One Health Wednesdays

One Health Wednesdays is back after a year hiatus, continuing its mission to spotlight impactful work in One Health. This season opener features Dr. Julia Zammit as guest host, giving our regular host, Dr. Ginger Dixon, a chance to sit in the expert chair and share her own story and recent achievements. Ginger dives into her groundbreaking doctoral capstone project, where she developed a scalable One Health surveillance system using citizen science. Her platform brings together biodiversity hotspots, keystone species, zoonotic diseases, and climate events in one accessible system, designed to empower communities and policymakers alike. Throughout the episode, Ginger highlights the real-world applications of her work—from conservation prioritization to disease trend monitoring—and discusses where advancements in AI and citizen science are poised to take One Health surveillance in the future. This episode offers insights not only for those in the field but for anyone interested in how innovative tools can drive public health and environmental solutions. Connect with our hosts: Dr. Julia Zammit LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjulia-zammit/⁠ Dr. Ginger Dixon LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginger-dixon/⁠Capstone: ⁠https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/ginger.dixon/viz/GingerDixonDrPHCapstone2024/Story1⁠

In this inspiring episode, Ginger Dixon welcomes Matthew Petrolo, a second-year undergraduate student in the innovative One Health program at the University of Guelph. Matthew shares his journey from discovering One Health to specializing in disease complexity and discusses the program's interdisciplinary approach to addressing global health challenges. Tune in to explore how students like Matthew are shaping the future of One Health and why this emerging field is more critical than ever.Connect with our hosts:Matthew Petrolo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-petrolo-1bb60a2b3/Dr. Ginger Dixon LinkedIn: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginger-dixon/ ⁠⁠

In this episode of One Health Wednesdays, Dr. Ginger Dixon and guest host Dr. Julia Zammit dive into the details of a scalable One Health surveillance system designed to empower local communities. Ginger shares insights from her proof-of-concept project in Arizona, which integrates citizen science, strategic planning, and data visualization to track biodiversity, zoonotic diseases, and environmental changes. Learn about the challenges and creative solutions behind building a low-cost, adaptable platform that connects local needs with global One Health goals. Whether you're a public health professional, researcher, or community advocate, this episode offers practical inspiration for making One Health surveillance accessible to all. Connect with our hosts: Dr. Julia Zammit LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjulia-zammit/⁠ Dr. Ginger Dixon LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginger-dixon/  One Health Surveillance Dashboard: https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/ginger.dixon/viz/OneHealthSurveillance-Arizona/Story1 

One Health Wednesdays highlights work in One Health to encourage awareness, solutions, and professional development. Janelle Jiminez and Kayley McCubbin are champions of One Health through the University of Calgary’s AMR - One Health Consortium. They share how the Consortium provides outreach, training, and a chance for One Health projects to take their research further to communicate to the public, change policy and spark innovation in industry. Janelle and Kayley share their recommendations from their winding journeys into One Health as well as opportunities for professionals to connect through informal and formal learning experiences such as the One Health Summer Institute. Janelle Jimenez LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janelle-jiminez-87859713/ Kayley McCubbin LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kayley-mccubbin/ University of Calgary AMR – One Health Consortium: https://research.ucalgary.ca/amr One Health Summer Institute: https://research.ucalgary.ca/one-health/training/one-health-summer-institute

One Health Wednesdays highlights work in One Health to encourage awareness, solutions, and professional development. Daniel Williamson is an infectious disease epidemiologist and medical entomologist who has focused his work and research on researching and surveilling mosquito-borne diseases. He discusses how he became intrigued with microbiology and pathogens and has fulfilled both of his childhood dreams of discovering a dinosaur and working with infectious diseases. Daniel highlights how his research has reinforced the principles of One Health and AMR, even detailing mosquito life cycles and how pesticide-resistance mutations occur. He continues to develop surveillance and prevention in mosquito- and vector-borne diseases through his partnership company, Arbo Scientific, and through his research with the University of Arizona, all while supporting local public health in Arizona. Links: Daniel Williamson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-williamson-mph-72766825/ Arbo Scientific LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arbo-scientific/ Arbo Scientific: https://www.arboscientific.com/ Invictarx zephyri: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invictarx Effects of desiccation stress on adult female longevity in Aedes aegypti and Ae. Albopictus...: https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1186/s13071-018-2808-6?author_access_token=1E7yi1yTmnVIZMdEAPotpW_BpE1tBhCbnbw3BuzI2RNUIq90cmq6fF2JVokNati0OsakrRnsvLo_gyPwcbCPNvGSVwGmnjJ1hZht9vF1W9uJDWnNEB8iTEREgcBfKA06czJlcAcfHTk0XpocJynv4g== Socioeconomic and Human Behavioral Factors Associated with Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Immature Habitat in Tucson, AZ: https://academic.oup.com/jme/article/55/4/955/4841133?login=false

One Health Wednesdays highlights work in One Health to encourage awareness, solutions, and professional development. Hayley Yaglom is a One Health Genomics Epidemiologist who started in One Health from a young age before she even knew it was One Health. She talks about her path into One Health, starting with exploring the science behind the human-animal bond at the University of Missouri, working with vector-borne and zoonotic disease with the Arizona Department of Health Services, and now her work in One Health Genomic Epidemiology with TGen. Hayley explores examples of One Health including approaches to rabies prevention and response, plague and prairie dogs, West Nile virus and other mosquito-borne diseases, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and coordinating interdisciplinary responses with Tribal Nations, and surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in companion animals and wildlife. She advocates for partnerships and collaborative work, recently promoting this in the Southwest One Health Collaborative Symposium, recently held November 2022. Links: Hayley Yaglom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hdy716/ TGen Website: https://www.tgen.org/ Southwest One Health Collaborative Symposium: https://southwestonehealth.org/symposium/ News, “TGen Case Study Documents First Reported U.S. Transmission of COVID From a Pet Owner to Pets”: https://www.tgen.org/news/2021/november/01/tgen-documents-first-us-human-to-pet-covid/ Paper, “Genomic investigation of a household SARS-CoV-2 disease cluster in Arizona involving a cat, dog, and pet owner”: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8479377/ Article, “Strengthening Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) prevention and control in Arizona tribal lands”: https://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/what-we-do/grants/2021/funding-march-2021.html Plague: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/plague

One Health Wednesdays highlights work in One Health to encourage awareness, solutions, and professional development. Liza Leclerc is an international thought leader who has brought twenty years of experience in sustainable development to bring solutions to mitigate and build resilience to climate change, including her current work with Stantec. She shares her inspiration for her work, how we can use One Health thinking about climate change in building infrastructure, city planning, food system design, shelter, and safe water. Liza Leclerc: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liza-leclerc/ Stantec LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stantec-au-qu%C3%A9bec/ Stantec Website: https://www.stantec.com/en

One Health Wednesdays highlights work in One Health to encourage awareness, solutions, and professional development. Dr. Neil Vora is a physician, medical epidemiologist, and Pandemic Prevention Fellow at Conservation International. In this episode, Dr. Vora underscores the importance of addressing conservation and preservation of biodiversity as an important component of pandemic prevention and highlights lessons learned from his work with Ebola and COVID-19 pandemic mitigation with the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Links: Dr. Neil Vora: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neil-vora-md-74328b3/ Conservation International: https://www.conservation.org/ Conservation International LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/conservation-international/ “Global trends in emerging infectious diseases”, Jones et al. (2008): https://www.nature.com/articles/nature06536 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.org

One Health Wednesdays highlights work in One Health to encourage awareness, solutions, and professional development. Dr. Kirk Douglas is the Director of the Centre for Biosecurity Studies at the University of the West Indies in the Carribean. He discusses his journey in One Health studying zoonotic diseases such as hantavirus, West Nile Virus, dengue, and avian influenza; the challenges and rewards of completing both an MBA and a PhD at the same time; and his work with partner organizations to develop an expanded framework on One Health. Links: Dr. Kirk Douglas: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirkdouglas2 The Coming Plague by Laurie Garrett: https://www.lauriegarrett.com/the-coming-plague Centre for Biosecurity Studies: https://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/biosecurity/home.aspx Influence of Climatic Factors on Human Hantavirus Infections in Latin America and the Carribean: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/11/1/15 Dengue Fever and Severe Dengue in Barbados, 2008-2016: https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/5/2/68 Serum LPS Associated with Hantavirus and Dengue Disease Severity in Barbados: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/11/9/838

One Health Wednesdays highlights work in One Health to encourage awareness, solutions, and professional development. Dr. Niti Jadeja is a post-doc researcher with the University of Virginia in genomics and molecular biology who is driven by her mission to spark innovation across complex challenges and share One Health with the globe. She shares the insight she has gained through work with zoonoses such as rabies, microbiological sequencing, metagenomics, microbial biodiversity and soil sampling, wastewater surveillance, and water treatment, along with the technical processes involved in her work and the need for interdisciplinary work and women leadership in her fields. Links: Dr. Niti Jadeja: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drnitijadeja/ University of Virginia: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-virginia/ International Water Association: https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-water-association/ Selected papers from Dr. Niti Jadeja and colleagues “From gut to mud: dissemination of antimicrobial resistance between animal and agricultural niches”: https://sfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1462-2920.15927 “Whither One Health in India”: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Richa-Shukla-9/publication/347423926_The_Making_of_Indian_Diplomacy_A_Critique_of_Eurocentrism_REVIEW_OF_ENVIRONMENT_DEVELOPMENT_Biodiversity-focused_Development_Ways_to_Sustain_Human_Well-being_Exploring_the_4-Cs_Biodiversity_in_and_aro/links/5fdb1e6292851c13fe90c54f/The-Making-of-Indian-Diplomacy-A-Critique-of-Eurocentrism-REVIEW-OF-ENVIRONMENT-DEVELOPMENT-Biodiversity-focused-Development-Ways-to-Sustain-Human-Well-being-Exploring-the-4-Cs-Biodiversity-in-an.pdf#page=40 “Water pollution in India – Current scenario”: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2468312422000104

One Health Wednesdays highlights work in One Health to encourage awareness, solutions, and professional development. Krista Howden is a One Health Scientific Advisor, Epidemiologist, and founder of One Health Scientific Solutions. In this episode, she navigates the complex challenges of bringing awareness to One Health, thinking about diseases in One Health outside of zoonoses and vector-borne disease, and facilitating interdisciplinary teams with concrete and practical tips for co-creating effectively. Links: Dr. Krista Howden: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krista-howden-74597260/ One Health Scientific Solutions: https://onehealthscientific.com/ African Swine Fever: https://www.woah.org/en/disease/african-swine-fever/ The Surrender Project: https://www.amazon.com/Surrender-Experiment-Journey-Lifes-Perfection/dp/080414110X

One Health Wednesdays highlights work in One Health to encourage awareness, solutions, and professional development. Dr. Kate Sulzner is a wildlife veterinarian, One Health specialist, and Director of EcoVet Global. Kate describes her journey into One Health as she married her two loves of veterinary medicine and conservation biology. Today, she works in STEM and conservation education at Curiodyssey, and in an innovative One Health education program in Tanzania through EcoVet Global which utilizes an evidence-based, collaborative process with the community to train women as One Health workers and establish regional hubs. Links: Kate Sulzner LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katesulzner/ EcoVet Global: www.ecovetglobal.org UCDavis Masters in Preventive Vet Medicine: https://mpvm.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/ Curiodyssey https://curiodyssey.org/ Wildlife Disease Association: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/4150696/ Wildlife Conservation Society: https://oneworldonehealth.wcs.org/ Newcastle Disease: https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poultry/newcastle-disease-and-other-paramyxovirus-infections/newcastle-disease-in-poultry Fiscal sponsorship: https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/tools-resources/fiscal-sponsorship-nonprofits Earth Island Institute: https://www.earthisland.org/

One Health Wednesdays highlights work in One Health to encourage awareness, solutions, and professional development. This week we’ve done a special recap of professional development advice offered by our first five guests in case you’ve missed them. To hear more: Episode 1 Deborah Sateler: https://labopp.org/ohw/ep1/ Episode 2 Thomas Julian Irabor and Julia Zammit: https://labopp.org/ohw/ep2/ Episode 3 Special guest host Julia Zammit with Nitya Ghotge: https://labopp.org/ohw/ep3/ Episode 4 Monal Daptardar: https://labopp.org/ohw/ep4/ Episode 5 Noel Miranda: https://labopp.org/ohw/ep5/

One Health Wednesdays highlights work in One Health to encourage awareness, solutions, and professional development. Rolayo Emmanuel is a Medical Parasitologist in Nigeria who studies neglected tropical diseases such as trypanosomiasis and onchocerciasis. She discusses her observations of season and climate changes in the parasite and it tse tse fly host, challenges with safety and education, and the need for additional diagnostic tools in the field. Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rolayoemmanuel/ https://www.linkedin.com/school/ahmadu-bello-university-zaria-/ https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/trypanosomiasis-human-african-(sleeping-sickness)

One Health Wednesdays highlights work in One Health to encourage awareness, solutions, and professional development. Mariana Delgado is a veterinarian in France who works in wildlife health. She takes a One Health perspective in her work which has included experience with the Ministry of Peru working on conservation and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, formerly OIE) on prevention and disease resilience from animal health. Most recently, she completed a certificate training in Wildlife Disease Risk Analysis from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and WOAH, which she explains in detail. Links: Mariana Delgado https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariana-delgado-rivas-wildlife-vet/ WOAH https://www.linkedin.com/company/worldanimalhealth/ IUCN https://www.linkedin.com/company/iucn/ Manual for Wildlife Disease Risk Analysis https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2014-006.pdf Wildlife Disease Risk Analysis Course https://www.conservationtraining.org/enrol/index.php?id=1163 WOAH Newsletter https://bulletin.woah.org/?page_id=144

One Health Wednesdays highlights work in One Health to encourage awareness, solutions, and professional development. Sabin Liulea is a marine biologist in Spain who used his love of the ocean to pursue studies in marine biology. His work on relationships between seaweed, urchins, and climate highlights how One Health is just as important for marine environments as it is on land. Learn more as he discusses phycology and the close relationships between seaweed, oxygen, ocean temperatures, and the socioeconomic implications of changing environments and ecosystems. @Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change #phycology #marinebiology #climatechange #climateaction #seaweed #kelp #oceanecology @Universidade do Algarve @Sorbonne Universite @Universitat de Girona Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabin-liulea/ https://www.ipcc.ch/

One Health Wednesdays highlights work in One Health to encourage awareness, solutions, and professional development. Dauda Onawola, a veterinarian in One Health and founder of DVMPlus, shares his philosophy and definition of One Health as well as his goals and work at DVMPlus in veterinary inclusion in One Health, One Health program design, and action-based advocacy. Projects such as #OHDaily and Zoonosis Card are innovative ways that he and his team are spreading awareness and providing education in One Health. Reach out to him to contribute to OHDaily and become an ambassador with DVMPlus Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dauda-onawola/ https://dvmplus.wordpress.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/dvm-plus/ https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=ohdaily

One Health Wednesdays highlights work in One Health to encourage awareness, solutions, and professional development. Chanchal Bhattacharya is a public health veterinarian with the Government of Delhi with a wealth of experiences to share in zoonotic surveillance, animal husbandry, and policy and planning. He shares lessons learned from avian influenza outbreaks in India, interdisciplinary planning for the Indian ABC program for rabies eradication, changes in human Kyasanur forest disease (KFD) infections with climate change, and the need for involvement of other specialties in One Health such as economists, sociologists, and ecologists. Dr. Bhattacharya has graciously offered to serve as a mentor or advisor for students and individuals who are interested in contacting him to learn more about zoonoses and One Health. Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-chanchal-bhattacharya-59b42a18/ https://ncdc.gov.in/WriteReadData/l892s/25879243771600146411.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7709690/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27692988/ https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/human-infection-with-avian-influenza-a(h5n1)-%EF%BD%B0-india

Physician, author, researcher, educator, health policy researcher, and co-founder of One Health Initiative – Laura Kahn is a woman of many hats who brings diverse experience and education to the One Health table. She shares her insight on the evolution of One Health, global security including bioterrorism and zoonoses, and needs for improvement of health-thinking and systems, anthropology of food security, and present and future challenges with future security and the politics of antimicrobial resistance. Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-kahn-79b01510/ https://onehealthinitiative.com/ https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/one-health-and-politics-antimicrobial-resistance https://sgs.princeton.edu/team/frank-von-hippel Books: Zoobiquity by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, M.D. https://www.amazon.com/Zoobiquity-Astonishing-Connection-Between-Animal/dp/0307477436 Nature’s Mutiny by Philipp Blom https://www.amazon.com/Natures-Mutiny-Seventeenth-Century-Transformed/dp/1631496727 Missing Microbes by Martin Blaser https://www.amazon.com/Missing-Microbes-Overuse-Antibiotics-Fueling/dp/0805098100 Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Save the World by Marcia Bjornerud https://www.amazon.com/Timefulness-Thinking-Like-Geologist-World/dp/0691181209

Maryam Zakariya speaks to her professional development experiences as a student in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Ilorin. She has served as the President of the International Veterinary Students’ Association there and has served in multiple other associations contributing to One Health including the International Student One Health Alliance as the Africa continent representative, the World Organization for Animal Health as a Student Ambassador, and a Liaison Intern with One Health Lessons. She has already contributed to One Health through event organization, advocacy, graphic design, and education, proving that those who are driven can find and use opportunities to contribute to this growing cause. Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryam-zakariya-2874381ba/ https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-ilorin/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/ivsa-unilorin/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/isohaonehealth/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/one-health-lessons/