One Health News

One Health History Question:   Who coined the term “One Medicine”?   Answer: Dr. Calvin Schwabe coined the “One Medicine” term and crystallized the concept in the 20th century.   *By Bruce Kaplan, DVM and Cheryl Scott, RN, NP, DVM, MPVM     A re-examination of historically valid references appears to verify that the American…

Australian International One Health Leader Supports One Health Institute of Medicine (IOM) Study    June 17, 2011:   Dr. Martyn Jeggo, veterinarian and international One Health leader from Australia, sent this letter http://alturl.com/ewqmu supporting an Institute of Medicine (IOM) One Health study/report on the same day that the National Academies of Practice (NAP) http://www.napractice.org/index.cfm sent…

National Academies of Practice (NAP) Supports One Health Institute of Medicine (IOM) Study    June 17, 2011:   The NAP http://www.napractice.org/index.cfm sent a letter of support (see http://alturl.com/g6uny) written to Secretaries of Health and Human Services (Kathleen Sebelius) and Homeland Security (Janet Napolitano). The NAP letter was signed by the NAP President and President-elect, Drs.…

Important Final Notice: Don’t Miss … One Border One Health Symposium (Details below) June 23 – 24, 2011 San Diego, CAOne Border One Health Symposium A Regional Symposium Advancing Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration and Border Surveillance for Emerging Infectious Diseases See more: http://www.oneborderonehealth.com/ Registration for Day 1 extended until Friday June 17, 2011. Register Now! Seating is…

Left to right:  Carol McCarthy, MD, Robert Smith, MD, MPH, Kathleen Gensheimer, MD, MPH, Senator Susan Collins (R ME), Rob Owens, PharmD Prominent Maine United States Senator Meets with Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Representatives   Senator Susan Collins (R ME) visited with representatives of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) http://www.idsociety.org/ on Wednesday June 1, 2011.  Physician, Dr. Kathleen Gensheimer,…

Recent Multidisciplinary “One Health” Paper Published by UK Physician and Team   “The intensification of livestock production and its impact on zoonotic disease risk” The Communicable Diseases Policy Research Group from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine headed by prominent research physician Professor Richard R. Coker, MD Richard.Coker@lshtm.ac.uk recently published…

Maine Physician Public Health Consultant Strongly Endorses One Health – June 7, 2011   “The “One Health” initiative, with its goal of improving animal and human health globally is long overdue.  The increasing cadence of emerging infections and the complex inter-relationships that exist between humans, wildlife and the environment demands the simultaneous study of disease…

Important Notice: Don’t Miss … One Border One Health Symposium (Details below) June 23 – 24, 2011 San Diego, CAOne Border One Health Symposium A Regional Symposium Advancing Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration and Border Surveillance for Emerging Infectious Diseases Online Registration begins on May 11, 2011, and will continue through June 15, 2011.  See more: http://www.oneborderonehealth.com/ One…

Prominent Netherlands Physician Appointed  First One Health Professor for Utrecht Life Sciences Faculty of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine   PRESS RELEASE   Roel Coutinho the first Professor for Utrecht Life Sciences   “Zoonoses form the new threat to public health”   Roel Coutinho has been appointed Professor for Utrecht Life Sciences at the Faculty of…

Visionary Canadian Medical and Veterinary Medical College Deans Jointly Discuss One Health   A visionary joint meeting of Deans from the Canadian medical and veterinary medical colleges was held in conjunction with the Canadian Conference on Medical Education in Toronto, Canada, in May 2011.  The theme of the meeting, jointly organized by Elizabeth Stone (Dean,…

Prominent Swedish Physician Advocates One Health Principles to Fight Global Infectious Disease     “With humans seemingly fighting a losing battle against the invasion of an ever-changing army of infectious diseases, how do we predict and prepare for the next epidemic?  Björn Olsen, MD, PhD, Professor and Senior Physician of Infectious Diseases at Uppsala University,…

General Invitation to One Health open forum discussion – RE: International Society of One Health Proposal   During the first International Congress on One Health held in Melbourne in February 2011, it was agreed to hold a one day meeting to discuss the best way forward for the One Health initiative. The possibility was discussed of…

Notice: Don’t Miss Important One Health Symposium Scheduled in October 2011 49th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)  Symposium: One World, One Health, One Medicine – Boston, MA (USA) Friday, October 21, 2011: 2:15 PM-4:15 PM  Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: ·                  describe…

Reminder…   Important New “One Health” Oriented Journal Publication from Sweden   Infection Ecology and Epidemiology – This journal is now available and online.   Read more here.   Aims & Scope Infection Ecology & Epidemiology (IEE) is a peer-reviewed Open Access journal aiming to be a truly international forum for the free exchange of original,…

One Health in ACTION …   “Conservation Through Public Health” (CTPH) Uganda Supports One Health   May 17, 2011–Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, BVM, MRCVS, Chief Executive Officer of Conservation through Public Health (CTPH) http://www.ctph.org/index.php from Kampala, Uganda notified the One Health Initiative website team today of CTPH’s strong “support of One Health and desire to develop some…

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists The Biological Weapons Convention: Proceeding without a verification protocol [… “One Health” efforts including surveillance of human, animal, and plant diseases should be encouraged, expanded, and supported. …]   By Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP | 9 May 2011 The Seventh Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will…

International One Health leader/prominent Australian veterinarian to give Keynote address at Fourteenth Annual Conference on Vaccine Research – Baltimore, Maryland (USA): May 16-18, 2011   Martyn Jeggo, BVetMed, PhD is scheduled to present the “One Health-One Medicine” Keynote address at the Fourteenth Annual Conference on Vaccine Research in Baltimore, Maryland (USA) http://www.nfid.org/index.html / http://www.nfid.org/conferences/vaccine11/ on…

One Health in ACTION …   Unheralded Veterinary Medical Research Doctor Contributes to Clinical Human and Animal Medical Health   Another prime example of interdisciplinary professionals collaborating and influencing the course of medical (health) research discoveries has been the important work by veterinarian George E. Lees, DVM, MS, currently with the Small Animal Clinical Sciences…

Source: Juergen Richt, 785-532-4408, jricht@k-state.eduhttp://www.k-state.edu/media/mediaguide/bios/richtbio.htmlNews release prepared by: Karinne Cortes, 785-532-461, kcortes@vet.k-state.edu Wednesday, May 4, 2011 ZOONOTIC DISEASE EXPERT [Veterinarian] ADVISES [U.S.] HOMELAND SECURITY OF THREATS TO AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY CHAIN See http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/may11/richt50411.html for original news release.   MANHATTAN [Kansas (USA)] — It has been estimated that a pound of meat — whether beef, chicken or…

Unique “One Health” Tenure-track Faculty Job Position Offered at University of Florida (USA)   The University of Florida’s College of Public Health and Health Professions, Environmental and Global Health Department http://egh.phhp.ufl.edu, located in Gainesville, FL (USA) advertised (posted) a unique and visionary position on April 27, 2011. Applications are invited for a tenure-tract Assistant/Associate/Full Professor…