We invite you to a special double-header One Health talk featuring Dr. Craig Stephen and Dr. Marcy Uhart, our Inaugural Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health Honorary Lecturers!

Future-Readying Knowledge-to-Action Strategies to Confront the Health Polycrisis presented by Dr. Craig Stephen

Dr. Stephen works globally with all levels of government, the non-profit sector, community groups, universities and industry on health issues at the nexus of people, animals and environments. He is internationally recognized for his contributions to the development of One Health and in modernizing approaches to wildlife health. He consults internationally on strategic development of wildlife health and One Health programs to address the growing polycrisis. This work has been recognized through his election as Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Craig is a veterinarian and epidemiologist who acts as the director of the McEachran Institute, a Canadian non-profit dedicated to provoking disruptive thinking about policy and practices that protect animals, health, and society in a rapidly changing future.

Why H1N1 Avian Influenza is a Daring Experiment in Global Health presented by Dr. Marcy Uhart

Dr. Marcela Uhart is a wildlife veterinarian with 30 years of experience in free-ranging wildlife health research and conservation across Latin America, with a particular focus on marine mammals and seabirds. She serves as the Director of the Latin America Program at the Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center, University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Based in Patagonia, Argentina, Dr. Uhart specializes in addressing health challenges facing free-ranging wildlife, including the impacts of infectious diseases, toxins, and human interactions. Her work is grounded in a One Health approach, emphasizing the interconnected health of wildlife, humans, and ecosystems.

Pizza and soda provided to the first 50 attendees.