Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems

One Health Day events

A series of events on the collective theme of One Health Day, led by staff and students on Easter Bush campus, and related events across the University.

One Health Day events 2023

Date 

   Time

Venue Speaker and topic
26 October  12.30-1pm G.01, Vet School teaching building

Lunchtime lightning lecture -

Professor Lisa Boden: Why One Health matters, followed by refreshments for attendees (drop-in)

1 November 4-5pm

Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre,  Room 1.264, Old College

Guest seminar with Dr Renzo Guinto - Decolonising Planetary Health: perspectives from the Philippines and Southeast Asia

Link to register

2 November 12-12.50 Atrium, Vet School teaching building  One Health poster unveiling session, followed by lunchtime lightning lecture below (drop-in)
2 November  1-1.30pm G.01, Vet School teaching building

Lunchtime lightning lecture -

Professor Paul Digard: Interdisciplinary approaches to preventing an influenza pandemic and Dr Sam Lycett: Predictability and evolvability of pandemic viruses, followed by refreshments for attendees (drop-in)

8 November 6.30-8pm Conference Room, ECCI, High School Yards, and via Teams

Panel discussion: How to feed the world sustainably and mitigate climate change.

Speakers are Professor Lindsay Jaacks and Professor Jonathan Hillier, Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems; Dr Alexander Corbishley, R(DS)VS; Abby Allen, Director of Pipers Farm, and Professor Jude Capper, ABP Chair of Sustainable Beef and Sheep Production, Harper Adams University.

Link to register for all attendees

Link to register to join via Teams

Link to Slido app to submit questions to the panel

13 November 3-4pm LG.11, 40 George Square  Diving into Blue Health: A Research Showcase Link to register
13 November 5.30-7pm Anatomy Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School, Teviot Place

Edinburgh Infectious Diseases Winter Lecture 2023:  

Infection and Disease in Natural Ecosystems, by Professor Sarah Cleaveland, University of Glasgow.

Register via Eventbrite

17 November 11.30am  - 1.30pm Roslin Institute, Ground Floor One Health poster board showcase. Refreshments provided (Drop-in).
21 November 1-5pm Playfair Library, Old College

World AMR Awareness Week 2023: Antifungal resistance workshop Link to register

24 November 1-1.30pm Roslin Auditorium

Lunchtime lightning lecture -

Professor Mark Stevens: Antibiotic crisis, followed by refreshments for attendees (drop-in)

 

                                   

Related links

One Health at the University