Saving Ecosystems, Stopping Disease:
The One Health Initiative
May 20th, 2021
Have you ever wondered where diseases come from or if we could prevent diseases like COVID-19 from ever happening? How does taking care of the environment play a role in public health? Join BioBus live on May 20th at 4pm EDT for our Student Town Hall on Saving Ecosystems, Stopping Disease: The One Health Initiative. The One Health Initiative (https://onehealthinitiative.com/about/) is a strategy to increase collaborations all aspects of health care for humans, animals and the environment. BioBus and our special guest scientists will answer YOUR questions! Submit your questions now! (http://biobus.org/question/)
Guest Speakers
Dr. Isa Francisco
Veterinarian and Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Isa Francisco, DVM is a veterinarian and postdoctoral fellow in the Krammer Lab at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. She is also the Program Manager for the New York City Virus Hunters program, a citizen science collaboration with BioBus to conduct surveillance for avian influenza virus and Newcastle Disease virus in wild birds in NYC.
Dr. Marieke Rosenbaum
Tufts University, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Research Assistant Professor
Dr. Marieke Rosenbaum, DVM, MPH is a veterinarian in Boston who does scientific research to understand how interactions between humans, animals, and the shared environment they live in can lead to positive health outcomes (like how the special relationship you have with a dog is good for your mental health) or negative outcomes (like a virus getting passed from an animal to a human). She works in Peru studying monkeys, in Guatemala studying children who live with animals, and in Boston studying urban chickens and city rats. She has studied lead toxicity in urban chicken flocks as well as antimicrobial resistance and other microbial ecology of Boston’s urban rodent population.