Description
The Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health (CYCWH) strives to sustain a healthier world by developing and implementing proactive, science-based solutions to challenges at the interface of wildlife health, domestic animal health, human health and livelihoods, and the environment that supports us all. With an emphasis on the types of interdisciplinary collaboration often required to foster real progress along the science to policy and action continuum, we work with a diverse range of stakeholders including governments, local communities, nongovernmental organizations, and students in the U.S. and around the world to promote environmental stewardship, build capacity for sustainable change through training and education, and undertake collaborative research and discovery that leads to real-world conservation and related health outcomes.
Fellows will be selected for their commitment to generating solid science and ‘decision maker-friendly’ policy guidance to catalyze sustainable conservation impact through a health lens, with an emphasis on progress through partnerships. We value diverse approaches to addressing integrated human, animal, and environmental health challenges. Potential topics are not predefined. Example themes could include impacts on wildlife health at a range of scales due to: degradation or loss of terrestrial or marine habitats; degradation or depletion of freshwater resources; pollution; climate or other biophysical change; infectious disease; current food systems and/or other issues at the wildlife/domestic animal interface.
We seek postdoctoral fellows interested in engaging at the nexus of rigorous applied research and real impact in the realms of wildlife health and related One Health endeavors. During their fellowship, Fellows will gain experience in generating science-based, action-oriented results to solve real-world problems and will be well-prepared for wildlife conservation, One Health, and Planetary Health leadership roles.
The fellowship is for a three-year term and designed as a full-time position based in Ithaca, New York, with fieldwork in most cases, although it may be possible for a fellow to be based elsewhere, depending upon exceptional individual circumstances (see application guidelines).
For all program, eligibility, and application details, please see: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32044
Requirements
Applicants will ideally have, at a minimum, a DVM or equivalent veterinary degree, and must have been out of veterinary school for at least one year at the time of application. Interested applicants without a veterinary degree but with a PhD conferred prior to the fellowship start date are also encouraged to apply.
This is not a sabbatical program for colleagues with existing faculty appointments; those with such appointments are not eligible.
An applicant can only submit one proposal for this call for proposals. Unsuccessful applicants can apply again for future calls.
Postdoctoral fellows currently at Cornell are eligible to apply, as long as they have never previously received a CYCWH Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Postdoctoral fellows based in Ithaca are full-time, non-faculty, benefits-eligible academic staff at Cornell. Policies that govern employment at Cornell University apply. Accordingly, while field research, including non-U.S. field research, is a typical part of most fellows’ research plans, the fellowship is US-based for employment purposes. Exceptional individual circumstances may allow for consideration of a different arrangement with prior approval by the CYCWH and relevant college leadership. Note: Applicants seeking a non-Ithaca base are responsible for indicating that location in their application in order to have such a request considered (see application guidelines).
A commitment to environmental conservation and a passion for protecting biodiversity are essential.
