OUR MISSION
The One Health Academy promotes interdisciplinary collaboration among health professionals, industry, and policy makers by promoting public health, as well as environmental, food, agricultural, and economic protection.
As a reminder, OHA will continue to host our monthly meetings via webinar.
We hope everyone can continue to stay healthy and safe during the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. Please join us again virtually!
We hope everyone can continue to stay healthy and safe during the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. Please join us again virtually!
One Health Academy Webinar
December 16, 2020
Featured talk starts at 7:00 PM EST
Please register for webinar access to the December meeting here.
December 16, 2020
Featured talk starts at 7:00 PM EST
Please register for webinar access to the December meeting here.
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December SPEAKERS |
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Tonya Nichols, MS, Ph.D.
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K. Blair Budd, OHA Director
presenting
"US EPA: 50 Years of One Health"
With more than 25 years of experience, Dr. Nichols has led and managed microbiological research in academic, clinical, and government laboratories. Since joining EPA, Dr. Nichols has held several positions to include senior research microbiologist, team lead for biothreat assessments, and Director for the Threat and Consequence Assessment Division. In these positions, Dr. Nichols managed research programs to assess the risks and impacts of exposure to biological agents that have been accidentally or deliberately released into the environment that would require the Environmental Protection Agency to respond. Primary research projects included dose-response studies, indoor exposure assessment of aerosolized bioagent, and quantification of endemic background biothreat agents for deriving risk-based clean-up goals for biothreat agents. Additional research efforts focused on recovery and detection of pathogens from environmental matrices (air, soil and water).
Currently, Dr. Nichols serves as a Senior Science Advisor in EPA’s Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response. In this role, she focuses on building interagency collaborations and biodefense policy development efforts in the White House Office of Science ,Technology and Policy and the National Security Council. She represents the EPA on the Biodefense Coordination Team supporting the implementation of the National Biodefense Strategy that addresses preparing for, responding to, and recovering from pandemics, bioterrorism, biosafety and biosecurity incidents, and other emerging biothreats.
During her free time before COVID-19, she volunteered in the Smithsonian’s Outbreak Exhibit at the National Natural History Museum.
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Blair Budd has worked for the EPA in the Office of Planning, Analysis, and Accountability since 2017 and co-leads the One Health at EPA Community of Practice. She is also a MPH Candidate in the University of Maryland School of Public Health’s Institute for Applied Environmental Health. In 2018, she began leading the One Health Academy. Blair previously served as a Community Health Volunteer in Peace Corps Nicaragua from 2014-2016, and her passion for One Health began as an undergraduate at UNC Chapel Hill volunteering with the North Carolina One Health Collaborative.
Currently, Dr. Nichols serves as a Senior Science Advisor in EPA’s Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response. In this role, she focuses on building interagency collaborations and biodefense policy development efforts in the White House Office of Science ,Technology and Policy and the National Security Council. She represents the EPA on the Biodefense Coordination Team supporting the implementation of the National Biodefense Strategy that addresses preparing for, responding to, and recovering from pandemics, bioterrorism, biosafety and biosecurity incidents, and other emerging biothreats.
During her free time before COVID-19, she volunteered in the Smithsonian’s Outbreak Exhibit at the National Natural History Museum.
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Blair Budd has worked for the EPA in the Office of Planning, Analysis, and Accountability since 2017 and co-leads the One Health at EPA Community of Practice. She is also a MPH Candidate in the University of Maryland School of Public Health’s Institute for Applied Environmental Health. In 2018, she began leading the One Health Academy. Blair previously served as a Community Health Volunteer in Peace Corps Nicaragua from 2014-2016, and her passion for One Health began as an undergraduate at UNC Chapel Hill volunteering with the North Carolina One Health Collaborative.
One Health Day 2020 events continue!
Now more than ever, we need One Health! Please join our global community by posting your own One Heath 2020 event or participating in one! Help us spread the word and teach others about our urgent need for One Health!
January is now officially One Health Awareness Month!
To promote collaboration between animal, environmental, plant and public health scientists, on December 19, 2019 the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the bipartisan Senate Resolution 462 introduced by Senators Dianne Feinstein (Democrat-California) and Martha McSally (Republican-Arizona) designating January 2020 as “National One Health Awareness Month” in the U.S.
Use the One Health Awareness Month Guide provided by the One Health Commission to get involved and learn more.
Let's start the new decade with positive One Health actions!
To promote collaboration between animal, environmental, plant and public health scientists, on December 19, 2019 the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the bipartisan Senate Resolution 462 introduced by Senators Dianne Feinstein (Democrat-California) and Martha McSally (Republican-Arizona) designating January 2020 as “National One Health Awareness Month” in the U.S.
Use the One Health Awareness Month Guide provided by the One Health Commission to get involved and learn more.
Let's start the new decade with positive One Health actions!
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