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Promotional image for a Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health event titled “ONE HEALTH: Fish Edition – Biodiversity, Health, and Nutrition through an Aquatic Lens.” Background features an illustrated collage of various fish species (artwork by Jaime Choclote, WCS). Featured speakers listed are Katie Fiorella (environmental scientist & epidemiologist), Sebastian Heilpern (postdoctoral fellow), Eric Teplitz (livestock/aquatic veterinarian), hosted by Steve Osofsky

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In this eCornell keynote presentation, Drs. Katie Fiorella, Sebastian Heilpern, and Eric Teplitz use case studies from rapidly emerging aquatic food sectors in Cambodia, the Amazon, and Kenya to underscore the critical importance of aquatic environments and biodiversity to our own health.
A moose

Announcement

We are pleased to announce that our 2025-2026 call for Cornell K. Lisa Yang Postdoctoral Fellowships in Wildlife Health is now out! Applications due October 6, 2025.
J Hunter Reed smiling with mountains in the background

News

J. Hunter Reed, MPH, DVM ‘20, entered veterinary school at Cornell University with the goal of becoming a veterinarian for dairy cows. While he focused his clinical training in production animal medicine, his experiences led to a strong interest in population health on a larger scale....
A greater one-horned rhino soaking in a muddy pool of water

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While conducting fieldwork to safeguard the future of rhinos, Dr. Martin Gilbert, wildlife veterinarian and epidemiologist, encountered this greater one-horned rhino enjoying the water in Chitwan National Park, Nepal.
Camera trap footage at night of a leopard walking in the wild

Video

You are never far from a leopard in rural Nepal! On his first night in the field, our Wild Carnivore Health Specialist, Dr. Martin Gilbert, captured this footage of a nocturnal visitor while testing camera traps behind his hotel room!
Adult white tailed deer followed by a fawn

For Your Information

A recent study examines the challenge of determining the sample size needed to confidently declare a local wildlife population disease-free—an essential factor in effective disease surveillance and wildlife health management.
vet working on a dolphin

News

Cornell alumna Kate Mueller, DVM '15, has been enamored with marine mammals for as long as she can remember, and her career path shows that there is no one route to a career in wildlife medicine.
Two bobcats sitting in the wild

For Your Information

A recent study by Cornell researchers assessed the presence of antibodies for highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza A in live-captured bobcats in New York. 

For Your Information

Cornell researchers recently published a study providing the first genetic evidence of canine coronavirus infection in a felid. These findings suggest that felids may play a central role in the emergence of recombinant alphacoronavirus.
Ana Bento portrait

Blog

The work of Cornell Public Health’s Dr. Ana Bento bridges ecology, climate, and public health, using mathematical models to understand the complex factors driving the spread of infectious diseases.