Vision
The vision of 1Data is to create a Structured Environment for Animal Data and Simulation (SEADS), a key enabling technology for regional translational medicine efforts. 1Data will bring together pre-clinical human and animal health data to develop a cohesive and structured environment to collect and disseminate information, which will improve the quality of human and animal health through improved, refined, and enhanced collaborative research and education.
Goals
1Data supports the first goal from the KCALSI Animal Health working group, to “Develop a computational concept to advance translational medicine approaches for human and animal health.”
The goals for the project are:
- to develop a never-before-created platform that will be a unique regional asset
- to begin sharing data across human and animal health
- to create a unique training environment for translational health partners
- to enhance collaborative research efforts and improve innovation
Supporting Translational Research Using a One Health Framework
The Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute (KCALSI) developed a regional vision, “Path to 2025,” which stated that the Kansas City region is a global leader at the nexus of human and animal health benefiting all citizens and the economy. 1Data is a One Health initiative that will help bring about this vision through translational research – moving innovation from the bench to the bedside and from animals to humans.
Creating a simulation environment with associated cleaned and available back-end databases will enable a framework for collaborative research regionally, nationally, and globally – creating a robust environment in the Kansas City region for businesses and researchers engaged in translational medicine. 1Data will help move animal health data into the human health sphere, and provide knowledge directly to improve human and animal health and welfare.
How SEADS Works
Principal Investigators
Gerald J. Wyckoff, Ph.D.
Professor, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Jim Riviere, DVM, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Kansas State University, College of Veterinary Medicine
Majid Javeri-Douraki, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Kansas State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Mathematics Institute of Computational Comparative Medicine
Acknowledgements
The University of Missouri – Kansas City and Kansas State University have developed a teaming agreement to establish 1Data with the help of collaborating partners: Aratana Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, MRIGlobal, Saint Luke’s Health System, Children’s Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute (KCALSI), the Animal Health Corridor, and Cerner. We thank the partners for their involvement and participation.
We also express appreciation to the K-State and UMKC Foundations for their time, effort, and funding; the KC Civic Council for their direct financial support of the 1Data/SEADS project; KCALSI and the KC Animal Health Corridor for their continued logistical support; and to all of our partners for their time, data, and thought leadership.