Symposium Presentations Expand All Collapse All Sunday, April 21, 2024 Randall J. Urban, MD, Senior Vice President for Research, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (UTMB) Welcome PresentationGregory C. Gray, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) UTMB Welcome PresentationJames A. Roth, DVM, PhD, Distinguished Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, Food Security: The Ultimate One Health Challenge Monday, April 22, 2024 Gregory C. Gray, MD, MPH, Professor, UTMB. Opening and welcome messagePlenary Session 1 – The Food Industry’s perspectiveMandy A. Carr-Johnson, PhD, Sr. Executive Director, Scientific Affairs, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, The Role of Cattle Research in a One Health Discussion.Jamie Jonker, MS, PhD, National Milk Producers Federation - Chief Science Officer and Vice President, Sustainability & Scientific Affairs, Arlington, VA, The Role of Dairy Research in a One Health Discussion.Denise L. B. Heard, DVM, MAM, ACPV, Vice President, Research Programs, U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, Tucker, GA, The Role of Poultry Research in a One Health Discussion.Heather Fowler, VMD, PhD, MPH, DACVPM, PMP, Director of Producer and Public Health, National Pork Board, Clive, IA, The Role of Swine Research in a One Health Discussion.De Ann Davis, PhD, Western Growers, Sr. Vice President, Science Western Growers One Health and Leafy Green Production in California and Arizona.Natalie Krout-Greenberg, Director, Inspection Services Division, California Department of Food and Agriculture One Health and Food Systems: Initiatives, Progress, and Opportunities.Plenary Session 2 – Protecting FoodJames Stack, PhD, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, Plant Health: a Critical Component of One Health and the Foundation for Global Food Security.Galaxia A. Cortés Hinojosa MV, MSc, PhD, CertAqVet, DACVM, Director of Academic and Student Affairs and Assistant Professor, School of Veterinary Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Marine Mammals as Sentinels of One Health.Montse Torremorell, DVM, PhD, Professor & Chair College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, MN, Environmental Sampling as a Means to Identify Threats at the Interface of People, Animals and the Environment.Miguel M. Cabada, MD MSc FASTMH, Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Disease, University of Texas Medical Branch, TX, The impact of Fasciola hepatica infection on human and livestock health in the highlands of Peru.Plenary Session 3 – Combatting Emerging Disease That Threaten Food SecurityMark R. Ackermann DVM, PhD, DACVP, Center Director, USDA/ARS-National Animal Disease Center, Ames, Iowa;They Don’t Just Go Away: Demands and Successes in Combating Persistent Domestic Diseases of Food-producing Livestock.Parallel Session A – Viral Disease Concerns and One Health SolutionsJuergen A. Richt, DVM, PhD, University Distinguished Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, African Swine Fever: Can We Manage this Threat to the Global Swine Industry and the Food Supply? Linda J. Saif, MS, PhD (NAM), Distinguished University Professor, Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio. Emerging coronaviruses, One Health Perspectives on SARS-CoV-2 and Coronavirus Threats to Humans and Animals.David Swayne, DVM, PhD, DACVP, DACPV (USDA, retired), The Changing Global Role of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza on Agricultural, Environmental, and Public Health.Lindsay R. Gabbert, MPS, Microbiologist, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, DHS Science & Technology Directorate, Office of Innovation & Collaboration, Greenport, NY, From Lab to Lairage: Development of Science-backed Solutions for Control and Recovery from Transboundary Animal Disease Outbreaks.Parallel Session B – Bacterial Disease Concerns and One Health SolutionsQijing Zhang, BVsc, MS, PhD, Iowa State University - Campylobacter: A Major Challenge for One Health Jessica Labonté, PhD, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Using Molecular and 'Omics’ Approaches to Understand Oysters Ecology, Health, and Food Safety.Steven C. Ricke, MS. PhD, Director – Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery (MSABD) Program Professor, Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Salmonella Ecology and Pathogenesis in Poultry: Impact on One Health.Hung Nguyen-Viet, MSc, PhD, Co-lead of Animal and Human Health program & Lead, CGIAR Initiative on One Health, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya, One Health & Food Systems research from CGIAR.Parallel Session C – Other Microbial Concerns and One Health SolutionsNoelle Noyes, DVM, PhD, University of Minnesota, Can we Manage Microbial Populations for Improved Livestock Animal Health, Productivity and Resiliency? Gustavo Hernandez Vidal, DVM, MSc, PhD, Dean and Professor, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Escobedo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, Discuss USDA NIFA study, Surveillance for Novel Coronaviruses on Livestock Farms, Mexico. (External Video)Conor Schlick, PhD, Lead Data Scientist, MITRE, Washington, DC, R&D to Support DHS Protection of the Food and Agriculture Critical Infrastructure.Teck Hock Toh, MBBS, FRCPCH Professor, Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia, One Health Emerging Infectious Disease Research Near the Equatorial Jungles of Sarawak, Malaysia. Tuesday, April 23, 2024 Gregory C. Gray, MD, MPH, Professor, UTMB. Day 2 announcements Plenary Session 4 – Food SecurityLaura H. Kahn, MD, MPH, MPP, Co-Founder, One Health Initiative, A One Health Perspective on Food Security, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Climate Change.Pia Olafson, PhD, Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory, Kerrville, TX, USA Anti-tick Vaccines for Livestock as One Health Approach to Protect Human Health.Anabel Rodriguez, PhD, MPH, Texas A&M University, School of Public Health, College Station, TX, The Invisible Workforce: What Have We Learned from Health and Well-Being Initiatives among Agricultural Workers in Texas?John Gibbons, MS, PhD, (Texas Tech University) How best to engage the next generation of OH researchers, Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine One Health Sciences: Engaging the future.Plenary Session 5 – Promoting One Health Food Security Research in the FutureGregory C. Gray, MD, MPH, Professor, UTMB, Poster Winners - Six poster winners each give three minute PowerPoint summary of their researchPanel: Symposium Summary & Where Do We Go from Here? James A. Roth, DVM, PhD, Distinguished Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA,Montse Torremorell, DVM, PhD, Professor & Chair College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, MNJuergen A. Richt, DVM, PhD, University Distinguished Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KSGregory C. Gray, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) UTMB Event Photos Skip Menu Questions? Site managed by the UTMB One Health • Last Updated: 30-APR-2024