PENNSYLVANIA ONE HEALTH CONSORTIUM
About PAOHC
The University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health coordinates the Pennsylvania One Health Consortium (PAOHC), serving the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to improve the health and well-being of humans, animals, plants and the environment. The One Health Consortium serves as a transdisciplinary resource of research, education, policy and community engagement for our commonwealth and the region.
Mission
Advance One Health in Pennsylvania by building cross-sector partnerships that support research, education, and community engagement. These efforts strengthen science, practice, and policy to improve health for people, animals, plants, and ecosystems.
Vision
A resilient Pennsylvania where healthy communities, thriving farms and wildlife, robust plant health, and healthy ecosystems strengthen one another for generations.
One Health
One Health is an integrated, unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals and ecosystems. It recognizes the health of humans, domestic and wild animals, plants, and the wider environment (including ecosystems) are closely linked and inter-dependent.
The approach mobilizes multiple sectors, disciplines and communities at varying levels of society to work together to foster well-being and tackle threats to health and ecosystems, while addressing the collective need for clean water, energy and air, safe and nutritious food, taking action on climate changes and contributing to sustainable development.
This definition was adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2021.
Announcements
Ananias A. Escalante - Professor, College of Science and Technology, Department of Biology, Temple University was selected as an AAAS fellow in the Section on Biological Sciences.
Melissa Bilec - George M. and Eva M. Bevier Endowed Chair, Swanson School of Engineering has been newly appointed as distinguished professors and named/endowed chairs in 2025.
Maureen Lichtveld - Dean, School of Public Health, Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health, Jonas Salk Chair in Population Health was Elected to Governing NAM Council, National Academy of Medicine.
James Holt - VMD, Visiting Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh has been given honorary diplomate status with the American Veterinary and One Health Society.