Biodiversity and Infectious Disease - Towards One Health
09.02.2012
Infectious diseases are a major world problem. They, like many invasive species, specifically pose a threat to native biodiversity. The extent that conservation of biodiversity requires disease management as well as the health benefits of such conservation is the focus of the next lecture of the Annual College of Science, Engineering and Food Science (SEFS) Public Lecture Series at UCC on February 15th 2012.

“This is with particular reference to collections of exotic species as well as agriculture” explains Dr Paddy Sleeman who will deliver the lecture. Some examples of the influence of biodiversity on diseases are examined. The integration of all those interested in health and biodiversity has been proposed by the One Health movement.

Dr Paddy Sleeman who is a senior researcher at the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES), UCC, was born in 1954. He has worked on bovine tuberculosis in badgers for many years, and helped with the development of a vaccine for badgers. He has also researched past episodes of rabies and has been involved in ecological re-construction projects in Africa and Madagascar.

The lecture will be delivered on Wednesday, February 15th 2012 at 8pm in Boole IV Lecture Theatre. The lecture series is organised by Emeritus Professor William Reville, Public Awareness of Science Officer, SEFS and will continue until March 14th.

Full details of the lectures can be consulted by visiting website http://understandingscience.ucc.ie/Lecture2012.pdf

Admission is free, and as always, members of the public are invited to attend.

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