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At the One Health Clinic, a nurse practitioner and veterinarian, often accompanied by veterinary students, provide primary care services while Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ students volunteer as patient navigators, helping to coordinate care and address shared health needs such as extreme weather, environmental contaminants and zoonotic disease. The clinic also helps clients document their pets as emotional support animals, which enables them to access a wider range of housing and other services.  

The case studies in Medicine for a Changing Planet, collated from clinical encounters around the world, support health professionals in recognizing and treating a variety of health-related conditions that can be traced to environmental stressors.

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Center for One Health Research will build “pop-up galleriesâ€� in public spaces around Seattle in October that will use autobiographical photographs taken by people experiencing homelessness with their companion animals. The photos will be accompanied by quotes from the participants about the challenges and the important bonds they share with their animals.

Sparked by a grant from the Ģ¹½ÊÓÆµ Population Health Initiative, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s Center for One Health Research has created a series of pop-up galleries featuring autobiographical photographs made by people experiencing homelessness with their animal companions. The first gallery was Oct. 4 in Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s Red Square. Other pop-up gallery events are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 7, at Occidental Square in Seattle’s Pioneer Square district; Oct. 10 in Seattle’s Cal Anderson Park; and Oct. 13 in the Ballard Commons Park. The…