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CDC Recognizes One Health Day

on November 6, 2017

On November 3, the CDC recognized One Health Day. 

One Health Day highlights the connection between the health of people, animals, and the environment.

The CDC has acknowledged the increasing importance of a One Health approach by working with physicians veterinarians, ecologists, epidemiologists, laboratorians, and many others to monitor and control public health threats and to learn about how diseases spread between people, animals, and the environment. There are many examples that show the health of people is directly related to the health of animals and the environment. For example, some diseases, known as zoonotic diseases, can be shared between animals and people. Tens of thousands of Americans every year will get sick from diseases spread between animals and people. This year in particular saw the largest number of diseases linked to contact with backyard poultry ever recorded by the CDC; these dangerous situations reveal the fervent need for One Health.

2 Things to Know

Staying connected. Interactions between people, animals, and our environment are constantly changing. A vigilant One Health approach is important because 6 out of every 10 infectious diseases in people are spread from animals.

  • Healthy pets make healthy people: Studies show that the bond between people and their pets can increases fitness, lower stress, and bring increased happiness to their owners. People ought to know how to enjoy their pets without getting sick from zootonic diseases.

Taking Action. Even though November 3 has passed, you can always help spread awareness of One Health by using the #OneHealth hashtag in social media. Also, continue to stay informed!

  • Check out this blog by Dr. Casey Barton Behravesh, director of CDC’s One Health Office, discussing how One Health relates to daily life.
  • Share CDC’s One Health infographic showing the connection between human, animal, and environmental health.

Follow One Health advocacy at UGA: https://twitter.com/OneHealth_UGA
Follow the CDC’s effort to prevent emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases: https://twitter.com/CDC_NCEZID

One Health Fall Seminar: Dr. Krzysztof Czaja

ovprweb on October 27, 2015

Dr. Krzysztof Czaja presents “Bariatric Surgeries Induce Brain Plasticity” on November 18, 2015 at 1:00pm in the Coverdell Center, Room 175 (Reception to follow).

 

Krzysztof Czaja is an associate professor of veterinary biosciences and diagnostic imaging at UGA. He received his D.V.M. in 1993 from the Veterinary Medicine College, Academy of Agriculture and Technology, Olsztyn, Poland. He received his Ph.D. in Neuroanatomy from the University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland in 1997. From 1997-2007 he did postdoctoral work at the University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland; the Institute for Plastination, Heidelberg, Germany and United States Department of Agriculture, Animal Physiology Research Unit, Athens, GA. In 2007, he was appointed to the faculty as an Assistant Professor at Washington State University, Pullman, WA. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2014. In 2015, Dr. Czaja joined the Veterinary Biosciences & Diagnostic Imaging Department at University of Georgia in Athens. Dr. Czaja is an author of 50+ peer-reviewed publications and has been invited to give numerous presentations and symposia.

Sponsored by: University of Georgia Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute

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One Health Fall Seminar: Dr. Liz Kramer

ovprweb on September 15, 2015

Dr. Kramer presents “Sustainable Food System Initiative: Feeding the World without Eating the World “ on October 14, 2015 at 1:00pm in the Coverdell Center, Room 175 (Reception to follow).

Dr. Liz Kramer is the founding director of UGA’s Natural Resources Spatial Analysis (NARSAL) Laboratory in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and is a Public Service faculty member in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics. For almost 20 years NARSAL has been involve in conducting research, training and outreach in the application of geospatial technology to natural resource management and planning. Recently, Liz has added a new challenge in leading the Sustainable Food Systems Initiative (SFSI) at UGA. SFSI creates a physical and intellectual space for using a systems approach in 1) conducting interdisciplinary data-driven research that addresses interactions at multiple scales between food systems, the environment, and human health; 2) engaging students in interdisciplinary, experiential education; and 3) providing life-long educational opportunities to consumers and the people that support the food system.

Liz’s recent research involves understanding temporal and spatial dynamics of landscapes in providing an array of ecosystem services. She has a diverse portfolio of interdisciplinary research activities, which include projects in agricultural, urban, and natural systems in areas such as stormwater management, coastal resiliency to climate change, wetland mitigation and restoration, biodiversity management, and enhancing the role of beneficial insects in agricultural systems. She holds a BS in Forest Management from Michigan State University, a Master in Forest Science from Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and a PhD in Ecology from University of Georgia.

Sponsored by: University of Georgia Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute

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Newly Formed One Health Club

ovprweb on September 11, 2015

The first monthly meeting of the newly formed One Health Club will be held on Tuesday, September 22 at 6:30 pm in room H237 of the Vet Med building.

 

This student founded, student run organization facilitates open discussion and collaboration among various disciplines studies, and meetings are open to graduate, undergraduate and professional students from any field.

The club’s mission is to increase education and awareness of One Health activities through monthly lectures, clinical experiences, wet labs, field trips, and an annual student research symposium. The club also features a strong outreach component, allowing students to engage with local community members through service projects designed to create a positive change for fellow citizens.

For more information about the club, please visit OneHealth or email ugaonehealthclub@gmail.com

 

Drowning in Data Yet Unable to Find What You Need? Data Challenges for the 21st Century Health Researcher

ovprweb on December 10, 2014

Join us for a public lecture by  Jessica C. Kissinger, Ph.D., Professor of Genetics and Director of the Institute of Bioinformatics at the University of Georgia.

One Health Jessica Kissinger Seminar Flyer

March 18, 2015 @ 1:00pm
Coverdell Center, Room 175 University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Reception to follow

Dr. Kissinger is the joint-Director of the Eukaryotic Pathogen Database (EuPathDB.org) and Co- PI of the Malaria Host-Pathogen Interaction Center (MaHPIC). She has been building database repositories for the sharing and mining of data related to Human and veterinary pathogens for 15 years. She combines studies of Human-computer interactions with real-world researcher needs to help design solutions that are both intuitive and useful to those working on the front line with pathogens and their hosts.

Sponsored by the University of Georgia Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute, biomed.uga.edu.

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Targeting a mammalian host metabolic pathway for improved chemotherapy against the foodborne pathogen Toxoplasma gondii

ovprweb on December 10, 2014

Join us for a public lecture by Silvia N. J. Moreno, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Cellular Biology, and Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia

February 11, 2015 @ 1:00pm
Coverdell Center, Room 175
University of Georgia, Athens, GAOne Health Silvia Moreno Seminar Flyer Reception to follow

Silvia N. J. Moreno completed her undergraduate and graduate training in chemistry at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. She moved to the United States as an NIH-post-doctoral fellow to work at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. After several years working on the chemistry of free radicals, she became interested in protozoan parasites. Moreno joined Dr. George Cross’s laboratory as a postdoctoral research associate to work on the biochemistry of Trypanosoma brucei. She became professor of parasitology at the department of pathobiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 2005, she moved to the University of Georgia as professor of cellular biology.

Dr. Moreno’s laboratory is interested in metabolic pathways that could be used as targets for chemotherapy against Toxoplasma gondii and other protozoan parasites. Recent findings from her laboratory revealed an exchange of metabolites between the host cell and T. gondii favoring parasite growth. This complex metabolic interaction between parasites and their hosts quite possibly interferes with effective chemotherapy. She proposes a double-hit strategy by targeting both host and parasite pathways as a potential synergistic approach to be used not only against Toxoplasma but also against other apicomplexan parasites.

Sponsored by the University of Georgia Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute, biomed.uga.edu.

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Safe Foods Through One Health

ovprweb on December 10, 2014

Join us for a public lecture by  Michael P. Doyle, Ph.D., Regents Professor and Director, Center for Food Safety at the University of Georgia.

January 14, 2015 @ 1:00pm
Coverdell Center, Room 175
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Reception to follow

One Health Michael Doyle Flyer

Dr. Doyle is an active researcher in the area of food safety and security, and he works closely with the food industry, government agencies, and consumer groups on issues related to the microbiological safety of foods.

He has published more than 500 scientific papers on food microbiology and food safety topics and has given more than 800 invited presentations at national and international scientific meetings. He serves on food safety committees of many scientific organizations and has served as a scientific advisor to many groups, including the World Health Organization, the Institute of Medicine, the National Academy of Science-National Research Council, the International Life Sciences Institute-North America, the Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He has received several awards for his research accomplishments, including the Nicholas Appert Award of the Institute of Food Technologists. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Institute of Food Technologists, the International Association for Food Protection, the National Academy of Inventors, and is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Sponsored by the University of Georgia Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute, biomed.uga.edu.

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One Health Spring 2015 Seminar Series

ovprweb on December 10, 2014

January 14, 2015
Safe Foods through One Health
Dr. Michael Doyle, University of Georgia

February 11, 2015One Health Spring 2015 Seminar Flyer

Targeting a mammalian host metabolic pathway for improved chemotherapy against the foodborne pathogen Toxoplasma gondii
Dr. Silvia Moreno, University of Georgia

March 18, 2015
Drowning in Data Yet Unable to Find What You Need? Data Challenges for the 21st Century Health Researcher
Dr. Jessica Kissinger, University of Georgia

April 15, 2015
Dr. Nicolas Chronos, Stanford University 

All seminars hosted on Wednesdays at 1pm in room 175 of the Paul D. Coverdell Center and will be followed by a reception.

Sponsored by the University of Georgia Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute, biomed.uga.edu.

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Food insecurity in older Georgians: linking research to nutrition programs and policies – Nov. 12,2014

ovprweb on November 6, 2014

Join us for a public lecture by Jung Sun Lee, Associate Professor and Faculty of Gerontology, Department of Foods and Nutrition, College of Family & Consumer Sciences, University of Georgia.

November 12, 2014
1:00pm, reception to follow
Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences, Room 175
University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Dr. Lee’s expertise is in aging, epidemiology, and community nutrition with a focus on food insecurity, food assistance programs, food environments, health care utilization, and program evaluation of community-based nutrition interventions, and nutrition policy to promote nutritional health of older adults. Dr. Lee’s work uses multidisciplinary approaches, and both quantitative and qualitative research methods.

 

Second Annual OneHealth International Symposium in Liverpool England June 19-21, 2014

ovprweb on May 28, 2014

The University of Liverpool and the University of Georgia will co-sponsor the second annual One Health International Symposium in Liverpool, England June 19-21, 2014. Proposed symposium themes are food-borne zoonotic diseases and food safety; emerging infections in companion animals; and the economic and societal effects of these issues. Participants will engage international delegates from industry and government in a comprehensive One Health approach.

Malaria symposium centers around lifecycle, challenges

ovprweb on March 19, 2014

One child dies of malaria every minute, and there are more than 200 million cases of the disease worldwide every year. This theme reoccurred several times during the University of Georgia One Health’s symposium, The Secret Life of Malaria, hosted Wednesday at the Paud D. Coverdell Center.

Emory professor presents dangers, effects of malaria

ovprweb on March 18, 2014

Director of Emory University’s International Center for Malaria Research, Education and Development Mary Galinski served as the second speaker to present in the University of Georgia’s ninth annual Voices from the Vanguard lecture Tuesday evening at the UGA Chapel.

One Health lecture on influenza, Nov 13

ovprweb on October 22, 2013

Andreas Handel, assistant professor of epidemiology in UGA’s College of Public Health, will deliver a lecture entitled “Flu in Ducks and Water: A Multiscale Modeling Study.” Andres uses mathematical analysis and computational simulations combined with experimental data to study the dynamics of pathogens.

One Health lecture on the great smallpox epidemic, Sept 13

ovprweb on August 20, 2013

Join us for glimpse into the history of infectious diseases as we learn about the great smallpox epidemic of 1775-82 from noted historian Elizabeth Fenn, who will speak on Friday, Septmber 13 at 1:00 p.m. in room 175 of the Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences

Fenn received her Ph.D. from Yale and is currently professor of history at the University of Colorado Boulder Professor Fenn’s field of study is the early American West, focusing on epidemic disease, Native American, and environmental history. Her aim is to develop a continent-wide analysis that incorporates Native Americans as well as African, British, Spanish, French, Dutch, and Russian colonizers into a narrative that reflects the demographic and geographic realities of the early contact era.

Her 2001 book Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82 (Hill and Wang), unearthed the devastating effects of a terrible smallpox epidemic that coursed across the North American continent during the years of the American Revolution. Her current book project, Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People (Hill and Wang, forthcoming), analyzes the experience of North Dakota’s Mandan Indians from 1100 to 1845.

Phi Zeta features talk by One Health expert on April 11

ovprweb on April 4, 2013

University of Georgia Phi Zeta Veterinary Honor Society will be hosting a talk by One Health expert Edward Breitschwerdt, professor of internal medicine in the College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University, on April 11 as a part of its annual awards and induction ceremony. More Here.

Q&A: Growing One Health at UGA

ovprweb on March 13, 2013

Susan Sanchez, BHSI assistant director and One Health chair, and Duncan Krause, director of the Faculty of Infectious Diseases, got together to answer some questions about the concept of One Health, its growing relevance in combating emerging infectious disease, and the upcoming One Health Symposium. Read More.

Wildlife Disease Student Research Symposium held this Wed., March 6

ovprweb on March 4, 2013

The UGA Student Chapter of the Wildlife Disease Association (UGAscWDA) invites all UGA students – undergraduate, graduate, and veterinary – to participate in their annual Wildlife Disease Student Research Symposium taking place this Wed. March 6 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences.