Post Tagged with: "Disease Ecology"

Recent Report: Widespread plague exposure in mammalian wildlife across the western United States

Recent Report: Widespread plague exposure in mammalian wildlife across the western United States

Analysis of 45,000 blood samples from wildlife found that evidence of plague activity was widespread, with seropositive animals detected in every western state of the contiguous U.S

January 6, 2022 News, Research & Publications
Assistant Professor-Wildlife Disease & Conservation, University of Arizona

Assistant Professor-Wildlife Disease & Conservation, University of Arizona

Review of applications will begin in late November, 2021 “The School of Natural Resources and the Environment (SNRE) at the University of Arizona (UA) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Wildlife Conservation and Disease. We seek a scientist whose research focuses on empirical questions relating to conservation biology, […]

November 9, 2021 Job Postings

Post Doc in Disease Ecology/Wildlife-Livestock Interface- Michigan State University

This is an excellent opportunity to develop a framework for understanding and managing spillover at the wildlife-livestock interface that will be applied in practice. The candidate will gain experience in working on a collaborative team with managers and researchers while expanding their skills in quantitative ecology and the scope of their professional networks.

March 2, 2021 Job Postings
Mange in Yellowstone wolves reveals insights into human scabies and conservation biology

Mange in Yellowstone wolves reveals insights into human scabies and conservation biology

What causes the variation in “manginess” between individual wolves with sarcoptic mange?

January 26, 2021 Research & Publications

PhD Assistantship in Amphibian Disease Ecology at the University of Vermont

The University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources is seeking a Ph.D.-level graduate student to conduct research on community disease ecology in an amphibian system

Grad Student/Postdoc Opportunities in Wildlife Disease Ecology & Evolution

The Becker Lab at the University of Oklahoma is actively recruiting graduate students and postdocs to join and expand research projects on the ecology and evolution of infectious disease in wildlife.

MS or PhD position in Waterfowl and Avian Influenza Spatial Ecology- Univ of Delaware

MS or PhD position in Waterfowl and Avian Influenza Spatial Ecology- Univ of Delaware

The student will help conduct research on a multidisciplinary project to better quantify waterfowl (dabbling duck and geese) daily movement patterns on the Delaware/Maryland Peninsula and build a near-real-time waterfowl mapping web application for Avian Influenza Virus (AIV) surveillance to improve food security in commercial poultry in the Mid-Atlantic.

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Wildlife Disease Genomics, University of Maine

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Wildlife Disease Genomics, University of Maine

An NSF-funded postdoctoral research position is available in the Wildlife Disease Genetics Laboratory at the University of Maine to study the ecology and evolution of infectious diseases, focused on anthrax in herbivorous wildlife in Namibia and South Africa. The postdoc will join an international, interdisciplinary team, and will work closely […]

May 2, 2020 Job Postings