One Health Institute

Happy ! At the One Health Institute, we're proud to support the next generation of One Health leaders tackling environmental health challenges with opportunities for student funding, training, and field-based learning. Our latest collaboration is with UC Nature & Sentinel Sites for the 2026 Nature Summer Research Fellowship and we look forward to sharing updates from the selected students later this year!

We're committed to advancing environmental health and empowering future leaders to address the impacts of climate change through a One Health approach.

As highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) continues impacting wildlife globally, some of the world’s most endangered seabirds, including albatrosses and petrels, face growing risk.

Spearheaded by Latin America Program scientist Dr. Ralph Vanstreels, a new publication in Biodiversity Data Journal introduces the first openly accessible global database focused specifically on H5N1 outbreaks in these species.

Developed through the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP), this resource helps researchers, governments, conservation teams, and other decision-makers around the world track and respond to the rapidly evolving impacts of H5N1 across remote marine ecosystems.

Image description: Two gray and brown birds looking at each other with a gray sky background.

Have you listened to The Scientess Podcast yet? This new podcast from Dr. Karen Levy highlights the joy of science and the many paths women take to build meaningful careers in the field.

Episode 4 features Dr. Pat Conrad, whose career has shaped generations of scientists. After 33+ years, she retired as a distinguished professor of parasitology. In her career, she served as Associate Dean for Global Programs at UC Davis Weill School of Veterinary Medicine and Co-Director of UC Global Health Institute. Dr. Conrad has also been a longtime collaborator with the One Health Institute and a mentor to many, including our executive director, Dr. Woutrina Smith!

In this episode, she reflects on the path that led her to science, what has kept her inspired along the way, and why mentorship matters.

Tune in to hear her story and the impact one career in science can have across generations: www.scientess.org/ep-04-pat-conrad

Image description: A portrait of Dr. Pat Conrad outdoors, standing in front of a soft, natural background. She is wearing a green scarf and looking toward the camera.