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The One Health minor will guide students to understand how human health is deeply intertwined with the health of animals and the environment, including how disease spreads between animals and humans (zoonotic disease). This foundational knowledge in One Health can be applied in a variety of health promotion programs, prevent the spread of disease, and help prepare students to pursue an advanced degree.

The Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health is dedicated to promoting health and wellness of individuals and communities in the southwest and globally with an emphasis on achieving health equity through excellence in research, teaching, and service. Our Minor in One Health serves as an extension of our mission to promote health and social justice locally and globally.

If you’re interested in how climate change and shifts in human interaction with the natural world affect the health of humans everywhere, this fascinating new realm of public health practice may be the path for you. The more we learn, the more we understand that human health is deeply intertwined with the health of animals and the environment. Students who pursue the new field of study called One Health will look at human health in the context of these deep connections between people and the natural world, especially how disease transmits between animals and humans.

The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) now recognizes the One Health (www.cdc.gov/onehealth) approach as the key to future global health promotion for humans and the environment, and the CDC provides funding for research and health promotion projects based on this comprehensive perspective. To meet the health challenges of a rapidly changing world, new strategies are needed, and One Health will show the way.