Where Data Meets Discovery: A One Health Conversation with Adam Schaefer

What does it really take to connect people, animals, and ecosystems in a rapidly changing world? Abt's Adam Schaefer joins Dr. Ginger Dixon on One Health Wednesdays to explore the science, systems, and leadership driving meaningful progress in One Health research.

Drawing on two decades of experience across marine mammal health, environmental toxicology, infectious disease, and translational epidemiology, Adam shares what it takes to turn complex, cross-sector research into accurate, timely, and actionable outcomes — and why the future of public health depends on building bridges between disciplines.

In this conversation, Adam and Dr. Dixon explore:

• The real work behind One Health: data integration, cross-sector coordination, community insight, and the leadership needed to make it all function
• Environmental epidemiology research into exposures such as PFAS, Harmful Algal Blooms, emerging diseases, and other toxins
• Why One Health isn't just a framework — it's the operating system behind Abt's integrated research approach
• Where systems break down when sectors fall out of alignment, and how strong leadership repairs those gaps
• The often-invisible processes, like data harmonization, that quietly shape health outcomes
• What integrated research and surveillance could unlock in the next two to three years
• The human practices and collaborative habits that make this work both more effective and more humane

If your work centers on public health and epidemiology, environmental health, conservation, data with community in mind, or the future of cross-sector collaboration, this is an episode you will want to hear.

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