Our Work
Human health and wellbeing are inextricably linked to the health of wildlife, livestock, and the environment. Improved food, water, and energy infrastructure are urgently needed to protect the natural systems that provide opportunities for recreation, hunting, and fishing and to minimize human exposure to parasites, pathogens, and pollution. Likewise, the development of urban environments must harness the powerful positive effect that trees and green spaces have on human health and happiness. With Cornell’s deep and broad knowledge base and vital connections to corporations, nonprofits, and government agencies, Cornell Atkinson is working in partnership with researchers in the College of Veterinary Medicine to build interdisciplinary approaches and drive new research to advance One Health, creating a future in which people and nature thrive.
Projects
This tool compares the performance of indicators of bee richness that were constructed from data on birds, land cover, or a combination of both. The goal is to provide a tool to guide monitoring, land management, and bee conservation efforts across large spatial scales until sufficient bee data become available.
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Raina Plowright co-chairs this effort to mobilize decision-makers and implementers to take transdisciplinary action to limit viral spillovers through research, policy, law, and practice—thereby reducing the risk of future pandemics while promoting a healthier, more sustainable, and more equitable future.
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A complex mix of policies and practices are required to ensure access to clean water everywhere—for everyone. The Social Cost of Water Pollution Working Group is focused on effective tools for decision-making by the government, NGOs, and private industry on water quality, analogous to the social cost of carbon estimates that are visible metrics of the costs of global warming.
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To slow and stop the global loss of biodiversity, we must fundamentally rethink our relationship with nature and transform our economic models and market systems. Research in Conservation Finance offers new, long-term, diversified sources of revenue supporting biodiversity conservation.
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Cornell Atkinson Scholar and Senior Faculty Fellow Raina Plowright's (Veterinary Medicine) bridges the best available science in disease dynamics with effective public health practice and meaningful policy. Her holistic and multi-level approach is best exemplified by the Bat One Health Research Group, for which she serves as Principal Investigator.
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