The Consortium for Conservation Medicine (CCM) is a unique collaborative institution linking Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine Center for Conservation Medicine, The University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, The USGS National Wildlife Health Center, and Wildlife Trust.

The CCM strives to understand the links among human changes to the environment, the health of all species including humans, and the conservation of biodiversity. Through its programs, the CCM fosters development of the field of conservation medicine. Based on a solution-oriented practice, conservation medicine is trans-disciplinary, bringing together teams of veterinarians, wildlife epidemiologists, public health experts, ecologists, and physicians to address the complex environmental sequences of events that result in new disease emergence. The CCM conducts collaborative scientific research in these fields and uses the outcomes to inform policy, develop curricula, and formulate practical solutions to environmental threats and emerging infectious diseases.

The Consortium was the first institution to identify the origin of SARS and plays a major role in researching issues relating to Avian flu, Nipah virus, and Chytridiomycosis.

Core funding provided by the V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation was critical in the creation of the CCM and continues to provide key support for its growth and expansion.

For more information visit: www.conservationmedicine.org