Dr. Steven Ricke, professor at and Director of MSABD, is scheduled to speak at the International Symposium on One Health Research: Improving Food Security and Resilience this coming April 21 – 23 in Galveston, Texas. His talk is titled “Salmonella Ecology and Pathogenesis in Poultry: Impact on One Health Bacterial Disease Concerns and One Health Solutions. The conference is associated with the University of Texas Medical Branch, which has its main campus in Galveston.

One Health is a concept that recognizes that it will take experts from many different disciplines and organizational entities to address food security and the complex and interconnected public, animal, human, and environmental health problems that threaten it. One such threat is in the form of emerging infectious diseases, including the Salmonella Dr. Ricke will speak about. The breadth of the symposium is seen in the “beef, dairy, egg & poultry, pork, aquaculture, fresh produce, and processed food” producers, as well as the “leaders in agricultural industry, public health, veterinary health, food safety, and environmental health institutions” that are also scheduled to be in attendance. The conference is an opportunity for these experts to find common ground in their work that will become the basis for new research collaborations that provide potential solutions to health problems and promote food security.

To learn more about the symposium and view a draft agenda, please visit: https://www.utmb.edu/one-health/events/international-one-health-symposium/welcome-symposium.