Following up on UT’s partnership-building trip to Israel in 2019, the following half-day workshop on One Health is taking place online on November 11, 2021. Faculty, post-docs, scholars, and advanced graduate students at UT, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University are invited to attend.
The aims of the workshop include:
- to present a variety of research topics that demonstrate the breadth and important directions of One Health research
- to provide an opportunity for scholars and students from all 3 campuses to become familiar with one another’s research and approaches
- to begin to foster potential international research collaborations and connections
- to highlight the opportunities for research funding between Israel and the US
Agenda
Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
November 11, 2021
7:00–11:00 am ET US
Held Online
Register at tiny.utk.edu/IsraelOneHealth
- 7:00–7:25 am—Welcome Remarks
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- Deb Miller, Director, One Health Initiative, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Chair)
- Randy Boyd, President, University of Tennessee System
- Oron Shagrir, Vice-President, International Affairs, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Karen Avraham, Vice Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
- 7:25–8:10 am—Panel 1 & Discussion
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- Gad Baneth, Director of the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Chair)
- David Talmy, Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
“Understanding the molecular basis of competition among cyanobacteria in contrasting ecosystems” - Benny Chefetz, Department of Soil and Water Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
“Water Reuse: Mixture of Chemicals of Emerging Concern in Our Produce”
- 8:15–9:00 am—Panel 2 & Discussion
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- Gladys Alexandre, Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
“Harnessing nitrogen fixation in plant growth promoting bacteria for sustainable agriculture”
- Gladys Alexandre, Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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- Sharon Schlesinger, Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
“The effect of heat shock on the transcriptional regulation of bovine mesenchymal stem cells”
- Sharon Schlesinger, Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- 9:05–10:05 am—Panel 3 & Discussion
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- Carole Myers, Associate Director, One Health Initiative, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Chair)
- Anat Amit-Aharon, Department of Nursing, School of Health Professions, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
“The association of syndemics theory to health disparities” - Bruria Adini, Department of Emergency Management and Disaster Medicine in the School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
“Managing the COVID-19 pandemic: Fear, anxiety and resilience” - Ehud Elnekave, Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment
“Salmonella foodborne infections – a major risk for public health”
- 10:10–10:35 am—Funding Opportunities
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- Maya Sherman, Head of the International Desk, Authority for Research and Development, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
“Funding Opportunities for US and Israeli scholars in One Health”
- Maya Sherman, Head of the International Desk, Authority for Research and Development, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- 10:35-10:40 am—Breakout Room Introduction and Remarks
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- Nina Fefferman, Associate Director, One Health Initiative, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- 10:40-11:00 am—Breakout Rooms: Collaborative Interests
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- Breakout Room 1: Agriculture, Food, & the Environment
- Breakout Room 2: Human and Animal Medicine
- Breakout Room 3: Animal and Human Public Health
- Breakout Room 4: One Health and Microbiology