Plenary Session: ONE HEALTH: Biotechnology of Food, Water, and the Environment
Grand Ballroom A-F, 8:30 - 10:30 am
One Health is a collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approach of 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. Both field and the built environment in which humans and animals and thrive are not different and the impact of climate and ecological changes on food, air, soil, and water quality affect animals, humans, and plants in surprising similar ways. To ensure optimal health and wellness, all components and segments must be accounted for in public health planning, policy development to manage health programs, nutrition, disease surveillance, diagnosis, and treatment.
Speakers:
Dr. Tamu Green, Equity and Wellness Institute, Sacramento, CA
Food Access and Equity
Tamu Green is a developmental psychologist and thought leader who brings expertise and lived experience in communities facing inequities in her pursuit of social justice through institutional and systems change. Dr. Green is the CEO of the Equity and Wellness Institute, where she works with teams to assess and meet a wide variety of clients’ and communities’ needs. By prioritizing planning, research and evaluation practices that maximize stakeholder engagement, coalition building and strategic partnerships, Dr. Green has confronted the social determinants of health at the community, state, and national levels. Dr. Green served The Center at Sierra Health Foundation and the California Department of Public Health’s Office of Health Equity, where she was instrumental in developing, and implementing the inaugural California Statewide Plan to Promote Health and Mental Health Equity. Dr Green holds a PhD in sociology from University of California, Davis.
Dr. Kenneth Lamb, Dept of Civil Engineering, Cal Poly Pomona
Water Mgt and Healthcare
Kenneth Lamb is a Professor of Civil Engineering in the College of Engineering at Cal Poly Pomona. His research revolves around hydroclimatology and forecasting, water distribution system, hydraulics, and the impact of climate change on water availability, quality, and access. Dr Lamb served as Director of the Student Innovation Idea Labs, a center that train students and equip them to be innovators and entrepreneurs. The Student Innovation Idea Labs network grew to include connections to local community partners through Innovate Claremont, with other CSU campuses through the Sunstone CSU Startup Launch, regional institutions to support SoCal Celebrates Entrepreneurship. He holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Dr. Matthew Gribble, Dept of Preventive Medicine, UC San Francisco
Environmental Health
Dr Matthew Gribble is an environmental epidemiologist with interests in climate change, water pollution, and environmental justice. He is currently Associate Chief for Research in Occupational, Environmental and Climate Medicine at University of California San Francisco, with the mission of cultivating the occupational health, environmental health, and climate change research community at UCSF. He leads an environmental health research program where much of his work involves Tribal partnerships, Oceans and Human Health themes, and climate change and health equity concerns. Dr Gribble holds a PhD in epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.