Human-Animal Interaction

A year into the pandemic, Nat Geo photographers turn their lenses on pets

Monday, March 1st, 2021

Clinical associate professor Emily McCobb spoke with National Geographic on the pandemic’s impact on human-animal relationships and pets’ roles in families.

Young woman with brown hair, sitting on her sofa with a medical mask as a precaution against the spread of virus, along with her dog of breed Beagle, coronavirus, COVID-19, selective focus

Pets are helping us cope during the pandemic—but that may be stressing them out

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021

National Geographic National Geographic quotes clinical associate professor Emily McCobb and assistant professor Megan Mueller on the relationship between people and pets during the pandemic. Read full story here: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2021/02/pets-are-helping-us-cope-during-the-pandemic/

Girl playing with her dog on the playground stock photo

Investigating Cancer Treatments’ Cardiovascular Effects

Monday, December 14th, 2020

Tufts’ human and veterinary medical researchers collaborate to prevent and better treat cardiovascular damage in people and pets who have survived cancer

Dr. Vicky Yang, Research Assistant Professor of Clinical Sciences, and veterinary students with a dog at the Foster Hospital for Small Animals on October 26, 2018.

Our Four-Legged Friends During COVID-19

Tuesday, October 6th, 2020

Megan Mueller, the Elizabeth Arnold Stevens Junior Professor at Cummings School, and Clinical Assistant Professor Stephanie Borns-Weil were featured on WCVB’s Chronicle talking about the human-animal bond and animal behavior during the pandemic.

playful young white unicolored cat looking at feather

Empowering Women for Better Lives for People and Animals

Monday, July 27th, 2020

Cummings School researchers study how increasing women’s access to livestock vaccines can improve animal and human health and well-being

A small-scale chicken farmer tending to her chickens, after participating in a survey exercise in Machakos County, Kenya. Here she is explaining to the interviewer some of the problems facing poultry keepers.

People probably caught coronavirus from minks. That’s a wake-up call to study infections in animals, researchers say.

Monday, June 22nd, 2020

Professor Jonathan Runstadler was quoted by The Washington Post among experts studying animals and the novel coronavirus and the likelihood of transmission between species

white and orange cat being examined with stethoscope by vet wearing protective gloves

Researchers Across Tufts Pivot to Fight COVID-19

Thursday, June 18th, 2020

Scientists collaborate to understand the coronavirus, from how it is transmitted to the disparity of its harm. https://now.tufts.edu/articles/researchers-across-tufts-pivot-fight-covid-19

Does Fido have coronavirus? Tufts researchers are testing hundreds of animals to find out

Thursday, June 4th, 2020

A feature in The Boston Globe highlights the CoVERS study being led by Professor Jonathan Runstadler, which seeks to understand the potential for transfer of the novel coronavirus between humans and animals

Black dog being swabbed in nasal cavity for COVID-19 testing

COVID-19 from Humans to Animals ‘Highly Unlikely’, Study at Tufts Finding

Wednesday, May 20th, 2020

Postdoctoral scholar Kaitlin Sawatzki talked to The Grafton News about the latest data from Cummings School’s ongoing study on COVID-19 in pets and livestock

Postdoctoral scholar and animal surveillance coordinator Kaitlin Sawatzki tests samples for the CoVERS study at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University.

Searching for Ways to Defeat COVID-19

Wednesday, May 20th, 2020

Researchers developing therapies and vaccines look to find the best paths forward with the help of a Cummings School veterinary pathologist

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