| 'One Health' Forum on NC Oil Spill Response, Recovery and Health Effects |
Is North Carolina ready to handle a major oil spill?
The BP oil spill may or may not affect the NC coast, but it has
provided a good opportunity to evaluate readiness and communications on
the local, state and federal levels. Participants at our oil spill forum
discussed North Carolina's strengths, coordination, collaborations, and how to train and use volunteers, and identified areas that need
additional coverage and management.
Below are links to the PowerPoint slides (PDFs) from our oil spill forum held on Thursday, July 29, 2010!
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Rick Luettich, UNC Marine Science | |
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Darin Figurskey, National Weather Service | |
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Mike Sprayberry, NC Division of Emergency Management | |
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Shannon Scaff, US Coast Guard | |
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Julie Casani, NC Division of Public Health, Office of Health Preparedness | |
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Craig Harms, NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine | |
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Patti Fowler, NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources | |
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Faye Stone, Volunteer Coordinator, Governor's Office | |
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Steve Sloate and Jay Levy, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health |
Forum participants included:
- UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
- N.C. State University, College of Veterinary Medicine
- North Carolina emergency managers & public health senior staff
- UNC Institute for the Environment
- UNC School of Medicine and School of Nursing
- N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
- N.C. Department of Agriculture veterinarians
- Regional veterinarians
- U.S. Coast Guard senior staff
- UNC marine scientists
- North Carolina coastal county managers
- North Carolina county health directors
- Emergency managers and health preparedness coordinators
- County environmental health chiefs and supervisors
- State regional response teams
- State public health preparedness and response representatives
- Elected state and local officials
- Business and tourism representatives
The One Health concept is a worldwide strategy for expanding interdisciplinary collaborations and communications in all aspects of health care for humans and animals. The synergism achieved will advance health care for the 21st century and beyond by accelerating biomedical research discoveries, enhancing public health efficacy, expeditiously expanding the scientific knowledge base, and improving medical education and clinical care. ( One Health Initiative)
Sponsors:
For more information about the oil spill forum, contact Bill Gentry at 919-966-4228 or wgentry@email.unc.edu.
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Last updated November 21, 2011 |
