One Health
A global leader in veterinary education, Penn Vet engages in interdisciplinary problem-solving to address issues of One Health: the intimate connections among human, animal, and environmental health and welfare. As defined by the World Health Organization, the paradigm of One Health has the power to address complex health challenges, such as zoonotic disease, antimicrobial resistance, food security, and emergency preparedness, which are in many ways exacerbated by climate change.
A Leader in the Field
Penn Vet has engaged faculty and students in One Health research programs, seminar series and developed dual degree and graduate certificates. Furthermore, Penn Vet offers numerous opportunities to collaborate on One Health issues with other world-class schools and centers across the University.
One Health at Penn is One Health in Action
Penn Vet Faculty Problem-solving for One Health
Gain insight into One Health’s approach to improving the efforts to solve global challenges through a video series created for One Health Day.
Education
One Health VMD+ Dual Degree Programs for enrolled veterinary students are designed to position students to solve problems at the interface of animal, human, and environmental health.
The program welcomes first- and second-year students seeking to pursue interdisciplinary studies in one of the following specialties:
Interested students may apply to these dual degree programs by submitting an application online during our intake periods between October and December each year. A second application — submitted directly to the School — may be required for some programs.
Thank you for your interest in our VMD+ Dual Degree program. Our application is now closed and will reopen during our next admissions cycle, October–December.
Online courses for veterinary or graduate students:
- One Health Study Design Seminar (VPTH 6500)
- One Health and Global Food Security (VCSN 6570)
- One Health and Climate (PUBH 5950)
- Emergency Preparedness and Response (VCSP 6340)
MSc program for Animal Welfare and Behavior graduate students
Research
To support One Health interdisciplinary research, Penn Vet’s inaugural One Health in Action (OHiA) faculty team is developing multiple opportunities for investigators to share their work with each other and the public.
- OHiA Seminar Series
- OHiA Summer Journal Club
- One Health Summer Research Fellowship for post-graduate students (in development)
In addition to the One Health Summer Research Fellowship, the University’s Environmental Innovations Initiative is supporting the One Health@Penn Research Community (OHPRC), a group of University-wide faculty and students from diverse scholarly backgrounds committed to identifying One Health-related challenges and opportunities. The OHPRC is developing an initial portfolio of academic activities and programming, and student-led projects, that will explore the challenges raised by long-term shifts in weather patterns due to climate change.
Ricardo Castillo, PhD DVM MSPH
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Perelman School of Medicine
Stephen Cole, MS, VMD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Microbiology
School of Veterinary Medicine
Julie Ellis, MS, PhD
Co-Director, Wildlife Futures Program
Adjunct Associate Professor of Pathobiology and Senior Research Investigator, Pathobiology
School of Veterinary Medicine
Erick Gagne, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor of Wildlife Disease Ecology
School of Veterinary Medicine
Lisa Murphy, VMD
Professor of Toxicology; Co-Director, Wildlife Futures Program
Associate Director, Institute for Infectious and Zoonotic Diseases
School of Veterinary Medicine
Hillary Nelson, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics and Family Medicine & Community Health; Director, Penn MPH Program
Perelman School of Medicine
Brianna Parsons, VMD, MSEd
Lecturer in Sustainable Agriculture
School of Veterinary Medicine
Jenni Punt, VMD, PhD
Associate Dean of One Health, Professor of Immunology
School of Veterinary Medicine
Laurel Redding, VMD, PhD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
School of Veterinary Medicine
Caroline Sobotyk, DVM, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Parasitology
School of Veterinary Medicine
Brittany Watson, MS, VMD, PhD
Associate Professor and Director of Shelter Medicine and Community Engagement
School of Veterinary Medicine
Elizabeth Woodward, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences
School of Veterinary Medicine
Katie Barott, PhD
Associate Professor of Biology
School of Arts and Sciences
Susanna Berkouwer, PhD
Assistant Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy
The Wharton School
Ricardo Castillo-Neyra, PhD, DVM, MSPH
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Perelman School of Medicine
Julie Ellis, PhD
Co-Director, Wildlife Futures Program
Adjunct Associate Professor of Pathobiology and Senior Research Investigator, Pathobiology
School of Veterinary Medicine
Emily Falk, PhD
Professor of Communication, Psychology, Marketing, and OID; Vice Dean
Annenberg School for Communication
David Gerard Gouverneur Malakoff, MArch
Associate Professor of Practice in Landscape Architecture/City Planning
Stuart Weitzman School of Design
Jon Hawkings, MSci, PhD
Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Science
School of Arts and Sciences
Zachary Herrmann, EdM, EdLD
Executive Director of the Center for Professional Learning; Adjunct Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Education
Farah Hussain, MD
Director of Planetary Health and Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine
Jisung Park, PhD
Assistant Professor – Environmental and Labor Economist
School of Social Policy & Practice
Dipti Pitta, PhD
Mark Whittier and Lila Griswold Allam Associate Professor of Ruminant Nutrition
[AR18] School of Veterinary Medicine
Jennifer Pinto-Martin, PhD, MPH
Viola MacInnes/Independence Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing
Professor of Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine
Allie Sinclair, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Communication Neuroscience Lab
Annenberg School for Communication
Shelley Welton, PhD
Presidential Distinguished Professor of Law and Energy Policy
Carey Law School
Bethany Wiggin, PhD
Professor of German, Founding Director,
Penn Program in Environmental Humanities
School of Arts and Sciences
Shu Yang, PhD
Joseph Bordogna Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Student-Led Initiatives
Penn Vet and Penn Med students are also involved in highlighting, enhancing, and supporting One Health approaches and education.
- One Health@Penn
- One Health Club at Penn Vet
- One Health Club at Perelman’s School of Medicine
- One Health Research@Penn Storyboards
One Health-Focused Centers
- Penn Center for Public Health
- Penn Vet Center for Stewardship Agriculture and Food Security
- Penn Environmental Innovations Initiative
- Penn Vet Institute for Infectious and Zoonotic Diseases
- Penn Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
- Penn Netter Center’s Educational Pipeline Program
- Urban Health Lab of the Penn Medicine Center for Health Justice
- The Water Center of the University of Pennsylvania
- Penn Vet Wildlife Futures Program
