Virginia-Maryland CVM Celebrates World Rabies Day

World Rabies Day happened on 9/28! Check out what the Virginia Maryland SAVMA One Health Working Group did to celebrate! 

For World Rabies Day this year (Sept. 28th), the One Health Working Group at VMCVM created a Buzzfeed quiz that matches participants with a common rabies vector species as a fun way to spread information about rabies transmission and prevention! Although any mammal can be infected with and spread rabies, vector species are those that are primarily responsible for maintaining the virus in nature. Find the link below for the Buzzfeed Quiz! Take the quiz to learn more about rabies vector species and find out which vector species you are! Share with us a screen shot of what rabies vector species you are!

 

Externship Spotlight

Even though international travel is currently limited, we can still reflect on and learn from our past endeavors.  Thank you to Leanne Jankelunas for sharing her externship experiences from her time in the U.S. Virgin Islands!

Oh the Place’s You’ll Go: Externship Opportunities in One Health

By Leanne Jankelunas

“Oh the places you’ll go.” This Dr. Seuss statement could not better describe the possibilities that you can partake of in the field of veterinary medicine. In 2019, I applied for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Epidemiology Elective Program. This is a highly competitive program dedicated to recruiting 3^rd and 4^th year medical and veterinary students for 6- or 8-week externships at a variety of places including the CDC’s headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, CDC regional locations, and state, local and territorial health departments. The program’s goal is to provide medical and veterinary students both hand-on experience and training in applied epidemiology, public health, and global health. When I applied in March 2019 to this opportunity, I stated I was open to be placed anywhere in the country.

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