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One Health
One Health recognizes that the health of people, animals, and the environment is closely connected. These connections shape tick-borne disease risks, including interactions among people, animals, ticks, wildlife, climate, land use, and the environments we share.
Ticks in Virginia uses a One Health approach to bring information about these connections together to better understand local and regional tick-borne disease risks.
Our One Health Approach
Our One Health Approach
Our work draws on human and animal surveillance data, information about tick distribution and pathogens, published research, environmental conditions, exposure patterns, and the lived experiences of people affected by tick-borne diseases.
We believe that bringing these sources together can reveal risks and patterns that may be missed when human, animal, and environmental health are examined separately. This approach also helps us turn complex information into practical, locally relevant education and prevention strategies for communities, healthcare professionals, and other organizations.
Featured One Health Research Presentations
Featured One Health Research Presentations
These presentations highlight how Ticks in Virginia applies a One Health approach to research and geographically tailored strategies for advancing tick-borne disease education, prevention, and care.
A One Health Approach to Tick-borne Disease Continuing Education for Healthcare Providers in Southwest Virginia
Poster presentation, American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., November 2025.
Evaluating a One Health-Informed, Geographically Tailored Interprofessional Education Presentation to Improve Clinical Detection and Management of
Tick-borne Diseases in Southwest Virginia
Waldron College Interprofessional Education Symposium. Radford University, Radford, Virginia, and Carilion Research Day at Carilion Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, Virginia, April 2026.
A Geographically Tailored, One Health-Informed, Multi-Level Approach to Tick-borne Disease Education, Prevention, and Care in Virginia
4th Annual Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases Symposium, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, April 2026.
Geographically Tailored
Education and Presentations
Geographically Tailored
Education and Presentations
Tick species, disease patterns, environmental conditions, and available surveillance data vary across geographic areas. For that reason, we believe tick-borne disease education is most useful when it reflects an audience's location and lived environmental realities.
Ticks in Virginia develops geographically tailored presentations that translate local and regional evidence into meaningful information for:
Healthcare professionals
Public health and environmental health professionals
Schools and educators
Employers and workers
Community organizations
Families and members of the public
This approach has informed presentations and professional education in Virginia and other regions, including Appalachia and the 15-county Southeastern North Carolina Environmental Health District.
Dr. Jenny Hall presenting a geographically tailored analysis of tick-borne disease reports across Appalachia at the Appalachian Regional Translation Research Network Conference in October 2025.
Invite Dr. Hall to Present
Invite Dr. Hall to Present
Dr. Jenny Hall delivers engaging, evidence-informed presentations tailored to each audience's geographic area, professional field, and needs. Presentations may incorporate regional human and animal surveillance data, local tick species and disease risks, environmental and occupational exposures, clinical and prevention information, and the experiences of people living with tick-borne diseases and their associated conditions.
Interested in a customized One Health presentation, professional education session, or community program? Contact Dr. Jenny Hall at jlhall2@radford.edu
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