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Friday, October 2, 2009
Author Alexander McCall Smith Visits Serengeti
Alexander McCall Smith, author of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, visited the Serengeti in June to showcase his support for rabies vaccination efforts managed by Lincoln Park Zoo.
McCall Smith and his wife were hosted by Sarah Cleaveland, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Glasgow, Lincoln Park Zoo collaborator and director of the Alliance for Rabies Control. Cleaveland developed the existing infrastructure for the domestic-dog vaccination project and continues to link the project to Tanzania’s larger rabies eradication programs.
Read about McCall Smith’s visit in the Alliance for Rabies Control Newsletter (link opens a PDF).
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Lincoln Park Zoo is leading the Serengeti Health Initiative, a collaborative effort to preserve the wildlife of this African ecosystem while benefiting local people. Our Serengeti field diaries feature updates as scientists conduct vaccination efforts, collaborate with Tanzanian partners and encounter the Serengeti’s famed wildlife.
Staff Bios
Colleen O'Donnell
As field conservation coordinator, O'Donnell facilitates communication between Lincoln Park Zoo and field teams in Gombe and the Serengeti field sites. Her focus is capacity building for sustainable conservation.
Felix Lankester, D.V.M.
A veterinary surgeon specializing in wildlife medicine, Felix is Lincoln Park Zoo's new Director of Tanzanian Programs, with responsibility for the Serengeti Health Initiative and Gombe Field Research.
Rachel Santymire, Ph.D.
An endocrinologist in the Davee Center for Epidemiology and Endocrinology, Santymire studies stress and reproduction in Gombe's chipmanzees.
Anna Czupryna
A graduate student in the department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Anna is studying how rabies vaccination campaigns of domestic dogs in villages around Serengeti National Park affect population dynamics.
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