One Health@Penn
The One Health approach has emerged from the growing recognition of the intimate connection between the health of humans, animals, and the environment. This dependent relationship means that interdisciplinary, multisectoral strategies are needed to address complex health challenges. At Penn, the Environmental Innovations Initiative’s One Health@Penn research community builds on the strengths of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Penn’s Master of Public Health (MPH) Program in the Perelman School of Medicine to engage a broad partnership in tackling daunting global health issues.
Led by Jenni Punt, associate dean for One Health and professor of Immunology at Penn Vet, the OneHealth@Penn research community addresses global concerns like agricultural sustainability, food security, emerging zoonoses, natural and anthropogenic disasters, biodiversity loss, and antimicrobial resistance. One Health@Penn convenes faculty, staff, and students across campus in collaborative opportunities in education and research, such as journal clubs, a seminar series, and course plans.
At the biannual "Bioblitz" at the James G. Kaskey Memorial Park on Penn's campus, faculty, staff, and students investigate biodiversity in a small pocket of urban green space. (Photo: Tommy Leonardi)
Extending and Sustaining the One Health@Penn Research Community
A growing group of Penn educators, investigators, and clinicians dedicated to actualizing the promise of One Health principles established a virtual seminar series featuring short talks by colleagues across Penn Schools. The schedule for the 2025-26 series, focused on the role of animals in environmental health, will explore the interconnectedness of environmental, human, plant and animal health
Everyone is welcome, and can join via Zoom.
Seminar Series Recordings
Recordings from the One Health@Penn Research Community seminar series, which featured members of the Penn community actively engaged in addressing climate challenges, are linked:
- HOW HUMAN-PET RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CAN ENRICH HEALTH by Lauren Powell & PHILADELPHIA PARTNERSHIPS TO EXTEND PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE by Heather Klusaritz Video
- CLIMATE AND EDUCATION by Andrew Hoffman and Sarah Kagan Video
- CONFIDENCE IN VACCINES (AND SCIENCE) by Kristen Feemster. Video
- ENHANCING THE NATURAL RESILIENCE OF PLANTS by Aman Husbands and Brent Helliker. Video
- AIR POLLUTION AND HEALTH IN NAIROBI, KENYA by Susanna Berkouwer & COMMUNITY HEALTH SECURITY; CASE STUDY OF WATER AND HEALTH by Julian Fisher. Video
- DESIGN OF GEOMETRIC MATERIALS FOR A BETTER WORLD by Shu Yang & DESIGN MATTERS by David Gouverneur. Video
- CORAL REEF SURVIVAL IN THE CLIMATE CRISIS by Katie Barrot & CAMPUS-COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS FOR CLIMATE LITERACY by Bethany Wiggin. Video
- CLIMATE EMOTIONS IN THE CLASSROOM by Beth Z. Mark & QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT OF ECO-ANXIETY by Jennifer Pinto-Martin. Video
- CREATING A CLIMATE CURRICULUM FOR FUTURE PHYSICIANS by Farah Hussain & SETTING THE STAGE FOR COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING by Zachary Herrmann. Video
- EARLY LIFE INTERVENTIONS: OPPORTUNITIES TO CURB METHANE EMISSIONS IN DAIRY CATTLE by Dipti Pitta & CLIMATE DERISKING: LESSONS FROM THE U.S. FAILED NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE by Shelley Welton. Video
- GLACIER IMPACTS ON ECOSYSTEM HEALTH by Jon Hawkings & UNDERSTANDING BEHAVIOR CHANGES TOWARDS DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, AND APPLICATION OF THE INTEGRATED THEORIES AND MODELS by Chenyi Ma. Video
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"… a new generation of students with tools to address the ‘wicked problems’ arising from the complex relationship among human, animal, and environmental health - a relationship that is increasingly disrupted by climate change."
– Jenni Punt, Penn Vet