One Health Inter-Regional European Conference

Date:  22nd – 23rd – 24th of September, 2016

Location Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, Romania

For complete information see: http://www.onehealth.ro/en/

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General presentation

General presentation of the conference

Organising this One Health Inter-Regional European Conference comes as a natural consequence of the momentum that the One Health concept has gathered for the last couple of years. Romania is truly honoured to be part of the One Health movement and firmly believes that due to its half of century experience in comparative medicine and not only, will have a positive impact on the One Health trajectory.

We invite all professions linked to One Health to attend this Conference, because One Health is best defined with the phrase “It’s all connected!”

The conference will be organised under the auspices of the Federation of European Academies of Medicine (FEAM) by close collaboration of the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences and the One Health New Medical Concept Association in Romania.

One Health Newsletter (USA), Volume 9, Issue 1 Published today – May 2, 2016

A product of the University of Florida (Emerging Pathogens Institute) - USA

Please see Volume 9, Issue 1, http://media.news.health.ufl.edu/misc/egh/One%20Health%20Newsletter/OHNL_Vol9_Issue1.pdf, http://epi.ufl.edu/onehealth/news/one-health-newsletter/ or http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/newsletter.php

The One Health Newsletter is a collaborative effort by a diverse group of scientists and health professionals committed to promoting One Health.

This quarterly newsletter is dedicated to enhancing the integration of animal, human, and environmental health for the benefit of all by demonstrating One Health in practice.

The James Steele Conference on Diseases in Nature Transmissible to Man (DIN)

May 25-27, 2016 - Omni San Antonio Hotel - Colonnade in San Antonio, Texas - 66th annual meeting of the James Steele Conference on Diseases in Nature Transmissible to Man

SEE: https://sites.google.com/site/diseasesinnature/  [A “One Health” Event - http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/events.php]

Dedicated to improving the public health through a better understanding of Zoonoses and environmentally-acquired infectious diseases.

                                         Dr. Kahn’s Biography http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/LauraKahnBiography%20Feb%202015.pdf.

Speaker Treasure Trove at 2^nd International Conference on One Medicine One Science, April 24-27, 2016 – University of Minnesota (USA)

http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications.php?query=2nd+International+Conference+on+One+Medicine+One+Science+-+April+24-27%2C+2016

Ann Bancroft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Bancroft and http://www.britannica.com/biography/Ann-Bancroft will be the noon speaker at the conference on Tuesday, April 26. She is the first woman to cross the ice to both the North and South Poles. She has recently traveled the length of the Ganges River as part of multi-year enterprise to thoughtfully explore water use through the lens of rural and urban communities. She will bring an unique personal perspective to “Water at the Interface of Health, Economics and Environment” as she takes the audience on a journey exploring the Arctic and Antarctic, and the Ganges River from source to sea, and illuminates the impact of climate change on polar icecaps and fresh water issues facing our planet.

Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH, http://sph.umn.edu/faculty1/name/michael-osterholm/ is well known for calling attention to the changing epidemiology of foodborne diseases, the association of tampons and toxic shock syndrome, hepatitis B transmission in health care settings, and HIV infection in healthcare workers. He is an international leader for preparedness before pandemics occur and on the use of biological agents as catastrophic weapons targeting civilian populations. His plenary presentation, "Turning Science into Policy; Minimizing Chaos and Maximizing Impact," will emphasize the critical role of science in making sound health policies for animals and humans. He is Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, member of the National Academy of Medicine, the Council of Foreign Relations, and the National Science Advisory Board on Biosecurity. 

Note: Dr. Osterholm is also a member of the One Health Initiative team’s Honorary Advisory Board http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/advBoard.php.

Arthur Caplan, PhD, http://www.med.nyu.edu/pophealth/faculty/caplaa01 is a medical ethicist and philosopher renowned for key public policy contributions to establishment of U.S. national policies in human tissue and organ procurement, blood safety, and compassionate use. His presentation on “Ethics of Personalized Medicine Versus Public Health," will explore the dilemma of public funds distribution for health investments that provide individual benefits to the few versus potential benefits for the many. Dr. Caplan is the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor and founding head of the Division of Bioethics at New York University Langone Medical Center in New York City and the head of the ethics program in the Global Institute for Public Health at NYU. 

Elaine Ostrander, PhD, http://irp.nih.gov/pi/elaine-ostrander is best known for genetic studies of the domestic dog that offer unique opportunities for solving human health conditions and fundamental biological problems. Her presentation on "The Science behind Personalized Medicine: Mapping Complex Traits and Diseases," will present foundational knowledge showing how medical research in the canine benefits both dogs and humans. Dr. Ostrander is chief of the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute of NIH.  She has won multiple awards including the American Cancer Society Junior Faculty Award, Burroughs Welcome Award for Functional Genomics, Asa Mays Award, Lifetime Achievement Awards for both her prostate cancer and canine genetics work, and in the 2013 Genetics Society of America Medal.

Adam Berger, PhD http://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/Global/Directory/Combo.aspx?staffid=%7BD72B4020-75A5-4DC8-9532-F3BE34B4ECD6%7D&memberid=0020021628: Presentation title: US President’s Precision Medicine Initiative—HHS Overview

Adam Berger is a Senior Fellow in the Immediate Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services. His primary interests focus on policy issues relating to translational medicine, including the development of drug, diagnostic, and clinical and public health applications. He will present an overview of the U.S. President’s Precision Medicine Initiative. Dr. Berger has facilitated numerous public policy discussions and reports on application of genetic and genomic technologies to medical practice.  He is the recipient of the NIH Fellows Award for Research Excellence and a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award.

Arden Pope, PhD, http://fhssfaculty.byu.edu/facultypage.aspx?id=cap3: Dr. Pope’s seminal economics research on health impacts and costs of air pollution resulted in the current U.S. laws and regulations governing clean air. As one of the world’s most widely cited and recognized experts on the health effects of air pollution, his presentation on air pollution, health and policy is a must-hear for all air breathers. He is the Mary Lou Fulton Professor of Economics at Brigham Young University and was a Fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health. His awards include the Thomas T. Mercer Joint Prize from the American Association for Aerosol Research and the International Society for Aerosols in Medicine, the Utah Governor’s Medal for Science & Technology, Honorary Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians, and International Society for Environmental Epidemiology Best Environmental Epidemiology Paper Award.

Provided by: 

Michael Murtaugh, PhD, Professor

http://www.cvm.umn.edu/academic-departments/vbs/faculty/MichaelMurtaugh/index.htm

Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences

University of Minnesota (USA)

612 625 6735

iCOMOS www.icomos.umn.edu

South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH)

Launch of the ‘One Health Global Think-Tank for Sustainable Health & Well-being’ – 2030 (GHW-2030)

SEE: http://www.seejph.com/index.php/seejph/article/view/114

Professor Ulrich Laaser, Dr. George Lueddeke, Dr. Joanna Nurse

Abstract

The central mission of the GHW-2030 multi-sectoral think tank is to contribute to the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by working toward achieving the education and health goals in cooperation with the Commonwealth Secretariat using an international interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary/transdisciplinary global One Health approach. A major focus of the think tank will be on the health and well-being – physical, emotional, aspirational – of children and young people particularly as these relate to their personal security, physical and emotional well-being, education and employment and the sustainability of life on the planet.

Another Prominent One Health Leader Becomes President of American Veterinary Epidemiology Society (AVES)

Craig N. Carter [DVM, PhD] Named President of American Veterinary Epidemiology Society

Reprinted primarily from Coldstream Research Campus - University of Kentucky (USA) http://www.uky.edu/coldstream/News/craig-carter-named-president-american-veterinary-epidemiology-society

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 11, 2016) —*[Dr.] Craig N. Carter, a veterinarian director and professor of epidemiology at the University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (UKVDL), recently took the helm of the American Veterinary Epidemiology Society (AVES) as president for a five-year term. 
 
AVES was founded by [Dr.] James H. Steele [DVM, MPH] in 1964 to recognize global leaders in infectious disease epidemiology and public health and to foster research to combat infectious diseases in both animals and humans. The society has recognized more than 70 world-renowned scientists through awarding the K.F. Meyer/James H. Steele Gold Headed Cane Award, which Carter received in 2011, primarily for his work on zoonotic diseases. [Note: Dr. James H. Steele is a recognized 20^th and early 21^st century Public Health-One Health leader/advocate  http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=james+h.+steele%2C+dvm%2C+mph]

[Notably, a co-founder of the One Health Initiative team, physician Dr. Tom Monath [MD], was awarded the prestigious Gold Headed Cane award last year in July of 2015 http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=Extraordinary+One+Health+Leader+Awarded+Gold+Headed+Cane+%28USA%29%3A+an+internationally+recognized+physician+virologist+and+vaccine+developer+-+July+13%2C+2015+.  In addition, Dr. Cheryl Stroud [DVM, PhD], a veterinarian and Executive Director of the U.S. One Health Commission https://www.onehealthcommission.org/documents/filelibrary/leadership/Stroud_Bio_63014__E6E65C076BD78.pdf was awarded an Honorary Diploma.  Dr. Carter will be presenting this year’s 2016 Gold Headed Cane awards and the coveted AVES Honorary diplomas at the August 5-9 American Veterinary Medical Association’s (AVMA) convention in San Antonio, Texas.]   

“I consider it such a great honor and privilege to serve as the president of the American Veterinary Epidemiology Society for the next five years," said Carter. "Since leaving my ambulatory practice in Texas, I have worked as an epidemiologist in service, research and teaching roles in the university, military and international consulting environments for over thirty years. Dr. Jim Steele — founder of the AVES and the CDC division of epidemiology — was my graduate professor, mentor and dear friend for many years until his death at 100 years young in 2013."  [Dr. Carter is the primary James H. Steele biographer http://www.amazon.com/One-Man-Medicine-Health-Steele/dp/1439240043].
 
Carter was recruited from Texas A&M University to the UK College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment in 2005 to build an epidemiology program to provide for the early detection of animal disease outbreaks such as Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome. In 2007, he was appointed to his current position at UKVDL where he oversees lab operations, conducts research and works with his graduate students.
 
One of Carter’s goals for the AVES is to attract more bright students into careers in epidemiology. Sponsored by Hartz Mountain Corporation, the AVES hosts its annual meeting each year as part of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) meeting.  The 2016 meeting will be held in July, in San Antonio, Texas. A celebration of the 100^th anniversary of the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps will also be held at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio in conjunction with the AVMA meeting. Carter’s military career spanned from 1967-2008, retiring as a full colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve Veterinary Corps. 
 
Carter said he has thoroughly enjoyed his many years as a faculty member at UK.
 
"Now nearing the end of my career, I delight in this opportunity to give something back to the AVES and to a scientific discipline that has been so good to me and the world.”

*Dr. Carter is a longstanding member of the One Health Initiative Team’s Honorary Advisory Board http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/advBoard.php.

Tuberculosis in Animals and Humans: A One Health Approach

:: Click here to see the 24 minute audio/video film ::

By Charles O. Thoen, DVM, PhD
Professor of Microbiology & Preventive Medicine
Iowa State University, College of Veterinary Medicine
Ames, Iowa
cthoen@iastate.edu
    
Permission granted to post on the One Health Initiative website April 7, 2016 by Dr. Charles O. Thoen, an eminent international Tuberculosis authority, immediate Past President of the American Veterinary Epidemiology Society (AVES) and a longstanding One Health Supporter/Advocate http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/supporters.php
 
Note: This video may also be accessed by World Veterinary Association [www.worldvet.org/] education portal e-learning reference:162322.

2^nd in a series:

Interesting Influenza Historical perspective ...

Submitted to One Health Initiative website April 1, 2016 by:

*Steve A. Berger, MD

Director of Geographic Medicine

Tel Aviv Medical Center

Tel-Aviv, Israel

Almost 100 years have passed since Rose Cleveland (and over fifty-million other humans) died from the paradigm One Health Disease: "Swine flu", during January to April 2016, an alphabet-soup of "swine flu" and "bird flu" have continued to affect birds and / or humans, on all continents: H1N1, H5N1, H5N2, H7N9, H5N6, H7N8. In 2015, the list also included H5N2, H5N3, H5N7, H7N3 and H7N7.

Rose Cleveland - sister of President Grover Cleveland who acted as "first lady" to her bachelor brother - was one of approximately 150 famous people that perished in the "Spanish flu" pandemic of 1918 to 1920. Best known at the time were Francisco Rodrigues Alves (Brazilian President Elect) and Louis Botha (President of South Africa).

No less than ten stars of the Silent Movie era are known to have died during the pandemic.

True Boardman – appeared in 137 films; William Courtleigh, Jr.; Dark Cloud (Elijah Tahemont) – Canadian Indian, appeared in 34 movies; Myrtle Gonzalez – Hollywood's first Hispanic movie star; Shelly Hull – Brother of actor Henry Hull; Joseph Kaufman; Vera Kholodnaya – The first Russian star of Silent Movies; Julian L'Estrange; Harold A. Lockwood; Wayland Trask, Jr. – Starred in several Mack Sennett comedies

Following the Spanish flu of 1918 to 1920, influenza has continued to contribute to [or be associated with] the deaths of famous people: Pope John Paul, II; Juan Peron (Argentina), Francesco Nitti and Paolo Boselli (Italy); performers Angela Baddeley, Lillie Langtree, Tallulah Bankhead, Jean Harlow and Trevor Howard; baseball legends Dick Bertell and Hack Wilson; movie directors Jules Dassin and Luchino Visconti; and philosopher Bertrand Russell. In fact, two additional Silent Movie stars managed to join my famous-flu-deaths list after the Spanish flu had already passed: Edward J. Connelly (1928) and Henry B. Walthall (1936).

These lists are abstracted from a hobby which I maintain on-line at www.VIPatients.com   The site is free and interactive – users can explore the medical file of a specific VIP; or generate lists by profession, disease, year … or any combination.

Note: This is the second in a series.  The famous people mentioned by Dr. Berger were associated with Influenza outbreaks but their deaths were not necessarily caused by it.  See his first article on the One Health Initiative website at http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/news.php?query=%22Fame+and+Zoonosis%22+by+physician%2C+Dr.+Steve+A.+Berger+.

*Dr. Berger, a physician, was trained in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, is currently affiliated with the Tel Aviv Medical Center as Director of Geographic Medicine and is a One Health Supporter/Advocate http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/supporters.php.

Major U.S. Company (US Biologic) Strongly Endorses One Health

See http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/US%20BIOLOGIC%20-%20One%20Health%20Initiative%20Endorsement%20Letter%204%205%202016.pdf

April 5, 2016

Laura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP; Bruce Kaplan, DVM;

Thomas P. Monath, MD; Jack Woodall, PhD; Lisa A. Conti, DVM, MPH

One Health Initiative Autonomous pro bono Team:

Re:     US BIOLOGIC endorsement of the One Health Initiative 

http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/US%20BIOLOGIC%20-%20One%20Health%20Technology%20Platform%204%204%202016.pdf

According to the CDC (2016), “Scientists estimate that more than 6 out of every 10 infectious diseases in humans are spread from animals." While human-focused diagnostic, preventative, and treatment innovations will remain critical tools in protecting human health, special focus also must be paid to the animals with which humans interact.

The One Health movement understands the interconnection between human and animal, and so its tenants of focusing on animal health to improve human health bear relevance to all global efforts to reduce disease, and improve and save human lives.

US BIOLOGIC has developed a unique One Health solution: an oral-delivery platform that can target “disease reservoirs” such as the white-footed mice known to be the primary carrier for Lyme Borrelia. This solution allows for cost-efficient application of the vaccine in a wildlife setting, thus changing the environmental role of the mouse from disease reservoir to being an integral part of the Point of Disease Prevention cycle.

“Implementation of such a long-term public health measure could substantially reduce the risk of human exposure to Lyme disease” (Richer LM, et al.  Reservoir targeted vaccine against Borrelia burgdorferi: A new strategy to prevent Lyme disease transmission.  Journal of Infectious Disease.  2014; 209: 1972-1980).

Toward that end, US BIOLOGIC is pleased to endorse the One Health Initiative in its many forms, and we look forward to growing together, creating groundbreaking technologies that may improve animal and human health all over the world.

Sincerely,

Mason Kauffman

President & CEO

http://usbiologic.com/