Conferences & Events

iCOMOS is a global forum to (i) communicate the importance of science in solving pressing health issues at the interface of humans, animals and the environment; (ii) facilitate interdisciplinary, international collaborations embracing health, science and economics; and (iii) inform public policy development that is necessary for preserving human and animal health.

iCOMOS 2016 will feature keynote lectures and poster presentations in the following areas:

• Balancing Personalized/Precision Medicine and Public Health in a Changing Environment. 

• Air Quality, Environmental Exposures, and Health. 

• Water at the Interface of Health, Economics, and Environment. 

• Role of Science in Formulation of Local and Global Health Policy. 

Workshops: Four concurrent workshops will address solution and implementation opportunities:

• Tomorrow’s Health Science Workforce: Physician-Scientist and Team Science

• One Health One Policy: Managing Risk En Route to Global Food Security

• Big Data: The Language and Future of One Medicine One Science

• Team Science Case Study: Canine and Human Epilepsy, a Model for Bidirectional Benefit

Who Should Attend:

iCOMOS 2016 will be of interest to human and animal health care scientists and professionals, economists, trainees, environmental scientists, ethicists, public health and chronic disease specialists, and policy experts in health, agriculture, food, and environmental affairs.

Visit the conference website to learn more and to register. 

This conference is facilitated by the University of Minnesota's College of Continuing Education.