Hokkaido University

WISE Program for One Health Frontier
Graduate School of Excellence

Ally course

What is Ally course?
•The Ally course is a new system in which graduate
students at each school / university can participate intraining courses offered by WISE Program while still
affiliated with their own graduate school.

•There will be various exchanges with 20 graduate
students who belong to the WISE Program for One
Health Frontier Graduate School of Excellence.

•To realize One Health, experts produced in WISE program are required tobecome leaders of One Health, and it is also necessary for experts fromvarious fields to participate in this initiative.

•The One Health Module in this program is practical education provided
through industry-academia-government collaboration with the units of theDDC Center at its center.

•The participation of graduate school students from both humanities andsciences in this exceptional module allows students from different
backgrounds to interact with each other, leading to future interdisciplinary
activities.

•This will be a meaningful course for students who are interested ininternational organizations and overseas activities but who have no suchopportunities.

Ally course consists 4 sub-modules.
The Ally course consists of the following four sub-modules.
The amount of time required for study is equivalent to about 8 credits
when converted to credits. Those who complete the course will begiven a certificate of completion of the course.
 Sub-Module 1： OH seminar
Learning of basics of One Health Sub-Module 2： OH transferable skill training
Development of universal ability, including explanation and debate capabilities,
through group work for problem-solving and policy planning Sub-Module 3： OH collaborative training
Cultivation of an ability to collaborate through participation in joint researchand support for conferences by international administrative organizations
 Sub-Module 4： OH on site training
Experience of the One Health approach through overseas practical classSub-module 1OH seminar Learn about One Health through anomnibus class.
 The purpose of this seminar is tohave a concrete image of One Healthfrom the history and actual activities
of One Health.

① History of OH② OH International Framework③ Infectious disease measures④ Environmental health measures⑤ Practice example 1 of OH activity⑥ Practice example 2 of OH activity⑦ Practice example 3 of OH activity

Sub-module ２
OH transferable skill training Group work focusing on problem-solving simulation.
 Participate in join such as activities;

WorkshopTwice a year, problem-solving simulation classes are held in a workshop format.

SaSSOHThe Sapporo Summer Symposium for One Health (SaSSOH) run by young faculty is aninternational symposium. This is a cross-disciplinary symposium that is held by young
researchers and students, while also inviting prominent researchers from Japan and overseas.

DebateIt is a debate that students enthusiastically discuss.

SM2 example:SaSSOH

Sapporo Summer Symopsium for One Heath
An international symposium planned and implemented bystudents and young faculty members to cultivate students’
independence, communication skills and planning ability.

https://sassoh.vetmed.hokudai.ac.jp/

SaSSOH 2020: we will hold A VIRTUAL FORMATONLY to create online opportunities.

Sub-module ３
OH collaborative training①
In the sub-module 3 at the Ally course, students will receive practical training to acquire
skills to collaborate with human resources from different research fields. For example,students participate in the following activities.

Example 1) Experience the activities of international organizations through administrative
support such as the preparation, operation, and reporting of meetings held by internationalorganizations.
 WISE program will collaborate with WHO-CC (Collaborating Centers) and OIE-RL(Reference Laboratories) at Hokkaido University, Obihiro University of Agriculture andVeterinary Science and Dairy Gakuen University.
 At the Research Center for Zoonosis Control (WHO-CC), students will participate insupport activities of conference and training course of WHO.
 The Center for Environmental and Health Sciences (WHO-CC) supports to make risk
profiles and manuals related to chemical hazards.
 Supports OIE / FAO meetings.

Sub-module ３
OH collaborative training②
Example 2) International Needs Assessment.
 Create disease risk profiles by region, cause, animal species, and insect vector on a global scale.
 Utilizing this, we will conduct a needs assessment and promote the development of diagnostics andtreatment methods, and the establishment of a system that can provide technical cooperation andtraining that matches the needs of developing countries.
 How to collect and identify mites
 Zoonosis and animal infections in Asia and Sub-Saharan, and their diagnosis
 Environmental pollutants

Example 3) Infectious disease control in hospitals and animal hospital,countermeasures against drug-resistant bacteria, practice forregulatory application, etc.
Control measures for drug-resistant bacteria at the animal hospital
PMDA regulatory application exercise (will be conducted in Japanese)
Example 4) Participate in a class held at Hokkaido Summer Institute andwork on issues together with students from different fields.
Students will participate in collaborative training provided by eachgraduate school

Class of Sub-module 3in 2019-2020
Analysis of risk factors associated with animal piroplasmosis andtrypanosomiasis in Asia
OIE Regional Expert Group Meeting for the Control of Avian Influenza
in Asia
International Chemical Hazard Symposium for Environmental Pollution
Field sampling and species identification of ticks for risk profiling oftick-borne diseases
One Health training on multiple solutions to the health risks forzoonoses
Environmental Chemical Hazards and Health Issues in Asia

SM3 example:
OIE Regional Expert Group
Meeting for the Control ofAvian Influenza
 WISE program was recruiting 5
students who want to participate inthis conference as interns.
 With the image of “the World Cup
coming to Sapporo”.
 In addition to the conference in
Sapporo, a two-day training course
at the OIE Tokyo office is also
included.

 OIE disease reporting system and information
dissemination procedure The situation of transboundary animal
diseases and OIE’s regional activities for theircontrol
 One Health approach in the region
 Control of antimicrobial resistanceSM3 example:

Covid-19
tackling team.
 Approaches tocovid-19 bystudents whowish toparticipate Production
 Poster Fact Sheet Researchpublication(JJVRaccepted)

Submodule ４
OH on site training Students will finally join the research based on One Health overseas. The keywords
are “One Health”, “Various Research Fields”, “Overseas”.
 Students work together with the students from different research fields on thesame issues. For example, field surveys overseas are conducted jointly in different
research fields.
 Students are provided with travel and accommodation expenses.

Feature ofsub-module 4
 The feature of the Ally course is the participation of professors and students fromvarious research fields. You can conduct activities based on research themes indifferent fields that you cannot usually experience at your graduate school.
 In this course, it doesn't matter whether the participant is a student of science orhumanity field.
 In addition, one of the purposes of Ally course program is to facilitate participation
by students who are not able to take one step even if they are longing for overseas
activities.
 Another attractive featureis the exchange of
graduate students fromvarious research fields.
 It may give you hints for
new researchdevelopments and ideas
from different angles.

On site training
Global Network for research and education
Switzerland
Swine cholera
virus infection
test

Mongolia
Investigation of the fluvirus

Ghana
Environ.
Pollution
Survey

USAResearch on priondiseases

Nepal
Survey oftuberculosis inelephants

USAStudies on theintracellular growthof Ebola virus

VietnamInvestigation ofhighly pathogenic
avian influenza

Ethiopia:
Survey ofpesticide poll.

Philippines
Epidemiological studies oftuberculosis and filovirus

Infectious disease

ZambiaEnviron Poll

Survey of Infectious Pathogens
Heavy Metal Pollution Surveyothers

Syllabus of all courses are opened…

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https://onehealth.vetmed.hokudai.ac.jp/en/programs/allycourse/Sorry, but later we will translate them in English….

Click to access the syllabus for each module.

Syllabus description①

 Module No.
 Credits ( if register as Inter Graduate School Classes Coursd of Hokkaido University ): Instructor name (Affiliation)
 Instructor email
 Instructor phone Teaching Assistant name and contact info
 Periods
 Language
 Class Locations②  Class Information: Outline/Description①②③③  Schedule and Activities④  Class Information: Goal/Objectives⑤  Remarks④⑤

Planning forAlly course FY 2020NewNew

“Student project” on-site training There will also be on-site training planned by the students.
 Details will be provided later. This training is planned by students
themselves to work abroad. Travel expenses will be provided.

Research Grant for Ally course students

 The program provides research grants to promote students' graduate
studies.
 This research funding is competitive.
 Details will be announced at a later date.

Ally course,How to participate ...?
Call for the Ally course is open, up to
end of AUG 2020. Classes will begin inOctober.
The capacity is 15 students.

Applicable to all doctoral students from Hokkaido
University (other than Grad Sch of Veterinary
Medicine and Infectious Disease ), Obihiro
University of Agriculture and Rakuno Gakuen
University.

In the classes conducted by the Ally course, students
participate in symposiums, conferences, and overseas
activities involving diverse researchers. Participatingstudents can also create their own international
research network.

Submission documents (by E-file)
Document to be
Submitted
Application form for AllyCourse
Evaluation report fromsupervisor
Report on scientific andacademic activities(including research plan inPhD course)
Application for Admission
for Special ResearchStudentCurriculum vitae
Certificate of enrollment

Applicants Required to Submit
Document
All applicants1

All applicants3

All applicants2

Applicants from RGU and OU

4Applicants from RGU and OU
Applicants from RGU and OU

5EachunivForm

Deadline and application
Application deadline
Where to submit

by 17:00PM, 31 Aug 2020
WISE Program Office,• Department of International Affairs,• Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University• Ext: 6108 E-mail: ohf@vetmed.hokudai.ac.jp

Selection procedure• The Steering Committee of the WISE Program and theSteering Committee of the Ally course will review andtotally evaluate based on the application documents.

CONTACTWISE Program for One Health Frontier Graduate
School of Excellence, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
Hokkaido University
Kita 18, Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0818, JAPANTEL: 81-706-6108
Email: ohf@vetmed.hokudai.ac.jp
https://onehealth.vetmed.hokudai.ac.jp/