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October 2025

Dr. Steve Osofsky on the podcast with Dr. Michelle Moyal

Podcast

Cornell Veterinary Podcast: One Health Adventures of a "Bio-Diplomat"

October 16, 2025
Tune in to learn how Steve Osofsky, DVM '89, the Jay Hyman Professor of Wildlife Health & Health Policy and director of the Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health, helped establish the concepts of One Health, Planetary Health, and more....
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Beyond Fences
KAZA
Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area
Podcast
Steve Osofsky
Public Health
Wildlife Conservation
Conservation
Conservation Medicine
Veterinary Medicine
Career
Conservation Career
Career Pathway
Wildlife Career
Wildlife Health and Disease in Conservation
Michelle Moyal
Planetary Health
Save our planet
One Health
Rhino
Veterinary Student
Wildlife Veterinarian
Veterinary Training
Biodiversity Conservation
Conservationist
Cornell
College of Veterinary Medicine
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
Cornell University
Cornell alumni
Alumni
Fieldwork
Africa
Southern Africa
Elephant
Elephants
Zoonotic Disease
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Bats
Ecosystem Health
Disease Ecology
Wildlife Disease
Hendra Virus
Flying Foxes
Viral Spillover
Habitat Loss
Climate Change
Wildlife Ecology
Pathogens
Bat One Health
Nipah Virus
Coronavirus
Genes
Wildlife Immunology
Genetic Diversity
Raina Plowright
One Health

Bat Droppings Reveal Clues About the Viruses They Carry

October 10, 2025
Cornell's Raina Plowright discusses her work, which focuses on the dynamics of viral pathogens in bats and how to prevent pathogen spillover to other species.
Two black and white rock penguins standing on rocks.

Podcast

All About Penguins: Crested Penguins, Climate Change, and Conservation with Dr. Jeff White

October 09, 2025
Cornell's Dr. Jeff White shares his journey from bird-loving kid to penguin expert, exploring crested penguins, conservation challenges, and why public engagement matters more than ever.
Catalyzing Conservation Fund
Penguin
Penguins
crested penguins
Antarctica Penguins
Eastern Rockhopper Penguin
Conservation Medicine
Wildlife Conservation
Conservation
Aquatic Animals
Aquatic Animal Health
Podcast
Spotify
Climate Change
Global Climate Change
Global Health
One Health
Wildlife
wildlife tracking
Fieldwork
Public Policy
Science Communication
Pigeons
Seabird
Seabird Conservation
GPS
Wildlife Ecology
Christine wearing a baseball cap, sits at a desk looking through a microscope.

Blog

Alumni Spotlight: Christine Parker-Graham, DVM, CertAqV, DACZM

October 07, 2025
What Christine Parker-Graham, DVM, CertAqV, DACZM enjoys most about the field of veterinary medicine is the “unending potential that a DVM affords you." Parker-Graham is a graduate of UC Davis and completed a zoo, wildlife, and exotic medicine internship at Cornell...
Wildlife Veterinarian
Wildlife Career
Career
Conservation Career
Career Pathway
Veterinary Career
DVM
University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine
Zoological Medicine
Zoo
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Fish
Ocean
Conservation Biology
Aquatic Animals
Aquatic Animal Health
Aquatics
Internship
Fellowship
The National Aquarium
American College of Zoological Medicine
Population Health
hatcheries
Seabirds
Sea Turtles
National Marine Mammal Foundation
Professional Development
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Raina Plowright
Polar Bears
Global Climate Change
Climate Change
Wildlife
Wildlife Conservation
Natural Resource Management
Reproduction
Postdoctoral Fellow
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health Postdoctoral Fellows
Wildlife Research
Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability
Allostatic Load
Biomarkers
Environment
Environmental Change
Environmental Health
Wildlife Pathology
Antarctica
Disease Ecology
Wildlife Disease Cycles
Canada
Alaska
One Health

Studying Stress in a Rapidly Changing Arctic: Dr. Kayla Buhler Earns Prestigious Yang Postdoctoral Fellowship in Wildlife Health

October 01, 2025
The newest Cornell K. Lisa Yang Postdoctoral Fellow in Wildlife Health, Dr. Kayla Buhler is developing biomarkers to measure stress in polar bears—offering a powerful new toolkit to assess environmental impacts and support conservation efforts.