Center of Expertise: One Health

Co Directors

• Patricia Conrad, DVM, PhD
  UC Davis
  paconrad@ucdavis.edu
• Anil Deolalikar, PhD
  UC Riverside
  anil.deolalikar@ucr.edu

Mission

The mission of the One Health Center (OHC) is to assess and respond to global health problems arising at the human-water-animal-food interface and to design, implement, and evaluate practical, cost-effective, and sustainable solutions that focus on the foundations of health in collaboration with local partners.

The mission will be realized by:

1. integrating expertise drawn from a variety of disciplines, including the health sciences, agricultural and environmental sciences, social sciences, and engineering;
2. engaging collaboratively with partners in California and around the world in action-based research aimed at improving and promoting health using the One Health approach; and
3. training a cadre of global leaders, health workers, scientists and engineers in the One Health approach.

The OHC will be particularly sensitive to the following cross-cutting themes:

• Individuals and households are the ultimate agents of change in society. Therefore, awareness of cultural and social practices, behavioral change, and public acceptance of interventions are important.
• Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness criteria should be applied to rank alternative interventions under consideration.
• Impact evaluation, monitoring, and assessment of the relative weaknesses and strengths of interventions are critical for long-term success.
• Sustainability depends on the involvement of community stakeholders and partners and full owners of any interventions at every stage of the process – design, implementation and evaluation.
• Both in design and implementation, the potential beneficiaries of the intervention(s) must be.

• One Health Institute, UC Davis
• Center for Disease Vector Research, UC Riverside
• Center for Vector-borne Disease, UC Davis
• Building Bridge across Riverside through Water Quality Research
• Program in International and Community Nutrition, UC Davis
• Water Science and Policy Center, UC Riverside
• Foods for Health Institute, UC Davis
• Edward J. Blakely Center for Sustainable Suburban Development, UC Riverside

Centers of Expertise

• Migration and Health
• One Health: Water, Animals, Food and Society
• Women’s Health and Empowerment