Lab Projects

The Wildlife Epidemiology lab is designed to be a collaborative research, diagnostic, and training lab for new or ongoing studies in free-ranging and captive amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. We encourage collaboration within our lab and commonly work on joint projects. If you are an organization or researcher and would like assistance in developing or adding a wildlife health component to your work, please get in touch with us.

Through our epidemiological projects, we have developed assays that allow us to better characterize the threats to free-ranging wildlife.  We are constantly working to develop new diagnostic assays for current or emerging diseases. If you’re interested in a problem that is not listed below, feel free to ask us about it – you’ll likely get us excited!

We offer a unique opportunity for veterinary student training every year. The lab offers a summer fellowship in wildlife epidemiology. These fellowships are centered around practical training in techniques needed to investigate wildlife diseases. These projects have ranged from GIS epidemiology of box turtles to the role of co-pathogens, among several other proposals. See the blogs on the main page for last summer’s student projects.

Additionally, we have opportunities to join the turtle team, which is comprised of 20-30 volunteer veterinary students. This team helps with the project for 8 days each summer while gaining experience in aspects of wildlife health study design, execution, and analysis. This is a truly unique experience.

Please contact us if you have any questions or want to know how to help!