The UC Davis One Health Institute Annual Meeting will take place on Friday, May 1, 2026.
Open to One Health Institute team members and affiliates, this in-person event will be held at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Panel topics this year include: 1) Mainstreaming One Health, 2) Resilience in One Health, and 3) Animals of One Health.
Date: May 1, 2026
Time: 8:00AM - 6:00PM
Location: 1030 Valley Hall, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
See below for speaker and program updates!
Schedule At-A-Glance
- 8:00AM Check-in
- 1030 Gladys Valley Hall
- 9:00AM Welcome Remarks
- Mark Stetter
Dean, UC Davis Weill School of Veterinary Medicine
Woutrina Smith
Executive Director, One Health Institute - 9:15AM PANEL: Mainstreaming One Health
- MODERATOR:
Brian Bird
Director, One Health Institute Laboratory
PANELISTS:
Fabiola Vidrio
West Co-Site Director, Peregrine School
Lina Vu
Field Biologist, California Carnivores Program
Robert Figlock
Associate Director of Network Management, Oiled Wildlife Care Network
Joe Gaydos
Science Director, SeaDoc Society - 10:30 BREAK
- 1030 Gladys Valley Hall
- 10:45 Lightning Talks pt.1
- MODERATOR:
Michelle Hawkins
Director, California Raptor Center
PRESENTERS:
Javaria Alam - "From Framework to Function: Challenges in Operationalizing One Health for AMR Control in LMICs"
Lizzy Ashley - "Update on High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza in California Marine Wildlife"
Asli Mete - "CAHFS: A One Health Partner"
Rachel Avilla - "What We Built Together: From Spill Response to Wildlife Intelligence"
Amira Resnick - "Engaging Healthier Communities in California with UC Agriculture and Natural Resources"
Saumya Wickramasinghe - "One Health in Sri Lanka and Potential Collaborations"
Rebecca Radisic - "Hidden in Plain Sight: Investigating Sin Nombre Virus in Deer Mouse Reproductive Tissues"
Claire Butkus - "It Takes a Village: Intra and Extra Departmental Collaboration to Promote the Welfare of Captive Wildlife"
Sam Christie - "The Super Soaper: Engineering More Efficient Cleaning for Oiled Wildlife" - 11:30 Lunch
- 1030 Gladys Valley Hall
- 12:15 PANEL: Resilience in One Health
- MODERATOR:
Woutrina Smith
Executive Director, One Health Institute
PANELISTS:
Tierra Smiley Evans
Chief Scientific & Veterinary Officer, Gorilla Doctors
Maggie Rea
Director of Student Wellness and Resident Wellness, UC Davis School of Medicine and UC Davis Health
Claudia Sonder
President, Napa Community Animal Response Team
Jonna Mazet
Founding Executive Director, One Health Institute - 1:30 Lightning Talks pt.2
- MODERATOR:
Emily McCobb
PetSmart Charities Endowed Chair, Accessible Veterinary Care
PRESENTERS:
Sara Smith & Jane Choi - "Building the Next Generation of One Health Professionals"
David Jessup - "Wildlife Are Different: They Belong To All of Us But Are Managed in Stewardship"
Ernesto Rojas Sánchez - "Following the Fungus: A One Health Molecular Epidemiology Approach to Coccidioides Infection in Southern Sea Otters"
Wilson Rumbeiha & Laura Van Winkle - "A National Mentoring and Research Skills Development Training Program in One Health"
Kripitch Sutummaporn - "One Pulse, One Patient: AI as the Universal Stethoscope for One Health"
Koen Van Rompay - "Updates on Sahaya International’s Conservation Programs in Uganda"
Sonja Montanus - "DDvax: Rift Valley Fever"
Ali Harman - "CVET Volunteer Recruitment and Engagement"
Jess Steketee - "Amargosa Vole Habitat Restoration - Project Megamarsh" - 2:15 BREAK
- 1030 Gladys Valley Hall
- 2:30 PANEL: Animals of One Health
- MODERATOR:
Michael Ziccardi
Director, Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center
PANELISTS:
Julie Cotton
Operations Co-Manager, California Raptor Center
Deborah Giles
Killer Whale Scientist, SeaDoc Society
Briana Hamamoto
Disaster Management Veterinarian, California Veterinary Emergency Team
Jeannie Knuchell
Veterinarian, Accessible Veterinary Care
Shannon Nodolf
Veterinarian, Sacramento Zoo - 3:45 Closing Remarks
- Woutrina Smith, Executive Director
- 4:00 Expo + Reception
- VetMed3B North Patio and Lobby
- 6:00 End