Our research is broadly collaborative and driven by real world issues. At any given time we may have more than a dozen active projects combining field and laboratory work with colleagues from around the country in a variety of disciplines.
Surveillance Optimization Project for Chronic Wasting Disease (SOP4CWD)
We are currently engaged in a multi-state effort, Surveillance Optimization Project for Chronic Wasting Disease (SOP4CWD), to maximize sampling efficiency and improve its effectiveness to benefit state agencies.
White-tailed Deer Fawn Survival
Working with partners to assess health and survival in newborn fawns...
Bald Eagles Population Impact Study 2018
Uncovering the history of lead toxicity and the population level impact on bald eagles...
Chronic Wasting Disease Risk Assessment and Prevention Planning
Reducing the risk of a serious threat to wild white tailed deer....
Lymphoproliferative disease virus (LPDV)
We determined that up to 80% of adult turkeys in NY are infected with LPDV...
Eastern Hellbender Conservation
Improving survival odds of North America's only giant salamander species - the Eastern Hellbender
Emergence of Black Bear Mange in New York
Understanding the transmission of a newly emerging disease of black bears...