Stakeholders to take on Electronic Rabies Surveillance using a One Health Approach in the control of Rabies</h1> <article> <h1>Stakeholders to take on Electronic Rabies Surveillance using a One Health Approach in the control of Rabies</h1> <p>Fri, 08 Sep 2023 11:05:53 GMT</p> </article> <article> <h1>Our section at the ISVEE16 conference</h1> <p>Tue, 23 Aug 2022 05:45:21 GMT</p> <p><span style="color:#2f5597 !important">Paul Torgerson, Sonja Hartnack, Philip Rasmussen and Violeta Muñoz presented their research at the 16th International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE) held in Halifax, Canada.</span></p> </article> <article> <h1>New Project Started: Operationalizing One Health</h1> <p>Fri, 17 Jun 2022 13:30:01 GMT</p> <p>The project "Decentralize and operationalize the One Health platforms in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo" will facilitate the participation of both political actors and practitioners in the field, thus addressing the main political, economic, technical and cultural barriers to the implementation of the One Health approach.</p> </article> <article> <h1>PhD opportunity with fieldwork in Guinea and DR Congo</h1> <p>Tue, 24 May 2022 15:47:55 GMT</p> <p>Your task will be to evaluate the knowledge integration at the level of the One Health field units as well as at the level of the national governance structures endorsing those units.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Epi-Brown Bag Session 5</h1> <p>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 12:03:21 GMT</p> <p>7<sup>th</sup> of February, from noon till 1pm</p> </article> <article> <h1>Merry Christmas</h1> <p>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 13:22:37 GMT</p> </article> <article> <h1>Debate on One Health and Environmental Law</h1> <p>Wed, 15 Dec 2021 10:28:59 GMT</p> <p>At the annual conference of the United Kingdom Environmental Law Association (UKELA ), a panel discussion was held with Jane Haviland and Melanie Baines from UKELA, Charles Foster, Barrister, Fellow and Associate Researcher at the Faculties of Law, Philosophy and Medicine at the University of Oxford, and Simon Rüegg from our Section</p> </article> <article> <h1>Paid Undergraduate Summer Research Program in One Health and the Environment</h1> <p>Wed, 15 Dec 2021 11:10:44 GMT</p> <p>The University of Maine Initiative for One Health and the Environment is excited to announce an NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program for summer 2022. Subject to change, we expect to run an in-person program on the University of Maine campus in 2022. Our fully paid summer program will focus on Accelerating New Environmental Workskills (REU ANEW). From June 6 to August 12, 2022, we will invite 10 motivated undergraduate students to join our faculty and graduate students to conduct cutting-edge research at the intersection of human, animal, and environmental health.</p> </article> <article> <h1>January 2022: Save the date!</h1> <p>Thu, 18 Nov 2021 12:22:06 GMT</p> <p>This first international conference “<strong>The One Health concept at the Confluence of human & veterinary public health</strong>” aims to bring together researchers, industrial stakeholders and policy-makers to provide updates in research and innovation, discussing current unmet needs, proposing concrete ways to harness this knowledge and utilizing <strong>new tools to address these challenges</strong>. </p> <p> </p> </article> <article> <h1>Article published in Plos NTD</h1> <p>Wed, 17 Nov 2021 15:56:47 GMT</p> <p>A new published Article by Liz Paola Noguera, Simon Rüegg & Paul Torgerson.</p> <p>Click on the "more" link below for direct access to the article.</p> </article> <article> <h1>The next Epi-Brown Bag Session is close</h1> <p>Thu, 21 Oct 2021 12:18:08 GMT</p> </article> <article> <h1>We congratulate Malwa</h1> <p>Fri, 24 Sep 2021 20:33:31 GMT</p> <p>She presented her work at the DACH conference (<a href="http://dachepi.vphibern.ch/" target="_blank">http://dachepi.vphibern.ch/</a>).<br /> Take a look at Malwa's poster if you want to know more about the differences between a Scoping Review and a Systematic Review.</p> <p> </p> <p>.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Workshop: Bayesian Latent Class Models to evaluate diagnostic tests</h1> <p>Fri, 18 Jun 2021 12:04:03 GMT</p> <p>This 3-day training will focus on the application of Bayesian Latent Class analysis Models (BLCMs) for field evaluation of diagnostic tests. Participants will learn about the theory of Bayes’ theorem, probability distributions, prior distributions, and introduction to simulation and Markov-chain Monte Carlo methods for simulating priors and posteriors, and how they can be applied for estimation of diagnostic test sensitivity and specificity when tests are imperfect, and a reference test is not available.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Roll-out of the Global Burden of Animal Diseases programme</h1> <p>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 09:46:48 GMT</p> <p>Knowledge of the major constraints on livestock productivity and the means to address them is insufficient, and there is a need for robust assessments of the impact of livestock on food security, disease risks, and climate change. In 2018, the Global Burden of Animal Diseases (GBADs) programme was launched to address these vital issues.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Welcome Sukuman Rittem and Malwina Kowalska</h1> <p>Simon Rüegg — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 12:59:32 GMT</p> <p>During the last 6 months Sukuman and Malwina have joined our unit. Sukuman is a veterinary lecturer from Thailand investigating the human-monkey-conflicts from a one health perspective. Malwina is a Polish veterinarian conducting a clinical trial on new treatments for corneal ulcers in people and animals. Both will conduct their PhD with our group.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Giulia wins the SSPH+ Award 2020</h1> <p>Thu, 25 Jun 2020 08:46:47 GMT</p> <p>Giulia Paternoster won the award of the Swiss School for Public Health with her article "Epidemic cystic and alveolar echinococcosis in Kyrgyzstan: an analysis of national surveillance data" published in "the Lancet Global Health" in April 2020,</p> </article> <article> <h1>Welcome Liz Noguera Zayas and Kubanychbek Abdykerimov</h1> <p>Thu, 25 Jun 2020 08:45:43 GMT</p> <p>During 2019 Liz and Kuban have joined our unit. Liz is a veterinarian from Paraguay with a strong interest in zoonoses. Kuban is a veterinarian from Kyrgizstan who is particularly interested in zoonotic parasites. Both will conduct their PhD with our group.</p> <p> </p> </article> <article> <h1>Preprint on COVID-19 diagnostic accuracy estimates</h1> <p>Fri, 19 Jun 2020 06:50:01 GMT</p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Preprint available: Diagnostic accuracy estimates for COVID-19 RT-PCR and Lateral flow immunoassay tests with Bayesian latent class models.</span></span></span></span></p> </article> <article> <h1>Publication in Lancet Global Health: cystic and alveolar echinococcosis in Kyrgyzstan</h1> <p>Giulia Paternoster — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 07:46:39 GMT</p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Dr. Giulia Paternoster, Kubanychbek Abdykerimov, and Prof. Paul Torgerson (section of epidemiology), Philipp Kronenberg and Prof. Peter Deplazes (Institute of parasitology) coauthored an article entitled "Epidemic cystic and alveolar echinococcosis in Kyrgyzstan: an analysis of national surveillance data".</span></span></span></span></p> </article> <article> <h1>COVID-19 und die besondere Lage</h1> <p>Mon, 16 Mar 2020 10:58:08 GMT</p> <p>COVID-19 breitet sich weiter aus und der Bundesrat, die Kantonsregierung sowie die Uni-Leitung treffen Massnahmen, um die Anzahl Neuinfektionen zu begrenzen. Dies hat auch Auswirkungen auf die Tätigkeiten der Abteilung für Epidemiologie der Vetsuisse Fakultät.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Animal source of coronavirus remains unclear</h1> <p>Tue, 03 Mar 2020 15:50:52 GMT</p> <p>An article in the nature magazine clarifies the reasoning behind the suspicion that pangolins contributed to the spread of COVID19</p> </article> <article> <h1>Conference: German - Central Asian Cooperation on Zoonotic Diseases</h1> <p>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 13:01:03 GMT</p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Paul Torgerson and Duriya Charypkhan presented at the international workshop “German – Central Asian Cooperation on Zoonotic Diseases”.</span></span></span></span></p> </article> <article> <h1>Vetsuisse Public Health Conference 2019 - Save the Date</h1> <p>Fri, 14 Jun 2019 11:18:00 GMT</p> <p>As in previous years, the ILS (Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Zurich), the EPI (Section of Veterinary Epidemiology, Zurich) and the VPHI (Veterinary Public Health Institute incl. Animal Welfare Division, Bern) are again organizing the joint “VPH Annual Conference”. This year it will be held on November 28th in Bern.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Prize Winners of the VPH Conference 2018</h1> <p>Thu, 06 Dec 2018 14:59:11 GMT</p> <p>This years best presentation was given by Francis Muchaamba from the Institute of Food Safety and Hygiene. The best poster was presented by Ranya Özcelik from the Veterinary Public Health Institute. Congratulations!</p> </article> <article> <h1>Our Section at the UN Biodiversity Conference</h1> <p>Thu, 06 Dec 2018 11:40:10 GMT</p> <p>Dr. Simon Rüegg gave two presentations at the UN Biodiversity Con<span class="text_exposed_show">ference, investing in biodiversity for people and planet. He outlined the links between One Health and biodiversity.</span></p> </article> <article> <h1>Programme of the Vetsuisse Public Health Conference finalized</h1> <p>Mon, 05 Nov 2018 09:47:52 GMT</p> <p>Ruedi Nager, Stephan Schwarz and Alex Shaw are the confirmed keynote speakers at the 2018 Vetsuisse Public Health Conference on 29 November in Zürich. The programme of presentations and posters has also been finalized.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Now Available: Integrated approaches to health; a handbook to evaluate One Health</h1> <p>Thu, 06 Sep 2018 10:46:02 GMT</p> <p>In the frame of the COST "Network for evaluation of One Health" Simon Rüegg has edited together with international colleagues the "<strong>Handbook to evaluate One Health</strong>". It is available as fee eBook or printed on demand.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Comment in Lancet: Initiation of Global Burden of Animal Diseases Programme</h1> <p>Thu, 06 Sep 2018 10:30:29 GMT</p> <p>Animal health has major impacts on human health directly through zoonotic disease transmission, or indirectly through nutritional availability and environmental management. For human health, the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study has created a comprehensive dataset of diseases, injuries, and risk factors that is used to measure epidemiological levels and trends worldwide. A project to collect an equivalent dataset for animal diseases is being planned.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Welcome Giulia Paternoster and Duriya Charypkhan</h1> <p>Mon, 03 Sep 2018 12:11:45 GMT</p> <p>Over the last year, Giulia and Duriya have joined our unit. Giulia is a veterinary epidemiologist with a strong interest in public health, infectious and zoonotic diseases. Duriya is a young veterinary professional that has obtained her BVSc at the Kazakh National Agrarian University (2011-2016) with a possibility to study meanwhile as a grantee at Wageningen University.</p> </article> <article> <h1>NEOH final Action Conference: Creating impact for One Health and EcoHealth</h1> <p>Fri, 17 Aug 2018 11:45:50 GMT</p> <p>The Network for Evaluation of One Health is holding a final conference for the release of their handbook and to discuss advancements in implementation, evaluation and governance of One Health. It will be held in Bologna and registration is open until August 26th 2018.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Bibliometric Success: Most cited paper in the WHO bulletin</h1> <p>Fri, 17 Aug 2018 10:08:24 GMT</p> <p><a class="gsc_mp_anchor_lrge" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?oi=bibs&cluster=10413950029768252567&btnI=1&hl=en">"The global burden of congenital toxoplasmosis: a systematic review"</a> by Torgerson et al. was the most cited article of the bulletin of the World Health Organisation in the last 5 years.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Zurich R courses</h1> <p>Thu, 01 Mar 2018 11:52:20 GMT</p> <p>The "Zurich R Courses" are a continuing education program offered in cooperation of UZH and ETH Zurich. Within this program, we offer a series of introductory and specialized courses on data analysis and scientific programming with the free open-source software R, that are taught by international experts.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Paul Torgerson on Kyrgyz national television about echinococcosis</h1> <p>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 11:53:16 GMT</p> </article> <article> <h1>Statistics with SPSS Course in Zürich</h1> <p>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 12:25:38 GMT</p> <p>The Section for Epidemiology is organizing another basic course on “Statistics with SPSS“ on the 7th and 14th December 2017. Target audience are Master, PhD and doctoral students that collect and analyze their own data.</p> </article> <article> <h1>IAEH Webinar Series Announcement: Using Networks to Study Zoonotic Pathogens</h1> <p>Thu, 14 Dec 2017 14:04:08 GMT</p> </article> <article> <h1>UZH and COVAB team up to enhance research capacity in Uganda</h1> <p>Wed, 22 Nov 2017 11:21:05 GMT</p> <p>News coverage in Uganda as Makerere University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity (COVAB) invited facilitators from the University of Zurich</p> </article> <article> <h1>15th International Symposium on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics in Chiang Mai</h1> <p>Thu, 09 Nov 2017 11:27:44 GMT</p> The 15th International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE 15) is coming to Chiang Mai, Thailand, on 12 - 16 November 2018. ISVEE 15 will be a global forum for interdisciplinary collaboration and communication among the community. </article> <article> <h1>Statistics with SPSS Course in Zürich</h1> <p>Thu, 09 Nov 2017 11:37:58 GMT</p> <p>The Section for Epidemiology is organizing another basic course on “Statistics with SPSS“ on the 7th and 14th December 2017. Target audience are Master, PhD and doctoral students that collect and analyze their own data.</p> </article> <article> <h1>International Transdisciplinarity Conference 2017</h1> <p>Tue, 21 Feb 2017 08:59:14 GMT</p> <p>the International Transdisciplinarity Conference in 2017 is co-organised by Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany and the Network for Transdisciplinary REsearch of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences. It will be held on September 11-15, in Lüneburg, Germany</p> </article> <article> <h1>PhD in Biodata Mining and Modeling at University of Torino</h1> <p>Tue, 21 Feb 2017 08:50:34 GMT</p> <p>The Computational Epidemiology and Data Analysis Unit of the Department of Veterinary Sciences at the University of Torino is looking for a strongly motivated person with interests in data collection and analysis through mathematical and computational approaches, and a deep interest in multidisciplinary research.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Annual conference of the Association pour l'étude de l'épidémiologie des maladies animales</h1> <p>Tue, 14 Feb 2017 09:38:22 GMT</p> <p>The 17th annual conference of Association pour l'Etude de l'Epidémiologie des Maladies Animales (EEMA) will be held from March 22nd to March 24th in Paris. Subjects will cover high density graphics and one health among others.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Postdoc - Swine Health Big Data Analysis</h1> <p>Tue, 14 Feb 2017 09:28:28 GMT</p> <p>The Veterinary Public Health Institute and the Swine Clinic of the University of Bern is seeking applicants to work on a three year applied research project, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF): PIG DATA: Health Analytics for the Swiss Swine Industry.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Welcome: Martin Hitziger working on One Health Evaluation</h1> <p>Wed, 08 Feb 2017 08:43:45 GMT</p> <p>Martin Hitziger is an environmental scientist and management scientist with a passion for systems thinking, sustainability, global health and international development. He joined our section to work on advancing methods for complex systems evaluation in integrated health surveillance. In this project, he works together with the Network for the Evaluation of One Health (European COST Action: <a href="http://neoh.onehealthglobal.net">http://neoh.onehealthglobal.net</a>), and the International Society for Disease Surveillance (<a href="http://www.syndromic.org">http://www.syndromic.org</a>).</p> </article> <article> <h1>PhD - Assessment of the freedom from animal disease</h1> <p>Wed, 08 Feb 2017 08:19:22 GMT</p> <p>Two PhD positions are open for application. They are located in Utrecht and Nantes and cover the subject of output based methods for the assessment of the freedom of animal disease.</p> </article> <article> <h1>MOOC - Global Health at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface</h1> <p>Mon, 06 Feb 2017 23:00:00 GMT</p> <p>n collaboration with the Graduate Institute Geneva, Swiss School of Public Health+(SSPH+), Ecole Romande de Santé Publique and the World Federation of Academic Institutions for Global Health. Courses will be offered from <strong>April 24th-28th, 2017. </strong>The Spring School program is designed to enable international students and working professionals with interest and focus in global health to study various subjects and join the international global health community in Geneva the "public health Capital of the World".<strong> </strong></p> </article> <article> <h1>The Section for Epidemiology advises the World Bank Group</h1> <p>Tue, 07 Feb 2017 10:17:48 GMT</p> <p>The Section for Epidemiology participated in workshop at the World Bank on the economics of One Health. The meeting was supported by the Network for Evaluation of One Health, Ecohealth Alliance, and the US Agency for International Development.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Postdoc - Modelling Zoonotic Antimicrobial Resistance in Animal Populations</h1> <p>Tue, 07 Feb 2017 09:51:49 GMT</p> <p>A postdoc position is available at DTU Food in the Research Group of Genomic Epidemiology. The group is EU and WHO Reference Laboratory for antimicrobial resistance and combines activities on development and implementation of whole genome and community sequencing, bioinformatics and epidemiological modeling of the occurrence of human and zoonotic microbiological hazards both at a national and global perspective.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Course: Bayesian Disease Mapping in Edinburgh</h1> <p>Tue, 07 Feb 2017 09:40:58 GMT</p> <p>Beginning of June, a course sequence on Bayesian Disease Mapping will be held at the University of Edinburgh. These courses are designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to the area of Bayesian disease mapping in applications to Public Health and Epidemiology: The Introductory course (Part I) will run on June 5th- June 6th, the BDMI course will run on June 7th and the advanced course (Part II) will run on June 8th - June 9th 2017.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Workshop in Bayesian Data Science in Edinburgh</h1> <p>Tue, 07 Feb 2017 09:31:57 GMT</p> <p>On 1st and 2nd of June, a two day course will be held at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is intended for those who already are acquainted with basic concepts of Bayesian methodology and require to add to this with a focus on special topics in Biostatistics.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Lecturer in Veterinary Preventive Medicine</h1> <p>Tue, 17 Jan 2017 13:35:35 GMT</p> <p>Open position for Lecturer/ Senior Lectuer/ Associate Professor at James Cook University in Townsville, Queensland. Application deadline 19.2.2017</p> </article> </main></body></html>