The One Health Student Committee has planned a series of events and activities to help you learn about One Health and its applications!

The Exploring One Health (EOH) learning series is designed for high school, undergraduate, and graduate students interested in learning about One Health. 

The EOH Series aspires to:

• Introduce students to One Health and fundamental One Health concepts
• Provide students with a chance to learn from One Health professionals
• Offer students opportunities to apply One Health concepts

When? May 17-30, 2021. Most activities are asynchronous and can be completed at your own pace during this time.

Upon completing all activities, participants will receive an OHSC Exploring One Health Certificate!

For more information, visit the Exploring One Health website. The deadline to register is May 10th. Register here!

Dr. Michelle D’Souza, a researcher in U of G’s Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (CBG), and her team are using DNA barcoding technology developed here to identify numerous insect species collected from West Africa to help combat malaria.

The resulting DNA barcode reference library, developed in collaboration with with an international initiative called Target Malaria, will ultimately help the global project partners map out food webs connecting those insects and their diverse predators. By understanding what eats what, the Target Malaria team aims to selectively control disease-carrying mosquitoes without upsetting prey-predator relations involving other creatures in Ghana.

“We want to use DNA barcoding to understand the interactions among species in the community. That will give us a picture of the consequences of reducing the population of mosquito species that causes malaria,” said D'Souza.

Read more of this University of Guelph News article here.​​​​

Novel Immune Therapy may Hold Promise for Human and Canine Cancer Patients

Clinical trials are underway for a bone cancer treatment in large breed dogs that has a human equivalent in young children.

Osteosarcoma is a cancer that commonly affects limbs, such as legs, in dogs and youth. Treatment is similar – with surgery, chemotherapy, and occasionally radiation but the cancer often metastasizes and invades critical organs, such as the heart or lungs.

University of Pennsylvania researchers have developed a bacteria vaccine that may stop or delay metastasis and OVC researchers are participating in the clinical trials with companion dogs who naturally develop osteosarcoma.

"Osteosarcoma looks very similar in dogs and people,” says Department of Clinical Studies Dr. Paul Woods, a veterinary medical oncologist. “If we can show improvement in care in one species, then that may translate to help the other species as well.”

Read about how One Health is related to his research here.

Preventing and Exposing Fish Fraud with Advanced Biotechnology

Fish fraud is a growing global concern. Dr. Robert Hanner first illuminated the prevalence of mislabeled fish back in 2007 and yet little has changed; the fishing industry remains poorly regulated in comparison to other traditional food industries such as beef.

There is significant disconnect between suppliers and retailers and fraud occurs just about anywhere along the supply chain. Dr. Hanner’s work with DNA barcoding technology hopes to reduce that disconnect, preventing fish from being mislabeled before they reach consumers.

Seafood mislabeling appears to be economically motivated and while this is cause enough for concern, the issue also has implications for human health.

Read about how One Health is related to his research here.

One Health at the University of Guelph is now on LinkedIn. Come follow us and spread the word within your own networks!

We'll be posting everything related to One Health on campus, including faculty and student profiles, seminars, links to videos, and details on upcoming events.

The Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses (CPHAZ) Symposium is a one-day, virtual event that brings together all pillars and forms of public health and zoonotic disease work and research.

The abstract submission deadline has now passed but feel free to come and spend the day and enjoy the presentations!  The symposium will take place via Zoom Webinar on Thursday, May 20th. We guarantee you’ll learn something new. Registration is free and can be done by completing this survey.  A detailed schedule featuring key speakers and research presentations will be posted on the CPHAZ website shortly.

If you have questions please contact cphaz@uoguelph.ca.

The Global One Health Network's Summer Institute will bring together students and professionals locally and internationally to explore One Health (OH) global governance of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) with a topical focus on the global governance of SARS-CoV2.

The 3-day course will offer in depth sessions on One Health principles and provide knowledge and skills on how to operationalize the One Health approach to improve the global governance of infectious diseases. Participants will engage through live, synchronous sessions, small group discussion and asynchronous self-paced components.

The summer institute will also provide an opportunity to network with fellow professionals in the clinical and research fields of infectious diseases.

To register, visit the 2021 Global 1HN Summer Institute website.

The Department of Integrative Biology in the College of Biological Sciences is hiring for an Assistant Professor in an area consistent with the One Health perspective.

The successful candidate may employ any number of approaches, ranging from theoretical to experimental, and can be either field- or lab-based. They are especially interested in candidates whose focus is on promoting and maintaining a state of health at one or more levels of biological organization (organisms, populations, ecosystems, global environment/climate), within the broad context of the environment and ecosystem health pillar of One Health.

International Conference on One Health, 2021 on May 24 to 25 in London, UK, and July 19 to 20 in Paris. This virtual conference aims to bring together scientists, researchers and scholars to exchange and share experiences and research results on all aspects of One Health.

One Health European Joint Programme annual scientific meeting is June 9 to 11, online and in Copenhagen. Discover the newest research results in One Health, in particular in foodborne zoonoses, antimicrobial resistance and emerging threats.​​​​​​

Canadian Veterinary Medicine Association hybrid conference is July 22 to 25, 2021, in Calgary, Alberta. Register for access to 80 hours of continuing education, and a virtual exhibit hall & social programs.

American Veterinary Medical Association hybrid convention is July 29 to August 1, 2021​​​, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.