One Health Seminar: Community One Health Teams Preventing Zoonotic Disease in Rwanda

This seminar will discuss a research project in Rwanda to train community One Health teams whose goal is to provide outreach within their communities to improve the health of people, animals and the local environment.

Featuring presenters:

Dr. Anne Deckert is an Assistant Professor in Swine Health Management in the Department of Population Medicine at the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC), University of Guelph. Dr. Deckert has also consulted internationally for organizations including the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), working on antimicrobial use and resistance surveillance projects in Central Asia. Rooted in her early experiences growing up on a pig farm, Anne’s professional focus has remained firmly on improving swine health, production and sustainable veterinary practices in Canada and globally.

Dr. Cate Dewey is a positive leader with great initiative, passion and enthusiasm for higher education. Previously, Cate chaired the Department of Population Medicine for 11 years and was a University of Guelph professor since 1995. As chair, she helped redesign the DVM program and led development of the master of public health program. Previously, Cate was the Associate Vice-President (Academic) at the University of Guelph. In this role, Cate oversaw content, administration and delivery of all undergraduate programs, including those at the Ridgetown campus and the University of Guelph-Humber. She supervised the program review process as required by the provincial government and oversaw introduction of new initiatives and internationalization of the curriculum.