In the News
November 09, 2026
If you had told me back in Morocco that I would spend a summer investigating bird flu in Falkland Island penguins, detangling viral RNA, tracking wildlife disease in New York, presenting research onstage, and making lifelong friends, I would be in disbelief....
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November 09, 2026
As the Yang Center for Wildlife Health Free-Ranging Wildlife Pathology Fellow, Carmen Smith works to unravel the etiological factors behind wildlife mortality events.
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November 09, 2026
Kayla Buhler, a Yang Postdoctoral Fellow in Wildlife Health, aims to identify polar bear subpopulations at greatest risk of infectious disease and other stressors so as to guide potential management decisions.
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November 09, 2026
Jaime Ortiz, a Yang Postdoctoral Fellow in Wildlife Health, uses genomics to understand how Galápagos mangroves may be able to adapt to climate and other environmental changes.
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November 09, 2026
Wendy Leuenberger, a Yang Postdoctoral Fellow in Wildlife Health, focuses specifically on the effects of insecticide regulations on wild bee communities in the United States and Canada.
Blog
November 05, 2026
Let’s start by addressing the obvious question: How do goats and goat parasites have anything to do with cheetah conservation?...
Video
November 03, 2026
In this eCornell Keynote presentation, Drs. Laura Melissa Guzman, Wendy Leuenberger, and Robin Radcliffe discuss the importance of insect pollinators for healthy ecosystems and global food production….
News
October 30, 2026
Dr. Amandine Gamble weighs in on how bird migration affects disease outbreaks, highlighting the need for international collaboration to piece together the global pathogen puzzle.
October 22, 2026
Migrating birds that breed in the Arctic are spreading avian influenza to polar bears in eastern Greenland, according to a new study that found evidence of infections in bear blood samples acquired from Greenland Inuit subsistence hunters.
October 20, 2026
As a recent recipient of a Cornell K. Lisa Yang Postdoctoral Fellowship in Wildlife Health, Dr. Jaime Ortiz Pachar aims to create a genomic basis for sustainable ecosystem management of Galápagos coastal mangrove forests.