ABOUT ONE HEALTH DAY: agents of change
West Career and Technical Academy is hosting One Health Day: Agents of Change on October 3rd, 2026 beginning at 8:30 AM PST.
We’re raising awareness specifically in four key sectors:
Public Health
Veterinary Sciences
Modern Day Outbreaks
Natural Sciences
More information about speakers can be found at the bottom of this page!
ONE HEALTH DAY PICTURES
#me=we
What is Me = We?
"Me = We" means that individual well-being is interconnected with the community's health, so taking care of yourself also benefits society as a whole.
MEET OUR SPEAKERS
We are delighted to present a lineup of speakers for One Health Day: Agents of Change. Our speakers bring a wealth of knowledge in respective fields like policy, public health, natural sciences, veterinary sciences, and modern day outbreaks to our event.
Dr. Pardis Sabeti
Pardis Sabeti is a professor at Harvard University and a core institute member of the Broad Institute. Her lab has pioneered technologies for detecting, tracking, and countering deadly pathogens, including Ebola, Zika, and SARS-CoV-2. They have also created some of the most powerful algorithms and molecular tools to characterize the human genome and transformative methods for gene delivery of new biomedicines. Sabeti co-founded the African Center of Excellence for Genomic of Infectious Disease (ACEGID), training frontline scientists from 53 of 54 African countries. She has taught countless students through popular courses in genetics, statistics and outbreak science. She co-founded SHERLOCK Biosciences and serves on their foundation’s board to bring at-cost diagnostics to low and middle income countries. Sabeti’s many honors include TIME magazine’s “Person of the Year” as one of the Ebola fighters, 100 Most Influential People, and Impact award. She is a National Academy of Medicine member and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, and holds a B.S. from MIT, D.Phil. from the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and M.D. from Harvard Medical School summa cum laude.
Ms. Misty Robinson
Ms. Misty Robinson is a public health preparedness supervisor at Southern Nevada Health District and has been for the last 5 years. Before that, she was a Senior Public Health Preparedness Planner. In addition, she is a part time emergency management and homeland security instructor at Truckee Meadows Community College.
Dr. John Kim
Dr. John J. Kim, MD, is an attending emergency physician at DMS - Envision Healthcare since 2003, recently served as the Associate Medical Director of the Summerlin Hospital Emergency Department (2018-2024) and Director of Innovations for Envision West Division (2024-present). He completed his postgraduate training at Advocate Christ Medical Center (2000-2003) and earned his medical degree with honors from the Medical College of Wisconsin (1996-2000). He graduated from U.C. Berkeley in 1995 with a degree in Molecular and cellular biology with an emphasis in genetics. Dr. Kim is board certified in Emergency Medicine and actively participates in committees and projects, focusing on advanced airway techniques, emergency management, and resident physician training.
Dr. Edmund Goroza
Dr. Edmund Goroza is a pediatric hospitalist. He earned his medical degree in the Philippines and did residency training in general pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine in New York. Since graduating from medical school in 1997, he has practiced medicine in various settings. From rural and urban private and public hospitals in the Philippines to suburban and inner-city hospitals here in the United States. He is currently the department chairman for pediatrics in Summerlin Hospital and Medical Center here in Las Vegas.
Dr. Brady VanderLInd
Dr. VanderLind graduated from Mississippi State University and has practiced veterinary medicine for the past 30 years in Cheyenne Tonapah Animal Hospital in Las Vegas. He loves animals and has spent years dedicating his practice to ensure all animals under his care are treated as family; so much so that Dr. VanderLind and his family currently include more than 20 animals in their home with their children. Dr. VanderLind is also a proud supporter of West Career and Technical Academy’s Operation Outbreak Embassy Club.
dr. linh nguyen
Dr. Linh Nguyen joined University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine in 2017 where she is responsible for teaching microbiology and immunology in the predoctoral dental curriculum, and plays an active role in curriculum development and interdisciplinary instruction. Dr. Nguyen holds a Master of Public Health in Community Health Education from the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. in microbiology from UNLV. She is a prolific scholar with more than 280 peer-reviewed publications and public health reports. Her current research and teaching initiatives emphasize the vital connection between oral health and population health, with a focus on advancing evidence-based, community-centered approaches to care.
ms. tawanda romo
Tawanda is the Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorder (PMAD) Coordinator and Community Educator at Dignity Health, St. Rose Dominican Hospital in Las Vegas, NV. Tawanda is also the Parent Outreach Coordinator at Nevada Maternal Child Health Organization (NVMCH.org).
dr. brian labus
Dr. Brain Labus is an infectious disease epidemiologist with 24 years of experience in field epidemiology, outbreak investigation, and public health informatics. From 2020 through 2023, he worked extensively on COVID-19 response activities, serving on former Nevada Governor Sisolak’s Medical Advisory Team, advising various community organizations and businesses, leading a team of over 200 student contact tracers, and participating in various aspects of UNLV’s COVID-19 response. He regularly is interviewed by local, national, and international print and video outlets, including the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, Forbes, and National Public Radio, and has been interviewed over 1,200 times on a variety of infectious disease topics, including respiratory illnesses like COVID-19, influenza and Legionella, Mpox, Naegleria, and foodborne illness.
ms. kya johnson
Kya Johnson is a graduate student in Public Health at UNLV with a concentration in Environmental and Global Health. She assists UNLV's Urban Air Quality Lab under the leadership of Dr. Chen, where she promotes the air monitor loan program and coordinates communications for participant recruitment. She also upkeeps the operational flow of the research study, conducts site visits, assesses environmental conditions, and more!