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SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COUNCIL
VIEW's top scientific minds, committed to sharing their expertise in the field of wildlife health while ensuring VIEW programs address emerging needs.
DAWN ZIMMERMAN, DVM, MS
Director of International Programs for the VIEW, appointed assistant professor adjunct of epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health, and affiliate faculty at the University of Nairobi. Her work utilizes a One Health approach for wildlife health issues at the human-livestock-wildlife interface, and for the conservation of endangered species.
YEMI ADESOKAN, PhD
Yemi Adesokan is Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder at Gnubiotics SA, a Lausanne, Switzerland biotech company pioneering conjugated-glycan based microbiome targeted therapies. Yemi has been recognized for his innovative and pioneering work with awards such as the Boston Business Journal 40 under 40 award and the MIT Technology Review’s annual list of 35 top global innovators under the age of 35 TR35. Yemi has a PhD in Chemistry from the University of California, Irvine and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Genetics with George Church at Harvard Medical School.
TIERRA SMILEY EVANS, DVM, PhD
Wildlife veterinarian and epidemiologist. She has worked in Uganda, Rwanda, Nepal, and Myanmar on projects involving wildlife health monitoring, diagnostic development, and veterinary capacity strengthening. She received her B.S. from Santa Clara University, her Ph.D. in veterinary medicine, a post-graduate certificate in veterinary medicine from Tufts University, and a Ph.D. in wildlife epidemiology from the University of California Davis. She is a Fulbright scholar and has taught veterinary and wildlife management students at Makerere University in Uganda.
RAINA PLOWRIGHT, DVM, MS, PhD
Dr. Plowright is an infectious disease ecologist, epidemiologist, and wildlife veterinarian. She received her veterinary degree in Australia and worked as a domestic animal and wildlife veterinarian in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, and Antarctica. She did a Ph.D. in Ecology and M.S. in Epidemiology at the University of California, Davis, and a postdoc at the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Pennsylvania State University. She is currently a professor at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine.
GINGER STOUT, DVM, MCM
Dr. Stout is a veterinarian with experience in wildlife capture, field surgery, research, and disease surveillance. She has worked in many different environments, including sites across the U.S., Canada and Nepal. She has contracted with VIEW, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildlife Health Office. She graduated from Auburn University Veterinary School and has a Masters of Conservation Medicine from Tufts University.
MARK DREW, DVM, MS, Diplomat ACZM
Mark was the Wildlife Veterinarian for the California Department of Fish for 2 years and Game Idaho Department of Fish and Game for 21 years. Mark is a Diplomat of the American College of Zoological Medicine, past President of the American College of Zoological Medicine, and past President of the American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians. He has been teaching chemical immobilization courses for 25 years.
COLIN GILLIN, MS, DVM
State Wildlife Veterinarian for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. He is also a past-president of the American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians and is Chair for the U.S. Animal Health Association Committee on Wildlife Diseases. He also chairs several wildlife health working groups for the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Colin graduated from the University of Wyoming and Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine.