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Reminder...Symposium: One World, One Health, One Medicine – IDSA Annual Meeting Boston, MA (USA) Friday, October 21, 2011: 2:15 PM-4:15 PM, Room 153 ABC  http://idsa.confex.com/idsa/2011/webprogram/Session2361.html Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: ·                  describe the mission of the One Health initiative to unite physicians, veterinarians, and other health care professionals to improve human health ·                  recognize the importance of the interface of humans, animals, and the environment in development of infectious diseases ·                  summarize how global hotspots for emerging and reemerging infectious diseases are identified and monitored ·                  review how the interactions of humans, domestic animals, and wildlife contribute to emerging infectious diseases ·                  propose how emergent zoonoses can be identified and prevented  Target Audience: Vaccinologists, Scientists, Researchers, Public Health Practitioners, Pharmacists, Nurses, Microbiologists, Lab Personnel, Investigators, Infectious Diseases Physicians, Infectious Diseases Pediatricians, Infection Preventionists, Hospital Epidemiologists, Hospital Administrators, HIV Clinicians, Health Care Workers, Fellows-in-Training, Epidemiologists, Clinicians, Academicians Tracks: Global ID, Investigative ID, Pediatric ID, Adult ID   Moderators:  James Hughes, MD, FIDSA, Emory University and Lonnie King, DVM, College of Veterinary Medicine at Ohio State University   Presentations:   2:15 PM 745 One Health: Issues at the Human-Animal-Environment InterfaceLisa Conti, DVM, MPH, DACVPM   2:45 PM 746 A Hotspots Approach to Targeting Surveillance and Control of Emerging DiseasesPeter Daszak, PhD   3:15 PM 747 Emerging Infections at the Human-Domestic Animal InterfaceCathleen A. Hanlon, DVM, PhD   3:45 PM 748 Using a One Health Approach to Identify the Emergence and Mitigate the Spread of Potentially Pandemic ZoonosesJonna Mazet, DVM, MPVM, PhD