A Professional Certificate in Global Animal Health an opportunity to combine one health training with traditional veterinary education Gretchen E. Kaufman, DVM Assistant Director for Global Health Education and Training
Snap shot of CVM curriculum
Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health Mission to provide innovative solutions to global infectious disease challenges through research, education, global outreach, and application of disease control at the animal-human interface. The Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health advances science, people, and policy to discover novel approaches for disease intervention and delivery of preventive health care for animals and humans.
Allen School Focus on Disease Control at the Animal-Human Interface
Global Animal Health Pathway to Professional Certificate Program Program Goals expand opportunities for and competence of veterinarians in reducing global health disparities through intervention at the animal-human interface. create an environment where students gain skills and knowledge to confront the challenges related to global animal health prepare students, as global citizens, to work toward practical sustainable solutions to critical global health concerns
Program Learning Objectives to understand the historical, socio-economic, cultural, political and environmental factors responsible for global health disparities. to develop a multidisciplinary and multicultural perspective regarding global health. to learn to collaborate effectively with professionals from diverse academic disciplines and cultural backgrounds. to develop an awareness of the key diseases affecting animal health in middle and lower income countries, and the animal production systems in which these diseases are addressed. to learn how animal and zoonotic diseases are effectively controlled in different cultural frameworks and in areas with limited resources. to learn how to identify gaps in knowledge that limit effective control of animal and zoonotic disease and the roles for discovery, development, and implementation science in resolving animal health problems, thereby reducing global health disparities.
Letter of Intent Formal Application due 2 Research Funding proposals due 3 1 International Vet Med Intro to Global Health Emerging and Exotic Animal Diseases Multi-disciplinary Approaches to GH Challenges Animal Human Disease Interface 4 Scientific Writing and Presentation Elective Rotations
Letter of Intent Formal Application due 2 Research Funding proposals due 3 1 International Vet Med Intro to Global Health Emerging and Exotic Animal Diseases Multi-disciplinary Approaches to GH Challenges Animal Human Disease Interface 4 Scientific Writing and Presentation Elective Rotations
Letter of Intent Formal Application due 2 Research Funding proposals due 3 1 International Vet Med Intro to Global Health Emerging and Exotic Animal Diseases Multi-disciplinary Approaches to GH Challenges Animal Human Disease Interface 4 Scientific Writing and Presentation Elective Rotations
The Global Animal Health Major Project Project focus - major health problem with global significance that can be addressed by intervention at the animal human interface. Impact in developing countries is preferred but not required. Hypothesis driven research - students are expected to demonstrate initiative and responsibility in study design, proposal writing, carrying out the project, analysis of results, writing and presentation Project scale - can be at any level Student time commitment - at least 6 continuous weeks on their project for credit (40 hrs/week). Projects carried out over several years are encouraged. The Mentor role - expected to actively advise students throughout their pathway to completion of their final written and oral presentation in the 4 th year.
GAHP Student Projects A Survey of Antibiotic Efficacy in Northern Tanzania The importance of human and animal interactions at water sources in One Health - Uganda Risk management among pastoralists in Ethiopia Distribution of ExPEC isolates from Nigeria & Tanzania Effects of Animal Protein Allocation on Early Childhood Health in Western Kenya. Effects of rabies control, parasite prevention and animal population control on the spread of zoonotic diseases to the people within the communities and villages of the North Slope of Alaska Genetic analysis of Anaplasma marginale strains in Ghana Canine and feline hookworms impacts on human disease in the Galapagos, Ecuador Determination of Rabies Vaccination Coverage in Rural Tanzania Dogs Sampling the microbiome of surfaces (Kenya) Evaluation of goat health and management as a component of a community health program in Indonesia
Letter of Intent Formal Application due 2 Research Funding proposals due 3 1 International Vet Med Intro to Global Health Emerging and Exotic Animal Diseases Multi-disciplinary Approaches to GH Challenges Animal Human Disease Interface 4 Scientific Writing and Presentation Elective Rotations
Letter of Intent Formal Application due 2 Research Funding proposals due 3 1 International Vet Med Intro to Global Health Emerging and Exotic Animal Diseases Multi-disciplinary Approaches to GH Challenges Animal Human Disease Interface 4 Scientific Writing and Presentation Elective Rotations
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