ONE HEALTH: ONE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT CONFERENCE
"A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION FOR A HEALTHIER WORLD"
ORGANIZATION OF THE ONE HEALTH: ONE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT CONFERENCE
Globally, the Environmental Health Sciences are now recognized as a critical component for assessing and protecting human, animal and ecological health. Practitioners, educators, and scientists from many countries spanning at least five continents will gather in Montego Bay for a meeting of the Americas Group of the International Federation of Environmental Health (IFEH) hosted by the Jamaica Association of Public Health Inspectors (JAPHI).
Dr. Norbert Campbell
Conference Chair, Lecturer & Programme Coordinator, University of West Indies at Mona; UWI-OESH Occupational & Environmental Safety & Health
Jamaica
Dr. Priscilla Oliver
Past-President, National Environmental Health Assoc.;
Chair, Nat'l Cmte. on Diversity in Environmental Health;
Faculty at Morehouse College; Faculty at Spelman College;
USEPA Region IV (Retired)
United States
Dr. Kim Lichtveld
President, Association of Environmental Health Academic Programs; Associate Professor and Chair, of Environmental, Safety, & Occupational Health Programs, University of Findlay
United States
Dr. Gary Brown, CIH, RS, DAAS
President, Nat'l Env. Health Assoc.
President, JHB Consultants;
Lecturer, University of West Indies at Mona; Professor, Eastern Kentucky University
United States / Jamaica
Alicia Enriquez Collins, REHS
Past-President, NEHA;
Food Safety Manager,
The Steritech Group,
Sacramento, California
United States
Kari Engele-Carter, CPHI(C)
National Director for Education,
Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors, Senior Public Health Inspector, Saskatchewan Health Authority
Canada
Jesse Bliss, MPH
Americas Representative to the International Federation of Environmental Health,
NEHA Director of Program and Partnership Development
United States
Mr. Neil Grinwis
President & CEO,
Hedgerow Software Ltd.;
Guest Lecturer, Concordia University of Alberta
Canada
JAPHI Local Committee
CONFERENCE GOAL
Our primary goal is to exchange knowledge and data to further enhance understanding of the role of the environmental health discipline in One Health issues globally. In addition, the conference aims to allow tremendous networking opportunities between EH practitioners with researchers, students, clinicians, educators, policy leaders, and industry partners. Submit an abstract, save the date, and plan to come learn, share, and have fun in Jamaica!
HISTORY OF CONFERENCE
JAPHI and the IFEH Americas Collaboration had a successful conference in 2017. Due to many requests, we are pleased to again host the One Health | One Global Environment Conference. Read a summary of our last conference in this article from the Journal of Environmental Health here. View the 2017 programme page here.
Dr. Henroy Scarlett, REHS/RS, DAAS; President, International Federation of Environmental Health; Past Conference Chair; Lecturer, University of West Indies-Mona, Dept. of Community Health & Psychiatry
Jamaica
Dr. Jason W. Marion, RS
Conference Technical Chair;
Associate Professor,
Eastern Kentucky University, Environmental Health Science Program
United States
Paul Ximines
Past-President, Jamaica Association of Public Health Inspectors
Mr. Michael Myles,
President, Jamaica Association of Public Health Inspectors
Dr. Sylvanus Thompson
Assoc. Director, Toronto Public Health (Ret.); Lifetime Member & Former President of the Jamaica Association of Public Health Inspectors; Past Board Member for the Jamaica Diaspora Advisory Board
Canada / Jamaica
Natalie Lowden, CPHI(C)
President-Elect Institute of Public Health Inspectors, Public Health Inspector, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada
Mr. Rowan Stephens, MBA
Past-President, JAPHI;
Public Health Inspector, Westmoreland Health Dept.
Jamaica
Mr. Mahesh Patel, M.Sc.
Health Hazard Manager, Healthy Environments Mgr., Toronto Public Health;
Faculty, Ryerson University
Canada
Dr. David T. Dyjack, CIH
Executive Director & CEO,
National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)
Denver, Colorado
United States
OUR 2023 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE