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One Health News & Events
As One Health Awareness Month wraps up, we are so pleased to share all of the stories we have released this month! We now have FOUR faculty focus articles on our website that feature amazing One Health researchers at the university. We are also excited to announce the line up for this semester's One Health seminar series. All of this and more in this week's newsletter!
In this issue...
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Opportunities & Updates: Faculty Focus Articles | OH Awareness Month | OH Material Survey | GBADs Programme Launch | CPHAZ Student Mentorship | SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance in Pets Study
Upcoming Webinars & Events: W21 Seminar Series - Dr. Cate Dewey | W21 Seminar Series Schedule | CPHAZ Symposium
One Health Student Committee: OHSC Bottle Drive
Past Events: The Hammond Lecture | Fall 2020 One Health Seminar Series | Royal Agricultural Virtual Experience Panel Talk
NEW Faculty Focus Articles: Drs. Katie Clow, Deb Stacey, Cate Dewey, & Gus Skorburg
We have been busy releasing Faculty Focus articles this month with stories about professors all across our campus. Check them out!
The two sides of the One Health coin: Research and pedagogy
The pandemic has demanded that many responsibilities be juggled at the same time, something that Ontario Veterinary College Prof. Katie Clow knows well as a leading tick research and One Health professor at Guelph.
Read about all she does for One Health at U of G here.
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Cloud computing - and trust - needed for global disease research, says researcher
With the Global Burden of Animal Diseases project's official launch last week, we are so excited to highlight one of their key players - Guelph School of Computer Science Prof. Deborah Stacey!
Read the full story here.
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Teamwork tackles troubling, complex health issue in rural Kenya
Pigs, poverty, and epilepsy. Likely not a combination that is clear to most but one that the Director of the One Health Institute and Ontario Veterinary College Prof. Cate Dewey spent ten years studying in rural Kenya.
Read about how One Health was integral to Dewey's swine health research project here.
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Obesity debates ignoring disease complexity, researcher says
Losing weight may be a top New Year's resolution, but as University of Guelph Philosophy Prof. Gus Skorburg points out, lasting solutions must consider more than just the individual and their habits.
Read about the importance of One Health in Prof. Skorburg's research here.
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January is One Health Awareness Month
Launched by the One Health Commission, One Health Awareness Month is designed to raise awareness about the critical power of and urgent need for One Health!
Our goal this month is to showcase the breadth of One Health initiatives at the University of Guelph, bringing the campaign closer to home.
Check out our social media platforms - Twitter and Instagram - for featured stories and events everyday throughout the month.
Read more about the campaign on the One Health Commission's website.
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Survey for Gathering OH Materials
Faculty and Students! We want to hear from you! If you have any pictures, reflections, articles, etc. of you doing One Health research or studying One Health, we would love to feature it on our various communications platform.
Please fill out the short survey (~1 min.) here to provide resources, and to connect on Twitter.
You are always welcome to send us material, but the sooner the better!
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Global Burden of Animal Diseases Project Launch
On Tuesday 19th January 2021 The University of Liverpool and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) hosted the official launch of the GBADs Programme. The webinar celebrates the achievements of the GBADs collaborators to date and showcases the planned work of Programme as rollout phase begins. Watch the full launch webinar here.
Two U of G faculty play key roles in this Programme, Dr. Deborah Stacey from the School of Computer Science and Dr. Theresa Bernardo from the Department of Population Medicine. We had the pleasure of hearing from them in the Fall 2020 Seminar Series.
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CPHAZ Student Mentorship Event
The Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses (CPHAZ) is hosting a Student Mentorship event throughout the winter semester months from January to April 2021. This is an opportunity for University of Guelph students to interact with different One Health professionals in academia, public health, and research sectors. The event will be virtual using Microsoft Teams and there is limited enrollment, so don't wait too long to register! For more information about this event and for registration please go to the CPHAZ website.
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When? Ongoing, every other Tuesday from January 2021 - April 2021
Time? 12:30 - 1:30 PM
Where? Virtually using Microsoft Teams
Who can attend? Any undergraduate or graduate students from the University of Guelph
Cost? It’s FREE, but there will be limited enrollment of only 8 students per mentor
If you have any questions about the event please contact Julia Luca, the CPHAZ Program Coordinator, at cphaz@uoguelph.ca.
SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance in Pets Study
Drs. Scott Weese and Dorothee Bienzle from the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph are recruiting Canadian veterinary clinic staff who have had COVID-19 themselves for a study to learn more about the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from people to their own pets (dogs, cats, ferrets).
Find more information about the study here.
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Winter 2021 Seminar Series - Pigs, Poverty, and Epilepsy
Friday, January 29, 2021 | 1:00PM - 2:00PM (EST) | Zoom
The One Health Institute is excited to present our first seminar series of the Winter 2021 semester. Kicking it off with the Director of the Institute, Dr. Cate Dewey!
Dewey will talk about her decade-long research project in rural Kenya where she worked with smallholder pig farmers to improve pig and community health by educating farmers on the epilepsy-causing parasite transmitted from pigs to humans.
Join on Zoom using this link!
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Winter 2021 Seminar Series Schedule
We have an excellent line up of One Health researchers for our seminar series this semester. You won't want to miss it! Check out the poster below for more details!
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2021 CPHAZ Symposium
Thursday, May 20th, 2021 | Virtual
Mark your calendars for the 2021 CHPAZ Symposium.
Abstracts are due March 11, 2021.
More details to come!
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OHSC Bottle Drive
A huge 'thank you' to everyone that donated and helped with the first OHSC Bottle Drive! Together, we raised a total of $200 - $100 for the rebuilding of the Iqaluit Human Society and $100 for future OHSC events.
To learn more or donate to the Iqaluit Humane Society, please visit their Go Fund Me page. Stay tuned and hoard your empties for another bottle drive this semester!
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Missed an event? No problem! Find out more about past events below and on the One Health website & YouTube channel.
2020 Hammond Lecture - Wastes, Water, and Food: The One Health Links to Human and Wildlife Health
October 7, 2020 | Virtual
The One Health Institute was thrilled to collaborate with the University of Guelph’s School of Environmental Sciences to put on the 2020 Hammond Lecture.
The event featured keynote speaker Dr. Karen Kidd who holds the Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Environmental Health and is a Professor jointly in the Department of Biology and the School of Earth, Environment and Society at McMaster University. She was joined by University of Guelph panelists Dr. Paul Sibley (School of Environmental Sciences), Dr. Heather Murphy (Department of Pathobiology), and Dr. Claire Jardine (Department of Pathobiology).
Watch the recording here.
Fall 2020 One Health Seminar Series
The Fall 2020 One Health Seminar Series featured a great lineup of speakers from across disciplines. It was an excellent opportunity to learn more about One Health and to hear about One Health work at the University of Guelph and beyond. Stay tuned for the Winter 2021 One Health Seminar Series!
October 21, 2020 | Virtual
The Role of DNA Barcoding and Environmental DNA-Based Biomonitoring in Support of a One Health Agenda
Presented by: Dr. Robert (Bob) Hanner (Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology)
Watch the recording here.
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November 4, 2020 | Virtual
Plastic Pollution and Wildlife Health
Presented by: Dr. Jennifer Provencher (Research Scientist in the Ecotoxicology and Wildlife Health Division of the Science and Technology Branch at Environment and Climate Change Canada)
Watch the recording here.
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November 18, 2020 | Virtual
How Experimental Psychology Can Help Explainable Artificial Intelligence
Presented by: Dr. Graham Taylor (Associate Professor in the School of Engineering)
Watch the recording here.
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Panel Talk: Plants, and Animals, and Humans, Oh My! What is One Health and what does it have to do with your future career?
November 11, 2020 | Virtual
One Health recognizes that we can improve life by understanding that the health of animals, humans, and the environment depend on one another. It aims to create solutions that improve health in all three areas and not just one. These types of solutions require people across a variety of sectors and fields to work together.
Hear from the featured panelists and find out how their different career pathways led them to One Health! To learn more about the panelists, visit our website.
Watch the recording here.
Check the University of Guelph's COVID-19 website for regular campus-wide updates.
Remember to check out the Upcoming Events page on our website for an up-to-date listing of webinars, conferences, and symposia of special interest to our U of G community.
Stay connected!
*One Health WEBSITE
*One Health Twitter @OneHealthUofG
*One Health Student Committee Instagram @OneHealthUofG
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