Global One Health Academy

Welcome to the Global One Health Academy

NC State’s Global One Health Academy builds upon the university’s strengths in agriculture and plant health, veterinary medicine and domestic animal health, and the health of biodiverse ecosystems and human societies to address complex global challenges.

What is One Health?

One Health is the idea that the health of people is connected to the health of animals, plants and ecosystems. As the Earth’s population grows, our connection with plants, animals, biodiversity and the environment changes. Such connection is engendered by people living closer together, changes in climate and land use, greater global travel and trade, and the role of animals beyond food source. These factors impact the health of our shared environment, affect food and water supplies, and make it easier for diseases to spread between animals and people.

Game-changing Health Research

NC State’s Global One Health Academy is among a small handful of similar programs in the world, and brings unique perspectives and expertise. The academy builds upon the university’s strengths in agriculture and plant health, veterinary medicine and domestic animal health, and the health of biodiverse ecosystems and human societies. It also strengthens NC State’s commitment to interdisciplinary excellence and collaboration among faculty, staff and students across colleges and units.

Research within the academy considers three thematic areas that address the 2030 UN Sustainable Development goals: combating infectious diseases, driving food and water solutions, and addressing climate change and health disparities.

A One Health approach tackles shared health threats by looking at all angles — plant, animal, biodiversity, environmental and human.

events

(Y)Our Health in the Movies: Infectious Disease

When: November 2, 2023
Where: Fishbowl Forum, DH Hill

Could a fungal pathogen really turn humans into zombies, as depicted in the popular video game and television series, The Last of Us? What is the likelihood of a fungal pandemic actually happening? Join infectious disease experts Skylar Hopkins and David Rasmussen and film studies professor Marsha Gordon in a discussion of the science behind depictions of infectious disease in popular culture.

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(Y)Our Health in the Movies: Climate Change

When: January 25, 2024
Where: Fishbowl Forum, DH Hill

Earth’s climate is warming, storms are becoming more extreme, and the ocean is rising. While this reality has only recently begun to sink in to the popular imagination, films have been depicting potential dystopian outcomes of climate change for a long time. Join climate change experts and ecocinema professor Jorge Marí in a discussion of the science behind depictions of climate change in popular movies. We’ll look at these films in light of recent knowledge and consider actions we can take to achieve a more hopeful future for humans, animals, and plants alike.

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