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| The Center for Animal Health and Food Safety (CAHFS) fosters public-private partnerships that advance new knowledge, innovative experiential learning programs and scientifically-sound public policy to advance global animal health and food safety leadership. |
| | |  | | Job Opening The University of Minnesota Veterinary Public Health Residency Program has two openings for May 2010. This is a two year program for early and mid-career veterinarians during which veterinarians gain specialized training in veterinary public health practice. The program, also provides experiences that qualify and prepare them to take the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine board examination. Residents are assigned to a variety of projects and activities with an eye toward experiencing the full spectrum of teaching, research, and service. Applicants must apply using the University Of Minnesota Human Resources System. Use this link, https://employment.umn.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1262969773544 or search the U of MN job site for requisition number 164596. | | | | | | | |  | | Farm to Table Summary The Farm to Table Study Program: Uruguay 2009 was successfully completed on Friday, October 30, 2009. The course objective was to develop an understanding of the beef and dairy cattle-related food systems in Uruguay, in comparison to the US and other countries, and its impacts on animal health and welfare, food safety, and public health. See pictures and read more here | | | | | | | |  | | Outreach Dr. Scott Wells and Linda Valeri recently met with a group of delegates from China to discuss the operational management of the OIE Collaborating Center at the University of Minnesota. In addition, the group expressed an interest in learning more about how to improve their capacity to detect, diagnose, and control animal diseases and their ability to collect and rapidly disseminate national data on such diseases. | | | | | | | |  | | VPH Faculty Dr. Katey Pelican from the Center for Animal Health and Food Safety worked to get the University of Minnesota involved in a USAID cooperative agreement for the RESPOND project which works to fight the first stages of emerging zoonotic pandemics in international hot spots. Read more about this new program here | | | | | | | |  | | News Concerned about the recent H1N1 flu outbreak? Learn the symptoms of H1N1 flu in humans, how it is diagnosed, and what people who work with pigs can do to protect themselves from the virus. The CAHFS Influenza A H1N1 Fact Sheet (H1N1 Flu Factsheet). |
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