Due to recent UTMB network updates, the May UTMB One Health newsletter images are being blocked for our UTMB subscribers. We are currently working to resolve this issue, and apologize for the inconvenience. In the mean time, we have included a link to a PDF version of our One Health newsletter which includes all images and can be viewed here.
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UTMB One Health Investigation Course Student Collage Depicting Everyday Items that Impact our Health (Student Collage Provided by Dr. Matt Dacso, MD)
UTMB Medical Students Highlight Their Perspectives on a Virtual One Health Experience in Recently Published 2022 ISOHA Journal Article
In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, students from three Texas universities undertook a virtual One Health course. From movie nights, to debating outbreak investigations, to donning and doffing personal protective equipment in their respective homes; students share their interprofessional perspectives for a virtual One Health experience in a newly published journal article in the 2022 International Student One Health Alliance (ISOHA) journal.
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There's a New School in Town!
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Dr. M. Kristen Peek, PhD, Dean ad interim, of the new UTMB School of Public and Population Health, signs first offer of admission letter to the incoming cohort of Fall 2022 students
(Source: UTMB School of Public & Population Health)
UTMB Unveils its New School of Public and Population Health
UTMB recently opened its doors to the new UTMB School of Public and Population Health! Dr. Kristen Peek, Dean ad interim for the recently opened school, discusses the new School of Public and Population Health, as well as its role and importance in relation to One Health.
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UTMB Faculty Reflect on One Health
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Dr. Matt Dacso, MD, and fieldwork team in Dominican Republic (Photo credit: Dr. Dacso)
UTMB Clinician Embrace of International Collaborations in One Health
Dr. Dacso is a man who wears many hats: internal medicine clinician, Director of the Center for Global Health Education, husband, father, and jazz musician. Characterized by his keen intellect and good humor, we enjoyed a discussion over zoom about how he got involved in One Health, what he has learned from it and some of his current research.
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The University of Texas Medical Branch - Biocontainment Critical Care Unit
(source: https://philowilke.com/portfolio/the-university-of-texas-medical-branch-biocontainment-critical-care-unit/)
UTMB Infectious Disease Clinician, Considers One Health Approaches in Fighting Emerging Infectious Diseases
While sitting at a table outside of Old Red, Dr. Susan McLellan divulged to me tales of the over 20 years of experience she has as an infectious disease expert and One Health proponent. She spent 20 years at Tulane University holding faculty positions in both Infectious Disease in the School of Medicine and Tropical Medicine in the Tropical Medicine Department of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Her career has taken her to numerous African countries, the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, and finally here to UTMB where she is the Medical Director for the Biocontainment Care Unit, one of few national facilities that can care for patients with high-consequence pathogens such as Ebola.
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UTMB One Health Team Member, Ashton Davis (middle), and colleagues
Vanesa Ochoa (left) and Caitlin Aguirre (right)
UTMB One Health Team Member and Colleagues are
Selected as Albert Schweitzer Fellows
UTMB One Health team member, Ashton Davis, and colleagues Vanesa Ochoa and Caitlin Aguirre have recently been selected as fellows for the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Houston Galveston for their Street Medicine project. The Street Medicine project builds upon work by previous fellows who engaged with unhoused individuals in Galveston bi-weekly by providing basic necessities, identifying key leaders of the unsheltered population, and distributing meals from local farmers markets. This year, the team hopes to expand on this project by engaging new stakeholders, increasing access to social resources, addressing medical needs, and continuing to alleviate food insecurity. Congratulations Ashton, Vanesa, and Caitlin on this significant achievement! A link to the full article highlighting this achievement can be found here.
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