Saving Wildlife
EcoHealth Alliance strives to strengthen the scientific foundation for resource decision-making and policy development by incorporating the involvement of local scientists and conservationists.
Health and Policy Initiatives
Despite the strong inter-dependencies of people, animals and the environment, wildlife and ecosystem health are typically not considered in harmony with human health, agriculture, or conservation policies. As a result, these initiatives are missing the critical piece of the health and biodiversity puzzle. Learn More »
Economics of Emerging Infectious Diseases
Outbreaks of emerging diseases and pandemics inflict damages and costs to society that include the direct costs of treating illness, the effects of a reduction in labor supply caused by an unhealthy and/or dying work force, as well as losses in sectors unrelated to health such as travel and trade. Learn More »
The Sicki Project
The Sicki Project seeks to unravel the origins of emerging infectious disease events through an innovative web application to facilitate collaborative literature review and support peer review efforts to reduce uncertainty around the origins of emerging infectious disease and outbreaks. Learn More »
PetWatch
PetWatch is a first-of-its-kind consumer information program developed from scientific research on global wildlife trade into the U.S. Learn More »
Project Deep Forest
Project Deep Forest was developed on the assumption that the greater the biodiversity in a given area, the greater the diversity of pathogens. As long as these areas of high biodiversity remain preserved in their natural state and free of human encroachment, then people are less at risk of emerging infectious disease. Learn More »
Bat Conservation And Health
For many years, EcoHealth Alliance scientists have dedicated time and resources to studying diseases in bat populations, and simultaneously protecting these gentle creatures from extinction. Learn More »
Stopping Illegal Wildlife Trade
EcoHealth Alliance is working to reduce the negative impacts of the illegal wildlife trade. As a multi-billion dollar a year industry, the global illegal wildlife trade is second only to narcotics. Learn More »
EcoHealthNet
EcoHealthNet is a program for U.S. and international graduate students interested in infectious disease research. EcoHealthNet is comprised of two parts: an annual workshop and a summer research exchange program. Learn More »
PREDICT Program
Zoonotic diseases - or those that can be transmitted between animals and humans - represent approximately 75 percent of the newly emerging diseases currently affecting people. In the context of globalization and expansive trade and travel, these diseases can travel very quickly, posing serious public health, development and economic concerns. Learn More »
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EcoHealth Alliance works at the intersection of ecosystem, animal and human health through local conservation programs and develops global health solutions to emerging diseases. Learn More »
Consortium for Conservation Medicine
The Consortium for Conservation Medicine strives to train the next generation of conservation medicine scientists by placing students in the field working with established scientists in the U.S. or internationally where they will have an opportunity to participate in state-of-the art research at the human-animal interface. Learn More »
Asian Elephant Conservation in India
EcoHealth Alliance partner, Asian Nature Conservation Foundation (ANCF), focuses on radio-tracking elephants using GIS technology. This data allows biologists to map and protect elephants traffic corridors all over Asia. Learn More »
One Health Alliance of South Asia (OHASA)
The One Health Alliance of South Asia (OHASA) is a trans-disciplinary and intergovernmental alliance that aims to tackle the emergence and spread of zoonotic diseases that can be shared among wildlife, domestic animals and people. Learn More »
Study of Zoonotic Infections among Persons Exposed to Wild Animals
Hunting wildlife for food occurs all over the world, and brings people into contact with a multitude of species, and as a result, a vast number of known and unknown pathogens that may cause disease in people. Learn More »
Assessing the Impacts of Global Wildlife Trade
Pathogen pollution is the human mediated introduction of a pathogen to a new host species, population or geographic region. Learn More »
West Nile Virus
EcoHealth Alliance (formerly Wildlife Trust) continues to assess the role of anthropogenic change and environmental factors in the emergence and spread of West Nile virus. Learn More »
SARS
EcoHealth Alliance (formerly Wildlife Trust) and its scientific collaborators were the first to identify the original reservoir for the SARS virus. Learn More »
Monitoring the Deadly Nipah Virus
The deadly Nipah virus first emerged in Malaysia in 1998. This lethal virus was first identified in pigs and pig farmers and spread quickly as infected pigs were bought and sold. Learn More »
Amphibian Declines
EcoHealth Alliance (formerly Wildlife Trust) and its global partners are researching the emergence and spread of chytridiomycosis, a pathogen that has been linked to the rapid declines and extinctions of amphibian populations worldwide. Learn More »
Pandemic Disease Research
Our analysis and predictions on the global spread of H5N1 avian influenza laid the groundwork to focus our attention on the latest H1N1 ("swine flu") influenza pandemic. Our goal for this research is to accurately forecast the risk of large-scale outbreaks. Learn More »
Emerging Disease Hotspots
EcoHealth Alliance (formerly Wildlife Trust) and its global partners are working to discover emerging diseases using a first-of-its kind predictive map of disease hot spots. EcoHealth Alliance scientists uncovered the specific factors that make a region predisposed to disease emergence. By identifying potential infectious disease threats, we can protect both public and environmental health. Learn More »