Partners
Corporate Partners
Tarter, Krinsky & Drogin
The law firm of Tarter, Krinsky & Drogin has provided EcoHealth Alliance with pro bono legal services.
Reckitt Benckiser
Reckitt Benckiser strives to develop innovations solutions for healthier lives and happier homes. As a part of their efforts to offer products which protect people against not only established health threats, but emerging ones as well, Reckitt Benckiser supports EcoHealth Alliance scientists’ search for new and emerging diseases worldwide.
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson embraces research and science to bring innovative products and services to advance the health and well being of people. In line with their efforts to create a healthier world, Johnson & Johnson supports EcoHealth Alliance programs as we work to protect global health and safeguard ecosystems worldwide.
Avocado Green Mattress
Avocado Green Mattress designs sustainable mattresses using non-toxic and 100% certified organic materials. Sustainability is a core value of the company and all emissions from their factory and product shipping are offset via carbon offsets purchased on an annual basis.
NatraCare
NatraCare created the world’s first organic cotton tampon. The company sells an array of plastic-free products for menstruation and incontinence aimed at creating eco-friendly options for its customers.
Lo & Sons
Lo & Sons is a family company dedicated to sustainability. Many of its bags are made from various eco-friendly materials like organic canvas and recycled poly, a fabric made from recycled plastic bottles.
Harland Clarke
Harland Clarke is a leading provider of checks and related products, contact center services, e–Commerce and direct response marketing solutions to financial services companies throughout the U.S.
Boehringer Ingelheim
As the second largest animal health company in the world, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health (BIAH) is committed to improving animal health. The Veterinary Public Health (VPH) business unit of BIAH enables governments, NGOs and private partners to prevent and control regulated animal diseases having global public health impact.
Academic Partners
Brown University
Located in historic Providence, Rhode Island and founded in 1764, Brown University is the seventh-oldest college in the United States. Brown is an independent, coeducational Ivy League institution comprising undergraduate and graduate programs.
Cardiff University
Cardiff is an international University – from worldwide collaborations to the students we welcome from over 100 different countries.
Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
The prime vision behind the formation of this institute was to contribute in the Veterinary Sciences, Food Sciences, and Fisheries sectors of the country, fostering the socioeconomic development of the country through its graduates, research, and advisory services.
Chulalongkorn University
Chulalongkorn University is Thailand’s first institution of higher learning.
Danau Girang Field Centre
Danau Girang Field Centre is a collaborative research and training facility managed by Cardiff University and Sabah Wildlife Department.
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology (E3B)
At Columbia University, E3B’s mission is to educate a new generation of scientists and practitioners in the theory and methods of ecology, evolution, and environmental biology.
Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability
The Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability is dedicated to the development of a rich, robust and vibrant world within which we can secure a sustainable future.
East China Normal University
East China Normal University, one of China’s key universities under the direct auspices of the Ministry of Education.
John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Every day, the Bloomberg School works to keep millions around the world safe from illness and injury by pioneering new research, deploying knowledge in the field and educating tomorrow’s public health leaders.
King Saud University
Founded in 1957, Kind Saud University is Saudi Arabia’s premier University, and one of the top tertiary institutions in the region. With a wide range of colleges, advanced research centers and collaborations with distinguished researchers around the globe, King Saud University is equipping the nation’s future leaders.
Princeton University
Princeton University is a vibrant community of scholarship and learning that stands in the nation’s service and in the service of all nations. Chartered in 1746, Princeton is the fourth-oldest college in the United States.
Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine
The mission of Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine is to provide the best learning environment to prepare students to become members and leaders of the worldwide public and professional healthcare team, advancing human and animal health (One Health) through research and knowledge exchange.
The Center for International Earth Science and Information Network
The Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) is a center within the Earth Institute at Columbia University. CIESIN works at the intersection of the social, natural, and information sciences, and specializes in on-line data and information management, spatial data integration and training, and interdisciplinary research related to human interactions in the environment.
Tufts University Center for Conservation Medicine
The Tufts Center for Conservation Medicine (TuftsCCM) addresses the health relationships occurring at the interface of humans, animals, and the environment, working to achieve overall ecosystem health.
Universiti Malaysia Sabah
The Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) was officially established on 24 November 1994 as the ninth public university in Malaysia and is located at Kota Kinabalu, East Malaysia. Currently there are 10 faculties and 4 institutes with more than 12,000 students. UMS strives to be an innovative university in a global setting.
University of California, Davis
As a leading global university, UC Davis and its community of faculty, students and staff are dispersed throughout the state, nation and world.
University of Free State
The University of the Free State (UFS) is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in South Africa. It opened its doors in 1904 on the Bloemfontein Campus with a mere six students in the Humanities. Since then, our institution has grown to more than 31 000 students, spread across seven faculties over three campuses.
University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health
The Graduate School of Public Health is among the country’s best public health programs. A top-ranked, world renowned institution, we are recognized for our contributions to public health practices and medical care in the Pittsburgh region and around the world.
University of Pretoria
The University of Pretoria is a multi-faculty research-intensive university with campuses in Pretoria, its surrounds, and in the country’s economic hub, Johannesburg. The University is conveniently situated in close proximity to government departments and major research entities in Pretoria, including the National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
University of Wisconsin Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
The University of Wisconsin Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies builds partnerships to synergize and sustain excellence in the interdisciplinary research, teaching, and service that make the University of Wisconsin-Madison a world leader in addressing environmental challenges.
University of Wyoming
The University of Wyoming provides quality undergraduate and graduate education to 13,000 students from all 50 states and more than 90 countries. Established in Laramie, WY in 1886, UW is a nationally recognized research institution with accomplished faculty and world-class facilities.
Governmental Partners
Center for Disease Control & Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Mission is to collaborate to create the expertise, information, and tools that people and communities need to protect their health – through health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and preparedness for new health threats.
Department of Veterinary Services, Malaysia
The Department of Veterinary Services issues licences and permits relating to import of animals into Malaysia.
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services External Web Site Policy , is the nation’s medical research agency—making important discoveries that improve health and save lives.
National Wildlife Health Center, USGS
The National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) is a science center of the Biological Resources Discipline of the United States Geological Survey. The NWHC was established in 1975 as a biomedical laboratory dedicated to assessing the impact of disease on wildlife and to identifying the role of various pathogens in contributing to wildlife losses.
Ministry of Health, Malaysia
The Ministry of Health Malaysia is responsible for health systems: public health, health behavior, health management, medical research, healthcare tourism, health promotion, dental care, patient safety, medical devices, health institutions, pharmaceutical, and more.
NYC Department of Health
With an annual budget of $1.6 billion and more than 6,000 employees throughout the five boroughs, we’re one of the largest public health agencies in the world, serving 8 million New Yorkers from diverse ethnic, cultural and economic backgrounds. With over 200 years of leadership in the field, we’re also one of our nation’s oldest public health agencies.
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) was created on July 1, 1970 to combine in a single agency all state programs designed to protect and enhance the environment.
Perhilitan
In Malaysia, Department of Wildlife and National Parks, commonly known as PERHILITAN (Jabatan Perlindungan Hidupan Liar dan Taman Negara in Malay) is a governmental organization that is responsible for the protection, management and preservation of wildlife and national parks in Peninsular Malaysia.
Sabah Wildlife Department
The Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) is responsible for implementation and administration of the Sabah Wildlife Conservation Enactment, 1997. Under this Enactment the department conserves and regulates wildlife utilization in Sabah and it manage a number of protected areas.
Institutional Partners
Planetary Health Alliance
The Planetary Health Alliance is an alliance of universities, NGOs, and other organizations dedicated to coming together to increase our understanding of the human health impacts of accelerating global environmental change, to build an educational platform that enables teaching of planetary health topics in classrooms around…
International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
IPBES is the intergovernmental body which assesses the state of biodiversity and of the ecosystem services it provides to society, in response to requests from decision makers. The objective of IPBES is to strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity and ecosystem services for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, long-term human well-being and sustainable development.
Conservation Medicine
Conservation Medicine, based in Malaysia, works with EcoHealth Alliance and its partners to develop science-based solutions to prevent pandemics and promote conservation.
Convention on Biological Diversity
The Convention on Biological Diversity is the most holistic convention in environmental field, namely its provisions not only concern nature conservation activities, but also several other sectors. Its framework for implementation, the so called…
International Union for the Conservation of Nature
IUCN is a membership Union composed of both government and civil society organisations. It harnesses the experience, resources and reach of its more than 1,300 Member organisations and the input of more than 16,000 experts. IUCN is the global authority on the status of the natural world and…
Global Health Security Agenda Consortium
Through a partnership of nearly 50 nations, international organizations, and non-governmental stakeholders, GHSA is facilitating collaborative, capacity-building efforts to achieve specific and measurable targets around biological threats, while accelerating achievement of the core capacities required by….
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Achieving food security for all is at the heart of FAO’s efforts – to make sure people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. Our three main goals are: the eradication of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition….
Future Earth
Future Earth is a major international research platform providing the knowledge and support to accelerate transformations to a sustainable world.
The Asian Nature Conservation Forundation
The Asian Nature Conservation Foundation (ANCF) , a non -profit public charitable trust is actively involved in the conservation of the Asian Elephant, considered to be a keystone species in the biologically rich forests of South and Southeast Asia.
American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions. Since its founding in 1869, the Museum has advanced its global mission to discover, interpret, and disseminate information about human cultures, the natural…
Senior Fellows
Dr. Hume Field
Dr. Hume Field is a Science & Policy Advisor for EcoHealth Alliance’s work in China and Southeast Asia. He is an honorary professor at the University of Queensland School of Veterinary Science, a veterinarian, and an epidemiologist.
Dr. Jon Paul Rodríguez
Dr. Jon Paul Rodríguez Chairs the IUCN Species Survival Commission, is Professor at the Center for Ecology of the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Investigations, and is a founder, past Board Member, and President of Provita.
Tom Hughes
Tom Hughes is the Founder and Director of Conservation Medicine. He works closely with the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit in Bangkok, Thailand to develop personnel and laboratory capacity for biosecurity and biosafety in Southeast Asia. Tom has worked with EcoHealth Alliance for 15 years as Malaysian Project Coordinator at EcoHealth Alliance.
Fellows
Dr. Ellen Carlin
Dr. Ellen Carlin is a veterinarian and health and policy specialist. She has consulted in public health and policy for several years, notably spending time as a senior professional staffer with the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security.
Dr. Jon Paul Rodríguez
Dr. Evan Eskew is an ecologist whose work has focused on diseases impacting biodiversity, like chytridiomycosis.
Dr. Yasha Feferholtz
Dr. Yasha Feferholtz is an economist and consultant for United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.
Dr. Marm Kilpatrick
Dr. Marm Kilpatrick is a biologist. He serves as a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Dr. Alice Latinne
Dr. Alice Latinne is an evolutionary biologist. She has served as a Marie Curie COFUND fellow and worked with the Institut des Sciences de l’Ecolution in Montpellier (ISEM) and at the Kasetsart University in Thailand.
Science and Policy Advisors
Steve Aldrich
President & CEO, BIO-ERA
Dr. James Collins
Professor, Arizona State University, member of council of National Science Foundation, former program head at National Science Foundation
Dr. Scott Dowell
Deputy Director for Surveillance and Epidemiology at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Dr. David Franz
Principal, SBD Global
Dr. Thomas W Geisbert
Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch
Dr. David Heymann
Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Head of the Centre on Global Health Security at Chatham House, London
Dr. Rima Khabbaz
Deputy Director for Infectious Diseases, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dr. Stephen Luby
Senior Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment & Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; Director of Research, Center for Innovation in Global Health; Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Dr. John MacKenzie
Adjunct Professor, Curtin University and World Health Organization consultant
Dr. Jean Vivien Mombouli
Coseiller à la Santé du Ministre de la Santé de la République du Congo
Dr. Stuart Nichol
Chief of the Molecular Biology Section, Special Pathogens Branch, at the Centers for Disease Control
Dr. Jonathan Patz
Director of the Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jane Smart
Global Director, IUCN Biodiversity Conservation Group and Director, IUCN Global Species Programme
Dr. Eleanor J. Sterling
Chief Conservation Scientist, Center for Biodiversity & Conservation, American Museum of Natural History
Dr. Simon Stuart
Director of Conservation, Synchronicity Earth
Capt. Jason Thomas
Biosurveillance Coordinator, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dr. Bernard Vallat
Former Director General, OIE