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Across the world, increasingly complex health and environmental challenges have arisen due to globalization, climate change, and other factors. The One Health framework aims to address these challenges using an integrated, transdisciplinary approach that recognizes the interdependence of human and ecological health. One Health seeks to simultaneously improve the well-being of humans, domestic and wild animals, and the environment, with areas of focus including vector-borne and other infectious diseases, food and water safety, and antimicrobial resistance, among many others. To address these challenges, coordination is required between health and governance systems that vary in structure and resilience across geographies and across community, regional, and global levels. The One Health guiding principle can help facilitate cooperation between stakeholders across these different systems; however, challenges remain in putting this holistic principle into practice. 

This Collection welcomes original research on all aspects of One Health, with the aim of showcasing a broad range of perspectives that explore potential solutions and future directions in this area. 

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3.

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  • Lauren E. Charles, DVM, PhD , 

    Lauren E. Charles, DVM, PhD

    Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Washington, USA Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, Washington State University, Washington, USA.

  • Yinzi Jin, PhD , 

    Yinzi Jin, PhD

    School of Public Health, Peking University, China

  • Balbir Bagicha Singh Dhaliwal, PhD , 

    Balbir Bagicha Singh Dhaliwal, PhD

    Centre for One Health, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, India.

  • Michael Tong, MBBS, MPH, PhD  &

    Michael Tong, MBBS, MPH, PhD

    National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, ANU College of Health and Medicine, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

  • Sandul Yasobant, PhD

    Sandul Yasobant, PhD

    Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar (IIPHG), India University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Lauren E. Charles, DVM, PhD, Chief Data Scientist, AI and Data Analytics Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Washington, USA; Research Professor, Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, Washington State University, Washington, USA
Lauren Charles is a Chief Data Scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and joint Research Professor at Washington State University Paul Allen School for Global Health. By combining her technical multidisciplinary data science background with subject matter expertise in human, animal, plant, and environmental health, she takes an AI-driven One Health approach, focused on integrating heterogenous data sources, to develop explainable and trustworthy tools for early warning, prediction, and mitigation of health threats. Dr. Charles has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2023.

Yinzi Jin, PhD, Research Professor, School of Public Health, Peking University, China. 
Yinzi Jin is a Research Professor at the Department of Global Health, School of Public Health, Peking University. Dr. Jin’s research focuses on global health systems, universal health coverage, global health governance, and development assistance for health. Dr Jin has been an Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports since 2024.

 

 

Balbir Bagicha Singh Dhaliwal, PhD, Professor, Centre for One Health, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, India.
Balbir Bagicha Singh Dhaliwal is a passionate epidemiologist with master’s in veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health (with Merit) from the Royal Veterinary College and post-doctoral Fellowship from The University of Sydney. Dr. Singh Dhaliwal has more than 20 years of experience in conducting research in veterinary epidemiology, zoonoses and public health. He is highly skilled and adept in surveillance, health economics, risk factor investigation, risk analysis, disease modelling, and outbreak investigation. Dr. Singh Dhaliwal is dedicated to eliminating the spread of zoonotic and infectious diseases by recommending effective disease prevention and control measures using a One Health approach. He is currently employed as Professor, Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health at the Centre for One Health, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, India. Additional appointments include Honorary lecturer at the Sydney School of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, Australia and Adjunct professor at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.  Dr. Singh Dhaliwal has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2024.

Michael Tong, MBBS, MPH, PhD, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, ANU College of Health and Medicine, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Michael Tong is a Senior Research Fellow in the Environment, Climate and Health Group at the ANU National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health. He is an experienced medical science and public health researcher with a strong background in environmental health, climate change, epidemiology, risk assessment, healthcare cost evaluation, public and community health promotion, and vulnerable population health research. Dr. Tong has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2024..
 

Sandul Yasobant, PhD, MPH
Asst. Professor, Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar (IIPHG), India 
Co-Lead, Centre for One Health Education, Research & Development (COHERD), IIPHG, India
Lead, Global One Health, Institute for Hygiene and Public Health, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Sandul Yasobant is working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Health Sciences, Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar (IIPHG), India. He is Co-Leading the Centre for One Health Education, Research & Development (COHERD) at the IIPHG and Leading the Global One Health Working Group at the IHPH, Germany. His research areas of expertise are One Health and Disease Prevention, Health Policy and Systems Research and Operational Research, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology & Biostatistics. Dr. Yasobant has conducted extensive research in Southeast Asia and is currently engaged in research activities in India and Ghana. Dr. Yasobant has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2024.