Fostering "One Health": What Pollutants, Pathogens, and Sentinel Species are Telling Us

The Gordon Research Seminar on Oceans & Human Health is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

The effects of global climate change, coastal development, emergent pathogenic microorganisms, and anthropogenic pollutants present tremendous challenges to the fragile balance between humans and aquatic ecosystems. The Oceans and Human Health Initiative highlights the “One Health” approach to aquatic conservation by recognizing the consequences of human activities on marine and freshwater ecosystems, and how our actions impact the use of aquatic habitats as a source of recreation, sustenance, and economic well being.

The Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) seeks to attract new Oceans & Human Health (OHH) scientists from diverse scientific backgrounds who are at a critical juncture in their career development. Students and post-docs attending the GRS on Oceans & Human Health will participate in a two day conference that provides a relaxed forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas. Students will also have the opportunity to interact with recognized leaders in the field of Oceans & Human Health. Areas of expertise include, but are not limited to, algal and microbial biology, epidemiology and public health, marine natural products, seafood production, molecular biology, oceanography, and toxicology.