WHAT IF...
We could create a healthier world for ourselves?
Humans have created technological wonders, but in the process have impacted our water, air and earth in ways that can be detrimental to animal, human and environmental health. Our scientists are working to identify and address issues to improve the health of our world.
Advancing Environmental Health at UC Davis Veterinary Medicine
Shapiro Lab
The Shapiro Lab researches protozoan pathogen pollution in diverse environmental matrices (including water and foods), innovative pathogen detection, and clinical diagnostics and molecular characterization of parasites in animal hosts, including domestic animals and wildlife.
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The Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center
The Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center (WHC) advances the health of wildlife in balance with people and the environment through science, technology and education. The center includes Gorilla Docs, SeaDocs, the Oiled Wildlife Care Network, the Latin America Program, among others.
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UC Global Health Institute Planetary Health Center of Expertise
Co-led by UC Davis professor Dr. Woutrina Smith, The Planetary Health Center of Expertise (PHCOE) addresses complex global issues that arise from the effects of climate change, rapidly growing populations and limited food and natural resources. The PHCOE draws on the resources of all ten UC campuses and two national laboratories.
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Global Health
"The school’s Rx One Health field course presented itself as the perfect opportunity to learn about the connectedness of things. For example, we learned how maintaining healthy watersheds is crucial to maintaining healthy ecosystems and communities."
— Peruvian Ph.D. student Andrea Lavarello Schettini, DVM, MPH, (left) with Rx One Health classmates
Let’s do it…together
Help make these “What ifs” a reality.