One Health Social Sciences (OHSS) Update: November 2020

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Hello Everyone! We hope this finds you safe as we all continue to live under the new normal of life under the pandemic. The importance of a One Health approach has never been more apparent and we applaud all of your efforts to build awareness and to put coordinated actions into play. OHSS reminds us that operationalizing One Health calls for an understanding of social drivers of human, animal, and environmental health. Thank you for your continued interest and ideas. Please join us at the next webinar or meeting. --OHSS Leadership Team

OHSS Webinar Anthropology and One Health in Natural History Tuesday, November 10, 2020 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST (UTC-5) Sabrina Sholts, PhD Biological Anthropologist Smithsonian Institution  National Museum of Natural History Register for this free webinar: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5513154021910940176

Call for new OHSS Leadership Team member Are you interested in being part of the OHSS Leadership Team? Responsibilities of this volunteer position include: Provide strategy planning for OHSS initiative Work with OHC leadership and OHSS members on project planning Serve as champion for OHSS issues Members are requested to serve for a one year, extendable term.   If you are interested, please send a 250-word personal statement describing your career, how you have been involved with One Health and social sciences, and why you would like to serve. Please mention if you have been involved with the OHSS Initiative to date. Send statement to: OHSS@onehealthcommission.org  In the subject line, please put: OHSS LEADERSHIP and your name. Deadline is: Friday, December 11, 2020. Decisions will be announced by Monday, January 4, 2021.

From the OHSS Video Library: Webinar presented Tuesday, September 29, 2020 Interprofessional Education & One Health: How ready are MD and DVM students? Dr. Rohini R. Roopnarine To view recording: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/5510498701183565827 

If you would like to recommend someone for an OHSS Webinar, please send a message to: OHSS@onehealthcommission.org

Thank you for your interest in OHSS! 2019-2020 OHSS Leadership Team: Helena Chapman, MD, PhD, MPH Bernardo Moreno, MD, MSc, PhD ( Verónica Ormea DVM, MSc  Laura C. Streichert, PhD, MPH Click here to learn more about the OHSS leadership. If you have any questions or suggestions, please send a message to ohss@onehealthcommision.org

The OHSS is an Action Team of the One Health Commission (OHC) OHSS Mission To strengthen the network of scientists and practitioners who incorporate concepts and methods of social sciences into their research and work in One Health. OHSS Misión Fortalecer la red de investigadores y profesionales que incorporan conceptos y métodos de las ciencias sociales en sus investigaciones y trabajo en “Una Salud”. One Health Social Sciences webpage Your donation to the OHC, no matter how small, can help keep our programs, like OHSS, going. ______________________________________________________

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