Description
This program is intended to promote and integrate the One Health concept into
veterinary training. The main priority of the program is to support students’
pursuit of One Health externships while in school. Plans for the program
include the creation of One Health internships, fellowships, and post-graduate
positions in the discipline, with the aim of transitioning practitioners into One
Health careers. The program plans to prepare the next generation of
veterinarians to meet global challenges by supporting One Health learning
experiences, supporting career-diversity goals within veterinary education,
helping veterinary students secure careers in One Health, advocating for and
supporting veterinarians in rural health and veterinary public health, and
establishing partnerships with physicians, nurses, public health practitioners,
environmental and ecosystem scientists, global educators, and public policy
experts in order to strengthen the One Health goal of transdisciplinary
collaboration.
Purpose
Strengthen the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine's commitment to the
One World - One Health movement by educating veterinarians of the future to
integrate human, animal, and ecosystem protection into their professional lives.
Scope Local – California, United States
Primary Funders
Private donations, FAZD (Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease) Center at
Texas A&M.
Participants & Key Collaborators
UC Davis programs in nursing, medicine, public health, preventative veterinary
medicine, and wildlife, fish, and conservation biology; California Department
of Public Health; California Veterinary Medical Association; and American
Veterinary Medical Association.
Definition of One Health
See the 2004 Manhattan Principles on “One World, One Health” in appendices.
Monitoring & Evaluation Strategy
None
Sources of Information
Website: http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/onehealth/
Contact Dr. Cheryl Scott
One Health Project Director
Tel. 530.754.0324
