Mission

The Texas Tech System-Wide Institute for One Health Innovation (OHI) serves the public by training scientists and health professionals in leading transdisciplinary research and developing innovative solutions for today's most pressing One Health problems. OHI emphasizes rural healthcare access and communities to ultimately benefit the regional and global health and wellbeing of humans, animals, and ecosystems. The culture of the institute operates at the speed of relevance, expediting the translation of research to practice and discovery to public impact.

Vision 

The Institute for One Health Innovation is the preeminent entity in West Texas, for recruiting and training scientists and health professionals as future leaders of transdisciplinary, transformational One Health research and healthcare worldwide.

A history of success

From 2018 - 2023, Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center have produced 421 joint publications and 61 joint grant awards. Research funding includes cancer, addiction studies, pain therapy, aging-related diseases, autoimmune disorders, genetics, drug interactions, speech therapy, medical devices.