Topics in Public & Ecosystem Health

Tuesdays, 4:00-5:00 PM ET, Schurman Hall, LH1

January 23rd
Dr. Charley Willison – Assistant Professor, Department of Public & Ecosystem Health, Cornell University
“Not routinely available? Governance and the case of mosquito borne diseases in Florida”

February 6th
Dr. Shari Weiss – Executive Director, Cayuga Community Health Network
“Public health in rural communities: Post COVID and beyond”

February 20th
Dr. Eli Finkelzstein – MD, Cayuga Health
“Locally acquired tick-borne illnesses”

March 5th
Dr. Gerald McKinley – Canadian Harkness Fellow; Assistant Professor, Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Ontario
“Ecologies of knowledge: Language, artifacts, and calibrations”

March 12th
Dr. Christopher P. Dunn – Elizabeth Newman Wilds Executive Director, Cornell Botanic Gardens
“Botanic gardens: Key partners in One Health”

March 26th
Dr. Todd Olmstead – Associate Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin
“Economic evaluation of two public health programs: Alternative 9-1-1 response and cancer screening”

April 9th
Canceled

April 23rd
Dr. Raina Plowright – Rudolf J. and Katharine L. Steffen Professor of Veterinary Medicine; Cornell Atkinson Scholar, Cornell University
“Can we stop the next pandemic by preventing spillover?”

May 7th
Dr. David Needle – Clinical Associate Professor; Senior Veterinary Pathologist; Pathology Section Chief, New Hampshire Veterinary Diagnostic Lab, College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, University of New Hampshire
“One Health in context: Listeria monocytogenes infections in animals in New Hampshire 2017-2023”

May 14th
Dr. Josephine Martell – Associate Dean of Academics, Cornell Graduate School, Cornell University
“Using evidence-driven communication to support marginalized communities and wildlife”