Payment will be taken electronically by PayPal or by cash or check at the door. All RSVPs should be in by the Monday before the meeting, April 10th. If you end up not being able to make it after your RSVP, please let us know at onehealthacademy@gmail.com
as we factor in the cost for food based on RSVP count.
The nearest Metro station is Waterfront-SEU.
The entrance to the club is facing the water where the old Channel Inn used to be.
Free Parking is now available to the left of the building in the surface lot labeled for Capital Yacht Club members.
Come and help represent the veterinary profession as Governor Scott signs a proclamation in honor of World Veterinary Day http://www.worldvet.org/news.php?item=320! On Tuesday, April 25 in Montpelier, the Governor will sign the proclamation recognizing Saturday, April 29 as World Veterinary Day 2017, the theme of which is “Antimicrobial Resistance - From Awareness to Action.” Members of the VVMA Executive Board, the Governmental Relations Committee, and the One Health Committee will be on hand to celebrate the signing with the Governor, and we invite interested member veterinarians to join us for the ceremony and photo with the Governor. Governor Scott has shown himself to be interested in Vermont businesses including veterinary practices; let’s show him we’re just as involved!
We will be gathering at 1:05 p.m. outside the Governor’s Ceremonial on the second floor of the Capitol. Take the stairway to the left of the main lobby the room is at the top of the stairs.
Special thanks to Ruth Blauwiekel, One Health Committee member who wrote the proclamation; our lobbying firm, MMR, who expedited our request to the Governor, and Executive Director Kathy Finnie who coordinated all aspects of the campaign.
The OIE and the WVA jointly celebrate World Veterinary Day 2017
On World Veterinary Day, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Veterinary Association (WVA) pay tribute to the crucial role played by veterinarians in the fight against antimicrobial resistance. This year, the event focuses on the action the profession can take to preserve the efficacy of antimicrobial treatments, which are essential resources to protect human health as well as animal health and welfare. Throughout the day, and all around the world, the many initiatives led by veterinarians to raise awareness on this essential issue in their countries will come under the spotlight.
THEME 2017
ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE - FROM AWARENESS TO ACTION
Paris/Brussels, 29 April 2017 – The availability and use of antimicrobial drugs has transformed the practice of human and animal medicine. Infections that were once lethal are now treatable, and the use of antimicrobial agents has advanced global health as well as animal health, which is a key component of animal welfare, food security and safety.
Safeguarding the efficacy of these life-saving medications, as well as their availability and effectiveness for both human and veterinary use, is essential to preserve our future. However, overuse and misuse of these drugs in humans, animals and plants sectors has dramatically accelerated the emergence of resistance to antimicrobials.
During its General Assembly in September 2016, the United Nations acknowledged that “Antmicrobial resistance reduces our ability to protect the health of animals and therefore is threatening safe and sustainable food and agriculture production".
Veterinary practitioners have a key part to play in the fight against antimicrobial resistance: they are the direct interlocutors of paraprofessionals as well as farmers and animal owners, and can trigger a sustainable change in behaviour towards a responsible and prudent antimicrobial use.
“Through their role in supervising the use of antimicrobials, offering professional advice to farmers and animal owners and collaborating with the human health sector, veterinarians have a key role to play in combatting the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance. They are at the forefront to promote sound animal husbandry hygiene methods and the implementation of accurate vaccination strategies” highlights Dr Monique Eloit, OIE Director General. “They have the responsibility to raise awareness among farmers and animal owners on the prudent use of antibiotics and these actions are supported worldwide by the OIE Global Strategy against antimicrobial resistance”.
WVA President Dr René Carlson says: “The availability and use of antimicrobials are essential to ensure the goodhealth and welfare of animals as well as people. After years of promoting awareness about the dangers of misusing antimicrobials, it is time we recognise the actions organisations around the world are taking to promote the responsible use of antimicrobials in both animals and people to prevent further development of antimicrobial resistance and the proper disposal of antimicrobials to protect our environment, such as our waterways and oceans. This is a One Health issue for which all health care providers, both human and veterinary, must take personal responsibility”.
PARTICIPATE IN THE WORLD VETERINARY DAY AWARD 2017!
Spread the word on the activities which you held at this occasion or during the year and take the chance to win the World Veterinary Day Award!
The competition is open toall WVA member associations, alone, or in cooperation with any other selected body. The winner will be announced at the Opening Ceremony of the OIE 85th General Session on 21 May 2017 (Paris, France) and the award will be presented to the winner during the World Veterinary Congress 2017 from 27th -31st August 2017 (Incheon, Rep. of Korea).
The 8th International Conference on Emerging Zoonoses in Kansas follows seven successful conferences, each of which provided an interdisciplinary forum for physicians, veterinarians, epidemiologists, immunologists, virologists, microbiologists, public health experts and others concerned with the ever increasing problems associated with the transmission of infectious diseases from animals to humans and the economic impact of transboundary diseases. We encourage you to join us in Manhattan, Kansas in May.
Check out the OH Day 2016 Student Winners - Learn about Students for One Health
2nd International
Who's Who in Students for One Health (SOH) Global Webinar
Tomorrow, Saturday, May 20
12:00 noon Eastern Daylight Savings Time Zone
This webinar will highlight the recently-announced winners of the inauguralOne Health Day2016 Student Event competition. It will also feature a simultaneous online discussion, share SOH opportunities, answer students' questions, and connect like-minded individuals and groups worldwide.
It's free - but every computer must register to receive its own unique log in. Gather a crowd and watch/listen together!
67th Annual James Steele Conference on Diseases in Nature Transmissible to Man (DIN)
05/24/2017 - 05/26/2017
Irving, Texas, USA
"DIN is a not-for-profit conference and serves as a forum for the presentation of epidemiological investigations, clinical case studies, basic and applied research, and other topics in emerging and current zoonotic and environmentally-acquired infectious diseases. The conference's goalis to increase knowledge and awareness of these diseases within the medical, public health, and academic research communities.
Participants include physicians, physician assistants
Archieved Events May 27, 2017 - Sunday, July 27, 2008
67th Annual James Steele Conference on Diseases in Nature Transmissible to Man (DIN)
05/24/2017 - 05/26/2017
Irving, Texas, USA
"DIN is a not-for-profit conference and serves as a forum for the presentation of epidemiological investigations, clinical case studies, basic and applied research, and other topics in emerging and current zoonotic and environmentally-acquired infectious diseases. The conference's goalis to increase knowledge and awareness of these diseases within the medical, public health, and academic research communities.
Participants include physicians, physician assistants, nurses, veterinarians, epidemiologists, virologists, microbiologists, parasitologists, entomologists, sanitarians, public health professionals, wildlife biologists, animal control officers, and others involved in the diagnosis, investigation, prevention, control, and research of zoonoses and environmentally-acquired infectious diseases.
DIN is co-sponsored by the Texas Department of State Health Services Zoonosis Control Branch and the Texas Health Institute. For more information about zoonoses in Texas, please visit the Zoonosis Control Branch's website at http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/health/zoonosis/. For more information about the Texas Health Institute, please visit http://www.texashealthinstitute.org/.
Please join us May 24-26, 2017 at the beautiful AAA 4-Diamond Omni Mandalay Hotel in Irving, Texas for the 67th annual meeting of the James Steele Conference on Diseases in Nature Transmissible to Man. This conference provides excellent, informative presentations by local, state, national, and international experts, continuing education credits for a variety of professions, and a great opportunity to network with colleagues and make new friends!"
DIN is a not-for-profit conference and serves as a forum for the presentation of epidemiological investigations, clinical case studies, basic and applied research, and other topics in emerging and current zoonotic and environmentally-acquired infectious diseases. The conference's goal is to increase knowledge and awareness of these diseases within the medical, public health, and academic research communities.
Participants include physicians, physician assistants, nurses, veterinarians, epidemiologists, virologists, microbiologists, parasitologists, entomologists, sanitarians, public health professionals, wildlife biologists, animal control officers, and others involved in the diagnosis, investigation, prevention, control, and research of zoonoses and environmentally-acquired infectious diseases.
DIN is co-sponsored by the Texas Department of State Health Services Zoonosis Control Branch and the Texas Health Institute. For more information about zoonoses in Texas, please visit the Zoonosis Control Branch's website at http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/health/zoonosis/. For more information about the Texas Health Institue, please visit http://www.texashealthinstitute.org/.
Dedicated to improving the public health through a better understanding of zoonoses
Please join One Health Academy on Thursday, June 8th, 2017 at 6:30 PM at the Capital Yacht Club (660 Water St SW) in Washington, DC where our guest speaker will be Mr. Joshua Glasser. Please RSVP, by e-mailing Onehealthacademy@gmail.com.
Joshua Glasser is a Foreign Affairs Officer at the U.S. Department of State's Office of International Health and Biodefense, where he holds a portfolio focused on human health and the global environment. He has also served with the Department's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs and the Special Envoy for Climate Change. Josh has worked on a variety of One Health issues, including in the Arctic region, Southeast Asia, and India, and in the context of the Global Health Security Agenda and the World Health Organization. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in political science and public policy analysis. He holds a Master of Science in Global Health and Population from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where his thesis focused on mapping human vulnerability to climate-related health risks. He has also studied as a Fulbright Scholar in Vietnam (2007-2008). Josh joined the State Department as a Presidential Management Fellow in 2013; his work has been recognized with a Superior Honor Award, three Meritorious Honor Awards, and a Director's Award from the National Institutes of Mental Health.
There is a 50 person limit to our meeting so we suggest you register early. The cost of the evening is $20.00 per person and includes dinner, discussion with colleagues and networking. Students (with identification) may attend for $10.00.
Please RSVP by emailing Onehealthacademy@gmail.com with your name and the name of any guests attending. Payment will be taken electronically by PayPal or by cash or check at the door. All RSVPs should be in by the Tuesday before the meeting, June 6th. If you end up not being able to make it after your RSVP, please let us know at onehealthacademy@gmail.com
as we factor in the cost for food based on RSVP count.
The nearest Metro station is Waterfront-SEU.
The entrance to the club is facing the water where the old Channel Inn used to be.
Free Parking is now available to the left of the building in the surface lot labeled for Capital Yacht Club members.
You are kindly invited to participate in ESWI’s colloquium on influenza preventing policies for children. The event will gather key opinion leaders in paediatrics, family medicine, public health policy, regulatory affairs and academic influenza research.
ESWI organizes this scientific symposium in response to the observation that – despite WHO’s recommendations to routinely vaccinate young children against influenza – only five EU Member States have actually included this target group in their influenza vaccination programmes.
Through various expert lectures and debates, the colloquium aims to:
explore the variety of influenza vaccination programmes for children in the EU
address possible hurdles for childhood vaccination
spark the scientific debate on concerted, well-balanced influenza preventing policies for children in Europe.
Registration
Participation in the colloquium is free of charge, but places are limited. Register now to secure your seat.
The colloquium programme is designed to maximize the exchange of ideas and to foster audience participation. The following experts have agreed to lecture during the colloquium:
Prof. Susanna Esposito, University of Perugia, Italy
Prof. Ronald de Groot, Radboud University Nijmegen/former ESPID president
Prof. Albert Osterhaus, RIZ Tiho Hannover/chair ESWI
Prof. Marc Van Ranst, University of Leuven and Belgian Influenza Commissioner
Dr. Hanna Nohynek, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
Prof. Kristina Angel Bryant, University of Louisville School of Medicine, USA
More information about the colloquium and its scientific programme is to be found on our webpages.
Our recent work to connect human, animal, and environmental health in the US and around the world.
June 2017
The Confluence of Science, Policy, Politics, and the Multisectoral Approach to Zoonotic Disease
Overview
Conversations and news on how science and scientists influence policy and decision-making has increased in the past few months, and the challenges faced between science, policy, and politics is not new. In the fields of science (epidemiology, medicine, public health, animal health, and food safety among others), decision-making and policy informed by science is imperative and yet we have all experienced how other factors may alter those decisions and policy development.
During the call, clinicians will learn how specific examples of zoonotic disease responses have highlighted the contribution of science, policy, and politics in successful and some not so successful outcomes.
CME: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CNE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
This activity provides 1.0 contact hour.
IACET CEU: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is authorized by IACET to offer 1.0 CEU's for this program.
CECH: Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designed for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1.0 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced level continuing education contact hours available are 0. CDC provider number 98614. ACPE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This program is a designated event for pharmacists to receive 0.1 CEUs in pharmacy education. The Universal Activity Number is 0387-0000-17-152-L04-P and enduring 0387-0000-17-152-H04-P course category.
Course Category: This activity has been designated as knowledge-based.
Once credit is claimed, an unofficial statement of credit is immediately available on TCEOnline. Official credit will be uploaded within 60 days on the NABP/CPE Monitor.
AAVSB/RACE: This program was reviewed and approved by the AAVSB RACE program for 1.0 hours of continuing education in the jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB RACE approval. Please contact the AAVSB RACE Program at race@aavsb.org if you have any comments/concerns regarding this program’s validity or relevancy to the veterinary profession.
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Washington, D.C. (May 11, 2017) – At its heart, the concept of One Health is rooted in the notion that the health of humans, animals, and the environment are all interconnected. At BIO’s 2017 International Convention (June 19-22 in San Diego), programming will feature the One Health concept through stories that show how science and technology are making tomorrow’s breakthroughs possible.
On Monday, June 19, BIO will host “One Health Day,” bringing together different parts of the BIO family with sessions focused on issues linking human, animal and environmental health. Scheduled speakers include:
Keynote: One Health for the 21st Century
Dr. William Karesh, Executive Vice President for Health and Policy at EcoHealth Alliance
“The very concept of ‘One Health’ is ancient,” says Dr. William Karesh, Executive Vice President for Health and Policy at EcoHealth Alliance. “But our world has changed dramatically, and what’s really exciting is that with 21st Century innovation we have the opportunity to begin to end the pandemic era.”
Human, Animal and Plant Health Connectedness - Industry’s Role:
Dr. Carsten Brunn, Bayer’s Head of Pharmaceuticals, Americas Region
Frank Terhorst, Bayer’s Global Head of Seeds
“With emerging issues like a rapidly aging population and new and increasingly complex medical needs, our industry is at the forefront of advancements in science and technology that will help cure and prevent some of the most difficult-to-treat conditions, and improve lives,” said Dr. Carsten Brunn, Bayer’s Head of Pharmaceuticals, Americas Region. “With Bayer's focus across the life science ecosystem, we are actively working to discover and develop innovations that impact the health of people, animals, and plants.”
“As the world’s population is projected to increase by more than three billion people in the next thirty years, we will require an adequate supply of healthy food as well as improved medical care,” stated Frank Terhorst, global head of seeds at Bayer CropScience. “Our research and development activities, fundamental to the well-being of society, are therefore linked by the concept of ‘One Health,’ with the goal of finding solutions to some of the major challenges of our time.”
Panel Discussion: How to Move “One Health” Forward
Dr. Eddie Sullivan, CEO, SAB Biotherapeutics and Chairman, BIO Food & Ag Section Governing Board (moderator)
Dr. Laura Kahn, Research Scholar, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University and Co-Founder, One Health Initiative
Dr. Nikos Gurfield, Adjunct Professor of Pathology, UC San Diego and County Veterinarian, San Diego County Vector Disease and Diagnostic Laboratory
Dr. William Karesh, Executive Vice President for Health and Policy at EcoHealth Alliance
“Science and technology hold the promise of securing a healthier world for humans, animals and the environment,” says Dr. Eddie Sullivan, CEO, SAB Biotherapeutics and Chairman, BIO Food & Ag Section Governing Board. “To make these breakthroughs a reality, we’ll need a collaborative approach for addressing existing political and economic obstacles and opportunities.”
In our speaker presentations and panel discussions, attendees will hear stories that illustrate the concept of “One Health” and how modern technologies are enabling us to solve global challenges through a collaborative One Health-focused approach. Panelists will also explore the barriers to success and what industry and others can do to solve the problems One Health is poised to address.
BIO 2017 International Convention (BIO 2017) is in San Diego June 19-22 and registration is now open! Check out the complete BIO 2017 program including Keynotes, Super Sessions, Educational Tracks and Fireside Chats with scientific experts, government leaders and leading biotech CEOs. And stay tuned for more updates as we approach BIO 2017!
Save the Date: June 20-21 Workshop on AMR, hosted by the Forum on Microbial Threats
Visit our page to learn more about the workshop on "Combating Antimicrobial Resistance: A One Health Approach to a Global Threat," and stay updated as public registration opens and the agenda is released.
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