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University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) First Annual One Health Symposium, December 1, 2022, Health Educational Center, Room 3.200, Galveston, Texas (USA)

October 31, 2022

UTMB One Health team, collaborators, trainees, and friends,

The World Bank has just issued another important report recommending One Health investments and interventions to prevent future epidemics (see attached):

Putting Pandemics Behind Us : Investing in One Health to Reduce Risks of Emerging Infectious Diseases

https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2022/10/24/one-health-approach-can-prevent-the-next-pandemic

[Also SEE: 

 

https://onehealthinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Putting-Pandemics-Behind-Us-Investing-in-One-Health-to-Reduce-Risks-of-Emerging-Infectious-Diseases-Bali-2022-World-Bank.pdf]

Many US and international governmental and professional organizations are also strongly embracing One Health as a best way forward to mitigate complex problems such an infectious disease epidemics, antimicrobial resistant pathogens, and food security.  Numerous academic, professional, and governmental agencies are standing up One Health activities, journals, education, funding, etc:

As led by the Office of the Vice President of Research, UTMB has organized a symposium that will review why One Health is important and outline the numerous One Health scientific activities and training opportunities UTMB has to offer.

Symposium program: https://onehealthinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-UTMB-OH-Symposium-ver8-agenda-only.docx.

Continuing Medical Education credits will be offered for physicians.

For those participating in person who register by November 18, lunch will be provided.

Much of the Symposium will be streamed live.

Registration and more information links are found here: https://www.utmb.edu/one-health/home

We hope you can join us join us for at least a portion of the program.

Thanks for considering attending UTMB’s First Annual One Health Symposium

Gray, Gregory, MD, MPH, FIDSA *Gregory C. Gray, MD, MPH, FIDSA

Professor, Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Microbiology
and Immunology, and Preventive Medicine & Population Health

University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)

301 University Boulevard, Route 0435

Galveston, Texas 77555-0435

Phone: (409) 747-2024

FAX: (409) 772-6527

www.utmb.edu/one-health

Email: mailto:gcgray@utmb.edu

*Dr. Gray is a member of the Advisory Board - One Health Initiative

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