One Health is the concept that the health of humans, animals, and the environment are directly linked, and that the condition of one can affect the health of the others.

The aim of this new seminar series is to showcase a variety of experts from human, animal, and environmental disciplines who use a One Health approach in their work, and to illustrate the diversity and incredible room for opportunity inherent to this rapidly developing field.

With these seminars, we hope to inspire and engage individuals from the many excellent colleges and departments here at Oregon State University, provide a platform to cultivate collaborations, and foster the development of work using a One Health approach in Oregon and throughout the Pacific Northwest.

We invite faculty, staff, and students from diverse disciplines and at all levels (undergraduate, graduate, and professional) to attend these talks, and to partake in lively discussions surrounding One Health.

Only TWO speakers are scheduled each term, so please mark your calendars!

Each seminar will be followed by a discussion with the speaker, with lunch provided for up to 10 interested participants.

 

Fall Term

Friday October 3, 2014, 12-1pm, ALS 4001

Commander David Wong, MD; Chief epidemiologist with the National Park Service

“America's National Parks: Living Laboratories for Translating the Vision of One Health into Practice"

 

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Friday October 31, 2014, 12-1pm, ALS 4001

Michael P. Nelson, PhD; Environmental ethicist and author, OSU Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society

Dr. Nelson will be sharing his thoughts on One Health from an environmental ethics perspective.

 

Wikipedia Bio

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Winter Term

Friday January 30, 2015, 12-1pm, ALS 4001

Jeffrey Bethel, PhD, Assistant Professor School of Biological and Population Health Sciences, College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University

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Kathie Dello, MS, Associate Director Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, Deputy Director Oregon Climate Service, OSU College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences.

"Health Impacts of Climate Change: What's the Role of One Health?"

Lunchtime discussion with speaker (RSVP to hanselmr@science.oregonstate.edu; 10 person max.): 1-2pm, Dryden Hall 212b

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Friday February 20, 2015, 12-1pm, ALS 4001

Gretchen E. Kaufman, DVM, Assistant Director for Global Health Education and Training Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University; Formerly Director, Tufts Center for Conservation Medicine

"One Health In The Field and In The Classroom"

Lunchtime discussion with speaker (RSVP to hanselmr@science.oregonstate.edu; 10 person max.): 1-2pm, Dryden Hall 212b

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Spring Term

Friday April 3, 2015, 12-1pm, ALS 4001

Mari K. Reeves, PhD, Ecologist U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Anchorage, Alaska

"Amphibian Abnormalities and their Environmental Linkages. Observations and Musings after a Decade of Research"

Lunchtime discussion with speaker (RSVP to hanselmr@science.oregonstate.edu; 10 person max.): 1-2pm, Dryden Hall 212b

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Friday May 1, 2015, 12-1pm, ALS 4001

Paul Cieslak, MD; Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention section, Public Health Division of the Oregon Department of Human Services  

Dr. Cieslak will be speaking about his experiences with zoonotic disease outbreaks in Oregon in a talk titled:

"Tales from the Public Health Division: investigations of zoonotic disease outbreaks."

Lunchtime discussion with speaker (RSVP to hanselmr@science.oregonstate.edu; 10 person max.): 1-2pm, Dryden Hall 212b

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Organized and supported by Dr. Luiz Bermudez (Head of the department of Biomedical Sciences) and Dr. Rhea Hanselmann (Graduate student in the department of Integrative Biology).