Each GOHi webinar features faculty experts and industry thought leaders who presented on a One Health topic. View a list of topics, speakers and recordings below.
2023
January – Climate Change and One Health
Speaker: Jason Cervenec – Education and Outreach Director, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University
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February – Assessment of Public Health Emergency Response in Pakistan
Speakers:
- S.M. Mursalin – Chief Executive Officer, Pak One Health Alliance
- Shagufta Zareen – Team Lead for Research and Development, Pak One Health Alliance
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March – Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) to Achieve Health Equity
Speaker: Maria Julia (Maju) Brunette, PhD – Associate Professor, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences; Affiliated Faculty, Department of Integrated Systems Engineering (ISE), The Ohio State University
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2022
January – One Health Ethics: Community engagement during One Health Research Amidst Conflict, Drought and Animal Disease
Speakers:
- Joseph Mwanzia Nguta, BVM, PhD, MSc – Senior Lecturer, University of Nairobi; One Health Ethics and Regulatory Procedures (OHEARP) postdoctoral fellow
- Kuastros Mekennon DVM, PhD, MPH – Researcher, Ethiopian National Animal Health Diagnostic and Investigation Center (NAHDIC); One Health Ethics and Regulatory Procedures (OHEARP) postdoctoral fellow
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February – Modernizing Global Health Security to Prevent, Detect and Respond
Speaker: Carol Haley, PhD – Adjunct Associate Professor, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health; Pfizer (retired)
March – Monitoring and Evaluation of One Health Initiatives
Speaker: Saira Nawaz, PhD, MPH – Research Evaluator, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Evaluation, Ohio State College of Public Health; Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, GOHi
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April – Surveillance: Where We Are Now and Overcoming Barriers to Implementation
Speakers:
- Alasdair King (BVMS) – Executive Director of International Veterinary Health, Merck Animal Health
- Andrew Gibson (BVetMed) – Research and Epidemiology Manager, Mission Rabies
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May – Implementation Science: Zoonoses
Speaker: Sofonias Kifle Tessema, PhD – Implementation Science Expert in Bioinformatics, Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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June – Microbial Source Tracking of Environmental Pathogens
- Zemichael Gizaw Workneh, PhD, MPH – Assistant Professor, the University of Gondar; One Health Ethics and Regulatory Procedures (OHEARP) doctoral fellow
- Yasser Sanad, DVM, MVSc, PhD – Assistant Professor of Food Safety, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff; Technical Advisor, FHI 360
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Note: due to sensitive data included in the second presentation, this recording only contains the first presentation.
August – The Updated Definition of One Health
Speaker: Casey Barton Behravesh – Director, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) One Health Office in the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases; Captain, United States Public Health Service
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October – Building the Next Generation of One Health Practitioners: Current and Former Students Panel Discussion
Speakers:
- Pallavi Oruganti, BS, MPH-VPH, DVM – Veterinary Medical Officer (Epidemiology), United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- Melanie Lopez, BS, MPH-VPH – Senior Program Manager, Boston Public Health Commission
- Mostafa Ghanem, BVSC, MVSC, PhD – Assistant Professor, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
- Joseph Mwanzia Nguta, BVM, PhD, MSc – Senior Lecturer, University of Nairobi
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November – The Ethiopian Public Health Emergency Response to COVID-19: Challenges, Successes and Future Considerations
Speaker: Ebba Abate, PhD – Country Director, Global One Health initiative Eastern Africa Office
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December – One Health Leadership
Speakers:
- Lonnie King, DVM, MS, MPA, ACVPM – Dean Emeritus, Ohio State College of Veterinary Medicine
- Wondwossen Gebreyes, DVM, PhD, DACVPM – GOHi Executive Director, President of Global One Health, LLC and Hazel C. Youngberg Distinguished Professor, Molecular Epidemiology
2021
January – GOHi Strategic Vision and Activities
Speakers:
- Wondwossen Gebreyes, DVM, PhD, DACVPM – GOHi Executive Director
- Getnet Yimer, MD, PhD – Director of the Global One Health Eastern Africa Office
February – Education and Outreach
Speakers:
- Susie Breitenstein, PhD, RN, FAAN – Associate Professor and Director of Community Outreach and Engagement in the College of Nursing at The Ohio State University
- Sanja Ilic, PhD – Assistant Professor and State Extension specialist in Food Safety, Family and Consumer Sciences
March – Emerging Zoonotic Viruses
Speaker: Jürgen A. Richt, DVM, PhD – Kansas State University
April – Data Science/Integrating Electronic Health Surveillance Systems
Speaker: Xia Ning, PhD – The Ohio State University
May – One Health Policy and Implementation
Speakers:
- Laura Kahn, MD – Physician and research scholar with the Program on Science and Global Security at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
- Meseret Bekele – Director of VPHD, Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture.
June – FAO Progressive Management Pathway for Antimicrobial Resistance
Speaker: Armando Hoet, DVM, PhD Diplomate ACVPM – Director of the Veterinary Public Health Program at The Ohio State University
July – One Health Communication
Speakers:
- Deborah Thomson, DVM – One Health Lessons
- Cheryl Stroud – One Health Commission
August – One Health AMR surveillance implementation in Low Middle Income Country settings, Kenya a case study
Speaker: Samuel Kariuki DVM, MSc, PhD – Director General for the Kenya Medical Research Institute
September – World Rabies Day Special Webinar
Speakers:
- Laura Binkley, PhD, MS, MPH – Postdoctoral Researcher/Zoonotic Disease Ecology & Surveillance/Wildlife Specialist, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University
- Anna Czupryna, PhD – University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Kennedy Lushasi, MSc – Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania
October – Future Funding Landscape for Global Public Health: Sponsors Panel Discussion
Speakers:
- Peter Kilmarx, MD, FACP, FIDSA – U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Kristen MacNaughtan, MS – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Ermias Belay, MD – U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Amanda McClelland, RN, MPHTM – Resolve to Save Lives
December – Evolution of a Prototype Arterivirus (equine) During Persistent Infection
Speaker: Zelalem Mekuria, DVM, PhD – Associate Director of the Ohio State Infectious Disease Molecular Epidemiology Laboratory
2020
January – Antimicrobial Resistance
Speaker: Robert Onsare, PhD, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kenya
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February – Coronaviruses
Speakers: Linda Saif, PhD, Honorary Diplomate ACVM, The Ohio State University, United States
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March – Capacity Building
Speakers:
- Desalegne Mengesha Degefaw, DVM, Global One Health LLC Office, Ethiopia
- Amanda Berrian, DVM, MPH, PhD, The Ohio State University, United States
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April – Wildlife Diseases
Speakers:
- Risa Pesapane, PhD, The Ohio State University, United States
- Jeanette O’Quin, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, DABVP, The Ohio State University, United States
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May – Vector-Borne Disease
Speakers:
- Abhay Satoskar, MD, PhD, The Ohio State University, United States
- Rafael Vieira, DMV, MSc, PhD, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil
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June – Food Safety and Foodborne Disease
Speakers:
- Kagambèga Assèta, PhD, University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- Eyasu Tigabu Seyoum, PhD, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Ethiopia
Panel Discussion Moderator: Barbara Kowalcyk, PhD, The Ohio State University, United States
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July – COVID-19
Speakers:
- Barney Graham, MD, PhD, National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, United States
- Lonnie King, DVM, MS, MPA, Diplomate ACVPM The Ohio State University, United States
Panel Discussion Moderator: Wondwossen Gebreyes DVM, PhD, DACVPM, The Ohio State University, United States
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August – Virology, Co-Infection and Immunity
Speaker: Debasu Damtie, DVM, PhD Fellow, University of Gondar, Ethiopia
Panel Discussion Moderator: Prosper Boyaka, PhD, The Ohio State University, United States
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September – The Wildlife Interface
Speakers:
- Cheryl McCrindle, PhD, University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Rudovick Kazwala, PhD, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
Panel Discussion Moderator: Tanya Berger Wolf, PhD, The Ohio State University, United States
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October – Bioinformatics
Speakers:
- George Obiero, PhD, University of Nairobi, Kenya
- Daniel Janies, PhD, University of North Carolina Charlotte, United States
Panel Discussion Moderator: Zelalem Mekuria, DVM, PhD, The Ohio State University, United States
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November – Parasitology and Vector-Borne Disease
Speakers:
- David Bruce Conn, PhD, Berry College, United States
- Sebastián Muñoz Leal, DVM, PhD University of Concepción, Chile
Panel Discussion Moderator: Rafael Vieira, DVM, MSc, PhD, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil
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December – Pharmacology and One Health
Speakers:
- Shridhar Narayanan, PhD, Foundation for Neglected Disease Research, India
- Ermias Addo, MSc, PhD Candidate, The Ohio State University, United States
Panel Discussion Moderator: Mark Mitton-Fry, PhD, The Ohio State University, United States
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