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Kacie Vasicek

Program Assistant

Kacie provides program, operational, and administrative support for the Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health. 
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Wildlife Ecologist & Postdoctoral Affiliate

Jeff is focused on linking foraging ecology with seabird health. He is particularly interested in transdisciplinary approaches that combine traditional and emerging techniques to characterize foraging ecology, movement patterns, population dynamics, and their implications for disease transmission.
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Virologist

Gary conducts research on both human and animal viruses, particularly coronaviruses in domestic cats, and spillover to urban wildlife. He focuses on the genomics behind viral pathogenesis and transmission, as well as on the development of novel therapeutics and diagnostics.