One Health is an approach for solving problems based on the idea that the health and well-being of humans, animals and the environment are interconnected and mutually important.
Why is it important to apply One Health research approaches?
- Disease Control: Vital for preventing and managing shared health threats.
- Holistic Collaboration: Promotes more comprehensive solutions to problems through interdisciplinary teamwork.
- Grant funding: Funding agencies are increasingly calling for more collaborations among animal, human, and environmental health experts to help address important challenges.
What are our goals?
- Promote and facilitate the use of One Health approaches in research areas such as the following:
- antimicrobial resistance mitigation
- comparative medicine/translational research
- zoonotic diseases
- disaster preparedness and response
- food safety
- food insecurity
- human-animal bond
- education and training of the next generation of One Health professionals
- welfare/well-being of animals
- wildlife conservation
