Innovative solutions to global infectious disease challenges
The Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health is dedicated to helping people worldwide live healthy lives by deepening our understanding of disease transmission, prevention, and control, without respect to borders. To advance this mission, Allen School scientists seek innovative solutions to global infectious disease challenges through research, education, global outreach, and application of disease control at the animal-human interface.
Among the strategic priorities in which the School is engaged:
Research and intervention
WSU researchers are pursuing new approaches to control both animal and human diseases by focusing on basic processes in infectious diseases. This focus includes major efforts dedicated to detection of emerging animal diseases with the potential to be transmitted to humans, development of life-saving vaccines to control major diseases in livestock, and delivery of life-saving discoveries about major infectious diseases of animals to health partners worldwide.
Education
The Allen School educates graduate students prepared to assume leadership roles in addressing global animal health-related issues. The program integrates research on disease transmission and prevention with preparation in economics, policy, and political science. Currently, more than 35 students from 16 countries are pursuing master’s or doctoral degrees in global animal health.
Outreach
The Allen School has partnered with public and private organizations and agencies worldwide to fulfill its mission of helping people live healthy lives. Among the recent activities: participation in the Pacific Health Summit, which connects top decision-makers in science, industry, and policy to build a healthier world; leadership in promoting World Rabies Day, a worldwide effort to raise awareness of the disease and ways to prevent it; and, together with partners at the Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute, the Veterinary Investigation Centre, and Glasgow University, establishment of laboratory facilities in northern Tanzania that serve the animal and public health mission.
