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Victoria stands next to a large screen with a PowerPoint slide that says "WDA Welcome to the 73rd Annual International Conference of the Wildlife Disease Association"
Planetary Health The Student Experience
Oil Spill
Oil Spill Mitigation
Wildlife Disease Association
WDA
Seabird
University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine
Conservation
Conservation and Community
Student
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Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall Institute
Engaged Cornell
One Health
One Health: Conservation with Communities
Chimpanzee
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College of Veterinary Medicine
Veterinarian
Wildlife Veterinarian
Emerging Pathogens
Uganda

Presenting, Collaborating, and Learning at the Wildlife Disease Association Conference

March 02, 2026 by Victoria Priester
The phone rings. There are 3,500 shorebirds suspected to be affected by the crude oil spill. This was a fictional but realistic scenario I faced on my first day at the 2025 Wildlife Disease Association Conference in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada....
Taking a blood pressure reading from a chimpanzee under anesthesia at Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary.
Wildlife Medicine Planetary Health The Student Experience
Kibale Chimpanzee Project
Kibale National Park
Chimpanzee
Uganda
Kasongoire Forest
Jane Goodall Institute
Habitat Loss
Human and Wildlife Health
Human-Wildlife Conflict
Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary
Wildlife Conservation
Engaged Cornell
Cornell Expanding Horizons
Expanding Horizons International Education Program
Expanding Horizons
Expanding Horizons Program
Wildlife-livestock Interactions
One Health
Lake Victoria
Gender Responsive Economic Enhancement & Natural Ecosystems Resilience
Forest Restoration
Environmental Stewardship
Education and Outreach
Snare-related Injury
Africa

No One Wins When Chimpanzees Lose Their Home: A One Health Study in Uganda

February 06, 2025
In the Kasongoire Forest of western Uganda, nearly 60 chimpanzees build nests and nap in Ficus trees; playful infants jump energetically from hanging vines, while young males sit in circles to groom each other. When you are deep in the forest observing the chimps, it is easy to forget that this forest is only a fraction of its former size....