The 7th One Health Aotearoa Symposium was held on  7 & 8 December 2021.

Our annual One Health Aotearoa Symposia bring together experts from the fields of animal, human and environmental health in order to address important One Health issues in Aotearoa, New Zealand.

Due to event restrictions and uncertainties created by the Delta outbreak in the community, the 7th symposium was held exclusively online via Zoom webinar. Themes included: COVID-19, environmental and water health, emerging infectious diseases, endemic zoonotic diseases, Mātauranga Māori and antimicrobial resistance.

The plenary speakers were: Professor David Murdoch (Otago), Peter Fraser (VUW), Professor Sharon Lewin (Doherty) and Professor José Luis Martinez (Spanish National Centre for Biotechnology).

 

7th OHA Symposium programme

 

Session 1

• David Murdoch, University of Otago, Christchurch
  Preparing for the next one – Learning from the lessons of COVID-19 [PDF, 5MB]
• David Hayman, Massey University
  One Health approaches to pandemic prevention [PDF, 17MB]
• Sarah Rosanowski, Ministry for Primary Industries
  Is it safe to kiss my cat? Informing decision makers during a fast-moving pandemic

 

Session 2 – OHA Poster Pitch and interactive Zoom Q&A session

 

Session 3

• Eloise Jillings, Massey University
  Exploring the access of Māori to veterinary education

 

Session 4

• Jonathan Watts and Jackie Wright, Ministry for Primary Industries and ESR
  The changing face of zoonotic salmonellosis in New Zealand [Watts, PDF, 1.2MB] [Wright, PDF, 1.2MB]
• Arindam Basu, University of Canterbury
  What global warming and our changing lifestyles tell us about emerging epidemics: result of a generalised additive model based time series analysis [PDF, 2.6MB]
• Rebecca French, University of Sydney
  The viral ecology of native and introduced birds in New Zealand
• Lauren Jelly, ESR
  The circulation of RSV in New Zealand during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Mary Tanyitiku, Lincoln University
  Snail meat consumption: Do its public health risks surpass its nutritional benefits? [PDF, 2.4MB]

 

Session 5

• Peter Fraser, Victoria University of Wellington
  A brief history of the economics of colonisation – Some thoughts from Aotearoa
• Una Ryan, Murdoch University
  Molecular tracking of cryptosporidium and giardia in water catchments and wastewater
• Marie Moinet, AgResearch
  Wildlife poop too: investigating the role of introduced predators and avian species on microbial water quality assessments [3MB]
• Steve Chambers, University of Otago, Christchurch
  Potting mix associated legionnaires’ disease – Gloves and masks are they a help or a hazard? [PDF, 1.7MB]
• Megan Devane, ESR
  The next steps for sites with elevated E. coli concentrations above water quality guidelines

 

Session 6

• José Luis Martinez, Spanish National Centre for Biotechnology
  Pathways for the evolution of antibiotic resistance: From natural ecosystems to hospitals and back [PDF, 6MB]
• Juliet Gerrard, Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor
  A report on the work of our expert panel on infectious diseases and AMR
• Rose Collis, AgResearch/Massey University
  Metagenomic analysis and culture-based methods to examine the prevalence and distribution of antibiotic resistance on two New Zealand dairy farms [PDF, 1.5MB]
• Warren Hughes, Ministry for Primary Industries
  The regulator and management of antimicrobial resistance
• Izzie Alderton, ESR
  Emerging organic contaminants and the modulation of antimicrobial resistance [PDF, 1.1MB]

 

Session 7

• Sharon Lewin, University of Melbourne
  Challenges in developing treatments for COVID-19: promising approaches for the future including RNA editing [PDF, 2.8MB]
• Kirsten Carter, ESR
  From loos to lockdown: Wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Aotearoa [PDF, 2.4MB]
• Teuila Percival, University of Auckland
  COVID-19 and Pacific people

 

Session 8

• Mary van Andel, Ministry for Primary Industries
  One one-health journey
• Shahista Nisa, Massey University
  Emerging sources and pathways for leptospirosis: research methods and interim results [PDF, 800KB]
• Brent Gilpin, ESR
  Identifying the causes of yersiniosis in New Zealand [PDF, 2.3MB]
• Patricia Priest, University of Otago
  One Health, academic epidemiology, and advising in a pandemic

 

Session 9

• Nigel French, Massey University
  How phylodynamic modelling can help the control of human and animal diseases [PDF, 4.5MB]
• Philip Mshelbwala, University of Queensland
  Spatial patterns of canine rabies evidence at the local government area level in Nigeria: association with socioeconomic and ecological determinants
• Bridget Lamont, University of Otago
  Novel peptoids as treatment for cryptosporidiosis [PDF, 3.2MB]

 

Session 10

• David Murdoch and Nigel French, OHA Co-directors
  One Health Aoteaora update

 

OHA Symposium archives

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