One Health Alaska - Program
UAF Wood Center Ballroom
Noon — Registration is open
1 p.m.&²Ô²ú²õ±è;—&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Opening remarks
Daniel M. White, chancellor, UAF
Larry Hinzman, vice chancellor for research, UAF
Evon Peter, vice chancellor for rural, community and Native education, UAF
1:20 p.m. —&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Welcome and introduction | Arleigh Reynolds, director of UAF's One Health initiative and professor of veterinary medicine
1:30 p.m.&²Ô²ú²õ±è;—&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Keynote speaker: Tom Hennessy, director, Anchorage field station for infectious diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Results of the Alaska Zoonotic Disease Prioritization Workshop
One Health stakeholders met in March 2019 for a two-day workshop to develop a priority
list of zoonotic diseases for Alaska. In this presentation, we will review the results
of this workshop and discuss next steps to improve capacity and preparedness.
2 p.m. — Presentations
2 p.m. John Walsh, chief scientist, International Arctic Research Center, UAF
Climate Change and One Health
Climate change has impacted Alaska in subtle ways, ranging from the state’s vegetative
landscape to patterns of land use and even land ownership. In this presentation, we
will highlight several major climatic trends in Alaska over the past 50 years, including
the trends of extreme events that are among the most consequential manifestations
of climate change.
2:15 p.m. Karsten Hueffer, associate dean, Department of Veterinary Medicine, UAF
A One Health Approach to Zoonotic Diseases
Zoonotic diseases in an Arctic context, what we know and what we don’t know, through
examples of important pathogens for humans and subsistence species.
2:30 p.m. Tuula Hollmén, research associate professor, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, UAF
Alaska Food Safety and Security
Overview of the results and recommendations from a food security working group formed
during the 2017 One Health workshop during the Week of the Arctic and Arctic Council
Ministerial meetings in Fairbanks.
2:45 p.m. Mike Brubaker, director of community environment and health, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Applying Local Observations for One Health in Arctic Communities
Since 2012, the Alaska tribal health system has been tracking observations of unusual
events as a way to understand environmental change and community impact. Find out
how the Local Environmental Observer Network is being used to help inform One Health
practitioners about present and emerging threats in Alaska and the circumpolar North.
3 p.m. — Coffee break
3:30 p.m. —&²Ô²ú²õ±è; Keynote speaker: Tina Woods, senior director for community health services, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
A One Health Approach: Working Together to Create Wellness Among All Living Things
This presentation recognizes culture and spirituality as the foundation of health
and wellness, and all the interconnectedness of all living things. Widespread expertise
across disciplines is essential for better understanding and increased communication
to achieve holistic wellness in today’s world.
4 p.m. —&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Presentations (cont.)
4 p.m. Stacy Rasmus, director, Center for Alaska Native Health Research, UAF
Alaska Native Collaborative Hub for Research on Resilience: Community-Driven Cultural Strengths and Protections
The Alaska Native Collaborative Hub for Research on Resilience is an initiative aimed
at strengthening existing research partnerships and developing new partnerships, thereby
broadening the potential impacts from suicide prevention research efforts throughout
Alaska and the Arctic.
ANCHRR includes a three-region research project that will highlight what Alaska Native
rural communities are doing to support young people and promote their well-being,
rather than focus exclusively on risks and problems. The Alaska Native Community Resilience
Study seeks to identify pathways from larger social and community processes down to
individual, youth experiences, which can inform a wide variety of prevention efforts.
4:15 p.m. Jim Berner, science director, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Biomonitoring, a Critical Component of One Health: The Role of the Arctic Council
in the Development of Circumpolar Environmental Biomonitoring Programs
Discussion on human and environmental health monitoring programs, the Arctic Monitoring
and Assessment Program and the Maternal Organics Monitoring Study, and the role of
the Arctic Council in the development of a circumpolar environmental biomonitoring
program.
4:30 p.m. Arleigh Reynolds, director of UAF's One Health initiative & Brian Barnes, director, Institute of Arctic Biology
One Health Education Programs
At UAF, we are developing educational programs that focus on building One Health skills
to gather information and work toward adaptive and resilient approaches to problem
management. We’re working across the University of Alaska system and across Alaska
to incorporate One Health into educational programs from K-12 through the Ph.D. degree.
4:45 p.m. Amy Lauren Lovecraft, director of UAF's Center for Arctic Policy Studies
One Health in Policy: Science, Policy and Community Futures
The future of remote rural communities in Alaska, and other Arctic locations, is far
from secure. What science is needed to form strategies of resilience, and how must
policies change to foster positive trends? Scenarios-thinking can benefit local-scale
management and self-determination efforts in designing strategies to drive science,
integrate Indigenous knowledge and address policies related to community resilience.
6-8 p.m. — Welcome reception at the University of Alaska Museum of the North
Join us for food and live music by Fireweed Fiddle and a performance from the Pavva
Inupiaq Dancers of Fairbanks!
UAF Wood Center Ballroom
8 a.m. — Registration is open / morning coffee
9 a.m. — Plenary panel | Moderated by Arleigh Reynolds, director of UAF's One Health initiative
Review of Friday's presentation
Brian Barnes, Institute of Arctic Biology, UAF
Jim Berner, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Michael Brubaker, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Tom Hennessy, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Karsten Hueffer, Department of Veterinary Medicine, UAF
Tuula Hollmén, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, UAF
Amy Lauren Lovecraft, Center for Arctic Policy Studies, UAF
Stacy Rasmus, Center for Alaska Native Health Research, UAF
John Walsh, International Arctic Research Center, UAF
10 a.m. — Coffee break
10:30 a.m. — Breakout session | Moderated by Arleigh Reynolds and Tuula Hollmén
What Are the Large Issues We Can Best Address Through a One Health Approach?
This session will focus on identifying and prioritizing issues in Alaska that can
be addressed through a One Health approach.
Noon — Report back to the group
12:30 p.m. —&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Special speaker: Gene Tagaban | Spirit in All Things
12:40 p.m. — Lunch and networking
2 p.m.&²Ô²ú²õ±è;— Moderated Breakout session
Creation of One Health Working Groups With Set Goals for 2019-2020
This session is focused on developing working groups that will address the issues
identified in the morning session. The goal is to build support for research, education
and outreach programs that operationalize understanding and management of these problems.
Action steps and continued efforts from the group will be planned for the subsequent
12 months.
3 p.m.&²Ô²ú²õ±è;— Report back to group | Moderated by Arleigh Reynolds, director of One Health, UAF
Our Next Steps
3:30 p.m. — End of program