One Health Institute50th Annual One Health and Zoonoses Conference
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Colorado State University SPUR Campus Hydro Building
4777 National Western Dr., Denver, CO 80216
Doors open 8:00 a.m.
Sessions Begin 9:00 a.m.
Cocktail Reception 4:30 p.m.
Agenda
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
In-person Check-In | Zoom Waiting Room Open
9:00 - 9:25 a.m.
Opening Remarks and Welcome
Ned Calonge, Chief Medical Officer, Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Environment
John Pape, Zoonotic Disease Epidemiologist, Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Environment (Retired)
9:25 - 10:50 a.m.
One Health Approaches in Public Health
One health approach to disease investigation, Cara Drehoff, Veterinary Epidemiologist, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
One health collaboration in rabies response, Taylor Foley, One Health Epidemiologist, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and Melissa Orozco, Communicable Disease Manager, Arapahoe County Public Health
Risk perception to infectious disease and tailoring community messaging, Nicole Kelp, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University
10:50 - 11:10 a.m.
Break
11:10 - 12:35 p.m.
Vector-Borne Diseases
2024 Oropouche outbreak updates, Chris Roundy, Medical Entomologist, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Aedes mosquitoes in Colorado: 2025 control efforts, Tim Moore, Manager, Grand River Mosquito Control District
Increased tickborne diseases in people and their pets, Karla Savaadra-Rodriguez, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University
12:35 - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 - 2:55 p.m.
One Health and the Environment
Outside Inn: A new Aerobiology Era, Mark Hernandez, Professor of Environmental Engineering, University of Colorado
PFAS on the farm: An exercise of interagency collaboration, Dan Frazen, Agricultural Emergency Coordinator, Colorado Department of Agriculture
David Dani, Emerging Contaminants Coordinator, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Allison Kohnen, State Public Health Veterinarian, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Maggie Baldwin, State Veterinarian, Colorado Department of Agriculture
One Health approaches to disaster preparedness, Kalinda Gupta, Relief Veterinary Nurse and Administrator, Pet Care Coalition
2:55 - 3:15 p.m.
Break
3:15 - 4:20 p.m.
Updates on Communicable Diseases
Epidemiology of Colorado M. bovis cases in humans, Sean McFarland, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Maggie Baldwin, State Veterinarian, Colorado Department of Agriculture
4:20 - 4:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Cass Moseley, Vice President for Research, Colorado State University
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Cocktail Reception
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