Dr. Jeff Bender presents the 5th annual COPPOC One Health Lecture titled, "Antimicrobial Stewardship and One Health."  Dr. Bender is a professor in the School of Public Health and adjunct professor the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota.  He is currently the director for the USAID funded One Health Workforce Project, a workforce development program focused on preventing, detecting, ad  responding to emerging pandemic threats. In addition, he is a co-director for the NIOSH funded Upper Midwest Agriculture Safety  and Health Center (UMASH), a center focused on improving the health of agriculture workers and their families.  His primary teaching and research interests include infection prevention, disease surveillance, emerging zoonotic diseases, occupation safety , food safety, and antimicrobial resistance.

The COPPOC One Health Lecture was established in 2014 to provide an annual campus-wider lectureship that focuses on the symbiotic relationship between veterinary and human medicine and its world-wide impact.