Expanding undergraduate engagement through creative cross-pollination with program graduates
This project team’s highly collaborative partnerships link stakeholders in Africa and Asia with academics to address the decline and endangerment of wild species and wild places. Increasingly, people recognize that the survival of wildlife is intimately connected to the health and well-being of local human communities. A decade ago this team integrated students into research that trains the next generation of conservation medicine leaders and helps build capacity of local scientists and communities.
Partnering with the Jane Goodall Institute and the Alliance of Integrated Forest Conservation, students have become a cornerstone of sustainable research in the fields of Conservation Medicine and One Health. With four field sites across three countries the team studies the link between the health of animals, humans and the environment.
- Robin Radcliffe, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
- Keith Tidball, Cornell Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Jolanda Pandin, Department of Asian Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
- Community partner: Alliance of Integrated Forest Conservation Indonesia (ALeRT)
- Community partner: Jane Goodall Institute
Funding to increase and sustain undergraduate involvement in community-engaged research