One Health Aotearoa Symposium 2020
Our sixth symposium was held on 8-9 December 2020.
One Health Aotearoa’s symposia aim to bring together experts from the fields of animal, human and environmental health in order to address important One Health issues in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Our 6th symposium was held at five regional hubs around the country which were connected together online via Zoom. The programme had a focus on COVID-19, water quality, Mātauranga Māori biosecurity and antimicrobial resistance.
The plenary speakers included Ashley Bloomfield (Ministry of Health), Eddie Holmes (University of Sydney), Orin Levine (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) and Ruth Zadoks (University of Sydney).
Sixth OHA Symposium programme
Session 1
- Ashley Bloomfield, Ministry of Health
Plenary – Lessons so far from New Zealand’s response to the COVID-19 Pandemic - Shaun Hendy, University of Auckland
Mathematical models for COVID-19 in Aotearoa New Zealand - Jemma Geoghegan, University of Otago
Genomic epidemiology of COVID-19 in Aotearoa - Petra Muellner, Epi-Interactive
Taking the black box out of disease models to improve their use and interpretation – fool’s dream or a new frontier? - Michael Baker, University of Otago, Wellington
The COVID-19 elimination strategy: Implications and opportunities for New Zealand [PDF, 3.4MB]
Session 2 – OHA Poster Pitch
Session 3
- Ruth Zadoks, University of Sydney
Plenary – Antimicrobial resistance: How is it a One Health problem? [PDF, 4MB] - Deborah Paull, University of Canterbury
Prevalence of antibiotic resistant bacteria in surface drinking waters [PDF, 1.5MB] - Siouxsie Wiles, University of Auckland
Sewers for superbug surveillance - Rose Collis, Massey University
Metagenomic analysis and culture-based methods to examine the prevalence and distribution of antibiotic resistance on two New Zealand dairy farms - Sharon Gardiner, Canterbury District Health Board
Antimicrobial stewardship in Canterbury and beyond [PDF, 2MB] - Sophie van Hamelsveld, University of Canterbury
Aquatic mahinga kai as a vector of antimicrobial resistance
Session 4
- Richard Winkworth, Massey University
The kauri dieback pathogen – evolution to diagnostics [PDF, 2MB] - Geoff Noller, University of Otago
It is like ‘hanging in the wind’. Farmers’ experiences with Mycoplasma bovis and the associated processes [PDF, 18.3MB]
Session 5
- Shovon Chakma, University of Queensland
Public health implications of within live poultry market avian influenza A/H5 environmental contamination in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a longitudinal study - Kevin Crews, OSPRI
“Endemic Disease Management meets the Internet-of-Things”: A marriage made in heaven……literally [PDF, 5.5MB]
Session 6
- Nigel French, Massey University
A genomic and modelling approach to understanding the evolution, source and transmission of a recently emerged antimicrobial resistant lineage of Campylobacter [PDF, 3.2MB] - Bevan Erueti, Massey University
“Ngā taonga tuku iho”: Pūrākau centred research in human and environmental health [PDF, 500KB] - Jane Kitson, Kitson Consulting
Murihiku Cultural Water Classification System- a management framework for cultural uses
Session 7
- Orin Levine, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Plenary – Rising to the challenge of equitable, rapid scaling of COVID-19 vaccinations - Sarah Jefferies, Institute of Environmental Science and Research
The epidemiology of coronavirus disease 2019 in New Zealand and impacts of the national response - Susan Morpeth, Counties Manakau District Health Board
Randomised controlled trials of treatment for COVID-19 [PDF, 1.5MB] - Rhodri Harfoot, University of Otago
Characterization of the first SARS-CoV-2 isolates from New Zealand - Axel Heiser, AgResearch
MicroRNA based diagnostic of infectious diseases in human and animals [PDF, 3MB]
Session 8
- Edward Holmes, University of Sydney
Plenary – Zoonoses and the Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 - Miguel Quiñones-Mateu, University of Otago
Rapid response to an emergent virus: Initial SARS-CoV-2 research at University of Otago - Joshua Freeman, Canterbury District Health Board
Indoor ventilation and COVID-19 transmission: lessons for NZ
Session 9
- Margaret Leonard, Institute of Environmental Science and Research
Pathogens and indicators in freshwater [PDF, 2.4MB] - Rebecca French, University of Sydney
The impact of farming and urbanisation on viral diversity and abundance in a New Zealand river - Alex Macmillan, University of Otago
The “post” COVID-19 “recovery” must be a transformative turning point
Session 10
- David Murdoch and Nigel French, One Health Aotearoa Co-directors
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