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Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center
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Spotlights

Overhead view of whales in the ocean.

Video

Beyond the Classroom: How Research and Experiential Learning Have Shaped My Career Path (Shayna Orens)

November 09, 2026
Currently a fourth-year vet student, Shayna Orens, MPP, DVM ‘27, has immersed herself in many research and engaged learning experiences.
Students
Veterinary Students
Student
Veterinary Student
Student Learning
Student Support
Cornell Wildlife Health Center Student Support Fund
Student Support Fund
Student Experience
Student Experiential Learning
Student Opportunities
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health’s Student Support Fund
DVM
Career
Veterinary Medicine
Wildlife Veterinarian
Aquatic Animals
Aquatic Animal Health
Aquatic Animal Medicine
Whale
Hands-on Experience
Wildlife
Wildlife Conservation
Wildlife Medicine
Wildlife Health
Wildlife Health Cornell
Wildlife Populations
Wildlife Rescue
Wildlife Research
Common Wildlife Diseases
Presentation slide with a Rhino in the background.

Video

Addressing Pathology Needs in Support of Free-Ranging Wildlife Conservation in Low Resource Settings (Carmen Smith)

November 09, 2026
As the Yang Center for Wildlife Health Free-Ranging Wildlife Pathology Fellow, Carmen Smith works to unravel the etiological factors behind wildlife mortality events.
Wildlife
Wildlife Conservation
Wildlife Medicine
Wildlife Health
Wildlife Pathology
Histopathology
Pathology
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health Free-Ranging Wildlife Pathology Fellow
Rhino
Wildlife Health Cornell
Free-ranging Wildlife Disease
Free-ranging Wildlife Health and Disease
Free-ranging Wildlife Conservation
Free-living Endangered Wildlife
Disease Outbreak
Animal Disease
Wildlife Disease
Emerging Diseases
Infectious Disease
Disease Prevention
Disease Investigation
Wildlife Career
Stingrays swimming underwater in a mangrove.

Video

Safeguarding the One Health Value of Galápagos Mangroves (Jaime Ortiz)

November 09, 2026
Jaime Ortiz, a Yang Postdoctoral Fellow in Wildlife Health, uses genomics to understand how Galápagos mangroves may be able to adapt to climate and other environmental changes.
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Postdoctoral Fellow
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health Postdoctoral Fellows
Galápagos
Wildlife Conservation
Conservation
Conservation Medicine
Mangrove Ecosystem
Ecosystem Health
Ecosystem
Aquatic Ecosystem Health
Public and Ecosystem Health
Aquatic Animals
Aquatics
Aquaculture
Aquatic Animal Health
Aquatic Medicine
Health and Welfare of Aquatic Animals
Aquatic Animal Medicine
Infographic illustrating the environmental pathways and impacts of neonicotinoid seed treatments

Video

Assessing Effects of Neonicotinoid Regulation Scenarios on Bee Communities (Wendy Leuenberger)

November 09, 2026
Wendy Leuenberger, a Yang Postdoctoral Fellow in Wildlife Health, focuses specifically on the effects of insecticide regulations on wild bee communities in the United States and Canada.
Honeybees
Bees
Beekeeping
Pesticide
Pesticides
Postdoctoral Fellow
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health Postdoctoral Fellows
Wildlife Conservation
Conservation
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Agricultural Practices
Farmer
Farm
Farming
Conservation Medicine
Community Livelihoods
Community Partnerships
Bee Communities
Insecticide
Insecticides
Insect Decline
Policy
Public Policy
Public Health
Public and Ecosystem Health
Biodiversity Conservation
Presentation slide with two polar bear cubs and a polar bear paw.

Video

Allostatic Load: Sustainable Conservation of Polar Bears and Management through Indigenous Harvests (Kayla Buhler)

November 09, 2026
Kayla Buhler, a Yang Postdoctoral Fellow in Wildlife Health, aims to identify polar bear subpopulations at greatest risk of infectious disease and other stressors so as to guide potential management decisions.
Wildlife Health Cornell
Postdoctoral Fellow
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health Postdoctoral Fellows
Polar Bears
Polar Systems
Wildlife
Wildlife Conservation
Wildlife Medicine
Wildlife Health
Allostatic Load
Sustainability
Indigenous Communities
Conservation
Community Livelihoods
Public Health
Public Policy
Public and Ecosystem Health
Data
Data Management
Data Analysis
Bears
Wild Bear
Bear Population
Wildlife Career
Conservation Medicine
Arctic
One Health
Leah is listening to a cheetah with a stethoscope.

Blog

Student Story: Investigating Parasitic Drug Resistance in Namibian Goat Herds to Protect Cheetahs

November 05, 2026
Let’s start by addressing the obvious question: How do goats and goat parasites have anything to do with cheetah conservation?...
Cheetah
Cheetahs
Students
Veterinary Students
Student
Veterinary Student
Veterinary Medicine
Veterinary Training
Veterinarian
Wild Carnivores
Human-Wildlife Conflict
Wildlife-livestock Interactions
Parasite
Parasitology
goat
Farmers
Farmer
Farm
Farming
Cheetah Conservation Fund
Cornell
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Expanding Horizons
Cornell Expanding Horizons
Expanding Horizons Program
One Health Our Pollinators Our Health

Video

One Health Around the World: Our Pollinators, Our Health

November 03, 2026
In this eCornell Keynote presentation, Drs. Laura Melissa Guzman, Wendy Leuenberger, and Robin Radcliffe discuss the importance of insect pollinators for healthy ecosystems and global food production….
eCornell
One Health Around the World
Pollinators
Native Pollinators
One Health
Deformed Wing Virus
Honey Bee
Butterfly Species
Climate Change
Wild Bees
Species Decline
Biodiversity
Biodiversity Conservation
Biodiversity Loss
Ecosystem Services
Apiaries
Habitat Loss
Insecticide
Human Health
Semi-Domesticated Bees
Ecosystem Health
Entomologist
Quantitative Ecologist
Wildlife Veterinarian
Global Food Systems
Global Food Production
Crop Pollination
Pollination
A large group of Adelie penguins

News

What Killed 500-Plus Penguins? How Scientists Solved the Mystery

October 30, 2026
Dr. Amandine Gamble weighs in on how bird migration affects disease outbreaks, highlighting the need for international collaboration to piece together the global pathogen puzzle. 
Avian Cholera
Antarctica
Adélie penguins
Penguins
Wildlife Mass Mortality
Disease Outbreak
Wildlife Disease
Danger Islands
Bird Disease
Migration
Wildlife Migrations
HPAI
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
Bird Flu
Wildlife Die-Offs
Wildlife Pathogens
NPR
National Public Radio
Amandine Gamble
A seal underwater looks at the camera

News

Invading the Globe: Bird Flu Now Threatens Australia and Oceania

October 08, 2026
Like a dark cloud of pestilence spreading across the globe in a science fiction movie, a highly contagious, fatal strain of avian influenza is continuing its death march across the globe, infecting wild birds, poultry, dairy cattle, and mammals from pole-to-pole, sometimes with massive mortalities.
HPAI
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
Mongabay
Bird Flu
Avian Influenza
H5N1
Australia
Critically Endangered
Australia Sea Lions
Migratory Seabirds
Endangered Seabirds
Pathogen Spillover
Pinnipeds
Panzootic
Wildlife Pandemic
Biodiversity Crisis
Elephant Seals
California Sea Lions
Sea Otter
Giant Petrels
Brown Skuas
Greater Crested Terns
Southern Ocean
Heard Island
Wildlife Vaccination
Endangered Wildlife Vaccination
Hawaiian Monk Seal
Oceania
Morbillivirus
California Condors
Carnaby's Black Cockatoos
Red-Tailed Black Cockatoos
Little Penguins
One Health
World Health Organization
Two mature bald eagles sitting in a tree

News

Bald Eagles Treated at Cornell Released After Rehabilitation

October 06, 2026
Three bald eagles, including an adult and two juveniles, were reintroduced to the wild in New York's Southern Tier last month.
Bald Eagles
Wildlife Medicine
Rehabilitation
Wildlife Rehabilitation
Montezuma Wildlife Refuge
Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospital
Raptors