Seminars

One Health Lunch & Learn Seminar Series

This series brings together speakers from across UT, the nation, and world to discuss their work, how they tackle current global challenges, and how solutions can be achieved by viewing these problems through a One Health lens.

Seminars are held via Zoom on the last Thursday of the month, January – October, from 12-1pm Eastern Time. Join our mailing list to receive event notifications.

April 30

12:00 – 1:00pm Eastern

From Genomic Surveillance to Interventions: One Health Strategies to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance

Yosra Helmy
Associate Professor
Department of Veterinary Science
University of Kentucky

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May 28

12:00 – 1:00pm Eastern

Improving Your Mental Health Through Recreation

Derrick Stowell
Lecturer
Department of Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies
University of Tennessee

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June 25

12:00 – 1:00pm Eastern

TBA

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Previous Seminars

January 29, 2026

Advancing One Health Systems for Pet Families and Communities | T’ Fisher

February 26, 2026

From Lab to Field: Next Generation Molecular Tools for Rapid Detection of Infectious Threats and Antimicrobial Resistance

October 30, 2025

Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Dairy Production: Challenges and Strategies for a One Health Approach | Elaine Dorneles

September 25, 2025

Advancing our Knowledge of Environmental Enteropathy: Overcoming Historical Barriers with Emerging Technologies | Jessica Grembi

July 31, 2025

Complex Interactions Among Insects, Viruses, Disease, and Food Security | Paula Rozo-Lopez

June 26, 2025

Navigating Truth in the AI Era: Science Communication and Information Integrity | Catherine Luther and Matthew Craig

May 29, 2025

Identifying, Strengthening, and Expanding the Mental Health Component within the One Health Framework | Christopher Weatherly

April 24, 2025

Antimicrobial Resistance and Molecular Epidemiology of ESBL-Producing E. coli in East Tennessee Dairy Farms | Benti Gelalcha

March 27, 2025

Sequencing Support Options at the UT Genomics Core | Veronica Brown

February 27, 2025

Contending with the Polycrisis in the Anthropocene: Climate Change and Human Health | Daniel Mason-D’Croz

September 26, 2024

An Ethnobiological Analysis of How Humans Select Medicinal Plants | Orou Gaoue

August 29, 2024

Eco-Health Benefit Pathways: Getting from “E-to-B” and All the Places in Between | Kristen Rappazzo

July 25, 2024

From Fish in the Water to Fish on the Plate | Erika Gavenus

June 27, 2024

Listening with Glaciers: The Sounds and Songs of a Melting Landscape | Konstantine Vlasis

May 30, 2024

An Update on Lyme Disease from a Southeastern Perspective | Nicole Szafranski

April 25, 2024

Saving Our Planet, One Steak at a Time: Connecting Soils, Grasslands, Cattle, and Biodiversity | Pat Keyser

March 28, 2024

Investigations into the Health of Wild Avian and Reptile Populations of Florida | Rebecca Hardman

February 29, 2024

Urban Environments, Climate, and Health: Challenges and Opportunities | Carolyn Daher

January 25, 2024

Preventing Pandemics by Reducing Risk of Spillovers | Neil Vora

October 26, 2023

Equine Health and Medicine: Historical and Literary Perspectives | Nancy Henry

September 28, 2023

Impacts of Rising Incubation Temperatures on Neonatal Leatherback Sea Turtle Skin and Health | Samantha Kuschke

August 31, 2023

Utilizing Extended Reality for Personalized Adaptive Learning to Support Competency Based Clinical Motor Skill Performance | Shalaunda Reeves and Jared Porter

July 27, 2023

Nashville Zoo Conservation Programs | Heather Schwartz

June 29, 2023

Building Community Resilience through Urban Food Forestry | Jaq Payne

May 25, 2023

Rabies Research in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review | Aga Gelgie

April 27, 2023

Green Spaces and Childhood Development | Ashley Kite-Morgan

March 30, 2023

Unhealthy Food: Chocolate Production, Slavery, and Unfree Food Systems | Chris Magra