Program
8 a.m. —&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Registration and coffee | Great Hall
8:20 a.m. —&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Opening remarks | Anupma Prakash, provost, UAF
Climate change is a potential driver of zoonotic disease threats across the circumpolar North. The use of antimicrobials and the resultant development of resistance to them is becoming a global issue. This session will look at One Health approaches to prioritizing, understanding and managing these problems.
Location: Davis Concert Hall
8:30 a.m. KEYNOTE: Emily Jenkins | Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Canada The Canadian Arctic One Health Network Strong connections among the land, wildlife and people in the North necessitate a One Health approach to address complex challenges at the interface of human, animal and ecosystem health. The North continues to face health disparities and food and water insecurity, and is now experiencing climate change at rates faster and greater than the global average. Infectious diseases will emerge in a future of climate change, and zoonoses (both old and new) continue to pose threats to wildlife and public health. Through a network of researchers and community partners, we monitor, model and mitigate One Health threats, including rabies, foodborne parasites and vector-borne diseases. |
Brief 10-minute presentations | Lead presenter listed below 8:50 a.m. Human seroprevalence to eleven zoonotic pathogens in the US Arctic, Alaska |
9 a.m. Priority zoonotic diseases for One Health collaboration in Alaska |
9:10 a.m. Comparison of ecological niches of rabies in Alaska and Canada for public health:
Urbanized outbreak clusters dominate in the landscape of Northern America |
9:20 a.m. Avian influenza in a changing Arctic climate |
9:30 a.m. Isolation of multidrug-resistant bacterium in urban wildlife. What is in your backyard? |
9:40 a.m. Recovering the resistome: Genomics of antimicrobial resistance in Interior Alaska |
9:50 a.m. One Health AMR surveillance in the Salish Sea and surrounding areas |
10 a.m. Questions and answers |
Many if not most of the communities in the circumpolar North are at risk of being food insecure. This is true for both small isolated subsistence communities and larger urban areas. This session will examine these issues through a One Health lens to explore root causes and seek to develop sustainable solutions.
Location: Davis Concert Hall
10:50 a.m. KEYNOTE: Brooke Woods | fisheries policy analyst and outreach coordinator, Tanana Chiefs Conference
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Brief 10-minute presentations | Lead presenter listed below 11:00 a.m. Where will you keep it fresh, and how will you put it up? |
11:10 a.m. Food, culture and change in environment |
11:20 a.m. Malignant transformation of tapeworms infecting rock ptarmigan in Iceland: Case study
for food safety of Arctic wild meat |
11:30 a.m. Profiles of paralytic shellfish toxins and correlations to phytoplankton blooms in
Southeast Alaska communities |
11:40 a.m. One Health in the Bush — An overview of One Health issues concerning residents of
Northwest Alaska |
11:50 a.m. Survey of potato diseases, Alaska food security and export market prospects |
12:00 p.m. Question and answers |
SIDE MEETINGS during lunch break |
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12:30 p.m. — Center for One Health Â鶹¹ÙÍø working groups | Location: Wood Center, rooms CD/EF |
12:30 p.m. —&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Student/presenter round table discussion | Location: Wood Center, Ballroom Facilitated classes each day for registered students to meet and talk with the keynote
speakers of that day. This gives the students time with the speakers in an environment
where they feel free to ask questions about their talks.
Michael Castellini, UAF dean of the graduate school, will lead the meetings along
with a a team of BLaST RAMPs (Â鶹¹ÙÍø Advising and Mentoring Professionals) who are already trained in student success, career advising and One Health issues.
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Education and communication is the foundation for development and success. These speakers will discuss how a One Health approach can be integrated into the K-12 and postsecondary education system to support students throughout the circumpolar North. Science communication doesn’t stop in school, and scientists are often challenged to communicate their findings in ways that lay audiences can understand. Strategies for understanding the challenges and improving communication will be presented in this session. Speakers will also discuss the importance of properly communicating science-related topics among all populations of people.
Location: Davis Concert Hall
1:30 p.m. KEYNOTES: Marit Honerod Hoveid | professor, Department of Education and Lifelong Learning, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Halvor Hoveid | professor, Department of Teacher Education, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Sustainable knowledge — Making education meaningful for the next generation What counts as knowledge for students in education? The role education can play in terms of developing a sustainable future has to take into account what counts as knowledge for students. Making education meaningful requires that the knowledge students work with also makes sense for them in their local contexts. This talk will address some epistemological questions in relation to knowledge in education and exemplify with a project that has been developed in math education among Sami students in Finnmark, Norway. We argue that various knowledge forms cannot be ignored in a One Health approach to education. |
Brief 10-minute presentations | Lead presenter listed below 1:50 p.m RxOne Health: Competency-based, experiential education for the next generation of
One Health practitioners |
2 p.m. Air-tight: Authentic active learning and PM2.5 research in grades 6-12 |
2:10 p.m. The RASOR program: Connecting rural Southeast students through community-based research |
2:20 p.m. Cultivating diversity, equity, inclusion and access within the International Arctic
Â鶹¹ÙÍø Center at the Â鶹¹ÙÍø Fairbanks |
2:30 p.m. Teachings from relatives, land and ancestors: Indigenous science methods for One Health |
2:40 p.m. Questions and answers |
(CONCURRENT SESSION)
Many circumpolar residents live lifestyles close to the environment. Many aspects
of this lifestyle promote health, but environmental changes have also increased potential
exposure to contaminants that have been associated with enhanced risk of developing
cancer and chronic diseases. This session will explore what is known about these disease
risks and current biomonitoring for contaminants, and what we still need to learn
about these things.
Location: Engineering Building, ELIF 301/305
1:30 p.m. KEYNOTE: Jim Berner | former science director, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Environmental contaminants: An Arctic perspective of a global problem |
Brief 10-minute presentations | Lead presenter listed below 1:50 p.m. Contaminants in Arctic human populations and the changing climate |
2 p.m. The Alaska EARTH longitudinal cohort study: Results from a 10-year follow-up |
2:10 p.m. Regional variations and drivers of mercury and selenium concentrations in Steller
sea lions |
2:20 p.m. Chronic diseases in Southeast Alaska: Is there a dioxin connection? |
2:30 p.m. The impacts of water quality and dissolved organic matter on contaminant fate and
transformation in high-latitude surface waters |
2:40 p.m. Questions and answers |
Education and communication is the foundation for development and success. These speakers will discuss how a One Health approach can be integrated into the K-12 and postsecondary education system to support students throughout the circumpolar North. Science communication doesn’t stop in school, and scientists are often challenged to communicate their findings in ways that lay audiences can understand. Strategies for understanding the challenges and improving communication will be presented in this session. Speakers will also discuss the importance of properly communicating science-related topics among all populations of people.
Location: Davis Concert Hall
3:40 p.m. KEYNOTE: Lisa Busch | director, Sitka Sound Science Center Science communication in Alaska: What makes it so special Science communication is an integral part of One Health. With good communication, researchers and community members can engage in sharing information about animal, environmental and human health. But there are challenges to communication and a need for more research, more training and a central place for science communication resources. |
Brief 10-minute presentations | Lead presenter listed below 4 p.m. Applying local observations for One Health |
4:10 p.m. Things to think about (other than running away) when a journalist wants to talk to
you |
4:20 p.m. What does mammalian hibernation have to do with human health? |
4:30 p.m. The ECOHAB acronym to teach One Health connections between humans, animals and environments |
4:40 p.m. OneTree Alaska: Rearing the next generation of forest stewards |
4:50 p.m. Questions and answers |
SIDE MEETINGS |
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.—&²Ô²ú²õ±è;An Open Discussion on Engaging Rural and Alaska Native Youth in Alaska STEM | Location: Wood Center, room F We want to hear from students! In this youth focused session, we are asking participants to share their experiences, thoughts, and strategies on how to better engage Alaska youth in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programs that are being offered in Alaska. We want to know what is working, what isn’t working, and hear your ideas on how to make these programs more useful to Alaska youth (focusing on high school, undergraduate, graduate, out-of-school youth). We hope you’ll join us. |
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6:30 p.m.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC!
A co-production of & , tells the gripping but little-known story of George Attla, a charismatic Alaska Native dogsled racer who, with one good leg and fierce determination, became a legendary sports hero in Northern communities around the world.
Part dog whisperer, part canny businessman and part heartthrob, Attla rose to international fame during a unique period of history when Western education, economies, and culture penetrated the Alaskan village lifestyle and forever changed the state with the discovery of oil in the late 1960s. Spanning his fifty-year long career, the film tells Attla’s story from his childhood as a tuberculosis survivor in the Alaskan interior, through his rise as ten-time world champion and mythical state hero, to a village elder resolutely training his grandnephew to race his team one last time.
A culture of its own: Hot and Rizin' alt-bluegrass and swing out of Fairbanks, Alaska.
Vocal harmonies and superhero guitar will groove your heart!
Location: The Pub in the UAF Wood Center
Time: 8 - 10 p.m.
IMPORTANT: 21 year old and over only, also don't forget your U.S. driver's license or international passport for I.D.