Opening the One Health Workforce Pipeline: Education and Research Define an Unprecedented One Health Undergraduate Degree Program

Opening the One Health Workforce Pipeline: Education and Research Define an Unprecedented One Health Undergraduate Degree Program

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  Opening the OneHealth Workforce Pipeline: INTEGRATIVE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH DEFINE UNPRECEDENTED ONE HEALTH UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM David Bruce Conn, M.S., Ph.D. Berry College One Health Center Mount Berry, Georgia, USA Presented at the Third One Health Summit of the Global Risk Forum, Davos, Switzerland, 6 October 2015
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  A First inOne Health Education  Throughout the United States and around the world, many universities now have graduate level programs emphasizing One Health.  Except for seminars and special courses at some universities, few academic institutions have developed One Health curricula for the undergraduate level.  In the highly integrative field of One Health Science, there is a growing need and demand for undergraduate curricula designed to prepare students for graduate and professional training and the One Health workforce.  Berry College has created an unprecedented undergraduate degree program that we propose as a model for others to consider as this new integrative field continues to gain traction globally.
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  Berry College campuscomprises 27,500 acres (>107 km2) in the Southern Appalachian foothills. Largest university campus in the U.S.A. actively managed as a field site for research and education in the natural sciences. Berry College One Health Center 100 km NW of Atlanta
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  PRIMARY BUILDING 19 MultimediaLecture Classrooms 18 Classroom Laboratories Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geology, Physics, Astronomy, Math, Animal Science Core Research Facilities Discipline-Specific Research Labs Administrative & Faculty Offices Support Spaces PLANNING IN PROGRESS FOR MAJOR EXPANSION FOR ANIMAL SCIENCE INCLUDING ONE HEALTH SCIENCE First Floor Plan Of Three Floors School of Mathematical & Natural Sciences
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  New Animal ScienceBuilding Underway Including New One Health Facilities to Support the New OHS Center & Program
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  Other buildings and facilities associated withanimal science and land resources
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  Diversified watershed and terrestrial habitats with wildlife
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  The Berry CollegeOne Health Center hosts researchers from other institutions to conduct studies on our 107-km2 laboratory. Some examples:  United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  Harvard University, USA  Johns Hopkins University, USA  University of Georgia, USA  University of North Dakota, USA  University of Valencia, SPAIN  University of Warmia and Mazury, POLAND  Lethbridge University, CANADA  Academy of Sciences of the CZECH REPUBLIC  Institute of Technology – Sligo, IRELAND
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  One Health Sciencestudents typically will have concurrent enrollment in one of the following academic majors:  Biology  Animal Science  Environmental Science  Chemistry
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  Required Courses  OHS200 - Concepts in One Health 3-0-3  OHS 300 - Case Studies in One Health 3-0-3  OHS 490 - One Health Seminar 1-0-1  Research Required: one of the three OHS focused topic courses below:  OHS 480 - Advanced Topics in One Health 2-6 Hours  OHS 496 - One Health Academic Internship 2-6 credit hours  OHS 498 - Directed Studies in One Health 2-6 credit hours
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  Elective Courses: Studentmust choose at least 18 hour credits, taken from at least 2 disciplines  BIO 301 - Microbiology 2-4-4  BIO 305 - General Ecology - 4  BIO 307 - Entomology 3-3-4  BIO 334 - Wildlife Diseases 3-0-3  BIO 335 I - Parasitology 3-3-4  BIO 352 I - Immunology 3-3-4  BIO 353 - Epidemiology and Public Health 3-0-3  ANS 302 - Veterinary Microbiology 3-3-4 *  ANS 421 I - Animal Health and Diseases 3-2-4  CHM 315 I - Analytical Chemistry 3-3-4  CHM 375 I - Medicinal Chemistry 3-0-3  EVS 405 - Environmental Sciences Methods 2-4-4  MAT 303 - Linear Algebra 3-0-3  MAT 304 - Differential Equations 3-0-3  MAT 311 - Probability and Statistics 3-0-3  GEO 320 - Environmental Geology 3-3-4  GEO 420 - Hydrology 3-2-4 Number Key: Hours of lecture-lab-credits
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  Research projects aspedagogy at the Berry College One Health Center One Health research is a critical part of our teaching program in One Health Science. Each student is required to complete a project under the direction of one of our faculty researchers.
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  1. Epidemiology ofZoonotic Pathogens and Parasites at the Human-Animal- Ecosystem Interface on the Berry College outdoor laboratory 2. Biomonitoring for Zoonotic Diarrheal Pathogens in the St. Lawrence-Great Lakes Watershed 3. Sentinel Organism Biosurveillance for Zoonotic Waterborne Pathogens in Principal Rivers of Europe DAVID BRUCE CONN RESEARCH GROUP Pathogen Distribution Across Lake Ontario & St. Lawrence River 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 550.111 509.6 509.5 509.4 501.2 491.8 407 391.7 391.5 391.2 390 389 388 387 386 385 383 382 379.2379.113379.112379.111379.111379.111379.111379.111353.117353.117353.116353.115353.115353.115353.115353.114353.113 347.5 Mile Markers West of Toronto (left) to Upper River (right) CombinedGiardia, Cryptosporidium,Enterocytozoon
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  Christopher A. HallResearch Group Chagas’ Disease Project 1. Infection dynamics and adaptations for the sylvatic and peridomestic transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in the southeastern United States Chagas’ Disease Project 2. Reducing congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi through DNA vaccination
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  Dominic Qualley Research Group BovineLeukemia Virus (BLV) Biophysical characterization of retrovirus replication West Nile Virus (WNV) Role of structure of the core protein (capsid protein) drives function in the assembly of new virions + BLV Matrix protein BLV genomic RNA w/ fluorescent tag Fluorescence quenches upon binding
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  Reneé Carleton ResearchGroup • Survey of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) on the Berry College campus • Assessment of Tick Exposure on the Berry College Campus and Surrounding Areas • Consumption and Contamination of Livestock Feeds By Wildlife • Long-term effects of Mycoplasma gallisepticum in House Finches frequenting bird feeders. (Future) • Prevalence of tick-borne and mosquito- borne diseases among bird banders and bird watchers. (Future)
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  Surveying for amphibianchytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) infection in Georgia, USA Christopher B. Mowry, Ph.D., Michael B. Morgan, Ph.D. Stephanie Prisland, Chris Keene, Taylor Moore, James Ross, Andy Montgomery, Brett Tyler, Alex Mowry Berry College Pigeon Mtn. WMA • Bd a fungal pathogen that can cause lethal chytridiomycosis in amphibians • Infection rate varies with local climatic conditions • How prevalent in temperate zones? • We are surveying amphibians in Cumberland Plateau and Ridge and Valley ecoregions in Georgia, USA • Skin swabs will be analyzed for Bd spores using real-time PCR Christopher Mowry Research Group
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  Tamie Jovanelly Lab ExpeditionElgon: A Journey to Discover the Wonders of East Africa’s Volcanic Mountain and Its Wildlife and People • TEAM OF 5 INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCHERS FROM GERMANY, UGANDA, KENYA, AND UNITED STATES (BERRY COLLEGE) • MT. ELGON IS LOCATED ON THE UGANDA/KENYA BORDER What role do bats play in the Elgon ecosystem? Do the Marburg and Ebola virus currently exist in the bat population?
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  Michael Morgan ResearchGroup Characterizing transcriptional responses in corals exhibiting Caribbean Yellow Band Disease
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  Presence of Ciguatoxinin Caribbean Lionfish? Lionfish have been collected from the Cayman Islands, BWI, Utila Island, Honduras, and Bonaire, NA. In an effort to reduce the number of invasive lionfish in the Caribbean, many countries are promoting the consumption of lionfish. The question is – is that safe or could they contain harmful levels of ciguatoxin which could cause Ciguatera fish poisoning in humans? Once the extractions have been completed, the samples are being assayed using brine shrimp nauplii, mice, and HPLC- tandem mass spectrometry. To date no harmful levels of ciguatoxin have been detected in any of the fish tested. William Davin Lab
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  © David BruceConn, 2015 Presented at the Third One Health Summit of the Global Risk Forum Davos, Switzerland, 6 October 2015