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Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center
for Wildlife Health

July 2026

Jan Lovy wearing a coat and coveralls, looking down in a rural lab setting.

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New Faculty Profile: Dr. Jan Lovy

July 08, 2026
Dr. Jan Lovy shares the journey that brought him to Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine, where he now serves as an associate professor in the Department of Public and Ecosystem Health.
Department of Public and Ecosystem Health
College of Veterinary Medicine
Cornell
Career
Wildlife Career
Conservation Career
Veterinary Career
Career Pathway
Applied Research
Wildlife Release
AQUAVET
Aquatic Animals
Aquatics
Aquatic Animal Health
Aquatic Ecosystem Health
Fisheries
Global Fisheries
Disease Outbreak
Disease Prevention
Disease Investigation
Sustainable Fisheries
Fish
Endangered Fish
Fish Health
Fish Medicine
Fish Diseases
Fish Pathology
Fish and Wildlife Health Conservation
Aquaculture
Habitat Loss
Habitat Restoration
Habitat Risk
Dr. Haefs kneels in a pile of dry leaves with a small animal trap.

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A Conversation With Cornell’s Wildlife Hospital House Officers

July 06, 2026
Do you ever wonder what an internship or residency in wildlife health is like? Or what approaches veterinarians took to get into such a program? If yes, keep reading...
Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospital
Wildlife Conservation
Wildlife
Wildlife Medicine
Wildlife Health
Wildlife Health Cornell
Wildlife Release
Wildlife Hospital
Native Wildlife
New York State
USDA
Wildlife Pathology
Pathology
Veterinary Medicine
Wildlife Veterinarian
Veterinary Training
Veterinarian
Veterinary
Veterinary Career
Wildlife Populations
Wildlife Population Health
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Residency in Wildlife Population Health
Internship
Veterinary Experience Intern
AQUAVET
DVM/MPH
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center
Public Health
Beyond Fences Policy Options for Wildlife Livelihoods and Transboundary animal disease management in southern africa

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Beyond Fences: Policy Options for Wildlife, Livelihoods and Transboundary Animal Disease Management in Southern Africa

July 01, 2026
As an invited guest speaker at an African Parks Biodiversity and Science Support Research & Conservation Meetup on June 24, 2026, Dr. Steve Osofsky presented a talk entitled "Beyond Fences: Policy Options for Wildlife, Livelihoods and Transboundary Animal Disease Management in Southern Africa."
Beyond Fences
Animal Disease
Transboundary Conservation
Transboundary Animal Diseases
Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area
Transfrontier Conservation Areas
herd management
Planetary Health
Botswana
Africa
African cattle
Wildlife
Wildlife Conservation
Foot and Mouth Disease
African Buffalo
Agriculture
Veterinary Cordon Fences
Migration
Ecotourism
Land-Use Conflict
Southern Africa
Angola
Namibia
Zambia
Zimbabwe
African Elephant
KAZA
A rhino stands in tall grass

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Improving Rhino Health in Nepal

July 01, 2026
Carmen Smith ’17, DVM ’21, wildlife pathology fellow with the Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health, is working in the lowland forests of Nepal—home to nearly a quarter of the world’s greater one-horned rhinos—to investigate why rhino mortality has been increasing despite major reductions in poaching.
Rhino
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health Free-Ranging Wildlife Pathology Fellow
Wildlife Pathology
Postdoctoral Fellow
Nepal
Nepal Wildlife
Greater One-horned Rhinoceros
Poaching
Wildlife Research
Nepal’s National Trust for Nature Conservation
Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation of Nepal
Agriculture and Forestry University
Grundium
Grundium Ocus
International Zoo Veterinary Group
Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health Postdoctoral Fellows
Wildlife Conservation
Wildlife
Wildlife Health
Histopathology
Pathology
invasive plants
Wildlife Veterinarian
Veterinary Medicine
Veterinarian
Anatomic Pathology
Necropsy