Project: Signature Area Strategic Development – “One Health: Solutions at the Animal-Human-Environment Interface”
As of February 6, 2013
Description : “One Health: Solutions at the Animal-Human-Environmental Interface” is one of six Signature Areas of research and scholarship at the U of S. Over IP3 the Office of the Vice President Research will work to develop this distinct area of research impact. In the short term, efforts will focus on: 1) securing internationally-recognized research leadership (CERC in Integrated Infectious Disease Mitigation (IIDM)); and
2) developing a strategic plan to accelerate One Health research across colleges.
Leaders :
• One Health Strategic Plan: Dr. Bruce Reeder (Co-chair), Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, College of Medicine, and
Dr. Hugh Townsend (Co-chair), Department of Veterinary Microbiology, WCVM/VIDO-InterVac
• Recruitment of CERC in Integrated Infectious Disease Mitigation: Beth Horsburgh, Associate Vice-President Research – Health and Vice-
President Research and Innovation, Saskatoon Health Region
Expected Outcomes for One Health:
(1) Establish U of S and Canada as a global leader in One Health
(2) Contribute to improved prediction, prevention, diagnosis and control of infectious diseases
(3) Increase the Canadian capacity to address urgent One Health issues and manage emergency situations
(4) Provide unique training opportunities for leadership in integrated approaches to One Health problems
Work to be undertaken
Task
Phase I Proposal for CERC in Integrated Infectious
Disease Mitigation
Phase II Proposal for CERC in IIDM and recruitment
One Health: Identify areas of focus for research and training
One Health: Develop strategic plan
One Health: training and research plan implementation launched
Stakeholders
CERC working group (DM); One Health working group (C); faculty (C); deans (C); ADRs (C)
CERC working group (DM); One Health working group (C); faculty (C); deans (C); ADRs (C)
One Health working group (DM); researchers
(C); ADRs (I)
One Health working group (DM); researchers
(C); ADRs (C)
One Health working group (DM); researchers
(C)
Timeframe
Applied May 2012 submission deadline
Feb 2014; expected decision Aug 2014
Oct 2012
Feb 2013
May 2013
Current status
C (Awarded Nov
2012)
WIP
C
WIP
Stakeholders: Decision-Makers (DM), Consulted (C), Informed (I) Current Status: Work In Progress (WIP), Stopped (S), Completed (C)
Promise and Potential: Project Terms of Reference
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