Research Cooperations
Research in the field of One Health requires interdisciplinary collaboration across institutional boundaries. Complementing HIOH's core scientific focus and expertise, close cooperation with the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, our founding partners – the University of Greifswald, University Medicine Greifswald and the Friedrich Loeffler Institute – as well as with national and international partners, strengthens our research excellence.
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Local Partners
The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), the University of Greifswald, the University Medicine Greifswald and the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute (FLI; Federal Research Institute for Animal Health) jointly founded the Helmholtz Institute for One Health (HIOH) in Greifswald in 2022. Together, they combine complementary expertise in infection research, medicine, veterinary science and population-based health research.
In addition to its founding partners, HIOH collaborates closely with local partner institutions in Greifswald and the surrounding region, such as with the Greifswald Mire Centre. These collaborations strengthen regional research networks and support the integration of environmental, human and animal health perspectives.
National Cooperations
Beyond the local context, HIOH maintains collaborations with a broad range of national partner institutions across Germany. This includes close cooperation with other institutes in the HZI family, such as the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) and TWINCORE – Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, as well as collaborations with the following national partner institutions:
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg
Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus–Senftenberg
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
German Primate Center (DPZ), Göttingen
Free University of Berlin
Helmholtz Centre Munich
Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences
Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich
Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Berlin
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig
Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell
Philipps University of Marburg
Robert Koch Institute, Berlin
Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz
University Hospital Essen
University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel
University of Leipzig
University of Osnabrück
WWF Germany
International Cooperation
To effectively implement the One Health concept, interdisciplinary research at HIOH is strengthened through collaborations with international partner institutions worldwide.
Natural History Museum Vienna, Austria
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria
University of Vienna, Austria
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
University of Antwerp, Belgium
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
University of Tartu, Estonia
Centre for International Cooperation in Agronomic Research for Development (CIRAD), Paris, France
Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Lyon, France
Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), Montpellier, France
Sorbonne University, Paris, France
University of Toulouse, France
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
University of Bologna, Italy
University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
University of Groningen, Netherlands
Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland
Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden
University of Basel, Switzerland
Animal and Plant Health Agency, Addlestone, United Kingdom
MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom
University College London (UCL), United Kingdom
University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
University of Exeter, United Kingdom
University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
University of Leicester, United Kingdom
Center for Research on Emerging and Re-Emerging Diseases (CREMER), Yaounde, Cameroon
WWF Cameroon, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Institut Pasteur de Bangui, Central African Republic
Laboratoire Central Vétérinaire (LACEVET), Bangui, Central African Republic
Laboratoire National de Biologie Clinique et Santé Publique, Bangui, Central African Republic
WWF CAR, Bangui/Bayanga, Central African Republic
Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Bouaké (CHUB), Côte d’Ivoire
Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire (CSRS), Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Félix Houphouët-Boigny University (UFHB), Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Office Ivoirien des Parcs et Réserves (OIPR), Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Plateforme Une Seule Santé, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Taï Chimpanzee Project (TCP), Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Université Peleforo Gon Coulibaly (UPGC) Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
Wild Chimpanzee Foundation (WCF), Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
WWF DRC, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
International Centre for Medical Research in Franceville (CIRMF), Gabon
Research Institute for Tropical Ecology (IRET), Libreville, Gabon
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya
Goualougo Triangle Ape Project, Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park (Sangha region), Republic of the Congo
Project Bwanga, Northern Republic of the Congo
École Inter-États des Sciences et Médecine Vétérinaires de Dakar, Senegal
National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Mbeya, Tanzania
Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Uganda Wildlife Authority, Mbale City, Uganda
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, Canada
Columbia University, New York, USA
Duke University, Durham, USA
Emory University, Atlanta, USA
Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
Indiana University Bloomington, USA
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), USA
University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA
University of Notre Dame, USA
Walter Reed Army Institute or Research (WRAIR), Silver Spring, USA
Contact
We are always open to new collaborations. If you have ideas, proposals or questions, please feel free to contact us at: hioh-director(at)helmholtz-hzi.de.


