Management of Wild Horses on Western Public Lands: a New Hope

Wednesday, December 8, 2021, at 12 PM – 12:50 PM (EST)
Speaker: Allen Rutberg, PhD, Director, Center for Animals and Public Policy

Why Do So Many Wild Sea Lions Have Genital Cancer?

Wednesday, October 20, 2021, at 12 PM – 12:50 PM (EST)
Speaker: Alissa C. Deming DVM, MS, PhD, Vice President of Conservation Medicine and Science; Pacific Marine Mammal Center

Marine Vertebrates as Sentinels of Ocean Health: Mass Strandings Linked to Emerging Diseases, Biodiversity Loss and a Changing Climate

Speaker: A. Alonso Aguirre, D.V.M., M.S., Ph.D., Professor and Department Chair, Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University

Pathogen spillover: lessons learned from emerging bat viruses

Speaker: Raina Plowright, B.V.Sc. Hons I, M.S. Epidemiology, Ph.D. Ecology, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Montana State University. Adjunct Faculty, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University. Adjunct Research Fellow, Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia. Principal Investigator, Bat OneHealth.

Animal Welfare Science: Studying how an animal’s lived experience can support research results

Friday, March 26, 2021 at 12 PM – 12:50 PM (EST)
Speaker: Jennie Lofgren DVM, MS, DACLAM

A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Dog Population in the United States. Supply and Demand from 2018 to 2050

Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 12 PM (EST)
Speaker: Roger Haston, PhD, President, The Institute for Animals

Emerging Behavior Challenges: Pets, People and the Pandemic

Friday, November 20, 2020
Speaker: Stephanie Borns-Weil, DVM, DACVB, Clinical Assistant Professor , Animal Behavior, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University

Nine Years and One-Hundred MRI-Dogs: Progress in Decoding Dogs’ Brains

Tuesday, October 20, 2020, at 12 PM – 12:50 PM EST
Part of the Animal Matters Seminar Series presented by Tufts Center for Animals and Public Policy
Speaker: Gregory S. Berns, PhD, MD
Distinguished Professor of Neuroeconomics and Director of the Center for Neuropolicy
and Facility for Education and Research in Neuroscience (FERN)
Professor in Psychology Department, Emory University

Behavior Science: How It Affects Our Patients and Our World

Tuesday, April 21, 2020 – Part of the Animal Matters Seminar Series Presented by Tufts Center for Animals and Public Policy with Tufts Behavior Club and Tufts Wildlife, Aquatic, Zoo Animal, and Exotic Medicine Organization (WAZE) Speaker Marion Desmarchelier, DMV, IPSAV, DES (Zoological Medicine), DES (Animal Behaviour Medicine), MSc, DACZM, DECZM (Zoo Health Management), DACVB Read More

Asian Elephant Rescue, Rehabilitation and Rewilding

Thursday, March 12, 2020 at 12 PM – 1 PM *UPDATE: During this period of uncertainty due to coronavirus (COVID-19), this seminar will be available for the public to join remotely via WebEx. A current Tufts ID will be required to attend in person on campus.* Part of the Animal Matters Seminar Series presented by Read More