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Mission & Strategic Plan

The Center’s mission is to “make life better” by challenging limits, extending bold, inclusive programs, and developing new partnerships with academia, industry, private foundations, and donors

Mission

The internationally awarded One Health Microbiome Center cultivates and disseminates lasting microbiome applications and knowledge. It integrates expertise in agricultural, environmental, and biomedical microbiome sciences through a comprehensive One Health vision. The Center fosters long-term collaborations while providing the infrastructure and resources needed to advance transformative, interdisciplinary microbiome scholarship locally, nationally, and globally.

Strategic Plan

The strategic plan aims to uphold the One Health Microbiome Center as a global leader in microbiome research, education, and outreach. The center stands ready to adapt, advance the field of microbiome science, and contribute to solving real-world problems.

  1. Destination One Health Microbiome Center

    OHMC will define the gold standard for microbiome scholarship, training, alliances, and workforce development. As the most integrated and unsiloed microbiome unit, OHMC will serve as the sought-after destination of scholars at all ranks in the global microbiome community.

  2. Research infrastructure

    OHMC will continue to evolve state-of-the-art and cutting-edge technologies, equipment, and ideas to facilitate microbiome scholarship. OHMC will empower and lead local research communities, as well as global scientific communities.

  3. Education and outreach

    OHMC will create educational and outreach programs to increase public awareness and understanding of microbiomes and their roles in diverse ecosystems. OHMC will also develop educational and training programs for students and early-career researchers to help them acquire the necessary skills and knowledge to succeed in scientific research.

  4. Interdisciplinary collaborations

    OHMC will promote interdisciplinary collaborations between researchers from different fields, including, but not limited to, the life sciences, physical sciences, arts, humanities, and social sciences to address complex and impactful microbiome-related opportunities. OHMC interactions will engage industry, foundation, donor, and government partnerships.