RCN: EcoHealth Net 2.0: A One Health approach to disease ecology research & education

EcoHealthNet 2.0是由生态健康联盟领导的全球研究协调网络，由来自美国和海外的一批强大的科学家和机构合作伙伴领导。全球卫生界正面临与传染病有关的日益复杂的挑战。大多数新出现的疾病，如埃博拉病毒、寨卡病毒、SARS和大流行性流感，都源于动物种群。当人们改变他们的环境(例如，农业扩张、砍伐森林)，从而增加了野生动物、牲畜和人类社区之间的接触时，许多疾病暴发就会发生。目前，由于本科生、研究生或专业阶段跨学科培训的机会有限，科学家、公共卫生从业人员和政策制定者没有为应对复杂的全球卫生挑战做好充分准备。EcoHealth Net 2.0项目旨在改变目前的科学教育格局，培养新一代跨学科科学家，他们将为研究、预防和应对环境变化和传染病做好更好的准备。该项目将在全球范围内为数以千计的学生和教育工作者开发和提供内容，指导生态健康研究科学家，并在来自不同学科的科学家和政策制定者之间建立持久的联系，使他们在事业发展和面临全球卫生领域的复杂挑战时保持联系。EcoHealthNet 2.0将把来自医学、生态学、兽医、流行病学、微生物学、人类学、气候科学、数据科学和经济学领域的世界级研究科学家与来自世界各地的本科生和研究生联系起来，推进One Health研究和教育。该计划有三个核心活动：(1)教学培训：将在合作大学举办精选讲座，以及三个为期一周的研讨会，为来自美国和海外的本科生和研究生提供多学科的教育机会。研讨会将教授疾病生态学、科学传播和政策领域的应用技能，提供与工作专业人员和研究科学家的面对面接触时间。讲座将在网上公开直播，覆盖全球数千名学生和教育工作者。(2)体验式学习：本科生和研究生将被竞争性地选拔参加指导研究项目，教授One Health原理和研究方法。(3)专业网络：参与者将连接到科学机构和专业科学与政策协会，如美国地质勘探局国家野生动物健康中心、美国国际开发署、医学研究所、联合国粮食及农业组织、国际生态与健康协会和南亚一个健康联盟。

EcoHealthNet 2.0 is global research coordination network led by EcoHealth Alliance and a strong array of scientists and institutional partners from the US and abroad. The global health community is facing increasingly complex challenges related to infectious disease. The majority of emerging diseases, such as Ebola virus, Zika virus, SARS and pandemic influenza originate in animal populations. Many disease outbreaks occur when people alter their environment (e.g., agricultural expansion, deforestation) such that contact between wildlife, livestock, and human communities is increased. Currently, scientists, public health practitioners, and policy makers are not adequately prepared to address complex global health challenges due to limited opportunities for interdisciplinary training at undergraduate, graduate or professional stages. The EcoHealth Net 2.0 project is designed to change the current science education landscape and develop a new generation of interdisciplinary scientists who will be better prepared to study, prevent and respond to environmental changes and infectious disease. This project will develop and deliver content to thousands of students and educators on a global scale, mentor ecohealth research scientists, and create lasting connectivity among scientists and policy makers from different disciplines as they advance in their careers and face complex challenges in global health. EcoHealthNet 2.0 will connect world-class research scientists from fields of medicine, ecology, veterinary medicine, epidemiology, microbiology, anthropology, climate science, data science, and economics with undergraduate and graduate STEM students from around the world to advance One Health research and education. The program has three core activities: (1) Didactic training: Selected lectures will be hosted at partner universities coupled with three 1-week workshops that will provide multidisciplinary educational opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students from the US and abroad. Workshops will teach applied skills in fields of disease ecology, science communication, and policy, providing in-person contact time with working professionals and research scientists. Lectures will be publicly webcast, reaching thousands of students and educators globally. (2) Experiential learning: Undergraduate and graduate students will be competitively selected to participate in mentored research projects that teach One Health principles and research methods. (3) Professional networking: Participants will be connected to scientific agencies and professional science and policy associations such as the USGS National Wildlife Health Center, the US Agency for International Development, the Institute of Medicine, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Association for Ecology and Health, and the One Health Alliance of South Asia.