One Health News

One Health Research for Animals and Humans – University of Missouri-Columbia’s Comparative Orthopedic Laboratory (USA)   Foundation for Biomedical Research 818 Connecticut Avenue, NWSuite 900Washington, DC 20006   info@fbresearch.org www.fbresearch.org www.researchsaves.org   Foundation for Biomedical Research’s (FBR) newest TV spot, “Emma’s Story, is now airing on national networks including Discovery Channel and Animal Planet. The 60-second…

An Important Meeting to Consider and Attend …    Emerging Threats to One Health: Implications to U.S. National Security  University of Missouri (USA) – Reynolds Alumni Center… April 12, 2011  http://muconf.missouri.edu/odni/Program.html     “Health Security has historically been marginalized in it’s criticality to U.S. National Security. Real world events such as SARS, Avian Influenza, Mad…

Reminder…   “Infection, Ecology and Epidemiology (IEE Network)” 2nd meeting will be in Sigtuna, Sweden, 15-16 March, 2011 http://www.sigtunastiftelsen.se/in+english__.html Key note lecturer:  Dr. John (Jack) Woodall is a viral epidemiologist, member of the One Health team and currently the contents manager of the One Health Initiative website’s ProMED-mail page.  Read more about dr Woodall here! You will…

Penn State University (USA) website for the Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science Links to One Health Initiative Website   The One Health Initiative website has been notified that the Penn State University in University Park, Pennsylvania (USA) website for the Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science is providing a reciprocal…

  Yale School of Medicine: Yale Human Animal Health Project – A Center for “One Health” studies (USA)   The Yale Human Animal Medicine Project, at the Yale School of Medicine, is advancing on a number of fronts under the direction of program director Peter Rabinowitz, MD, MPH.  According to Dr. Rabinowitz these include zoonoses in general,…

A One Health in ACTION example from the 20th century:   The short life’s history of John L. Marshall, DVM, MD (1936 – 1980) demonstrates the tremendous potential of combining human and veterinary medical knowledge.  Dr. Marshall was a prominent orthopedic surgeon (first as a veterinarian and then as a physician) who appreciated the comparative…

Outstanding One Health-One Medicine Program: Unique Program Facilitator at University of Missouri (MU) – USA     Carolyn Henry, DVM, MS is the One Health/One Medicine Program Facilitator at the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO (USA).  She says, “My interest area is comparative oncology, but as the new Provost-appointed facilitator for the One Health/One Medicine…

ProMED One Health Publications                The One Health Initiative website has offered its national (U.S.) and international readers a unique One Health view since February 2009.  A co-founder and associate editor of ProMED-mail www.promedmail.org, Jack Woodall, PhD, has diligently managed the contents of the our website’s special Home page tab called “ProMED outbreak reports” http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/promed.php.…

1st International One Health Congress – Australia – February 14-16, 2011     http://www.onehealth2011.com/email/index11.html  

University of Missouri (USA) Vice Chancellor for Research Issues Strong One Health Endorsement   Robert V. Duncan, PhD, Vice Chancellor for research at the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO (USA) issued the following One Health endorsement to the One Health Initiative website on Tuesday February 8, 2011.  Dr. Duncan is also a professor of…

CEO of “One Health Commission” Announces Establishing Headquarters at Iowa State University (USA)   Please see press release at http://www.onehealthcommission.org/news.html   To see CEO, Dr. Roger Mahr’s announcement letter, please view Publications page http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications.php attachment.

American Medical Association (AMA) President Posts AMA Website Blog about One Health    Dr. Cecil B. Wilson, AMA President posted the following blog on the American Medical Association website on January 28, 20011:    Click below to read or see Publications page http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications.php with attachment.   We are in it together Posted at 1/28/2011 8:56…

Idaho (USA) Mayor Cites “One Health” When Appointed to A National League of Cities’ Steering Committee   PRESS RELEASE   Title:  Mayor Nancy Chaney Appointed to National League of Cities’ Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Steering Committee   January 31, 2011 – Washington, DC – National League of Cities President James Mitchell, Jr., has announced…

Breaking One Health News!  …   For Immediate Release:     “International Society of One Health” Proposed by One Health 2011 Congress Leaders   Eminent leaders of the 1st International One Health Congress meeting from 14 – 16 February 2011 http://www.onehealth2011.com/ are proposing establishment of a visionary “International Society of One Health”.  Drs. Martyn Jeggo and…

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Invites Nominations for Representative on U.S. One Health Commission   The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is inviting nominations to fill the position of AVMA’s Representative to the One Health Commission, for a term from April 2011-July 2014.    The mission of the One Health Commission is “the establishment…

American Medical Association (AMA) President and Leading Florida Department of Health (USA) Officials Discuss One Health at North American Veterinary Conference – January 17, 2011    The physician President of the American Medical Association (AMA), Cecil B. Wilson, MD, a strong One Health advocate, and three prominent One Health leaders from the Florida Department of…

American Nurses Association (USA) www.nursingworld.org Website Links with One Health Initiative Website   Holly Carpenter, BSN, RN, Senior Staff Specialist, Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, American Nurses Association notified the One Health Initiative website that the American Nurses Association (ANA) has posted a reciprocal website link: http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/OccupationalandEnvironmental/environmentalhealth/EnvironmentalResources/OtherResources.aspx   The American Nurses Association officially recognized…

Last Notice:  Important One Health Meeting – Los Angeles, California (USA) – Saturday, January 29, 2011   “Zoobiquity” – A Species Spanning Approach to Medicine   “Comparative medicine once occupied a primary position in medical thought and education. Today, although the spectrum of clinical illness in animals and humans overlaps tremendously, veterinary and human clinical…

Lessons from the Netherlands – [Demonstrates Need for One Health approach] By Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP | 10 January 2011 “With more than 4,000 people falling ill since 2007, the Netherlands is experiencing one of the world’s worst outbreaks of Q fever. A zoonotic disease (meaning it can be transmitted from animals to people),…

Last Reminder: North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC) – 2011 (USA) – ONE HEALTH Program    January 15 – 19, 2011—Orlando, Florida (USA)   *A “One Health” program section is planned for Monday, January 17, 2011 at the Marriot Hotel Crystal Salon G1 and requires conference registration: 8:00 a.m. to 4:50 P.M. (EST).   Please see December…