A global virtual symposium uniting One Health leaders worldwide to collaborate, innovate, and advance planetary and human well-being.
GOHS 2026
Thank you to everyone who attended the Global One Health Symposium 2026! With 534 attendees from 51 countries, 20 speakers, and 4 amazing sessions, the symposium was an incredible opportunity for learning, discussion, and connection across the global One Health community.
Congratulations to the winners of the photo contest and research poster presentations!
Photo Contest Winners
Poster Presentation Winners
Undergraduate
- 1st Place: Valentina Bejarano Rodriguez, One Health Against the Extinction of the Mountain Tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) in the Central Andes
- 2nd Place: Landon Smith, Detection of Leptospira in Bovine Follicular Fluid
- 3rd Place (tie): Sofia Fernandez Mantilla, Biogeography of Sylvatic Yellow Fever in Colombia: Insights from One Health
- 3rd Place (tie): Maya Dye, Pet Companionship and Substance Use Disorder Recovery: A Longitudinal, Mixed-Methods Study
Graduate
- 1st Place: Makhali Voss, Flies as Sentinels for Wildlife Disease Ecology: Tracking H. meleagridis in the Black Blow Fly
- 2nd Place: Ardelene Ambasa Diana, Determination of Human, Animal, and Environmental Exposure to Heavy Metals and Zoonotic Bacteria
- 3rd Place: Diego Perez-Maroto, The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) as sentinel of domestic animals’ infectious diseases
Post-graduate
- 1st Place: Sophia Di Cataldo, One Health in Argentina: Foxes and dogs acting as a bridge for the transmission of Rickettsia
- 2nd Place: Patricia Barroso, Serological evidence of widespread canine distemper virus exposure in wild boar from Northern Spain
- 3rd Place (tie): Ianny de Brito Gonalves, Dengue e saúde pública: Integração entre ambiente, vetor e população
- 3rd Place (tie): Kim Fong, Understanding How Social Service Agencies Support Families With Pets
The posters and presentation recordings from GOHS 2026 are available to view on our YouTube channel: tiny.utk.edu/GOHS2026. The event will return in 2028, and we hope to see you then! In the meantime, you can join our mailing list to receive future symposium news and tune in to our other virtual events.










