Season 12 • Episode 942

942 - Could One Health Prevent the Next Pandemic?

Sep 4, 2025

17:44

COVID-19 Global Health Infectious Disease Emerging Infections Public Health

Episode Description

About this episode:

Animal-to-human transmission of bacteria and viruses have triggered outbreaks of diseases like avian influenza, COVID-19, and Ebola. A public health approach called One Health can help us to better understand these cases—and possibly help prevent future pandemics. In this episode: Professors Emily Gurley and Raina Plowright explain how One Health investigations work, why they're an effective tool for addressing spillover events, and a new One Health Coursera course that you can preview for free: https://www.coursera.org/learn/one-health-investigations-of-outbreaks-and-spillover-events

Guest:

Emily S. Gurley, PhD, MPH, is a professor in Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she focuses on infectious disease and outbreak investigation.

Raina K. Plowright, PhD, MS, is a veterinarian and the Rudolf J. and Katharine L. Steffen Professor of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University.

Host:

Lindsay Smith Rogers, MA, is the producer of the Public Health On Call podcast, an editor for Expert Insights, and the director of content strategy for the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Show links and related content:

A Roadmap of Primary Pandemic Prevention Through Spillover Investigation—Emerging Infectious Diseases
Healthy Ecosystems, Healthy Humans—Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine
What's the Difference? The Meaning of One Health—Global Health Now
Can Spillover—How Viruses Move From Animals to Humans—Be Prevented?—Public Health On Call (November 2021)

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