Join Us for the One Health
One Medicine Symposium
October 20–23, 2017
St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies
One Health One Medicine (OHOM) is the convergence of human, animal, and ecosystem health. All animal
species including man are interrelated—veterinary or medical knowledge gained in one species benefits
the others. Join us at St. George’s University on the beautiful island of Grenada, where we are assembling
a network of physicians, public health professionals, veterinarians, and researchers to focus on One Health
One Medicine and the impact it is having on the health of populations around the world.
THE CENTER FOR ONE HEALTH ONE MEDICINE AT ST. GEORGE’S UNIVERSITY
The Center for One Health One Medicine at St. George’s University has evolved over the last decade and
more recently through a series of SGU-sponsored OHOM conferences, open access courses, and workshops.
The initiative is aimed to help facilitate the further development of opportunities locally and, in collaboration
with international institutions, to address global health challenges affecting the health of people, animals,
and the environment. The Center for One Health One Medicine serves to strengthen synergies between the
Schools of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Graduate Studies, and Arts and Sciences.
Register today at
sgu.edu/ohom
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS:
Due March 1, 2017
SGU ONE HEALTH ONE MEDICINE INITIATIVE PARTNERS
Windward Island Research and Education Foundation (WINDREF)
ONE HEALTH ONE MEDICINE
INITIATIVE VISITING LECTURERS
World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center on Environmental
1994 Sir Richard Doll, FRS, DM, MD–
and Occupational Health
Regional Collaborating Center (RCC) of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
SGU ONE HEALTH ONE MEDICINE INITIATIVE
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES
Massive Open Online Courses in OHOM:
September 2014 — OHOM: A Global Health Approach
June 2016 — OHOM: An Ecosystem Approach
November 2016 — OHOM: A Sustainable Approach
ONE HEALTH ONE MEDICINE
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS AT SGU
A range of student organizations focused on One Health initiatives,
including One Health, One Medicine Movement, Public Health Students
Association; One Health One Medicine Clinics; and the Global One Health
Explorers Club.
ONE HEALTH ONE MEDICINE CARIBBEAN CONFERENCE –
SGU MARCH 2014
This was a three-day conference with keynote speakers and workshops
with academics involved with OHOM throughout the Caribbean region
and the world. The keynote speakers were Donald D. Simeon, the Director
of the Caribbean Health Research Council, and Dennis Trent, Professor of
Microbiology and Immunology at the University Texas Medical Branch.
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE SELECTIVE COURSES
Culture and the Practice of Medicine
Designed for both human and veterinary medical students to enable them
“The Prevention of Cancer”
1995 Sir Walter Bodmer, PhD, FRS –
“Cancer Genetics and the Human
Genome Project”
1996 L
ord Walton of Detchant, MBBS,
MD, DSc, MA (Oxon), FRCP –
“The Dilemmas of Life and Death”
1998 A
nthony S. Fauci, MD – “AIDS:
Considerations for the 21st Century”
2000 Russ Zajtchuk, MD, FACS –
“Humanitarian Assistance and
Telehealth in Central America”
2001 W
illiam H. Foege, MD, MPH –
“Public Health in the 21st Century”
2002 L
ord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior,
DVSM, DSc – “A Comparative
Science”
2006 Charles Weissmann, MD, PhD, FRS –
“Of Mad Cows, Mice and Men”
2007 P
rofessor Ian McConnell, BVMS,
FRSE – “One Medicine: A Continuum
of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine
and Biomedical Science”
2008 Fred M. Jacobs, MD, JD, FACP,
to identify cultural beliefs and practices that impact disease in human and
FCCP, FCLM and John J. Mitchell Jr.,
animal populations and the practice of human and veterinary medicine.
PhD – “Cultural Competency and Its
Students incorporate cultural aspects and interdisciplinary approaches to
Effect on the Delivery of Healthcare”
health care problem solving.
International Health and Human Rights in Honduras
Designed to give students a fuller comprehension of the global
aspects surrounding health and human rights and to promote a better
understanding of the broad determinants of individual and population
health, which can be applied to issues in Honduras and regionally to other
developed countries.
A Practical Experience in Tropical Medicine in Kenya
Provides a practical field-based introduction to tropical medicine in an
East African cultural context. Time is spent in remote rural areas with the
nomadic pastoral Masai people where One Health comes into sharp focus.
The people live on the milk and blood from their livestock, which are heavily
2009 P
rofessor Sir Ian Gilmore, MBBS,
FRCP – “Professionalism and the
Duties of the Medical Educator”
2011 B
aron Peter Piot, MD, PhD –
“Emerging Infectious Diseases”
2014 R
obert C. Gallo, MD, PhD –
“Challenges of Viruses”
2015 D
esiree LeBeaud, PhD – “VectorBorne Diseases”
2016 P
rofessor Ian McConnell, FRSE
dependent on the environment. All aspects of medical and veterinary
FMedSci – “One Health: Past,
medicine, public health, and climate change can be debated in this fast
Present, and Future”
disappearing and unique way of life.