First ‘One Health’ Conference held in Israel
The one day event took place on February 4th, 2016 at the Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, and was supported by the Israeli Ministry of Health (MOH)
The 150 participants of the conference also learned from the esteemed speakers about the various interdisciplinary collaborations taking place in Israeli academia and governmental offices and how integration of the One Health approach may benefit humans, animals, and the environment.
Keynote speaker
Professor Peter Rabinowitz, [MD, MPH], the director of the Center for One Health Research and director of Human Health at the University of Washington’s School of Public Health in Seattle, Washington (USA).
Speakers
Dr. Silvia Pessah [MD, MPH], Epidemiologist, Zoonotic Diseases, Israeli Ministry of Health (MOH)
Dr. Eyal Klement [DVM, MSc], Veterinarian and head of the new veterinary Master’s degree program in public health at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Prof. Mitchell J. Schwaber [MD, MSc], Physician Director of the National Center for Infection Control (MOH)
Dr. Nir Rudoler, Veterinarian, Ben Gurion University, Beersheba, Israel
Dr. Yael Paran [MD], Physician head of Geographical Medicine at The-Aviv Medical Center
Prof. Nadav Davidovitch [MD, PhD, MPH], physician chair of the Department of Health System Management, Ben-Gurion University
Prof. Gad Baneth [DVM, PhD], veterinarian director of the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine at the Hebrew University
Dr. Michal Perry [DVM], veterinarian poultry epidemiologist at the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture
Dr. Roni King [DVM], chief veterinarian, Israel Nature and Parks Authority
Dr. Michel Bellaiche [DVM], veterinarian director of the Kimron Veterinary Institute at the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture
See a summary of the meeting.
