{{Infobox organization | name = One Health Institute | founded = 2009 | location = University of California, Davis, California, US | region_served = Worldwide | focus = One Health, global health, infectious disease, wildlife veterinary medicine | leader_title = Director | leader_name = Dr. Michael Ziccardi | website = {{URL|https://ohi.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/}} }}
The '''One Health Institute''' works at the interface of animals, people, plants, and the environment to solve complex problems that impact health and conservation around the world.<ref name=name1>{{cite news|last1=Robertson|first1=Kathy|title=Senior Staff Writer|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2014/11/24/uc-davis-gets-100m-to-predict-prevent-global.html|access-date=22 September 2015|work=Sacramento Business Journal|date=November 24, 2014}}</ref> The institute is part of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and is home to the Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center and many other programs and projects. The executive director of the One Health Institute is Dr. Michael Ziccardi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Faculty Results {{!}} UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine|url=https://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/news/michael-ziccardi-dvm-named-executive-director-uc-davis-one-health-institute|website=www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu|access-date=2015-09-23}}</ref> The One Health approach recognizes that the health of domestic animals, wildlife, and people are inextricably linked to one another and the environment.
== Notable programs and projects == * '''[https://ohi.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/programs-projects/one-health-workforce-next-generation One Health Workforce - Next Generation]:''' A project that "promotes global health security by empowering One Health University Networks in Africa and Southeast Asia to build the human resources and bolster the workforce for more effective disease surveillance and control."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Preston|first=Eunah|date=2020-02-07|title=One Health Workforce - Next Generation|url=https://ohi.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/programs-projects/one-health-workforce-next-generation|access-date=2022-01-11|website=School of Veterinary Medicine|language=en}}</ref> * '''Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center:''' A Center that improves the health of wildlife in balance with people and the environment. Its projects and programs focus on issues involving free-ranging and captive terrestrial and aquatic wild animals. Many other programs and projects are housed within the Wildlife Health Center.<ref>{{cite web|title=Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center|url=http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/whc/|website=Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center|access-date=22 September 2015|ref=name4}}</ref> * '''Disaster Preparedness & Response Programs''': ** '''[https://owcn.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/ Oiled Wildlife Care Network]:''' A California program that works to rescue and rehabilitate oiled wildlife through a statewide collective of trained care providers, regulatory agencies and academic institutions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oiled Wildlife Care Network|url=http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/owcn/|website=Oiled Wildlife Care Network|publisher=UC Davis|ref=name7|access-date=22 September 2015}}</ref> ** [https://cvet.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/ '''California Veterinary Emergency Team (CVET)'''] ** '''Wildlife Disaster Network'''
* '''Gorilla Doctors:''' A donor-funded program that provides hands-on medical care to sick and injured mountain gorillas living in the national parks of Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.<ref>{{cite news|title=Saving Mountain Gorillas, One Surgery at a Time|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/wild_things/2015/01/14/mountain_gorilla_veterinarians_virunga_populations_are_up_thanks_to_extreme.html|access-date=22 September 2015|work=Slate|date=January 14, 2015|ref=name5}}</ref> * '''SeaDoc Society:''' A program that works to protect the health of marine wildlife and their ecosystems through science and education in the Pacific Northwest.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gaydos|first1=Joe|title=Beyond Puget Sound: Ten Ideas for Saving the Salish Sea|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/beyond-puget-sound-ten-ideas-for-saving-the-salish-sea/|access-date=22 September 2015|work=The Seattle Times|date=March 26, 2009|ref=name6}}</ref> * '''One Health Institute Lab:''' A laboratory that functions as a service facility for the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program and as the central research facility for the PREDICT project, which aims to halt emerging diseases of pandemic potential.<ref>{{Cite web|title = UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine {{!}} One Health Institute|url = http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/ohi/ohi-lab/index.cfm|website = www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu|access-date = 2015-10-08}}</ref> * '''California Raptor Center:''' A Center that rescues and rehabilitates injured and orphaned birds of prey while also working to educate the public on the importance of raptors and advance research to improve species health and survival.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Vet Med Home {{!}} California Raptor Center|url = http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/calraptor/|website = www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu|access-date = 2015-10-08}}</ref> * '''[https://ohi.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/centers/ucghi-planetary-health-center-expertise UC Global Health Institute's Planetary Health Center of Expertise]:''' A Center that "addresses complex global issues that arise from the effects of climate change, rapidly growing populations and limited food and natural resources and draws on the resources of all ten UC campuses and two national laboratories."<ref>{{Cite web|title=UC Global Health Institute|url=https://ohi.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/centers/ucghi-planetary-health-center-expertise|website=www.ucghi.universityofcalifornia.edu|access-date=2015-10-08}}</ref> * '''[https://ohi.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/centers/epicenter-disease-dynamics EpiCenter for Disease Dynamics]:''' A Center that uses sophisticated analytical tools to evaluate underlying mechanisms and move closer to an applied forecasting system for emerging diseases.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Spillover and pandemic properties of zoonotic viruses with high host plasticity|journal = Scientific Reports|volume = 5|article-number = 14830|date = 2015-10-07|doi = 10.1038/srep14830|pmid = 26445169|pmc = 4595845|first1 = Christine Kreuder|last1 = Johnson|first2 = Peta L.|last2 = Hitchens|first3 = Tierra Smiley|last3 = Evans|first4 = Tracey|last4 = Goldstein|first5 = Kate|last5 = Thomas|first6 = Andrew|last6 = Clements|first7 = Damien O.|last7 = Joly|first8 = Nathan D.|last8 = Wolfe|first9 = Peter|last9 = Daszak| bibcode=2015NatSR...514830K }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title = Predicting wildlife reservoirs and global vulnerability to zoonotic Flaviviruses|journal = Nature Communications|volume = 9|page = 5425|date = 2018-12-21|doi = 10.1038/s41467-018-07896-2|pmid = 30575757|pmc = 6303316|first1 = Pranav S.|last1 = Pandit|first2 = Megan M.|last2 = Doyle|first3 = Katrina M.|last3 = Smart|first4 = Cristin C.W.|last4 = Young|first5 = Gaylen W.|last5 = Drape|first6 = Christine K.|last6 = Johnson| issue=1 | bibcode=2018NatCo...9.5425P }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title = Predicting the potential for zoonotic transmission and host associations for novel viruses|journal = Communications Biology|volume = 5|page = 844|date = 2022-08-24|doi = 10.1038/s42003-022-03797-9|pmid = 35986178|pmc = 9390964|first1 = P. S.|last1 = Pandit|first2 = S. J.|last2 = Anthony|first3 = T.|last3 = Goldstein|first4 = K.J.|last4 = Olival| issue=1 }}</ref> * '''PREEMPT:''' A project that aims to predict the emergence of highly pathogenic viruses in animals, and then preventing them from spilling over to humans altogether using strategies that include a novel animal vaccine.<ref>{{Cite web|last=PREEMPT|date=2019-01-17|title=PREEMPT Project|url=https://ohi.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/programs-projects/preempt|access-date=2022-01-11|website=School of Veterinary Medicine|language=en}}</ref> * '''More''' - Other programs and projects include California Wildlife Conservation, the Calvin Schwabe Project, Zoological Medicine Program, the Latin America Program, and more.
== Legacy projects == * '''PREDICT:''' A USAID-funded project that provides global surveillance to detect and prevent spillover of pathogens of pandemic potential that can move between wildlife and people.<ref>{{Cite web|title=UC Davis Gets $100 Million Grant For Virus Research|url=http://www.capradio.org/articles/2014/11/21/uc-davis-gets-$100-million-grant-for-virus-research/|access-date=2015-09-23|archive-date=2015-09-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908065340/http://www.capradio.org/articles/2014/11/21/uc-davis-gets-$100-million-grant-for-virus-research/}}</ref> ** '''SpillOver:''' open-source web application developed by One Health Institute infectious disease scientists and the PREDICT initiative, launched in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic as a virus and host risk assessment tool<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gajewski|first1=Misha|date=2021-04-05|title=There's A New App That Might Help Predict Which Viruses Could Cause The Next Pandemic|work=Forbes|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mishagajewski/2021/04/05/theres-a-new-app-that-might-help-predict-which-viruses-could-cause-the-next-pandemic/?sh=189b18121737|access-date=14 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Lasky|first1=Natasha|title=Can An App Predict The Next Pandemic?|date=12 April 2021|url=https://www.ourdailyplanet.com/story/can-an-app-predict-the-next-pandemic/|access-date=14 May 2021|publisher=Our Daily Planet|archive-date=14 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514025521/https://www.ourdailyplanet.com/story/can-an-app-predict-the-next-pandemic/}}</ref> * '''Health for Animals and Livelihood Improvement Project (HALI):''' A collaborative U.S.-Tanzania research and capacity-building program that assesses the effects of zoonotic disease and water management on health and livelihoods in the Ruaha ecosystem of Tanzania.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Mazet|first1=Jonna A. K.|last2=Clifford|first2=Deana L.|last3=Coppolillo|first3=Peter B.|last4=Deolalikar|first4=Anil B.|last5=Erickson|first5=Jon D.|last6=Kazwala|first6=Rudovick R.|date=2009-12-15|title=A "One Health" Approach to Address Emerging Zoonoses: The HALI Project in Tanzania|journal=PLOS Med|volume=6|issue=12|article-number=e1000190|doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.1000190|pmc=2784942|pmid=20016689 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://ohi.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/ Official website] * [https://whc.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/ Wildlife Health Center]
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Category:Nature conservation organizations based in the United States Category:Zoonoses Category:Wildlife Category:Veterinary organizations Category:Veterinary medicine in the United States