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November 09, 2018
Now more than ever, animal and human health issues require solutions that span oceans and borders - and the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine is hard at work. Read about the impacts our faculty and staff, students, and alumni are having around the globe.
October 31, 2018
By mining nature’s resources at an unsustainable rate, global societies can flourish in the short term, but face significant impacts from the degradation of nature’s life support systems over the longer term.
September 12, 2018
I have spent my career at the science-to-policy interface, including when I had the honor to serve as the first Science Advisor at the U.S. Mission to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)...
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July 12, 2018
The NIH's National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) journal, Environmental Health Perspectives, describes the origins of the field of planetary health, including Cornell's role.
Podcast
April 18, 2018
Dr. Steve Osofsky probes at the deeply intertwined relationships between our health and our environment in this episode of the "What Makes Us Human" podcast series.
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February 01, 2018
Cornell Wildlife Health Center policy experts explain how Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) can be the bridge to the planetary health paradigm becoming a go-to tool for developing truly sustainable solutions to interconnected public health and environmental problems.
November 07, 2017
In an interview with the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine, Cornell Planetary Health Scientist Dr. Montira Pongsiri discusses this new field - focused on addressing linkages between human-induced environmental change and public health.
November 03, 2017
In honor of International One Health Day, two Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine experts explain why there needs to be greater global effort to halt climate change, reduce environmental contaminants, and stop the loss of biodiversity.
September 15, 2017
This past summer, Cornell's Expanding Horizons program helped 14 College of Veterinary Medicine students address challenges impacting wildlife, domestic animal, and human health across the developing world.
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August 03, 2017
In this Nature Scientific Reports paper, Cornell Planetary Health Scientist Dr. Montira Pongsiri and colleagues find that conserving old-growth tropical forest may help prevent new outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases in people.