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Complementary Research Themes

The 4 NCOH strategic research themes are complementary and interactive. They focus on studying the interactions and connections between human, veterinary, wildlife, and environmental health in pursuit of durable solutions to grand societal challenges requiring a One Health approach.

Smart and Healthy farming: NCOH-SHF

NCOH-SHF aims to improve animal health and reduce or eliminate human health risks arising from livestock and food production through use-inspired, fundamental, translational, and applied research, contributing to more robust animals, early signaling of health-disease status of the animal (animal signals of disturbance of health) with new biomarkers and smart and healthy farming practices.

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Strategic Research Agenda of NCOH-SHF

For development of concrete solutions to One Health challenges, NCOH has a common strategic research agenda (SRA). This SRA defines nine Solution Sets for its four Strategic Research Themes. The Solution Sets are a combination of projects that span from predictive and fundamental research to preventive strategies, treatment strategies, and policy-oriented research (patient/host and population).

The Solution Sets of NCOH-SHF constitute this theme’s Strategic Research Agenda (SRA). The goal of NCOH-SHF is to reduce or eliminate human health risks arising from livestock and food production.

Contact NCOH-SHF

For more information about our research theme Smart and Healthy Farming please contact prof. dr. Wim van der Poel (Wageningen University & Research), Scientific Director NCOH-SHF.

Emerging Infectious Diseases Preparedness: NCOH-EID

NCOH-EID aims to improve research and veterinary and public health preparedness for (re-)emerging infectious diseases. It will do so by providing fundamental insights into host, microbial, and environmental factors leading to disease . Moreover, to translate this into improved prediction, detection, prevention, and control strategies in a time frame that is compatible with fast-spreading Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID).

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Strategic Research Agenda of NCOH-EID

For development of concrete solutions to One Health challenges, NCOH has a common strategic research agenda (SRA). This SRA defines nine Solution Sets for its four Strategic Research Themes. The Solution Sets are a combination of projects that span from predictive and fundamental research to preventive strategies, treatment strategies, and policy-oriented research (patient/host and population).

The Solution Sets of NCOH-EID constitute this theme’s Strategic Research Agenda (SRA). The goal of NCOH-EID is to improve veterinary and public health preparedness to (re-)emerging infectious diseases.

Contact NCOH-EID

For more information about our research theme Emerging Infectious Diseases Preparedness please contact prof. dr. Marion Koopmans (Erasmus University), Scientific Director NCOH-EID.

Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance: NCOH-AMR

NCOH-AMR aims to decrease the morbidity and mortality of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections in humans through use-inspired, excellent, fundamental, translational, and applied One Health research on antimicrobial resistance.

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Strategic Research Agenda of NCOH-AMR

For development of concrete solutions to One Health challenges, NCOH has a common strategic research agenda (SRA). This SRA defines nine Solution Sets for its four Strategic Research Themes. The Solution Sets are a combination of projects that span from predictive and fundamental research to preventive strategies, treatment strategies, and policy-oriented research (patient/host and population).

The Solution Sets of NCOH-AMR constitute this theme’s Strategic Research Agenda (SRA). The goal of NCOH-AMR is to decrease the morbidity and mortality of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections in humans.

Embedded within NCOH-AMR, the Netherlands Antibiotic Development Platform (NADP) provides a platform for public-private partnerships for the Solution Sets “New Antibiotics” and “New Alternatives”.

Contact NCOH-AMR

For more information about our research theme Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance, please contact prof. dr. Mark de Boer (LUMC), Scientific Director NCOH-AMR.

Healthy Wildlife and Ecosystems: NCOH-HWE

NCOH-HWE aims to decrease the detrimental effects of wildlife-related disease on human health, livestock production systems, and ecosystems through understanding, anticipation and (potential) prevention of environmental factors driving spread of wildlife diseases using an integrated, multidisciplinary approach.

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Strategic Research Agenda of NCOH-HWE

For development of concrete solutions to One Health challenges, NCOH has a common strategic research agenda (SRA). This SRA defines nine Solution Sets for its four Strategic Research Themes. The Solution Sets are a combination of projects that span from predictive and fundamental research to preventive strategies, treatment strategies, and policy-oriented research (patient/host and population).

The Solution Sets of NCOH-HWE constitute this theme’s Strategic Research Agenda (SRA). The goal of NCOH-HWE is to decrease effects of wildlife-related disease on human health, livestock production systems, and ecosystems.

 

Contact NCOH-HWE

For more information about our research theme Healthy Wildlife and Ecosystems please contact prof. dr. ir. Lidwien Smit (University of Utrecht), Scientific Director NCOH-HWE.