Human, Animal and Ecosystem: Infectious Outcomes of Global Changes
Event Details
- Date:
- Thursday, 11 June 2015 - Thursday, 11 June 2015
- Time:
- 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
- Location:
- Seminar Room 275, Global Change Institute (20), Staff House Rd ST LUCIA
- URL:
- http://gci.uq.edu.au/events/human-animal-and-ecosystem-infectious-outcomes-of-global-changes
- Event category(s):
Event Contact
- Name:
- Ms Krystle Henry
- Phone:
- 33118
- Email:
- k.henry1@uq.edu.au
- Org. Unit:
- Global Change Institute
Event Description
- Full Description:
- The vast majority of recent emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic – that is they are transmitted from animals to humans. Since the 1990s the world has experienced the emergence of several lethal and alarming zoonotic diseases such as BSE (Mad Cow Disease), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Bird Flu), Nipah and Hendra viruses and, the ongoing Ebola outbreak. These diseases appeared to have been unanticipated, but scientific data could have helped prescient the contributions global changes such as demographic transitions, human settlement and land use (and the increasingly complex and interconnected world) have made to create the perfect environment for such catastrophic outbreaks.
So, how do human societies continue to develop along with their associated food, social, cultural and economic systems while reducing or avoiding the drivers for an emerging epidemic? Can we avoid what some think is an inevitability? In response to this threat is the paradigm of One Health, which is an emerging international field of research and practice combining human, animal and ecosystem health. This talk will provide a view on the some of the changes that contribute to emerging/re-emerging zoonotic diseases and provide an insight into approaches that must be adopted if we are to avoid the ‘next big one’.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Dr Simon Reid is an epidemiologist with an interest in research to improve the detection and control of infectious diseases with a particular emphasis on zoonotic diseases such as leptospirosis and influenza. His international experience (both research and programmatic) includes PNG, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Fiji and most of the other countries in SE Asia.
His past research included the development and validation of several diagnostic assays and the development of a bio-economic model to predict the outcomes (financial, biological and demographic) of control interventions for trypanosomiasis in livestock in the Philippines.
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