» Competition 16: The Marlene M. Johnson Innovation Challenge for U.S.-Cuba, Caribbean, and Central American Academic Mobility

One Health in Cuba

Michigan State University, Michigan, United States
Universidad de La Habana, Cuba
Escuela Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuba
Marian University, Indiana, United States
Meharry Medical College, Tennessee, U.S.
Western Michigan University, Michigan, U.S.

One Health in Cuba

Michigan State University, in partnership with Universidad de La Habana, is redesigning their existing health course to integrate medical, nursing and veterinary students so that an interdisciplinary team will be able to work collaboratively in a health care environment. Through the grant, Michigan State University will create additional capacity on their campus as well as build the capacity of its U.S. partners, Marian University, Meharry Medical College and Western Michigan College, so that they can develop their own interdisciplinary courses and international programs to Cuba through several developmental workshops at MSU. The integration of the One Health discipline and working with students from other universities will prepare faculty from the partnering institutions to address cultural and societal issues collaboratively instead of through linear decision-making.


Universidad Estatal de Michigan, Michigan, EE.UU.
Universidad de La Habana, Cuba
Escuela Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuba
Marian University, Michigan, EE.UU.
Meharry Medical College, EE.UU.
Western Michigan University, EE.UU.

One Health en Cuba

La Universidad Estatal de Michigan, en colaboración con la Universidad de La Habana, está rediseñando su actual curso de salud para integrar a estudiantes de medicina, enfermería y veterinaria, dando forma a un equipo interdisciplinario que podrá trabajar conjuntamente en un ambiente de atención médica. A través de la beca, la Universidad Estatal de Michigan generará capacidad adicional en su campus, al tiempo que fomentará la capacidad de sus asociados estadounidenses, Marian University, Meharry Medical College, y Western Michigan College, de modo que puedan desarrollar sus propios cursos interdisciplinarios y programas internacionales en Cuba. Esto se logrará a través de diversos talleres de desarrollo en MSU. La integración de la disciplina One Health, junto al trabajo con estudiantes de otras universidades prepararán al profesorado de las instituciones asociadas para abordar problemas culturales y sociales en forma colaborativa, reemplazando la toma de decisiones lineales.

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