One Health

One Health

– A Multidisciplinary Quest for Optimal Global Health

Photo by Isabel Moreno, 2024. Deployment of passive atmospheric samples at Chacaltaya Station C6 (5050 meters above sea level, Bolivia) 

Research activity

One Health integrates diverse disciplines in a collective effort to study the health of people, wildlife, and our environment from local to global scales. Our team investigates the organic and inorganic stressors impacting global ecosystems, biodiversity, and their interactions with climate change across multiple dimensions.

One Health Dimensions

  • Bio-Species Scope: We examine the worldwide distribution and health implications for both flora and fauna.
  • Geographic Breadth: Our research spans from the deepest ocean trenches to the highest peaks, across freshwater, marine, and terrestrial domains, touching the three poles and the seven seas.
  • Stressor Diversity: Our focus ranges from semi-volatile substances and microplastics to complex chemical mixtures, including unknown or variable composition, complex reaction products or of biological materials (UVCBs).

Innovative Methodologies and State-of-the-Art Facilities

Central to our research are the novel methodologies we have been developing for analysis, sampling, in vivo bioconcentration, and modeling of chemical stressors. Our work is supported by the advanced MIX Mark 2 (MIX II) laboratory, housed in D2-143, which features a laminar clean bench for precise trace analysis, ensuring the highest standards of research integrity.