People
Wildlife Veterinarian
Sara's research interests focus on the identification and description of nutrition-related diseases in captive non-domestic animals, with the development of recommendations for monitoring, treatment, and prevention.
Grants and Communications Manager
Melisa manages and supports grant research and writing, constituent relations, and marketing and communications efforts for the Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health.
Wildlife Health Research Support Specialist
Melissa works with the New York Wildlife Health Program at Cornell’s Animal Health Diagnostic Center. She has worked with endangered, threatened, and special concern species in New York, and is particularly interested in reptiles, as well as the intersection between domestic animal and wildlife health.
Environmental Scientist & Epidemiologist
Katie is an environmental scientist and epidemiologist focused on understanding the interactions among environmental change and community well-being, food systems, and nutrition.
Wildlife Veterinarian
Christine is interested in disease ecology, anthropogenic effects on wildlife populations, post-release survival of rehabilitated wildlife, and disease at the wildlife/domestic animal interface. She has a special interest in free-ranging carnivores, raptors, and seabirds.
Disease Ecologist & Veterinarian
Amandine investigates what drives hosts’ contributions to pathogen dynamics across biological scales. She is particularly interested in emerging bat-borne viruses and their hosts, bacterial pathogens of endangered seabirds, and the identification of ecological interventions to reduce the threat of pathogens.
Aquatics Health Scientist
Rod has a broad background in fish health, with specific training and expertise in conducting experimental trials with a variety of fish species. His current research focuses on emerging pathogens of fish, including rhabdoviruses.
Wildlife Veterinarian & Epidemiologist
Martin focuses on understanding how disease affects populations of tigers and other threatened carnivores, and uses his findings to identify practical measures to mitigate conservation impacts on species in the wild.
Diagnostic Molecular Scientist
Laura focuses on pathogen genomics, particularly antimicrobial resistance, tick-borne disease, and virus discovery. Her work at the intersection of human, animal, and environmental health informs public policy around infectious disease management by studying how pathogens adapt to their environments.
Research Associate
Brenda uses mathematical modeling to augment our understanding of the patterns we observe in nature. She is currently using techniques of metadata analysis to assess if and how lead poisoning in bald eagles influences population abundance across the northeastern U.S. and Canada.