Weekly One Health Intellectual Exchange Group Sessions / Course:
Philosophy to Practical Integration of Human, Animal, and Environmental Health
Spring Semester 2012
Cross-listed at Duke, NCSU (CBS 886/VMP 986), and UNC (PUBH 690 Sec 008)
Tuesdays, 5:30-7:30 pm
North Carolina Biotechnology Center
Module 1: Introduction to One Health
Jan 10 What is One Health all about?
Panel of NC One Health Collaborative Steering Committee Members
Chris Woods, MD, MPH, Associate Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Pathology at Duke
Suzanne Kennedy-Stoskopf, DVM, PhD, DACZM, Research Professor of Wildlife Infectious Disease, Department of Clinical Sciences at NCSU CVM
Vivian Doelling, PhD, Senior Scientist, NICEATM, Integrated Laboratory Systems, Advisory Board for the Master’s of Microbial Biotechnology program at NCSU
Jan 17 The One Health Journey: Personal Epiphanies & the History of One Health
Cheryl Stroud, DVM, PhD, Chair, North Carolina One Health Collaborative Steering Committee & One Health Intellectual Exchange Group
Rear Admiral William Stokes, DVM, DACLAM, National Institute of Environmental Health Science, Director, NTP Interagency Center for the
Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods; Executive Director, Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods
Module 2: Environmental Health / Ecology
Jan 24 The Neem Tree: Nature’s Bio-Defense at its Best
Peter Radtke, PhD, Grifols Pharmaceuticals, Chairman and CEO of JustNeem
Magda Radtke, COO, Development and Production of JustNeem
Tropical Forest Regeneration in Costa Rica
Erin Lindquist, PhD, Assistant Professor & Environmental Sustainability Advisor at Meredith College
Jan 31 Pollutants and Environmental Health
Joel Meyer, PhD, Assistant Professor of Environmental Toxicology at Duke
Mercury dynamics in aquatic systems: linking natural resource management with human health policy
Derek Aday, PhD, Associate Professor of Biology at NCSU
Module 3: The Human and Companion Animal Bond: The Tie that Binds
Feb 7 The Links Between Animal Abuse & Family Violence: Implications for the Medical Professions
Phil Arkow, Coordinator, The National Link Coalition; Link Consultant, ASPCA; Link Consultant, Animals & Society Institute; Chair, Animal Abuse & Family Violence Prevention Project, The Latham Foundation
Feb 14 Meaningful Uses of Man’s Best Friends
Larry Glickman, VMD, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health in the Department of Emergency Medicine at UNC
Jacqueline Bailey, BS candidate, Biology and International Studies minor at Meredith College
Module 4: Zoonoses and Emerging Infectious Diseases
Feb 21 Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases and One Health
Jürgen Richt, DVM, PhD, Collaborator/Associate Professor Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine at Kansas State University; Veterinary Medical Officer National Animal Disease Center
Feb 28 The West Nile Virus Outbreak of 1999: A Compelling Argument for One Health
Tracey S. McNamara, DVM, DACVP, Professor of Pathology at Western University of Health Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine
Module 5: Food / Water Safety
Mar 13 WaSH (Water Sanitation and Hygiene) and One Health
Jamie Bartram, PhD, Professor Environmental Sciences & Engineering at UNC
Microbial impacts of animal agriculture on water quality and human health risks
Mark Sobsey, MS, PhD, Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Director, Environmental Microbiology Laboratory at UNC
March 20 A One Health approach to the leading cause of death in children
William Pan, PhD, Assistant Professor of Global Environmental Health at Duke
Public health issues related to industrial food animal production
Beth Feingold, MPH, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University
Module 6: Disease Surveillance, Informatics, Disaster Preparedness
March 27 Emergence of a zoonotic tropical disease in the United States: visceral leishmaniasis
Christine Peterson, DVM, PhD, Assistant Professor of Veterinary Pathology at Iowa State University CVM
April 3 One Health Core Competencies - Building Capacity for Response to Emerging Pandemic Threats
Felicia Nutter, DVM, PhD, DACZM, Research Assistant Professor at Tufts University Cummings SVM, USAID Grantee, RESPOND Project Senior Technical Officer
The USAID PREDICT Project: Building a global early warning system for emerging zoonoses
Chris Whittier, DVM, PhD, Associate Veterinarian at Smithsonian
Module 7: Benefits of Comparative Medicine
April 10 From Four Legs to Two - Translating Research Findings to Therapy Dogs and Spinal Cord Injury - Another Role for Man's Best Friend
Natasha Olby, VetMB, PhD, DACVIM, Professor, Neurology at NCSU CVM
The Dalfampridine Story - The Making of a Medicine
Andrew Blight, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer Acorda Therapeutics
April 17 Going to the dogs … for a new model organism of non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Steven Suter, VMD, MS, PhD, DACVIM, Assistant Professor, Oncology at NCSU CVM
Kristy Richards, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor Department of Genetics at UNC
Module 8: One Health in the Bigger Picture: Policy, Education, Conclusions
April 24 One Health: A Concept for the 21st Century: Difficulties of Implementing
Laura Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP, Department of Science & Global Security at Princeton University
Watch for the Return of Monthly One Health Intellectual Exchange Group DiscussionSessions for summer and fall.
