History
Detroit and Windsor represent countries with similar public health issues but with very different healthcare delivery systems and public health policies. With a common border, shared environment, shared resources and shared risk from, for example, bioterrorist threat, a Detroit–Windsor research collaboration focused on public health issues makes sense.
In 2005 the Vice Presidents for Research at the University of Windsor (UW) and Wayne State University (WSU) agreed to develop a collaborative program for international public health research that would focus on urban health problems such as those found in Windsor and Detroit, as well as create opportunities for cross border comparative research into public health problems. Since 2005 Wayne State University and the University of Windsor have hosted several meetings for faculty members who want to collaborate on cross border research. More than 150 faculty members from both institutions have attended these meetings.