2014 One Health Grand Challenge

Overview

One Health, the collaborative effort across multiple disciplines working locally, nationally, and globally to attain sustainable optimal health for the ecosystem, is a cultural and behavioral concept with socioeconomic elements and impact.

The 2014 One Health Grand Challenge was an opportunity open to all Texas A&M schools and colleges to plan and implement an inter/transdisciplinary collaborative approach to helping improve the lives of all species by addressing health and their connections between natural & man-made environments.

The challenge focused on identifying four major research themes and implementing a plan for bringing together faculty from across Texas A&M to form collaborative inter/transdisciplinary teams to propose research initiatives under the major themes.

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Research in the Four Thematic Areas

Global Health & Security

Chagas disease in humans, animals, and insect vectors across a transactional gradient

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Accessible & Affordable Quality Healthcare

Development of next-generation biologics through micro physiological systems

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Chronic Diseases & Conditions

Optimizing one’s health: Genetic and environmental regulation of metabolic health

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Safe & Available Food & Water

Transformative Impacts on One Health Using Electron Beam as a Platform Technology

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