Cambridge University One Health

Michaelmas Term Events

(2024-2025)

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one health and the society

The concept

One health is a growing mission to integrate multiple disciplines on a local, national and global scale to optimise health for people, animals and the environment. Crossing the boundaries between medical, veterinary and environmental care can maximally advance the progression of global health

Useful links about one health:
Government Veterinary Service blog
International Student One Health Alliance
UC Davis One Health blog

CUOHS Committee 2024-2025

Joanna Vieira O’Neill

Co-President

Hello everyone, my name is Joanna and I’m the Co-President for this year! As a 5th year veterinary student, I have pursued One Health through the lens of zoonotic disease control and veterinary public health. I have a particular interest in community-based solutions to zoonotic diseases and look forward to leading this year with Eisah and the rest of the committee!

Eisah Suleman

Co-President

Hello everyone! I’m thrilled to be serving as one of the Co-Presidents of CUOHS this year. I’m a fourth-year medic at Sidney Sussex with a strong passion for public health and its connection to scientific research. As a member of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee APPG, my focus is on bridging the gap between research and real-world implementation in public health—an area where the One Health initiative plays a crucial role in shaping a sustainable future for all. I’m excited to share and promote this movement within Cambridge, and beyond.

Katherine Heylen

Vice President

Hi! I’m Kat, a 5th year vet med at Newnham. I’m looking forward to raising the awareness of one health throughout the university for a unified approach to human and animal healthcare.

Athena Ganesh

Communications Officer

Hi everyone, my name is Athena and I’m a fourth year Veterinary student. I’m especially passionate about emerging zoonoses which really highlight the importance of the One Health approach to research and education. This year, I’m really looking forward to helping promote the One Health society as the communications officer!

Monica Simpson

Treasurer

Hi everyone! I’m a second year Bio NatSci at Selwyn College. One Health is an increasingly important concept which is becoming relevant in the light of many growing issues such as antimicrobial resistance. I look forward to helping spread awareness of One Health as part of this committee!

Kelly Kwok Man Yu

Secretary

Hi everyone! I’m a 3rd year bio natsci (specialising in Genetics) at Christ’s. I’m particularly interested in phylodynamics and look forward to applying my knowledge to advance our understanding of health from a One Health perspective

Martha Rushbrooke

Publicity Officer

Hi, my name is Martha and I’m a 5th year vet at Catz. I’m the social media officer for CUOHS this year. I have been drawn to the One Health concept ever since reading a book on zoonoses when I was still at school. I believe that health and disease should be studied as a unified concept encompassing nonhuman and human models in order for us to progress in our understanding, and this is what One Health seeks to do.

Previous Committees

2023-2024

President: Kelly Chan
Treasurer: Linda Tang
Logistics Officer: Karsa Ambikaibakan
Communications Officer: Louisa Yapp
Publicity Officer: Martha Rushbrooke
Secretary: Lily Sneddon

2022-2023

President: Sammie Lam
Vice President: Kelly Chan
Junior Treasurer: Rachel Barham
Communications Officer: Louisa Yapp
Publicity Officer: Joanna Vieira O’Neill
Secretary: Ellie Connell

2021-2022

President: Laura Simpsom
Vice president: Sze Lynn Yuen
Junior treasurer: Toby Corrigan
Logistics Officer: Kelly Chan
Communications Officer: Vanessa Tsang
Publicity Officer: Alexandra Davies
Secretary: Zuzanna Klikowicz

2020-2021

President: Susannah Simpson
Vice president: Sanaa Cockar
Junior treasurer: Tash Schwartz
Logistics Officer: Laura Simpson
Communications Officer: Bilal Amin
Publicity Officer: Sammie Lam
Secretary: Rachel Ibbott

2019-2020

President: Alex Sampson
Vice president: Susannah Simpson
Junior treasurer: Sarah Cox
Logistics Officer: Emily Bedborough
Communications Officer: Dorottya Nagy
Publicity Officer: Tash Schwartz
Secretary: Emily Neve

2018-2019

President: Jennifer Simpson
Vice president: Alexander Mok
Junior treasurer: Susannah Simpson
Logistics Officer: Sarah Bate
Communications Officer: Sarah Cox
Publicity Officer: Frances Hamblin

PAST EVENTS

Our 2019 conference had a diverse line-up of speakers with Dr David Edwards discussing the role of PHE in tracing food-borne diseases with first hand case studies and Dr Mukesh Kumar brinding a facinating perspective on waste within the food industry from the persepective of an engineer, and subsequent environmental impacts of this. Anthony Ridge and Peter Moore, both with roles in the APHA jointly presented a talk on the role of government vets in One Health. Finally, Dr Giles Yeo gave an engaging presentation on the truth behind human diet, and the link between genetics and food types in determining human health.

From Farm to Fork – CUOHS conference 2nd February 2019

Our final event of Michaelmas term 2018 was a panel debate focused on the rising issue of antimicrobial resistance. Thanks to our speakers Dr David Summers, Dr Martin Welch and Paul Green, and our actively participating audience we had a insightful discussion of the issue from many different viewpoints. Due to the success of this, we hope to run similar style events in the future, and hopefully you will join us.

Resisting the resistance – 2nd November 2018

The beginning of Michaelmas 2018 started with a focus on rabies with a talk by Mission Rabies intern Clara Buxbaum and Professor James Wood, an infectious disease epidemiologist and Head of the Cambridge University Department of Veterinary Medicine. We heard about the rabies rhabdovirus itself, its epidemiology and how, despite causing over 60,000 deaths per year, it is completely preventable through methods such as canine vaccination, education and surveillance. Thank you to Mission Rabies for helping us organise such an interesting event!

The Battle Against Rabies – 27th September 2018

A mini-conference, held in Clare College, was the highlight of the One Health Lent Term calendar. Our speakers showcased the breadth of opportunity under the One Health umbrella: Simon Hall from the Animal and Plant Health Agency, David Edwards from the East of England Public Health Protection Team and, from the University of Cambridge itself, Milorad Radakovic from the Department of Veterinary Medicine, Andrew Conlan from the Dynamic Diseases Unit, Frances Henson, a veterinary surgeon heavily involved with orthopaedics research at Addenbrooke’s Hospital and Raymond Bujdoso, principle investigator of a prion group. With students attending from across many different disciplines and visiting from the Royal Veterinary College, this was a great chance for connections to be made and for everyone to learn from each others very different perspectives. Thanks to the Veterinary Public Health Association for their generous support in helping this event to take place!

The Future of Care… a Future we Share- One Health Careers and Networking Day- 27th January 2018

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