Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses
CPHAZ is awarded $1 million from the
Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
The Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses is thrilled to announce that we have received $1 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s New Initiatives Fund. The funding goes towards infrastructural support for equipment and facilities for the CPHAZ to conduct state-of-the-art research in animal-related aspects of public health, particularly zoonotic diseases. “There are a lot of people working on public health issues,” Jan Sargeant, Director of CPHAZ, said. “The CFI funds will provide unique resources aimed at enhancing collaboration between basic scientists and field researchers. Zoonotic diseases are complex and finding solutions will require scientists from all disciplines working together”. The laboratories began construction in December of 2010 and are scheduled to open in the Summer of 2011. Click here for a description of the labs, including a sneak peak at some of the available equipment. We will be updating with more details soon.
Please visit the U of G home page for more details. A full listing of all the award recipients can be found on the Canada Foundation for Innovation website.
The Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) has a tradition of excellence in research and education in public health at the human-animal-environmental interface. Researchers at OVC enjoy close collaborations in public health research and teaching with other faculty at the University of Guelph, as well as colleagues from other universities and animal health and public health organizations.
The Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses (CPHAZ) was established in 2006, to coordinate existing public health research and promote new collaborative research activities designed to enhance our capacity to solve problems and implement solutions in public health at the human-animal-environmental interface and to expand the pool of educated personnel able to address the public health needs of the population.
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