Summary report

During my stay at UAB, I attended the One Health master’s course to build a strong conceptual foundation and to engage with a wide range of expert perspectives. Being immersed in a different academic and cultural environment also broadened my understanding of how various countries conceptualize and address One Health challenges. This exposure helped me appreciate alternative scientific approaches, public health priorities, and communication styles, ultimately enriching my own analytical framework. I also planned a meeting and trip to Madrid to discuss with other partners at CSIC within my partnership to collaborate on my project. We discussed a collaborative pre-existing manuscript on AMR environmental transmission pathways and determined that my contribution would be an ArcGIS story map. Utilizing the wildlife AMR database from UAB and Environmental AMR platform from CSIC I started creating the story map and working on my GIS skills with ArcGIS and also learning adobe illustrator to be able to tell an effective visual presentation that will not only be attainable to the general population, but also create a cohesive space for scientists to access relevant data frames in one space. Once I finalize these skills, I will definitely be able to utilize all these skills in the future for my future publications. It was an amazing opportunity to work with my partners in person and establish a more personal relationship than strictly digital. Overall, the stay expanded my capacity to work independently across institutions, strengthened my international network, and increased my confidence in managing multidisciplinary research components from concept to execution.