Episode 21: Wear a spacesuit and chase dangerous diseases. Special Guest: Neil Vora

One Health Wednesdays highlights work in One Health to encourage awareness, solutions, and professional development. Dr. Neil Vora is a physician, medical epidemiologist, and Pandemic Prevention Fellow at Conservation International. In this episode, Dr. Vora underscores the importance of addressing conservation and preservation of biodiversity as an important component of pandemic prevention and highlights lessons learned from his work with Ebola and COVID-19 pandemic mitigation with the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Links:

Dr. Neil Vora: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neil-vora-md-74328b3/

Conservation International: https://www.conservation.org/

Conservation International LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/conservation-international/

“Global trends in emerging infectious diseases”, Jones et al. (2008): https://www.nature.com/articles/nature06536

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.org