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WildAlert will be implemented in support of activities currently conducted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI).

Our own OHI Laboratory has won the Grand Prize for the 2023 UC Davis Safety Services Awards! Led by Dr. Brian Bird, the OHI Laboratory is dedicated to not only practicing safety in their own lab but also training other scientists and future lab leaders to work safely around the globe.

"The critical needs of man include the combating of diseases, ensuring enough food, adequate environmental quality, and a society in which humane values prevail." — Dr. Calvin Schwabe

Deadline: October 18, 2023

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Deadline: October 22, 2023

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The One Health Workforce - Next Generation project, the One Health Institute at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, and the UC Global Health Institute are very pleased to announce an inaugural student Multimedia contest in honor of One Health Day 2023!

The fellowship is designed for: US doctoral students, professional students and postdoctoral fellows, as well as foreign postdoctoral fellows from affiliated sites in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

A new epidemiological study of endangered juvenile green sea turtles in eastern Brazil suggests that factors such as water temperature, salinity and proximity to environmental stressors could trigger the development of a tumor disease associated with a herpesvirus.

Last week several One Health Institute students visited Puerto Rico to tell their One Health stories about marine mammal health, rodentborne diseases in California, and tickborne diseases in Tanzania at the National Veterinary Scholars Symposium (NVSS).

Julien Ferrero (VetAgro Sup, Lyon, France), Amalie Solli (UC Davis), and Nicole Perry (U Florida) were with OHI for summer research experiences in the Bird and Smith research groups.

Joseph K. Gaydos, Judy St. Leger, Stephen Raverty, Hendrik Nollens, Martin Haulena, Eric J. Ward, Candice K. Emmons, M. Bradley Hanson, Ken Balcomb †, Dave Ellifrit, Michael N. Weiss, Deborah Giles

Published: June 28, 2023

Evacuating, sheltering and caring for animals are enormous tasks made more difficult in a state under siege from wildfires. But the California Veterinary Emergency Team, or CVET, is ready to lead a statewide coordinated effort to provide veterinary care when disasters like wildfires strike.

A virus previously found only in bats was detected in the antibodies of people screened for exposure to sarbecoviruses between 2017 and 2020 in rural Myanmar in Southeast Asia, according to a study from the University of California, Davis and collaborators in Myanmar and Singapore. The work is published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Soaring to New Heights dates back to the adoption of the UC Davis Principles of Community in 1990, signed by then-Chancellor Theodore L. Hullar and leaders of the ASUCD and Graduate Student Association, Academic Senate and Academic Staff Organization (forerunner of the Academic Federation), and Staff Assembly (Davis campus and UC Davis Medical Center).

The OHI-led One Health Workforce-Next Generation project was highlighted in a White House briefing last week on the one year anniversary of the Biden-Harris Global Health Worker Initiative:

It is with a heavy heart that we share the news that our dear mentor and colleague Professor Rudovick Kazwala passed away on April 3, 2023.

When the Endangered Species Act was passed 50 years ago, some of the world's most iconic animals were on the brink of extinction. We are proud to be highlighted with our fellow University of California colleagues around the state and across the globe for our collective efforts to save endangered species.

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