Cummings in Action
Transforming Global Health
Cummings School is committed to advancing One Health initiatives that enhance the health and well-being of animals, humans and the environment. Our leadership in both clinical and research settings reaches across disciplines, into the classroom, and out in the world.
Our faculty engages in innovative One Health research in the areas of infectious disease, comparative oncology, international medicine, wildlife, conservation medicine and human-animal interactions. This work creates a campus without boundaries, offers unique learning experiences, and ultimately helps us educate a new breed of One Health graduates prepared to make a positive impact in the World.
Empowering Women for Better Lives for People and Animals
Cummings School researchers study how increasing women’s access to livestock vaccines can improve animal and human health and well-being
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The Veterinarian-Humanitarian
A Cummings School and Fletcher School alum works to get U.S. aid where it’s needed to fight COVID-19, locusts, and other emergencies across the globe
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Local study to look for coronavirus in pets
Professor Jonathan Runstadler talked to WCVB Boston about Cummings School’s new study looking for the novel coronavirus in pets.
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Can Pets Get or Spread COVID-19?
Cummings School scientists launch a study to better understand the novel coronavirus and how it may infect pets and other domestic animals
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Meet the Man Leading Indonesia’s COVID-19 Response
Indonesia represents one of the most challenging fronts in the war against COVID-19. Meet the adjunct professor leading the fight against the novel coronavirus in the world’s fourth most-populous country.
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Why We Need Veterinarians in the Policy World
Two Cummings School alums are spending the year in government fellowships focused on One Health. In the age of COVID-19, here’s why that’s so important
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An S.O.S. for Australian Wildlife
Wildfires are ravaging the continent’s wild marsupials and other animals—Cummings School alumni are on the ground helping
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A Vote Against Lyme Disease
Cast your ballot for the best new ideas in fighting a growing health problem
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Join the Fight Against Lyme Disease
The Lyme Disease Challenge event November 1 seeks students and faculty from disparate fields to combat the disease
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