2026 Spring Seminar Series
Topics in Public & Ecosystem Health
Tuesdays, 4:00-5:00 PM ET, Schurman Hall, LH5 unless otherwise noted.
January 20th
The future of zoonotic viral outbreaks and novel therapies
Dr. Arinjay Banerjee – Principal Scientist, Laboratory of Zoonotic Viruses and Comparative Immunology, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan
January 27th
Using public safety to solve social problems: Local politics, devolution & the case of homelessness
Charley Willison – Associate Professor, Department of Public & Ecosystem Health, Cornell University
February 3rd
TBD
February 10th
TBD
Dr. Amie Patchen – Environment, Climate & Health Chief; Lecturer, Department of Public & Ecosystem Health, Cornell University
February 24th
TBD
Dr. Gen Meredith, Associate Director; Associate Professor, Department of Public & Ecosystem Health, Cornell University
March 3rd
TBD
Dr. Ana Bento – Assistant Professor, Department of Public & Ecosystem Health, Cornell University
March 10th
How sewage sludge spreading is contaminating our farmland, food, and ecosystems with forever chemicals: Policy challenges and solutions
Claire Walsh Winsler, Director of Food, Agriculture, and Land use, Environmental Advocates NY
March 17th
Tracking high-pathogenicity avian influenza at the wildlife-livestock interface in remote communities
Dr. Amandine Gamble, Assistant Professor, Department of Public & Ecosystem Health, Cornell University
March 24th
TBD
Dr. Corinna Noel, Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Public & Ecosystem Health, Cornell University
April 7th
TBD
April 14th
TBD
Dr. Laura Goodman, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Chief; Assistant Professor, Department of Public & Ecosystem Health, Cornell University
April 21st
TBD
Dr. Laura Smith, Assistant Professor, Department of Public & Ecosystem Health, Cornell University
April 28th
TBD
Dr. Amelia Greiner Safi, Professor of Practice, Department of Public & Ecosystem Health, Cornell University
May 5th
TBD