USask co-leads of first-ever nationwide One Health training program

A new national training program co-led by the University of Saskatchewan (USask) to prepare and train researchers to identify and prevent the threat of disease against animal and human populations has received federal support.  

The Canadian One Health Training Program on Emerging Zoonoses (COHTPEZ), a first-of-its-kind program in Canada, received $2.7 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).  

The program was co-designed with input from experts at various government and not-for-profit bodies, as well as from academic and research institutes like USask, Dalhousie University, the University of Guelph, the University of Montreal, the University of Toronto and York University.  

The concept of “One Health” is one that understands and investigates how the health of people, animals and the environment are interconnected and reliant on each other.