We work to understand, investigate and mitigate health concerns in wildlife populations and their wider ecosystems. Conservation Medicine is an interdisciplinary field, recognizing the interrelationships between the health of wildlife, domestic animals, humans and the wider environment, and may be regarded as the application of One Health to biodiversity conservation. Our team includes vets and scientists with experience and expertise in the fields of wildlife population health, ecosystem health, epidemiology and clinical wildlife medicine. Our work includes: providing scientific and clinical veterinary expertise to wildlife conservation programmes; conducting research into infectious and non-infectious diseases of relevance to endangered wildlife populations; performing wildlife health surveillance, and investigating how the results can be used in ecosystem health assessment; conducting research into wildlife diseases relevant to domestic animal and/or human health; and investigating links between disease susceptibility and population genetics, in collaboration with the Conservation Genetics group. We also provide external training through our online Conservation Medicine MVetSci and One Health MSc programmes, and our CPD courses in Interventions in Wild Animal Health and Managing and Leading Conservation Projects. We are involved in a wide variety of projects, both nationally and internationally, and our work concerns a broad range of wildlife taxa. Our team has links to a number of professional wildlife health and conservation networks, such as the Wildlife Health Bridge, which aims to increase the expertise and knowledge of wildlife health professionals in biodiverse low- and middle-income countries, the European College of Zoological Medicine, and the IUCN/SSC Conservation Translocation Specialist Group. We provide veterinary consultancy services for conservation or research projects and are always happy to provide advice or discuss potential collaborations. For more information, please contact Katie Beckmann or Dr Neil Anderson. The links below guide to additional information on people, projects, publications and training opportunities within the Conservation Medicine Group. Projects Please click on the individual links to find out more about our current projects. People Please click on the individual names to find out more about our team members. Publications You can find a selection of publications from members of our group here. Training All our training is offered through the University of Edinburgh. Click on the individual courses for further information. This article was published on 2024-09-02
