MSc One Health: Ecosystems, Humans and Animals

MSc One Health: Ecosystems, Humans and Animals

This program is delivered jointly by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and the Royal Veterinary College (RVC). It addresses a broad range of topics under the One Health paradigm and provides a foundation in the principles of diseases in the context of sociological systems, global health and food safety. Students develop skills related to methodology, transdisciplinary interactions and using a systems approach.

Objectives

By the end of this program, students should be able to:

• understand the One Health concept and approach problem solving using a transdisciplinary methodology
• understand the origin, context and drivers of infectious disease at the human, animal and environment interface
• evaluate impacts of multi-host infections on human, animal and ecosystem health and economics directly, or indirectly via food, vectors or the environment
• develop a One Health systems approach to complex disease issues in monitoring, surveillance, diagnosis, prevention and control
• critically review published literature
• design and complete a research project (MSc only)