Past event

IDOH Day 2022

The 1st Infectious Diseases and One Health (IDOH) Day was held at Salle Thélème, Tours, France on Friday, September 2nd 2022. The day consisted of three sessions of One Health-related topics, in which several speakers presented their work on:

•  One Health in Action, being the integration of One Health principles into developing health programmes;
• Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention, being the methods implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic and needed for future outbreaks; and
• One Health at Large, being the international implementation of One Health principles and using big data to combat disease.

 These sessions featured speakers from prominent global health agencies, such as the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, formerly OIE), the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), and the One Health European Joint Programme (One Health EJP), and drove extensive engagement.

Prof. Albert Osterhaus, one of the IDOH Day 2022 keynote speakers from University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany (TiHo) during his talk.

Dr. Mariana Maranna from World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), France during her speech about One Health in Action: implementation and challenges

Programme

Poster session

The IDOH Day 2022 also featured a poster session in which 10 posters were presented. The poster session allowed for an interactive discussion between the presenter and the IDOH Day 2022 participants on various Infectious Diseases and One Health research topics. In this session, the IDOH Day attendees also casted their vote for the best poster and Valéria Andrade Lima with the poster titled "Identification of DNA sequences that imply two novel adenoviruses in deceased seals from the Dutch Atlantic coast" won the best poster prize. Congratulations!

Best poster prize winner, Valéria Andrade Lima

 Graduation and Convocation

In addition to the speaker sessions, on the IDOH Day 2022 a Graduation and Convocation ceremony was also held. During this session, we gathered to celebrate the hard earned achievement of the 4th cohort of the MSc IDOH students for their completion of the master. We also celebrated the commencement of study for the 6th cohort of MSc IDOH students as a warm beginning to their journey in the MSc IDOH program. This part of the IDOH Day 2022 allowed us to spark the sense of pride and belonging among the MSc IDOH community.

MSc IDOH graduates (wearing caps and gowns), alongside with the new students, during the Graduation and Convocation ceremony

 Sponsors

The IDOH Day 2022 committee would like to thank Fédération de Recherche en Infectiologie (FéRI), INRAE, Université de Tours, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, University of Edinburgh, and Medizinische Hochschule Hannover for their strong support in making the IDOH Day 2022 possible. Their commitment to invest in our passion in the integrated and transdisciplinary approach of One Health was fundamental in making the IDOH Day 2022 possible.

 Watch the recording of the IDOH Day 2022 here!