This event will be held in person at the Gluck Auditorium and via Zoom. A Zoom link will be provided to those who register.

Details

8 a.m. - Registration
Attendees check-in

8:30 a.m. - Opening Remarks
Deans of colleges involved in One Health

9 a.m. - Keynote Speaker 
Laura Kahn, MPH, MD, Co-Founder of the One Health Initiative; Professor Emeritus, Princeton University
Topic: Using a One Health Framework to Examine Coronaviruses

9:30 a.m. - Keynote Speaker
Scott Commins, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of North Carolina
Topic: Tick to Table: Unraveling the Health Impacts of Alpha-Gal Syndrome

10 a.m. - Keynote Speaker
Yoonseong Park, MS, PhD, Professor of Entomology, Kansas State University
Topic: Integrated Alpha-Gal Syndrome Management

10:30 a.m. - Break

10:45 a.m. - Keynote Speaker
Sid Thakur, DVM, PhD, Executive Director, Global One Health Academy, NC State University
Topic: The One Health Imperative: Harnessing Interdisciplinary Approach to Build Resiliency at the Human, Animal, Environment Interface

11:15 a.m. - Invited Speaker
Feng Li, DVM, PhD, Chair, Equine Infectious Diseases, Gluck Equine Research Center, University of Kentucky
Topic: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Surveillance in Horses and Agricultural Animals

11:35 a.m. - Invited Speaker
Cheryl Witt, PhD, RN, Associate Professor and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs, Agriculture Extension Specialist, University of Kentucky
Topic: TBD

11:55 a.m. - Invited Speakers
Jennifer Way, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, Veterinary Coordinator, USDA
Topic: Updates on New World Screwworm (NWS)
Jessie Lay, DVM, Extension Animal Health Veterinarian, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Kentucky
Topic: One Health Extension

12:15 p.m. - Invited Speaker
Wayne Sanderson, MS, PhD, Professor and Director of CARERC and SCAHIP, University of Kentucky
Topic: One Health in Action – The Environmental Health Perspective