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Graduate Certificate in One Health prepares professionals to solve global health challenges
Aug. 25, 2025 | Teya Kvasnicka
Today’s global challenges — from changing disease patterns and antimicrobial resistance to food and water security and sustainable development — demand solutions that bridge human, animal and environmental systems. At Colorado State University, the Graduate Certificate in One Health is preparing professionals to work across disciplines on some of the world’s most pressing problems.
Offered through CSU’s Graduate Program in Public Health in partnership with the One Health Institute, the certificate gives participants tools to collaborate effectively, communicate across sectors and design solutions grounded in science and community engagement.
One Health conference highlights interconnectedness of people, animals and environment
June 11, 2025 | Erin Prater
The interconnection of the well-being of all living things has been the focus of the annual One Health and Zoonoses Conference for the last 50 years. The conference was held in person for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic on April 10 in Colorado’s capital.
Roughly 200 professionals and students attended the daylong event, including members of state and local health departments, state wildlife departments, state and national agriculture departments, universities and law enforcement agencies.
One Health in Communities Course tackles wildfires through collaborative disaster management
June 10, 2025 | Teya Kvasnicka
This spring, 13 graduate students and two non-degree seeking students participated in the One Health in Communities course, offered through Colorado State University and hosted by the One Health Institute. The course focused on disaster preparedness and management with an emphasis on the wide-ranging impacts of wildfires through a One Health lens.
As a final project, students developed and presented practical One Health solutions to wildfire-related challenges. Topics included protecting firefighters from rattlesnake bites, developing domestic animal evacuation plans and creating community cleanup strategies that support both human and animal health. Each solution reflected the principles of One Health by incorporating the interconnection of the health of animals, people and the environment and emphasizing the value of collaboration.
Expanding One Health: Researching wildlife health will benefit everyone and the planet
May 22, 2025 | Monica McQuail
CSU researchers from the Warner College of Natural Resources, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences, College of Engineering, College of Liberal Arts, One Health Institute, and scientists from the International Biodiversity Network recently published a paper that aims to broaden the One Health framework to include ecosystem science and wildlife health. The paper, “Transdisciplinary research priorities for a One Health approach to human-wildlife coexistence,” was published May 21 in BioScience.
Led by Warner College of Natural Resources’ Center for Human Carnivore Coexistence, the paper outlines six research priorities that can help scientists, policymakers and farmers find solutions for the interconnected environmental, health and societal problems facing our planet.
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Interview with the Author: Professor Lorann Stallones
Feb. 19, 2025 | Animals
Dr. Lorann Stallones, Human-Animal Interactions Research Coordinator for the One Health Institute and Professor of Psychology at CSU, was interviewed by Animals about her publication, “Sustainability and the Thoroughbred Breeding and Racing Industries: An Enhanced One Welfare Perspective.”
The paper was published in Animals in 2023 and has received significant interest from readers.
The Hunt Narrows for Ebolavirus Hosts
Jan. 15, 2025 | Kat Kerlin
Bats are widely recognized as the primary hosts of filoviruses, such as Ebola, yet the specific host species of ebolaviruses are not definitively known. In a study led by the University of California, Davis, and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Einstein), scientists have developed a new tool to narrow down potential host species of filoviruses and better prioritize wildlife surveillance. The research is part of global efforts to prevent viral spillover between animals and humans.
CSU hosts inagural meeting of Universities with One Health programming for collaboration
Aug. 21, 2024 | MarComm
The inaugural meeting of Universities with One Health programming across North America Network, hosted at Colorado State University in collaboration with North Carolina State University, marked a significant step forward in advancing the One Health initiative across research, education, service and advocacy/policy.
Orrs’ $2.6 million gift to endow One Health Institute’s director position will benefit translational science, policy
Jul. 1, 2024 | Mark Gokavi
The director position for Colorado State University’s One Health Institute will become an endowed post, thanks to a $2.6 million gift by alum Dr. George “Bill” Orr (’57). The donation will facilitate major impacts for students and public health policy.
Of the 60+ universities that have One Health focuses, CSU is one of a few to have an endowed chair.
The Intersection of Interprofessional Education and One Health: A qualitative study in human and veterinary medical institutions
June 2024 | Claire Tucker
Colorado State University participates in the Clinical and Translational Science Award One Health Alliance (COHA), connecting veterinary and medical professionals to understand and treat diseases affecting humans and animals.
The Interprofessional Education Subcommittee, formed with pilot funding in 2021, published its first prospective study on how IPE and One Health are integrated in veterinary and medical schools.
One Health in Communities Course provides insights into West Nile Virus prevalence in Fort Collins
May 2024 | Teya Kvasnicka
CSU’s One Health Institute launched the One Health in Communities course focusing on the increase in West Nile Virus (WNV) cases in Larimer County, with 51 cases, including neurologic disease and 11 deaths in 2023.
As a part of the course, the students conducted a seroprevalence study to measure WNV antibodies within the city of Fort Collins to obtain a better understanding of where exposure to the virus was occurring, a study that had not been done in the area for two decades.
CSU One Health Institute Awards 2024 faculty pilot and Student One Health projects
Mar. 19, 2024 | Teya Kvasnicka
CSU’s One Health Institute announced the selection of two faculty pilot projects to address One Health issues in a community-based project and four students for the first Student One Health Awards. The One Health Institute funds faculty pilot projects annually and has provided student award funding for the first time.
Here’s what’s happening with the Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda
Oct. 9, 2024 | Priyanka Runwal
A deadly, Ebola-like virus called Marburg caused an outbreak in Rwanda in late 2024. The outbreak was successfully declared over on December 20, 2024. This outbreak disproportionately impacted healthcare workers.
Tracey Goldstein, Ph.D., director of the One Health Institute, provided insights on the outbreak at the time follwing her previous work on the Marburg virus in bats.
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