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Kristina Ceres collecting samples from captured mongoose
dholes
Underdog
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health Fellowship Awardee
Endangered Species
Wild Carnivores
DNA Samples
Threatened Species
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health Fellow
Wildlife
Wildlife Health
Wildlife Conservation
Crab-eating Mongoose
Dhole Disease
Dhole Population Dynamics
Genetic Samples
Scat Samples
Disease Transmission
Wildlife Vaccination
Endangered Wildlife Vaccination
Postdoctoral Fellow
Carnivore Populations

Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health Fellowship Awardee to Study “Underdog” Endangered Species

February 19, 2025
As the most recent awardee of a Cornell K. Lisa Yang Postdoctoral Fellowship in Wildlife Health, Kristina Ceres ‘15, PhD ‘22, DVM ‘24, aims to study disease dynamics in dholes and other endangered carnivores.
Kristina Ceres in Tasmania.
Wild Carnivores The Student Experience
Marsupial
Tasmania
Tasmanian Devil
Endangered Species
Disease Transmission
Extinction
Conservation
Wildlife Conservation
University of Tasmania Menzies Institute for Research
Immunology
Echidna
Wombat
Rehabilitation
Wildlife Rehabilitation
Wallaby
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health’s Student Support Fund
Wildlife Vaccination
Student Experience
Student Experiential Learning
Tasmanian Wildlife

Tackling Transmissible Cancers: Innovations in Tasmanian Devil Conservation

July 26, 2024
In October 2023, I had the opportunity to travel to Tasmania, the island state of Australia, to learn more about one of its most iconic species, the Tasmanian devil. Tasmanian devils are the world’s largest carnivorous marsupials, and they play a key ecological role as scavengers and in suppressing populations of invasive species....
A portrait of Kristina Ceres shown with flowers in the background.
Wildlife Disease
Wildlife Populations
Population Health
Epidemiology
Rabies
Wildlife Vaccination
Wildlife Health
Wildlife Disease Association
Infectious Disease
Infectious Disease Modeling
Modeling

Kristina Ceres, DVM/PhD Student, Receives Wildlife Disease Association Scholarship Award

May 01, 2023
Kristina Ceres' extensive research, from cattle with tuberculosis to the critically endangered great hammerhead shark, led the Wildlife Disease Association to select Ceres for a Graduate Student Scholarship Award, which recognizes outstanding academic accomplishment and future potential in wildlife research.