I am the Program and Communications Coordinator for the Cornell Wildlife Health Lab, acting as web content manager, creating educational webinars, and social media administrator for X and Instagram platforms. I received my BS in Entomology (yay spiders!), minoring in Infectious Disease Biology from Cornell University, and focusing on science communication, received a graduate certificate in Creative Strategy from West Virginia University's College of Marketing Communications. I am interested in wildlife health outreach, educating the public on the importance of wildlife population health, and how disease surveillance is essential in predicting outbreaks and potential pandemics. I am also interested in the relationship between wildlife species and the invertebrates that cause disease, with a focus on pathogen transmission and how infectious diseases can impact population health.
Jennifer Peaslee
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2024
Sample size calculator for declaring a population free of infectious disease (Version 1) [Software] .
Hanley, B.J., Booth, J.G., Hodel, F.H., Thompson, N.E., Bloodgood, J.C.G., Dion, J.P., Van de Berg, S., Gonzalez-Crespo, C., Huang, Y., Wang, J., Miller, L.A., Hollingshead, N.A., Peaslee, J.L., Schuler, K.L. .
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Moose Population Health
Assessing moose population health in New York State with sampling and diagnostic testing to understand reproductive status, infectious disease exposure, parasite load, and causes of death.
Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease
Conducting surveillance for EHD virus in New York and surrounding states, with the goal of characterizing the prevalence of the virus, the degree of developing immunity among white-tailed deer, and the spatiotemporal dynamics of serotype distribution.
Waterfowl Contaminant Study
Measuring chemical contaminant loads in waterfowl to assess the health of waterfowl and the potential impact on hunters who consume them.
Lead Ammunition Camera Survey
Identifying wildlife scavengers of white-tailed deer in New York to catalog scavenger species and assess their risk of lead exposure through ammunition fragments in deer remains.