The Global Health Program travels to East Central Africa annually to collaborate with Rwandan, Congolese, and Ugandan field veterinarians on research projects to benefit the conservation and health of the endangered mountain gorilla.
The virus has not yet entered this subpopulation of gorillas, but Ebola is highly
Justin Calabrese is a quantitative ecologist specializing on the interface between ecological theory, statistics, and empirical data. His work combines theoretical models and field data via custom-designed statistical methods to answer pressing questions in ecology and conservation biology. Calabrese’s core focus at Smithsonian’s Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) is building a modern analytical platform for animal movement analysis, and making these techniques accessible to ecologists and conservation biologists.
seasonal insect populations, and of emerging vector-borne diseases including Zika virus
Operating under the pillars of capacity building and training, emerging infectious disease research, and wildlife health, the Global Health Program strives to improve public health and the health and conservation of wildlife species around the world.
Image: New Report: The Natural Environment & Health in Africa Image: „Virus
For graduate fellow Sean Lyons, „getting to the root of it all“ was always his focus. So, it comes as no surprise that he wound up working with the root of all life: DNA.
There, I screened elephant blood for elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV
Dr. Suzan Murray, head of the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s Global Health Program testifies on zoonotic disease transmission.
wildlife-borne viruses, 161 of which belong to the same family as the COVID-19 virus
With a FONZ Conservation Grant, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute scientists are able to understand the family trees of elephants at zoos around the country, as well as answer questions about animal health.
joint problems, and susceptibility to diseases such as elephant endothelial herpes virus
By studying species in Kenya, scientists hope to better understand how diseases are transmitted from animals to humans.
PREDICT, a surveillance and virus discovery component of the EPT program, focuses
Since its founding in 1974, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, has celebrated many milestones, from endangered species births, to reintroductions to the wild, to revolutionary scientific studies.
scientists were the first to discover the lethal elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus
Researchers study bats, primates and rodents in Myanmar to better understand how diseases are transmitted from animals to humans.
PREDICT, a surveillance and virus discovery component of the EPT program, focuses
The Global Health Program identifies and addresses health concerns in threatened wildlife populations in East Africa and Southeast Asia.
Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus (EEHV) Smithsonian scientists are investigating EEHV, a virus
