Chris Walzer
Austrian 🇦🇹 in New York 🇺🇸
Exec. Director of Health | One Health Veterinarian | Univ. Prof Conservation Medicine | Opinions are my own.
- “…as Václav Havel said. Words turned into reality with the complicity of those who hear them.”
- We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century. snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
- New piece in @Lancet Planetary Health 🌍🩺 tinyurl.com/nd44e6z4 We argue that equitable investment in the veterinary workforce is foundational to One Health and essential for pandemic prevention. Grateful to an outstanding group of co-authors for a truly collaborative effort. #OneHealth
- Looking forward to joining colleagues at the 🇬🇧🇧🇷 UK–Brazil International One Health Symposium next week. A critical moment to connect science, policy & practice across regions as we tackle climate change, biodiversity loss, AMR & zoonotic risks together eu.eventscloud.com/website/1834... #OneHealth
- Biodiversity isn’t just an environmental issue — it’s a health issue. We argue that ignoring biodiversity loss undermines efforts to protect public health. Protecting nature is a primary medical intervention. 👉 www.statnews.com/2025/10/20/b... #OneHealth #Biodiversity #PublicHealth @wcs.org
- Poor data management has long hindered wildlife health surveillance and One Health integration. The @wcs.org led HAWK database enables harmonized data sharing across sectors–a common good for One Health tinyurl.com/498np55z #OneHealth #DataForGood #wildlifehealth #surveillance
- Congratulations John 🙌
- At #IUCNcongress, WCS’s Dr. John G. Robinson was awarded IUCN Honorary Membership, the Union's highest distinction. “Through his leadership at WCS and his lifelong engagement with IUCN, John has helped define the modern conservation movement,” said WCS President and CEO Adam Falk. 🌍 bit.ly/3WBlsxU
- Job opportunity: www.woah.org/en/job-offer...
- I can only echo: “Long live the Sea and Conicet,” 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/w...
- HHS just gutted mRNA vaccine development. A reckless move that undermines science, global health equity, and future pandemic preparedness. This isn't just bad policy. It's dangerous. www.linkedin.com/pulse/disarm... #PandemicPreparedness #Pandemic #GlobalHealth #vaccines
- From wildlife tracking to AI-powered early warning systems, predictive health is the future of pandemic prevention. I was glad to contribute to this new @WOAH_AnimalHealth piece on how we can shift from reacting to preventing: 🔗 theanimalecho.woah.org/en/from-reac... #OneHealth #AI #Surveillance
- Thank you @animalhealtheu.bsky.social for inviting me to speak at Preventing Disease X: Great discussions on how strong animal health systems within a #OneHealth systems-based approach are the frontline of pandemic prevention. #DiseaseX #AnimalHealth” tinyurl.com/57x4eu84
- Welcome Adam!
- 🌏 Great piece @janeqiu.bsky.social 🙌 tinyurl.com/2uszpet7 Nguyen Thi Thanh Nga and @wcs.org in Vietnam are tracking viruses in traded wildlife and warning of risks in urban markets. Prevention starts with practice, behaviours and policies on the ground #OneHealth #PandemicPrevention
- 🌍New study from our @wcs.org Health Team exploring wildlife health monitoring in protected areas worldwide. “Wildlife health perceptions & monitoring practices” 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/cobi... PA staff see health as vital—but data collection is patchy or missing. #OneHealth
- Historic moment: For the first time, world governments have agreed to prevent pandemics at the source—by protecting nature, addressing wildlife trade, and adopting a One Health approach. A major step toward a safer, more resilient future. #PandemicAgreement #OneHealth
- Our latest commentary piece in @mongabay.com with my colleagues Susan Lieberman and Christine Franklin delves into the @who.int 's recent consensus on a pandemic agreement text emphasising a nature-centric, #OneHealth approach. tinyurl.com/5c22cvh4
- New evidence underscores the role of #Wildlifetrade in SARS emergence. Direct ancestors of SARS-CoV-1 and -2 likely traveled too far, too fast for natural bat dispersal—pointing to infected intermediate hosts in wildlife trade as key vectors. 📄 [Cell, 2025] doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... #OneHealth
- Why leaving the WHO would be a catastrophic mistake. This compelling op-ed in The Hill makes the case for U.S. global health leadership—rooted in science, solidarity, and shared responsibility. A must-read: thehill-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/thehill.... #OneHealth #PandemicPrevention
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- France and EU to incentivise US-based scientists to come to Europe www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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- There are simply no more words 🤷♂️🤦♂️ 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/h...
- Another reason (as if one was needed 🤦♂️) to ban mink farming!
- As always @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on point - we need to address the root causes and back off from assigning blame and shame to individuals.
- Wirklich? @orforf.bsky.social Einfach unkritisch Propaganda Inhalte vom Regime im Weißen Haus wiedergeben: orf.at/stories/3391...
- Vielleicht informieren: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
- 🧪 This is what federal research grants do for all of us Thank you ✊ www.harvard.edu
- Deep gratitude to the #INB delegates and co-chairs and most importantly my colleagues for many days and hours together to get the #PandemicAgreement over the finish line: Nina Jamal 🙌 Nelson Dordelly Rosales, Teresa Pegger-Baur, Esme Wheeler, Ellie Parravani, Marisa Peyre Masika Jerusa. Y'all rock!!
- What a morning to wake up to! 🎉 After a marathon final day of talks, the @who.int Intergovernmental Negotiating Body #INB reached consensus on the historic #PandemicAccord at 4:00 AM CET. A major milestone for #GlobalHealth and #OneHealth. 🌍💪
- Beyond the text, this accord is a win for multilateralism in a divided world. It’s proof that when we work together, progress is possible. #GlobalHealth 🌍
- That persistence paid off: the accord includes legally binding commitments to multisectoral surveillance, One Health, and more. A huge leap forward for prevention-based global health policy.
- From day one, @wcs.org championed #OneHealth and upstream pandemic prevention—ensuring we address risks where they emerge: at the intersection of people, animals, and ecosystems.
- Over the past 3 years, I’ve had the honour of representing the @wcs.org alongside Christine Franklin & Susan Lieberman during negotiations. #PreventionAtSource
- The #PandemicAccord lays out a strong framework to Prevent, Prepare for, and Respond to future pandemics—an achievement that sets a new standard in global health collaboration.
- The #PandemicAgreement is a critical milestone — the first legally binding global effort to address the upstream drivers of pandemic risk by integrating human, animal, and environmental health tinyurl.com/yw822zwe #INB13 #OneHealth
- 🌍 The #PandemicAgreement must prioritize prevention. Our op-ed in Le Monde calls for #OneHealth to be at the core of global health security. Prevention isn’t a luxury — it’s essential. 🔗 FR: tinyurl.com/r6cmfnv8 ENG: tinyurl.com/3nwh7azk #OneHealth #PandemicPrevention #GlobalHealth
- Please click the link below to join the webinar: who.zoom.us/j/94620680901 Password: 8wNN=3$m The event will be in English, for translations please activate the "translated captions" toggle on your Zoom Workplace application (v6.4.x).
- Join us Mon, 7 April at 13:00 CEST in Geneva or online to tackle consensus on the Pandemic Agreement. Don’t miss it! #INB13+ #PandemicAgreement #OneHealth
- Echoing the words of @drtedros.who.int pathogen emergence does not pause for economic downturn divisive times of conflict, socio-economic turmoil and geo-political brinkmanship so finalising the #PandemicAgreement offers hope for collaborative multilateralism and is critical for #GlobalHealth
- Back in Geneva for #INB13 resumed-let’s get this Agreement done!
- Join us Mon, 7 April at 13:00 CEST in Geneva or online to tackle consensus on the Pandemic Agreement. Don’t miss it! #INB13+ #PandemicAgreement #OneHealth
- Happy to share our new @thelancet.bsky.social comment exploring the challenges and opportunities for prevention and #OneHealth in the WHO #PandemicAgreement, including solutions grounded in the text to overcome outstanding gaps in the final stages of the negotiations. bit.ly/3E7RKeu
- As pandemic risks grow, we call on member states to adopt the #PandemicAgreement, which acts as a firm basis for ambitious, holistic, and equitable pandemic prevention. Read here: bit.ly/3E7RKeu
- Upcoming Webinar – April 3, 2:00–3:00 PM CEST I’m excited to join this important discussion ahead of INB13 Resumed (April 7–11, 2025) — the final negotiation round for the WHO pandemic accord before it heads to the 78th World Health Assembly. 👉 Register [https://tinyurl.com/yj4dpv3s]
- 🌍🧪 Some of my days are just far more crazy than others, and reading Janet Levy’s take on the One Health approach is one of those days: www.linkedin.com/pulse/one-he... #OneHealth
- NIH nixing SARS-CoV-2 and climate change research amongst so much more. No worries 🤦♂️
- The WHO's pandemic agreement is a vital chance to prevent future pandemics. My colleagues highlight field evidence showing that multi-sectoral collaborative surveillance across human, animal, and environmental health is key. #PandemicPrevention #INB13 #INB #OneHealth tinyurl.com/mrbmtux6
- Has everyone in the present administration forgotten??? Or do they in full knowledge want to inflict harm?? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- Calling all Counter Wildlife Trafficking professionals! 🌍 Don't miss this exciting webinar on a groundbreaking conservation litigation case. This promising model is creating waves and couldn't be more relevant right now! Learn more and join the conversation. Register now 👉 shorturl.at/rZTxa
- Here some additional background: The novel way courts are making poachers pay Two Italian cacti smugglers have been fined for illegally trading plants from Chile – and for the cost of restoring the environment. Conservationists hope more cases will follow: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
