Our mission is to advance the health of animals, people and the environment through professional training, research and service to communities around the globe, utilizing a Conservation Medicine approach.
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- North Grafton, MA, 01536
- Phone:
- 508-887-4919
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- 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
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- Impact of Animal Use of Antibi...
Varis Lecture Hall at Tufts Cumming...
Tuesday, December 1 at 12:00pm - Vets, public health profession...
Wood Conference Room, Wildlife Buil...
Wednesday, December 2 at 5:30pm - Taking Care of Mountain Gorillas
Wood Conference Room, Wildlife Bldg...
Friday, December 4 at 12:00pm - Summer Research Discussion Ses...
Wood Conference Room, Wildlife Bldg...
Wednesday, December 9 at 5:30pm
As some of you may be aware, TuftsCCM is launching a new interdisciplinary Master of Science in Conservation Medicine (MCM) program. We have been very pleased by the interest this program has already received and know some of you have been waiting for updated information...
Center for Conservation Medicine @ Tufts Cummings School of Vet. Med.
Dr. Lucy Spelman is a world-renowned zoo and wildlife veterinarian commited to the study and advancement of health care for wild animals.
Dr. Spelman has served as staff veterinarian at the National Zoo in Washington, DC and later became its first female Director. She was also the regional veterinary field manager for... the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project. She has co-authored the book "The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes", which features unusual cases of zoological vets.
Read more about Dr. Spelman on her website:
http://www.drlucyspelman.com/
One Patient - and Two Populations - At a Time
Time:12:00PM Friday, December 4th
Location:Wood Conference Room, Wildlife Bldg, TCSVM
Center for Conservation Medicine @ Tufts Cummings School of Vet. Med.
Dr Joann Lindenmayer, DVM, MPH will discuss integrating veterinarians and public health professionals for prevention and control of zoonotic diseases.
Dr. Lindenmayer, V'85, is Associate Professor of Public and Population Health and the liaison for the Combined MPH (CMPH) / DVM degree program from the Grafton campus.
Time:5:30PM Wednesday, December 2nd
Location:Wood Conference Room, Wildlife Building, TCSVM
Center for Conservation Medicine @ Tufts Cummings School of Vet. Med.
Birds, Vision and Darwin: what do we have in common?
with Vivien A. Casagrande, PhD
Dr. Vivian Casagrande, from Vanderbilt University will be joining the campus bird club (the AAV) for a lunchtime talk on the comparative evolution and function of avian and mammalian vision. The talk will be in the Hamilburg Lecture Hall... on November 23rd.
Dr. Casagrande: Professor, Departments of Cell & Developmental Biology, Psychology, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences and Investigator, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center.
Time:12:00PM Monday, November 23rd
Location:Hamilburg Lecture Hall, TCSVM
Center for Conservation Medicine @ Tufts Cummings School of Vet. Med. Meet with research faculty and other students to discuss your plans for summer research.
Come talk about your summer research plans!
Time:5:30PM Wednesday, December 9th
Location:Wood Conference Room, Wildlife Bldg, TCSVM
Center for Conservation Medicine @ Tufts Cummings School of Vet. Med. Dr. Jose Garcia-Lopez will talk about approaches to equine surgery in Latin America.
Time:5:00PM Wednesday, November 18th
Location:Wood Conference Room, TCSVM
Tufts University has been tapped by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as part of a multidisciplinary team that will receive a grant of up to $185-million to create better synergies among veterinarians, doctors and public health officials in responding to emerging...
Center for Conservation Medicine @ Tufts Cummings School of Vet. Med.
Dr. Nutter V'93 completed a combined residency/ Ph.D. program in wildlife medicine and epidemiology and is a diplomate of the American College of Zoological Medicine. Dr Nutter has worked extensively in wildlife disease epidemiology, ecology, and surveillance, particularly related to cross-species disease transmission.... Her experience with the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project (MGVP) brought her progressively increasing management responsibility, and she has a proven track record of working with national governments and local NGOs to successfully implement programs in complex environments. As part of her work with MGVP, Dr. Nutter dedicated herself to capacity building within the animal and human health sectors and to managing projects designed to promote wildlife health and species conservation. Dr. Nutter's field experiences in Africa, Asia, and Latin America have included training research assistants, veterinarians and local stakeholders on the ground in the implementation of best practices in wildlife medicine and disease surveillance, as well as in risk analysis and conflict resolution.
Tufts is glad to welcome Dr Nutter back as a key member of the Tufts RESPOND team which is part of the new USAID Emerging Pandemic Threats Program. Dr Nutter has recently taken up her new position as Senior Technical Officer of the RESPOND project based in Bethesda.
This lunchtime talk is kindly sponsored by the WAZE student group.
Time:12:00PM Friday, November 13th
Location:Dr. Felicia Nutter V'93 will talk about her conservation medicine research
Center for Conservation Medicine @ Tufts Cummings School of Vet. Med.
An interactive discussion to help TCSVM students commence preparations for their 2010 international summer research proposals. Research proposals must be submitted by the end of January 2010.
Student opportunities on current faculty research programs and research project ideas are available on a hall table outside facul...ty offices in the wildlife building and on Tusk (http://tusk.tufts.edu/) and http://www.tufts.edu/vet/researchtrainin
Information on designing a proposal is available at: http://www.tufts.edu/vet/researchtrainin
Discussion led by TCSVM Research Faculty.
Start now to get your summer research project off the ground!
Time:5:30PM Wednesday, November 4th
Location:Wood Conference Room, Wildlife Building
Center for Conservation Medicine @ Tufts Cummings School of Vet. Med.
Jill Robinson, Founder and Executive Director of the Animals Asia Foundation.
Part of the "Animal Matters" seminar series from Tufts Center for Animals and Public Policy. All are invited.
In 1993, Jill Robinson MBE, began the first investigations into the practice of bear farming for bile in China. Her discovery of the ...industry’s shocking husbandry practices and its international reach changed both the course of her life and the course of animal welfare advocacy in Asia. Jill has since formed the Animals Asia Foundation, opened sanctuaries in China and Vietnam, rescued 280 highly endangered moon bears from bile farms, and brought attention to the devastating effects of bile extraction and consumption on both human and animal health.
Time:12:00PM Monday, November 2nd
Location:Varis Lecture Hall, Tufts Cummings School of Vet. Med.
Center for Conservation Medicine @ Tufts Cummings School of Vet. Med.
Leigh Grady, Executive Director, Animal Shelter, Inc., Sterling, MA.
What do you know about the "importation" of unwanted dogs and cats from other states into MA for adoption? A complex and for some, controversial issue. Begin to explore issues relating to the policies and implications of how 'forever homes' are sought ...for stray animals.
*Animal Matters*: A Seminar Series from The Center for Animals and Public Policy
ALL Grafton Campus folk are invited, and we invite members of the general public to attend too.
(please bring your lunch)
Time:12:00PM Tuesday, October 27th
Location:Varis Lecture Hall, Tufts Cummings School of Vet. Med.
Center for Conservation Medicine @ Tufts Cummings School of Vet. Med.
Dr. Jim Black of Nossal Institute for Global Health,
University of Melbourne, will discuss mobile phones as diagnostic and treatment tools for front line human and animal health workers in developing countries. This research is supported by the Microsoft Foundation and much of the field work has been done in Mozambique....
This talk is sponsored by Veterinarians for Global Solutions and they are kindly providing snacks.
Time:12:00PM Monday, November 2nd
Location:Wood Conference Room, Wildlife Building
Center for Conservation Medicine @ Tufts Cummings School of Vet. Med. Kathmandu, Nepal is home to thousands of “street dogs”. Dr. Gretchen Kaufman, director of TuftsCCM, has been working with Nepalese partner organizations, students and others on the issues of canine health - including non-surgical sterization and rabies control. Photos here are by Dr. Kaufman and Valerie Benka (MAPP) ...who did a summer research project on expanding these programs for dogs.
