1st International Who's Who in One Health Webinar

Dear One Health Friends and Colleagues:

The One Health Commission (OHC) is pleased to announce the 1st International Who's Who in One Health Webinar to be held November 10, 2014. The Webinar will bring together noted One Health leaders, advocates, professionals and students in real-time to discuss global One Health efforts while providing a forum for dialogue within and across disciplines.

 The main objectives of the Webinar are to:

• Connect One Health stakeholders around the world to better understand, share and highlight individual- and agency-level efforts;
• Educate Webinar participants about the One Health paradigm and way of thinking towards improved health outcomes; and
• Create new strategic partnerships and networks for collective, purposeful and coordinated action

 Click here to register.

Already there are 240 registrants from 50 countries. The goal of this webinar is to connect with as many One Health leaders/supporters  around the world as possible on November 10.  We hope you might join in for part or all of this day long webinar.  Also, as an advocate for One Health, please consider sharing this information with your own networks and listservs (email, website, social media etc). Feel free to add this information directly to your own website and hyperlink back to the OHC International Webinar page (www.onehealthcommission.org/globalwebinar). Thank you! 

Hope you can join in.  

The One Health Commission
Who’S Who in One Health International Webinar Team

3RD GRF ONE HEALTH SUMMIT 2014 5 – 8 OCTOBER 2014 DAVOS - SWITZERLAND

The 3rd GRF One Health Summit 2014 will take place from 05 - 08 October 2014 at the Davos Congress Centre in Davos, Switzerland. (http://onehealth.grforum.org/home/)

The Global Risk Forum GRF Davos invites you to submit an abstract for oral presentation, for a poster presentation, or for a session on one of the conference topics. A particular focus will be set on Global Health, Diseases and Disease Control, Environment and Health Impacts, Food & Agriculture, Global Change & Sustainable Development.

Submit your abstract here or copy and paste this URL into your web-browser: http://onehealth.grforum.org/programme/call-for-abstracts/

The upcoming 3rd GRF One Health Summit 2014 aims to develop an international research and education strategy for One Health and to further develop and strengthen the One Health paradigm and its global movement as a trans- and inter-disciplinary approach.

In particular this 3rd global gathering will focus on the added value of a global One Health approach and a stronger involvement of the private sector and policy. For further details, we refer to the conference website http://onehealth.grforum.org.

Workshop on Environmental Public Health Tracking in Modena, Italy on May 14-15, 2014.

This workshop follows the ISEE 2013 pre-conference workshop in Basel "Environmental Public Health Tracking: Practical Methods for Priority Setting and Evaluation." The aim of the workshop is to discuss the basis for creating an International Network on EPHT to share best practices and support development of surveillance systems, including syndromic systems, in our field. 

The deadline for registration has been extended until April 25.

For more information on logistics and the workshop registration form, please visit: http://www.arpa.emr.it/dettaglio_evento.asp?id=1999&idlivello=460

Training opportunity: 2014 International research internship for health researchers, Jamaica

DEADLINE EXTENDED: April 21, 2013.

Training opportunity: 2014 International research internship for health researchers, Jamaica

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INTERNSHIP FOR HEALTH RESEARCHERS

June 2 – 27, 2014 in Kingston, Jamaica

Application deadline: April 21, 2014

FOR INFORMATION & APPLICATION PACKAGE: Janeil Brown janeil.brown02@uwimona.edu.jm

www.mona.uwi.edu/nursing/content/research-internship

The four week research internship is a unique, intensive training opportunity for junior researchers to launch their research career and network in the Caribbean and internationally.  It provides a great for participants to focus and develop programs of research, complete research proposals or manuscripts under the mentorship of local and international facilitators.

PROGRAM LEADERS AND PRESENTERS:

* Eulalia Kahwa, Lecturer and Graduate Program Coordinator, The UWI School of Nursing, Mona, University of the West Indies, Jamaica

* Nancy Edwards, Professor, School of Nursing and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada

*Other prominent academics and researchers from the Caribbean

INTERNSHIP OBJECTIVES:

* To help participants develop proposals/programs of research or scientific manuscripts with support from mentors during work in progress sessions.

* Enable participants to acquire knowledge and skills in health systems research and linking research to policy.

* Develop skills in multiple intervention program design and evaluation in health systems.

* Enable participants to gain knowledge and skills essential for competitive grantsmanship.

* Extend participants’ repertoire of cutting edge research designs and approaches in health systems.

* Provide opportunities to enhance peer review skills.

* Build research networks and extend links with local, national and international decision-makers.

ELIGIBILITY:

* Graduate-prepared (minimum completed graduate degree one month prior to internship start date) in nursing, medicine, public health, epidemiology, or other health-sciences related disciplines.

* Committed to long-term research engagement and providing tangible benefits to home community or institution.

* Interest in international research collaboration.

PROGRAM FEE:

* Applicants from within Kingston (Half Package): US$1,500 (Includes: lunch, refreshments, all sessions, and course materials, transport for site visits, University library and internet access, and welcome dinner)

* Caribbean applicants from outside Kingston (Full Package): US$2,500 (Includes: accommodation, lunch, refreshments, airport shuttle, all sessions and course materials, transport for site visits, University library and internet access, and welcome dinner)

* Other International Countries (Full Package): US$3,000 (Includes: accommodation, lunch, refreshments, airport shuttle, all sessions, and course materials, transport for site visits, University library and internet access, and welcome dinner)

PLEASE NOTE: Travel costs (flights and personal travel) and weekend meals are not included in the program fee.