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Prominent USA One Health Advocates *Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP, James H. Steele, DVM, MPH, and Roger K. Mahr, DVM at American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Convention – Atlanta, GA (USA), July 31 – August 3, 2010 *Please see attached photo: Veterinarian Dr. James H. Steele (seated), among many other achievements in public health, is credited with establishing the veterinary public health division of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and was instrumental in the founding of the American Veterinary Epidemiology Society (AVES).  As previously reported, Dr. Laura H. Kahn (standing to the left), a noted physician who works as a research scholar in the Program on Science and Global Security in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey (USA) was awarded an honorary AVES diploma.  Dr. Kahn is internationally known for her numerous One Health publications.  She is a popular and sought after public speaker on the subject.    Veterinarian Dr. Roger K. Mahr, a former AVMA President and currently the CEO of the One Health Commission (USA) was also presented with an honorary AVES diploma (standing to the right).