EcoHealth Announcements

30 November 2011

Applications to EcoHealthNet are now closed!
EcoHealthNet is a program for US and international graduate students interested in infectious disease research. EcoHealthNet is comprised of 2 parts: an annual workshop and a summer research exchange program. The 2012 workshop, jointly hosted by the National Wildlife Health Center, University of Wisconsin, and University of Minnesota, will be held in early June 2012 in Madison, WI, USA. The theme of the EcoHealthNet 2012 Workshop is Epidemiology and Outbreak Investigation. Accepted applicants will participate in a 5-day workshop, with travel and accommodations included. For descriptions of the 2012 research exchange projects, please visit the program page. The online application was open November 1-30, 2011, for the 2012 workshop and research exchange. The online application is now closed. Accepted applicants will be notified in late January or February 2012.

29 September 2011

EcoHealth 2012 Conference
The website for the EcoHealth 2012 conference is now live! The next biennial conference will take place in Kunming, China, on Oct. 15-18, 2012. Please visit www.ecohealth2012.org for updates on abstract submission, conference registration, and pre-conference sessions.

23 September 2011

EcoHealth in the press!
EcoHealth journal hit media headlines today with the publication of new research on the migratory spread of finch trichomonosis. According to the article published today in EcoHealth, the disease responsible for the widespread deaths of popular British garden birds has now spread to mainland Europe. Trichomonosis first emerged in British greenfinches and chaffinches in 2005, and it rapidly spread east across the country. In some counties, greenfinch populations dropped by as much as one third within a year of the disease's emergence. The study, which was also reported by the BBC and other news sources, suggests that chaffinches carried the parasite responsible for causing the disease while migrating from British shores to the Scandinavian Peninsula. The study identified the same parasite strain in both European and British finches, and further investigation identified an overlap between chaffinch migration patterns and the path of disease emergence. Read more at the BBC and the Independent.

14 September 2011

The IAEH welcomes Dr. Nitish Debnath as its newest board member.
It is with great pleasure and enthusiasm that we officially announce the recent appointment of a IAEH board member, Dr. Nitish C Debnath, Professor of Microbiology at the Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) in Bangladesh. We express our warmest welcome and look forward to new collaborations. Please read more about Dr. Debnath here.

We also take this opportunity to mention that additional vacancies will be available on the Board in 2012. We strongly encourage new candidatures of IAEH members from around the world at our upcoming board election during the 2012 Biennial Conference in Kunming, China.

23 August 2011

Now available: EcoHealth outreach materials
Want to spread the word about the IAEH and EcoHealth journal? A packet of outreach materials is now available for use at conferences, in classrooms, and among colleagues. Please visit our outreach page to download the materials today.

24 May 2011

The IAEH is pleased to announce its new Outreach Reimbursement program! Applications are now being accepted on a rolling basis for 2011 reimbursement requests. [Read more]

30 March 2011

EcoHealth 2012, Sustaining Ecosystems, Supporting Health, is set for 15-18 October, 2012 in Kunming, China. The 4th Biennial Conference of the International Association for Ecology and Health is co-hosted by the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Medical University, and World Agroforestry Centre. Download the EcoHealth 2012 poster here. Please send inquiries to ecohealth2012@ecohealth.net.

15 February 2011

EcoHealth 2014 - The deadline has been extended for bids to host the 5th Biennial Conference of the International Association for Ecology & Health in 2014. Expression of Interest is due 14 March 2011. Full applications will be accepted through 25 April 2011. Updates will be posted regularly on this site. Any queries about the conference can be sent to ecohealth2014@ecohealth.net. For details on submitting a bid, please refer to the Events page.

11 February 2011

EcoHealthNet is a disease research program for graduate students based in the USA and internationally. The deadline for applications for the workshop and the research exchange is 05 March 2011! For more information, refer to the EcoHealth Alliance website here. Please send any inquiries to ecohealthnet@ecohealthalliance.org.

23 November 2010

David Waltner-Toews, the inaugural recipient of the "Outstanding Contribution to EcoHealth" Award read a poem "The Task of Being Human" on receipt of the award at the 2010 EcoHealth gala Dinner. By popular request this poem has been uploaded for wider viewing. Download the [PDF]! Information about David's award and the two Exceptional Early Career Contribution to the Field of Ecohealth Awards (Melanie Lemire and Kate Smith) is available on the Awards page.

08 November 2010

Updates to Executive and Board of the International Association for Ecology & Health for 2010-2012 term
The first meeting of the 2010-2012 Board elected a new Executive group: Margot Parkes (President), Jakob Zinsstag (Vice President), Alonso Aguirre (Treasurer), Carlos Passos (Secretary). Three new Board Members were elected on at the London Conference on August 19th (Edouard Kouassi, Karen Morrison and Kate Smith). The new board and executive offers their sincere thanks for the outstanding contributions between 2006 and 2010 of the Association's founding and outgoing Executive (Jonathan Patz, President; Pierre Horwitz, Vice-President; Peter Daszak, Treasurer; Margot Parkes, Secretary), and founding Board Members who have stepped off the board in August 2010 to make way for new members of the Board (including Peter Daszak, current Editor-in Chief; Nancy Lewis, Mary Pearl, and Bruce Wilcox, Founding Editor in Chief). The next Association elections will take place in 2012.

05 November 2010

EcoHealth focus at the recent TEDMED meeting, San Diego
Dr. Peter Daszak, Editor-in-Chief of EcoHealth, recently gave a talk at the national TEDMED 2010 conference. This event brought together experts in health science as well as iconic individuals from various industries. Dr. Daszak discussed the risk that wildlife diseases present for global health. Click here to watch!
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26 October 2010

EcoHealth Editor-in-Chief joins Institute of Medicine Forum on Microbial Threats
Dr. Peter Daszak becomes a member of the Institute of Medicine and the Forum on Microbial Threats. He will be speaking at a public workshop in December about emerging fungal pathogens.
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