The College of Veterinary Medicine aims to reveal and resolve the increasingly intertwined elements of animal and human health in our environment based on the concept of One Medicine One Science.  Researchers in the College are uniquely positioned to respond to current and emerging problems at the interface of animal health, human health, and the environment.  Our efforts are organized around three Signature Programs:

• Comparative Medicine
• Population Systems
• Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases

Caffeinated Conversations on Research
3rd Thursdays, 3:30 p.m., 213 Pomeroy

• December 3, Changes to NIH submission policies and peer review
• December 17

CVM Research Seminar (CMB 8570)
Wednesdays, 3:00 p.m., 125 AS/VM

CMB Graduate Student Seminar (CMB 8550)
Tuesdays, 12:00 noon, 215 Vet Science

CVM-led USAID grant will create global training programs to respond to emerging zoonotic disease threats

Experts from the College of Veterinary Medicineand acrossthe U of M will soon be on the front lines working to help developing countries better respond to emerging animal diseases that pose a threat to human health. The University of Minnesota is part of a multidisciplinary team that will implement a USAID program with funding up to $185 million that will work to pre-empt or combat the first stages of emerging zoonotic pandemics — diseases that can spread between animals and humans.  Read more...