Medicine of benefit to both animal and human healthComparative medicine and translational
research involves using clinically identified
problems as the basis for
pre-clinical research and development in
human and veterinary medicine, aiming to better understand, treat, or prevent diseases in both humans and animals.
In this issue of the newsletter, we focus on translational and comparative medicine in the context of One Health, highlighting several projects from SLU in this field. As always, we present a selection of One Health research and spotlight young researchers who have recently defended their theses and earned their doctorates. Additionally, you get some tips on upcoming events.
Do you have an SLU project within One Health? Please contact us if you would like to present your research in the newsletter! Enjoy your reading! | | | | | New surgical methods of benefit to both humans and animals
Odd Höglund, at the Department of Clinical Sciences, SLU tells us more about some exciting research projects in translational veterinary medicine and surgery he is currently working on.
| | | | | Unlocking precision diagnostics and targeted therapies for osteoarthritis
Eva Skiöldebrand, professor at the Department of Animal Biosciences (HBIO), is one of the researchers within the translational project “Molecular Profiling of Osteoarthritis: Unlocking Precision Diagnostics and Targeted Therapies”.
| | | | | Win-win for both animal and human patients
Henrik Rönnberg at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) exemplifies the comparative oncology approach within One Health by sharing a project with early clinical results that are highly encouraging ‒ measureable tumor regression in dogs with minimal to no side effects.
| | | | | “Mini-guts” show how parasites infect and how probiotics can help fight them
“We’re building “mini-guts” in the lab from horse and dog cells to study how parasites infect and how probiotics can help fight them. The aim is to find sustainable alternatives to drugs, which parasites are rapidly becoming resistant to”, says SLU researcher Eva Tydén.
Photo: Cajsa Lithell
| | | | | How humans and pets are exposed to environmental chemicals and how this can affect their healthA recording is now available on SLU Play from a short inspirational talk by Ida Hallberg, Department of Clinical Sciences, SLU, at The One Health Breakfast Club on February 4, 2025. Her presentation focused on environmental chemicals and their effects on humans and animals from a One Health perspective. Ida Hallberg's research includes how humans and pets are exposed to environmental chemicals and how this can affect their health, with a focus on fertility. Photo: Eva-Stina Lindell | | | | | |
Theme page: translational and comparative medicineCheck out our new theme page on translational and comparative medicine! The page presents research projects, recorded webinars and publications in the field.
| | | | Researchers explored One Health as an opportunity for interdisciplinary research
Kristina Karlsson Green, Yonas Meheretu and Torun Wallgren, are some of the researchers who joined this year’s Researcher Residency arranged by SLU Future One Health at the Philipsonska gården in Strängnäs. We asked them about their experiences and takeaways from the residency. Photo: Teresia Borgman | | | | | School ground vegetation for health in new dissertation: Congrats to Sanna Ignell! |
What is your research about?
“Urban
school ground vegetation have great effect on health in different ways. It has
the potential to contribute to the health of the children using the school
grounds by affecting their physical activity, providing shadow and thereby
lowering the heat and having positive effect on their immune system. It also
has the potential to contribute to the urban environment by for example
lowering the overall temperature in summer", says new PhD Sanna Ignell,
Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management at SLU in Alnarp. | | | | | | PhD course on One Health: concept, cases and methodology, 3 credits
PhD course on One Health on 13-24 October
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We will give a theoretical overview of what the One Health concept is, and why a One Health approach is necessary to provide efficient solutions to the global challenges of our time. We will describe the benefits (and challenges) of interdisciplinary research and how interdisciplinarity is used in this context. Location: Digitally through Zoom
Last application day: 21 September 2025
| | | | | | Save the date! The One Health Breakfast Club | Our aim with The One Health Breakfast Club is to stimulate interdisciplinary and cross-faculty collaborations. We meet and greet on a regular basis, to hopefully gain some new insights and inspiration while having breakfast together. | Next One Health Breakfast Club: SLU Forest Damage Centre – a knowledge hub to aid forest health and human forest interests under changing climate with Wiebke Neumann, Researcher, Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies in Umeå.
See you there!
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In 1775, Linnaeus' disciple Peter Hernquist was commissioned by King Gustav III to start veterinary education in Sweden. Today, 250 years later, we celebrate this with a jubilee, which not only marks a milestone for the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, but for the entire Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). The Swedish veterinary education is among the oldest in the world and is the oldest part of SLU, which has laid the foundation for the university we know today. At SLU, we are proud to carry on this tradition. Today, veterinary medicine covers many important areas such as animal health, animal welfare, sustainable food production, food safety, zoonotic diseases, and reduced climate impact – all of which are part of what we call One Health. Welcome to celebrate with us! | | | | |
A selection of One Health researchA selection of research projects, publications, as well as research results in the One Health area. (Primarily in English, Swedish if the content is not available in English). Highlights this time: | | | | | Upcoming events- related to One Health | | | | | |
