UTMB OH Newsletter - January Issue

Issue 10 January 2023

UTMB One Health Happenings

UTMB’s First Annual One Health Symposium: From Bench to Bedside: How One Health is Already Part of Your World (Photo credit: G. Gray).

The First Annual One Health Symposium at UTMB

On December 1st, the University of Texas Medical Branch hosted the first-ever One Health Symposium, subtitled “From Bench to Bedside: How One Health is Already Part of Your World.” The half-day event, held on-campus as well as virtually, featured a large cadre of research and healthcare experts speaking about their work and its relevancy to the tenants of One Health.

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Photo Credit: Peter Hermes Furian/Shutterstock

Antimicrobial Resistance in the Context of One Health

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues to threaten previously effective treatments within healthcare. Dr. David Reynoso, an infectious disease physician and the Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship at UTMB, believes a solution to AMR must utilize a One Health approach. Policy makers and researchers must employ One Health to identify the underlying drivers of AMR that impact the healthcare system.

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UTMB One Health Team Spotlights

Gregory C Gray, MD, MPH, FIDSA

Congratulations to the New Appointee of the Robert E. Shope, MD Professorship in Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Professor Gregory Gray, MD, MPH, FIDSA who has been appointed to the prestigious position of Robert E. Shope, MD Professorship in Infectious Disease Epidemiology! Established in 2004, the 12-month award recognizes Robert E. Shope, an internationally renowned virologist and emerging infectious disease specialist, who was most well known for his work on arboviruses. Congratulations, Dr. Gray!

Austin Weynand, MHS

UTMB One Health Student Collaborator Presents His Research at Johns Hopkins World GIS Day!

UTMB One Health newsletter editor and student collaborator, Austin Weynand, MHS, presented a poster from his Masters thesis work at Johns Hopkins World GIS Day in November. The work presented focused on an integrated community case-management program (iCCM) implemented in a region of Zambia with consistently high and year-round transmission of malaria. The impact evaluation assessed changes in the clinical and epidemiologic profiles of children with severe malaria before, during and after iCCM implementation. Researchers also examined shifts in crude and adjusted mortality among patients and patterns of healthcare utilization and access over time, contrasted with patterns of background parasite prevalence and weather. Austin and colleagues are currently writing a manuscript reporting the findings, representing the culmination of 5 years of antimalarial efforts in northern Zambia. Congratulations, Austin!

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The UTMB One Health Team Newsletter is supported by the One Health Initiative and the One Health Commission

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Meet the Newsletter Editors:

From left to right, Hisham Alsharif, MD, Garrett Coleman, Ashton Davis, Laura Pulscher, MSc, PhD, Madeline Steck, MPH, and Austin Weynand, MHS, serve as the editors of the UTMB One Health Team News. Garrett, Ashton, and Austin are second-year medical students at UTMB. Madeline is a first year PhD student at UTMB. Hisham and Laura are postdoctoral fellows in the UTMB One Health Laboratory.

The UTMB One Health Team News periodically reports research and training news
from the UTMB One Health Team's activities across the world.
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