ONE HEALTH NJ (people, animals, plants & environment) 1st Panel (Thurs Oct 27)

ONEHEALTH NJ #lanternfly #invasiveinsects #GenZ #microplastics #cigarettebutts #cigarettefilters   #ONEHEALTH ** CONVERSATIONS WITH CALVIN WE THE SPECIES ONE HEALTH NJ (interdependence of people, animals, plants and the environment) First Panel discussion (Thurs Oct 27th) (available on YouTube ‘Conversations with Calvin We the Species’ and audio on Spotify, Google and Anchor) ** YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgLr9enEhK8&t=1047s ** Spotted Lanternfly, invasive insects, blemished fruit, microplastics and cigarette butts, Students (GenZ) perspectives as undergraduates & OneHealth ** Speakers: Dr. Gloria Bachmann, MD, OBGYN, Dir Women’s Health Institute, Rutgers RWJ Med School; Dr Dina Fonseca, Prof, Dir Center for Vector Biology at Rutgers University; Dr Anne Nielsen, Assoc Extension Specialist in Entomology; Elena Cromeyer, PhD candidate Public Health, Rutgers School of Public Health, Epidemiology Lecturer; Likhitha P., Presidential Scholar at Rutgers Honors College. Incoming MD Candidate at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Yashi S., Honors Student Rutgers School of Communication & Information. Host: Calvin Schwartz, novelist, journalist, broadcaster, Rutgers lecturer, podcaster. ** CONVERSATIONS WITH CALVIN WE THE SPECIES https://www.youtube.com/c/ConversationswithCalvinWetheSpecIEs 187 Interviews. GLOBAL Reach. Earth Life. Amazing People. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE (You can almost find any subject you want) ONE HEALTH DEFINITON NJ became first state to legislate a “One Health Task Force,” which promotes communication between state agencies and scientists who study human health, animal health and the earth sciences. The law is based on Rutgers One Health Steering Committee, which was started in 2016 by Gloria Bachmann, director of Women's Health Institute at Rutgers RWJ Medical School, Amy Papi, a volunteer at Women's Health Institute and Sona Jasani, an instructor at the Rutgers RWJ Medical School. One Health is a holistic, interdisciplinary approach that recognizes the interdependence of people, animals, plants, and the environment. It is a collaborative approach that explicitly unites experts from across a wide spectrum of disciplines—doctors, veterinarians, public health officials, and ecologists and other environmental scientists—to advance the goal of optimal health outcomes, such as preventing the emergence and spread of diseases from animals to people. A collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approach—working at the local, regional, national, and global levels—with the goal of achieving optimal health outcomes recognizing the interconnection between people, animals, plants, and their shared environment.