One Health Public Policy Forum Series Fall 2019 – November 6th Urban Meets Rural, Balancing Human and Environmental Health

As part of our first annual One Health Week at the University of Connecticut, we will include a presentation and discussion on a specific topic related to one health. Our chosen topic is fast fashion/ consumerism. "Fast-fashion" is a term used to explain products from companies that mass produce their items at a rapid rate, using cheap materials. The products end up being cheap for the consumer but in many cases the production was typically in an unethical or wasteful in ways that have severe negative affects on the workers, and the environment.

For the concluding event for One Health Week at the University of Connecticut, we will be hosting two speakers join us in discussing animal health and epidemiology focused on one health. Our speakers are Dr. Lech Szkudlarek, a federal veterinarian and scrapie epidemiologist for USDA, and Dr. Shannon LaDeau, a disease ecologist from the Cary Institute. These two one health experts will be sharing about their experiences in their respective fields and educating attendees on animal health issues including diseases followed by discussion and questions from student facilitators and attendees.