COHA is comprised of veterinary schools partnered with medical and other colleagues through a National Institutes of Health-sponsored Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA). Our mission is to advance understanding of diseases shared by humans and animals. We leverage expertise of physicians, research scientists, veterinarians, and other professionals to solve medical problems and address the well-being of humans, animals and the environment.
Responsibilities
COHA member institutions are expected to:
- Participate fully in Alliance activities including nominating participants for subcommittee membership and leadership roles. Subcommittees and their purpose are:
- Clinical studies – facilitate translational medicine by establishing procedures for multi-institutional veterinary clinical studies
- Clinician-scientist education – expand transdisciplinary opportunities for clinical and translational research training for health professionals
- Biorepository – create resources that provide archival access to characterized and phenotyped samples from veterinary patients
- Communication/collaboration – foster research collaborations and encourage trans-disciplinary, translational grant seeking, publication and communication
- Communicate COHA activities, accomplishments and opportunities for collaboration to your CTSA partners.
- Contribute (CURRENT $X AMOUNT) annually to a COHA pilot grant research fund administered on COHA’s behalf by the Association of American Veterinary Medical Schools (AAVMC).
Current Members
Auburn University
Colorado State University
- College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
- Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
Cornell University
Kansas State University
North Carolina State University
- College of Veterinary Medicine/Comparative Medicine Institute
- North Carolina Translational & Clinical Sciences Institute
Purdue University
The Ohio State University
Tufts University
University of California Davis
University of Florida
University of Georgia
University of Minnesota
University of Missouri
University of Pennsylvania
University of Wisconsin Madison
Virginia Tech
- Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
- Integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia
How to Apply
Please collate the following materials into a single PDF file and send to Ms. Lori Muhr, [email protected].
Institutional partners
- Name and location of each institution (city, state)
- Website URL for each partner institution program
- Contact information (name, title, mailing address, email, phone) for:
- Primary veterinary contact
- CTSA principal investigator
- Partnership description
Essays
Please answer the following questions in your application.
- What is the relationship between your veterinary school and your medical CTSA partner?
- Include structure of CTSA-sponsored network, the role played by the veterinary school and scope of work (e. g., do veterinary school personnel direct a core or program, teach CTSA courses, participate on CTSA funded projects, serve administrative roles, hold leadership responsibilities, other)?
- Are you explicitly included in the CTSA budget? If so, in what way (e. g., support for personnel, projects, service core)?
- Indicate if participation with CTSA partners is in the context of a One Health signature program or area of emphasis.
- Describe approximately how often key veterinary personnel communicate with the CTSA PI or leadership team at your institution and in what mode.
- List and briefly describe 2–3 specific examples of the veterinary school’s partnership with the CTSA in each of the following areas:
- teaching and pedagogy
- translational One Health research.
Letters of support
Please provide letters of support from:
- veterinary school dean
- CTSA PI.
Questions about Membership?
Please direct any questions about COHA membership to Ms. Lori Muhr, [email protected].