How Could COVID-19 Have Been Prevented?
Friday, May 15th, 2020
Assistant professor Felicia Nutter explains why we need to understand interactions among humans, animals, and their ecosystems to avoid future pandemics.
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Making a Difference Around the Globe
Friday, June 1st, 2018
Tufts trains students to advance animal, human, and environmental health wherever they’re needed.
Jumbo Mission
Thursday, June 1st, 2017
A new group at the university is working to save wild elephants.
Asian Elephants in Ireland
Tuesday, January 31st, 2017
As an IVM student with an interest in Conservation Medicine, Brittany Grenus V18, wanted to put her skills to use helping one of her favorite animals: elephants. That’s how she wound up in Dublin. Source:… Read More
Pandemic U
Tuesday, April 26th, 2016
The importance of training a global workforce to thwart infectious diseases
The Fault in Our Sea Stars
Tuesday, April 26th, 2016
Imaging technology could help thwart a disease that endangers the ocean’s ecosystem
Lessons on Thwarting Pandemics
Thursday, February 11th, 2016
Tufts faculty help train a global workforce to halt infectious diseases like Ebola and Zika virus The Ebola pandemic presents a pretty good argument that preparing for outbreaks of infectious disease is more effective and… Read More
Fighting a Sea Star Die-Off
Wednesday, January 27th, 2016
Imaging technology could help combat a disease that endangers millions of the ocean’s creatures Ocean-dwelling starfish, known more correctly as sea stars, are succumbing in droves to a recently discovered syndrome called sea star wasting… Read More
Gorilla Medicine
Wednesday, August 5th, 2015
These great apes share 98.5 percent of their genes with us—which makes them susceptible to our diseases. Learn how wildlife veterinarians are protecting these endangered animals in Africa.
Developing a global workforce to tackle emerging pandemic threats
Thursday, November 27th, 2014
Tufts and the University of Minnesota will be part of an international partnership of universities working to strengthen global workforce development against emerging pandemic threats.
